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January 13, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Saturday, January 13, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 13, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  • Similar words include: roll, drum roll
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that involving only one part or side
  • Similar words include: one-sided
  • Opposite of: multilateral
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
  • Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  • Similar words include: liberator
  • Opposite of: captor
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
  • Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
  • Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
  • Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that medium for communication
  • Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
  • Similar words include: plexus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
  • Similar words include: encore
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
  • Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
  • Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
  • Similar words include: last, close, remainder
  • Opposite of: beginning, begin
Click to reveal answer
Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  • Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
  • Opposite of: expatriate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a crackling sound
  • Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
  • Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
  • Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
  • Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
  • Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who drives a herd
  • Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • Similar words include: gong, bell
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  • Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
  • Opposite of: soothe
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
  • Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
  • Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
  • Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
  • Opposite of: unoiled
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
  • Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
  • Opposite of: stand, arise
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
  • Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short amusing opera
  • Similar words include: light opera
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
  • Similar words include: canape
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
  • Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
  • Opposite of: dissociate
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that become taut or tauter
  • Similar words include: firm
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
  • Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across
38 Down
74 Total

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Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

January 07, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle January 07, 2021

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Java server 3
2A 4. Drum typically played with one hand 5
3A 9. Outfit rarely worn out, for short 3
4A 12. Migration formation 3
5A 13. Big wheels 6
6A 15. Quick haircut 4
7A 16. Cocktail specification 10
8A 18. Top of the line 4
9A 19. Chip in, in a way 4
10A 20. "Get your negative energy outta here" 8
11A 22. Bitter criticism 7
12A 26. Symbol of freshness 5
13A 27. Brian in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3
14A 28. Rare blood type, for short 4
15A 30. Worked in a wood shop, say 5
16A 33. "Thanks for noticing me" character of kid-lit 6
17A 35. Volcanologist's study 4
18A 36. 2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz 15
19A 41. Grain-shaped pasta 4
20A 42. Wetlands waders 6
21A 43. Twiddles one's thumbs, say 5
22A 45. Whole lot 4
23A 46. What an electrolyte produces 3
24A 49. Partner of fast 5
25A 52. Magazine with the annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards 7
26A 54. Fedoras, e.g. 8
27A 57. Makes a scene? 4
28A 58. Et ___ 4
29A 59. Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across 10
30A 63. "Let's go already!" 4
31A 64. One whose work is on the books? 6
32A 65. New Year's ___ 3
33A 66. Whole lot 3
34A 67. Test, as ore 5
35A 68. Main 3

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. Java server"

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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: URN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Drum typically played with one hand"

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 small drum with one head of soft calfskin
  • Words that mean the same thing: tabour
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TABOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Outfit rarely worn out, 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: PJS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Migration formation"

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: VEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Big wheels"

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 high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
  • Words that mean the same thing: Hum-Vee
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HUMVEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Quick haircut"

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 state of arrangement or appearance
  • Words that mean the same thing: trimness, cut back, clip
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TRIM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Cocktail specification"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: WITHATWIST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Top of the line"

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: AONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Chip in, 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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. "Get your negative energy outta here""

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: DONTHATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Bitter criticism"

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 (h2so4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
  • Words that mean the same thing: vituperation, invective, oil of vitriol
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VITRIOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Symbol of freshness"

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 any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DAISY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Brian in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"

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: ENO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Rare blood type, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: BNEG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Worked in a wood shop, say"

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

    The answer is: SAWED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. "Thanks for noticing me" character of kid-lit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EEYORE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Volcanologist's study"

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 rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAVA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. 2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz"

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: DEATHATAFUNERAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Grain-shaped pasta"

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 pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in greek cuisine
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORZO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Wetlands waders"

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 wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
  • Words that mean the same thing: ibis
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IBISES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Twiddles one's thumbs, 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 time during which some action is awaited
  • Words that mean the same thing: expect, hold back, waiting
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WAITS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Whole lot"

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

    The answer is: SLEW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. What an electrolyte produces"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ION

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Partner of fast"

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 grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • Words that mean the same thing: informal, slack, relax
  • The opposite would be: compact, confine
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOOSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Magazine with the annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • Words that mean the same thing: marrow, heart and soul, centre
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESSENCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Fedoras, 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: FELTHATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Makes a scene?"

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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
  • Words that mean the same thing: act, human action, deed
  • 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: ACTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Et ___"

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: ALII

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: STRIKETHAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. "Let's go already!""

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: CMON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. One whose work is on the books?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • Words that mean the same thing: author
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WRITER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. New Year's ___"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
  • Words that mean the same thing: even, eventide, evening
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Whole lot"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
  • Words that mean the same thing: long ton, short ton, gross ton
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Test, as ore"

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 appraisal of the state of affairs
  • Words that mean the same thing: attempt, check, essay
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASSAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Main"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  • Words that mean the same thing: ocean
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEA

    Great job if you got it right!

