270824 Tuesday, August NYT Crossword hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 27, 2024

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

Tuesday Auguest 27,  NYT Crossword Clues 

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Campy rock subgenre of the early 1970s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLAM




• The clue is 5. Dance in single file. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CONGA

  Possible Answer : conga




• The clue is 10. Totally smitten. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : crazy, doddering, doddery, dotty, senile, wild, gaga




• The clue is 14. Social activity that one tries to get out of?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPEROOM




• The clue is 16. Super-. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBER




• The clue is 17. Mathematician Benoit ___, coiner of the word "fractal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANDELBROT

  Possible Answer : Benoit_Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot




• The clue is 18. Shelter that's pitched. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENT

  Possible Answer : encamp, bivouac, tent, collapsible_shelter, camp_out, camp




• The clue is 19. Take the wheel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEER

  Possible Answer : maneuver, bullock, head, manoeuver, confidential_information, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, tip, channelise, wind, steer, hint, channelize, lead




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

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

  The answer: DRAFTEE

  Possible Answer : draftee, inductee, conscript

  Possible Opposite Answer : volunteer




• The clue is 22. "You're the One That I Want," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUET

  Possible Answer : pas_de_deux, twosome, dyad, yoke, span, duo, couple, couplet, pair, duette, duet, duad, distich, brace, twain




• The clue is 25. Rank above viscount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EARL

  Possible Answer : earl




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

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

  The answer: AGNOSTIC

  Possible Answer : agnostic, doubter, agnostical

  Possible Opposite Answer : gnostic




• The clue is 30. Former capital of Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KYOTO

  Possible Answer : Kyoto




• The clue is 33. Lead-in to algebra or calculus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRE




• The clue is 34. ___ nous (between us). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRE




• The clue is 36. Cornmeal cake in Colombian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREPA




• The clue is 38. Epigram or elegy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POEM

  Possible Answer : verse_form, poem




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

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

  The answer: ALIGN

  Possible Answer : line_up, aline, align, adjust, ordinate, array, coordinate

  Possible Opposite Answer : skew




• The clue is 42. Opposed to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTI

  Possible Answer : anti

  Possible Opposite Answer : pro




• The clue is 43. Fizzy drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SODAS

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




• The clue is 45. Incorporate, as a hyperlink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBED

  Possible Answer : embed, implant, engraft, plant, imbed




• The clue is 47. Sitcom narrator Mosby. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer : Ted, Teddy_boy




• The clue is 48. "I tip ___ to you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYHAT




• The clue is 50. Fashion designer in "The Incredibles". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDNAMODE




• The clue is 52. Start of a texter's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMHO




• The clue is 54. Storm relief org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEMA

  Possible Answer : Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency, FEMA




• The clue is 55. Give one's two cents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIMEIN




• The clue is 58. Nobel Peace Prize winner Sadat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANWAR




• The clue is 62. Covid-19, slangily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RONA




• The clue is 63. Copywriter's handbook. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STYLEGUIDE




• The clue is 67. Hankering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCH

  Possible Answer : itch, spoil, rub, scratch, scabies, urge, itching, itchiness




• The clue is 68. Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADBREAKUP




• The clue is 69. Asian cuisine choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAI

  Possible Answer : Tai, Siamese, Thai, Central_Thai




• The clue is 70. ___ salts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPSOM




• The clue is 71. "Slander!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIES

  Possible Answer : lie, lie_down, Lie, consist, prevarication, rest, lie_in, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, Trygve_Lie

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Precious stones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEMS

  Possible Answer: gemstone, precious_stone, treasure, stone, muffin, gem, jewel

• The clue is 2. Future J.D.'s exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LSAT

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

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

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 4. Worked with what's available. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MADEDO

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

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

  The answer: CEL

• The clue is 6. Celestial body. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORB

  Possible Answer: eyeball, orbit, ball, revolve, globe, orb

• The clue is 7. "Water, water, every where, / ___ any drop to drink": "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOR

• The clue is 8. Johnny B. of song. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODE

• The clue is 9. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMTRAK

• The clue is 10. Micro-organisms in the digestive tract. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUTFLORA

• The clue is 11. Aid's partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABET

  Possible Answer: abet

• The clue is 12. Apt name for a DNA expert?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENE

  Possible Answer: factor, cistron, gene

• The clue is 13. Commedia dell'___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTE

• The clue is 15. Read carefully ... or leisurely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PERUSE

  Possible Answer: peruse

• The clue is 21. Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARYA

• The clue is 23. Europe's tallest active volcano. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: etna, bunsen_burner, Mt_Etna, Mount_Etna, Etna, bunsen

• The clue is 24. Museum placard info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLE

  Possible Answer: deed, statute_title, entitle, title_of_respect, deed_of_conveyance, style, championship, form_of_address, title, rubric, claim

• The clue is 26. Phone screen array. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APPS

• The clue is 27. Bachelor party V.I.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GROOM

  Possible Answer: neaten, stableman, dress, stableboy, groom, prepare, train, bridegroom, hostler, curry, ostler

• The clue is 28. Down-and-out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEEDY

  Possible Answer: destitute, necessitous, poverty-stricken, needy, indigent, impoverished

• The clue is 29. True ___ (podcast genre). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIME

  Possible Answer: crime, offence, offense, criminal_offense, law-breaking, criminal_offence

• The clue is 31. Fifty minutes past the hour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENTO

• The clue is 32. Made a choice. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPTED

  Possible Answer: choose, prefer, opt

• The clue is 35. Musical staff letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGBDF

• The clue is 37. Capitol Hill staffer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIDE

  Possible Answer: aide, adjutant, aide-de-camp, auxiliary

• The clue is 39. Hawaiian fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAHIMAHI

  Possible Answer: dolphinfish, mahimahi, dolphin

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

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

  The answer: NENE

• The clue is 44. Word before day or difference. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAME

  Possible Answer: Lapp, Saame, Saami, like, Lapplander, same, Sami, Same

  Possible Opposite Answer : other, different, unlike

• The clue is 46. Fallout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAMAGE

  Possible Answer: impairment, terms, price, wrong, damage, scathe, hurt, harm, legal_injury, equipment_casualty

• The clue is 49. Pyramus' beloved, in myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THISBE

• The clue is 51. Not automatic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANUAL

  Possible Answer: manual, manual_of_arms

  Possible Opposite Answer : automatic

• The clue is 53. Ready for use. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONTAP

• The clue is 55. Feedback session in art school, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRIT

• The clue is 56. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTH

  Possible Answer: Hodur, Hoder, Hoth, Hodr, Hothr

• The clue is 57. Largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCA

  Possible Answer: Inca, Incan, Inka

• The clue is 59. Reference site, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIKI

• The clue is 60. Together, in music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADUE

• The clue is 61. Workout units. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPS

  Possible Answer: rep, repp

• The clue is 64. Gridiron gains: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YDS

• The clue is 65. Wall St. acquisition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LBO

• The clue is 66. Indecisive sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERM
  
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0912 NYT: Thursday September 12, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword Thursday September 12, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 12, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

NYT Thursday September 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Like some bad breakups. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MESSY

  Possible Answer : messy, mussy




• The clue is 6. Item of clothing in a Prince hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BERET

  Possible Answer : beret




• The clue is 11. Fender Bassman, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMP

  Possible Answer : AMP, ampere, adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, A




• The clue is 14. What Romeo and Juliet planned to do in Mantua. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELOPE

  Possible Answer : run_off, elope




• The clue is 15. Obsessive fan of anime or video games, from the Japanese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTAKU




• The clue is 16. "I can't ___ …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIE

  Possible Answer : Trygve_Lie, lie_down, Lie, lie, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, rest, prevarication, lie_in, dwell, consist

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise




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

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

  The answer: LIFEPARTNER




• The clue is 19. Key not found on a Mac. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALT

  Possible Answer : altitude, EL, ALT, elevation




• The clue is 20. Head of France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TETE




• The clue is 21. Put at a table, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEAT

  Possible Answer : posterior, place, stern, bottom, fundament, ass, derriere, arse, tooshie, sit_down, buttocks, hindquarters, invest, rear_end, rear, prat, keister, bum, seat, behind, tail, fanny, butt, backside, tush, nates, tail_end, buns, hind_end, can, sit, induct, rump




• The clue is 22. Gets ready for the national anthem, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RISES

