February 02, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (40 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (40 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 02, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. ___ Garden, London district known for diamond trading	6
2A	7. Bump fists	3
3A	10. Form of jazz	3
4A	13. Ventilate thoroughly	6
5A	14. Sonic the Hedgehog company	4
6A	15. Actress de Armas	3
7A	16. Insect with powerful hind legs	11
8A	18. Mormons, in brief	3
9A	19. Something Santa makes (and checks twice)	4
10A	20. Riddle-me-___	3
11A	21. ___ Park, Colo.	5
12A	23. Grade downgrade	5
13A	24. Hand: Sp.	4
14A	26. Naughty's opposite	4
15A	27. Clouseau's rank: Abbr.	4
16A	28. Difficulties in life	10
17A	30. Jeanette ___, billiards legend nicknamed the Black Widow	3
18A	31. Objectivist Rand	3
19A	32. Slow-cooked dish	4
20A	33. The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., informally	6
21A	35. Rubes, in Canadian lingo	6
22A	39. Princes, e.g.	4
23A	41. Longing	3
24A	42. Animator's sheet	3
25A	43. Film technique used in old California Raisins ads	10
26A	47. Novelist Jaffe	4
27A	48. Go steady with	4
28A	49. Plant pouches	4
29A	50. Wilma's pal on "The Flintstones"	5
30A	51. Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr.	5
31A	53. Japanese drama	3
32A	54. Starting	4
33A	55. Use a "+"	3
34A	56. Playing area usually having one of the surfaces seen at the starts of 16-, 28- and 43-Across	11
35A	60. Rechewed food	3
36A	61. x or y, in plane geometry	4
37A	62. News anchor Mitchell	6
38A	63. Mil. mess personnel	3
39A	64. 1990s Fox dramedy with Charles S. Dutton	3
40A	65. Abate	6

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. ___ Garden, London district known for diamond trading"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: HATTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Bump fists"

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: DAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Form of jazz"

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 law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Words that mean the same thing: whop, Federal Bureau of Prisons, whap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Ventilate thoroughly"

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: AIROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Sonic the Hedgehog company"

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: SEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Actress de Armas"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Insect with powerful hind legs"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
• Words that mean the same thing: hopper
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRASSHOPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Mormons, in brief"

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: LDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Something Santa makes (and checks twice)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Riddle-me-___"

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: REE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. ___ Park, Colo."

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: ESTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Grade downgrade"

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 arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
• Words that mean the same thing: subtraction, negative
• The opposite would be: plus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Hand: Sp."

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: MANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Naughty's opposite"

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 city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: prissy, decent, dainty
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Clouseau's rank: Abbr."

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: INSP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Difficulties in life"

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: HARDKNOCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Jeanette ___, billiards legend nicknamed the Black Widow"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Bruce Lee, downwind
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. Objectivist Rand"

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: AYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "32. Slow-cooked dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, lather, brood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "33. The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., informally"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: KSTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Rubes, in Canadian lingo"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: HOSERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Princes, 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 a male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, boy, Word
• 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: SONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Longing"

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 yearning for something or to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: pine, ache, hankering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Animator's sheet"

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: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Film technique used in old California Raisins ads"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLAYMATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Novelist Jaffe"

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

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: RONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Go steady with"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the specified day of the month
• Words that mean the same thing: appointment, go steady, see
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Plant pouches"

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 enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: Sac, Sauk, sac
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Wilma's pal on "The Flintstones""

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: BETTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "51. Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr."

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: saturnalia, belly laugh, riot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Japanese drama"

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: NOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Starting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Use a "+""

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

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "56. Playing area usually having one of the surfaces seen at the starts of 16-, 28- and 43-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TENNISCOURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Rechewed food"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• Words that mean the same thing: plug, wad, quid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "61. x or y, in plane geometry"

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 straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: axis vertebra, axis of rotation, bloc
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "62. News anchor Mitchell"

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: ANDREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "63. Mil. mess personnel"

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 enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
• Words that mean the same thing: KP, kitchen police
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "64. 1990s Fox dramedy with Charles S. Dutton"

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 mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "65. Abate"

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 decrease in size, extent, or range
• Words that mean the same thing: decrease, minify, fall
• The opposite would be: increase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