January 07, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Sunburn cause, for short 6
2D 2. Curtail 6
3D 3. Abutting 6
4D 4. Texter's message of appreciation 3
5D 5. Kind of TV cable: Abbr. 3
6D 6. "Ultimate driving machine," in ads 3
7D 7. Poet who said "Let others praise ancient times. I am glad I was born in these" 4
8D 8. Do a landscaper's job on 5
9D 9. Conflict waged on behalf of superpowers 8
10D 10. Bring bad luck 4
11D 11. Disney henchman with long, white sideburns 4
12D 14. Italian stratovolcano 4
13D 15. Results of some foreclosures 8
14D 17. Gen ___ 3
15D 21. They follow the nus 3
16D 23. Animal also called a steinbock 4
17D 24. Dark rock 4
18D 25. Pope whose pontificate lasted less than one month in 1605 5
19D 29. Apt rhyme of "nabs" 5
20D 31. Actress Mendes 3
21D 32. Indian lentil dish 3
22D 33. Harmful bacterial secretion 8
23D 34. Return online? 5
24D 36. Blue-chip index 3
25D 37. K's help it 3
26D 38. More than can be imagined 8
27D 39. Exercises 4
28D 40. What's happening 4
29D 44. Beantown team 3
30D 46. Marks of a ruler 6
31D 47. A to A, say 6
32D 48. Brand with a three-leaved logo 6
33D 50. Annual Austin festival, familiarly 4
34D 51. What's more 5
35D 53. Chow down 3
36D 54. Bit of trivia 4
37D 55. Resident at 123 Sesame Street 4
38D 56. Hindu honorifics 4
39D 60. Often-mispunctuated word 3
40D 61. Mauna ___ 3
41D 62. Suffix with brew or quack 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. Sunburn cause, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: UVWAVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Curtail"

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: REININ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Abutting"

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: NEXTTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Texter's message of appreciation"

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: THX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Kind of TV cable: Abbr."

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: AUX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Ultimate driving machine," in ads"

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: BMW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Poet who said "Let others praise ancient times. I am glad I was born in these""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OVID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Do a landscaper's job on"

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: RESOD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Conflict waged on behalf of superpowers"

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: PROXYWAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bring bad luck"

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 person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
  • Words that mean the same thing: witch, enchant, bewitch
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JINX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Disney henchman with long, white sideburns"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SMEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Italian stratovolcano"

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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
  • Words that mean the same thing: bunsen burner, bunsen, Mount Etna
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ETNA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Results of some foreclosures"

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: TAXSALES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Gen ___"

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 being one more than nine
  • Words that mean the same thing: x, 10, ten
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: XER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. They follow the nus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
  • Words that mean the same thing: 11, XI, eleven
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: XIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Animal also called a steinbock"

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 wild goat of mountain areas of eurasia and northern africa having large recurved horns
  • Words that mean the same thing: Capra ibex
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IBEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Dark 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 chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ONYX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Pope whose pontificate lasted less than one month in 1605"

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: LEOXI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Apt rhyme of "nabs""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a mechanical device for gripping an object
  • Words that mean the same thing: grab, take hold of, snap
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRABS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Actress Mendes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EVA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Indian lentil dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
  • Words that mean the same thing: decaliter, decalitre, dekalitre
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Harmful bacterial secretion"

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 toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium
  • The opposite would be: endotoxin
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EXOTOXIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Return online?"

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: EFILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Blue-chip index"

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: DOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. K's help it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Words that mean the same thing: geological era, earned run average, epoch
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. More than can be imagined"

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: AZILLION

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Exercises"

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 act of using
  • Words that mean the same thing: use of goods and services, habituate, USA
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. What's happening"

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 information about recent and important events
  • Words that mean the same thing: news program, tidings, news show
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NEWS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Beantown team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SOX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Marks of a ruler"

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 unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
  • Words that mean the same thing: in, edge, column inch
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INCHES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. A to A, say"

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 feast day and the seven days following it
  • Words that mean the same thing: musical octave
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OCTAVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Brand with a three-leaved logo"

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: NESTEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Annual Austin festival, familiarly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SXSW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. What's more"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a minor actor in crowd scenes
  • Words that mean the same thing: excess, duplicate, additional
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EXTRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Chow 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 take in solid food
  • Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, corrode, deplete
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Bit of trivia"

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 piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FACT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Resident at 123 Sesame Street"

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: ELMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Hindu honorifics"

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: SRIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Often-mispunctuated word"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
  • Words that mean the same thing: IT, information technology
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ITS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
  • Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. Suffix with brew or quack"

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: ERY

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 49 64.5%
Short Answer 17 22.4%
Abbreviation 4 5.3%
History 2 2.6%
Literature 1 1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%
Sports 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 35
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 76
Average Answer Length 4.8 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!

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Last Updated: September 20, 2025 at 06:47 AM

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