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January 24, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 24, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 24, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Covenant"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  • Similar words include: accord, treaty
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PACT

2A: "5. Pkg."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BDL

3A: "8. Screen vamp"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BARA

4A: "12. Support beam"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IBAR

5A: "13. Cote mothers"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
  • Similar words include: ewe, Ewe
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EWES

6A: "15. Spurred"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that force or impel in an indicated direction
  • Similar words include: advocate, root on, cheer
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: URGED

7A: "16. It, in Mexico"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELLO

8A: "17. Sitarist Shankar"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAVI

9A: "18. Weeper of myth"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) the daughter of tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked apollo and artemis to slay them all; niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NIOBE

10A: "19. Turn down trash?"

12 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REFUSEREFUSE

11A: "22. Smorgasbord smack?"

12 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BUFFETBUFFET

12A: "26. Talisman"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
  • Similar words include: talisman
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMULET

13A: "29. Reduced in price"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONSALE

14A: "30. Highway divisions"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a narrow way or road
  • Similar words include: lane
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LANES

15A: "31. Rawboned one"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
  • Similar words include: garrotte, garrote, garotte
  • Opposite of: fat person
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SCRAG

16A: "34. Interdiction"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
  • Similar words include: ostracize, banish, forbiddance
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAN

17A: "35. Midpts."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CTRS

18A: "36. Mock"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that treat with contemptuous disregard
  • Similar words include: jeer, gibe, scoff
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FLOUT

19A: "37. Move like a butterfly"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sudden quick movement
  • Similar words include: flutter, dart, fleet
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FLIT

20A: "38. Refreshed the inner man"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • Similar words include: deplete, exhaust, eat on
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATE

21A: "39. Senior member"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a man who is the senior member of a group
  • Similar words include: dean
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DOYEN

22A: "40. Compound with two double bonds"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIENE

23A: "41. Carolina river"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEEDEE

24A: "43. ___ Antilles"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of less size or importance
  • Similar words include: less
  • Opposite of: more, greater
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LESSER

25A: "44. Warsaw wax?"

12 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: POLISHPOLISH

26A: "48. Tiny time period?"

12 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINUTEMINUTE

27A: "52. Practices prestidigitation"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
  • Similar words include: palm, handle, thenar
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PALMS

28A: "55. Comparison word"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THAN

29A: "56. Sinful"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that morally objectionable behavior
  • Similar words include: wickedness, malign, iniquity
  • Opposite of: goodness, good
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EVIL

30A: "57. Argosy"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
  • Similar words include: evanesce, fade, swift
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FLEET

31A: "58. Golfer Ballesteros"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEVE

32A: "59. Change for a twenty"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  • Similar words include: 10, tenner, decade
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TENS

33A: "60. Bedecked"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that provide with clothes or put clothes on
  • Similar words include: enclothe, tog, garment
  • Opposite of: unclothed, undress
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLAD

34A: "61. Checkers choice"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Similar words include: Red River, ruby, red ink
  • Opposite of: gain
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RED

35A: "62. Surfeit"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fill to satisfaction
  • Similar words include: fill, replete, satiate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SATE

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Stevedore's spot"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
  • Similar words include: wharf, wharfage, dock
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PIER

2D: "2. Up to snuff"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
  • Similar words include: able-bodied, capable
  • Opposite of: unable
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABLE

3D: "3. Dogie"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that young of domestic cattle
  • Similar words include: sura, calfskin
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CALF

4D: "4. Worries"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a source of difficulty
  • Similar words include: fuss, hassle, disorder
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TROUBLES

5D: "5. Deprived"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
  • Similar words include: lovelorn, mourning, unbeloved
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEREFT

6D: "6. Doc, for one"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who is markedly small
  • Similar words include: gnome, midget, shadow
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DWARF

7D: "7. Mississippi River sight"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEVEE

8D: "8. Legal outlines"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that short tight-fitting underpants (trade name jockey shorts)
  • Similar words include: brief, Jockey shorts, legal brief
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRIEFS

9D: "9. Earlier than now"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gone by; or in the past
  • Similar words include: agone
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGO

10D: "10. Confederate Johnny"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
  • Similar words include: greyback, Johnny Reb, Rebel
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REB

11D: "11. Dog-days drink"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  • Similar words include: fruit drink
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADE

12D: "14. Put through a sieve"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that move as if through a sieve
  • Similar words include: sieve, strain
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SIFT

13D: "15. Renownless"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not famous or acclaimed
  • Similar words include: obscure, unvalued, unappreciated
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNSUNG

14D: "20. Takes to court"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
  • Similar words include: Sue, process, action
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SUES

15D: "21. Lusitania sinker"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UBOAT

16D: "23. Aesopian output"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deliberately false or improbable account
  • Similar words include: allegory, fabrication, legend
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FABLES

17D: "24. Mother of Galahad"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELAINE

18D: "25. Frame for drying clothes"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TENTER

19D: "26. Dogpatch creator"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALCAPP

20D: "27. Capuchin order founder ___ da Bascio"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MATTEO

21D: "28. Spin off the spool"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that unwind from or as if from a reel
  • Similar words include: reel off
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNREEL

22D: "31. Wily"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: crafty, slick, guileful
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLY

23D: "32. Cedar Rapids college"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: COE

24D: "33. Shutout spoiler"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
  • Similar words include: operate, footrace, running game
  • Opposite of: idle, malfunction
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUN

25D: "36. Mountain wind"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the alps
  • Similar words include: fohn
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FOEHN

26D: "37. Seines"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
  • Similar words include: fishing net, fishnet
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FISHNETS

27D: "39. Proceed no more"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that choose not to consume
  • Similar words include: refrain, abstain
  • Opposite of: consume
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DESIST

28D: "40. Lucy's mate"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DESI

29D: "42. Switched to the low beam"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
  • Similar words include: dip, slur, blur
  • Opposite of: focus, undimmed
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIMMED

30D: "43. Delineated"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that trace the shape of
  • Similar words include: portray, outline, limn
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIMNED

31D: "45. Expresses"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
  • Similar words include: place, assign, arrange
  • Opposite of: call option, divest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PUTS

32D: "46. Different"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
  • Similar words include: early, former
  • Opposite of: same
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTHER

33D: "47. Head for the exit"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
  • Similar words include: exit, go away, pull up stakes
  • Opposite of: disinherit, enter
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEAVE

34D: "49. Iris layer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UVEA

35D: "50. Hair dye"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • Similar words include: tinct, shade, tone
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TINT

36D: "51. Additionally"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSE

37D: "52. Promoted pvt."

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
  • Similar words include: perfluorocarbon
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PFC

38D: "53. Wholly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
  • Similar words include: wholly, whole, altogether
  • Opposite of: partly, some
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALL

39D: "54. Grazing ground"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
  • Similar words include: ley, pasture, pastureland
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEA

Puzzle Stats

35 Across
39 Down
74 Total

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July 11, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, July 11, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

July 11, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions

July 11, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. A.T.M. withdrawal 4
2A 5. Mischievous ones 4
3A 9. Award won by Paul Newman and Gary Oldman 5
4A 14. Cincinnati's river 4
5A 15. Tidy 4
6A 16. Tennis champ Osaka 5
7A 17. Pub projectile 4
8A 18. Sonic the Hedgehog game company 4
9A 19. In the countryside 5
10A 20. Like a ride that has one holding on for dear life 12
11A 23. Homeric epic set during the Trojan War 5
12A 25. Employ again 5
13A 26. Damaged, as a surface 6
14A 28. Defeat soundly 6
15A 32. Architectural diagrams 10
16A 35. Lead-in to "Bop" and "Wolf" in hits by Cyndi Lauper and Shakira 3
17A 36. Hearing things? 4
18A 37. Rowing tool 3
19A 38. Big-time celebrity 4
20A 39. Brunched, say 3
21A 40. Knack for gardening 10
22A 43. Backspace over 6
23A 46. Fairy 6
24A 47. Comprehend 5
25A 50. Lassoed 5
26A 51. Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across 12
27A 55. Venue for Stevie Nicks or the Knicks 5
28A 56. Start a poker pot 4
29A 57. Doily fabric 4
30A 61. Card deck used in divination 5
31A 62. Distort, as facts 4
32A 63. ___ Office (room in the West Wing) 4
33A 64. Kisses and caresses, in British lingo 5
34A 65. Honorees on the second Sunday in May 4
35A 66. Microbe 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. A.T.M. withdrawal"

