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Monday, October 21, 2024

No 27376 Mon Oct 21, 2024 NYT Crossword by Neil Padrick Wilson

Across Clues :

1. Make extremely thirsty, 6. Carvey who portrays Biden on "S.N.L.", 10. A multitasker might keep several open on a browser, 14. Love to pieces, 15. Apple product discontinued in 2022, 16. Mouth-related, 17. Disposable BBQ dish, 19. Log cabin wood, often, 20. Like many fine wines, 21. Rowboat movers, 22. In the future, 23. Drenched, 24. Doctor's office jarful, 26. Russian currency, 28. Ending with slug or snooze, 29. Direction to a newly knighted knight, 31. "Sooo tasty!", 32. Family member who usually goes by one name, 35. Elbows in a grocery store, 40. "No clue," in text shorthand, 41. Mushy food for babies, 42. String quartet instrument, 43. Hit maximum popularity, 45. Bumbling, 47. Makeshift twist-tie, 51. Green eggs go-with, 54. Spanish friend, 55. Performer prone to theatrics, 56. Move like sap from a tree, 57. Legit, 58. What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together, 60. "Citizen" played by Orson Welles, 61. "Très ___!" (French for "Very well!"), 62. Breaking news notification, 63. Kiss, in Cambridge, 64. Root vegetable often paired with goat cheese, 65. Affirmatives

Mon Oct 21, 2024 NYT Crossword by Neil Padrick Wilson
Mon Oct 21, 2024 NYT Crossword 


Down Clues :

1. Oblong yellowish fruit, 2. "A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g., 3. Cowboy's feat with a lasso, 4. Street ___ (respect), 5. That lady, 6. Widen, as pupils, 7. In separate places, 8. Unenjoyable, to put it mildly, 9. Lemon drink suffix, 10. Prop for a magician's costume, 11. "The Little Mermaid" mermaid, 12. Tired and predictable, 13. Toys used on snow days, 18. Game with solid and striped balls, 22. "Crunched" muscles, informally, 24. Truck radio user, 25. Captain in Jules Verne novels, 27. Leading medal winner at the 2024 Olympics, 29. "___ the only one seeing this?", 30. Totally wicked, 31. Pup's bark, 32. Narrative details that don't withstand scrutiny, 33. European ___ (Anguilla anguilla), 34. Org. that might have you remove your shoes, 36. Iridescent gem, 37. Obvious untruth, 38. On top of, 39. Cautionary sign indicating a low point in the road, 43. Prop for a pirate's costume, 44. "Green" prefix, 45. Dream up, 46. In the neighborhood, 47. Manages to find a spot, say, 48. "Let me clarify ...", 49. p, on sheet music, 50. Pop singer Mann, 52. Sky blue, 53. Makes, as a deadline, 56. Undress with one's eyes, 58. Flow back, 59. Remark

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 21, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Make extremely thirsty. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PARCH

    Possible Answer : sear, parch


  • The clue is 6. Carvey who portrays Biden on "S.N.L.". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DANA

    Possible Answer : Danu, Dana


  • The clue is 10. A multitasker might keep several open on a browser. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TABS

    Possible Answer : check, chit, lozenge, tabloid, pill, yellow_journalism, tab_key, tab, tablet


  • The clue is 14. Love to pieces. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADORE

    Possible Answer : adore


  • The clue is 15. Apple product discontinued in 2022. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IPOD

    Possible Answer : iPod


  • The clue is 16. Mouth-related. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORAL

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : anal, aboral


  • The clue is 17. Disposable BBQ dish. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: PAPERPLATE


  • The clue is 19. Log cabin wood, often. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PINE

    Possible Answer : pine_tree, ache, yen, languish, true_pine, yearn, pine


  • The clue is 20. Like many fine wines. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGED

    Possible Answer : cured, elderly, maturate, aged, ripened, age, get_on, senesce, mature, of_age, senior, older

    Possible Opposite Answer : rejuvenate, young


  • The clue is 21. Rowboat movers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OARS

    Possible Answer : oar


  • The clue is 22. In the future. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHEAD

    Possible Answer : onward, ahead, forwards, in_front, in_advance, forward, beforehand, before, out_front, forrader, leading, in_the_lead, onwards

    Possible Opposite Answer : back, backward


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

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

    The answer: WET

    Possible Answer : sloshed, soused, stiff, smashed, crocked, plastered, besotted, squiffy, pie-eyed, slopped, moisture, blotto, pissed, wet, lactating, fuddled, cockeyed, loaded, soaked, tight, blind_drunk, pixilated, sozzled

    Possible Opposite Answer : dry


  • The clue is 24. Doctor's office jarful. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COTTONBALLS


  • The clue is 26. Russian currency. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUBLE

    Possible Answer : ruble, rouble


  • The clue is 28. Ending with slug or snooze. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FEST


  • The clue is 29. Direction to a newly knighted knight. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARISE

    Possible Answer : develop, uprise, lift, arise, bob_up, come_up, move_up, rebel, rise_up, spring_up, grow, go_up, originate, stand_up, get_up, turn_out, rise

    Possible Opposite Answer : go_to_bed, sit_down, turn_in, fall


  • The clue is 31. "Sooo tasty!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YUM


  • The clue is 32. Family member who usually goes by one name. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PET

    Possible Answer : pet, dearie, best-loved, darling, PET, deary, favourite, ducky, favorite, positron_emission_tomography, favored, preferent, preferred


  • The clue is 35. Elbows in a grocery store. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MACARONINOODLES


  • The clue is 40. "No clue," in text shorthand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDK


  • The clue is 41. Mushy food for babies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PAP

    Possible Answer : tit, teat, pap, nipple, spoon_food, mamilla, soft_diet, pablum, mammilla


  • The clue is 42. String quartet instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VIOLA

    Possible Answer : viola, genus_Viola, Viola


  • The clue is 43. Hit maximum popularity. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEAK

    Possible Answer : height, flower, bill, tip, visor, extremum, efflorescence, superlative, point, prime, apex, vertex, eyeshade, elevation, blossom, acme, bloom, peak, summit, top_out, pinnacle, flush, vizor, heyday, crest, meridian, top, crown, tiptop

    Possible Opposite Answer : bottom_out


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

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

    The answer: INEPT

    Possible Answer : ill-chosen, inapt, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inept, tactless, feckless


  • The clue is 47. Makeshift twist-tie. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PIPECLEANER


  • The clue is 51. Green eggs go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAM

    Possible Answer : ham_it_up, ham, ham_actor, overplay, gammon, overact, Ham, jambon

    Possible Opposite Answer : underact


  • The clue is 54. Spanish friend. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMIGO

    Possible Answer : amigo


  • The clue is 55. Performer prone to theatrics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DIVA

    Possible Answer : prima_donna, diva


  • The clue is 56. Move like sap from a tree. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OOZE

    Possible Answer : goo, goop, gunk, ooze, oozing, seep, sludge, exudate, guck, transude, exude, gook, slime, muck, seepage, ooze_out


  • The clue is 57. Legit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REAL

    Possible Answer : existent, material, rattling, substantial, really, real_number, actual, literal, veridical, very, tangible, genuine, real

    Possible Opposite Answer : insubstantial, nominal, unreal


  • The clue is 58. What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: ELMERSGLUE


  • The clue is 60. "Citizen" played by Orson Welles. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KANE


  • The clue is 61. "Très ___!" (French for "Very well!"). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIEN


  • The clue is 62. Breaking news notification. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALERT

    Possible Answer : watchful, merry, zippy, awake, alive, alarm, rattling, alarum, brisk, snappy, warning_signal, spanking, alert, qui_vive, alerting, lively

    Possible Opposite Answer : unalert


  • The clue is 63. Kiss, in Cambridge. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNOG

    Possible Answer : buss, kiss, snog, osculate


  • The clue is 64. Root vegetable often paired with goat cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEET

    Possible Answer : beetroot, beet, Beta_vulgaris, common_beet


  • The clue is 65. Affirmatives. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YESES