  Possible Answer : boost, emanation, originate, resurrect, go_up, ascent, get_up, acclivity, grow, uprise, stand_up, climb, lift, arise, wax, wage_hike, advance, rear, raise, prove, jump, surface, climb_up, come_up, ascend, rebel, hike, move_up, cost_increase, turn_out, rising, salary_increase, upgrade, spring_up, mount, heighten, wage_increase, rising_slope, rise_up, develop, ascending, rise, procession, ascension

  Possible Opposite Answer : wane, turn_in, set, descent, fall, sit_down, go_to_bed




• The clue is 24. "Obviously!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUH




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

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

  The answer: BEAKS

  Possible Answer : nozzle, bill, snoot, pecker, pick, snout, hooter, nib, neb, beak, honker, schnoz, peck, schnozzle




• The clue is 27. Neuters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAYS

  Possible Answer : castrate, spay, alter, neuter




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

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

  The answer: FIRSTMATE




• The clue is 34. This guy!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIM




• The clue is 35. Sultanate on the island of Borneo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRUNEI

  Possible Answer : Negara_Brunei_Darussalam, Brunei




• The clue is 37. Fratty stereotypes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BROS




• The clue is 38. Petrichor is the aroma produced by this. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAIN

  Possible Answer : rainwater, rain_down, rain, pelting, rainfall




• The clue is 40. Insert, as a video in a post. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMBED

  Possible Answer : implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant




• The clue is 41. Folk rock's Mumford & ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONS

  Possible Answer : boy, Word, Son, son, Logos

  Possible Opposite Answer : girl, daughter




• The clue is 42. Golden rule word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNTO




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

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

  The answer: DEADEN

  Possible Answer : blunt, damp, dampen, deaden, girdle

  Possible Opposite Answer : enliven




• The clue is 45. Bit of décor at a tiki bar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEI

  Possible Answer : chaplet, lei, garland, wreath, leu, coronal




• The clue is 46. Ready?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOODBUDDY




• The clue is 48. "Not so!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FALSE

  Possible Answer : fake, simulated, treacherously, treasonably, assumed, imitation, untrue, fictitious, faux, off-key, mistaken, false, put_on, traitorously, faithlessly, pretended, sour, fictive, delusive, sham

  Possible Opposite Answer : true




• The clue is 50. It might cause some unsurprised looks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOTOX

  Possible Answer : Botox, botulinum_toxin_A




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

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

  The answer: ELM

  Possible Answer : elmwood, elm, elm_tree




• The clue is 52. "Fathoms ___" (opening song of "The Little Mermaid"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELOW

  Possible Answer : beneath, under, to_a_lower_place, at_a_lower_place, down_the_stairs, downstairs, on_a_lower_floor, below, infra

  Possible Opposite Answer : upstairs, above




• The clue is 53. Each. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APOP




• The clue is 56. River through Louisville. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHIO

  Possible Answer : Ohio_River, Ohio, OH, Buckeye_State




• The clue is 60. Genetic messenger. 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 61. Dine?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WINEPAIRING




• The clue is 64. See 67-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer : human_activity, represent, routine, behave, playact, deed, act, act_as, roleplay, number, dissemble, move, turn, bit, play, pretend, work, do, human_action, enactment

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 65. Large wedding band, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTET

  Possible Answer : eight, eightsome, ogdoad, octette, octonary, eighter, 8, octad, VIII, eighter_from_Decatur, octet




• The clue is 66. Former title for Pete Buttigieg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAYOR

  Possible Answer : city_manager, mayor




• The clue is 67. With 64-Across, bad thing to be caught in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THE




• The clue is 68. Pregnancy increments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEEKS

  Possible Answer : week, hebdomad, workweek, calendar_week




• The clue is 69. Nose-in-the-air type?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLANE

  Possible Answer : flat, aeroplane, level, sheet, shave, plane, planing_machine, skim, carpenter's_plane, woodworking_plane, airplane, planer

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hot deli order. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELT

  Possible Answer: mellow_out, fade, mellow, unthaw, melting, melt, disappear, unfreeze, thawing, run, dethaw, thaw, dissolve, evaporate, melt_down, meld

• The clue is 2. Legal writer Mystal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIE

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

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

  The answer: SOFT

  Possible Answer: lenient, flaccid, cushy, balmy, diffused, mild, indulgent, gentle, piano, voiced, soft, easy, subdued, easygoing, sonant, diffuse, flabby, delicate

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte, loud, hard, hardened, unvoiced

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

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

  The answer: SPEEDY

  Possible Answer: quick, rapid, speedy

• The clue is 5. "You betcha". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEP

• The clue is 6. Tunnel (through). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORE

  Possible Answer: pay, put_up, deport, eagre, bear, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, suffer, calibre, behave, acquit, drill_hole, deliver, contain, birth, comport, brook, support, assume, stand, take_over, eager, tolerate, accept, dullard, drill, caliber, bore-hole, gauge, tire, hold, carry, turn_out, tidal_bore, stick_out, bore, stomach, wear, give_birth, conduct, yield, aegir, gestate, endure, abide, expect, digest, have

  Possible Opposite Answer : interest

• The clue is 7. Singer James. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTA

• The clue is 8. Railing post?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANT

  Possible Answer: blah, claptrap, spout, rabbit_on, harangue, jabber, fustian, rave, bombast, rant, mouth_off, ranting

• The clue is 9. Scrape (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKE

• The clue is 10. One of 27 on Disney World's Cinderella Castle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TURRET

  Possible Answer: gun_enclosure, gun_turret, turret

• The clue is 11. Sushi order topped with salmon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALASKAROLL

• The clue is 12. Progress markers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MILESTONES

  Possible Answer: milestone, milepost

• The clue is 13. Rewards for a "good boy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETS

  Possible Answer: ducky, darling, pet, PET, deary, positron_emission_tomography, dearie, favourite, favorite

• The clue is 18. It can come before Wednesday. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer: ash, ash_tree

• The clue is 23. Feet in a meter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAMBS

  Possible Answer: iambus, iamb

• The clue is 25. Charger option, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USB

• The clue is 26. Track that fans flip for?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BSIDE

• The clue is 27. [Meh]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHRUG

  Possible Answer: shrug

• The clue is 28. Spot to store sheet music. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIANOBENCH

• The clue is 29. "Did it happen already?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMITOOLATE

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

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

  The answer: FUMED

  Possible Answer: smoke, reek, fume, fumed, fumigate

• The clue is 31. Not on good terms (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INBAD

• The clue is 32. Like much marshland. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REEDY

  Possible Answer: reedy, reedlike, wheezy

• The clue is 33. Nail polish brand with a "Get It Girl" pink. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSIE

• The clue is 36. Brought back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDUX

  Possible Answer: redux

• The clue is 39. Acknowledge wordlessly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NODTO

• The clue is 44. Bills might pass in this, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NFL

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

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

  The answer: BOWWOW

• The clue is 49. Unmoved by ethical arguments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMORAL

• The clue is 51. Org. that tests the waters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPA

  Possible Answer: EPA, Environmental_Protection_Agency

• The clue is 52. 2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green cover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAT

  Possible Answer: terror, brat, little_terror, bratwurst, holy_terror

• The clue is 53. Chip in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTE

  Possible Answer: ante

• The clue is 54. Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEEK

  Possible Answer: glint, glance, peep, peek

• The clue is 55. Goes (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPTS

  Possible Answer: opt, choose, prefer

• The clue is 57. "Howdy!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIYA

• The clue is 58. Aware of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INON

• The clue is 59. Creature popularized in Charles Perrault's "Tales of Mother Goose". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGRE

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

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

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

  The answer: ICE

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

• The clue is 63. Hellion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMP

  Possible Answer: scamp, elf, brownie, imp, scalawag, rapscallion, scallywag, gremlin, pixie, pixy, hob, monkey, rascal

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April 22, 2009 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - April 22, 2009

