27449 Mon Jan 06, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 06, 2025

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

 Mon Jan 06, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Supersonic speed number. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACH

  Possible Answer : Ernst_Mach, Mach




• The clue is 5. Cookies that are sometimes dunked in milk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OREOS

  Possible Answer : oreo_cookie, oreo




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

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

  The answer: SCAD

  Possible Answer : scad




• The clue is 14. Cousin of a clarinet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer : hautboy, oboe, hautbois




• The clue is 15. What "duty-free" means. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTAX




• The clue is 16. Westover with the best-selling memoir "Educated". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARA

  Possible Answer : Tara




• The clue is 17. Theatrical description. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHARACTERSKETCH




• The clue is 20. Position of greatest stress. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTSEAT




• The clue is 21. "Campbell's Soup Cans" painter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARHOL

  Possible Answer : Andy_Warhol, Warhol




• The clue is 22. "___ longa, vita brevis". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARS

  Possible Answer : ar, atomic_number_18, argon, Land_of_Opportunity, are, Ar, AR, Arkansas




• The clue is 23. Iditarod entries. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEDS

  Possible Answer : sledge, sleigh, sled




• The clue is 26. Follower of double-you, ex, wye. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEE

  Possible Answer : zed, Z, zee, ezed, z, izzard




• The clue is 27. Dog crossbreed known for its teddy bear appearance. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: GOLDENDOODLE




• The clue is 31. Recovered from a fall. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOTUP




• The clue is 34. Modern anxiety source, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOMO




• The clue is 35. Small cove. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIA




• The clue is 36. Applications. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USES

  Possible Answer : apply, use_of_goods_and_services, U.S., United_States_of_America, employment, the_States, purpose, usage, US, employ, U.S.A., enjoyment, habituate, utilisation, practice, utilization, exercise, manipulation, utilise, habit, function, role, USA, use, usance, economic_consumption, United_States, America, expend, consumption, utilize




• The clue is 37. Sandwiches that often contain tuna. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELTS

  Possible Answer : melt_down, thawing, meld, mellow_out, melting, dissolve, dethaw, fade, unthaw, mellow, unfreeze, disappear, melt, evaporate, thaw, run




• The clue is 39. Overnight ___ (breakfast option). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATS

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 40. Brewery offering. 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 41. Crimson Tide univ.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAMA




• The clue is 42. Large cove. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLET

  Possible Answer : inlet, recess, intake




• The clue is 43. Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: CONTACTTRACE




• The clue is 47. Hosp. V.I.P.s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRS




• The clue is 48. Note on a failed test, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEME




• The clue is 49. Ball club V.I.P.s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GMS

  Possible Answer : gm, gramme, g, gram




• The clue is 52. Valiant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEROIC

  Possible Answer : heroical, heroic, desperate, heroic_meter, larger-than-life, heroic_verse, epic, grand, expansive




• The clue is 55. Amy who voiced Joy in "Inside Out". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POEHLER




• The clue is 57. Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAWCONCLUSIONS




• The clue is 60. Proctor's cry at the end of a test. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIME

  Possible Answer : fourth_dimension, clock, meter, prison_term, time, clock_time, metre, sentence, clip




• The clue is 61. South Korea's second-largest city. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSAN




• The clue is 62. Actor Esparza. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAUL




• The clue is 63. Calf's meat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VEAL

  Possible Answer : veau, veal




• The clue is 64. Stretch of work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STINT

  Possible Answer : stint, skimp, Erolia_minutilla, scant, least_sandpiper, stretch, scrimp




• The clue is 65. Custom gift site. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Chocolaty coffee drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOCHA

  Possible Answer: mocha_coffee, mocha

• The clue is 2. Despise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABHOR

  Possible Answer: execrate, abominate, abhor, loathe

• The clue is 3. Nail polish layers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COATS

  Possible Answer: pelage, surface, coat, coating, cake

• The clue is 4. His and ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERS

• The clue is 5. Available if needed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONCALL

• The clue is 6. Went bad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROTTED

  Possible Answer: rot, waste, molder, rotted, rotten, decompose, moulder, decayed

• The clue is 7. Saison of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETE

• The clue is 8. Rower's blade. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAR

  Possible Answer: oar

• The clue is 9. Annual festival in Austin, Tex.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SXSW

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

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

  The answer: STEREO

  Possible Answer: stereo_system, stereoscopic_photograph, stereophonic, stereophonic_system, two-channel, stereoscopic_picture, stereo, stereophony

• The clue is 11. Paris's Notre-Dame, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATHEDRAL

  Possible Answer: cathedral, duomo

• The clue is 12. West Coast gas brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARCO

  Possible Answer: arco

• The clue is 13. Roald who wrote "Matilda" and "The BFG". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAHL

  Possible Answer: Cajanus_cajan, red_gram, pigeon_pea, dhal, pigeon-pea_plant, catjang_pea, cajan_pea, dahl

• The clue is 18. "The Tortoise and the Hare" author. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AESOP

  Possible Answer: Aesop

• The clue is 19. Instrument that may be included in a birthday goodie bag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KAZOO

