Thu Oct 10, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Site for a light bite, 5. Cy Young winners, e.g., 9. Dog leg terminus, 12. Like many Keats works, 13. Swahili honorific, 14. "Lucy and ___" (2022 documentary), 15. Instrument panels, 17. Landed, 18. Sweatshirt style, 19. Syllables of laughter, 21. Word on a nutrition label, 23. "Educated insolence," per Aristotle, 24. Gesture of reassurance, 25. Long time span, 26. Subject to damages, 28. Trademark of deadpan stand-ups, 30. Lou Grant's wife on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", 31. Bugs, perhaps, 33. Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain, 35. "I'm flexible", 36. Toss out, 40. Like the femur, among all bones in the body, 43. Quiet period, 44. What lies before you, with "the", 47. Not ruling out, 49. Black ___, 50. Stopover, 51. What makes a sticker stickier?, 52. Do some garden work, 53. Dance floor lighting option, 55. Text massager, 57. Ungulate feature, 58. Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme, 62. Sufficient, informally, 63. Bold, energetic and ambitious type, it's said, 64. Speed, 65. Collector's goal, 66. Give, but expect back, 67. Words to a betrayer

Thu Oct 10, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Down Clues :

1. Major food source animal, 2. Computing pioneer Lovelace, 3. Swerve wildly from side to side, as a car, 4. ___ Park, neighborhood of Los Angeles, 5. Anticipate, 6. Mind, 7. Burnt bit of brisket, 8. Confidently struts, 9. ___ Bay, neighborhood of the Bronx, 10. Italian cheese, 11. Fail to act decisively in the face of a challenge, 13. Legislative collectives, 14. One of three in an SOS message, 16. Part of a pipe, 20. Melancholy Musketeer, 21. Raced, as away from danger, 22. Right hand, 24. Feeds (on), 27. "Twilight" protagonist, 28. Lavishly regaled, in a way, 29. Scooby-Doo, to Scrappy-Doo, 32. Druid, e.g., 34. Indian honorific, 37. Goes hog-wild, 38. Prefix with cumulus, 39. Move forward resolutely, 41. Fountain of Youth's promise, 42. Old-timey medicines, 44. Things listed on a wedding registry, 45. Play opener, 46. "Stee-RIKE three!" follower, 48. Essence, 51. Put two and two together, say, 54. Not quite right, 55. Whistle-blower Brockovich, 56. Sludge, 59. Rich rock, 60. Private sleeping accommodations?, 61. Big bird

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 10, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Site for a light bite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAFE

  Possible Answer : coffeehouse, cafe, coffee_bar, coffee_shop




• The clue is 5. Cy Young winners, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACES

  Possible Answer : ace, virtuoso, sweep_through, maven, champion, 1, sail_through, one, hotshot, nail, unity, I, wizard, genius, ACE, whiz, sensation, superstar, adept, star, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, single, whizz, wiz, mavin, Allied_Command_Europe, pass_with_flying_colors, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, breeze_through




• The clue is 9. Dog leg terminus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAW

  Possible Answer : paw, hand, mitt, manus




• The clue is 12. Like many Keats works. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODIC




• The clue is 13. Swahili honorific. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BWANA




• The clue is 14. "Lucy and ___" (2022 documentary). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DESI




• The clue is 15. Instrument panels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WASHBOARDS

  Possible Answer : splashboard, washboard




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

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

  The answer: ALIT




• The clue is 18. Sweatshirt style. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOODIE




• The clue is 19. Syllables of laughter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAHHAH




• The clue is 21. Word on a nutrition label. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAT

  Possible Answer : fatness, fatten_out, avoirdupois, fatty, fatty_tissue, blubber, juicy, productive, fat, flesh_out, adipose_tissue, fill_out, fatten, fertile, plump, fatten_up, rich, plump_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : thin, nonfat, leanness




• The clue is 23. "Educated insolence," per Aristotle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIT

  Possible Answer : mentality, humor, witticism, mental_capacity, brain, learning_ability, humour, card, brainpower, wittiness, wit, wag




• The clue is 24. Gesture of reassurance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAT

  Possible Answer : tap, rap, pat, slick, dab, glib, chuck




• The clue is 25. Long time span. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGE

  Possible Answer : historic_period, geezerhood, years, senesce, mature, eld, long_time, get_on, age, old_age, maturate