    Possible Answer : yes

    Possible Opposite Answer : no


Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Oblong yellowish fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PAPAW

    Possible Answer: Asimina_triloba, pawpaw, papaw, papaw_tree

  • The clue is 2. "A rolling stone gathers no moss," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADAGE

    Possible Answer: saw, adage, proverb, byword

  • The clue is 3. Cowboy's feat with a lasso. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROPETRICK

  • The clue is 4. Street ___ (respect). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CRED

    Possible Answer: street_credibility, cred, street_cred

  • The clue is 5. That lady. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HER

  • The clue is 6. Widen, as pupils. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DILATE

    Possible Answer: expound, dilate, lucubrate, elaborate, exposit, expand, expatiate, distend, flesh_out, enlarge

    Possible Opposite Answer : contract

  • The clue is 7. In separate places. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APART

    Possible Answer: aside, asunder, obscure, isolated, apart

  • The clue is 8. Unenjoyable, to put it mildly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOTSOFUN

  • The clue is 9. Lemon drink suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADE

    Possible Answer: ade, fruit_drink

  • The clue is 10. Prop for a magician's costume. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOPHAT

  • The clue is 11. "The Little Mermaid" mermaid. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARIEL

  • The clue is 12. Tired and predictable. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BANAL

    Possible Answer: banal, well-worn, trite, threadbare, timeworn, tired, commonplace, hackneyed, stock, old-hat, shopworn

  • The clue is 13. Toys used on snow days. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLEDS

    Possible Answer: sled, sledge, sleigh

  • The clue is 18. Game with solid and striped balls. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POOL

    Possible Answer: syndicate, pocket_billiards, consortium, pool, pond, puddle, kitty

  • The clue is 22. "Crunched" muscles, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABS

    Possible Answer: AB, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, Bachelor_of_Arts, ABS, ab, Av, Ab, group_AB, abdominal_muscle, Artium_Baccalaurens, type_AB, BA, abdominal

  • The clue is 24. Truck radio user. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CBER

  • The clue is 25. Captain in Jules Verne novels. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEMO

  • The clue is 27. Leading medal winner at the 2024 Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer: US, U.S.A., Army, America, United_States, US_Army, the_States, United_States_Army, USA, United_States_of_America, U.S., U._S._Army

  • The clue is 29. "___ the only one seeing this?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AMI

  • The clue is 30. Totally wicked. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RAD

    Possible Answer: radian, rad

  • The clue is 31. Pup's bark. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YIP

    Possible Answer: yelping, yip, yap, yelp

  • The clue is 32. Narrative details that don't withstand scrutiny. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLOTHOLES

  • The clue is 33. European ___ (Anguilla anguilla). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EEL

    Possible Answer: eel

  • The clue is 34. Org. that might have you remove your shoes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TSA

    Possible Answer: Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA

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

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

    The answer: OPAL

    Possible Answer: opal

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

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

    The answer: NAKEDLIE

  • The clue is 38. On top of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVER

    Possible Answer: terminated, all_over, o'er, complete, ended, over, concluded

  • The clue is 39. Cautionary sign indicating a low point in the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DIP

    Possible Answer: souse, dim, dunk, magnetic_dip, duck, sink, dip, drop, free_fall, magnetic_inclination, angle_of_dip, douse, inclination, plunge, cutpurse, pickpocket, fall

  • The clue is 43. Prop for a pirate's costume. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEGLEG

    Possible Answer: pegleg, leg, wooden_leg, peg

  • The clue is 44. "Green" prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ECO

  • The clue is 45. Dream up. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INVENT

    Possible Answer: forge, make_up, fabricate, invent, cook_up, excogitate, contrive, devise, formulate, manufacture

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

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

    The answer: NEAR

    Possible Answer: come_near, dear, cheeseparing, close, almost, approach, well-nigh, penny-pinching, most, nigh, approximate, about, virtually, near, go_up, come_on, nearly, good, draw_near, skinny, draw_close

    Possible Opposite Answer : far

  • The clue is 47. Manages to find a spot, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PARKS

