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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 12, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Major purchase when furnishing a dining room. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TABLE

  Possible Answer : postpone, defer, put_over, remit, set_back, tabular_array, tabularise, tabulate, tabularize, put_off, mesa, shelve, board, table, hold_over, prorogue




• The clue is 6. Reprimanding sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSKS

  Possible Answer : tut, tsk, tut-tut




• The clue is 10. ___ de gallo (salsa variety). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PICO




• The clue is 14. White wetland wader. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGRET

  Possible Answer : egret




• The clue is 15. Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IKEA




• The clue is 16. Broadway's "Dear ___ Hansen". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVAN




• The clue is 17. *One leaving money under a pillow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOTHFAIRY




• The clue is 19. Southern cornbread. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PONE

  Possible Answer : cornpone, pone




• The clue is 20. Noisy bedmate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNORER

  Possible Answer : snorer




• The clue is 21. Sean who played Rudy in "Rudy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTIN




• The clue is 22. *Hobbes, vis-à-vis Calvin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMAGINARYFRIEND




• The clue is 26. Submission to a record label in the 1990s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMOCD




• The clue is 27. "Humble" home. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABODE

  Possible Answer : suffer, stomach, brook, abide, support, habitation, stand, bide, bear, domicile, tolerate, endure, stay, stick_out, dwelling, home, put_up, abode, dwelling_house, residence, digest




• The clue is 28. Narcissist's flaw. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGO

  Possible Answer : self-importance, ego, self, egotism




• The clue is 29. Toe woe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUNION

  Possible Answer : bunion




• The clue is 32. "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREYOUFORREAL




• The clue is 38. One on maternity leave. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWMOM




• The clue is 39. California's Monterey ___ Aquarium. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAY

  Possible Answer : embayment, bay_tree, Laurus_nobilis, bay_laurel, alcove, quest, bay, true_laurel




• The clue is 41. Indian yogurt drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASSI




• The clue is 43. Frozen ocean water. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAICE




• The clue is 46. *Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOCHNESSMONSTER




• The clue is 50. Prefix with -naut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTRO




• The clue is 51. Period of one's prime. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEYDAY

  Possible Answer : heyday, blossom, efflorescence, flush, peak, prime, flower, bloom




• The clue is 52. Arnaz who loved Lucy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DESI




• The clue is 53. *"Ho, ho, ho!" hollerer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTACLAUS




• The clue is 57. British boarding school. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETON




• The clue is 58. "Keep it down!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUSH

  Possible Answer : still, pipe_down, silence, quiesce, hush_up, quiet, shut_up, quieten, hush, stillness, quiet_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : louden




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

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

  The answer: TUTSI

  Possible Answer : Tutsi, Watutsi, Watusi




• The clue is 60. 0%. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer : none




• The clue is 61. Dollar bills. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONES

  Possible Answer : 1, single, ace, I, one, unity




• The clue is 62. Finger-painting smudge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMEAR

  Possible Answer : smear, slander, daub, smirch, defame, slur, smutch, blot, besmirch, asperse, cytologic_smear, spot, vilification, calumniate, malignment, smudge, denigrate, sully, cytosmear, blur, stain

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Vietnamese New Year. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TET

  Possible Answer: Tet

• The clue is 2. "A long time ___ …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGO

  Possible Answer: agone, ago

• The clue is 3. Sis's sibling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRO

• The clue is 4. "What are you waiting for?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETSGO

• The clue is 5. Pertaining to a cultural group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETHNIC

  Possible Answer: heathenish, ethnic, pagan, heathen, ethnical, cultural

• The clue is 6. Princess's headwear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIARA

  Possible Answer: tiara

• The clue is 7. Person who might need a lift?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIER

  Possible Answer: skier

• The clue is 8. Actress Washington of "Scandal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KERRY

• The clue is 9. Speak aloud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAY

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

• The clue is 10. Discontinued competitor of Coke Zero. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEPSIONE

• The clue is 11. Words on an Election Day sticker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVOTED

• The clue is 12. Bluey or Snoopy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANINE

  Possible Answer: canid, eye_tooth, cuspid, canine_tooth, eyetooth, dogtooth, canine, laniary

• The clue is 13. Upright, as hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEND

• The clue is 18. A fan (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOND

  Possible Answer: adoring, affectionate, fond, doting, partial, warm, tender, lovesome

• The clue is 21. ___ Day, occasion for planting trees. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARBOR

  Possible Answer: bower, arbor, mandril, arbour, mandrel, pergola, spindle

• The clue is 22. Ending with sulf- or fluor-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDE

• The clue is 23. Lead-in to Man or mansion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEGA

• The clue is 24. Love, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOR

  Possible Answer: Amor, Cupid

• The clue is 25. One might have farm animals, fried food and a Ferris wheel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAIR

  Possible Answer: fairly, bonny, sightly, fairish, mediocre, just, middling, funfair, evenhandedly, reasonable, bonnie, honest, comely, bazaar, clean, fair, average, carnival

  Possible Opposite Answer : foul, unfairly, unfair

• The clue is 29. Backside. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUM

  Possible Answer: tush, rat, bottom, arse, stern, fuck_off, keister, crumb, stinkpot, git, butt, behind, grub, lowlife, stinker, arse_around, rotter, crummy, bum, rear, skunk, idler, bum_about, dirty_dog, posterior, do-nothing, loafer, puke, hobo, backside, scum_bag, loll, lounge_about, lounge_around, loaf, buttocks, rump, fundament, cheap, layabout, buns, hind_end, tail_end, nates, cadge, ass, sponge, seat, cheesy, tail, tinny, tramp, prat, fanny, bum_around, waste_one's_time, loll_around, frig_around, derriere, punk, so-and-so, chintzy, tooshie, hindquarters, rear_end, arse_about, sleazy, can, mooch

• The clue is 30. Sci-fi ship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UFO

  Possible Answer: flying_saucer, unidentified_flying_object, UFO

• The clue is 31. When repeated, sound effect for Cookie Monster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOM

• The clue is 33. Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENSHRINE

  Possible Answer: enshrine, saint, shrine

• The clue is 34. Like the questions asked in 20 Questions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YESNO

• The clue is 35. Baby's boo-boo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWIE

• The clue is 36. Ever so slightly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABIT

• The clue is 37. Tie, as shoes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACE

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : untwine

• The clue is 40. "___ out!" (ump's shout). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YER

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

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

  The answer: LOSETO

• The clue is 42. Follows, as a hunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACTSON

• The clue is 43. Vending machine drink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SODA

  Possible Answer: pop, soda_water, soda_ash, washing_soda, soda_pop, tonic, sal_soda, sodium_carbonate, soda

• The clue is 44. Puts into law. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENACTS

  Possible Answer: reenact, enact, ordain, act_out

• The clue is 45. Arkham ___, institution for many Batman foes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASYLUM

  Possible Answer: mental_home, asylum, mental_hospital, refuge, sanctuary, mental_institution, institution, insane_asylum, psychiatric_hospital

• The clue is 46. Filled with cargo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADEN

  Possible Answer: ladened, loaded, oppressed, load, load_up, lade, ladle, laden

• The clue is 47. Olympic snowboarder White. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAUN

• The clue is 48. Have a feeling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENSE

  Possible Answer: smell, sensory_faculty, sense, good_sense, sentience, smell_out, common_sense, sensation, mother_wit, gumption, signified, horse_sense, feel, sentiency

• The clue is 49. The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYTHS

  Possible Answer: myth

• The clue is 53. "Billions" airer, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHO

• The clue is 54. Chowed down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer: eat_up, feed, run_through, rust, exhaust, wipe_out, deplete, eat_on, consume, use_up, corrode, eat, Ate

• The clue is 55. Summer Olympics powerhouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USA

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

• The clue is 56. Knight's title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIR

  Possible Answer: Sir, sir

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NY Times Crossword Answers April 26, 2025

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Intellectual

9-letter answer Answer: EGGHEADED

Clue #2: 10. Like embers

5-letter answer Answer: AGLOW

Word Help: Synonyms: luminous, aglow, lambent

Clue #3: 15. Tantric meditation practiced while in a sleeping state

9-letter answer Answer: DREAMYOGA

Clue #4: 16. Pointless

5-letter answer Answer: INANE

Word Help: Synonyms: inane, fatuous, mindless

Clue #5: 17. "Would you like a bite?"