  Possible Opposite Answer : rejuvenate




• The clue is 26. Subject to damages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIABLE

  Possible Answer : unresistant, apt, nonresistant, nonimmune, liable




• The clue is 28. Trademark of deadpan stand-ups. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WRYHUMOR




• The clue is 30. Lou Grant's wife on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIE




• The clue is 31. Bugs, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIESON




• The clue is 33. Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WELLS

  Possible Answer : fountainhead, swell, H._G._Wells, Wells, wellspring, well, Herbert_George_Wells




• The clue is 35. "I'm flexible". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANY

  Possible Answer : whatever, whatsoever, any




• The clue is 36. Toss out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCRAP

  Possible Answer : quarrel, argufy, flake, scrap, trash, fighting, junk, fleck, chip, dispute, fight, combat, altercate, bit, rubbish




• The clue is 40. Like the femur, among all bones in the body. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARGEST

  Possible Answer : enceinte, declamatory, bombastic, with_child, big, expectant, large, great, magnanimous, heavy, gravid, orotund, tumid, turgid, prominent

  Possible Opposite Answer : little, small




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

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

  The answer: LULL

  Possible Answer : quieten, letup, tranquillize, quiet, tranquillise, tranquilize, calm_down, still, lull, calm

  Possible Opposite Answer : agitate




• The clue is 44. What lies before you, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAYAHEAD




• The clue is 47. Not ruling out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPENTO




• The clue is 49. Black ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICE

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




• The clue is 50. Stopover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INN

  Possible Answer : inn, auberge, lodge, hostelry, hostel




• The clue is 51. What makes a sticker stickier?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANI

  Possible Answer : ani




• The clue is 52. Do some garden work. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOW

  Possible Answer : seed, sow_in, sow, inseminate




• The clue is 53. Dance floor lighting option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STROBE

  Possible Answer : stroboscope, strobe_light, strobe




• The clue is 55. Text massager. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDITOR

  Possible Answer : editor, editor_program, editor_in_chief




• The clue is 57. Ungulate feature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOF

  Possible Answer : leg_it, hoof, foot, hoof_it




• The clue is 58. Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORDCHOICE




• The clue is 62. Sufficient, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENUF




• The clue is 63. Bold, energetic and ambitious type, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIES

  Possible Answer : Aries, Aries_the_Ram, Ram




• The clue is 64. Speed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZOOM

  Possible Answer : whizz, soar_up, rapid_growth, zoom, surge, whizz_along, soar_upwards, rapid_climb, zoom_along, soar




• The clue is 65. Collector's goal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer : readiness, adjust, coiffe, band, hardened, solidification, stage_set, gear_up, bent, determine, exercise_set, go_down, define, sic, mark, dictated, countersink, Set, curing, set_up, localize, located, fructify, fit, fix, fixed, pose, correct, go_under, circle, ready, primed, rigid, specify, lay, typeset, placed, set, congeal, Seth, coif, localise, jell, lay_out, put, arrange, coiffure, determined, do, position, dress, laid, plant, place, limit, prepare, lot, hardening, solidifying, situated, rig

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 66. Give, but expect back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEND

  Possible Answer : bring, add, bestow, contribute, loan, impart, lend

  Possible Opposite Answer : borrow




• The clue is 67. Words to a betrayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTU

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Major food source animal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COD

  Possible Answer: pod, seedcase, rag, ride, take_in, C.O.D., put_on, fool, COD, rally, gull, dupe, collect, bait, twit, cod, put_one_over, tantalise, tease, put_one_across, slang, razz, befool, tantalize, cash_on_delivery, taunt, codfish

• The clue is 2. Computing pioneer Lovelace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADA

  Possible Answer: adenosine_deaminase, ADA

• The clue is 3. Swerve wildly from side to side, as a car. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FISHTAIL

  Possible Answer: fishtail

• The clue is 4. ___ Park, neighborhood of Los Angeles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer: sound_reflection, ring, reverberation, resound, Echo, repeat, replication, reverberate, echo, recall

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

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

  The answer: AWAIT

  Possible Answer: look, await, wait, expect

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

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

  The answer: CARE

  Possible Answer: upkeep, worry, attention, guardianship, tending, manage, concern, give_care, like, aid, caution, wish, charge, tutelage, fear, forethought, maintenance, handle, care, deal, precaution

