April 30, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (41 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - April 30, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Pirates, say	8
2A	6. "Like, no way!"	4
3A	10. Refilling site	7
4A	14. "The City of a Thousand Minarets"	5
5A	15. Sound from a toy train	4
6A	16. First name of an early explorer of Vinland	4
7A	17. Tweak	5
8A	18. Point for Poseidon	4
9A	19. Bombeck who wrote "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression"	4
10A	20. ___-jongg	3
11A	21. Whittles down	5
12A	23. Rap	5
13A	24. Something heard in court	4
14A	26. Michigan, e.g.: Abbr.	3
15A	27. Mysterious monster, familiarly	6
16A	28. Rush-hour subway commuter, metaphorically	7
17A	30. Fig. on some I.R.S. forms	3
18A	31. Extra periods, for short	3
19A	32. "Oh, baloney!"	7
20A	34. Artful	3
21A	35. Goal-scoring opportunities in soccer ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	11
22A	37. Efron of Hollywood	3
23A	38. "When We Were Very Young" author, 1924	7
24A	39. Snazzy dresser	3
25A	40. Christmas season purchase	3
26A	41. 20 Questions category	7
27A	45. 20 Questions category	6
28A	47. One of the Cyclades	3
29A	48. Place for un béret	4
30A	49. Free to attack	5
31A	50. "Go ahead, shoot!"	5
32A	52. Role for Vin Diesel in the "Fast & Furious" movies	3
33A	53. Student ___	4
34A	54. Easy-to-park car	4
35A	55. "Don't make me laugh!"	5
36A	57. Role for John Cho in the "Star Trek" movies	4
37A	58. Troubles	4
38A	59. Easiest rating for a ski slope	5
39A	60. Type of short haircut	7
40A	61. Picks up	4
41A	62. Bunker need	9

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. Pirates, say"

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 whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
• Words that mean the same thing: corn liquor, moonshine, bootleg
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOTLEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. "Like, no way!""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Refilling site"

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: GASPUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "The City of a Thousand Minarets""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town at the southern tip of illinois at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers
• Words that mean the same thing: Al Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Sound from a toy train"

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: CHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. First name of an early explorer of Vinland"

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: LEIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Tweak"

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 cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
• Words that mean the same thing: neuter, castrate, change
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Point for Poseidon"

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 prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Bombeck who wrote "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression""

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: ERMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. ___-jongg"

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: MAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Whittles down"

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 lose thickness; become thin or thinner
• Words that mean the same thing: slim down, slim, slenderize
• The opposite would be: gain, thicken
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Rap"

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 the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
• Words that mean the same thing: smash, criticize, whack
• The opposite would be: praise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Something heard in court"

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 humble request for help from someone in authority
• Words that mean the same thing: supplication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Michigan, e.g.: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Mysterious monster, familiarly"

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 large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of loch ness in scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Loch Ness monster
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESSIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Rush-hour subway commuter, metaphorically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small fatty fish usually canned
• Words that mean the same thing: sard, Sardina pilchardus, pilchard
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARDINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Fig. on some I.R.S. forms"

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: EIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. Extra periods, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "32. "Oh, baloney!""

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 unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
• Words that mean the same thing: bunkum, guff, bunk
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOGWASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Artful"

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 marked by skill in deception
• Words that mean the same thing: dodgy, slick, guileful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Goal-scoring opportunities in soccer ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: CORNERKICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "37. Efron of Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ZAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "38. "When We Were Very Young" author, 1924"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AAMILNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "39. Snazzy dresser"

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 man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: fashion plate, clotheshorse, dude
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "40. Christmas season purchase"

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

  The answer is: FIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "41. 20 Questions category"

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 solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. 20 Questions category"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: beast, fauna, brute
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. One of the Cyclades"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "48. Place for un béret"

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: TETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "49. Free to attack"

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: LETAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. "Go ahead, shoot!""

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: ASKME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "52. Role for Vin Diesel in the "Fast & Furious" movies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "53. Student ___"

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 temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
• Words that mean the same thing: loanword, lend
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "54. Easy-to-park car"

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 very short skirt
• Words that mean the same thing: miniskirt
• The opposite would be: midi
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "55. "Don't make me laugh!""

