27421 Sat Dec 07, 2024 NYT Luke K. Schreiber

Across Clues :

1. Undertook, in an idiom, 7. Stressed half the time, say, 13. Dance class outfit, 15. Host of a record eight Olympic Games as of 2024, 16. What helps grease the wheels?, 18. Attacks, 19. One might be used in math class or studied in history class, 20. High-___, 22. Renowned conductor born in Bombay, 23. Words of support, 24. Weak parts of a logical argument, 26. Introducer of the "New Look" in 1947, 27. Illegal substance, in sports lingo, 28. Evil act, 30. Nathan Hale, notably, 31. Plea of innocence, 33. Driving competitions amidst everyday traffic, 34. Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton", 35. Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short, 36. Getting dirty, 37. Huck's pal, 40. Kind of contract, 42. Like the gargoyles of Notre-Dame, 43. Popular apple variety, 44. Changes color in fright, 46. Home turf?, 47. Rest stop sights, informally, 48. Beliefs associated with Plato, 50. Parts of some massages, 52. In which you might confront the elephant in the room?, 53. Pompous pronoun, 54. "Subsequently …", 55. Mouths that don't talk

Down Clues :

1. Unfair charge, informally, 2. Highest-ranking Asian American politician before Harris, 3. Like nobility, 4. Midwestern tribe, 5. Jamie of "M*A*S*H", 6. Not to, 7. "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi hit), 8. *Cough*, 9. Measured (out), 10. "I think we agree, the past is over" and "They misunderestimated me", 11. Part of a nuclear family?, 12. Bright shade of yellow, 14. Hot water, 17. It doesn't go over well, 21. Gifted orator, 24. Hockey great Eric, 25. Maritime route, 28. Siege deterrents, 29. Chatting privately with, for short, 31. Spanish honorific title, 32. "Jeepers!", 33. Signal of impending danger, 34. Box in many trucks, 35. Moderator's assortment, 37. Uproar, 38. First Nations people, 39. All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying, 41. Draw out with water, 43. Wild, 45. Swing around, 47. Largest isle of the Inner Hebrides, 49. ID created in 1936, 51. Most successful American video game franchise, for short

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 07, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, December 7, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Undertook, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITOFF




• The clue is 7. Stressed half the time, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAMBIC

  Possible Answer : iambic




• The clue is 13. Dance class outfit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNITARD

  Possible Answer : leotard, cat_suit, body_suit, unitard




• The clue is 15. Host of a record eight Olympic Games as of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEUSA




• The clue is 16. What helps grease the wheels?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTOROIL




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

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

  The answer: SETSON




• The clue is 19. One might be used in math class or studied in history class. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RULER

  Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler




• The clue is 20. High-___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RES

  Possible Answer : re, Ra, atomic_number_75, RES, Re, rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial_system




• The clue is 22. Renowned conductor born in Bombay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEHTA




• The clue is 23. Words of support. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYES




• The clue is 24. Weak parts of a logical argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAPS

  Possible Answer : leap, leaping, jump_off, spring, saltation, bound, jump, bounce




• The clue is 26. Introducer of the "New Look" in 1947. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIOR

  Possible Answer : Christian_Dior, Dior




• The clue is 27. Illegal substance, in sports lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PED




• The clue is 28. Evil act. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISDEED

  Possible Answer : misbehaviour, misbehavior, misdeed




• The clue is 30. Nathan Hale, notably. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPY

  Possible Answer : descry, espy, sight, sleuth, undercover_agent, spy, stag, snoop, spot




• The clue is 31. Plea of innocence. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: DONTBLAMEME




• The clue is 33. Driving competitions amidst everyday traffic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ROADRALLIES




• The clue is 34. Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: CENTRALBANK




• The clue is 35. Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TBD




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

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

  The answer: SOILING

  Possible Answer : colly, grime, begrime, bemire, soiling, soilure, soil, dirtying, dirty

  Possible Opposite Answer : clean




• The clue is 37. Huck's pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOM

  Possible Answer : tomcat, tom, Tom, gobbler, tom_turkey, Uncle_Tom, turkey_cock




• The clue is 40. Kind of contract. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORAL

  Possible Answer : viva, viva_voce, unwritten, oral_examination, oral_exam, oral

  Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal




• The clue is 42. Like the gargoyles of Notre-Dame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONE

  Possible Answer : rock, Harlan_Fiske_Stone, pit, Harlan_Stone, Harlan_F._Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone, gem, Harlan_Fisk_Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone, I._F._Stone, Oliver_Stone, stone, endocarp, gemstone, lapidate, Stone, Lucy_Stone