9-letter answer Answer: WANTTOTRY

Clue #6: 18. Fruit high in antioxidants

5-letter answer Answer: DATES

Word Help: Synonyms: go_steady, appointment, see

Clue #7: 19. Prestigious octad

5-letter answer Answer: IVIES

Word Help: Synonyms: Hedera_helix, English_ivy, common_ivy

Clue #8: 20. Emily ___, winner of the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel

4-letter answer Answer: TESH

Clue #9: 22. "The young man who has not ___ is a savage": George Santayana

4-letter answer Answer: WEPT

Word Help: Synonyms: cry, weep
Antonyms: laugh

Clue #10: 23. Countdown occasion, for short

3-letter answer Answer: NYE

Clue #11: 24. Relative of a trivet

6-letter answer Answer: HOTPAD

Clue #12: 26. ___ Dunn (brand of ceramic art and other housewares)

3-letter answer Answer: RAE

Clue #13: 27. "That's so relatable," in modern slang

4-letter answer Answer: MOOD

Word Help: Synonyms: mood, humour, mode

Clue #14: 29. Aquarius is one, perhaps surprisingly

7-letter answer Answer: AIRSIGN

Clue #15: 31. Literally, "good word"

6-letter answer Answer: BONMOT

Clue #16: 33. Expired

6-letter answer Answer: LAPSED

Word Help: Synonyms: pass, regress, slip_by

Clue #17: 34. Source of an unsigned love letter

13-letter answer Answer: SECRETADMIRER

Clue #18: 36. Charge

6-letter answer Answer: RUSHAT

Clue #19: 37. Not as nice

6-letter answer Answer: MEANER

Word Help: Synonyms: tight, miserly, mingy

Clue #20: 38. ___ Prime, protagonist in the "Transformers" franchise

7-letter answer Answer: OPTIMUS

Clue #21: 40. Gaelic language

4-letter answer Answer: ERSE

Word Help: Synonyms: Gaelic, Erse, Goidelic

Clue #22: 41. Vote for

3-letter answer Answer: YEA

Word Help: Synonyms: yea, yeah
Antonyms: nay

Clue #23: 42. "Gossip Girl" fashion descriptor

6-letter answer Answer: PREPPY

Clue #24: 44. "... your point being?"

3-letter answer Answer: AND

Clue #25: 47. Parabolic paths

4-letter answer Answer: ARCS

Word Help: Synonyms: arch, arc, bow

Clue #26: 49. Land granted to a vassal

4-letter answer Answer: FIEF

Word Help: Synonyms: feoff, fief

Clue #27: 50. Circus performer

5-letter answer Answer: TAMER

Word Help: Synonyms: meek, tamer, tamed
Antonyms: wild

Clue #28: 52. Discovered unexpectedly

5-letter answer Answer: LITON

Clue #29: 54. Rely on audience support during a show?

9-letter answer Answer: STAGEDIVE

Clue #30: 56. Author whose name sounds like a canine

5-letter answer Answer: WOOLF

Word Help: Synonyms: Woolf, Adeline_Virginia_Stephen_Woolf, Virginia_Woolf

Clue #31: 57. Do the impossible

9-letter answer Answer: MAKEMAGIC

Clue #32: 58. Flynn of old Hollywood

5-letter answer Answer: ERROL

Clue #33: 59. Eye shadow for a night out?

9-letter answer Answer: SLEEPMASK

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Dickens's Drood

5-letter answer Answer: EDWIN

Word Help: Synonyms: Edwin

Clue #2: 2. ___ boat

5-letter answer Answer: GRAVY

Word Help: Synonyms: gravy, bonanza, windfall

Clue #3: 3. Bottled spirit

5-letter answer Answer: GENIE

Word Help: Synonyms: jinni, djinni, genie

Clue #4: 4. Word before mail or watch

4-letter answer Answer: HATE

Word Help: Synonyms: hatred, detest, hate
Antonyms: love

Clue #5: 5. Ones trained to administer naloxone, for short

4-letter answer Answer: EMTS

Clue #6: 6. Actress and comedian Edebiri

3-letter answer Answer: AYO

Clue #7: 7. Connections puzzle?