February 02, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sea ___ (enemy of Popeye)	3
2D	2. El Al et al.	8
3D	3. Lionel collection	8
4D	4. 50-50 chance	6
5D	5. Red-cards, in a soccer match	5
6D	6. To the ___ degree	3
7D	7. Ambivalent reply to "Can you do me a favor?"	7
8D	8. It's "just a number"	3
9D	9. Trim	4
10D	10. Second-least valuable avenue in Monopoly after Mediterranean	6
11D	11. Batting next	6
12D	12. Overtakes	6
13D	14. Bit of asparagus	5
14D	17. Financial expert Suze	5
15D	22. Winter falls	5
16D	23. Cereal go-with	4
17D	25. "Um, all righty"	6
18D	28. "Laughing" animals	6
19D	29. ___ Deion (onetime football nickname)	4
20D	31. Tiny bit	4
21D	34. Until now	5
22D	36. Trips to support conservation	8
23D	37. Not paying a cent, as a tenant	8
24D	38. Leave rolling in the aisles	4
25D	40. Containing tin	7
26D	41. Dinosaur in Super Mario World	5
27D	43. Once-popular place to store music	6
28D	44. In bed after an injury, say	6
29D	45. Quarreling	6
30D	46. Trash cans on computer screens, e.g	5
31D	47. Covers again, as a lawn	6
32D	50. Skin problem portmanteau	5
33D	52. Old TV's "___ Search"	4
34D	57. Prefix with skeleton	3
35D	58. Pizzeria owner in "Do the Right Thing"	3
36D	59. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club"	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. Sea ___ (enemy of Popeye)"

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 ugly evil-looking old woman
• Words that mean the same thing: crone, slime eels, beldam
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. El Al et al."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hose that carries air under pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: airline, air hose, airway
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Lionel collection"

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: TRAINSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. 50-50 chance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unpredictable phenomenon
• Words that mean the same thing: toss-up, even chance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOSSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Red-cards, in a soccer match"

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 remove from a position or office
• Words that mean the same thing: boot out, oust, expel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. To the ___ degree"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Ambivalent reply to "Can you do me a favor?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be contingent upon (something that is elided)
• Words that mean the same thing: look, reckon, depend
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEPENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. It's "just a number""

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: get on, long time, eld
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Trim"

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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
• Words that mean the same thing: whittle, skin, pare down
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Second-least valuable avenue in Monopoly after Mediterranean"

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 sea in northern europe; stronghold of the russian navy
• Words that mean the same thing: Baltic Sea, Baltic language
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Batting next"

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: ONDECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Overtakes"

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 (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
• Words that mean the same thing: slip away, bye, make it
• The opposite would be: be born, fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Bit of asparagus"

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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: fizgig, lance, fishgig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Financial expert Suze"

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: ORMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Winter falls"

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 precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Words that mean the same thing: snow, coke, Snow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Cereal go-with"

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 white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
• Words that mean the same thing: Milk River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. "Um, all righty""

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: OKTHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. "Laughing" animals"

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 doglike nocturnal mammal of africa and southern asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
• Words that mean the same thing: hyaena, hyena
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HYENAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. ___ Deion (onetime football nickname)"

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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, Ne
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Tiny bit"

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: speck, particle, molecule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Until now"

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: ASYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Trips to support conservation"

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: ECOTOURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Not paying a cent, as a tenant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RENTFREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Leave rolling in the aisles"

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 kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Words that mean the same thing: bump off, hit, murder
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Containing tin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or relating to or containing tin
• Words that mean the same thing: stannous
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STANNIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Dinosaur in Super Mario World"

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: YOSHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Once-popular place to store music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CDRACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. In bed after an injury, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: LAIDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Quarreling"

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: ATODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Trash cans on computer screens, e.g"

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: icon, ikon, picture
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Covers again, as a lawn"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: RESODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Skin problem portmanteau"

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: BACNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Old TV's "___ Search""

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 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: leading, wizard, asterisk
• The 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 34 Down: "57. Prefix with skeleton"

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: EXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Pizzeria owner in "Do the Right Thing""

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: SAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club""

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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: bronze, suntan, tangent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	18	23.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	40
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
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Last Updated: September 19, 2025 at 05:39 PM