    Possible Answer: green, common, ballpark, Park, parking_lot, car_park, parking_area, park, Rosa_Parks, Parks, Mungo_Park, commons, parkland

  • The clue is 48. "Let me clarify ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMEAN

  • The clue is 49. p, on sheet music. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PIANO

    Possible Answer: pianoforte, softly, piano, soft, forte-piano, pianissimo

    Possible Opposite Answer : forte

  • The clue is 50. Pop singer Mann. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIMEE

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

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

    The answer: AZURE

    Possible Answer: azure, sapphire, cerulean, lazuline, bright_blue, sky-blue

  • The clue is 53. Makes, as a deadline. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MEETS

    Possible Answer: foregather, run_across, run_into, forgather, play, contact, match, sports_meeting, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, converge, take_on, meet, suffer, see, fit, encounter, fill, cope_with, get_together, touch, adjoin, come_across, gather, assemble, receive, conform_to

    Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

  • The clue is 56. Undress with one's eyes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OGLE

    Possible Answer: ogle

  • The clue is 58. Flow back. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EBB

    Possible Answer: ebbing, ebb_down, ebb_away, reflux, ebb_out, wane, ebb, ebb_off

    Possible Opposite Answer : tide

  • The clue is 59. Remark. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAY

    Possible Answer: order, enunciate, aver, read, enjoin, tell, articulate, say, suppose, state, sound_out, allege, pronounce, enounce

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

NYT Mini Puzzle Trivia Week 2 April 08, 2026 - Solved

Quick NYT Mini Crossword April 08, 2026 (Trivia Week 2) - Solutions

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Mini Crossword has 20 clues total. We have all the answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Puzzle

NYT Mini Crossword solutions for April 08, 2026
NYT Mini Crossword Grid - Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Puzzle Statistics
Detail Information
Date April 08, 2026
Grid Size 5 x 5 squares
Total Clues 20 clues
Across Clues 10 clues
Down Clues 10 clues
Average Solve Time Under 1 minute

Today's Trivia Week {week_num} NYT Mini Crossword Grid Layout

This puzzle uses a 5 by 5 grid. That means 5 boxes across and 5 boxes down.

5x5 Crossword Grid Pattern
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
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How to Solve This Puzzle Fast

  1. Read all the clues first - your brain will start working on them
  2. Fill in the short words first (3 letters or less)
  3. Use the crossing letters to help with harder words
  4. If a clue has a question mark (?), it's probably a joke or play on words
  5. Common short words: THE, AND, ARE, FOR, NOT

Quick Facts About This Puzzle

  • Total squares in grid: 25 (5 times 5)
  • Average time to solve: Less than 1 minute
  • Best time to play: During a coffee break
  • Difficulty level: Made for everyone to enjoy

Across Clues - 10 Total

These clues go from left to right in the puzzle.

Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 28. Goal
2 Across 1. "I'm afraid not," quaintly
3 Across 49. Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot"
4 Across 60. Volunteer's offer
5 Across 31. Tagging symbols
6 Across 34. Perry of pop
7 Across 46. Hindi for "rule"
8 Across 61. Hits hard
9 Across 32. ___-Magnon
10 Across 62. Respond, as a pupil might

Hints and Answers for Across Clues

Need help? Here are hints and answers for each clue above. Also check out these helpful guides:

1 Across: "28. Goal"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 3 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
  • Another word like this: purpose

Answer:

Click to reveal AIM

2 Across: "1. "I'm afraid not," quaintly"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: A____O

Answer:

Click to reveal ALASNO

3 Across: "49. Chant heard at the start of "Hot Hot Hot""

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: O____E

Answer:

Click to reveal OLEOLE

4 Across: "60. Volunteer's offer"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: I__N

Answer:

Click to reveal ICAN

5 Across: "31. Tagging symbols"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 3 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Another word like this: At

Answer:

Click to reveal ATS

6 Across: "34. Perry of pop"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'K' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: K__Y

Answer:

Click to reveal KATY

7 Across: "46. Hindi for "rule""

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 3 letters
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'J'
  • This is a short form or acronym

Answer:

Click to reveal RAJ

8 Across: "61. Hits hard"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R__S

Answer:

Click to reveal RAMS

9 Across: "32. ___-Magnon"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 3 letters
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
  • Another word like this: scope

Answer:

Click to reveal CRO

10 Across: "62. Respond, as a pupil might"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: D____E

Answer:

Click to reveal DILATE

Down Clues - 10 Total

These clues go from top to bottom in the puzzle.