8-letter answer Answer: DOTTODOT

Clue #8: 8. Creature in the National Audubon Society logo

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #9: 9. Destination for dermaplaning

6-letter answer Answer: DAYSPA

Clue #10: 10. Relief

3-letter answer Answer: AID

Word Help: Synonyms: assistance, tending, attention

Clue #11: 11. Eat (at)

4-letter answer Answer: GNAW

Word Help: Synonyms: wear_away, gnaw, erode

Clue #12: 12. Night owl, typically

9-letter answer Answer: LATERISER

Clue #13: 13. Short product overview, in business lingo

8-letter answer Answer: ONEPAGER

Clue #14: 14. Theater district where "The Mousetrap" has been playing continuously since 1952

7-letter answer Answer: WESTEND

Clue #15: 21. Hard pass?

8-letter answer Answer: HAILMARY

Clue #16: 24. Where an athlete has an advantage

8-letter answer Answer: HOMETURF

Clue #17: 25. They're grated outdoors

6-letter answer Answer: DRAINS

Word Help: Synonyms: drainage, drainpipe, enfeeble

Clue #18: 27. Traditional treat in Japanese New Year celebrations

5-letter answer Answer: MOCHI

Clue #19: 28. Artery access point

6-letter answer Answer: ONRAMP

Clue #20: 30. Tear

5-letter answer Answer: SPREE

Word Help: Synonyms: spree, fling

Clue #21: 31. Words on a statue honoring Washington

9-letter answer Answer: BESTACTOR

Clue #22: 32. Soft-topped cap

3-letter answer Answer: TAM

Word Help: Synonyms: tam, tammy, tam-o'-shanter

Clue #23: 34. Lake ___, setting for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

8-letter answer Answer: SUPERIOR

Word Help: Synonyms: victor, superscript, Lake_Superior
Antonyms: subscript, inferior

Clue #24: 35. Convincing A.I.-created video

8-letter answer Answer: DEEPFAKE

Clue #25: 36. Pronoun also known as pluralis majestatis

7-letter answer Answer: ROYALWE

Clue #26: 39. Shakes, but not sundaes

6-letter answer Answer: SEISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: seism, quake, earthquake

Clue #27: 43. Something picked in a fortunetelling game

5-letter answer Answer: PETAL

Word Help: Synonyms: petal, flower_petal

Clue #28: 44. Early home computer brand

5-letter answer Answer: AMIGA

Clue #29: 45. "Forgotten spot in the Caribbean," per "Hamilton"

5-letter answer Answer: NEVIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Nevis

Clue #30: 46. Junk

5-letter answer Answer: DRECK

Word Help: Synonyms: dreck, schlock, shlock

Clue #31: 48. How Joshua Slocum sailed around the world starting in 1895, becoming the first person to do so

4-letter answer Answer: SOLO

Word Help: Synonyms: solo, alone, unaccompanied

Clue #32: 50. Ski resort worker, often

4-letter answer Answer: TEMP

Word Help: Synonyms: temp, temporary, temporary_worker

Clue #33: 51. "East of Eden" role

4-letter answer Answer: ADAM

Word Help: Synonyms: X, Robert_Adam, go

Clue #34: 53. Bills' org.

3-letter answer Answer: NFL

Clue #35: 55. "Golly!"