• The clue is 43. Popular apple variety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUJI

  Possible Answer : Prunus_incisa, Fuji-san, Fuji, fuji_cherry, Fujiyama, Mount_Fuji, fuji, Fujinoyama




• The clue is 44. Changes color in fright. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALES

  Possible Answer : picket, chum_up, blanch, pal, pale, pal_up, blench




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

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

  The answer: SOD

  Possible Answer : superoxide_dismutase, greensward, SOD, turf, sod, sodomite, sward, bugger, sodomist




• The clue is 47. Rest stop sights, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEMIS

  Possible Answer : rig, tractor_trailer, trucking_rig, semitrailer, semifinal, trailer_truck, articulated_lorry, semi




• The clue is 48. Beliefs associated with Plato. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEALS

  Possible Answer : saint, paragon, nonesuch, ideal, nonsuch, apotheosis, nonpareil




• The clue is 50. Parts of some massages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NECKRUBS




• The clue is 52. In which you might confront the elephant in the room?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIRCUS

  Possible Answer : Circus, carnival, genus_Circus, circus




• The clue is 53. Pompous pronoun. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROYALWE




• The clue is 54. "Subsequently …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTHEN




• The clue is 55. Mouths that don't talk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DELTAS

  Possible Answer : delta

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Unfair charge, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUMRAP

• The clue is 2. Highest-ranking Asian American politician before Harris. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INOUYE

• The clue is 3. Like nobility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLED

  Possible Answer: title, highborn, titled, style, coroneted, entitle

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

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

  The answer: OTOES

  Possible Answer: Oto, Otoe

• The clue is 5. Jamie of "M*A*S*H". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FARR

• The clue is 6. Not to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRO

• The clue is 7. "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITS

  Possible Answer: information_technology, IT

• The clue is 8. *Cough*. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHEM

  Possible Answer: ahem, hem

• The clue is 9. Measured (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METED

• The clue is 10. "I think we agree, the past is over" and "They misunderestimated me". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSHISMS

• The clue is 11. Part of a nuclear family?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISOTOPE

  Possible Answer: isotope

• The clue is 12. Bright shade of yellow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANARY

  Possible Answer: stoolpigeon, sneak, canary_bird, stool_pigeon, fink, snitch, sneaker, canary, canary_yellow, snitcher, stoolie, canary-yellow

• The clue is 14. Hot water. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: DIRESTRAITS

• The clue is 17. It doesn't go over well. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: LEADBALLOON

• The clue is 21. Gifted orator. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SPELLBINDER

  Possible Answer: spellbinder

• The clue is 24. Hockey great Eric. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LINDROS

• The clue is 25. Maritime route. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEALANE

• The clue is 28. Siege deterrents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOATS

  Possible Answer: fosse, moat

• The clue is 29. Chatting privately with, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMING

• The clue is 31. Spanish honorific title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DON

  Possible Answer: preceptor, put_on, get_into, Don_River, father, wear, Don, don, assume

• The clue is 32. "Jeepers!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEK

• The clue is 33. Signal of impending danger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDALERT

• The clue is 34. Box in many trucks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CBRADIO

• The clue is 35. Moderator's assortment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOPICS

  Possible Answer: issue, topic, subject, matter, theme

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

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

  The answer: TUMULT

  Possible Answer: rumpus, din, commotion, ruckus, tumultuousness, garboil, tumult, turmoil, ruction, uproar

• The clue is 38. First Nations people. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OJIBWA

  Possible Answer: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway

• The clue is 39. All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISSES

  Possible Answer: Miss, young_lady, omit, fille, miss, leave_out, overlook, young_woman, pretermit, lack, missy, lose, drop, neglect, misfire, girl, overleap, escape

  Possible Opposite Answer : hit, attend, attend_to, have

• The clue is 41. Draw out with water. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEACH

  Possible Answer: strip, leach, percolate, leaching

• The clue is 43. Wild. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FERAL

  Possible Answer: ferine, savage, feral

• The clue is 45. Swing around. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLUE

  Possible Answer: curve, swerve, slide, slew, slip, sheer, slue, skid, veer, trend, cut

• The clue is 47. Largest isle of the Inner Hebrides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKYE

• The clue is 49. ID created in 1936. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSN

• The clue is 51. Most successful American video game franchise, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COD

  Possible Answer: gull, put_on, collect, befool, fool, bait, tantalize, slang, take_in, seedcase, cod, put_one_over, codfish, put_one_across, COD, dupe, C.O.D., ride, rag, razz, tantalise, twit, tease, taunt, cash_on_delivery, rally, pod