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 money in the form of bills or coins
  • Words that mean the same thing: hard currency, John Cash, cash in
  • The opposite would be: credit
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Mischievous ones"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • Words that mean the same thing: gremlin, scamp, pixy
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IMPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Award won by Paul Newman and Gary Oldman"

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 an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
  • Words that mean the same thing: Academy Award
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OSCAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Cincinnati's river"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
  • Words that mean the same thing: Ohio River, OH, Buckeye 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: OHIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Tidy"

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 clean or organized
  • Words that mean the same thing: refined, bang-up, groovy
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NEAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Tennis champ Osaka"

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 mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
  • Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NAOMI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Pub projectile"

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 small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
  • Words that mean the same thing: scud, flit, fleet
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DART

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Sonic the Hedgehog game company"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SEGA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. 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 10 Across: "20. Like a ride that has one holding on for dear life"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: WHITEKNUCKLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Homeric epic set during the Trojan War"

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 greek epic poem (attributed to homer) describing the siege of troy
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ILIAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Employ again"

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 use again after processing
  • Words that mean the same thing: reprocess, recycle
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REUSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Damaged, as a surface"

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 make imperfect
  • Words that mean the same thing: scarred, spoil, vitiate
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MARRED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Defeat soundly"

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 swimming kick used while treading water
  • Words that mean the same thing: mosh, slam, thrash about
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THRASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Architectural diagrams"

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 something intended as a guide for making something else
  • Words that mean the same thing: blueprint, draft, pattern
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BLUEPRINTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Lead-in to "Bop" and "Wolf" in hits by Cyndi Lauper and Shakira"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Hearing things?"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
  • Words that mean the same thing: pinna, auricle, spike
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EARS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Rowing tool"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Big-time celebrity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: STAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Brunched, say"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • Words that mean the same thing: consume, deplete, run through
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Knack for gardening"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: GREENTHUMB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Backspace over"

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 remove or make invisible
  • Words that mean the same thing: edit, blue-pencil, cancel
  • The opposite would be: record
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DELETE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Fairy"

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 small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
  • Words that mean the same thing: faery, fay, fairy
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPRITE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Comprehend"

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 understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: apprehend, clutch, clasp
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRASP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Lassoed"

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

    The answer is: ROPED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that paint that has the consistency of jelly
  • Words that mean the same thing: finger paint, fingerpaint
  • The word looks like this: ____________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FINGERPAINTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Venue for Stevie Nicks or the Knicks"

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 particular environment or walk of life
  • Words that mean the same thing: stadium, sphere, orbit
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARENA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Start a poker pot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Doily fabric"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
  • Words that mean the same thing: lacing, entwine, braid
  • The opposite would be: untwine
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Card deck used in divination"

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 a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
  • Words that mean the same thing: tarot card
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAROT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Distort, as facts"

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 turn or place at an angle
  • Words that mean the same thing: skewed
  • The opposite would be: align
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKEW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. ___ Office (room in the West Wing)"

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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
  • Words that mean the same thing: elliptic, oviform, ovate
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OVAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Kisses and caresses, in British lingo"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: osculate, kiss, snog
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SNOGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Honorees on the second Sunday in May"

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 informal terms for a mother
  • Words that mean the same thing: mamma, mum, momma
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Microbe"

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 anything that provides inspiration for later work
  • Words that mean the same thing: bug, seed, source
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GERM

    Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle July 11, 2022

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Fish-and-chips fish, typically 3
2D 2. "Eureka!" 3
3D 3. Knight's title 3
4D 4. Starts by bypassing the ignition system 8
5D 5. One with access to privileged information 7
6D 6. Track-and-field competition 4
7D 7. Hospital notification device 5
8D 8. Vampire slayer's weapon 5
9D 9. Incoming deluge 6
10D 10. Base for a teacup 6
11D 11. It may pop before a toast 4
12D 12. Human rights lawyer Clooney 4
13D 13. Make angry 4
14D 21. Angel's instrument 4
15D 22. Almonds, e.g. 4
16D 23. "Whoa, gotta run!" 6
17D 24. Piece of greenery for a winner's wreath 6
18D 27. Christian of fashion 4
19D 29. Sharp-witted 6
20D 30. Tut-tutted, say 6
21D 31. Garden variety? 4
22D 32. Decoration on a moccasin or purse 4
23D 33. Scot's denial 3
24D 34. Uno + dos 4
25D 38. Captain's record at sea 8
26D 40. Equipment 4
27D 41. Presenter of "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" 7
28D 42. Leisurely pace after hitting a home run 4
29D 44. Yuletide beverage 6
30D 45. Rewards dispensed in obedience training 6
31D 48. Twitch 5
32D 49. Japanese bread crumb coating 5
33D 51. Coconut oil and butter, for two 4
34D 52. Land bordering Afghanistan 4
35D 53. Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome 4
36D 54. Thing 4
37D 58. "___ Maria" (hymn) 3
38D 59. Ford or Fiat 3
39D 60. Stately tree 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. Fish-and-chips fish, typically"

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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
  • Words that mean the same thing: cash on delivery, fool, put on
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Eureka!""

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: AHA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Knight's title"

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

    The answer is: SIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Starts by bypassing the ignition system"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: HOTWIRES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. One with access to privileged information"

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 an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INSIDER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Track-and-field competition"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
  • Words that mean the same thing: adjoin, encounter, fit
  • The opposite would be: diverge
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Hospital notification device"

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 electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
  • Words that mean the same thing: beeper
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PAGER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Vampire slayer's weapon"

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 (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
  • Words that mean the same thing: wager, stakes, impale
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STAKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Incoming deluge"

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 (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  • Words that mean the same thing: attack, onset, onslaught
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ONRUSH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Base for a teacup"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
  • Words that mean the same thing: discus, dish aerial, dish antenna
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAUCER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It may pop before a toast"

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 outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: phellem, cork up, bobber
  • The opposite would be: uncork
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CORK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Human rights lawyer Clooney"

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: AMAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Make angry"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Words that mean the same thing: nark, rag, get at
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Angel's instrument"

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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
  • Words that mean the same thing: dwell, mouth harp, mouth organ
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HARP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Almonds, e.g."

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: ballock, barmy, nut case
  • The 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 16 Down: "23. "Whoa, gotta run!""

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: IMLATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Piece of greenery for a winner's wreath"

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 any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
  • Words that mean the same thing: Stan Laurel, laurel wreath, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAUREL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Christian of fashion"

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 french couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the new look (1905-1957)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Christian Dior
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DIOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Sharp-witted"

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 marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  • Words that mean the same thing: sharp, shrewd
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASTUTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Tut-tutted, say"

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 bring shame or dishonor upon
  • Words that mean the same thing: guilty, discredited, attaint
  • The opposite would be: honor
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHAMED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Garden variety?"

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 plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  • Words that mean the same thing: herbaceous plant
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HERB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Decoration on a moccasin or purse"

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 small ball with a hole through the middle
  • Words that mean the same thing: astragal, drop, beadwork
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BEAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Scot's denial"

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: NAE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Uno + dos"

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: TRES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Captain's record at sea"

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: SHIPSLOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Equipment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  • Words that mean the same thing: gearing, power train, geartrain
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GEAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Presenter of "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered""

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: NPRNEWS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Leisurely pace after hitting a home run"

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 slow pace of running
  • Words that mean the same thing: pony, jog, Trotskyist
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TROT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Yuletide beverage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EGGNOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Rewards dispensed in obedience training"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TREATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Twitch"

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 a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
  • Words that mean the same thing: muscle spasm, cramp
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPASM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Japanese bread crumb coating"

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: PANKO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Coconut oil and butter, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
  • Words that mean the same thing: plump, avoirdupois, fill out
  • The opposite would be: leanness
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Land bordering Afghanistan"

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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
  • Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome"

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 roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NERO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Thing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
  • Words that mean the same thing: particular, point, detail
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ITEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. "___ Maria" (hymn)"

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: AVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Ford or Fiat"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
  • Words that mean the same thing: machine, railway car, railroad car
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Stately tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
  • Words that mean the same thing: elmwood, elm 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: ELM

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 54 73.0%
Short Answer 9 12.2%
History 4 5.4%
Geography 3 4.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment 3 4.1%
Sports 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 35
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 74
Average Answer Length 4.9 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 4 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 08, 2025 at 08:22 PM

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