Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England, 5. Wail, 9. Zealous sects, 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe, 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun", 17. Pitches low and inside?, 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua, 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va., 20. Like Russia before 1917, 22. Midday assignation, 23. Org. that discourages traveling, 24. Gets, 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music, 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps, 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief, 30. What shells can be filled with, 31. Rotary successor, 32. Oldest city in France, 33. Bodyweight exercise, 36. Ready to drop, 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___", 38. Rat, 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues", 40. Unchanging, 42. There are layers to this, 44. Double duty?, 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain), 46. Part of a doping investigation, 49. Kites, e.g., 50. One who sees what you mean?, 51. Tad, 52. Site for artisans, 53. Like some narratives and rooms

Down Clues :

1. Some appliances, 2. "Imbecile!", 3. Don, 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten, 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington, 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said), 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short, 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The", 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names, 10. Handle online, 11. Things to wrangle with, 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid, 13. Sorts, 15. Plant of the mustard family, 21. It's nothing new, 22. Edward Snowden's former employer, 23. One being onboarded, 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase), 28. Gertrude, for one, 30. Key, 31. Drinkers' vessels, 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio", 33. Epitome of completeness, 34. Penalty taker's lament, 35. Chest bump?, 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host, 37. Go off on, 38. Bungles, 41. Cheek, 43. Big cut, 44. Concessions, 47. Wasted, 48. Whirl, so to speak

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 05, 2024

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

 Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYME




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

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

  The answer: BAWL

  Possible Answer : bawl, yawp, bellow




• The clue is 9. Zealous sects. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CULTS

  Possible Answer : cult, furore, cultus, fad, religious_cult, furor, rage, craze




• The clue is 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODKARMA




• The clue is 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASAHI




• The clue is 17. Pitches low and inside?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUBWAYADS




• The clue is 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SERIF

  Possible Answer : serif, seriph




• The clue is 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FBILAB




• The clue is 20. Like Russia before 1917. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSARIST

  Possible Answer : tzarist, tsarist, czarist, czaristic, tsaristic




• The clue is 22. Midday assignation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOONER




• The clue is 23. Org. that discourages traveling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBA




• The clue is 24. Gets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NABS

  Possible Answer : nail, apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop




• The clue is 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSA




• The clue is 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DREAMDATE




• The clue is 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALS

  Possible Answer : amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, Heart_of_Dixie, atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, AL, Camellia_State, ALS, aluminium, aluminum




• The clue is 30. What shells can be filled with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREWTEAMS




• The clue is 31. Rotary successor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOUCHTONE




• The clue is 32. Oldest city in France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARSEILLE

  Possible Answer : Marseille, Marseilles, marseille




• The clue is 33. Bodyweight exercise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIP

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




• The clue is 36. Ready to drop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONETIRED




• The clue is 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROME

  Possible Answer : Rome, Roma, capital_of_Italy, Italian_capital, Eternal_City




• The clue is 38. Rat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FINK

  Possible Answer : sneak, fink, snitcher, stool_pigeon, stoolie, rat, scab, confess, snitch, blackleg, squeal, canary, sneaker, stoolpigeon




• The clue is 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVE




• The clue is 40. Unchanging. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STATIC

  Possible Answer : static, motionless, atmospheric_static, electrostatic, still, atmospherics, unchanging, stable, inactive




• The clue is 42. There are layers to this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASAGNA

  Possible Answer : lasagna, lasagne




• The clue is 44. Double duty?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STUNTS

  Possible Answer : stunt




• The clue is 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ULTRA

  Possible Answer : radical, extremist, ultra




• The clue is 46. Part of a doping investigation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOODTEST




• The clue is 49. Kites, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIRDS

  Possible Answer : skirt, razzing, wench, doll, shuttlecock, shuttle, birdie, fowl, Bronx_cheer, hoot, bird, raspberry, snort, razz, dame, boo, chick, hiss, birdwatch




• The clue is 50. One who sees what you mean?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIPREADER




• The clue is 51. Tad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKOSH




• The clue is 52. Site for artisans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETSY




• The clue is 53. Like some narratives and rooms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIDY

  Possible Answer : straighten, sizable, clean_up, straighten_out, healthy, tidy, goodly, tidy_up, goodish, respectable, sizeable, hefty, kempt, neaten, square_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : untidy

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Some appliances. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LGS

• The clue is 2. "Imbecile!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUFOOL

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

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

  The answer: MOBBOSS

• The clue is 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDWINA

• The clue is 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: BAYARDRUSTIN

• The clue is 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAB

  Possible Answer: Arab, Arabian

• The clue is 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WMD

  Possible Answer: weapon_of_mass_destruction, WMD, W.M.D.

