October 19, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (34 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019

Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (30 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 6.1 letters

October 19, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Common street food purveyor	9
2A	10. Big name in dining guides	5
3A	15. Port city built on a crater of an ancient volcano	9
4A	16. Make a slight correction?	5
5A	17. O.K.	9
6A	18. Common treatment for anxiety and panic disorders	5
7A	19. Design credential	9
8A	20. Elaboration phrase	5
9A	21. Lo-___	3
10A	22. C, as in coach?	9
11A	24. Very far from	7
12A	26. First name of two of the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon	4
13A	28. Sex drive?	10
14A	31. 10 milliliters, perhaps	4
15A	32. Commercial suffix akin to -apalooza	5
16A	33. Bottled spirits?	5
17A	34. Dance prop for Fred Astaire	4
18A	35. Indian state of 90+ million bordering Bhutan	10
19A	40. Lab assistant in "Young Frankenstein"	4
20A	41. Royal flush in draw poker, say	7
21A	42. Long part of a longarm	9
22A	44. Something to chew on	3
23A	47. "If ___ Street Could Talk" (2018 film)	5
24A	48. Bacchanal	9
25A	51. "Beavis and Butt-head" spinoff	5
26A	52. Once more	9
27A	53. Extra	5
28A	54. Go from variable to fixed-rate, say	9
29A	55. Binary response option	5
30A	56. Onetime Quaker offering based on a 1980s TV icon	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. Common street food purveyor"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: TACOTRUCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Big name in dining guides"

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: ZAGAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Port city built on a crater of an ancient volcano"

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

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: ADENYEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Make a slight correction?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. O.K."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that capable of being borne or endured
• Words that mean the same thing: adequate, passable, fair to middling
• The opposite would be: intolerable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOLERABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Common treatment for anxiety and panic disorders"

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 an antianxiety agent (trade name xanax) of the benzodiazepine class
• Words that mean the same thing: alprazolam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: XANAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Design credential"

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: ARTDEGREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Elaboration phrase"

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: IDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lo-___"

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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Words that mean the same thing: reticuloendothelial system, Re, Ra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. C, as in coach?"

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: AISLESEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Very far from"

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: NONETOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. First name of two of the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon"

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: ALAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Sex drive?"

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: LOVERSLANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. 10 milliliters, perhaps"

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 measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
• Words that mean the same thing: Elvis, Zen, sexually transmitted disease
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Commercial suffix akin to -apalooza"

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: ORAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Bottled spirits?"

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 someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
• Words that mean the same thing: genius, ace, hotshot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Dance prop for Fred Astaire"

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 stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: lambaste, lambast, flog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Indian state of 90+ million bordering Bhutan"

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

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: WESTBENGAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Lab assistant in "Young Frankenstein""

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 tree or shrub of the genus inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Royal flush in draw poker, say"

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: PATHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Long part of a longarm"

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: GUNBARREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Something to chew on"

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 food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• Words that mean the same thing: wad, chaw, plug
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. "If ___ Street Could Talk" (2018 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: BEALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Bacchanal"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: WILDPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. "Beavis and Butt-head" spinoff"

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: DARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Once more"

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: OVERAGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Extra"

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: ADDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Go from variable to fixed-rate, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REFINANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Binary response option"

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: YESNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Onetime Quaker offering based on a 1980s TV icon"

