February 24, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

February 24, 2022 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Parties with smokers	6
2A	7. "In what universe?!"	4
3A	11. Positive consideration	3
4A	14. Make available	6
5A	15. "Holy cannoli!"	4
6A	16. Spreadsheet part	3
7A	17. Wight, e.g.?	11
8A	19. ___ Productions (company behind the James Bond films)	3
9A	20. Deployed, as a naval officer	4
10A	21. Rum drum	4
11A	22. Soul mates, for short	4
12A	23. Experienced certain growing pains	7
13A	25. Emulate the Lonely Goatherd	5
14A	28. Crunch bar and Cadbury Creme Egg, e.g.?	12
15A	32. Give it a twirl!	5
16A	35. Tennis's Nadal, familiarly	4
17A	36. Test for coll. seniors	3
18A	37. Word after gay or fashion	4
19A	38. Thingamajigs	5
20A	40. One observing the holiday of Arba'een	4
21A	41. Common Thanksgiving activity	3
22A	42. Home for the Himalayas	4
23A	43. When some local news comes on	5
24A	44. 1995's "Johnny Mnemonic," e.g.?	12
25A	48. With the heels elevated	5
26A	49. Smash success	7
27A	53. Landlocked African country	4
28A	55. Go yachting	4
29A	57. Medieval club	4
30A	58. Squirreled away	3
31A	59. Sloth, e.g.?	11
32A	62. With 63-Across, test for pupils	3
33A	63. See 62-Across	4
34A	64. Beat overwhelmingly	6
35A	65. It may be revolutionary	3
36A	66. Monocle, basically	4
37A	67. Apartment building V.I.P.s	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. Parties with smokers"

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: BARBQS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. "In what universe?!""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Positive consideration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Make available"

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: FREEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Holy cannoli!""

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: WHOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Spreadsheet part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Wight, e.g.?"

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: LONGIISLAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ Productions (company behind the James Bond films)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the longest division of geological time
• Words that mean the same thing: aeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Deployed, as a naval officer"

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 in the direction of the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Rum drum"

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 quantity a cask will hold
• Words that mean the same thing: barrel, caskful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Soul mates, for short"

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: BFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Experienced certain growing pains"

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 grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: teethe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEETHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Emulate the Lonely Goatherd"

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 songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
• Words that mean the same thing: descant, warble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YODEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Crunch bar and Cadbury Creme Egg, e.g.?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HARDCCANDIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Give it a twirl!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
• Words that mean the same thing: nightstick, wand, billy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Tennis's Nadal, familiarly"

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: RAFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Test for coll. seniors"

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 18 Across: "37. Word after gay or fashion"

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: image, ikon, picture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Thingamajigs"

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 distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
• Words that mean the same thing: point, detail, item
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. One observing the holiday of Arba'een"

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 one of the two main branches of orthodox islam; mainly in iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Shiah Islam, Shiah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Common Thanksgiving activity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: short sleep, catch a wink, catnap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Home for the Himalayas"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. When some local news comes 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: ATTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. 1995's "Johnny Mnemonic," e.g.?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SILENTMMOVIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. With the heels elevated"

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: ONTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Smash success"

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 unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
• Words that mean the same thing: smash hit, blockbuster
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEGAHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Landlocked African country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Chad, Chadic, Chadic language
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Go yachting"

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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: navigate, cruise, sweep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Medieval club"

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 (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
• Words that mean the same thing: macer, Chemical Mace, macebearer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Squirreled away"

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 prevent from being seen or discovered
• Words that mean the same thing: veil, enshroud, cover
• The opposite would be: show
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Sloth, e.g.?"

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: CAPITALSSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. With 63-Across, test for pupils"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: eyeball, optic, centre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. See 62-Across"

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 set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: test, examination
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Beat overwhelmingly"

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 send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
• Words that mean the same thing: expel, spreadeagle, rout
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. It may be revolutionary"

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 waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: warfare, state of war
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Monocle, basically"

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 transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Words that mean the same thing: electron lens, lens of the eye, lens system
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Apartment building V.I.P.s"