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. A Morse "I" consists of two: DITS
• 5. Penultimate fairy tale word: EVER
• 9. Deadly snake: COBRA
• 14. "Climb ___ Mountain": EVRY
• 15. Long skirt: MAXI
• 16. Break point: ADOUT
• 17. With 59-Across, A-B-C-A in the illustration: MAIN
• 18. Ship in "Pirates of the Caribbean": BLACKPEARL
• 20. Stop ___ dime: ONA
• 21. Half of a mountaineering expedition: DESCENT
• 22. Dressed like a certain keg party attendee: TOGAED
• 24. Prefix with lateral: TRI
• 25. F-G: KEEL
• 29. Ship's christening, e.g.: EVENT
• 30. C-D: MAST
• 31. "___ expert, but ...": IMNO
• 32. Certain California wines: NAPAS
• 34. Pirating: TAKING
• 36. "Top Hat" dancer: ASTAIRE
• 39. Does some electrical work on: REWIRES
• 40. Counterpart of un ángel: DIABLO
• 41. Santa-tracking org.: NORAD
• 42. End in ___: ATIE
• 43. A-B: BOOM
• 45. Send, as payment: REMIT
• 49. E-F-G-H-E: HULL
• 50. Part of U.C.L.A.: LOS
• 51. Brainstorm: IDEATE
• 52. People in fierce snowball fights: PELTERS
• 54. Yearbook sect.: SRS
• 55. Ship to the New World: SANTAMARIA
• 59. See 17-Across: SAIL
• 60. Ancient theater: ODEON
• 61. Makeup of some little balls: LINT
• 62. Response to a charge: PLEA
• 63. Stethoscope users, at times: YEGGS
• 64. Away from the wind: ALEE
• 65. Lava lamps and pet rocks, once: FADS

Down:

• 1. Bump down but keep on: DEMOTE
• 2. Chekhov play or its antihero: IVANOV
• 3. "M*A*S*H" procedure: TRIAGE
• 4. Lexicographical abbr.: SYN
• 5. Incorporate, as a YouTube video into a Web site: EMBED
• 6. Actor Kilmer and others: VALS
• 7. Horse-race bets on win and place: EXACTAS
• 8. Kitchen gadgets: RICERS
• 9. Hook or Cook: Abbr.: CAPT
• 10. Tribute with feet: ODE
• 11. Deadly snake: BOA
• 12. 1921 play that introduced the word "robot": RUR
• 13. One of the oceans: Abbr.: ATL
• 19. One who may put you in stitches?: KNITTER
• 21. Part of a larger picture: DETAIL
• 23. Poe's "___ Lee": ANNABEL
• 25. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" duettist, 1976: KIKIDEE
• 26. Mideast V.I.P.: EMIR
• 27. Cousin of -trix: ENNE
• 28. Old shipbuilding needs: LOGS
• 30. Writer Rita ___ Brown: MAE
• 33. Leak on a ship, e.g.: PROBLEM
• 35. Tournament wrap-up: AWARDS
• 36. Wife of Esau: ADAH
• 37. In ___ (as found): SITU
• 38. Following detective: TAIL
• 39. CD-___: ROM
• 41. It may be flared: NOSTRIL
• 44. "Yowie, zowie!": OOLALA
• 46. "Mississippi ___" (1992 film): MASALA
• 47. Words of resignation: ITRIED
• 48. Magnetic induction units: TESLAS
• 51. Livid: IRATE
• 52. D- reviews: PANS
• 53. Aachen article: EINE
• 55. ___ sauce: SOY
• 56. Suffix with many fruit names: ADE
• 57. Minus: Abbr.: NEG
• 58. Dress (up): TOG
• 59. Number on a bottle at the beach: SPF

January 10, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, January 10, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - January 10, 2022 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Police officers	4
2A	5. Activity with a lotus position	4
3A	9. Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars	4
4A	13. Tie score	4
5A	14. Emerged, as an issue	5
6A	16. Story about Zeus or Hera, say	4
7A	17. Where to get one's Kix?	10
8A	19. Have on	4
9A	20. Birds in a gaggle	5
10A	21. Dig in at dinner	3
11A	23. ___ Lanka	3
12A	24. Jeans or jodhpurs	5
13A	25. Singer/songwriter nicknamed "Piano Man"	9
14A	28. "___-Man" (Paul Rudd superhero film)	3
15A	29. Gloomy atmosphere	4
16A	30. In the countryside	5
17A	31. Forlorn, directionless type	8
18A	34. Some hotel and restaurant staffers	6
19A	35. Place for a ship's captain	4
20A	36. Top-of-the-line	4
21A	37. Places among the troops, as a journalist	6
22A	40. Survey of Election Day voters	8
23A	44. Somewhat, informally	5
24A	45. Street ___ (acceptance among peers)	4
25A	46. One of 435 in D.C.	3
26A	47. Greener energy source	9
27A	49. Skedaddles	5
28A	51. Org. promoting oral health	3
29A	52. Source for maple syrup	3
30A	53. Derisive cries from the audience	5
31A	54. Jab	4
32A	56. Categorize simplistically	10
33A	60. Diabolical	4
34A	61. Marine animals with flippers	5
35A	62. "___ go bragh!" ("Ireland forever!")	4
36A	63. Cold and damp, as a basement	4
37A	64. Barbecue skewer	4
38A	65. 1-Across in Manhattan, for short	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. Police officers"

