November 15, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 15, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - November 15, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel	7
2A	8. Move smoothly up or down	6
3A	14. State of obliviousness	8
4A	16. Home of the Nefud and Rub' al Khali deserts	6
5A	17. World capital designated a Unesco World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture	8
6A	18. Revile	6
7A	19. Puts together	4
8A	20. Ronnie who was a 10-time N.F.L. Pro Bowler	4
9A	22. Thrash, with "on"	5
10A	23. Singer of "I'm Your Man" and "Hallelujah"	12
11A	26. Rather racy, say	6
12A	29. Headquarters of LG Electronics	5
13A	30. Be	5
14A	31. "No words"	9
15A	35. Indication of another name	3
16A	36. Foul moods	5
17A	37. Indication of another name	3
18A	38. Things that may be settled	9
19A	41. Practical jokes	5
20A	43. Serenade, maybe	5
21A	44. Hindu god of beginnings	6
22A	45. "What do you think ... real or not?"	12
23A	49. Hurts	5
24A	50. Grammy winner for "My Heart Will Go On"	4
25A	51. Ida for whom a massage therapy is named	4
26A	55. Pranksome	6
27A	57. Where to order nigiri or maki	8
28A	59. "Haven't the foggiest"	6
29A	60. Soul mate	8
30A	61. Overhead structure for a crane or railroad signals	6
31A	62. Most nimble	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. Former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel"

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: ELCHAPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Move smoothly up or down"

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 round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• Words that mean the same thing: gyre, coil, curl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. State of obliviousness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LALALAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Home of the Nefud and Rub' al Khali deserts"

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 peninsula between the red sea and the persian gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian 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: ARABIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. World capital designated a Unesco World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
• Words that mean the same thing: Brazilian capital, capital of Brazil
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRASILIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Revile"

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 dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• Words that mean the same thing: hate
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Puts together"

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

  The answer is: ADDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Ronnie who was a 10-time N.F.L. Pro Bowler"

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: LOTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Thrash, with "on""

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 very large person; impressive in size or qualities
• Words that mean the same thing: giant, hulk, heavyweight
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Singer of "I'm Your Man" and "Hallelujah""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: LEONARDCOHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Rather racy, say"

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: RATEDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Headquarters of LG Electronics"

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 capital of south korea and the largest city of asia; located in northwestern south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of South Korea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Be"

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 have an existence, be extant
• Words that mean the same thing: be, subsist, live
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. "No words""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICANTEVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Indication of another name"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Foul moods"

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 state of agitated irritation
• Words that mean the same thing: snit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Indication of another name"

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Things that may be settled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLDSCORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Practical jokes"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: joke, laugh, gag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Serenade, 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 sing softly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Hindu god of beginnings"

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 hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles
• Words that mean the same thing: Ganesa, Ganapati, Ganesha
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "What do you think ... real or not?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISTHATATHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Hurts"

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 injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• Words that mean the same thing: maim
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Grammy winner for "My Heart Will Go On""

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: DION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Ida for whom a massage therapy is named"

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 norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hrolf, Rollo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Pranksome"

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 naughtily or annoyingly playful
• Words that mean the same thing: prankish, arch, implike
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Where to order nigiri or maki"

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: SUSHIBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. "Haven't the foggiest""

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: NOIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Soul mate"

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 person loved by another person
• Words that mean the same thing: steady, sweetheart, sweetie
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUELOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Overhead structure for a crane or railroad signals"

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 framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: gauntry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANTRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Most nimble"

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 quickly and lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: agile, spry, quick
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRYEST

  Great job if you got it right!

November 15, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Island to which one is able to return?	4
2D	2. Cook's supply	4
3D	3. Not au naturel	4
4D	4. Major inconveniences	7
5D	5. Mahershala of "Green Book"	3
6D	6. Tan's opposite	6
7D	7. It may bring you to tears	5
8D	8. Blue	3
9D	9. Not quite a buzz, but almost	7
10D	10. Squalid place	7
11D	11. Cousin of voodoo	5
12D	12. Durable stocking fabric	5
13D	13. Grow toward evening	5
14D	15. Modern-day "miner"	13
15D	21. Dog biscuits and such	6
16D	24. Wash. Nationals games are played in it	3
17D	25. Family heads	4
18D	26. City near Virginia City	4
19D	27. Feat with double and triple versions	4
20D	28. 50-50, say	4
21D	31. Encroachment	6
22D	32. Use a Juul, say	4
23D	33. Barely gets, with "out"	4
24D	34. Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley"	4
25D	36. Stain on Santa	4
26D	39. German chancellor between Brandt and Kohl	7
27D	40. Less refined	7
28D	41. Mo. whose birthstone is garnet	3
29D	42. In a rage	7
30D	44. Gets excited	6
31D	45. Online back-and-forth, informally	5
32D	46. Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate	5
33D	47. Basket always worth two points	5
34D	48. Word after office or off	5
35D	52. Wind in a pit	4
36D	53. Loos	4
37D	54. Stew	4
38D	56. Stable staple	3
39D	58. ___ Excellency (title for an ambassador)	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. Island to which one is able to return?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Cook's supply"

