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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Across Clues NYT December 02, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions

NYT Across Today December 02, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 40 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for December 02, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date December 02, 2025
Day of Week Tuesday
Total Across Clues 40 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Medium

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 40 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Posts on a battleship, say
2 Across 6. Comic Idle of Monty Python
3 Across 10. Sport with striking and grappling, for short
4 Across 13. "Grrr!"
5 Across 14. Pro ___ (fairly divided)
6 Across 15. Ray of light
7 Across 16. Cozy corners
8 Across 17. Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.)
9 Across 18. Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles
10 Across 19. One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island
11 Across 20. "Please help!"
12 Across 21. Decadent dessert
13 Across 23. Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor
14 Across 25. British "facilities"
15 Across 26. Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name
16 Across 27. The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two
17 Across 32. Longtime home of Stephen Colbert
18 Across 35. A million years, so to speak
19 Across 36. Go on for-ev-er
20 Across 37. Many a TikToker's music rendition
21 Across 39. Deep down
22 Across 41. "That being said ...," to a texter
23 Across 42. Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming
24 Across 44. "We have the meats" sloganeer
25 Across 45. Herbal remedy in a cleanse
26 Across 47. Blue Moon, for one
27 Across 48. "If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet
28 Across 49. Family-friendly film fare
29 Across 54. The "O" of A.O.C.
30 Across 57. Little devil
31 Across 58. Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch
32 Across 59. Fizzy drink
33 Across 60. Weak, submissive person, in modern slang
34 Across 62. Wing it onstage
35 Across 63. Blast
36 Across 64. "Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics
37 Across 65. Carhop's article of footwear
38 Across 66. Go (for)
39 Across 67. Sweet person
40 Across 68. Not nearly as cool

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Across Solutions:

1 Across: "1. Posts on a battleship, say"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M___S
  • Similar words: mast
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a vertical spar for supporting sails
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MASTS

2 Across: "6. Comic Idle of Monty Python"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: E__C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ERIC

3 Across: "10. Sport with striking and grappling, for short"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MMA

4 Across: "13. "Grrr!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: I___D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IMMAD

5 Across: "14. Pro ___ (fairly divided)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: R__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RATA

6 Across: "15. Ray of light"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: B__M
  • Similar words: ray of light, transmit
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEAM

7 Across: "16. Cozy corners"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N___S
  • Similar words: nook, corner
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sheltered and secluded place
  • This is Across clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NOOKS

8 Across: "17. Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: D__M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DIEM

9 Across: "18. Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: E__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EGGO

10 Across: "19. One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: A__E
  • Similar words: Akko, Accho
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACRE

11 Across: "20. "Please help!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: soh, so
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SOS

12 Across: "21. Decadent dessert"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: E____R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: oblong cream puff
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ECLAIR

13 Across: "23. Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'J' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: J______I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer JOEPESCI

14 Across: "25. British "facilities""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'V'
  • Similar words: bathroom, privy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LAV

15 Across: "26. Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: single, peerless
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONE

16 Across: "27. The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NBATEAMS

17 Across: "32. Longtime home of Stephen Colbert"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'V'
  • Word pattern: C___V
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CBSTV

18 Across: "35. A million years, so to speak"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: senesce, maturate
  • Opposite of: rejuvenate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: how long something has existed
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGES

19 Across: "36. Go on for-ev-er"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: D__G
  • Similar words: puff, sweep
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DRAG

20 Across: "37. Many a TikToker's music rendition"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'C'
  • Word pattern: L_____C
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LIPSYNC

21 Across: "39. Deep down"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A_____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATHEART

22 Across: "41. "That being said ...," to a texter"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: O__H
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OTOH

23 Across: "42. Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: O__D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONCD

24 Across: "44. "We have the meats" sloganeer"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ARBYS

25 Across: "45. Herbal remedy in a cleanse"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: D______A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DETOXTEA

