Tue Oct 01, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Stuff in Santa's footprints, 4. Exchanged for cash, in a way, 10. West Coast wine valley, 14. Buffett or Cook, for short, 15. Words after "Because" in a parent's explanation, 16. "Metamorphoses" poet, 17. A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind"), 20. Triumphant shout, 21. Spot for abs or apple seeds, 22. Time spent in a seat, 23. Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things"), 28. Staggering this way and that, 30. Fe, to chemists, 31. 1/16 of a gallon, 32. Napoleon Dynamite's best friend, 33. Asia's disappearing ___ Sea, 34. Creates, as a goal, 35. Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …"), 38. Agile, 41. Good old-fashioned butt-kicking, 42. Corporate emblems, 46. Rage, 47. Place for ham-handed workers?, 48. Window dressing, 49. Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!"), 53. Frankenstein's assistant, 54. Smooth-talking, 55. Life forms, 57. Pseudoscientist investigating the "sightings" in this puzzle, 62. Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", 63. "Sign us up!", 64. Bear hair, 65. Wally ___, "famous" cookie maker, 66. Bare minimums, 67. "I didn't need to hear all that!"

Down Clues :

1. Play a part, or a play part, 2. "Now you listen to me …", 3. Paid homage to, 4. Santa Monica tourist attraction, 5. Silk-producing region of India, 6. Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle, 7. Bill ___, the Science Guy, 8. Compass heading, 9. Pointillism mark, 10. Against the rules, 11. Greed, 12. Pesto ingredient, 13. Many website banners, 18. What the ruthless show, 19. Declaration of determination, 22. Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card, 24. Lecture tour, 25. Company that merged with Heinz in 2015, 26. Caramel-filled candy, 27. Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief, 29. Gehrig in Cooperstown, 33. Garlicky sauce, 34. Saving for later, 36. Born and ___, 37. Like Father Time, 38. [not my mistake], 39. "Get with the ___!", 40. Answer, as an email, 43. Purchase for a white elephant exchange, 44. North America's only marsupial, 45. To be, in Spanish, 47. Money owed, 50. "Yowzers!", 51. Orchestra woodwinds, 52. Ignited again, 56. They're not free of charge, 57. "___-ching!", 58. Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, 59. Last section in a dictionary, 60. " … boy ___ girl?", 61. Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 01, 2024

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

Tuesday  October 01, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Stuff in Santa's footprints. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer : ash, ash_tree




• The clue is 4. Exchanged for cash, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAWNED

  Possible Answer : pawn, hock, soak




• The clue is 10. West Coast wine valley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAPA

  Possible Answer : Chinese_cabbage, pe-tsai, napa, celery_cabbage, Brassica_rapa_pekinensis




• The clue is 14. Buffett or Cook, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEO

  Possible Answer : CEO, chief_operating_officer, chief_executive_officer




• The clue is 15. Words after "Because" in a parent's explanation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISAYSO




• The clue is 16. "Metamorphoses" poet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVID

  Possible Answer : Ovid, Publius_Ovidius_Naso




• The clue is 17. A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENNESSEETITANS




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

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

  The answer: HOORAH




• The clue is 21. Spot for abs or apple seeds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORE

  Possible Answer : center, marrow, burden, meat, core, pith, magnetic_core, CORE, nitty-gritty, essence, nucleus, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, nub, sum, heart_and_soul, centre, effect, kernel, heart, substance, gist, inwardness, core_group




• The clue is 22. Time spent in a seat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERM

  Possible Answer : condition, terminus, terminal_figure, term, full_term




• The clue is 23. Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUCKRAKING

  Possible Answer : muckraking, muckrake




• The clue is 28. Staggering this way and that. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREEL




• The clue is 30. Fe, to chemists. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRON

  Possible Answer : cast-iron, smoothing_iron, iron, atomic_number_26, iron_out, branding_iron, Fe, press




• The clue is 31. 1/16 of a gallon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUP

  Possible Answer : transfuse, cupful, cup, loving_cup




• The clue is 32. Napoleon Dynamite's best friend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEDRO




• The clue is 33. Asia's disappearing ___ Sea. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAL




• The clue is 34. Creates, as a goal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 35. Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUBICFOOT




• The clue is 38. Agile. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPRY

  Possible Answer : agile, quick, spry, nimble




• The clue is 41. Good old-fashioned butt-kicking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROUT

  Possible Answer : gouge, expel, rout, spread-eagle, mob, root, spreadeagle, rabble, rout_out, rootle