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 caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
• Words that mean the same thing: super, superintendent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle February 24, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. What most clarinets are tuned to	5
2D	2. Became apparent	5
3D	3. ___ Montgomery, retired W.N.B.A. star	5
4D	4. Shameless fund-raising drive, informally	8
5D	5. Who is this in France	3
6D	6. See 31-Down	6
7D	7. Handled sharp objects?	4
8D	8. Deliberately amateurish filming technique	8
9D	9. Particle with a superscript	3
10D	10. Flavor of the month	3
11D	11. When pilots go through their checklists	9
12D	12. Feature of Arthur Ashe Stadium since 2016	4
13D	13. Has	4
14D	18. Youth health and safety org.	4
15D	22. Resting place	3
16D	24. Chinese dynasty from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220	3
17D	26. Keystone Kops, e.g.	4
18D	27. What makes you unique	3
19D	29. Band with the first platinum-selling double album	5
20D	30. Northernmost county of Pennsylvania	4
21D	31. With 6-Down, former White House press secretary portrayed by Melissa McCarthy on "S.N.L."	4
22D	32. Donation receptacles	4
23D	33. Source of a purple purée	4
24D	34. Washing machine that opens upward	9
25D	38. Analogy words	4
26D	39. Window, of a sort	8
27D	40. Gets foggy	8
28D	42. Leaf-cutter, e.g.	3
29D	43. 2008 bailout recipient	3
30D	45. Abolish	3
31D	46. Leave out	4
32D	47. Both consonants in "geek," phonetically	6
33D	50. Celerity	5
34D	51. Less sympathetic	5
35D	52. Is prone	5
36D	53. Mull (over)	4
37D	54. "Greetings!"	4
38D	56. Goes (for)	4
39D	59. Animation frame	3
40D	60. Eliminate	3
41D	61. "Rugrats" grandpa	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. What most clarinets are tuned to"

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: BFLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Became apparent"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: develop, arise, uprise
• The opposite would be: sit down, go to bed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ Montgomery, retired W.N.B.A. star"

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: RENEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shameless fund-raising drive, informally"

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: BEGATHON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Who is this in France"

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: QUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. See 31-Down"

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 completely neat and clean
• Words that mean the same thing: speckless, spick, spic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Handled sharp objects?"

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 pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• Words that mean the same thing: awl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Deliberately amateurish filming technique"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHAKYCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Particle with a superscript"

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

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Flavor of the month"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: craze, cult, furor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. When pilots go through their checklists"

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: PREFLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Feature of Arthur Ashe Stadium since 2016"

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 protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• Words that mean the same thing: ceiling, cap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Has"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, own
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Youth health and safety org."

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: SADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Resting 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: love, have sex, sleep together
• 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 16 Down: "24. Chinese dynasty from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220"

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 imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Keystone Kops, e.g."

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 awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: gawk, clod, oaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. What makes you unique"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Band with the first platinum-selling double album"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the best people or things in a group
• Words that mean the same thing: ointment, clobber, lick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Northernmost county of Pennsylvania"

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

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. With 6-Down, former White House press secretary portrayed by Melissa McCarthy on "S.N.L.""

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: SEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Donation receptacles"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: ABA transit number, binful, BIN
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Source of a purple purée"

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: ACAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Washing machine that opens upward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOPLOADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Analogy words"

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: ISTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Window, of a sort"

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: TIMESPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Gets foggy"

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: STEAMSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Leaf-cutter, e.g."

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. 2008 bailout recipient"

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: AIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Abolish"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: oddment, stop, last
• 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: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Leave out"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: exclude, miss, overlook
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Both consonants in "geek," phonetically"

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 consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
• Words that mean the same thing: velar consonant, velar
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VELARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Celerity"

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 overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Words that mean the same thing: rush, precipitation, hastiness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Less sympathetic"

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: arctic, icy, wintry
• The 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 35 Down: "52. Is prone"

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 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
• Words that mean the same thing: incline, tend, lean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Mull (over)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a wad of something chewable as tobacco
• Words that mean the same thing: plug, mastication, masticate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. "Greetings!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Goes (for)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Words that mean the same thing: design, draw a bead on, purport
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Animation 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 40 Down: "60. Eliminate"

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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: ax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. "Rugrats" grandpa"

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: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	66.7%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
History	3	3.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, 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 11, 2025 at 05:17 PM