  Possible Answer: kazoo

• The clue is 24. Take down, as a bouncy house. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEFLATE

  Possible Answer: deflate, puncture

  Possible Opposite Answer : inflate

• The clue is 25. Arrogant sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOT

  Possible Answer: snot, snob, snoot, prig

• The clue is 27. "Gloomy" fellow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUS

  Possible Answer: GU, Guam

• The clue is 28. Chats with on Insta. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMS

  Possible Answer: DM, decimetre, diabetes_mellitus, decimeter, dm

• The clue is 29. Lo-cal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LITE

  Possible Answer: light, low-cal, calorie-free, lite

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

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

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer: eastward, eastern_United_States, due_east, East, E, Orient, east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west

• The clue is 31. One layer in a seven-layer dip, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUAC

• The clue is 32. Norway's capital. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: Oslo, capital_of_Norway, Christiania

• The clue is 33. "Riverdale" or "XO, Kitty". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEENDRAMA

• The clue is 37. ___ and cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAC

  Possible Answer: mackintosh, mac, mack, macintosh

• The clue is 38. Ambulance personnel, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMTS

• The clue is 39. Start of a count. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer: single, one, unitary, one_and_only, peerless, unmatched, unrivalled, nonpareil, unmatchable, unity, i, unrivaled, ace, ane, matchless, 1, I

• The clue is 41. >7 on the pH scale. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BASIC

  Possible Answer: basic, canonical, canonic, BASIC, introductory, staple

  Possible Opposite Answer : incidental

• The clue is 42. Colorful summer drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEES

  Possible Answer: ice, frost

• The clue is 44. Gardener's tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TROWEL

  Possible Answer: trowel

• The clue is 45. Come up with a new schedule. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPLAN

• The clue is 46. Quantity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOUNT

  Possible Answer: sum, measure, amount, amount_of_money, sum_of_money, total, quantity, number, come, add_up

• The clue is 49. Show bad sportsmanship, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLOAT

  Possible Answer: crow, gloat, triumph, gloating, glee

• The clue is 50. Kids might be given these with crayons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENUS

  Possible Answer: fare, computer_menu, carte, carte_du_jour, bill_of_fare, menu, card

• The clue is 51. "r u kidding?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRSLY

• The clue is 52. Flat-screen, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HDTV

  Possible Answer: high-definition_television, HDTV

• The clue is 53. Scary-sounding Great Lake. 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 54. Corn waste. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COBS

  Possible Answer: cobnut, Larus_marinus, great_black-backed_gull, black-backed_gull, filbert, hazelnut, cob

• The clue is 56. Bring on, as workers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIRE

  Possible Answer: hire, employ, rent, take, engage, lease, charter

  Possible Opposite Answer : fire

• The clue is 58. Pecan or pistachio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUT

  Possible Answer: ballock, testis, en, addict, fruitcake, ball, nut_case, bollock, testicle, orchis, junkie, nut, screwball, crackpot, Nut, crank, freak, egg, junky

• The clue is 59. CBS procedural that ran for 15 seasons. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CSI

July 17, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (29 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, July 17, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (29 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword July 17, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Clear, as the deck	4
2A	5. Nuts (over)	4
3A	9. Some office workers on "Mad Men"	6
4A	11. Greek god of the winds	6
5A	13. Literary profile	15
6A	16. Speed	4
7A	17. Links things?	5
8A	18. Romance novelist Roberts	4
9A	19. Woman's name that means "life"	3
10A	20. Vitamin supplement brand	7
11A	22. Bud	3
12A	23. It forms at the mouth	5
13A	25. Majors in acting	3
14A	26. Not be stuck in one's ways	5
15A	28. Close ones	13
16A	31. Be a bad winner	5
17A	32. Home where the heart is?	5
18A	33. Pinball player's undoing	13
19A	36. Is blessed with	3
20A	37. Flood	7
21A	38. Title locale for a Hemingway novel, with "the"	3
22A	40. Tide competitor	3
23A	41. Sews up	7
24A	42. Strain	3
25A	43. Woman's name in English that's a man's name in Catalan	4
26A	45. What a "R-r-r-ring!" in the kitchen signifies	4
27A	46. Slips, e.g.	15
28A	54. Person with no one to play with	13
29A	55. Names	11

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. Clear, as the deck"

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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
• Words that mean the same thing: dab, mop, swob
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Nuts (over)"

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 mentally or physically infirm with age
• Words that mean the same thing: dotty, senile, wild
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Some office workers on "Mad Men""

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: STENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "11. Greek god of the winds"

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

  The answer is: AEOLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Literary profile"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard 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: CHARACTERSKETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Speed"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: place, charge per unit, value
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Links things?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: pushcart, go-cart, hale
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Romance novelist Roberts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Woman's name that means "life""

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, evening, even
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Vitamin supplement brand"

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: GERITOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Bud"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: pal up, sidekick, buddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. It forms at the mouth"

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 low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Majors in acting"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert E. Lee, Henry Lee, Tsung Dao Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Not be stuck in one's ways"

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 make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: conform, accommodate, adjust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Close ones"

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: NEARDISASTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Be a bad winner"

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 malicious satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: glee, gloating, triumph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Home where the heart is?"