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: GODNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "57. Role for John Cho in the "Star Trek" movies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "58. Troubles"

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

  The answer is: ADOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "59. Easiest rating for a ski slope"

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 green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
• Words that mean the same thing: K, William Green, common
• The opposite would be: ripe
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "60. Type of short haircut"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a closely cropped haircut; usually for men
• Words that mean the same thing: aircraft carrier, carrier, attack aircraft carrier
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLATTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "61. Picks up"

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 return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: arrive, capture, receive
• The opposite would be: end, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "62. Bunker need"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SANDWEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

April 30, 2020 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Rigorous training courses	9
2D	2. "I'm not listening to you!"	6
3D	3. Whichever	6
4D	4. Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer	3
5D	5. Breed	4
6D	6. Athleisure, e.g.	10
7D	7. Liking	5
8D	8. Cannon ammo in sci-fi	4
9D	9. Challenger	3
10D	10. Vales	5
11D	11. "Sssss" makers	8
12D	12. Video game series since 1989	7
13D	13. Deceptive basketball moves	9
14D	22. Target for clippers	8
15D	23. Burns up in film?	3
16D	25. Stopgap, maybe	5
17D	27. In which nothing is everything	8
18D	29. "Should ___ shouldn't ..."	3
19D	30. Affectionate nose-rubbing	10
20D	33. Knockoff of a Greek sculpture?	3
21D	34. Something to shoot for	5
22D	35. University of Oregon logo	8
23D	36. Default for many airport TVs	3
24D	37. Daydream	7
25D	39. Doesn't land, as a joke	9
26D	40. It's chewed by the chatty	3
27D	42. Ripen, maybe	6
28D	43. Made good	6
29D	44. Common seafood garnish	10
30D	46. "Put your big boy pants on!"	5
31D	47. Immature retort	5
32D	50. Hill worker	4
33D	51. Items carried in spoons in an outdoor race	4
34D	54. Time, e.g., in brief	3
35D	56. Singer/songwriter Rita	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. Rigorous training courses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOOTCAMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "I'm not listening to you!""

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: LALALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Whichever"

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 after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EITHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer"

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: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Breed"

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 category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: variety, sort out, form
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Athleisure, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that attire worn for sport or for casual wear
• Words that mean the same thing: sportswear, athletic wear
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTIVEWEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Liking"

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 the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• Words that mean the same thing: glint, smoothen, gleam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Cannon ammo in sci-fi"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• Words that mean the same thing: ion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Challenger"

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 armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
• Words that mean the same thing: opposition, enemy, foeman
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Vales"

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 a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• Words that mean the same thing: glen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Sssss" makers"

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 cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
• Words that mean the same thing: aerosol can, spray can, aerosol bomb
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEROSOLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Video game series since 1989"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SIMCITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Deceptive basketball moves"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PUMPFAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "22. Target for clippers"

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 loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
• Words that mean the same thing: agnail
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANGNAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Burns up in film?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Stopgap, maybe"

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: ADHOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. In which nothing is everything"

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 revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
• Words that mean the same thing: nihilistic delusion
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIHILISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. "Should ___ shouldn't ...""

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: IOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Affectionate nose-rubbing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESKIMOKISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Knockoff of a Greek sculpture?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: fortify, build up, gird
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Something to shoot for"

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 sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
• Words that mean the same thing: trapshooting, skeet shooting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. University of Oregon logo"

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: CAPITALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Default for many airport TVs"

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: CNN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Daydream"

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: ZONEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Doesn't land, as a joke"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FALLSFLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. It's chewed by the chatty"

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 soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: adipose tissue, plump, rich
• The opposite would be: nonfat, thin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Ripen, maybe"

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 turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, blush, crimson
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Made good"

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 make amends for
• Words that mean the same thing: expiate, atone, abye
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATONED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Common seafood garnish"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEMONWEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. "Put your big boy pants on!""

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: MANUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Immature retort"

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: ISNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Hill worker"

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 officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• Words that mean the same thing: auxiliary, aide-de-camp, adjutant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Items carried in spoons in an outdoor race"

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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: egg, testis, ballock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Time, e.g., in brief"

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 periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
• Words that mean the same thing: magazine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Singer/songwriter Rita"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: osmium, OS, bone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	68.4%
Short Answer	13	17.1%
Movies/Film	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Thursday, 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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June 27, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