October 14, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 14, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Residence for a parson	5
2A	6. Fictional character who cries "I am madness maddened!"	4
3A	10. Question persistently	4
4A	14. Single source?	5
5A	15. Checks or balances, say	9
6A	17. Animal with fused toes on each hind paw, used for grooming its coat	5
7A	18. Almond confections	9
8A	19. Last	6
9A	21. Chain with a mansard roof in its logo	8
10A	22. Auto-correction?	3
11A	23. Cooper's product	3
12A	25. Woman's name that sounds like a letter of the alphabet	3
13A	26. Fried turnovers from southern Italy	10
14A	30. P.R. people: Abbr.	4
15A	34. Walk way?	4
16A	35. "Round cleans better" sloganeer	5
17A	37. "Looky here!"	3
18A	38. Champaign region	15
19A	41. Punnery, e.g.	3
20A	42. Keep cooler?	5
21A	43. Shiraz and others	4
22A	44. Home to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "Talk to the People" program	4
23A	46. Oscar winner for "The Accidental Tourist" (1988)	10
24A	49. ___ moment	3
25A	51. This might come with breakfast in bed, in brief	3
26A	52. Brisbane-to-Sydney dir.	3
27A	53. What barflies hit	8
28A	58. "Turn around so I can see you"	6
29A	60. Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across	9
30A	62. Synonym for "seeing red" whose name derives from a shade of blue in Latin	5
31A	63. Slangy "treatment" for a disturbing visual	9
32A	64. Singer Cleo with Grammy nominations in jazz, pop and classical	5
33A	65. See 61-Down	4
34A	66. World capital where Al Jazeera is headquartered	4
35A	67. Flat bottoms	5

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. Residence for a parson"

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 large and imposing house
• Words that mean the same thing: residence, mansion house, hall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Fictional character who cries "I am madness maddened!""

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 according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Question persistently"

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 mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, ticker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Single source?"

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 one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
• Words that mean the same thing: record album
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALBUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Checks or balances, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
• Words that mean the same thing: regularize, mold, govern
• The opposite would be: deregulate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REGULATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Animal with fused toes on each hind paw, used for grooming its coat"

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 sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
• Words that mean the same thing: native bear, koala bear, Phascolarctos cinereus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Almond confections"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that almond paste and egg whites
• Words that mean the same thing: marchpane, marzipan
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARZIPANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Last"

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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: persist, live, die hard
• The opposite would be: enjoy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Chain with a mansard roof in its logo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PIZZAHUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Auto-correction?"

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: UEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Cooper's product"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Woman's name that sounds like a letter of the alphabet"

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: KAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Fried turnovers from southern Italy"

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: PANZEROTTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. P.R. people: Abbr."

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: AGTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Walk way?"

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 rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Words that mean the same thing: pace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. "Round cleans better" sloganeer"

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: ORALB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "Looky here!""

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: OHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Champaign region"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: EASTERNILLINOIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Punnery, 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 a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: brain, humor, mentality
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Keep cooler?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Shiraz and others"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: loss, redness, bolshie
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Home to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "Talk to the People" program"

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: WNYC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Oscar winner for "The Accidental Tourist" (1988)"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GEENADAVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. ___ moment"

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 25 Across: "51. This might come with breakfast in bed, in brief"

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 considerate and solicitous care
• Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Brisbane-to-Sydney dir."

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 compass point midway between south and southwest
• Words that mean the same thing: south southwest, sou'-sou'-west
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. What barflies hit"

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: THESAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. "Turn around so I can see you""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FACEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIDAUGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Synonym for "seeing red" whose name derives from a shade of blue in Latin"

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 anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - mary w. shelley
• Words that mean the same thing: bloodless, white, blanched
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Slangy "treatment" for a disturbing visual"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EYEBLEACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Singer Cleo with Grammy nominations in jazz, pop and classical"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LAINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. See 61-Down"