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 uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: cop, copper, glom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Activity with a lotus position"

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 hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the supreme effort one can make
• Words that mean the same thing: honorable, just, expert
• The opposite would be: worst, bad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Tie score"

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 gully that is shallower than a ravine
• Words that mean the same thing: depict, soak up, get
• The opposite would be: push, repel
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Emerged, as an issue"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: move up, spring up, grow
• The opposite would be: go to bed, turn in
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Story about Zeus or Hera, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MYTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Where to get one's Kix?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CEREALBOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Have on"

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 impairment resulting from long use
• Words that mean the same thing: wearing, assume, habiliment
• The opposite would be: refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Birds in a gaggle"

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 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• Words that mean the same thing: zany, goof, bozo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Dig in at dinner"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: use up, eat up, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. ___ Lanka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Jeans or jodhpurs"

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 underpants worn by women
• Words that mean the same thing: pant, gasp, trouser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Singer/songwriter nicknamed "Piano Man""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: BILLYJOEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. "___-Man" (Paul Rudd superhero film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Gloomy atmosphere"

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 sudden numbing dread
• Words that mean the same thing: winding-sheet, scare off, jade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. In the countryside"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that living in or characteristic of farming or country life
• The opposite would be: urban
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Forlorn, directionless type"

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: LOSTSOUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Some hotel and restaurant staffers"

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 manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
• Words that mean the same thing: man, gentleman's gentleman, valet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Place for a ship's captain"

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 steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Top-of-the-line"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Places among the troops, as a journalist"

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 fix or set securely or deeply
• Words that mean the same thing: plant, embed, imbed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMBEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Survey of Election Day voters"

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: EXITPOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Somewhat, 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: SORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Street ___ (acceptance among peers)"

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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
• Words that mean the same thing: street credibility, street cred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. One of 435 in D.C."

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Greener energy source"

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: CLEANCOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Skedaddles"

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 singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: take to the woods, scat, break away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Org. promoting oral health"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Source for maple syrup"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: tomfool, play out, cosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Derisive cries from the audience"

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 loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• Words that mean the same thing: darn, raspberry, 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: HOOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Jab"

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 tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• Words that mean the same thing: Phytolacca americana, punch, dawdler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Categorize simplistically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a specific (often simplistic) category
• Words that mean the same thing: stamp, cubbyhole, stereotype
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIGEONHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Diabolical"

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 morally objectionable behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: evilness, malefic, iniquity
• The opposite would be: goodness, good
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Marine animals with flippers"

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

  The answer is: SEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. "___ go bragh!" ("Ireland forever!")"

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 early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Cold and damp, as a basement"

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 unpleasantly cool and humid
• Words that mean the same thing: clammy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Barbecue skewer"

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 narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spatter, pitter-patter, spue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. 1-Across in Manhattan, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NYPD

  Great job if you got it right!