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

May 06, 2020 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Chop-chop!"	4
2A	5. Barrel : cooper :: ___ : fletcher	5
3A	10. Actress Chlumsky of "Veep"	4
4A	14. Be bested	4
5A	15. Title heroine of a 2016 Disney film	5
6A	16. Light element?	4
7A	17. Cookout option for someone avoiding red meat	12
8A	19. Robert who was the subject of the 2003 true crime book "A Deadly Secret"	5
9A	20. Moves stealthily	6
10A	21. 75% of 1,000?	6
11A	23. Sheltered, at sea	4
12A	24. Dove shelters	5
13A	25. Person who makes do?	6
14A	28. Singer Del Rey	4
15A	29. Places surfers frequent, for short?	4
16A	32. Creme-filled cookies	5
17A	33. So-called "ship of the desert"	5
18A	34. Prefix with physics	3
19A	35. "And another thing ..."	4
20A	36. Practical, stubborn, ambitious sort, so it's said	6
21A	37. Be on the mend	4
22A	38. Rigid	3
23A	39. Evert of tennis	5
24A	40. Intrinsically	5
25A	41. Org. whose workers look into cases	3
26A	42. Detest	4
27A	43. Like some ropes and nerves	6
28A	44. Relating to bears	6
29A	46. Buffoon	4
30A	47. Max who lent his name to a constant in physics	6
31A	49. Fighter's embrace	6
32A	51. VW or BMW	4
33A	52. Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle	10
34A	56. Legendary ruler of Egypt, informally	4
35A	57. Go round and round	5
36A	58. Capital of France	5
37A	59. Sound made by a noisy noodle eater	5
38A	60. ___ manual	5
39A	61. Iambs and trochees	4

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. "Chop-chop!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Barrel : cooper :: ___ : fletcher"

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 mark to indicate a direction or relation
• Words that mean the same thing: pointer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Actress Chlumsky of "Veep""

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

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 4 Across: "14. Be bested"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: suffer, recede, mislay
• The opposite would be: profit, keep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Title heroine of a 2016 Disney film"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MOANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Light element?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, Ne
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Cookout option for someone avoiding red meat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TURKEYBURGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Robert who was the subject of the 2003 true crime book "A Deadly Secret""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DURST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Moves stealthily"

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 lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
• Words that mean the same thing: malinger, skulk, lurk
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKULKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. 75% of 1,000?"

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

  The answer is: ZEROES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Sheltered, at sea"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Dove shelters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
• Words that mean the same thing: cote
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Person who makes do?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states composer (1910-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Barber
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Singer Del Rey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Places surfers frequent, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Words that mean the same thing: URL, universal resource locator, uniform resource locator
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Creme-filled cookies"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo, oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. So-called "ship of the desert""

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 cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Prefix with physics"

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

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: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. "And another thing ...""

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 in addition
• Words that mean the same thing: besides, as well, likewise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Practical, stubborn, ambitious sort, so it's said"

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 venezuelan master terrorist raised by a marxist-leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
• Words that mean the same thing: Carlos, Sanchez, Taurus the Bull
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAURUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Be on the mend"

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 heal or recover
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, bring around, cure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Rigid"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: situated, localise, curing
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Evert of tennis"

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: CHRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Intrinsically"

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: PERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Org. whose workers look into cases"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an 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 26 Across: "42. Detest"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
• Words that mean the same thing: detest, hatred
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "43. Like some ropes and nerves"

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 wear away by rubbing
• Words that mean the same thing: fray, rub, chafe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAYED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "44. Relating to bears"

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

  The answer is: URSINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "46. Buffoon"

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 compact mass
• Words that mean the same thing: oaf, lump, glob
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "47. Max who lent his name to a constant in physics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that german physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947)
• Words that mean the same thing: Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Max Planck
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLANCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "49. Fighter's embrace"

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 (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
• Words that mean the same thing: clench, clamp, squeeze
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLINCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "51. VW or BMW"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: car, motorcar, automobile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "52. Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle"

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: YOUAREHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "56. Legendary ruler of Egypt, 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: CLEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "57. Go round and round"

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 (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
• Words that mean the same thing: cranial orbit, ambit, scope
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "58. Capital of France"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• Words that mean the same thing: euro
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "59. Sound made by a noisy noodle eater"

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

  The answer is: SLURP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "60. ___ manual"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: user, exploiter, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "61. Iambs and trochees"