26 Across: "47. Blue Moon, for one"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALE

27 Across: "48. "If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: ti, Ti
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TIS

28 Across: "49. Family-friendly film fare"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P______S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PGMOVIES

29 Across: "54. The "O" of A.O.C."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OCASIO

30 Across: "57. Little devil"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'P'
  • Similar words: hob, elf
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IMP

31 Across: "58. Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O__O
  • Similar words: Christiania
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OSLO

32 Across: "59. Fizzy drink"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: C__A
  • Similar words: dope, colon
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer COLA

33 Across: "60. Weak, submissive person, in modern slang"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: B__A
  • Similar words: genus Beta
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BETA

34 Across: "62. Wing it onstage"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'B'
  • Word pattern: A___B
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ADLIB

35 Across: "63. Blast"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: H__T
  • Similar words: razzing, tinker's dam
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HOOT

36 Across: "64. "Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: A__I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ACAI

37 Across: "65. Carhop's article of footwear"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S___E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SKATE

38 Across: "66. Go (for)"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'T'
  • Similar words: choose, prefer
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: select as an alternative over another
  • This is Across clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OPT

39 Across: "67. Sweet person"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: D__L
  • Similar words: skirt, bird
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a small replica of a person; used as a toy
  • This is Across clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOLL

40 Across: "68. Not nearly as cool"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: L___R
  • Similar words: game, crippled
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  • This is Across clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer LAMER

Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues

Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Across Clues?

  • Across clues often provide more letter intersections
  • Reading left to right feels more natural
  • Many common phrases run horizontally
  • Across answers often help solve Down clues

Across Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally

Time-Saving Across Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Across first Get a mental map of the horizontal flow
Fill short Across words 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions
Use crossing letters Down letters help confirm Across answers
Look for themes Related Across answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues

What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?

Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.

Should I solve Across or Down clues first?

Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 40 Across clues.

Are Across clues easier than Down clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.

How do Across clues interact with Down clues?

Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

About This Page: We provide comprehensive Across clues solutions and hints for the NYT Crossword to help you improve your solving skills. This site is not affiliated with The New York Times.

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (40 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

July 20, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions

July 20, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Part of a sandal 5
2A 6. Dampens 4
3A 10. Camera type, for short 3
4A 13. Canadian boor 5
5A 14. Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" 5
6A 15. Principle of Confucianism 3
7A 16. "I give up!" 5
8A 17. "Grrrr!" 5
9A 18. Rock music style 3
10A 19. Kind of headlight on older cars 10
11A 21. One way around Disneyland 4
12A 22. Earn copious amounts of 6
13A 23. Still-life vessels 5
14A 24. ___ Arbor, Mich. 3
15A 26. Observation deck feature not for the squeamish 10
16A 29. Almost unfathomably large number 6
17A 31. Stay outdoors overnight with some of the comforts of home 5
18A 32. Brought to a close 5
19A 33. City on the Rhône 4
20A 34. Bread producers? 4
21A 38. One of the R's in R&R 4
22A 39. Nincompoop 4
23A 40. Pair of cymbals in a drum set 5
24A 41. Like a landscape after a volcanic eruption 5
25A 43. High-flying sharpshooter 6
26A 44. Stored deeply and securely 10
27A 47. President pro ___ 3
28A 48. H.S. class for science whizzes 5
29A 49. Leaves ... or cleaves 6
30A 51. Fellow 4
31A 52. Chocolaty treats that you might "break me off a piece of" 10
32A 56. Jerry's partner in cartoondom 3
33A 57. One who says "You wish!"? 5
34A 58. "The Jungle Book" bear 5
35A 59. Off-roader, in brief 3
36A 60. ___ Jackson, title character in Rick Riordan books 5
37A 61. It's a long story 5
38A 62. Soak (up) 3
39A 63. Chimps and bonobos 4
40A 64. Secluded valleys 5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Part of a sandal"

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 leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
  • Words that mean the same thing: G-string, lash, flip-flop
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THONG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Dampens"

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 wetness caused by water
  • Words that mean the same thing: wet, moisture
  • The opposite would be: dry
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Camera type, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SLR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Canadian boor"

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: HOSER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny""

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: TOMEI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Principle of Confucianism"

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 adherent of any branch of taoism
  • Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "I give 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 the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
  • The opposite would be: aunt
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: UNCLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. "Grrrr!""