January 10, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. U.S. public health agcy.	3
2D	2. Common herb in pizza	7
3D	3. Perennial embarrassments for teens	7
4D	4. Like most desserts	5
5D	5. New Haven alma mater of five presidents	4
6D	6. Sphere	3
7D	7. Melted chocolate, e.g.	3
8D	8. To boot	6
9D	9. Luxury German carmaker	3
10D	10. Blight on the landscape	7
11D	11. Fix one's gaze on	7
12D	12. Sensations at amusement parks	7
13D	15. Carrier based at Ben Gurion Airport	4
14D	18. Nincompoop	3
15D	22. Ruthless ruler	6
16D	24. Chum	3
17D	25. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" writer	4
18D	26. Under the weather	3
19D	27. Minty drink at Churchill Downs	5
20D	29. Capitol insiders, informally	4
21D	32. Letter before iota	5
22D	33. Many family cars	6
23D	34. Emptiness	4
24D	36. Figure skating jump	4
25D	37. Got away	7
26D	38. Neighbor of Ukraine once part of the U.S.S.R.	7
27D	39. Burglary, e.g.	7
28D	40. Noted stretch of time	3
29D	41. Grand speechmaking	7
30D	42. Reveal inadvertently	7
31D	43. Discs on hi-fis	3
32D	45. Xeroxes, e.g.	6
33D	48. Mushroom parts	4
34D	49. George or Louis, to William and Kate	3
35D	50. Leonard who wrote the song "Hallelujah"	5
36D	53. The late Alex Trebek, for one	4
37D	55. Antlered animal	3
38D	57. Distinct disparity	3
39D	58. Pharmacist/philanthropist Lilly	3
40D	59. Finale	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. U.S. public health agcy."

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 federal agency in the department of health and human services; located in atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
• Words that mean the same thing: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Common herb in pizza"

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 aromatic eurasian perennial
• Words that mean the same thing: wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare, winter sweet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREGANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Perennial embarrassments for teens"

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 father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
• Words that mean the same thing: bring up, parent, nurture
• The opposite would be: child
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Like most desserts"

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 english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
• Words that mean the same thing: sweetness, dulcet, odoriferous
• The opposite would be: sour, dry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. New Haven alma mater of five presidents"

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 university in connecticut
• Words that mean the same thing: Yale University, Elihu Yale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Sphere"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, revolve, globe
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Melted chocolate, e.g."

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 thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: goop, muck, gunk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. To boot"

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: ASWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Luxury German carmaker"

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: BMW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Blight on the landscape"

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

  The answer is: EYESORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Fix one's gaze on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STAREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Sensations at amusement parks"

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 the swift release of a store of affective force
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, throb, tickle pink
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THRILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Carrier based at Ben Gurion Airport"

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: ELAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Nincompoop"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: fundament, atomic number 33, tail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Ruthless ruler"

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 cruel and oppressive dictator
• Words that mean the same thing: autocrat, despot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYRANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Chum"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: pal up, chum up, chum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" writer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states writer of children's books (1856-1919)
• Words that mean the same thing: Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Under the weather"

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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: ominous, poorly, sick
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Minty drink at Churchill Downs"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
• Words that mean the same thing: mint julep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JULEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Capitol insiders, 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 a person active in party politics
• Words that mean the same thing: pol, political leader, politician
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Letter before iota"

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 8th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Many family cars"

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 car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
• Words that mean the same thing: saloon, sedan chair, sedan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Emptiness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of nonexistence
• Words that mean the same thing: nothingness, nihility, annul
• The opposite would be: validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Figure skating jump"

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: AXEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Got away"

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 run away from confinement
• Words that mean the same thing: break loose, run away, get out
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESCAPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Neighbor of Ukraine once part of the U.S.S.R."

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 landlocked republic in eastern europe; formerly a european soviet but achieved independence in 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Moldova, Moldavia
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLDOVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Burglary, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BREAKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Noted stretch of time"

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Grand speechmaking"

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 addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORATORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Reveal inadvertently"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LETSLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Discs on hi-fis"

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 long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
• Words that mean the same thing: L-P, LP
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Xeroxes, e.g."

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 reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
• Words that mean the same thing: simulate, copy, replicate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COPIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Mushroom parts"

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 tight-fitting headdress
• Words that mean the same thing: ceiling, detonating device, pileus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. George or Louis, to William and Kate"

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 male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, Word, boy
• The opposite would be: daughter, girl
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Leonard who wrote the song "Hallelujah""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: COHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. The late Alex Trebek, for one"

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 person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Words that mean the same thing: horde, master of ceremonies, innkeeper
• The opposite would be: parasite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Antlered animal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: Cervus elaphus, wapiti, red deer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Distinct disparity"

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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Words that mean the same thing: disruption, interruption, crack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Pharmacist/philanthropist Lilly"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Finale"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: terminal, goal, cease
• The opposite would be: beginning, begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	64.1%
Short Answer	19	24.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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!

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Last Updated: September 12, 2025 at 03:41 PM