3-letter answer Answer: GEE

Word Help: Synonyms: g, gee, g-force

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, August 11, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - August 11, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Activation phrase for many smart devices	8
2A	9. Music genre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey	6
3A	15. Certain dealer's bailiwick	8
4A	16. What many sentences end with	6
5A	17. Hyperbole from someone who's dreaming big	15
6A	19. Brown ___	3
7A	20. Veep between Hubert and Gerald	5
8A	21. Too good for	5
9A	22. "Dang it!"	4
10A	24. Handled things outside?	4
11A	25. Ibis or egret	5
12A	26. Entered a state of détente, say	5
13A	28. Some gear for lepidopterists	4
14A	30. Play on repeat	4
15A	31. "___ or Go to the League," 2019 hit album for 2 Chainz	3
16A	33. Contents of some bags in boxes	4
17A	35. Coastal water feature	3
18A	36. Sole employee?	7
19A	40. Continental, e.g.	7
20A	42. Dr. of 31-Across	3
21A	43. Took out	4
22A	45. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, e.g.	3
23A	46. Have nowhere to go but down	4
24A	48. Places where masks are seen indoors	4
25A	50. Name of three czars of Bulgaria	5
26A	54. Doone of fiction	5
27A	56. All in favor	4
28A	58. It goes on and on and on	4
29A	59. Needs some icing, say	5
30A	60. Deprive of threads?	5
31A	62. Horned one south of the Horn of Africa	3
32A	63. "Trust me, this is the right call"	15
33A	66. One of eight in a B-52	6
34A	67. Think outside the box	8
35A	68. Fresh	6
36A	69. Fodder for a literature test	8

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Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Activation phrase for many smart devices"

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: OKGOOGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Music genre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALTPOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Certain dealer's bailiwick"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CARSALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. What many sentences end with"

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 secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
• Words that mean the same thing: password, word, watchword
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Hyperbole from someone who's dreaming big"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THESKYSTHELIMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Brown ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Veep between Hubert and Gerald"

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: SPIRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Too good for"

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 earlier section of a written text
• Words that mean the same thing: in a higher place, to a higher place, supra
• The opposite would be: below
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. "Dang it!""

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 usually large hard-shelled seed
• Words that mean the same thing: round the bend, batty, testis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Handled things outside?"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• Words that mean the same thing: hoe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Ibis or egret"

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 many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
• Words that mean the same thing: wading bird
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Entered a state of détente, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that move gently or carefully
• Words that mean the same thing: relieve, alleviate, relieved
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Some gear for lepidopterists"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: cyberspace, nett, web
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Play on repeat"

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 fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• Words that mean the same thing: cringle, curl, intertwine
• The opposite would be: open circuit, uncoil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "___ or Go to the League," 2019 hit album for 2 Chainz"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: belt, knock, whang
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Contents of some bags in boxes"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, tea, teatime
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Coastal water feature"

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: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Sole employee?"

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 a person who makes or repairs shoes
• Words that mean the same thing: deep-dish pie, shoemaker
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COBBLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Continental, e.g."

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 16th president of the united states; saved the union during the american civil war and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by booth (1809-1865)
• Words that mean the same thing: Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINCOLN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Dr. of 31-Across"

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Took out"

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 decorate with frosting
• Words that mean the same thing: ice, frost
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, e.g."

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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: twain, dyad, span
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Have nowhere to go but down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the most extreme possible amount or value
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, blossom, eyeshade
• The opposite would be: bottom out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Places where masks are seen indoors"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, spa, health spa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Name of three czars of Bulgaria"

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: BORIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Doone of fiction"

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: LORNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. All in favor"

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: AYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. It goes on and on and on"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Needs some icing, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: aching, suffer, smart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Deprive of threads?"

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 relatively long narrow piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: disinvest, foray, comic strip
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Horned one south of the Horn of Africa"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. "Trust me, this is the right call""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOUWONTREGRETIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. One of eight in a B-52"

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 motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
• Words that mean the same thing: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Think outside the box"

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 bring something new to an environment
• Words that mean the same thing: introduce
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INNOVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Fresh"