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 part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: groundwork, invertebrate foot, pes
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEET

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - May 06, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. PC key	3
2D	2. Mixed drink with lemon or lime juice	4
3D	3. Questions	4
4D	4. Game played with the fingers	8
5D	5. Person going for a stroll	6
6D	6. Mickey of "The Wrestler"	6
7D	7. Poverty, metaphorically	4
8D	8. Phone button that lacks letters	3
9D	9. Places on travel advisory lists	8
10D	10. Wrestling Hall-of-Famer ___ the Giant	5
11D	11. Mental operation?	12
12D	12. Part of a Groucho Marx disguise	4
13D	13. Workers in formicaries	4
14D	18. Wassailing times	5
15D	22. List ender	4
16D	24. Author of "L'Étranger"	5
17D	25. Brag	5
18D	26. French city whose last two letters are silent	5
19D	27. Wolfgang Puck, e.g.	12
20D	28. Actress Metcalf of "Lady Bird"	6
21D	30. Rental agreement	5
22D	31. Like shoes	5
23D	33. ___ blanche	5
24D	36. "Much obliged"	8
25D	37. Director of many courses	8
26D	39. Very smart	4
27D	40. Accident-___	5
28D	43. Toys (with)	6
29D	45. Prying sort	5
30D	46. Debussy's "___ de Lune"	5
31D	47. Campaign support grps.	4
32D	48. Quiet period	4
33D	49. 343, to 7	4
34D	50. Part of un jour	5
35D	53. Some conjunctions	3
36D	54. Fish eggs	3
37D	55. Is from France?	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. PC key"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, EL, 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: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Mixed drink with lemon or lime juice"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
• Words that mean the same thing: saturnine, false, turn
• The opposite would be: sweet, sweeten
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Questions"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: postulate, demand, necessitate
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Game played with the fingers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
• Words that mean the same thing: bopeep
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEKABOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Person going for a stroll"

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 someone who walks at a leisurely pace
• Words that mean the same thing: saunterer, stroller
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMBLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Mickey of "The Wrestler""

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: ROURKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Poverty, metaphorically"

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 small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: irritate, tabloid, gravel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Phone button that lacks letters"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: ane, matchless, unitary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Places on travel advisory lists"

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: WARZONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Wrestling Hall-of-Famer ___ the Giant"

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: ANDRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Mental operation?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUROSURGERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Part of a Groucho Marx disguise"

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 the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: horn in, intrude, nuzzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Workers in formicaries"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, ant, emmet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Wassailing times"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmastide, Christmas, Christmastime
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YULES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. List ender"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Author of "L'Étranger""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
• Words that mean the same thing: Albert Camus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Brag"

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 speaking of yourself in superlatives
• Words that mean the same thing: tout, gasconade, swash
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. French city whose last two letters are silent"

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 money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
• Words that mean the same thing: earnest money
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Wolfgang Puck, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the proprietor of a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: restauranter
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESTAURATEUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Actress Metcalf of "Lady Bird""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: LAURIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Rental agreement"

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 property that is leased or rented out or let
• Words that mean the same thing: let, hire, rent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Like shoes"

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 put a new sole on
• Words that mean the same thing: resole, sole
• The opposite would be: soleless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. ___ blanche"

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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: carte du jour, bill of fare, card
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "Much obliged""

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: THANKYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Director of many courses"

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: HEADCHEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Very smart"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Words that mean the same thing: chicness, chichi, smart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Accident-___"

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 having a tendency (to); often used in combination
• Words that mean the same thing: prostrate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Toys (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 a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
• Words that mean the same thing: dally, mash, dalliance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLIRTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Prying 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 a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
• Words that mean the same thing: spy, sleuth, snooper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Debussy's "___ de Lune""

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: CLAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Campaign support grps."

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 committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
• Words that mean the same thing: PAC, political action committee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Quiet period"

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

  The answer is: LULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. 343, to 7"

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 hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
• Words that mean the same thing: third power, block, dice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Part of un jour"

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: HEURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Some conjunctions"

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: operating theatre, surgery, operating theater
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Fish eggs"

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 fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
• Words that mean the same thing: hard roe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Is from France?"

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	7	9.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.6%
Science/Technology	3	3.9%
Geography	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, 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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