November 16, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, November 16, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

November 16, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Tricked by doing something unexpectedly, with "out"	5
2A	6. Original airer of "Doctor Who" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus"	3
3A	9. Jitter-free jitter juice	5
4A	14. Slicker, as winter highways	5
5A	15. Writer Tolstoy	3
6A	16. Speechify	5
7A	17. Sweet item at a bakery	9
8A	19. One streaming on Twitch, maybe	5
9A	20. Wedding vow	3
10A	21. "In memoriam" piece	4
11A	22. Drinking mug	5
12A	23. Keep watch while a homeowner's away	8
13A	26. Drs.' co-workers	3
14A	27. Categorize	6
15A	30. Zippo	4
16A	32. Not an original, informally	5
17A	33. Bar-to-bar activity	8
18A	37. Skater Lipinski	4
19A	38. Heart chambers	5
20A	39. What a smiley or frowny emoji indicates	4
21A	41. What a speaker or musician may adjust before starting	8
22A	43. Immature bug	5
23A	44. Tidy	4
24A	45. Wagered	6
25A	46. Green item proffered by Sam-I-Am	3
26A	48. Easy win	8
27A	52. Tally mark	5
28A	54. The "E" in PG&E: Abbr.	4
29A	55. "___ unto them that call evil good, and good evil": Isaiah	3
30A	58. In flames	5
31A	59. Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across	9
32A	62. Police trainee	5
33A	63. Convenience for withdrawing $$$	3
34A	64. Appear out of nowhere	5
35A	65. Maples and myrtles	5
36A	66. Mattress's place	3
37A	67. Nervous about what's ahead	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Tricked by doing something unexpectedly, with "out""

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 a copy of with the intent to deceive
• Words that mean the same thing: cook, wangle, fudge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Original airer of "Doctor Who" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus""

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: BBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Jitter-free jitter juice"

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 coffee with the caffeine removed
• Words that mean the same thing: decaffeinated coffee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Slicker, as winter highways"

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 devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: glacial, frozen, arctic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Writer Tolstoy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Speechify"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that talk pompously
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sweet item at a bakery"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake
• Words that mean the same thing: Swiss roll
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JELLYROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. One streaming on Twitch, maybe"

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 disabled in the feet or legs
• Words that mean the same thing: halting, game, gamey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Wedding vow"

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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "In memoriam" piece"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Drinking mug"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mug intended for serving beer
• Words that mean the same thing: Gertrude Stein, beer mug
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Keep watch while a homeowner's away"

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: HOUSESIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Drs.' co-workers"

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 radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
• Words that mean the same thing: registered nurse, Rn, RN
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Categorize"

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 keep company with; hang out with
• Words that mean the same thing: class, separate, sort out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Zippo"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nil, zero, nix
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Not an original, informally"

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: REPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Bar-to-bar activity"

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: PUBCRAWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Skater Lipinski"

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 village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Heart chambers"

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 20 Across: "39. What a smiley or frowny emoji indicates"

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 characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: modality, climate, mode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. What a speaker or musician may adjust before starting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MICSTAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Immature bug"

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 immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Tidy"

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 clean or organized
• Words that mean the same thing: dandy, slap-up, bully
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Wagered"

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 expose to a chance of loss or damage
• Words that mean the same thing: chance, take a chance, put on the line
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Green item proffered by Sam-I-Am"

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 animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Words that mean the same thing: testis, eggs, orchis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Easy win"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among black dancers to win a cake
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAKEWALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Tally mark"

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 v-shaped indentation
• Words that mean the same thing: nick, snick, pass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. The "E" in PG&E: 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: ELEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. "___ unto them that call evil good, and good evil": Isaiah"

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

  The answer is: WOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. In flames"

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 lighted up by or as by fire or flame
• Words that mean the same thing: ablaze, alight, aflame
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across"

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: BABYSTEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Police trainee"

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 military trainee (as at a military academy)
• Words that mean the same thing: plebe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CADET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Convenience for withdrawing $$$"

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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: atmosphere, automatic teller, standard atmosphere
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Appear out of nowhere"

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: POPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Maples and myrtles"

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 tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Words that mean the same thing: corner, tree, 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: TREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Mattress's place"

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 piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: layer, screw, make out
• The opposite would be: get up, turn out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Nervous about what's ahead"

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 nervous and unable to relax
• Words that mean the same thing: fidgety, fretful, itchy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTSY

  Great job if you got it right!