June 27, 2023 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Oh yeah, love your stuff"	6
2A	7. Sharp prod	3
3A	10. Instruction for cooking corn on the cob	4
4A	14. Tame	6
5A	15. Not well	3
6A	16. ___ Mae Bullock (Tina Turner's birth name)	4
7A	17. One-act Strauss opera adapted from an Oscar Wilde play	6
8A	18. Ziggy Stardust's music genre	8
9A	20. Fish that's often canned	4
10A	21. Japanese vehicle manufacturer	5
11A	22. Beret-wearing rebel, familiarly	3
12A	23. Painfully particular	4
13A	25. Change priorities, say	7
14A	27. One form of savings, for short	3
15A	30. Walker who wrote "The Color Purple"	5
16A	32. Part of a book jacket	4
17A	33. Famed 1990s TV psychic	8
18A	35. Shows for soldiers, informally	4
19A	36. Year before jr.	4
20A	37. Shiftless sort	5
21A	39. 18-wheelers	4
22A	42. Horse coloring	4
23A	44. Horror film monster who has become an L.G.B.T.Q. icon, with "the"	8
24A	46. Combine, as resources	4
25A	47. "Bro!"	5
26A	48. Org. in which Wizards battle Kings	3
27A	49. Baby shower guest of honor	7
28A	51. Disbands, say	4
29A	53. Nail polish brand	3
30A	54. Pat Sajak and Vanna White, for "Wheel of Fortune"	5
31A	56. Heartburn relief brand	4
32A	59. What each set of circled letters in this grid represents	8
33A	61. Certain Muslim	6
34A	63. Fútbol cheers	4
35A	64. Looney Tunes frame	3
36A	65. A No. 2 one is more widely popular than a No. 1	6
37A	66. Verdi opera	4
38A	67. Subj. for some refugees	3
39A	68. Infuriates	6

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. "Oh yeah, love your stuff""

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: IMAFAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Sharp prod"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: poking, thrusting, prod
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Instruction for cooking corn on the cob"

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 painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
• Words that mean the same thing: boiling point, furuncle, roil
• The opposite would be: freeze
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Tame"

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 willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
• Words that mean the same thing: gentle, teachable
• The opposite would be: stubborn
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOCILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Not well"

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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: ominous, complaint, sick
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ Mae Bullock (Tina Turner's birth name)"

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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. One-act Strauss opera adapted from an Oscar Wilde play"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that woman whose dancing beguiled herod into giving her the head of john the baptist
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Ziggy Stardust's music genre"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GLAMROCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Fish that's often canned"

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 tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
• Words that mean the same thing: tuna fish, Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Japanese vehicle manufacturer"

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: ISUZU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Beret-wearing rebel, familiarly"

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: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Painfully particular"

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 of or related to the anus
• Words that mean the same thing: anal retentive
• The opposite would be: oral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Change priorities, say"

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 focus once again; the physicist refocused the light beam"
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFOCUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. One form of savings, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: Irish Republican Army, individual retirement account, wrath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Walker who wrote "The Color Purple""

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: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Part of a book jacket"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
• Words that mean the same thing: flaps, dither, fuss
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Famed 1990s TV psychic"

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: MISSCLEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Shows for soldiers, informally"

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: USOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Year before jr."

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 second-year undergraduate
• Words that mean the same thing: sophomore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Shiftless sort"

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 person who does no work
• Words that mean the same thing: unused, layabout, bum
• The opposite would be: busy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. 18-wheelers"

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 gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
• Words that mean the same thing: equipage, getup, trucking rig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Horse coloring"

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 soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Horror film monster who has become an L.G.B.T.Q. icon, with "the""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BABADOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Combine, as resources"

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 excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• Words that mean the same thing: pond, syndicate, pocket billiards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "Bro!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MYMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Org. in which Wizards battle Kings"

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: NBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Baby shower guest of honor"

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: MOMTOBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Disbands, 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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: cease, conclusion, remainder
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Nail polish brand"

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: OPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Pat Sajak and Vanna White, for "Wheel of Fortune""

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 person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Words that mean the same thing: emcee, host, master of ceremonies
• The opposite would be: parasite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Heartburn relief brand"

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 enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
• Words that mean the same thing: stomach, breadbasket, tum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. What each set of circled letters in this grid represents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
• Words that mean the same thing: moustache
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSTACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Certain Muslim"

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 member of the branch of islam that regards ali as the legitimate successor to mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
• Words that mean the same thing: Shi'ite, Shia Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Fútbol cheers"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Looney Tunes frame"

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: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. A No. 2 one is more widely popular than a No. 1"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENCIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Verdi opera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AIDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Subj. for some refugees"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Infuriates"