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 not move; be in a resting position
• Words that mean the same thing: remain, lie, pillow
• The opposite would be: tired, change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Fodder for a literature test"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of passing from one state or place to the next
• Words that mean the same thing: enactment, transition, passage
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle August 11, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. C8H18	6
2D	2. White Russian ingredient	6
3D	3. Opens the door for, maybe	6
4D	4. C.I.A.'s predecessor	3
5D	5. London's ___ Park, near Epsom Downs	4
6D	6. Pictograph	5
7D	7. Sore spot	6
8D	8. Locale in Belmar, N.J., that lent its name to a noted rock-'n'-roll band	7
9D	9. Great ___	3
10D	10. 1980s-'90s drama that won 15 Emmys	5
11D	11. Like much land in Oklahoma	6
12D	12. Tomato-and-basil pasta sauce	8
13D	13. Pasta sauce ingredient	8
14D	14. Movie featuring the song "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!"	8
15D	18. Traveler's stopover	6
16D	23. Neighbor of a Kosovar	4
17D	27. Who painted "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening"	4
18D	29. Aforementioned	4
19D	32. Upper-body workout target, informally	4
20D	34. Rebuff	4
21D	36. Turner once big in the music industry	8
22D	37. Cookie-flavored ice cream treat	8
23D	38. Hearty hellos	8
24D	39. Meal	6
25D	41. Sweet sounds in a nursery	4
26D	44. Travel that doesn't require a hotel reservation	7
27D	47. "Told ya!"	6
28D	49. Star close to Venus?	6
29D	51. Motley	6
30D	52. Set off	6
31D	53. Causes to sizzle, say	6
32D	55. Together	5
33D	57. Classic M. Night Shyamalan film with the tagline "It's not like they didn't warn us"	5
34D	61. All in favor	4
35D	64. World Cup team from Holland, on scoreboards	3
36D	65. Actress Longoria	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. C₈H₁₈"

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 any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. White Russian ingredient"

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 coffee-flavored liqueur made in mexico
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAHLUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Opens the door for, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that express greetings upon meeting someone
• Words that mean the same thing: recognise, greet, recognize
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. C.I.A.'s predecessor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: Os, OS, atomic number 76
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. London's ___ Park, near Epsom Downs"

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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak, oak tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Pictograph"

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 glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLYPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sore spot"

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 any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
• Words that mean the same thing: wound
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Locale in Belmar, N.J., that lent its name to a noted rock-'n'-roll band"

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: ESTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Great ___"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: emulator, caricature, aper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. 1980s-'90s drama that won 15 Emmys"

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: LALAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Like much land in Oklahoma"

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

  The answer is: TRIBAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Tomato-and-basil pasta sauce"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POMODORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Pasta sauce ingredient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLIVEOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Movie featuring the song "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PETERPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Traveler's stopover"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: student lodging, lodge, inn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Neighbor of a Kosovar"

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 member of a slavic people who settled in serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
• Words that mean the same thing: Serbian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Who painted "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening""

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 surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
• Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Aforementioned"

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 express in words
• Words that mean the same thing: articulate, allege, state
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Upper-body workout target, informally"

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 either of two large muscles of the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pectoral
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Rebuff"

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 instance of driving away or warding off
• Words that mean the same thing: rebuff, cut, ignore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Turner once big in the music industry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CDPLAYER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Cookie-flavored ice cream treat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OREOCONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Hearty hellos"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEARHUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Meal"

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 the food served and eaten at one time
• Words that mean the same thing: meal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Sweet sounds in a nursery"

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 sound made by a pigeon
• Words that mean the same thing: coo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Travel that doesn't require a hotel reservation"

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: DAYTRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. "Told ya!""

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: KNEWIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Star close to Venus?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SERENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "51. Motley"

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 disparaging terms for the common people
• Words that mean the same thing: riffraff, ragtag and bobtail, rabble
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: RAGTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Set off"

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 cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
• Words that mean the same thing: light, fire up, combust
• The opposite would be: extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGNITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Causes to sizzle, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dish of sauteed food
• Words that mean the same thing: saute
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Together"

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: ASONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Classic M. Night Shyamalan film with the tagline "It's not like they didn't warn us""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• Words that mean the same thing: signalise, sign of the zodiac, signaling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "61. All in favor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional, pro
• The opposite would be: con, amateur
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "64. World Cup team from Holland, on scoreboards"

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: NED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "65. Actress Longoria"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	73.6%
Short Answer	7	9.7%
Music	4	5.6%
History	3	4.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Geography	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: August 31, 2025 at 01:39 PM