• The clue is 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASTBATTLE

• The clue is 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CASA

• The clue is 10. Handle online. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USERNAME

• The clue is 11. Things to wrangle with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARIATS

  Possible Answer: reata, riata, lasso, lariat

• The clue is 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

• The clue is 13. Sorts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIFTS

  Possible Answer: strain, sift, sieve

• The clue is 15. Plant of the mustard family. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KALE

  Possible Answer: kail, colewort, gelt, lettuce, lucre, clams, cole, dinero, pelf, bread, lolly, shekels, Brassica_oleracea_acephala, kale, dough, cabbage, borecole, sugar, scratch, boodle, moolah, wampum, loot, simoleons

• The clue is 21. It's nothing new. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: SAMEOLDSTORY

• The clue is 22. Edward Snowden's former employer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA

• The clue is 23. One being onboarded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWHIRE

• The clue is 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RECEIVABLE

  Possible Answer: receivable

• The clue is 28. Gertrude, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DANE

  Possible Answer: Dane

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

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

  The answer: CORE

  Possible Answer: meat, center, centre, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, substance, burden, marrow, magnetic_core, effect, CORE, core, nitty-gritty, pith, nucleus, nub, sum, gist, core_group, heart_and_soul, inwardness, heart, kernel, essence

• The clue is 31. Drinkers' vessels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANKARDS

  Possible Answer: tankard

• The clue is 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONSTRO

• The clue is 33. Epitome of completeness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOTTEDI

• The clue is 34. Penalty taker's lament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMISSED

• The clue is 35. Chest bump?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIALIK

• The clue is 37. Go off on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANTAT

• The clue is 38. Bungles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLUBS

  Possible Answer: mess_up, foul-up, mishandle, louse_up, bollix_up, boner, bodge, fuck_up, blow, bollocks_up, flub, botch_up, bloomer, screw_up, fluff, botch, pratfall, fumble, ball_up, muff, bumble, bollocks, fuckup, bollix, foul_up, blooper, bobble, spoil, bungle, boo-boo, muck_up, blunder

• The clue is 41. Cheek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUDE

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

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

  The answer: GASH

  Possible Answer: gash, cut, slash, slice

• The clue is 44. Concessions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOPS

  Possible Answer: SOP, standard_procedure, sop, soak_through, douse, souse, soak, sops, dowse, standard_operating_procedure, drench, standing_operating_procedure

• The clue is 47. Wasted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIT

  Possible Answer: get_down, illuminate, fire_up, alight, light, dismount, well-lighted, illume, illumine, fall, light_up, illuminated, lit, unhorse, get_off, lighted, literature, ignite, perch

  Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, unlighted

• The clue is 48. Whirl, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: prove, seek, assay, endeavour, judge, try, hear, essay, test, taste, endeavor, attempt, render, strain, stress, try_on, effort, examine, sample, adjudicate, try_out

February 15, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (36 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (36 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

February 15, 2024 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Throw in	3
2A	4. Not fixable, as an error	5
3A	9. Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"	3
4A	12. Hit or miss, perhaps	4
5A	14. It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit	5
6A	15. Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue)	4
7A	16. People also known as the Cat Nation	4
8A	17. Powered down, in a way	4
9A	18. "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once	4
10A	19. Disturb, in a way	4
11A	21. Bill supporting public television	3
12A	22. Told where to go, say	4
13A	23. Use X-ray vision on	7
14A	25. Graceful	7
15A	27. Make love?	6
16A	28. So-called "missing links"	6
17A	29. Chignon, for one	3
18A	31. In the past	3
19A	32. Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares	15
20A	41. State in debate	5
21A	42. Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco	3
22A	43. Biblical site of a burning bush	5
23A	44. Soft rock	4
24A	45. Doctor for kids	5
25A	47. Cleans (up)	4
26A	48. Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River	3
27A	49. Garden party annoyance, colloquially	7
28A	51. Spider web, effectively	3
29A	52. Part of a pen name?	3
30A	53. Philanthropy	3
31A	55. Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos	6
32A	59. Results of some dating app matches	6
33A	63. Hoodwink	7
34A	64. Fat substitute	7
35A	65. Second of five?	7
36A	66. Totally pumped	7

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. Throw in"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: minimal brain damage, sum up, minimal brain dysfunction
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Not fixable, as an error"

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 bringing death
• Words that mean the same thing: black, calamitous, fateful
• The opposite would be: nonfatal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts""

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: BTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Hit or miss, 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 the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit"

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: AMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue)"

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 basically shredded cabbage
• Words that mean the same thing: coleslaw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. People also known as the Cat Nation"

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

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Powered down, in a way"

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 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• Words that mean the same thing: conk out, pop off, die
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once"

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 carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
• Words that mean the same thing: Coca Cola, nose candy, snow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Disturb, in a way"

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

  The answer is: RILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Bill supporting public television"

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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Told where to go, 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 assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
• Words that mean the same thing: prompt, cue, remind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Use X-ray vision on"

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: SEEINTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Graceful"

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 moving and bending with ease
• Words that mean the same thing: sylphlike, lithesome, slender
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LISSOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Make love?"