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: MRTCEREAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword October 19, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Language whose alphabet went from Arabic to Latin to Cyrillic	5
2D	2. Can't get enough of	5
3D	3. Worshipers of the goddess Rhiannon	5
4D	4. Linear	4
5D	5. Lebanese city on the Mediterranean	4
6D	6. First family with the dogs Lucky and Rex	7
7D	7. Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow"	7
8D	8. Keyboard instrument heard in "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"	7
9D	9. Use, as a prie-dieu	7
10D	10. Line of depth	5
11D	11. Hopelessly stuck	10
12D	12. Cooperated (with)	9
13D	13. Evil stepsister of Cinderella, in Disney	9
14D	14. Word with book or box	4
15D	23. Nondiscriminatory hiring abbr.	3
16D	24. Victim of Hercules' first labor	10
17D	25. Mouths: Lat.	3
18D	27. First name of the first man to walk on the moon	4
19D	28. Sets of points on graphs	4
20D	29. Fruity refreshment	9
21D	30. Leaders of movements	9
22D	33. Lead-in to X or Y	3
23D	35. New Deal agcy. that helped build La Guardia Airport	3
24D	36. The 1975 hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head" would be an appropriate one	7
25D	37. One really trying	7
26D	38. Progressives	7
27D	39. Sword-bearing shoulder belt	7
28D	43. Aid to digestion	5
29D	44. Origami creation	5
30D	45. Upstate New York college	5
31D	46. Synthetic fiber once used in wigmaking	5
32D	47. Kind of card, familiarly	4
33D	49. Part of a French door	4
34D	50. Ice cream thickener	4

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. Language whose alphabet went from Arabic to Latin to Cyrillic"

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 member of the mongolian people of central asia who invaded russia in the 13th century
• Words that mean the same thing: Mongol Tatar, Tartar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Can't get enough of"

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

  The answer is: ADORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Worshipers of the goddess Rhiannon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a european people who once occupied britain and spain and gaul prior to roman times
• Words that mean the same thing: Kelt, Celt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Linear"

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: ONED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Lebanese city on the Mediterranean"

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 port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: tire, Sur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. First family with the dogs Lucky and Rex"

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 40th president of the united states (1911-2004)
• Words that mean the same thing: Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAGANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow""

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: UMBRIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Keyboard instrument heard in "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy""

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 musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Use, as a prie-dieu"

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: KNEELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Line of depth"

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: ZAXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Hopelessly stuck"

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: ATADEADEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cooperated (with)"

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: GONEALONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Evil stepsister of Cinderella, in Disney"

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: ANASTASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Word with book or box"

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 the words of something written
• Words that mean the same thing: schoolbook, text edition, school text
• The opposite would be: trade edition
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Nondiscriminatory hiring 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: EOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Victim of Hercules' first labor"

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: NEMEANLION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Mouths: Lat."

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: operating system, bone, Os
• The 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!

Clue 18 Down: "27. First name of the first man to walk on the moon"

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: NEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Sets of points on graphs"

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 scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: venue, locale, locus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Fruity refreshment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORANGEADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Leaders of movements"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the leading units moving at the head of an army
• Words that mean the same thing: cutting edge, van, new wave
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VANGUARDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Lead-in to X or Y"

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

  The answer is: GEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. New Deal agcy. that helped build La Guardia Airport"

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: WPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. The 1975 hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head" would be an appropriate one"

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: EARWORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. One really trying"

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 someone who works as hard as a slave
• Words that mean the same thing: hard worker, slave
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Progressives"

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: THELEFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Sword-bearing shoulder belt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
• Words that mean the same thing: baldrick
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALDRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Aid to digestion"

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 game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Words that mean the same thing: lotto, keno, bingo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Origami creation"

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 writer (1871-1900)
• Words that mean the same thing: Grus, stretch out, Harold Hart Crane
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Upstate New York college"

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

  The answer is: UTICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Synthetic fiber once used in wigmaking"

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: DYNEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Kind of card, 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: BDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Part of a French door"

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 sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
• Words that mean the same thing: Elvis, back breaker, 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: PANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Ice cream thickener"

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 culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Words that mean the same thing: agar-agar, nutrient agar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	78.1%
Short Answer	5	7.8%
Geography	4	6.2%
Food & Drink	1	1.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.6%
History	1	1.6%
Literature	1	1.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	30
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	64
Average Answer Length	6.1 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 6 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, May 09, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (35 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