Down Clues List
Number Clue
1 Down 44. Comment
2 Down 7. Author's representative
3 Down 59. Lower, as lights
4 Down 3. Enhancing accessories
5 Down 19. Good gardening soil
6 Down 55. One acting rather quiet?
7 Down 45. Make ___ (earn vast sums)
8 Down 46. Unit of angular measurement
9 Down 47. Like
10 Down 23. Traditional samurai hairstyles

Hints and Answers for Down Clues

Need help? Here are hints and answers for each clue above. You might also like:

1 Down: "44. Comment"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: R____K

Answer:

Click to reveal REMARK

2 Down: "7. Author's representative"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 5 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A___T

Answer:

Click to reveal AGENT

3 Down: "59. Lower, as lights"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 3 letters
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'M'
  • Another word like this: slur

Answer:

Click to reveal DIM

4 Down: "3. Enhancing accessories"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S

Answer:

Click to reveal ADDONS

5 Down: "19. Good gardening soil"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: L__M

Answer:

Click to reveal LOAM

6 Down: "55. One acting rather quiet?"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: M__E

Answer:

Click to reveal MIME

7 Down: "45. Make ___ (earn vast sums)"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 4 letters
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: B__K

Answer:

Click to reveal BANK

8 Down: "46. Unit of angular measurement"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: R____N

Answer:

Click to reveal RADIAN

9 Down: "47. Like"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 6 letters
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: A____O

Answer:

Click to reveal AKINTO

10 Down: "23. Traditional samurai hairstyles"

Helpful hints:

  • This word has 8 letters
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T______S

Answer:

Click to reveal TOPKNOTS

How to Solve the NYT Mini Crossword Faster

Here are the best tips from expert solvers:

Step-by-Step Strategy

  1. Quick Scan: Read all clues once. Your brain starts working on them right away.
  2. Easy First: Fill in the shortest words (2-3 letters). These are usually simple words like "IT" or "ON".
  3. Use Crossings: When letters cross, they help you figure out harder words.
  4. Watch for Wordplay: Clues with question marks (?) are jokes or puns.
  5. Common Words: Remember these appear often: ERA, ORE, ATE, ICE.

Letter Tips That Really Help

  • The letter E is the most common in English
  • Words ending in S are often plurals
  • If you see "___" in a clue, the answer fits those blanks exactly
  • Abbreviations in clues mean the answer is also abbreviated

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Puzzle Numbers and Facts

Today's Puzzle by the Numbers
Total Clues: 20 clues to solve
Grid Size: 5 boxes across, 5 boxes down
Total Squares: 25 squares to fill
Average Time: Most people solve in 52 seconds
Difficulty: Medium

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, April 22, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

April 22, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions

April 22, 2022 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Cheap trick, perhaps 8
2A 9. Apply pressure to 6
3A 15. "Stupid me!" 8
4A 16. Recherché 6
5A 17. Food, water, a place to live, etc. 15
6A 19. Decreases? 5
7A 20. Who wrote "The poetry of earth is never dead" 5
8A 21. Drawing method 3
9A 22. "___ I do!" (informal assent) 4
10A 23. Rivals of the 1980s "Showtime" Lakers, to fans 5
11A 24. Part of a pool 4
12A 25. Regulation followers, for short 3
13A 26. Cuts (down) 5
14A 27. "Wassup, my dude" 5
15A 28. Intended 5
16A 29. Winter slopes activity 6
17A 30. One born in the wrong generation, maybe 7
18A 33. Expands 7
19A 34. Works with 17 units 6
20A 35. Like speeders, often 5
21A 36. Features of some glasses 5
22A 37. Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame 5
23A 38. Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park 3
24A 41. Where to set une couronne 4
25A 42. Name spelled with six dashes and six dots 5
26A 43. Air 4
27A 44. Where Wonder Woman first worked: Abbr. 3
28A 45. Words of agreement 5
29A 46. "Gotcha" 5
30A 47. Soak up the sun, say 15
31A 50. What I might be in a lab? 6
32A 51. Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth 8
33A 52. Features of some accents 6
34A 53. James Baldwin, e.g. 8

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. Cheap trick, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIFEHACK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Apply pressure to"

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: LEANON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. "Stupid me!""