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 part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: chest of drawers, breast, dresser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Pinball player's undoing"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TILTMECHANISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Is blessed with"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: give, cause, induce
• The opposite would be: lack, abstain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Flood"

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 heavy rain
• Words that mean the same thing: violent stream, downpour, pelter
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORRENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Title locale for a Hemingway novel, with "the""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Tide competitor"

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: totally, completely, altogether
• 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 23 Across: "41. Sews up"

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 make certain of
• Words that mean the same thing: assure, secure, insure
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSURES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Strain"

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: task, taxation, assess
• The 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 25 Across: "43. Woman's name in English that's a man's name in Catalan"

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: JOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. What a "R-r-r-ring!" in the kitchen signifies"

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 carry out or perform an action
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, through with, through
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Slips, e.g."

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 28 Across: "54. Person with no one to play with"

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: SOLOPERFORMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Names"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being held in high esteem and honor
• Words that mean the same thing: reputation, report, repute
• The opposite would be: disrepute
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPUTATIONS

  Great job if you got it right!

July 17, 2020 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Worker in Albany or Sacramento, say	15
2D	2. "Now ___ talking!"	4
3D	3. Tokyo-based carrier	3
4D	4. Game played on a 90-foot-long court	5
5D	5. Painter's mixture	5
6D	6. "Peachy!"	3
7D	7. A stream might run through it	4
8D	8. Hose and belt sellers	15
9D	9. Bald-faced	6
10D	10. Joey Dee's backup group in 1960s pop, with "the"	10
11D	11. One who might grade on the curve?	10
12D	12. Rows	6
13D	13. Street ___	4
14D	14. Western New York natives	5
15D	15. Discontinue	4
16D	20. Choke	7
17D	21. Faint prints, in detective work	7
18D	24. Like Wookiees	4
19D	27. Member of the South Asian diaspora	4
20D	29. One of the Wayans brothers	5
21D	30. Classic western hero who says "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold"	5
22D	33. Nails for kites	6
23D	34. Word on a French wine bottle	3
24D	35. Like bad, bad Leroy Brown vis-à-vis a junkyard dog, in song	6
25D	36. Mideast traveler, of a sort	4
26D	39. Double or triple feat in the Olympics	4
27D	44. View from Memphis	4
28D	45. "Nuts!"	4
29D	47. Challenge for a barber	3
30D	48. "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary)	3
31D	49. Annual three-day celebration	3
32D	50. Tide competitor	3
33D	51. In the back	3
34D	52. Luau offering	3
35D	53. Backing	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. Worker in Albany or Sacramento, say"

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: STATELEGISLATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Now ___ talking!""

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: cost, constitute, personify
• 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: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Tokyo-based carrier"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Game played on a 90-foot-long court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
• Words that mean the same thing: bocci, boccie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOCCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Painter's mixture"

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 gypsum or plaster of paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GESSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Peachy!""

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: AOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. A stream might run through it"

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 narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Hose and belt sellers"

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: AUTOPARTSSTORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Bald-faced"

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 remove body hair with a razor
• Words that mean the same thing: trim, plane, shaved
• The opposite would be: unshaven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Joey Dee's backup group in 1960s pop, with "the""

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: STARLITERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. One who might grade on the curve?"

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: ARTTEACHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Rows"

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 food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
• Words that mean the same thing: combat, fighting, quarrel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Street ___"

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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
• Words that mean the same thing: street credibility, street cred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Western New York natives"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Erie, Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Discontinue"

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 the state of inactivity following an interruption
• Words that mean the same thing: stoppage, game, stanch
• The opposite would be: start
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "20. Choke"

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 an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
• Words that mean the same thing: iron collar, garrotte, scrag
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAROTTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "21. Faint prints, in detective work"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LATENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Like Wookiees"

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 garment size for a tall person
• Words that mean the same thing: marvelous, grandiloquent, improbable
• The opposite would be: short
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Member of the South Asian diaspora"

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: DESI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. One of the Wayans brothers"

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 friend of phintias who pledged his life that phintias would return (4th 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: DAMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Classic western hero who says "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Nails for kites"

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 sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
• Words that mean the same thing: talon
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Word on a French wine bottle"

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: CRU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Like bad, bad Leroy Brown vis-à-vis a junkyard dog, in song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
• Words that mean the same thing: base, mean, average
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Mideast traveler, of a sort"

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 arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to mecca
• Words that mean the same thing: hadji, hajji
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Double or triple feat in the Olympics"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. View from Memphis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. "Nuts!""

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: damned, blamed, hoot
• The opposite would be: bless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Challenge for a barber"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: wipe up, swob, pout
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary)"

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: APU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Annual three-day celebration"

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 new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Tide competitor"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. In the back"

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 (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
• Words that mean the same thing: astern, abaft
• The opposite would be: fore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Luau offering"

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 hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Backing"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: amateur, con
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	41	64.1%
Short Answer	16	25.0%
Sports	3	4.7%
Literature	2	3.1%
History	1	1.6%
Music	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	29
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	64
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 Friday, 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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