• The clue is 42. Corporate emblems. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOGOS

  Possible Answer : logo, Word, logotype, Son, Logos




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

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

  The answer: IRE

  Possible Answer : wrath, ira, ire, choler, anger




• The clue is 47. Place for ham-handed workers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DELI

  Possible Answer : delicatessen, deli, food_shop




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

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

  The answer: DRAPE

  Possible Answer : robe, drapery, pall, cloak, drape, mantle, clothe, curtain




• The clue is 49. Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPYEDITOR




• The clue is 53. Frankenstein's assistant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGOR




• The clue is 54. Smooth-talking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLIB

  Possible Answer : pat, slick, glib-tongued, glib, smooth-tongued




• The clue is 55. Life forms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEINGS

  Possible Answer : equal, organism, exist, existence, be, cost, represent, personify, being, make_up, comprise, constitute, embody, live, beingness, follow

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonexistence, nonbeing, differ




• The clue is 57. Pseudoscientist investigating the "sightings" in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRYPTOZOOLOGIST




• The clue is 62. Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATE

  Possible Answer : detest, hate, hatred

  Possible Opposite Answer : love




• The clue is 63. "Sign us up!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEREIN




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

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

  The answer: FUR

  Possible Answer : fur, pelt




• The clue is 65. Wally ___, "famous" cookie maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOS

  Possible Answer : Book_of_Amos, Amos




• The clue is 66. Bare minimums. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEASTS

  Possible Answer : least




• The clue is 67. "I didn't need to hear all that!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMI

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Play a part, or a play part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain

• The clue is 2. "Now you listen to me …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEHERE

• The clue is 3. Paid homage to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HONORED

  Possible Answer: reward, honor, esteemed, abide_by, respect, prestigious, honored, honour, observe

  Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, dishonor

• The clue is 4. Santa Monica tourist attraction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIER

  Possible Answer: dock, wharf, wharfage, pier

• The clue is 5. Silk-producing region of India. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSAM

  Possible Answer: Assam

• The clue is 6. Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WASHU

• The clue is 7. Bill ___, the Science Guy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NYE

• The clue is 8. Compass heading. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer: east_southeast, ESE

• The clue is 9. Pointillism mark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOT

  Possible Answer: disperse, Elvis, Transportation, dit, acid, pane, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, DoT, dose, superman, stud, back_breaker, Department_of_Transportation, point, sprinkle, battery-acid, constellate, dot, window_pane, loony_toons, Zen, scatter, dust

• The clue is 10. Against the rules. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTOK

• The clue is 11. Greed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVARICE

  Possible Answer: greed, cupidity, rapacity, avarice, avaritia, covetousness, avariciousness

• The clue is 12. Pesto ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINENUT

• The clue is 13. Many website banners. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advert, advertizement, advertising, ad, advertizing, advertisement

• The clue is 18. What the ruthless show. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOMERCY

• The clue is 19. Declaration of determination. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICAN

• The clue is 22. Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAP

  Possible Answer: tip, tapdance, beg, exploit, spigot, intercept, water_tap, water_faucet, dab, strike, knock, wiretap, hydrant, pat, rap, solicit, bug, pink, tap

• The clue is 24. Lecture tour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIRCUIT

  Possible Answer: lap, electric_circuit, circumference, tour, electrical_circuit, circuit, circle, racing_circuit

• The clue is 25. Company that merged with Heinz in 2015. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KRAFT

  Possible Answer: kraft_paper, kraft

• The clue is 26. Caramel-filled candy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROLO

• The clue is 27. Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GPS

  Possible Answer: GPS, Global_Positioning_System

• The clue is 29. Gehrig in Cooperstown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU

• The clue is 33. Garlicky sauce. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIOLI

  Possible Answer: aioli_sauce, garlic_sauce, aioli

• The clue is 34. Saving for later. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORING

  Possible Answer: stash_away, stack_away, store, put_in, lay_in, salt_away, hive_away

• The clue is 36. Born and ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRED

  Possible Answer: engender, breed, cover, spawn, multiply

• The clue is 37. Like Father Time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: sure-enough, onetime, quondam, erstwhile, sometime, Old, older, one-time, previous, honest-to-goodness, former, honest-to-god, old

  Possible Opposite Answer : young, new

• The clue is 38. [not my mistake]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIC

  Possible Answer: sic, set

• The clue is 39. "Get with the ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROGRAM

  Possible Answer: political_program, course_of_study, political_platform, computer_programme, programme, computer_program, program, plan, broadcast, syllabus, curriculum, platform

• The clue is 40. Answer, as an email. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPLYTO

• The clue is 43. Purchase for a white elephant exchange. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGGIFT

• The clue is 44. North America's only marsupial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPOSSUM

  Possible Answer: possum, opossum, phalanger

• The clue is 45. To be, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SER

• The clue is 47. Money owed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEBT

  Possible Answer: debt

• The clue is 50. "Yowzers!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YIPES

  Possible Answer: yelp, yip, yap

• The clue is 51. Orchestra woodwinds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOES

  Possible Answer: oboe, hautbois, hautboy

• The clue is 52. Ignited again. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELIT

• The clue is 56. They're not free of charge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONS

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 57. "___-ching!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHA

• The clue is 58. Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWL

  Possible Answer: bird_of_night, bird_of_Minerva, owl, hooter

• The clue is 59. Last section in a dictionary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEE

  Possible Answer: z, izzard, zed, zee, Z, ezed

• The clue is 60. " … boy ___ girl?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: bone, operating_system, oculus_sinister, osmium, atomic_number_76, Os, OS, os

• The clue is 61. Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRI

September 17, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - September 17, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Savings bank, informally	6
2A	7. It's a wrap	4
3A	11. Cry and cry	3
4A	14. "Whoopee!"	6
5A	15. About 600 million viewers watched its pilot in 1969	8
6A	17. Pop-up generator	6
7A	18. Superfan of a certain 2010s pop star	8
8A	19. Third word of many a limerick	3
9A	20. Rx dosages: Abbr.	3
10A	22. Music holder before cloud storage	7
11A	23. Nonclotting blood component	5
12A	25. Supposed crop circle makers, for short	3
13A	26. Garden pest	5
14A	29. Held up	5
15A	31. In-flight announcement, for short?	3
16A	34. Tributary of the Potomac	15
17A	37. Starts to de-camp?	5
18A	39. + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle	3
19A	40. Ish	5
20A	41. Food item whose name is derived from a comic strip	15
21A	44. Many a craft beer	3
22A	45. Runs	5
23A	47. Nimbi	5
24A	48. Absorbed, as a loss	3
25A	49. Section of the Chipotle menu	5
26A	51. Thoughtless sender of emails?	7
27A	55. "Delish!"	3
28A	56. Pop	3
29A	59. Like the browser windows of a multitasker	8
30A	61. "F," on a form	6
31A	63. "Indubitably!"	8
32A	64. "Get what I'm talkin' about?"	6
33A	65. Just squeeze (out)	3
34A	66. Kind of disease with a telltale bull's-eye rash	4
35A	67. Split	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. Savings bank, informally"

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: penny-pinching, parsimony, parsimoniousness
• The 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 2 Across: "7. It's a wrap"

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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Cry and cry"

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 dyspneic condition
• Words that mean the same thing: bastard, mother fucker, shortness of breath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Whoopee!""

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: HOORAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. About 600 million viewers watched its pilot in 1969"

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: APOLLOXI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Pop-up generator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ADWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Superfan of a certain 2010s pop star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BELIEBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Third word of many a limerick"

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: exist, be, comprise
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Rx dosages: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 12, magnesium, milligram
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Music holder before cloud storage"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CDSTAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Nonclotting blood component"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Supposed crop circle makers, 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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Garden pest"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small plant-sucking insects
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APHID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Held up"

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 cause to be born
• Words that mean the same thing: contain, stomach, gestate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. In-flight announcement, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: APB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Tributary of the Potomac"

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: SHENANDOAHRIVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Starts to de-camp?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of zeus and husband of persephone
• Words that mean the same thing: adjutant, assist, Aidoneus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle"

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Ish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Food item whose name is derived from a comic strip"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

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: DAGWOODSANDWICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Many a craft beer"

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Runs"

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 run away quickly
• Words that mean the same thing: take flight, fly, flee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Nimbi"

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 an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
• Words that mean the same thing: aura, ring, anchor ring
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Absorbed, as a loss"

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

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Section of the Chipotle menu"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: taco, greaser, wetback
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Thoughtless sender of emails?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SPAMBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. "Delish!""

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: YUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Pop"

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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: pa, pappa, papa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Like the browser windows of a multitasker"

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: KEPTOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. "F," on a form"

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 an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
• Words that mean the same thing: female person, distaff
• The opposite would be: male, androgynous
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. "Indubitably!""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: YESSIREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. "Get what I'm talkin' about?""

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: FEELME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Just squeeze (out)"

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: EKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Kind of disease with a telltale bull's-eye rash"

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: LYME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Split"

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 division of a group into opposing factions
• Words that mean the same thing: split
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHISM

  Great job if you got it right!

September 17, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Become more relaxed	4
2D	2. Newswoman Kotb	4
3D	3. Feuds	4
4D	4. George's lyricist brother	3
5D	5. Subcontracted, with "out"	6
6D	6. Major Nashville landmark	15
7D	7. Key under a tilde	3
8D	8. Kuwait is a member of it, in brief	4
9D	9. Financial incentive for an executive to stay at a company	15
10D	10. Stars	8
11D	11. Gluten-free noodle variety	4
12D	12. They work as a team	4
13D	13. Middle finger, with "the"	4
14D	16. No-fault rulings at court?	4
15D	21. Hero	3
16D	23. Muscle-to-bone connector	5
17D	24. Lunar phenomenon	7
18D	26. Carne ___	5
19D	27. Small glass container	5
20D	28. Avoid commitment	5
21D	30. Meas. equal to 180°/π	3
22D	31. Spring month in Paris	5
23D	32. Chain where you can buy wet or dry food	5
24D	33. Guy friends, in slang	5
25D	36. Midwest tribe	5
26D	38. Prepare runny, as an egg	8
27D	39. Drink suffix	3
28D	46. For argument's sake	3
29D	47. Housekeeping 101	6
30D	48. Totals: Abbr.	4
31D	51. Scottish isle connected by road bridge to the mainland in the 1990s	4
32D	52. Sneaky look	4
33D	53. Place for an icon in church	4
34D	54. Be lousy (with)	4
35D	56. Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name	4
36D	57. Charitable giving	4
37D	58. Consider	4
38D	60. Elizabeth Warren, ___ Herring	3
39D	62. Verbal shrug	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. Become more relaxed"

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 process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: melt, dissolve, unthaw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Newswoman Kotb"

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: HODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Feuds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: words, quarrel, 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: ROWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. George's lyricist brother"

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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: Irish Republican Army, wrath, Provisional Irish Republican Army
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Subcontracted, with "out""

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 be a farmer; work as a farmer
• Words that mean the same thing: grow, farm, produce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FARMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Major Nashville landmark"

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: THEGRANDOLEOPRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Key under a tilde"

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 bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: yellow journalism, lozenge, tablet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Kuwait is a member of it, in brief"

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 an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
• Words that mean the same thing: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Financial incentive for an executive to stay at a company"

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: GOLDENHANDCUFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Stars"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ALISTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Gluten-free noodle variety"

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: SOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. They work as a team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
• Words that mean the same thing: kine, cattle, ox
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Middle finger, with "the""

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 warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
• Words that mean the same thing: hiss, razz, fowl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. No-fault rulings at court?"

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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Army of the Pure
• The opposite would be: forbid, disallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Hero"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: poor boy, fill in, torpedo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Muscle-to-bone connector"

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 cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
• Words that mean the same thing: brawn, heftiness, muscularity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Lunar phenomenon"

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: MOONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Carne ___"

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: ASADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Small glass container"

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 small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
• Words that mean the same thing: vial, ampoule, ampule
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Avoid commitment"

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 fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
• Words that mean the same thing: put off, fudge, sidestep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Meas. equal to 180°/π"

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 absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
• Words that mean the same thing: radian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Spring month in Paris"

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: AVRIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Chain where you can buy wet or dry food"

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

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: PETCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Guy friends, in slang"

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: BRAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Midwest tribe"

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 member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
• Words that mean the same thing: Hawkeye State, IA, Iowa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOWAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Prepare runny, as an egg"

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: SOFTBOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Drink suffix"

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 a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. For argument's sake"

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 chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: order, state, sound 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: SAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Housekeeping 101"

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: HOMEEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Totals: 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: AMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Scottish isle connected by road bridge to the mainland in the 1990s"

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: SKYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Sneaky look"

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 secret look
• Words that mean the same thing: glint, peep, glance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Place for an icon in church"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Be lousy (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 be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: pour, swarm, stream
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Charitable giving"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that money or goods contributed to the poor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Consider"

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 keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
• Words that mean the same thing: hold, view as, take for
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Elizabeth Warren, ___ Herring"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Verbal shrug"

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	62.2%
Short Answer	14	18.9%
Abbreviation	4	5.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Food & Drink	3	4.1%
History	2	2.7%
Music	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 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 Thursday, 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: September 22, 2025 at 01:47 PM