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: IMAMORON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Recherché"

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

    The answer is: ARCANE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Food, water, a place to live, etc."

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: BARENECESSITIES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Decreases?"

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 metal shackles; for hands or legs
  • Words that mean the same thing: chains, iron out, atomic number 26
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRONS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Who wrote "The poetry of earth is never dead""

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 englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
  • Words that mean the same thing: John Keats
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KEATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Drawing method"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • Words that mean the same thing: caboodle, pot, mete out
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. "___ I do!" (informal assent)"

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 legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
  • Words that mean the same thing: human activity, deed of conveyance, human action
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DEED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Rivals of the 1980s "Showtime" Lakers, to fans"

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 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 11 Across: "24. Part of a pool"

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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
  • Words that mean the same thing: cistron, factor
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GENE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Regulation followers, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Cuts (down)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
  • Words that mean the same thing: whittle, skin, pare down
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PARES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "Wassup, my dude""

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: YODOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Intended"

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 point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • Words that mean the same thing: place, shoot for, 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: AIMED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Winter slopes activity"

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 conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
  • Words that mean the same thing: tube
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TUBING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. One born in the wrong generation, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert 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: OLDSOUL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Expands"

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 become wider
  • Words that mean the same thing: exposit, dilate, expound
  • The opposite would be: contract
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DILATES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Works with 17 units"

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 an epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines
  • Words that mean the same thing: haiku
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HAIKUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. Like speeders, often"

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 issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
  • Words that mean the same thing: fin, break water, ticket
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FINED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "36. Features of some glasses"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • Words that mean the same thing: bow, stanch, stem turn
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "37. Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame"

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: BOGGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "38. Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park"

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: NYU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Where to set une couronne"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TETE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Name spelled with six dashes and six dots"

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 telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
  • Words that mean the same thing: international Morse code, Morse code, Samuel Morse
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MORSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Air"

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 dignified manner or conduct
  • Words that mean the same thing: presence, comportment, bearing
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MIEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Where Wonder Woman first worked: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
  • Words that mean the same thing: os, osmium, operating 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: OSS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "45. Words of agreement"

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: SODOI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "46. "Gotcha""

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: ROGER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "47. Soak up the sun, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: PHOTOSYNTHESIZE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. What I might be in a lab?"

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 a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
  • Words that mean the same thing: I, atomic number 53, iodin
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IODINE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "51. Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to hades; son of typhon
  • Words that mean the same thing: hellhound
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CERBERUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "52. Features of some accents"

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 sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
  • Words that mean the same thing: nasal twang, twang
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TWANGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "53. James Baldwin, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a writer of literary works
  • Words that mean the same thing: litterateur
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESSAYIST

    Great job if you got it right!

April 22, 2022 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. What an aphrodisiac boosts 6
2D 2. Eastern lodging 6
3D 3. North Atlantic island group 6
4D 4. Tweak 5
5D 5. Sweeties 4
6D 6. Modern "art" 3
7D 7. Young male chicken 8
8D 8. Prepared to propose, perhaps 7
9D 9. Holds up 5
10D 10. Greek counterpart of Discordia 4
11D 11. See 18-Down 3
12D 12. "Perfect!" 8
13D 13. Dealing directly (with) 8
14D 14. They're saved for a rainy day 8
15D 18. High school alternatives to the 11-Down 4
16D 23. After Kipling, the youngest-ever Literature Nobelist (1957, 44 years) 5
17D 24. Turn 5
18D 26. Reverential 5
19D 27. Historically Germanic observances 5
20D 28. Offer to help 5
21D 29. Shade 5
22D 30. "You're such a tease!" 8
23D 31. It ends after midnight in New York, with "The" 8
24D 32. Pepsi Max, e.g. 8
25D 33. Spots for archaeologists 8
26D 35. As an exception 7
27D 37. Word with shop, shot or shape 4
28D 38. Sushi variety 6
29D 39. 2013 #1 album from Kanye West 6
30D 40. Civil disturbance 6
31D 42. Biblical figure with a large staff 5
32D 43. Walk in a leisurely way 5
33D 45. Track, say 4
34D 46. "___: Duets" (2007 country album) 4
35D 48. Main component of britannium 3
36D 49. Invoice info: Abbr. 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 an aphrodisiac boosts"

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 (psychoanalysis) a freudian term for sexual urge or desire
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIBIDO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Eastern lodging"

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

    The answer is: IMARET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. North Atlantic island group"

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 self-governing colony that is a possession of denmark in the faroe islands
  • Words that mean the same thing: Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FAROES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Tweak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EMEND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sweeties"

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: HONS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Modern "art""

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
  • Words that mean the same thing: equal, represent, make up
  • The opposite would be: differ
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Young male chicken"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a young domestic cock; not older than one year
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COCKEREL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prepared to propose, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that rest one's weight on one's knees
  • Words that mean the same thing: kneel
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KNEELED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Holds up"

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 temporal end; the concluding time
  • Words that mean the same thing: go, finis, survive
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LASTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Greek counterpart of Discordia"

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 (greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of ares
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. See 18-Down"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  • Words that mean the same thing: behave, playact, do
  • The opposite would be: refrain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Perfect!""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: NAILEDIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Dealing directly (with)"

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: ONEONONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. They're saved for a rainy day"

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: NESTEGGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. High school alternatives to the 11-Down"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
  • Words that mean the same thing: Sat, Saturday, Sabbatum
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. After Kipling, the youngest-ever Literature Nobelist (1957, 44 years)"

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

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: "24. Turn"

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: GOBAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Reverential"

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 or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  • The opposite would be: impious
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PIOUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Historically Germanic observances"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
  • Words that mean the same thing: Christmastime, Yule, Christmas
  • The 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 20 Down: "28. Offer to help"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ASKME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Shade"

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 slight but appreciable amount
  • Words that mean the same thing: colour, soupcon, touch
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TINGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. "You're such a tease!""

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: OHSTOPIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. It ends after midnight in New York, with "The""

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: LATESHOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Pepsi Max, e.g."

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: DIETSODA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Spots for archaeologists"

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: DIGSITES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. As an exception"

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: FORONCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Word with shop, shot or shape"

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 entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
  • Words that mean the same thing: organic structure, soundbox, consistency
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BODY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. Sushi variety"

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: NIGIRI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. 2013 #1 album from Kanye West"

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

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: YEEZUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "40. Civil disturbance"

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 state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  • Words that mean the same thing: fermentation, agitation, ferment
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: UNREST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "42. Biblical figure with a large staff"

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 (old testament) the hebrew prophet who led the israelites from egypt across the red sea on a journey known as the exodus; moses received the ten commandments from god on mount sinai
  • Words that mean the same thing: Anna Mary Robertson Moses, Grandma Moses
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOSES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "43. Walk in a leisurely way"

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 walk leisurely
  • Words that mean the same thing: amble
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOSEY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Track, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a short musical composition with words
  • Words that mean the same thing: strain, birdcall, Song 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: SONG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. "___: Duets" (2007 country album)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: REBA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Main component of britannium"

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 silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
  • Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 50, cannister, put 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: TIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "49. Invoice info: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
  • Words that mean the same thing: hour, hr, 60 minutes
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HRS

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 56 80.0%
Short Answer 5 7.1%
Abbreviation 3 4.3%
History 3 4.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.4%
Music 1 1.4%
Geography 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 34
Down Clues 36
Total Clues 70
Average Answer Length 5.7 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 at 01:39 PM

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