May 09, 2020 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Something Old, something New?	9
2A	10. Complications	5
3A	15. Among other things	9
4A	16. Get in contact, so to speak	6
5A	18. Place to branch out	9
6A	19. Shaped like a clementine	6
7A	20. Secure	4
8A	21. Played at work, for short	4
9A	23. They can go from floor to ceiling	5
10A	24. Something Jane Goodall, Rube Goldberg and Nadine Gordimer have in common?	3
11A	25. Disquisition	8
12A	28. Cropped photo?	3
13A	29. Big name in perfumery	5
14A	31. Bollywood's ___ Rukh Khan	4
15A	32. Image on the ceiling of la chapelle Sixtine	4
16A	33. "Get ___!"	4
17A	35. Grace	8
18A	37. Vegan serving in a bun	16
19A	41. Come together	8
20A	42. Move like a flash	4
21A	43. Flubs it	4
22A	44. Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. team nickname)	4
23A	46. "Don't think so"	5
24A	49. Bad mood	3
25A	50. Gripping experiences that take your breath away	8
26A	52. Aroma du vin	3
27A	54. Mammal with a pouch where it can store its favorite rock	5
28A	56. ___ Laemmle, film pioneer who co-founded Universal Pictures	4
29A	57. Agitate	4
30A	58. Good name for a gas station attendant?	6
31A	60. Short rides	9
32A	63. Persistent character of children's lit	6
33A	64. Soon	9
34A	65. Gets warmer, say	5
35A	66. Puts the kibosh on	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. Something Old, something New?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TESTAMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Complications"

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 sharp protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: tear, hang-up, snag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Among other things"

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: INTERALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Get in contact, so to speak"

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 very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: bellowing, hollering, bitch
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "18. Place to branch out"

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: TREETRUNK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Shaped like a clementine"

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 lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
• Words that mean the same thing: pumpkin-shaped
• The opposite would be: prolate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Secure"

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 land on which real estate is located
• Words that mean the same thing: kingdom, set ashore, estate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Played at work, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that comment on music to be played
• Words that mean the same thing: DJ, disc-jockey, disk-jockey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DJED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "23. They can go from floor to ceiling"

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 an artificial source of visible illumination
• Words that mean the same thing: lamp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Something Jane Goodall, Rube Goldberg and Nadine Gordimer have in common?"

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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, egotism, self-importance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Disquisition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TREATISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Cropped photo?"

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 form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• Words that mean the same thing: motion picture, moving-picture show, photo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Big name in perfumery"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Bollywood's ___ Rukh Khan"

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 title for the former hereditary monarch of iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Shah of Iran
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Image on the ceiling of la chapelle Sixtine"

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: DIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. "Get ___!""

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: ONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Grace"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
• The opposite would be: inelegance
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEGANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Vegan serving in a bun"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: IMPOSSIBLEBURGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Come together"

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 mix together different elements
• Words that mean the same thing: flux, commingle, conflate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COALESCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Move like a flash"

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 narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
• Words that mean the same thing: shoot, scoot, fleet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Flubs it"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, mistake, drift
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. team nickname)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Ute
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. "Don't think so""

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: NUHUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Bad mood"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: positron emission tomography, best-loved, darling
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Gripping experiences that take your breath away"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEARHUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Aroma du vin"

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: NEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Mammal with a pouch where it can store its favorite rock"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. ___ Laemmle, film pioneer who co-founded Universal Pictures"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: CARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Agitate"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: gravel, rag, annoy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Good name for a gas station attendant?"

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 englishman and husband of elizabeth ii (born 1921)
• Words that mean the same thing: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHILIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Short rides"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)
• Words that mean the same thing: minibus
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINIBUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Persistent character of children's lit"

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: SAMIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Soon"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: INAMOMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Gets warmer, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: near, draw near, come near
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Puts the kibosh on"