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: IMMAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Rock music style"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: EMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Kind of headlight on older cars"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SEALEDBEAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. One way around Disneyland"

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 conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
  • Words that mean the same thing: trolley, aerial tramway, ropeway
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TRAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Earn copious amounts of"

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: RAKEIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Still-life vessels"

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 open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
  • Words that mean the same thing: ewer, pitcher
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EWERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "24. ___ Arbor, Mich."

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: ANN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. Observation deck feature not for the squeamish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: GLASSFLOOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Almost unfathomably large number"

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 cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GOOGOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Stay outdoors overnight with some of the comforts of home"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: GLAMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Brought to a close"

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 have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • Words that mean the same thing: over, all over, complete
  • The opposite would be: begin
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ENDED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. City on the Rhône"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a city in east-central france on the rhone river; a principal producer of silk and rayon
  • Words that mean the same thing: Lyons
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LYON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Bread producers?"

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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
  • Words that mean the same thing: standard pressure, automatic teller, automated teller machine
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ATMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. One of the R's in R&R"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
  • Words that mean the same thing: relief, eternal sleep, quietus
  • The opposite would be: change, be active
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Nincompoop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SIMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Pair of cymbals in a drum set"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: HIHAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Like a landscape after a volcanic eruption"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ASHEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. High-flying sharpshooter"

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: AIRACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Stored deeply and securely"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: INTHEVAULT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. President pro ___"

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: TEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. H.S. class for science whizzes"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.

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: APBIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Leaves ... or cleaves"

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 extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
  • Words that mean the same thing: snag, cleave, burst
  • The opposite would be: unite
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPLITS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "51. Fellow"

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 boy or man
  • Words that mean the same thing: fissure, cuss, cranny
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "52. Chocolaty treats that you might "break me off a piece of""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: KITKATBARS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Jerry's partner in cartoondom"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
  • Words that mean the same thing: tomcat, gobbler, turkey cock
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. One who says "You wish!"?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the koran and believed by muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
  • Words that mean the same thing: jinni, djinni, jinnee
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GENIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. "The Jungle Book" bear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: BALOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Off-roader, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ATV

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "60. ___ Jackson, title character in Rick Riordan books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that united states writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Sir Henry Percy, Walker Percy, Harry Hotspur
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PERCY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "61. It's a long story"

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

    The answer is: ILIAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "62. Soak (up)"

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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
  • Words that mean the same thing: douse, dowse, sops
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SOP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "63. Chimps and bonobos"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
  • Words that mean the same thing: ape, imitator, anthropoid
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: APES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "64. Secluded valleys"

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 narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
  • Words that mean the same thing: glen
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GLENS

    Great job if you got it right!

July 20, 2021 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. So 4
2D 2. Perfect, as skills 4
3D 3. Leonardo DiCaprio received four of them before winning 9
4D 4. ___ Larsen, Harlem Renaissance novelist 5
5D 5. Uranus, but not Neptune 8
6D 6. Olympic sport whose all-around competition is composed of the last parts of 19-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across 16
7D 7. Actress Watson of the Harry Potter films 4
8D 8. ___ U.S.A. 4
9D 9. Old-time comic Caesar 3
10D 10. Something a couple of speakers can provide 6
11D 11. Actress Hedy of old Hollywood 6
12D 12. Parts of accusations in Clue 5
13D 14. Shinbone 5
14D 20. Farmer's place? 4
15D 21. It loses to three of a kind 7
16D 23. Furniture wood 3
17D 24. Golden ___ 4
18D 25. Zero 4
19D 27. Hog food 4
20D 28. Cheery sort? 3
21D 30. Be rewarded, as for waitressing 7
22D 33. Actor Schreiber 4
23D 35. "Untrue!" 9
24D 36. Defensive spray 4
25D 37. Academic acronym 4
26D 39. "That's all ___ wrote" 3
27D 40. Became a huge success 8
28D 42. HBO competitor 3
29D 43. Penne ___ vodka 4
30D 44. Bygone holder of Apple pics 6
31D 45. LeBron James or Stephen Curry, once, in brief 6
32D 46. Aid in scrolling to the top 5
33D 48. Play the role of 5
34D 50. Kids' batting game 5
35D 52. Retain 4
36D 53. Concerning 4
37D 54. Equine color 4
38D 55. Lays the groundwork? 4
39D 57. 4.0 is a good one 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. So"

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 aromatic gum resin obtained from various arabian or east african trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
  • Words that mean the same thing: olibanum, thusly, so
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Perfect, as skills"

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 whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
  • Words that mean the same thing: perfect
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Leonardo DiCaprio received four of them before winning"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OSCARNODS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Larsen, Harlem Renaissance novelist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NELLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Uranus, but not Neptune"

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: GREEKGOD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Olympic sport whose all-around competition is composed of the last parts of 19-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: WOMENSGYMNASTICS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Actress Watson of the Harry Potter films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EMMA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ U.S.A."

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 cooperative unit (especially in sports)
  • Words that mean the same thing: squad, team 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: TEAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Old-time comic Caesar"

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: SID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Something a couple of speakers can provide"

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 reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
  • Words that mean the same thing: stereophonic system, stereophonic, stereoscopic photograph
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEREO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Actress Hedy of old Hollywood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: LAMARR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Parts of accusations in Clue"

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 apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
  • Words that mean the same thing: elbow room, room, suite
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROOMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Shinbone"

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 the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
  • Words that mean the same thing: shinbone, shin, shin bone
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TIBIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Farmer's place?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a small wooded hollow
  • Words that mean the same thing: dingle
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DELL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. It loses to three of a kind"

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: TWOPAIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Furniture wood"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
  • Words that mean the same thing: elm tree, elmwood
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Golden ___"

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: AGER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Zero"

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 canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Hog food"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  • Words that mean the same thing: mire, slops, swill
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLOP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Cheery sort?"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
  • Words that mean the same thing: lover, devotee, rooter
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Be rewarded, as for waitressing"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: GETATIP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Actor Schreiber"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: LIEV

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. "Untrue!""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: THATSALIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Defensive spray"

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 (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
  • Words that mean the same thing: macer, Chemical Mace, macebearer
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Academic acronym"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • Words that mean the same thing: radical, fore, bow
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. "That's all ___ wrote""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Became a huge success"

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: HITITBIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. HBO competitor"

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: SHO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Penne ___ vodka"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ALLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Bygone holder of Apple pics"

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: IPHOTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. LeBron James or Stephen Curry, once, in brief"

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: NBAMVP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Aid in scrolling to the top"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: UPKEY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Play the role of"

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: ACTAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Kids' batting game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TBALL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Retain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the financial means whereby one lives
  • Words that mean the same thing: retain, sustain, hold open
  • The opposite would be: discontinue, lose
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KEEP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Concerning"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: INRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Equine color"

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 soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Lays the groundwork?"

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 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
  • Words that mean the same thing: SOD, sodomist, turf
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SODS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. 4.0 is a good one"

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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
  • Words that mean the same thing: grade point average
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GPA

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 53 67.1%
Short Answer 12 15.2%
Literature 3 3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment 3 3.8%
History 2 2.5%
Sports 2 2.5%
Music 1 1.3%
Geography 1 1.3%
Science/Technology 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 40
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 79
Average Answer Length 5.1 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 16 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 Tuesday, 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 16, 2025 at 05:19 AM

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