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: NANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. World capital where Al Jazeera is headquartered"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and chief port of qatar
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Qatar, Bida, El Beda
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Flat bottoms"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, colloidal solution, sole
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle October 14, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Blush, e.g.	6
2D	2. 1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan hit with the lyric "Left standing in the lurch at a church"	10
3D	3. Boston in the '60s or Chicago in the '90s, e.g.	10
4D	4. Recipient of the first Vulcan nerve pinch on the original "Star Trek"	4
5D	5. Professional concerned with search engine optimization	9
6D	6. Word with band or candy	3
7D	7. Supply in abundance	4
8D	8. Business opening?	4
9D	9. Major downer	8
10D	10. Main ingredient in a Thai som tam salad	6
11D	11. "Riders of the Purple Sage" setting	4
12D	12. Course catalog?	4
13D	13. Sibilant summons	4
14D	16. Name at the heart of civilization?	4
15D	20. Poetic contraction	3
16D	24. "Club" member in a hit 1985 adventure comedy	6
17D	27. Minor blemish	3
18D	28. Instant	5
19D	29. Roster for William Morris or Creative Artists	6
20D	31. The ultimate struggle	10
21D	32. "I call dibs"	10
22D	33. Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906	3
23D	36. Live tweets?	9
24D	38. [Gag]	3
25D	39. Tested, as a cask, to see how much whisky remains	8
26D	40. Major PBS funder, for short	3
27D	45. Wrinkly-skinned fruit	6
28D	47. 1980s sitcom puppet	3
29D	48. More than 7% of Minnesotans by ancestry	6
30D	50. Spoils	4
31D	53. Gangbusters, in old slang	4
32D	54. "Howdy!"	4
33D	55. Shangri-la	4
34D	56. Onetime labor and transportation secretary Elaine	4
35D	57. Chisel, in a way	4
36D	59. Analogue of "aloha" and "shalom"	4
37D	61. With 65-Across, "Born to Hand Jive" group	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. Blush, 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 cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: make-up, war paint, composition
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAKEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. 1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan hit with the lyric "Left standing in the lurch at a church""

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: ALONEAGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Boston in the '60s or Chicago in the '90s, e.g."

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: NBADYNASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Recipient of the first Vulcan nerve pinch on the original "Star Trek""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Professional concerned with search engine optimization"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMARKETER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Word with band or candy"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: branch, limb, weapon system
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Supply in abundance"

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 collection of objects laid on top of each other
• Words that mean the same thing: stack, spate, flock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Business opening?"

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: AGRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Major downer"

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: BUZZKILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Main ingredient in a Thai som tam salad"

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 tropical american shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: melon tree, Carica papaya, papaya 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: PAPAYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Riders of the Purple Sage" setting"

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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive 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: UTAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Course catalog?"

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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: computer menu, carte, carte du jour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Sibilant summons"

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: PSST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Name at the heart of civilization?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the caribbean region
• Words that mean the same thing: Mugil liza
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIZA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Poetic contraction"

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: EER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. "Club" member in a hit 1985 adventure comedy"

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 variety of albatross with black feet
• Words that mean the same thing: black-footed albatross, gooney bird, goony
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOONIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Minor blemish"

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 small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
• Words that mean the same thing: hickey, pimple
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Instant"

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 very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
• Words that mean the same thing: twinkling, flash, New York minute
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Roster for William Morris or Creative Artists"

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 natural abilities or qualities
• Words that mean the same thing: natural endowment, endowment, gift
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. The ultimate struggle"

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: GOODVSEVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. "I call dibs""

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: THISISMINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906"

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 internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: so, sol, soh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Live tweets?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the characteristic sound produced by a bird
• Words that mean the same thing: song, birdcall, birdsong
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRDCALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. [Gag]"

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: EWW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Tested, as a cask, to see how much whisky remains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REGAUGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Major PBS funder, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Wrinkly-skinned fruit"

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 melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: casaba melon
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. 1980s sitcom puppet"

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: ALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. More than 7% of Minnesotans by ancestry"

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 native or inhabitant of sweden
• Words that mean the same thing: Brassica napus napobrassica, Swedish turnip, swede
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Spoils"

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 act of drawing or hauling something
• Words that mean the same thing: draw, drag, catch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Gangbusters, in old slang"

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: TMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. "Howdy!""

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: HIYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Shangri-la"

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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: heaven, promised land, paradise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Onetime labor and transportation secretary Elaine"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: CHAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Chisel, in a way"

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 make an etching of
• Words that mean the same thing: engrave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Analogue of "aloha" and "shalom""

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: aloha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. With 65-Across, "Born to Hand Jive" group"

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: SHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	15	20.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: August 30, 2025 at 06:46 AM