November 16, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Island group whose name is a brand of water	4
2D	2. Got an A on	4
3D	3. Metric weight, informally	4
4D	4. Slithery fish	3
5D	5. Thirsty	3
6D	6. Ill-defined shapes	5
7D	7. Misrepresent	5
8D	8. Fillies' counterparts	5
9D	9. Sirius ... or Lassie, for example?	7
10D	10. It was: Lat.	4
11D	11. Job for a cinematographer	10
12D	12. Didn't go out to a restaurant	5
13D	13. Some greenery on forest floors	5
14D	18. Give a drubbing	4
15D	23. Roman poet who wrote "Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!"	6
16D	24. Spanish gold	3
17D	25. Member of an early Andean civilization	4
18D	27. Field of Frida Kahlo or El Greco	3
19D	28. Coal deposit	4
20D	29. Shore phenomenon around the time of the new and full moons	10
21D	31. Tablecloth fabric	6
22D	33. School fund-raising org.	3
23D	34. "Ode on a Grecian ___"	3
24D	35. Action on eBay	3
25D	36. Score before 15, in tennis	4
26D	38. Lead-in to girl or boy	4
27D	40. Family man	3
28D	42. Scented bags	7
29D	43. Rap's ___ Wayne	3
30D	45. R-rated, say	4
31D	46. Put into law	5
32D	47. Succeed in life	5
33D	49. Shish ___	5
34D	50. Gladden	5
35D	51. Popular health info source	5
36D	53. First Nations group	4
37D	55. Shed tears	4
38D	56. Magnum ___	4
39D	57. Catch sight of	4
40D	60. Place to get a mani-pedi	3
41D	61. Truckload unit	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. Island group whose name is a brand of water"

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 an independent state within the british commonwealth located on the fiji islands
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Fiji
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Got an A on"

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 succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Metric weight, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: kilogram, kg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Slithery fish"

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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Thirsty"

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 reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• Words that mean the same thing: wry, ironical, dry out
• The opposite would be: sweet, wet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ill-defined shapes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an indistinct shapeless form
• Words that mean the same thing: spot, blob, blot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Misrepresent"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be in contradiction with
• Words that mean the same thing: negate, misrepresent, contradict
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Fillies' counterparts"

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 young male horse under the age of four
• Words that mean the same thing: colt, Colt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sirius ... or Lassie, for example?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: DOGSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. It was: Lat."

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: ERAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Job for a cinematographer"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard 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: CAMERAWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Didn't go out to a restaurant"

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: ATEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Some greenery on forest floors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
• Words that mean the same thing: fern
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Give a drubbing"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: expel, spread-eagle, root
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Roman poet who wrote "Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!""

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 roman lyric poet said to have influenced english poetry (65-8 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: HORACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Spanish gold"

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: ORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Member of an early Andean civilization"

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 ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Incan, Inka
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Field of Frida Kahlo or El Greco"

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

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Coal deposit"

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 joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
• Words that mean the same thing: crease, line, wrinkle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Shore phenomenon around the time of the new and full moons"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a swelling rush of anything
• The opposite would be: neap tide
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRINGTIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Tablecloth fabric"

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 table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. School fund-raising org."

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: PTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "Ode on a Grecian ___""

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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Action on eBay"

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 authoritative direction or instruction to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: press, entreat, 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: BID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Score before 15, in tennis"

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 strong positive emotion of regard and affection
• Words that mean the same thing: screw, make out, dearest
• The opposite would be: hate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Lead-in to girl or boy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Family man"

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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: daddy, pa, papa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Scented bags"

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 soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest
• Words that mean the same thing: sachet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACHETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Rap's ___ Wayne"

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: LIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. R-rated, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that full of zest or vigor
• Words that mean the same thing: gamey, spicy, gamy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Put into law"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: reenact, ordain, act out
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Succeed in life"

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: GOFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Shish ___"

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 cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: shish kebab, kabob
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEBAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Gladden"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: lift up, intoxicate, uplift
• The opposite would be: depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Popular health info source"

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: WEBMD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. First Nations group"

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 member of an algonquian people living in central canada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Shed tears"

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 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
• Words that mean the same thing: weep, cry
• The opposite would be: laugh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Magnum ___"

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 musical work that has been created
• Words that mean the same thing: piece of music, composition, piece
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Catch sight of"

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 catch sight of
• Words that mean the same thing: spot, spy, descry
• The 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 40 Down: "60. Place to get a mani-pedi"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health club, resort hotel, watering place
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Truckload unit"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: gross ton, long ton, short ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	70.5%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
Literature	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 08:23 AM