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

  The answer is: ENDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. So-called "missing links""

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: APEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. Chignon, for one"

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 small rounded bread either plain or sweet
• Words that mean the same thing: roll
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. In the past"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "32. Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares"

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: DOUBLEORNOTHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. State in debate"

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 present reasons and arguments
• Words that mean the same thing: contend, debate, reason
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco"

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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: daze, haze, fogginess
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Biblical site of a burning bush"

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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Sinai, Sinai Desert, Sinai Peninsula
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Soft rock"

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 fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
• Words that mean the same thing: talcum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Doctor for kids"

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: SEUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Cleans (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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: mop, pout, mop 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: MOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Garden party annoyance, colloquially"

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: SKEETER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Spider web, effectively"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: net income, final, clear
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Part of a pen name?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Philanthropy"

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 activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: financial aid, help, care
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos"

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: LONGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Results of some dating app matches"

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 usually brief attempt
• Words that mean the same thing: offer, spree, toss 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: FLINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Hoodwink"

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 form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOOKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Fat substitute"

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: OLESTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Second of five?"

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: DOTTEDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Totally pumped"

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: PSYCHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword February 15, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Disinclined	6
2D	2. Response to "Merci"	6
3D	3. Sat on a clothesline, say	5
4D	4. This too shall pass	3
5D	5. Kind of acid	5
6D	6. ___ gun	3
7D	7. Dizzy	5
8D	8. Was up	3
9D	9. Flower	5
10D	10. "I want to go with you!"	6
11D	11. Nation with a four-century "Viking Age"	6
12D	13. Controvert	5
13D	15. Italian apology	5
14D	20. Permit	6
15D	22. Hundos	6
16D	24. Approved on PolitiFact, say	4
17D	26. Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him"	4
18D	30. Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo	5
19D	31. Existential unease	5
20D	32. Word with bank or base	4
21D	33. Not written	4
22D	34. Jamaican tangelo	4
23D	35. N.F.C. South pro	3
24D	36. Degenerate	4
25D	37. Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn"	3
26D	38. Aware of	4
27D	39. Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors	4
28D	40. Essence	4
29D	45. Careened across snow, maybe	5
30D	46. Sleek ocean swimmers	5
31D	49. Broke one's silence	5
32D	50. Life of ___	5
33D	52. Impressive showbiz quartet	4
34D	54. CD component	4
35D	55. "Windowpane"	3
36D	56. Plastic ___ Band	3
37D	57. "I meant that sarcastically"	3
38D	58. Title of respect	3
39D	59. Stylish dresser	3
40D	60. Degree in math?	3
41D	61. Test for a future Ph.D.	3
42D	62. Blue	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. Disinclined"

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 (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
• Words that mean the same thing: loath, antipathetical, loth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Response to "Merci""

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: DERIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Sat on a clothesline, say"

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 remove the moisture from and make dry
• Words that mean the same thing: dry, desiccated, dry out
• The opposite would be: wet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. This too shall pass"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Kind of acid"

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 radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: amino group, aminic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ gun"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artifact designed to be played with
• Words that mean the same thing: dally, play, plaything
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Dizzy"

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: AREEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Was 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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Words that mean the same thing: conduct, extend, take
• The opposite would be: follow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Flower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organic process of bearing flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: bloom of youth, flower, flush
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "I want to go with you!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAKEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Nation with a four-century "Viking Age""

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 a scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the scandinavian peninsula
• Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Controvert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Italian apology"

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: SCUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Permit"

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 render capable or able for some task
• The opposite would be: disable
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Hundos"

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: CSPOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Approved on PolitiFact, 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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: honest, on-key, truthful
• The opposite would be: false, untruthful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him""

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 villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo"

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: NOFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Existential unease"

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 acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Word with bank or base"

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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: information, datum, data point
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Not written"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: viva voce, unwritten, oral examination
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Jamaican tangelo"

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 large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• Words that mean the same thing: tangelo, ugli fruit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. N.F.C. South pro"

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: BUC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Degenerate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: rake, rakehell, rip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn""

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: HIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Aware of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors"

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 back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: nucha, scruff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Essence"

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 central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• Words that mean the same thing: meat, pith, burden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Careened across snow, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move along on skis
• Words that mean the same thing: ski
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Sleek ocean swimmers"

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 fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
• Words that mean the same thing: stamp, sealskin, sealing wax
• The opposite would be: unseal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Broke one's silence"

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 support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
• Words that mean the same thing: mouth, wheel spoke, rundle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Life 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 united states poet (1849-1916)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Whitcomb Riley
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Impressive showbiz quartet"

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: EGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. CD component"

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 sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• Words that mean the same thing: record, phonograph recording, platter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Windowpane""

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Plastic ___ Band"

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "I meant that sarcastically""

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 negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: non
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Title of respect"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Stylish dresser"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Degree in math?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Test for a future Ph.D."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "62. Blue"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: deplorable, distressing, lamentable
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	64.1%
Short Answer	21	26.9%
Geography	3	3.8%
History	3	3.8%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.6 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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: August 27, 2025 at 04:48 PM