• The clue is 7. Burnt bit of brisket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: END

  Possible Answer: cease, goal, close, destruction, stop, final_stage, terminate, end, oddment, death, last, remainder, remnant, terminal, conclusion, ending, closing, finish

  Possible Opposite Answer : beginning, begin

• The clue is 8. Confidently struts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASHAYS

  Possible Answer: jaunt, cock, excursion, pleasure_trip, expedition, sashay, sidle, junket, swagger, prance, strut, outing, ruffle, tittup, chasse

• The clue is 9. ___ Bay, neighborhood of the Bronx. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PELHAM

  Possible Answer: Pelham

• The clue is 10. Italian cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIAGO

• The clue is 11. Fail to act decisively in the face of a challenge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DITHER

  Possible Answer: pother, flap, fuss, dither, tizzy

• The clue is 13. Legislative collectives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BODIES

  Possible Answer: consistence, personify, torso, eubstance, soundbox, consistency, organic_structure, dead_body, body, physical_structure, trunk

• The clue is 14. One of three in an SOS message. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAH

  Possible Answer: dah, dash

• The clue is 16. Part of a pipe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOWL

  Possible Answer: pipe_bowl, arena, roll, sports_stadium, stadium, bowling_ball, trough, bowl, bowlful

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

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

  The answer: ATHOS

  Possible Answer: Mount_Athos, Athos

• The clue is 21. Raced, as away from danger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLED

  Possible Answer: take_flight, flee, fly

• The clue is 22. Right hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIDE

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

• The clue is 24. Feeds (on). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PREYS

  Possible Answer: fair_game, predate, prey, target, feed, raven, quarry

• The clue is 27. "Twilight" protagonist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELLA

• The clue is 28. Lavishly regaled, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DINED

  Possible Answer: din, dine, boom

• The clue is 29. Scooby-Doo, to Scrappy-Doo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNCLE

  Possible Answer: uncle

  Possible Opposite Answer : aunt

• The clue is 32. Druid, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAGAN

  Possible Answer: heathen, gentile, heathenish, ethnic, hedonist, pleasure_seeker, infidel, pagan

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

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

  The answer: SAHIB

  Possible Answer: sahib

• The clue is 37. Goes hog-wild. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUNSRIOT

• The clue is 38. Prefix with cumulus. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTO

  Possible Answer: countertenor, contralto, alto

• The clue is 39. Move forward resolutely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOD

  Possible Answer: trudge, tramp, footslog, slog, pad, plodding, plod

• The clue is 41. Fountain of Youth's promise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENEWAL

  Possible Answer: rehabilitation, renewal, reclamation, replacement, refilling, replenishment

• The clue is 42. Old-timey medicines. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TONICS

  Possible Answer: soda, keynote, tonic, soda_pop, quinine_water, tonic_water, restorative, pop, soda_water

• The clue is 44. Things listed on a wedding registry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISHES

  Possible Answer: dish, peach, looker, stunner, serve, dishful, dish_aerial, ravisher, lulu, beauty, knockout, sweetheart, saucer, serve_up, smasher, cup_of_tea, dish_out, bag, mantrap, dish_up, dish_antenna

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

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

  The answer: ACTONE

• The clue is 46. "Stee-RIKE three!" follower. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEROUT

• The clue is 48. Essence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PITH

  Possible Answer: nitty-gritty, sum, gist, nub, meat, heart, inwardness, essence, substance, core, centre, heart_and_soul, marrow, center, kernel, pith

• The clue is 51. Put two and two together, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDED

  Possible Answer: tot, bring, sum, add, append, bestow, contribute, supply, impart, tot_up, summate, add_up, tote_up, sum_up, tally, add_together, total, lend

  Possible Opposite Answer : take_away, subtract

• The clue is 54. Not quite right. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OFF

  Possible Answer: away, bump_off, remove, sour, turned, slay, forth, murder, off, cancelled, dispatch, polish_off, hit

  Possible Opposite Answer : on

• The clue is 55. Whistle-blower Brockovich. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIN

  Possible Answer: Erin

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

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

  The answer: OOZE

  Possible Answer: goop, seepage, oozing, seep, ooze_out, transude, exudate, ooze, guck, gook, goo, sludge, gunk, muck, exude, slime

• The clue is 59. Rich rock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORE

  Possible Answer: ore

• The clue is 60. Private sleeping accommodations?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COT

  Possible Answer: crib, fingerstall, cot, camp_bed

• The clue is 61. Big bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: electromagnetic_unit, Emu_novaehollandiae, emu, Dromaius_novaehollandiae

November 22, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

November 22, 2023 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Caterpillar, e.g.	5
2A	6. Owns	3
3A	9. Paintballs and water balloons, at times	4
4A	13. Seal the win, so to speak	5
5A	14. Tuck away	4
6A	15. Bank offering	4
7A	16. Xenomorph	5
8A	17. Actress Fisher of "Wedding Crashers"	4
9A	18. Sorry situations	4
10A	19. Behave uncontrollably	7
11A	21. "Give ___ rest!"	3
12A	23. Not yet determined: Abbr.	3
13A	24. Exclamation of mild surprise	3
14A	25. Kind of bikes for stunt riders	3
15A	26. "You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch"	3
16A	27. Stagger with unexpected news, maybe	15
17A	33. Take ___ at (besmirch)	5
18A	34. Share again, as a story	6
19A	35. Gender-neutral pronoun	4
20A	36. Semiconductor device	5
21A	38. Croft of the "Tomb Raider" franchise	4
22A	41. Toy shooters	6
23A	43. Word after life or time	5
24A	44. Cause to malfunction	15
25A	48. Gardener's tool	3
26A	49. Manning of ESPN's "ManningCast"	3
27A	50. Busyness representative?	3
28A	51. Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across	3
29A	52. ___ to pick	3
30A	53. Eccentric sort … or a "sport" where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across?	7
31A	58. 13th or 15th days, on the Roman calendar	4
32A	60. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, for one	4
33A	62. Sits and waits	5
34A	63. Drive	4
35A	64. Mardi ___	4
36A	65. Dance with a series of spins	5
37A	66. The "T" of 57-Down	4
38A	67. New York Giant known as "Master Melvin"	3
39A	68. Big hotel chain	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. Caterpillar, e.g."

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 immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Owns"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: have got, deliver, give birth
• The opposite would be: refuse, abstain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Paintballs and water balloons, at times"

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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Seal the win, so to speak"

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: ICEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Tuck away"

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 dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: blot out, veil, obliterate
• The opposite would be: show
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Bank offering"

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 temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
• Words that mean the same thing: lend, loanword
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Xenomorph"

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 person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: disaffect, stranger, extraterrestrial being
• The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Actress Fisher of "Wedding Crashers""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Sorry situations"

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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: ailment, complaint, ill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Behave uncontrollably"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RUNWILD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. "Give ___ rest!""

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: ITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Not yet determined: Abbr."

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: TBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Exclamation of mild surprise"

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 unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g, g-force
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Kind of bikes for stunt riders"

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: BMX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. "You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an ___, Mr. Grinch""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "27. Stagger with unexpected news, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CATCHOFFBALANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Take ___ at (besmirch)"

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: ASHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Share again, as a story"

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 render verbally,
• Words that mean the same thing: restate, iterate, repeat
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Gender-neutral pronoun"

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: THEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Semiconductor 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 a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
• Words that mean the same thing: rectifying valve, rectifying tube, crystal rectifier
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Croft of the "Tomb Raider" franchise"

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: LARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Toy shooters"

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: BBGUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Word after life or time"

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 someone who saves something from danger or violence
• Words that mean the same thing: rescuer, recoverer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Cause to malfunction"

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: THROWOUTOFWHACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Gardener's 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 a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Manning of ESPN's "ManningCast""

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Busyness representative?"

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 any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: wrangle, dustup, run-in
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. ___ to pick"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the 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: NIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Eccentric sort … or a "sport" where one might make the plays at 19-, 27- and 44-Across?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with an unusual or odd personality
• Words that mean the same thing: flake, eccentric person, geek
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. 13th or 15th days, on the Roman calendar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Words that mean the same thing: appoint, nominate, key out
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Sits and waits"

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 state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
• Words that mean the same thing: stagnate, slug, idle
• The opposite would be: run, work
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Drive"

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 event of something burning (often destructive)
• Words that mean the same thing: enkindle, fervour, flack
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Mardi ___"

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: GRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Dance with a series of spins"

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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. The "T" of 57-Down"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: psychometric test, run, mental testing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. New York Giant known as "Master Melvin""

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: OTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Big hotel chain"

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: HYATT

  Great job if you got it right!

