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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Wed Oct 09, 2024 NYTCrossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. "RuPaul's Drag Race" airer, 4. Self-assurance, 10. Letter that's sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last, 14. "I'm on vacation" email inits., 15. High-end German car, casually, 16. Dwarf planet with the largest mass, 17. Fanatic, 18. Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across, 20. Coffee order specification, 22. Like Igor's posture, 23. N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across, 25. Relish, 29. Arm of the Mediterranean, 30. Lick … or slick, 32. Game whose name is shouted, 33. Episode interruptions, 34. Hitch, 36. Buy and then quickly sell, 37. What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A, 40. Port, for one, 41. Far from friendly, 42. Poetic praise, 43. "___ So Fine" (1963 #1 hit), 44. Deli order, 45. Houses, 48. Ready to be drawn, perhaps, 50. Drink with a 37-Across in its logo, 52. Shield, 55. Muslim denomination, 56. Character with a 37-Across on his forehead, 60. Counterpart of flow, 61. [Gasp!], 62. Tangle, 63. Drink aptly found within "social event", 64. Tikka masala go-with, 65. Don't have a choice, 66. Dead end?

Wed Oct 09, 2024 NYTCrossword Clues Hints
Wed Oct 09, 2024 NYTCrossword Clues Hints


Down Clues :

1. Friend on "Friends", 2. "Fair point!", 3. Ixnay, 4. Jackson 5 song that begins "You went to school to learn, girl", 5. Bird with a showy mate, 6. Madagascar mammal, 7. Portentous signs, 8. Soldier for hire, in brief, 9. Surfer dude, 10. Princess of Nintendo games, 11. Queen Victoria has one named for her, 12. "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem), 13. Pale wood, 19. Fedora fabric, 21. Coat, as with flour, 24. This is a deep cut, 26. Took the lead, 27. Squadron, e.g., 28. Grammy category, 30. What might be out for a spell?, 31. French toast ingredient, 34. Haughty sort, 35. Naught, 36. Big name in tourism guides, 37. Concern when transferring a title deed, 38. The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A., 39. Common clown name, 40. "Doctor ___", 44. Agile, 45. Certify, 46. Pot brownie, e.g., 47. Naval engineer, 49. Kitchen cover-up, 50. "Catch my drift?", 51. Was part of a series, say, 53. Neon sign word, 54. Soften, with "down", 56. Sweetie, 57. "I've got it!", 58. Molecule involved in protein synthesis, 59. Greek consonant

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 09, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. "RuPaul's Drag Race" airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MTV


  • The clue is 4. Self-assurance. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APLOMB

    Possible Answer : aplomb, sang-froid, assuredness, poise, cool


  • The clue is 10. Letter that's sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZETA

    Possible Answer : zeta


  • The clue is 14. "I'm on vacation" email inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OOO


  • The clue is 15. High-end German car, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEEMER


  • The clue is 16. Dwarf planet with the largest mass. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERIS

    Possible Answer : Eris


  • The clue is 17. Fanatic. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NUT

    Possible Answer : bollock, crackpot, nut_case, junky, ball, testis, testicle, en, addict, orchis, Nut, freak, nut, junkie, fruitcake, crank, screwball, ballock, egg


  • The clue is 18. Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAMERAFLASH


  • The clue is 20. Coffee order specification. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ICED

    Possible Answer : ice, frost


  • The clue is 22. Like Igor's posture. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HUNCHED

    Possible Answer : stooped, hunched, hunch_over, round-backed, hump, stooping, hunch_forward, round-shouldered, hunch, crooked


  • The clue is 23. N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHARGERS

    Possible Answer : battery_charger, courser, charger


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

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

    The answer: LAPUP


  • The clue is 29. Arm of the Mediterranean. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AEGEAN

    Possible Answer : Aegean, Aegean_Sea


  • The clue is 30. Lick … or slick. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WET

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : dry


  • The clue is 32. Game whose name is shouted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNO


  • The clue is 33. Episode interruptions. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADS

    Possible Answer : advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, ad, advertizing


  • The clue is 34. Hitch. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNAG

    Possible Answer : hitch, tear, rip, snag, hang-up, rent, rub, split


  • The clue is 36. Buy and then quickly sell. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLIP

    Possible Answer : insolent, somersault, twitch, flip_over, pass, summersault, throw, pitch, flick, interchange, flip_out, toss, flip, riffle, summerset, riff, alternate, thumb, flip-flop, tack, turn_over, switch, leaf, somersaulting, impudent, sky, somerset, snotty-nosed


  • The clue is 37. What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

    The answer: LIGHTNINGBOLT


  • The clue is 40. Port, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WINE

    Possible Answer : wine-colored, wine-coloured, vino, wine


  • The clue is 41. Far from friendly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COLD

    Possible Answer : stale, dusty, common_cold, frigidity, insensate, cold-blooded, moth-eaten, cold, inhuman, coldness, frigidness, low_temperature, frigid

    Possible Opposite Answer : hotness, hot


  • The clue is 42. Poetic praise. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODE

    Possible Answer : ode


  • The clue is 43. "___ So Fine" (1963 #1 hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HES

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_2, helium, he, He


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

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

    The answer: SUB

    Possible Answer : torpedo, submarine, hoagy, Cuban_sandwich, hero, grinder, bomber, sub, substitute, submarine_sandwich, fill_in, hero_sandwich, stand_in, poor_boy, U-boat, zep, Italian_sandwich, hoagie, pigboat, wedge


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

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

    The answer: ABODES

    Possible Answer : home, residence, abode, habitation, dwelling, dwelling_house, domicile


  • The clue is 48. Ready to be drawn, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONTAP


  • The clue is 50. Drink with a 37-Across in its logo. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GATORADE


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

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

    The answer: PROTECT

    Possible Answer : protect


  • The clue is 55. Muslim denomination. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHIA

    Possible Answer : Shiah_Islam, Shia, Shiah


  • The clue is 56. Character with a 37-Across on his forehead. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HARRYPOTTER


  • The clue is 60. Counterpart of flow. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EBB

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

    Possible Opposite Answer : tide


  • The clue is 61. [Gasp!]. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OHNO


  • The clue is 62. Tangle. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENMESH

    Possible Answer : ensnarl, enmesh, mesh


  • The clue is 63. Drink aptly found within "social event". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALE

    Possible Answer : ale


  • The clue is 64. Tikka masala go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NAAN

    Possible Answer : naan, nan


  • The clue is 65. Don't have a choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEEDTO


  • The clue is 66. Dead end?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEE


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Friend on "Friends". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MONICA

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

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

    The answer: TOUCHE

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

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

    The answer: VOTEAGAINST

  • The clue is 4. Jackson 5 song that begins "You went to school to learn, girl". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABC

    Possible Answer: first_rudiment, ABCs, ABC, alphabet, ABC's, rudiment, first_principle

  • The clue is 5. Bird with a showy mate. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEAHEN

    Possible Answer: peahen

  • The clue is 6. Madagascar mammal. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEMUR

    Possible Answer: lemur

  • The clue is 7. Portentous signs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OMENS

    Possible Answer: prognostication, prognosticate, augur, portent, foreshadow, betoken, bode, prefigure, predict, foretell, prognostic, forecast, prodigy, auspicate, omen, presage, portend

  • The clue is 8. Soldier for hire, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MERC

  • The clue is 9. Surfer dude. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BRAH

  • The clue is 10. Princess of Nintendo games. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZELDA

  • The clue is 11. Queen Victoria has one named for her. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERA

    Possible Answer: epoch, geological_era, earned_run_average, ERA, era

  • The clue is 12. "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIS

    Possible Answer: Cordyline_terminalis, atomic_number_22, ti, Ti, si, titanium, te

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

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

    The answer: ASH

    Possible Answer: ash_tree, ash

  • The clue is 19. Fedora fabric. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FELT

    Possible Answer: mat, experience, sense, matte_up, felt_up, find, matte, feel, mat_up, finger, palpate, felt, matt-up

  • The clue is 21. Coat, as with flour. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DREDGE

    Possible Answer: drag, dredge

  • The clue is 24. This is a deep cut. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GASH

    Possible Answer: gash, cut, slice, slash

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

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

    The answer: PULLEDAHEAD

  • The clue is 27. Squadron, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNIT

    Possible Answer: unit_of_measurement, building_block, social_unit, unit, whole

  • The clue is 28. Grammy category. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POP

    Possible Answer: soda, pop_up, daddy, pop_music, crop_up, tonic, dad, bulge, protrude, papa, bulge_out, toss_off, down, bug_out, belt_down, popping, bolt_down, popular, dada, come_out, start, soda_pop, pa, soda_water, pappa, pop, kill, pour_down, drink_down, pop_out

  • The clue is 30. What might be out for a spell?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WAND

    Possible Answer: wand, verge, scepter, baton, sceptre

  • The clue is 31. French toast ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGG

    Possible Answer: orchis, eggs, bollock, testis, ballock, testicle, egg, nut, ball

  • The clue is 34. Haughty sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SNOB

    Possible Answer: snoot, prig, snob, snot

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

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

    The answer: NIL

    Possible Answer: zippo, zilch, naught, nil, cipher, nada, null, nothing, goose_egg, zero, nix, cypher, zip, aught

  • The clue is 36. Big name in tourism guides. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FODORS

  • The clue is 37. Concern when transferring a title deed. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIEN

    Possible Answer: lien, spleen

  • The clue is 38. The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TCU

  • The clue is 39. Common clown name. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BOBO

  • The clue is 40. "Doctor ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WHO

    Possible Answer: WHO, World_Health_Organization

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

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

    The answer: SPRY

    Possible Answer: spry, agile, nimble, quick

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

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

    The answer: ATTEST

    Possible Answer: manifest, bear_witness, attest, take_the_stand, testify, certify, evidence, demonstrate

  • The clue is 46. Pot brownie, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDIBLE

    Possible Answer: comestible, victuals, pabulum, edible, eatable, victual

    Possible Opposite Answer : inedible

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

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

    The answer: SEABEE

  • The clue is 49. Kitchen cover-up. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: APRON

    Possible Answer: forestage, proscenium, apron

  • The clue is 50. "Catch my drift?". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETME

  • The clue is 51. Was part of a series, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACTED

    Possible Answer: playact, pretend, roleplay, work, behave, play, move, represent, do, act, act_as, dissemble

    Possible Opposite Answer : refrain

  • The clue is 53. Neon sign word. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OPEN

    Possible Answer: subject, heart-to-heart, open_up, open, undecided, open_air, undetermined, unresolved, clear, assailable, overt, spread, afford, undefendable, give, undefended, exposed, capable, unfastened, opened, candid, unfold, out-of-doors, surface, loose, spread_out, receptive, outdoors

    Possible Opposite Answer : close, shut, fold, unreceptive, closed, covert

  • The clue is 54. Soften, with "down". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TONE

    Possible Answer: smell, intone, flavour, look, tone_up, feel, inflect, feeling, musical_note, modulate, tonicity, tonus, whole_step, shade, quality, tincture, step, tone, tone_of_voice, spirit, pure_tone, whole_tone, strengthen, tint, flavor, note, chant, timber, timbre

    Possible Opposite Answer : atonicity

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

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

    The answer: HON

  • The clue is 57. "I've got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHA

  • The clue is 58. Molecule involved in protein synthesis. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RNA

    Possible Answer: RNA, ribonucleic_acid

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

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

    The answer: RHO

    Possible Answer: rho

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

April 03, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, April 03, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword April 03, 2023

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Fictional Looney Tunes corporation 4
2A 5. Bean named for a South American capital 4
3A 9. Title pig in a children's show 5
4A 14. Neigh : horse :: ___ : donkey 4
5A 15. N.Y.S.E. events 4
6A 16. Decorate 5
7A 17. Bee storage centers 9
8A 19. "Eat!" 5
9A 20. Cat also called a dwarf leopard 6
10A 21. That guy's 3
11A 23. Portend 4
12A 24. Made over, as a kitchen 5
13A 25. Option in a "no strings attached" relationship 9
14A 27. 100-yard run, say 4
15A 29. Small bay 5
16A 30. Buzz Lightyear and Woody, for two 4
17A 33. π's 3
18A 35. Field for an architect or an artist 6
19A 38. Genre associated with black eyeliner 3
20A 39. Football interception leading to a touchdown, colloquially 7
21A 41. Langley-based spy grp. 3
22A 42. Provokes 6
23A 44. Affirmative vote 3
24A 45. Big letters in fashion 4
25A 46. Dressed for bed, informally 5
26A 48. "Here's a quick summary," in internet-speak 4
27A 50. Stockings for athletes 9
28A 53. "I'll have the ___" (unoriginal diner order) 5
29A 57. On a boat, maybe 4
30A 58. Accessory named for a snake 3
31A 59. Reddish-brown shade 6
32A 60. Playground places 5
33A 62. "Oof, sorry to hear it" 9
34A 64. Wetlands wader 5
35A 65. Bone by the humerus 4
36A 66. Cyber Monday event 4
37A 67. "All set?" 5
38A 68. Fly high 4
39A 69. Did 70 in a 55 zone, e.g. 4

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. Fictional Looney Tunes corporation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
  • Words that mean the same thing: meridian, pinnacle, elevation
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Bean named for a South American capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that capital and largest city and economic center of peru; located in western peru; was capital of the spanish empire in the new world until the 19th century
  • Words that mean the same thing: capital of Peru
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIMA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Title pig in a children's show"

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: PEPPA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Neigh : horse :: ___ : donkey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the cry of an ass
  • Words that mean the same thing: hee-haw, comminute, crunch
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BRAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. N.Y.S.E. events"

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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
  • Words that mean the same thing: IPO, initial offering, initial public offering
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IPOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Decorate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: clothe, embellish, invest
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADORN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bee storage centers"

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: HONEYSACS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "Eat!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: DIGIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Cat also called a dwarf leopard"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that nocturnal wildcat of central america and south america having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
  • Words that mean the same thing: panther cat, Felis pardalis
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OCELOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. That guy's"

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: HIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Portend"

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 indicate by signs
  • Words that mean the same thing: foretell, forecast, betoken
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BODE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Made over, as a kitchen"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
  • Words that mean the same thing: reconstruct, redo, refashion
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REDID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Option in a "no strings attached" relationship"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: CASUALSEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. 100-yard run, 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 distinctive and stylish elegance
  • Words that mean the same thing: dart, hyphen, dah
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Small bay"

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 arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
  • Words that mean the same thing: recess, intake
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INLET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Buzz Lightyear and Woody, for two"

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

    The answer is: TOYS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. π'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 the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
  • Words that mean the same thing: private eye, PI, private detective
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Field for an architect or an artist"

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 the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
  • Words that mean the same thing: designing, blueprint, conception
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DESIGN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Genre associated with black eyeliner"

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: EMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Football interception leading to a touchdown, colloquially"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: PICKSIX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Langley-based spy grp."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
  • Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Provokes"

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: EGGSON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Affirmative vote"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an affirmative
  • Words that mean the same thing: yeah
  • The opposite would be: nay
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Big letters in fashion"

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: DKNY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Dressed for bed, 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: INPJS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. "Here's a quick summary," in internet-speak"

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: TLDR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Stockings for athletes"

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: TUBESOCKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. "I'll have the ___" (unoriginal diner order)"

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 occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
  • Words that mean the same thing: common
  • The opposite would be: unusual
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USUAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. On a boat, maybe"

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 in the direction of the sea
  • Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Accessory named for a snake"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
  • Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BOA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Reddish-brown shade"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SIENNA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Playground places"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that united states civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in montgomery (alabama) and so triggered the national civil rights movement (born in 1913)
  • Words that mean the same thing: parkland, parking area, commons
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PARKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. "Oof, sorry to hear it""

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: THATSUCKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Wetlands wader"

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 various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EGRET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Bone by the humerus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
  • Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ULNA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Cyber Monday event"

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 particular instance of selling
  • Words that mean the same thing: sales event, sales agreement, cut-rate sale
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. "All set?""

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 poised for action
  • Words that mean the same thing: gear up, prepare, set
  • The opposite would be: unready
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: READY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Fly high"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the act of rising upward into the air
  • Words that mean the same thing: soar up, sailplane, soar upwards
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SOAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Did 70 in a 55 zone, e.g."

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 move faster
  • Words that mean the same thing: speed up, belt along, zip
  • The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPED

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword April 03, 2023

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Detest 5
2D 2. Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" 5
3D 3. Like a lion, but not a lioness 5
4D 4. Peeper protectors 7
5D 5. Something made by Santa labeled "Naughty" or "Nice" 4
6D 6. Hip, hoppy brew 3
7D 7. Chocolaty coffee flavor 5
8D 8. St. Francis' home 6
9D 9. Embellish, as a résumé 3
10D 10. Things to eat 7
11D 11. Device for someone who's hopping mad? 9
12D 12. LGBT ___ Month (June) 5
13D 13. Building wing 5
14D 18. Beloved film character who says "Size matters not" 4
15D 22. Timekeeping device that doesn't work when it's cloudy 7
16D 25. Stylish 4
17D 26. Trebek of "Jeopardy!" 4
18D 28. Publicist's output in the face of controversy 7
19D 30. Peg for a golfer 3
20D 31. "Holy wow!" 3
21D 32. Who said "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical" 9
22D 34. "Why is the ___ blue?" 3
23D 36. Tonic go-with 3
24D 37. Negative vote 3
25D 39. Daddy-o 4
26D 40. Theater backdrops 4
27D 43. Crept 7
28D 45. Creator of Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle 7
29D 47. High-ranking justices' grp. 6
30D 49. Charges for tipsy motorists, for short 4
31D 50. Come to a point? 5
32D 51. Part of a dictionary entry 5
33D 52. Artist played by Salma Hayek in "Frida" 5
34D 54. Open, as a pen 5
35D 55. Commonly sprained joint 5
36D 56. Used a surgical beam on 5
37D 59. Leading actor or actress 4
38D 61. Pig's pen 3
39D 63. Santa ___, Calif. 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. Detest"

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 find repugnant
  • Words that mean the same thing: loathe, execrate, abominate
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ABHOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle""

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: CROCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like a lion, but not a lioness"

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 take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
  • Words that mean the same thing: man
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MANED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Peeper protectors"

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 either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
  • Words that mean the same thing: palpebra, eyelid, lid
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EYELIDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Something made by Santa labeled "Naughty" or "Nice""

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 database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
  • Words that mean the same thing: leaning, name, heel
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Hip, hoppy brew"

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: IPA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Chocolaty coffee flavor"

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 soft suede glove leather from goatskin
  • Words that mean the same thing: mocha coffee
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOCHA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. St. Francis' home"

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: ASSISI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Embellish, as a résumé"

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 number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
  • Words that mean the same thing: fill out, launchpad, embellish
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Things to eat"

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 any substance that can be used as food
  • Words that mean the same thing: comestible, edible, victual
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EDIBLES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Device for someone who's hopping mad?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: POGOSTICK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. LGBT ___ Month (June)"

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 feeling of self-respect and personal worth
  • Words that mean the same thing: congratulate, superbia, plume
  • The opposite would be: humility
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PRIDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Building wing"

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 addition that extends a main building
  • Words that mean the same thing: extension, wing, annexe
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANNEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Beloved film character who says "Size matters not""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: YODA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Timekeeping device that doesn't work when it's cloudy"

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 timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SUNDIAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Stylish"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  • Words that mean the same thing: modishness, stylishness, chicness
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHIC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Trebek of "Jeopardy!""

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: ALEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Publicist's output in the face of controversy"

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: SPINJOB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Peg for a golfer"

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • Words that mean the same thing: football tee, golf tee, tee up
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "Holy wow!""

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: OMG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Who said "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: YOGIBERRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. "Why is the ___ blue?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
  • Words that mean the same thing: toss, pitch, flip
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Tonic go-with"

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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
  • Words that mean the same thing: knock rummy, snare, noose
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Negative vote"

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 not this merely but also; not only so but
  • The opposite would be: yea
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Daddy-o"

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 an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
  • Words that mean the same thing: start, bulge out, soda pop
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Theater backdrops"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  • Words that mean the same thing: band, coiffe, lay out
  • The opposite would be: rise
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Crept"

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 to go stealthily or furtively
  • Words that mean the same thing: filch, abstract, hook
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SNEAKED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Creator of Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle"

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: DRSEUSS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. High-ranking justices' grp."

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: SCOTUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Charges for tipsy motorists, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: DUIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Come to a point?"

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 convex shape that narrows toward a point
  • Words that mean the same thing: wick, sharpen, wax light
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAPER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Part of a dictionary entry"

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 act of using
  • Words that mean the same thing: employment, usance, utilization
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USAGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Artist played by Salma Hayek in "Frida""

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: KAHLO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Open, as a pen"

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: UNCAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Commonly sprained joint"

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 gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
  • Words that mean the same thing: ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANKLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Used a surgical beam 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: LASED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Leading actor or actress"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
  • Words that mean the same thing: wizard, wiz, leading
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Pig's pen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
  • Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, pigpen, stye
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Santa ___, Calif."

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANA

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 57 73.1%
Short Answer 15 19.2%
Geography 1 1.3%
History 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%
Movies/Film 1 1.3%
Abbreviation 1 1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 39
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.9 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 9 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 4 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 08:27 AM