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: DEEPSIXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle May 09, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Queen or knight	5
2D	2. Cause to explode	6
3D	3. Ones serving dictators	6
4D	4. Ready to go, with "up"	4
5D	5. Word before glass or house	3
6D	6. Bang up	3
7D	7. Dodge	5
8D	8. Men in black	6
9D	9. Suffer a defeat, slangily	8
10D	10. "The L Word" airer, for short	3
11D	11. Patrician	5
12D	12. Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca"	4
13D	13. Not exactly roughing it, in modern lingo	8
14D	14. Action film staple	8
15D	17. Saving face?	7
16D	22. Rang	6
17D	25. It may be imperfect	5
18D	26. Second edition	7
19D	27. It's a whole thing	7
20D	30. Fixing things	5
21D	32. Evil honorific in sci-fi	5
22D	34. Mini mint	6
23D	36. Sikh teachers	5
24D	37. Treats on sticks	7
25D	38. Not just	8
26D	39. Like a side hustle	8
27D	40. Portmanteau for an arrangement of cans in a dorm room, maybe	8
28D	45. Martyr complex?	6
29D	47. Providing coverage for all	6
30D	48. Pam's mom on "The Office"	6
31D	50. ___ patch	5
32D	51. Bones in wings	5
33D	53. Some cocktail garnishes	5
34D	55. "A Letter to ___," 2010 documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese	4
35D	57. Persian poet whose epitaph reads "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men"	4
36D	59. Evenings, in brief	3
37D	61. Little prankster	3
38D	62. Cow genus	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. Queen or knight"

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 heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
• Words that mean the same thing: statute title, entitle, deed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cause to explode"

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 put into a rage; make violently angry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENRAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Ones serving dictators"

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: STENOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Ready to go, with "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 place on a tee
• Words that mean the same thing: tee, tee 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: TEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Word before glass or house"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Bang up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: March, vitiate, defect
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Dodge"

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 escape, either physically or mentally
• Words that mean the same thing: escape, circumvent, dodge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Men in black"

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 ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
• Words that mean the same thing: ninja
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINJAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Suffer a defeat, slangily"

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: TAKETHEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "The L Word" airer, 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: SHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Patrician"

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 titled peer of the realm
• Words that mean the same thing: nobleman, imposing, Lord
• The opposite would be: Lady, ignoble
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca""

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: ALLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Not exactly roughing it, in modern lingo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GLAMPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Action film staple"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SETPIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "17. Saving face?"

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 person who rescues you from harm or danger
• Words that mean the same thing: savior, saver, saviour
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESCUER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Rang"

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 operate a dial to select a telephone number
• Words that mean the same thing: dial
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIALED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. It may be imperfect"

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 grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
• Words that mean the same thing: tense up, strain
• The opposite would be: unstrain, lax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Second edition"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
• Words that mean the same thing: reprint, reprinting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REISSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. It's a whole thing"

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 an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHEBANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Fixing things"

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 implement used in the practice of a vocation
• Words that mean the same thing: peter, tool, dick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Evil honorific in sci-fi"

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: DARTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Mini mint"

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 steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
• Words that mean the same thing: tocktact, ticktock
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TICTAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Sikh teachers"

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 hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
• Words that mean the same thing: Guru, guru
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GURUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Treats on sticks"

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: ICEPOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Not just"

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: MORETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Like a side hustle"

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 involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
• Words that mean the same thing: part-time
• The opposite would be: full-time
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Portmanteau for an arrangement of cans in a dorm room, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEERAMID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Martyr complex?"

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 place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
• Words that mean the same thing: enshrine
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHRINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Providing coverage for all"

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 not distinguished on the basis of sex
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNISEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Pam's mom on "The Office""

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: HELENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. ___ patch"

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 eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
• Words that mean the same thing: eglantine, bullbrier, catbrier
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Bones in wings"

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 inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• Words that mean the same thing: ulna, elbow 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: ULNAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Some cocktail garnishes"

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 vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Words that mean the same thing: relish, gusto, piquantness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. "A Letter to ___," 2010 documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese"

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 english essayist (1775-1834)
• Words that mean the same thing: Charles Lamb, Lamb
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Persian poet whose epitaph reads "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men""

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: RUMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Evenings, in brief"

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 syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation
• Words that mean the same thing: Pm, post-mortem examination, autopsy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Little prankster"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: scamp, monkey, gremlin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Cow genus"

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 wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily bovinae or tribe bovini
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Bos
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	57	78.1%
Short Answer	9	12.3%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 08:28 AM