November 22, 2023 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. One spewing hogwash	4
2D	2. "Because freedom can't protect itself" org.	4
3D	3. Pull (in)	4
4D	4. YouTube unit	4
5D	5. When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active	7
6D	6. What's-___-face	3
7D	7. Went off-script	8
8D	8. Someone with an equal claim to your armrest, perhaps	8
9D	9. Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring	3
10D	10. Progressive rock?	10
11D	11. Full-bodied red wine	6
12D	12. Like Christmas lights after December 25, often	6
13D	14. Digitally crisp, informally	5
14D	20. Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as "the Sickle"	3
15D	22. Rod in a hot rod	4
16D	27. Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately	3
17D	28. Wood once used for hockey sticks	3
18D	29. Team with a sausage race at every home game	10
19D	30. Burger, fries and a drink at a special price, e.g.	5
20D	31. Poet who taught at Amherst College	5
21D	32. God, in Islam	5
22D	36. Learning app with an owl mascot	8
23D	37. Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it	8
24D	39. "Parks and ___" (NBC sitcom, to fans)	3
25D	40. Sanctuary against extinction	3
26D	42. Singer Stefani	4
27D	43. Like krona coins	7
28D	44. Prudence with money	6
29D	45. Article of cool-weather wear	6
30D	46. Orchestral group pitched to C	5
31D	47. Stoked	3
32D	54. Candle-lighting occasion, in brief	4
33D	55. Penne ___ vodka	4
34D	56. In case	4
35D	57. Exam for a future A.G.	4
36D	59. Solidify	3
37D	61. It might say "Welcome"	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. One spewing hogwash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
• Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
• The opposite would be: square shooter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Because freedom can't protect itself" org."

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: ACLU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pull (in)"

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 one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
• Words that mean the same thing: rein in, rule, draw rein
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. YouTube unit"

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 way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: watch, regard, look 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: VIEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. When Santa and the tooth fairy are most active"

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: ATNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. What's-___-face"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Went off-script"

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: ADLIBBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Someone with an equal claim to your armrest, perhaps"

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: SEATMATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring"

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 prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Progressive rock?"

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: MOLTENLAVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Full-bodied red wine"

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: MALBEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Like Christmas lights after December 25, often"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ONSALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Digitally crisp, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HIDEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as "the Sickle""

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Lion, Leo the Lion
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rod in a hot rod"

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

  The answer is: AXLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "27. Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately"

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 feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• Words that mean the same thing: regorge, Caterpillar, khat
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Wood once used for hockey sticks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash 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: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Team with a sausage race at every home game"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: THEBREWERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Burger, fries and a drink at a special price, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small band of jazz musicians
• Words that mean the same thing: jazz group, jazz band
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Poet who taught at Amherst College"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Frost, ice, hoar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. God, in Islam"

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

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Learning app with an owl mascot"

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: DUOLINGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Walrus ivory is one traditional medium for it"

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: INUITART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. "Parks and ___" (NBC sitcom, to fans)"

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: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Sanctuary against extinction"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Singer Stefani"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: GWEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Like krona coins"

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 a scandinavian language that is the official language of sweden and one of two official languages of finland
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Prudence with money"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THRIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Article of cool-weather wear"

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: ______
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  The answer is: HOODIE

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Clue 30 Down: "46. Orchestral group pitched to C"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, oboe, hautbois
• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: OBOES

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Clue 31 Down: "47. Stoked"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: give, run, Federal Reserve System
• The opposite would be: starve
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  The answer is: FED

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Clue 32 Down: "54. Candle-lighting occasion, in brief"

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: ____
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  The answer is: BDAY

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Clue 33 Down: "55. Penne ___ vodka"

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: ____
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  The answer is: ALLA

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Clue 34 Down: "56. In case"

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 being ten more than forty
• Words that mean the same thing: 50, fifty, l
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: LEST

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Clue 35 Down: "57. Exam for a future A.G."

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: ____
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  The answer is: LSAT

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Clue 36 Down: "59. Solidify"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: hardened, bent, plant
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. It might say "Welcome""

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• Words that mean the same thing: matting, flatness, gym mat
• The opposite would be: disentangle, unsnarl
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  The answer is: MAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	21	27.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Wednesday, 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: August 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM