Sun Sep 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 22, 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. One getting into some hot water?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATHER

  Possible Answer : swimmer, bather, natator




• The clue is 7. Home monitors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMPS

  Possible Answer : umpire, ump




• The clue is 11. Data sought in phishing attempts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSNS




• The clue is 15. Thus far. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TODATE




• The clue is 21. Cry from a treehouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPHERE




• The clue is 22. Doesn't rule out, as a possibility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KEEPSOPEN




• The clue is 24. Wrinkle-free, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRONED

  Possible Answer : press, iron, ironed, iron_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : unironed




• The clue is 25. Turned on an axis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEWED

  Possible Answer : skid, slew, slip, slide, swerve, slue, curve, trend, cut, sheer, veer




• The clue is 26. Real no-brainer?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTTERFOOL




• The clue is 27. Colorful ingredients in some cookie recipes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANDMS




• The clue is 28. Trash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOSS

  Possible Answer : fling, thresh, discard, throw_away, flip, sky, jactitate, cast_away, chuck, throw_out, toss_out, thrash_about, put_away, toss, pitch, thresh_about, pass, thrash, cast_out, cast_aside, convulse, chuck_out, dispose, slash, toss_away




• The clue is 29. Reef lurker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer : eel




• The clue is 31. Ways off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXITS

  Possible Answer : kick_the_bucket, conk, die, croak, decease, perish, expiration, snuff_it, choke, outlet, pop_off, issue, give-up_the_ghost, leave, get_out, exit, passing, go_out, cash_in_one's_chips, loss, way_out, pass_away, pass, going, drop_dead, buy_the_farm, expire, go, departure, release

  Possible Opposite Answer : be_born, enter




• The clue is 32. Part of H.M.S.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HER




• The clue is 34. Word with body or blood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPE

  Possible Answer : typewrite, eccentric, type, typecast, character, case

  Possible Opposite Answer : antitype




• The clue is 35. Texter's alternative to an eye roll emoji. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMH




• The clue is 36. Olympians on stunt bikes, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BMXERS




• The clue is 38. Genre for Fall Out Boy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMOPOP




• The clue is 41. U.S. currency: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOL

  Possible Answer : dol, Labor, DoL, Labor_Department, Department_of_Labor




• The clue is 42. Negative influence on others, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADAPPLE




• The clue is 44. Expressed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUT

  Possible Answer : assign, position, order, pose, place, redact, invest, cast, set_up, lay, couch, set, arrange, put, put_option, commit, frame

  Possible Opposite Answer : call_option, divest




• The clue is 47. To sweeten the deal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASABONUS




• The clue is 49. Declines to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WONT

  Possible Answer : habit, wont




• The clue is 50. Houdini's signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESCAPEACT




• The clue is 53. Basis for a feud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEEF

  Possible Answer : gripe, beef_cattle, boeuf, squawk, bitch, grouse, beef, kick, holler, bellyache, crab




• The clue is 54. Rudder found in nature. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FISHFIN




• The clue is 57. "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORNADO

  Possible Answer : tornado, crack_cocaine, twister, crack




• The clue is 58. Became stuck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HITARUT




• The clue is 61. "This is the worst!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGH




• The clue is 62. Receptacle for soaking before a pedicure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOOTSPA




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

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

  The answer: MENSANS




• The clue is 66. Electronica pioneer Brian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENO




• The clue is 67. Bulgarian or Bosnian. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAV

  Possible Answer : Slav




• The clue is 69. Rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NWA




• The clue is 70. The White House grounds have 18 of them. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACRES

  Possible Answer : Acre, Accho, acre, Akka, Akko, demesne, estate, land, landed_estate, acres




• The clue is 72. Some online pings, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMS




• The clue is 73. "Yo!," on the down-low. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST




• The clue is 74. Lightning-fast hedgehog of video games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONIC

  Possible Answer : transonic, sonic

  Possible Opposite Answer : subsonic




• The clue is 76. What "washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life," per Picasso. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ART

  Possible Answer : nontextual_matter, artistry, artistic_creation, artistic_production, artwork, prowess, graphics, art, fine_art




• The clue is 78. Lane for carpoolers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOV




• The clue is 79. Six-foot-tall Aussie sprinter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer : Dromaius_novaehollandiae, emu, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit




• The clue is 80. Grows dimmer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WANES

  Possible Answer : ebbing, decline, wan, wane, ebb, go_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : wax




• The clue is 81. "Are you ___ drive?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKTO




• The clue is 82. Certain online video snippet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOUTUBECLIP




• The clue is 85. Downwind, to seafarers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALEE

  Possible Answer : alee




• The clue is 86. "Breaking Bad" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMC




• The clue is 88. Fastener that's one letter ahead of "U-bolt" in the dictionary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNUT




• The clue is 89. Org. with the Artemis program. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NASA

  Possible Answer : NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration




• The clue is 90. Office building unit: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STE




• The clue is 91. What a police escort may offer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAFEPASSAGE




• The clue is 95. Classic cover-ups for spies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRENCHCOATS




• The clue is 100. Fumble or bumble. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERR

  Possible Answer : drift, stray, mistake, slip, err




• The clue is 101. Card game with a Power Grab edition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNO




• The clue is 102. "Good joke!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAH




• The clue is 103. Red side, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOP

  Possible Answer : Republican_Party, GOP




• The clue is 104. Indecency. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POORTASTE




• The clue is 108. Female in the forest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOE

  Possible Answer : DOE, Energy, Department_of_Energy, Energy_Department, doe




• The clue is 111. "Like that matters to me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIFICARE




• The clue is 114. Stage a jailbreak à la 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNNELOUT




• The clue is 115. Annual May race, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IND




• The clue is 116. Held together in a makeshift way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUCTTAPED




• The clue is 117. Wraps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDS

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




• The clue is 118. Sizable challenge for a mover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFA

  Possible Answer : couch, lounge, sofa




• The clue is 119. Make a break for it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUN

  Possible Answer : bleed, outpouring, runnel, bunk, flow, work, run, running_game, foot_race, turn_tail, test, course, range, running_play, prevail, hunt_down, guide, hunt, track_down, trial, tend, move, be_given, fly_the_coop, running, head_for_the_hills, draw, streak, political_campaign, escape, take_to_the_woods, unravel, lam, melt, streamlet, carry, hightail_it, break_away, lean, scat, function, endure, lead, pass, rivulet, footrace, feed, extend, discharge, operate, persist, execute, black_market, rill, incline, play, run_for, race, melt_down, tally, die_hard, campaign, consort, ladder, go, scarper, run_away, ravel, ply

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction




• The clue is 120. Yearn (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer : yearn, languish, suffer, hurt, smart, aching, ache, pine, yen




• The clue is 121. Swain. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEAU

  Possible Answer : beau, dude, swain, fashion_plate, boyfriend, sheik, swell, dandy, clotheshorse, fop, fellow, gallant, young_man




• The clue is 122. Parts of N.F.L. highlight reels, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TDS




• The clue is 123. This really blows!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNT

  Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT




• The clue is 124. Airport monitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




• The clue is 125. Razz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KID

  Possible Answer : kidskin, Kyd, Thomas_Kid, josh, small_fry, tiddler, Thomas_Kyd, jolly, youngster, shaver, minor, chaff, Kid, tike, tyke, nestling, kid, nipper, pull_the_leg_of, child, fry, banter

  Possible Opposite Answer : parent




• The clue is 126. Pennzoil competitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STP

  Possible Answer : STP, s.t.p.

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Exceeds 21, in blackjack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSTS

  Possible Answer: bust, binge, fizzle, flop, female_chest, wear, snap, burst, tear, bout, break, wear_out, fall_apart, raid, rupture

  Possible Opposite Answer : repair

• The clue is 2. Poise under pressure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APLOMB

  Possible Answer: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid, cool

• The clue is 3. With 6-Down, prison drama released on September 23, 1994. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: THESHAWSHANK

• The clue is 4. Hacks with an ax. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEWS

  Possible Answer: hew_out, hew

• The clue is 5. Ahead of, in poetry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERE

• The clue is 6. See 3-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDEMPTION

  Possible Answer: buyback, salvation, redemption, repurchase

• The clue is 7. Instrument strummed in the Train song "Hey, Soul Sister". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UKULELE

  Possible Answer: ukulele, uke

• The clue is 8. Popular gala venue, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer: fulfill, match, contact, encounter, fill, see, receive, conform_to, gather, fit, cope_with, get_together, meet, fulfil, adjoin, assemble, come_across, take_on, satisfy, run_across, touch, play, forgather, foregather, run_into, suffer, converge

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

• The clue is 9. Sneaky ___ (sly dogs). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETES

  Possible Answer: pet

• The clue is 10. Glasses, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEX

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

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

  The answer: SOFT

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

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

• The clue is 12. Imagine, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOSE

• The clue is 13. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer: neo

• The clue is 14. 16-time gig for Steve Martin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNLHOST

• The clue is 15. Portrayer of 18-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMROBBINS

• The clue is 16. "Cup ___ cone?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

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

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

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

  The answer: DONT

• The clue is 18. Lead role in 3-Down/6-Down. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: ANDYDUFRESNE

• The clue is 19. They're measured in beats per minute. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEMPOS

  Possible Answer: tempo, pace, pacing

• The clue is 20. Famed Ford flop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDSEL

• The clue is 23. Honorific from Sanskrit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRI

• The clue is 30. Date on a debit card: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXP

• The clue is 33. Pollution-regulating org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPA

  Possible Answer: Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA

• The clue is 36. Resort town in Alberta's Rockies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANFF

  Possible Answer: Banff

• The clue is 37. Kicks back. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTS

  Possible Answer: quietus, repose, lie, balance, ease, residual, roost, perch, residuum, stay, relief, rest_period, relaxation, sleep, respite, catch_one's_breath, pillow, take_a_breather, eternal_sleep, remainder, rest, remain, reside, eternal_rest, breathe, residue

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active

• The clue is 39. "The Heart of Georgia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MACON

  Possible Answer: macon, maconnais, Macon

• The clue is 40. ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POETS

  Possible Answer: poet

• The clue is 43. "What was I thinking!?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOH

  Possible Answer: ut, do, doh

• The clue is 44. Fall accessory?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARACHUTE

  Possible Answer: chute, jump, parachute

• The clue is 45. Bygone channel that launched with the two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Voyager". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UPN

• The clue is 46. 4x100 relay, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEAMEVENT

• The clue is 48. Org. with Student Success Grants. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEA

• The clue is 51. ___ América (quadrennial soccer championship). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPA

• The clue is 52. Juice drinks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADES

  Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

• The clue is 54. To-do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUSS

  Possible Answer: niggle, bustle, dither, pother, bicker, bickering, spat, trouble, flurry, squabble, mother, fuss, hassle, overprotect, pettifoggery, tiff, stir, bother, ado, hustle, flap, tizzy, fret

• The clue is 55. Yeti's commercial rival. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGLOO

  Possible Answer: igloo, iglu

• The clue is 56. "Ain't gonna happen!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOWAY

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

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

  The answer: HAMUP

• The clue is 59. Erase from one's memory, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNSEE

• The clue is 60. Target audience for "Peppa Pig". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOTS

  Possible Answer: sum_up, total, add_together, sum, bambino, summate, tote_up, tot_up, tally, toddler, add_up, yearling, tot, add

• The clue is 63. Decks with cards numbered I through XXI. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAROTS

  Possible Answer: tarot_card, tarot

• The clue is 65. Apelike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIMIAN

  Possible Answer: simian

• The clue is 68. Curriculum ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VITAE

• The clue is 71. Take inventory?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROB

  Possible Answer: gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, fleece, soak, surcharge, rob, plume

  Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

• The clue is 73. Prefix with -lithic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALEO

• The clue is 75. Make sense. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMPUTE

  Possible Answer: reckon, compute, calculate, work_out, cipher, cypher, figure

• The clue is 77. Ingredient in a niçoise salad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNA

  Possible Answer: tuna, tuna_fish, tunny, Opuntia_tuna, Anguilla_sucklandii

• The clue is 79. Conditional coding word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSE

• The clue is 80. "Hey, I'm walkin' here!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WATCHIT

• The clue is 83. Harbor helper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUG

  Possible Answer: labor, towboat, tug, jerk, drive, tote, lug, tower, tugboat, labour, push

• The clue is 84. It might get booted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAR

  Possible Answer: auto, machine, automobile, railcar, railway_car, motorcar, gondola, elevator_car, car, railroad_car, cable_car

• The clue is 87. Main blvd. through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANALST

• The clue is 90. Treated unfairly, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAFTED

  Possible Answer: screw, jockey, chouse, shaft, cheat, chicane

• The clue is 91. The swans in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEPTET

  Possible Answer: septenary, VII, sevensome, 7, septette, seven, septet, heptad, sevener

• The clue is 92. In the area. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROUND

  Possible Answer: or_so, some, more_or_less, approximately, around, just_about, round, about, close_to, roughly

• The clue is 93. Some makeshift fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRONDS

  Possible Answer: frond

• The clue is 94. "Already?!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSOON

• The clue is 96. Ostentatiously stylish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHICHI

  Possible Answer: chic, swank, smartness, chichi, modishness, last_word, stylishness, chicness

• The clue is 97. Early Christian meals of love and fellowship. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGAPES

  Possible Answer: agape, agape_love, love_feast

• The clue is 98. Unwrapped with gusto. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOREAT

• The clue is 99. Accelerated. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEDUP

• The clue is 105. Shot makers, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RNS

  Possible Answer: Rn, registered_nurse, radon, atomic_number_86, RN

• The clue is 106. Top of a titmouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUFT

  Possible Answer: tuft, tussock

• The clue is 107. H on a frat house. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer: Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, eta, ETA, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna

• The clue is 108. Shoveled stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRT

  Possible Answer: poop, grease, turd, filth, grunge, malicious_gossip, stain, dirt, ungraded, scandal, soil, grime, shit, shite, crap

• The clue is 109. Unwelcome obligation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONUS

  Possible Answer: onus, burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load

• The clue is 110. Irish novelist O'Brien. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDNA

• The clue is 111. Coding pioneer Lovelace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADA

  Possible Answer: ADA, adenosine_deaminase

• The clue is 112. Be bad, like really bad. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUCK

  Possible Answer: fellate, suck_in, sop_up, blow, draw, imbibe, absorb, soak_up, lactate, take_up, go_down_on, suck, sucking, suction, take_in, suck_up, nurse, suckle, give_suck, breastfeed, wet-nurse

  Possible Opposite Answer : bottlefeed

• The clue is 113. Kin of a zin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAB

  Possible Answer: hack, taxicab, cabriolet, cab, taxi

April 18, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - April 18, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Who said "Fashion changes, but style endures"	6
2A	7. Little pointer	6
3A	13. Distressing character in the Bible?	7
4A	15. Member of the Scooby-Doo gang	6
5A	16. Warn of disaster	8
6A	18. Source of college credit, informally	6
7A	19. Contribute to the mix	5
8A	20. Criminal patterns, in brief	3
9A	22. Searches (through)	5
10A	23. Word after Christmas or fur	4
11A	24. Flat fees	5
12A	26. Joint venture	4
13A	27. Stumble	3
14A	28. Tank tops?	7
15A	30. Old parent company of NBC	3
16A	31. Reward for a bad N.B.A. team	11
17A	33. Monet's "Train in the Snow" or "The Magpie"	11
18A	34. Hack job?	11
19A	35. Bashful friend	3
20A	36. Isotopes of element #88	7
21A	37. ___ lane	3
22A	40. "The Sound of Music" character who's "17 going on 18"	4
23A	42. Hangs in the balance	5
24A	43. Swimmer Torres who medaled in five Olympic Games	4
25A	44. Strange	5
26A	46. Chang-___ Lee, 2011 Pulitzer finalist for "The Surrendered"	3
27A	47. Sets right	5
28A	48. "Sure, we can chat now"	6
29A	50. Coconut-covered snack cakes	8
30A	52. Pouty cry	6
31A	53. Women's soccer powerhouse	7
32A	54. Seems crooked	6
33A	55. Cloth dealer, in Britain	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. Who said "Fashion changes, but style endures""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHANEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Little pointer"

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: PROTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Distressing character in the Bible?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the philistine mistress of samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
• Words that mean the same thing: siren, temptress, femme fatale
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELILAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Member of the Scooby-Doo gang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAPHNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Warn of disaster"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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: CRYHAVOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Source of college credit, informally"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: liable, given, tending
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Contribute to the mix"

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: ADDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Criminal patterns, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an indefinitely short time
• Words that mean the same thing: molybdenum, moment, minute
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Searches (through)"

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 move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: sift, sieve, strain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Word after Christmas or fur"

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

  The answer is: SEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Flat fees"

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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
• Words that mean the same thing: take, split, rip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Joint venture"

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 farm building for housing poultry
• Words that mean the same thing: henhouse, cage, chicken coop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Stumble"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: slip, drift, mistake
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Tank tops?"

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: GASCAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Old parent company of NBC"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Reward for a bad N.B.A. team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOTTERYPICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Monet's "Train in the Snow" or "The Magpie""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WINTERSCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Hack job?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: CYBERATTACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Bashful friend"

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 licensed medical practitioner
• Words that mean the same thing: medico, Commerce, physician
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Isotopes of element #88"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
• Words that mean the same thing: radium, atomic number 88, Ra
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADIUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. ___ lane"

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: HOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. "The Sound of Music" character who's "17 going on 18""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hrolf, Rollo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Hangs in the balance"

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: PENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Swimmer Torres who medaled in five Olympic Games"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Strange"

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: noncitizen, estrange, alienate
• 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 26 Across: "46. Chang-___ Lee, 2011 Pulitzer finalist for "The Surrendered""

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: RAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Sets right"

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: true, true up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. "Sure, we can chat now""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMFREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Coconut-covered snack cakes"

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: SNOBALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Pouty cry"

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: NOFAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Women's soccer powerhouse"

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: TEAMUSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Seems crooked"

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 the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
• Words that mean the same thing: smack, olfactory perception, odor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Cloth dealer, in Britain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

April 18, 2020 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Obsolescent music holder	6
2D	2. Border collie, by nature	6
3D	3. Runner-up to Affirmed in every 1978 Triple Crown race	6
4D	4. Nero's zero	5
5D	5. Fizz	4
6D	6. Shrunken head?	3
7D	7. Certain hand-held ... or hand-holding	3
8D	8. Knocks	4
9D	9. Part of FiOS	5
10D	10. "A mixture of what appears to be ESP and early Christian faith," per a 1977 New York Times film review	8
11D	11. Shelved, for now?	7
12D	12. Upscale provider of grooming services	6
13D	14. 1800s migrant	11
14D	17. Relatives of accordions	11
15D	21. Best in class	11
16D	24. Dump	7
17D	25. Espionage gadgets	7
18D	28. One who's finished	5
19D	29. Technical data	5
20D	31. Ad ___	3
21D	32. Press coverage	3
22D	33. John ___, English philosopher and theologian who made an early translation of the Bible	8
23D	34. Stereotypically lenient parent	7
24D	35. Spots for snakes	6
25D	37. Call to account	6
26D	38. Ominous phrase	6
27D	39. One of the Seven Sisters	6
28D	41. Unbroken	5
29D	43. Reality show staple	5
30D	45. Masculine name that sometimes follows Mac-	4
31D	47. Tower on a mountain	4
32D	49. Workplaces for L.P.N.s	3
33D	51. Its "concise" version has almost 1,700 pages: Abbr.	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. Obsolescent music holder"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium 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: CDCASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Border collie, by nature"

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 german philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
• Words that mean the same thing: drover, herdsman, Johann Gottfried von Herder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Runner-up to Affirmed in every 1978 Triple Crown race"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALYDAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Nero's zero"

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 (latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fizz"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: ardor, zeal, style
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Shrunken head?"

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 room or building equipped with one or more toilets
• Words that mean the same thing: bathroom, john, privy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Certain hand-held ... or hand-holding"

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 lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: personal organiser, personal digital assistant, organizer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Knocks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: whang, tap, rap music
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Part of FiOS"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: eye, opthalmic, ocular
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "A mixture of what appears to be ESP and early Christian faith," per a 1977 New York Times film review"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEFORCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Shelved, for now?"

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: INSTOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Upscale provider of grooming services"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PETSPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. 1800s migrant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
• Words that mean the same thing: squatter, nester
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOMESTEADER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Relatives of accordions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
• Words that mean the same thing: concertina
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONCERTINAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Best in class"

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

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

  The answer is: STARSTUDENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Dump"

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

  The answer is: RATTRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Espionage gadgets"

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: SPYCAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. One who's finished"

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 person in desperate straits; someone doomed
• Words that mean the same thing: toast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Technical data"

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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• Words that mean the same thing: glasses, eyeglasses, spec
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Ad ___"

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: LIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Press coverage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. John ___, English philosopher and theologian who made an early translation of the Bible"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english theologian whose objections to roman catholic doctrine anticipated the protestant reformation (1328-1384)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, Wyclif
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WYCLIFFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Stereotypically lenient parent"

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: COOLMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Spots for snakes"

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 emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
• Words that mean the same thing: drainage, debilitate, waste pipe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Call to account"

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: HAULUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Ominous phrase"

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: ORELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. One of the Seven Sisters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VASSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Unbroken"

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 wild and menacing
• Words that mean the same thing: savage, ferine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Reality show staple"

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 dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• Words that mean the same thing: dramatic event, dramatic play, play
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Masculine name that sometimes follows Mac-"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Tower on a mountain"

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

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: TBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Workplaces for L.P.N.s"

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 trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: erbium, atomic number 68, emergency room
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Its "concise" version has almost 1,700 pages: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
• Words that mean the same thing: Oxford English Dictionary, O.E.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OED

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	69.7%
Short Answer	10	15.2%
History	3	4.5%
Music	2	3.0%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 06:31 PM