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 soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
• Words that mean the same thing: aggrandise, pad, blow 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: LARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Not au naturel"

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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Words that mean the same thing: raiment, dress, invest
• The opposite would be: unclothed, undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Major inconveniences"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an angry disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: hassle, chevvy, plague
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASSLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Mahershala of "Green Book""

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

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 6 Down: "6. Tan's opposite"

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 unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
• Words that mean the same thing: paleness, luridness, wanness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. It may bring you to tears"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 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: pitiful, lamentable, distressing
• 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!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Not quite a buzz, but almost"

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: CREWCUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Squalid place"

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 hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cousin of voodoo"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Durable stocking fabric"

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

  The answer is: LISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Grow toward evening"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Modern-day "miner""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: DATASCIENTIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Dog biscuits and such"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: address, process, delicacy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Wash. Nationals games are played in it"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: EDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Family heads"

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 spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Words that mean the same thing: don, preceptor, get into
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. City near Virginia City"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Feat with double and triple versions"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. 50-50, 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 fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
• Words that mean the same thing: link, attach, bond
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untied
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Encroachment"

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

  The answer is: INROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Use a Juul, say"

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: VAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Barely gets, with "out""

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Who wrote "Parsley / Is gharsley""

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 united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ogden Nash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Stain on Santa"

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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Words that mean the same thing: carbon black, crock, lampblack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. German chancellor between Brandt and Kohl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that german statesman who served as chancellor of germany (born in 1918)
• Words that mean the same thing: Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHMIDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Less refined"

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 (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
• Words that mean the same thing: crass
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRASSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Mo. whose birthstone is garnet"

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 first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
• Words that mean the same thing: January
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. In a rage"

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: ANGRILY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Gets excited"

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: GINSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Online back-and-forth, informally"

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: IMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate"

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 constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Samoan Islands
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Basket always worth two points"

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: TIPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Word after office or off"

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 period of time assigned for work
• Words that mean the same thing: hour, 60 minutes, time of day
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Wind in a pit"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Loos"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Words that mean the same thing: privy, lav, can
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Stew"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: worn spot, niggle, erode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Stable staple"

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

  The answer is: HAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. ___ Excellency (title for an ambassador)"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	80.0%
Short Answer	6	8.6%
Geography	3	4.3%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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Last Updated: September 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM

27416 Mon Feb 12, 2024 NYT by Jess Shulman and Amie Walker

Across Clues :

1. Front's opposite, 5. Some male deer, 10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor, 14. Long, cylindrical instrument, 15. Kind of bond in chemistry, 16. "That hurts!", 17. [Get my innuendo?], 19. Beech or birch, 20. When a plane is due, for short, 21. Show hosts, in brief, 22. "Doesn't matter who", 24. Actress Jessica, 25. Close by, 26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need, 29. Winter hours in N.Y.C., 31. Exploding stars, 35. "Relax, soldier", 37. [Get my innuendo?], 39. Moderate gait for a horse, 40. "Later, dudes", 42. Response to the Little Red Hen, 43. [Get my innuendo?], 45. Worked, 47. Younger Obama daughter, 48. "That's all ___ wrote", 50. Takes in what someone wrote, 51. Engrave, 53. Dozes (off), 55. "That's what people tell me, anyway", 58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition, 59. Chop (off), 62. Bridal veil fabric, 63. [Get my innuendo?], 66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs, 67. Message on a candy heart, 68. Classic pie crust ingredient, 69. "Hey you!", 70. Painter Degas, 71. Membership fees

Down Clues :

1. Chicken leftover, 2. Be adjacent to, 3. Musician's conclusion, 4. Beer barrel, 5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit), 6. Mess up, as hair, 7. As well as, 8. Beyond big, 9. Big public argument, 10. Baked things that might get people baked, 11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta, 12. Got an A+ on, 13. ___/them pronouns, 18. Mideast leaders, 23. Tug hard, 24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps, 26. Trails, 27. Open-air lobbies, 28. Menial workers, dismissively, 30. Strip of mowed grass, 32. EGOT-winning actress Davis, 33. Contributed to a kitty, 34. Loses traction on the road, 36. Commercial lead-in to Pen, 38. Take-home amount, 41. Cover completely, 44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda, 46. Surgeon, for short, 49. Riddle, 52. Something you might clear to improve memory, 54. Catchall category, 55. Undergarment for a dress, 56. Acorn producers, 57. Frosts, as a cake, 59. Hawaiian banquet, 60. Fairy tale baddie, 61. Professors' degs., 64. Big name in fleecy boots, 65. What a good joke never gets

Break down the NYT Crosswords: February 12, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, February 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Front's opposite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACK

  Possible Answer : hinder, rearward, dorsum, gage, backbone, book_binding, backrest, endorse, plunk_for, binding, spine, vertebral_column, indorse, back_up, stake, cover, rachis, back, punt, bet_on, support, rearwards, spinal_column, game, backward, rear, backwards, hind, second, plump_for

  Possible Opposite Answer : veer, forward, front, ahead, advance




• The clue is 5. Some male deer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAGS

  Possible Answer : rat, stag, snoop, spy, sleuth, hart, give_away, denounce, grass, betray, snitch, shit, tell_on, shop




• The clue is 10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEAT

  Possible Answer : peat




• The clue is 14. Long, cylindrical instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer : hautboy, hautbois, oboe




• The clue is 15. Kind of bond in chemistry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONIC

  Possible Answer : Attic, Ionic, Ionic_dialect, Classical_Greek, ionic

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonionic




• The clue is 16. "That hurts!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUCH




• The clue is 17. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUDGENUDGE




• The clue is 19. Beech or birch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREE

  Possible Answer : corner, Tree, tree, tree_diagram, Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree, shoetree




• The clue is 20. When a plane is due, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer : ETA, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna




• The clue is 21. Show hosts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCS

  Possible Answer : MHz, Mc, megacycle_per_second, megahertz, megacycle




• The clue is 22. "Doesn't matter who". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANYBODY




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

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

  The answer: BIEL




• The clue is 25. Close by. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEAR

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : far




• The clue is 26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAPER

  Possible Answer : newspaper, theme, wallpaper, composition, paper, newspaper_publisher, report




• The clue is 29. Winter hours in N.Y.C.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 31. Exploding stars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOVAS

  Possible Answer : nova




• The clue is 35. "Relax, soldier". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEASE




• The clue is 37. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WINKWINK




• The clue is 39. Moderate gait for a horse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TROT

  Possible Answer : jog, crib, lope, Trotskyist, Trot, Trotskyite, clip, trot, pony




• The clue is 40. "Later, dudes". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEACE

  Possible Answer : serenity, ataraxis, peace_of_mind, heartsease, pacification, peacefulness, peace_treaty, public_security, peace, repose

  Possible Opposite Answer : war




• The clue is 42. Response to the Little Red Hen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTI




• The clue is 43. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HINTHINT




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

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

  The answer: TOILED

  Possible Answer : travail, fag, labour, labor, grind, drudge, dig, toil, moil




• The clue is 47. Younger Obama daughter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASHA




• The clue is 48. "That's all ___ wrote". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHE




• The clue is 50. Takes in what someone wrote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READS

  Possible Answer : take, study, learn, say, register, interpret, show, translate, scan, understand, record, read




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

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

  The answer: ETCH

  Possible Answer : engrave, etch




• The clue is 53. Dozes (off). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NODS

  Possible Answer : nod




• The clue is 55. "That's what people tell me, anyway". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOIHEAR




• The clue is 58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITO




• The clue is 59. Chop (off). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOP

  Possible Answer : prune, trim, sever, clip, lop, crop, cut_back, discerp, snip, dress




• The clue is 62. Bridal veil fabric. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACE

  Possible Answer : spike, plait, interlace, entwine, lace, lacing, fortify, enlace, twine, intertwine, lace_up, braid

  Possible Opposite Answer : untwine




• The clue is 63. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COUGHCOUGH




• The clue is 66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IKEA




• The clue is 67. Message on a candy heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUGME




• The clue is 68. Classic pie crust ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARD

  Possible Answer : pad, embroider, aggrandize, dramatise, aggrandise, dramatize, blow_up, embellish, lard




• The clue is 69. "Hey you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST




• The clue is 70. Painter Degas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDGAR

  Possible Answer : Edgar




• The clue is 71. Membership fees. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUES

  Possible Answer : due

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Chicken leftover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BONE

  Possible Answer: swot_up, cram, get_up, ivory, grind_away, bone, osseous_tissue, drum, swot, bone_up, mug_up, os, debone, off-white, pearl

• The clue is 2. Be adjacent to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABUT

  Possible Answer: butt, butt_against, edge, butt_on, adjoin, border, march, abut

• The clue is 3. Musician's conclusion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CODA

  Possible Answer: coda, finale

• The clue is 4. Beer barrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEG

  Possible Answer: kegful, keg

• The clue is 5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINCE

• The clue is 6. Mess up, as hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOUSLE

  Possible Answer: dishevel, tangle, tousle

• The clue is 7. As well as. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AND

• The clue is 8. Beyond big. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIGANTIC

  Possible Answer: mammoth, gigantic

• The clue is 9. Big public argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCENE

  Possible Answer: view, conniption, setting, panorama, prospect, tantrum, vista, picture, scene, scenery, fit, aspect, shot

• The clue is 10. Baked things that might get people baked. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POTBROWNIES

• The clue is 11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EURO

  Possible Answer: euro

• The clue is 12. Got an A+ on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACED

  Possible Answer: ace, sail_through, pass_with_flying_colors, sweep_through, nail, breeze_through

• The clue is 13. ___/them pronouns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEY

• The clue is 18. Mideast leaders. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMIRS

  Possible Answer: emir, emeer, amir, ameer

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

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

  The answer: YANK

  Possible Answer: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle, jerk, yank, Northerner

• The clue is 24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEATTHEHEAT

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

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

  The answer: PATHS

  Possible Answer: route, way_of_life, path, way, course, itinerary, track

• The clue is 27. Open-air lobbies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATRIA

  Possible Answer: atrium

• The clue is 28. Menial workers, dismissively. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEONS

  Possible Answer: peon, navvy, drudge, galley_slave

• The clue is 30. Strip of mowed grass. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWATH

  Possible Answer: swath, belt

• The clue is 32. EGOT-winning actress Davis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIOLA

  Possible Answer: viola, Viola, genus_Viola

• The clue is 33. Contributed to a kitty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTED

  Possible Answer: ante

• The clue is 34. Loses traction on the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIDS

  Possible Answer: sideslip, skid, brake_shoe, slew, slide, slue, shoe, slip

• The clue is 36. Commercial lead-in to Pen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPI

  Possible Answer: EPI, Eysenck_Personality_Inventory

• The clue is 38. Take-home amount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NET

  Possible Answer: sack, network, sack_up, meshwork, profit, net_profit, last, nett, internet, clear, cyberspace, lucre, meshing, web, profits, earnings, net_income, final, mesh, net

  Possible Opposite Answer : gross

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

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

  The answer: ENSHROUD

  Possible Answer: shroud, cover, enshroud, hide

• The clue is 44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATE

  Possible Answer: hate, hatred, detest

  Possible Opposite Answer : love

• The clue is 46. Surgeon, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDOC

• The clue is 49. Riddle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENIGMA

  Possible Answer: closed_book, brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle, enigma, secret, mystery

• The clue is 52. Something you might clear to improve memory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CACHE

  Possible Answer: cache, squirrel_away, hive_up, memory_cache, stash, lay_away, hoard

• The clue is 54. Catchall category. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTHER

  Possible Answer: other, early, former

  Possible Opposite Answer : same

• The clue is 55. Undergarment for a dress. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLIP

  Possible Answer: faux_pas, trip, gaffe, skid, sideslip, slew, sneak, luxate, dislocate, slickness, moorage, shimmy, berth, slip, err, pillow_slip, cutting, gaucherie, slipperiness, slip_one's_mind, eluding, slide, drop_away, elusion, mooring, mistake, slip-up, shift, slick, strip, steal, slip_of_paper, solecism, chemise, slue, splay, miscue, pillowcase, drop_off, parapraxis, teddy, case, fall_away

• The clue is 56. Acorn producers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAKS

  Possible Answer: oak, oak_tree

• The clue is 57. Frosts, as a cake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICES

  Possible Answer: shabu, crank, chalk, chicken_feed, icing, ice_rink, methamphetamine, water_ice, frappe, glass, deoxyephedrine, frost, ICE, frosting, ice, trash, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, meth, sparkler, ice-skating_rink, internal-combustion_engine, Methedrine

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

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

  The answer: LUAU

  Possible Answer: luau

• The clue is 60. Fairy tale baddie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGRE

  Possible Answer: devil, demon, fiend, ogre, monster

• The clue is 61. Professors' degs.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHDS

  Possible Answer: Ph.D., PhD

• The clue is 64. Big name in fleecy boots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGG

• The clue is 65. What a good joke never gets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: one-time, quondam, onetime, former, erstwhile, sometime, previous, old, honest-to-god, Old, sure-enough, older, honest-to-goodness

  Possible Opposite Answer : young, new