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

  The answer is: ANGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

June 27, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Selects out of a lineup, informally	3
2D	2. What a drawbridge may cross	4
3D	3. Org. that denounced Japanese internment during W.W. II	4
4D	4. Grammy-winning Apple	5
5D	5. Annual reference work	7
6D	6. Formerly known as	3
7D	7. Celebratory dances	4
8D	8. Enticing quality	6
9D	9. Reason to call the fire department	5
10D	10. Classic joke locale	3
11D	11. Every so often	10
12D	12. Creep forward	6
13D	13. Minnesota has more than 10,000 of them	5
14D	19. Botches	5
15D	21. Phrase of fessing up	5
16D	24. Bold poker bet	5
17D	26. Prayer starter	5
18D	27. Some online communications, in brief	3
19D	28. Home of Christ the Redeemer, informally	3
20D	29. "Just like I said I would …"	10
21D	31. Maine college whose name is also a variety of cheese	5
22D	34. Photography session	5
23D	35. Counterpart of rural	5
24D	38. Chair designer Charles or Ray	5
25D	40. Small lump or big bunch	3
26D	41. Reggae relative	3
27D	43. Hawaii hello	5
28D	45. Segue in a story	7
29D	46. Vox ___	6
30D	47. Fits well (with)	6
31D	49. "Justice League" actor Jason	5
32D	50. Italian lawn game	5
33D	52. Taking to court	5
34D	55. Betray a secret	4
35D	57. Mickey and Minnie, for two	4
36D	58. Mix, as batter	4
37D	60. Grp. checking carry-ons	3
38D	61. Place for a Swedish massage	3
39D	62. Features of lollipops but not suckers?	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. Selects out of a lineup, informally"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: I.D., ID, Gem State
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. What a drawbridge may cross"

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 ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
• Words that mean the same thing: fosse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Org. that denounced Japanese internment during W.W. II"

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: ACLU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Grammy-winning Apple"

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: FIONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Annual reference work"

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 annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
• Words that mean the same thing: farmer's calendar
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALMANAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Formerly known as"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Celebratory dances"

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 music in three-four time for dancing a jig
• Words that mean the same thing: jig, gigue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Enticing quality"

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 the power to entice or attract through personal charm
• Words that mean the same thing: tempt, allurement, temptingness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Reason to call the fire department"

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 strong flame that burns brightly
• Words that mean the same thing: hell, glare, blazing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Classic joke locale"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: barricade, cake, stop
• The opposite would be: unbar
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Every so often"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONOCCASION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Creep forward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INCHUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Minnesota has more than 10,000 of them"

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 body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
• Words that mean the same thing: lake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Botches"

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 a warm tubular covering for the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: bungle, bobble, botch up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Phrase of fessing up"

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: ILIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Bold poker bet"

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: ALLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Prayer starter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Some online communications, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Home of Christ the Redeemer, informally"

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 former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. "Just like I said I would …""

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: ASPROMISED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Maine college whose name is also a variety of cheese"

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: COLBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Photography session"

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 new branch
• Words that mean the same thing: photograph, pullulate, sprout
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Counterpart of rural"

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 relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
• The opposite would be: rural
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URBAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Chair designer Charles or Ray"

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 united states designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978)
• Words that mean the same thing: Charles Eames
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Small lump or big bunch"

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 man who serves as a sailor
• Words that mean the same thing: Jack-tar, cakehole, hole
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Reggae relative"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Hawaii hello"

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: ciao
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Segue in a story"

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: ANDTHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Vox ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POPULI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Fits well (with)"

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 the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
• Words that mean the same thing: meshwork, mesh topology, net
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. "Justice League" actor Jason"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOMOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Italian lawn game"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: boccie, bocci
• The 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 33 Down: "52. Taking to court"

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 institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• Words that mean the same thing: sue, litigate, action
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Betray a secret"

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 swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
• Words that mean the same thing: say, enjoin, assure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Mickey and Minnie, for two"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: black eye, shiner, mouse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Mix, as batter"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: splash, touch, call forth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Grp. checking carry-ons"

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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Place for a Swedish massage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, watering place, health club
• The 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 39 Down: "62. Features of lollipops but not suckers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevated railroad, elevated, altitude
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	65.4%
Short Answer	16	20.5%
History	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Tuesday, 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 01, 2025 at 01:47 PM