27397 Tue Nov 12, 2024 NYT by Avery Gee Katz and Aaron Gee

Across Clues :

1. Iridescent gem, 5. Li'l fella, 10. ___ hands (razzle-dazzle display), 14. Annoy, 15. Rack up, as expenses, 16. "Superfood" berry, 17. Make out, in Manchester, 18. Chowder morsels, 19. Word with chocolate or tortilla, 20. Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons, 23. Oscar winner Michelle, 24. Abbr. on a business card, 25. Smooth sailing, so to speak, 26. Vocal skeptics, 29. Online investment platform, 32. Part of an email address, 36. "___ she blows!", 37. "RuPaul's Drag Race" walk, 41. Italian smoker, 42. Fast-food chain that has a long-running feud with Jon Stewart, 44. Grain that may be steel-cut, 45. Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps, 46. First half of an alley-oop, 47. Certain lacrosse gear, 50. Intelligence org., 51. Bear who sings "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly", 54. Overflow (with), 55. Threaded fastener, 56. From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across, 60. Restaurant chain with an acronymic name, 62. Slinky shape, 63. Feels off, 66. Burrowing rodent, 67. Blockers for the QB, familiarly, 68. Pesky insect, 69. Blue parts of boobies, 70. Went clickety-clack, 71. Like French toast or frittatas

Down Clues :

1. Surgery sites, for short, 2. Finger used to swear?, 3. Like Tom Hanks for the majority of "Cast Away", 4. Roman soldier, 5. Early sign of life, perhaps, 6. Fjords and bays, 7. Region in which many fed. workers live, 8. One way to stare, 9. Approximately, 10. Bozos, 11. Hurts, like a tooth, 12. Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13. 44444, for Newton Falls, OH, 21. Actor ___ Michael Murray of "One Tree Hill", 22. Completion document: Abbr., 27. Cry accompanying a fist pump, 28. "You can't have your cake and ___ it too", 29. List-ending abbr., 30. Put on, as a party, 31. Internet deep dive, metaphorically, 33. "Not a big deal", 34. Grind, as one's teeth, 35. "Glee" actress Rivera, 38. Heavy book, 39. Enthralled, 40. Home of the Salt Lake Temple, 43. More rational, 45. Channel on which to watch N.C.A.A. games, 48. Punch line punctuator, 49. Got clean, 52. Virtual animal companion, 53. Power problem, 57. Snakelike, 58. Pass covertly, 59. "Be ___" (candy heart words), 60. Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short, 61. Farmer's tool, 64. Twitch glitch, 65. Muddy quarters

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 12, 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. Iridescent gem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer : opal




• The clue is 5. Li'l fella. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIDDO




• The clue is 10. ___ hands (razzle-dazzle display). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAZZ

  Possible Answer : have_it_off, hump, have_a_go_at_it, screw, make_love, do_it, get_it_on, lie_with, have_intercourse, roll_in_the_hay, malarky, bed, have_sex, eff, get_laid, make_out, wind, be_intimate, bonk, know, sleep_together, bang, malarkey, love, have_it_away, sleep_with, jazz, nothingness, fuck, idle_words




• The clue is 14. Annoy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RILE

  Possible Answer : bother, get_at, gravel, nettle, annoy, get_to, rag, irritate, nark, rile, chafe, roil, vex, devil




• The clue is 15. Rack up, as expenses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INCUR

  Possible Answer : find, obtain, incur, get, receive




• The clue is 16. "Superfood" berry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACAI




• The clue is 17. Make out, in Manchester. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOG

  Possible Answer : osculate, snog, buss, kiss




• The clue is 18. Chowder morsels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAMS

  Possible Answer : lolly, scratch, clams, gelt, dough, lucre, one_dollar_bill, simoleons, cabbage, loot, pelf, buck, clam, bread, shekels, wampum, dollar, kale, lettuce, moolah, dollar_bill, dinero, boodle, sugar




• The clue is 19. Word with chocolate or tortilla. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIP

  Possible Answer : break_off, silicon_chip, microprocessor_chip, buffalo_chip, cut_off, fleck, cow_chip, nick, scrap, chip_off, break_away, Saratoga_chip, microchip, chip_shot, micro_chip, come_off, potato_chip, cow_dung, flake, bit, chipping, crisp, poker_chip, chip, check, splintering, knap




• The clue is 20. Father ___, personification of New York City in old cartoons. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: KNICKERBOCKER




• The clue is 23. Oscar winner Michelle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEOH




• The clue is 24. Abbr. on a business card. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEL




• The clue is 25. Smooth sailing, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASE

  Possible Answer : easiness, repose, rest, allay, simpleness, relief, facilitate, informality, comfort, ease, alleviate, relieve, still, relaxation, simplicity

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty




• The clue is 26. Vocal skeptics. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAYSAYERS

  Possible Answer : naysayer




• The clue is 29. Online investment platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETRADE




• The clue is 32. Part of an email address. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATSIGN




• The clue is 36. "___ she blows!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THAR




• The clue is 37. "RuPaul's Drag Race" walk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRUT

  Possible Answer : swagger, ruffle, strut, prance, tittup, cock, sashay




• The clue is 41. Italian smoker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer : Etna, Mt_Etna, etna, bunsen, bunsen_burner, Mount_Etna




• The clue is 42. Fast-food chain that has a long-running feud with Jon Stewart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARBYS




• The clue is 44. Grain that may be steel-cut. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 45. Assignment outsourced to ChatGPT, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSAY

  Possible Answer : test, seek, attempt, try, essay, assay, try_out, examine, prove




• The clue is 46. First half of an alley-oop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOB

  Possible Answer : lob




• The clue is 47. Certain lacrosse gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARMPADS




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

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

  The answer: NSA

  Possible Answer : NSA, National_Security_Agency




• The clue is 51. Bear who sings "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: WINNIETHEPOOH




• The clue is 54. Overflow (with). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEEM

  Possible Answer : pullulate, stream, swarm, pour, teem




• The clue is 55. Threaded fastener. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TNUT




• The clue is 56. From which to hear the real story, as suggested by the starts of 20-, 26- and 51-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORSESMOUTH




• The clue is 60. Restaurant chain with an acronymic name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IHOP




• The clue is 62. Slinky shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELIX

  Possible Answer : coil, Helix, spiral, whorl, helix, genus_Helix, volute




• The clue is 63. Feels off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AILS

  Possible Answer : garlic, trouble, pain, ail




• The clue is 66. Burrowing rodent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOLE

  Possible Answer : vole, field_mouse




• The clue is 67. Blockers for the QB, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLINE




• The clue is 68. Pesky insect. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNAT

  Possible Answer : gnat




• The clue is 69. Blue parts of boobies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEET

  Possible Answer : metrical_unit, metrical_foot, pes, foundation, invertebrate_foot, foot, fundament, understructure, base, groundwork, human_foot, infantry, substructure, ft, animal_foot

  Possible Opposite Answer : head




• The clue is 70. Went clickety-clack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TYPED

  Possible Answer : typewrite, typecast, type




• The clue is 71. Like French toast or frittatas. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGY

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Surgery sites, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORS

  Possible Answer: Beaver_State, OR, operating_theater, operating_room, surgery, operating_theatre, Oregon

• The clue is 2. Finger used to swear?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINKY

  Possible Answer: pinky, little_finger, pinkie

• The clue is 3. Like Tom Hanks for the majority of "Cast Away". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALONE

  Possible Answer: lonely, entirely, solo, unparalleled, exclusively, unaccompanied, unequalled, lone, solely, unequaled, solitary, unique, only, alone

• The clue is 4. Roman soldier. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEGIONARY

  Possible Answer: legionnaire, legionary

• The clue is 5. Early sign of life, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KICK

  Possible Answer: complain, sound_off, kvetch, squawk, gripe, kick, give_up, bitch, plain, thrill, beef, kicking, rush, quetch, charge, flush, kick_back, bang, recoil, boot

  Possible Opposite Answer : cheer

• The clue is 6. Fjords and bays. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLETS

  Possible Answer: intake, recess, inlet

• The clue is 7. Region in which many fed. workers live. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DCAREA

• The clue is 8. One way to stare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUMBLY

  Possible Answer: obtusely, dumbly, densely

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

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

  The answer: ORSO

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

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

  The answer: JACKASSES

  Possible Answer: goof, goose, zany, fathead, jackass, goofball, cuckoo, bozo, jack, twat

• The clue is 11. Hurts, like a tooth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHES

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

• The clue is 12. Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZAIRE

  Possible Answer: zaire, Belgian_Congo, Congo, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Zaire

• The clue is 13. 44444, for Newton Falls, OH. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZIP

  Possible Answer: ZIP_code, goose_egg, zip_fastener, slide_fastener, cipher, hurry, aught, travel_rapidly, zero, cypher, zilch, zippo, zip, null, speed, naught, energy, postcode, postal_code, vigour, zipper, nothing, ZIP, vigor, zip_up, nix, nada, nil

  Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

• The clue is 21. Actor ___ Michael Murray of "One Tree Hill". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAD

  Possible Answer: Chadic_language, Lake_Chad, Chadic, Republic_of_Chad, Chad, chad, Tchad

• The clue is 22. Completion document: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CERT

  Possible Answer: cert

• The clue is 27. Cry accompanying a fist pump. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer: yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no

• The clue is 28. "You can't have your cake and ___ it too". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAT

  Possible Answer: feed, rust, eat, deplete, exhaust, wipe_out, eat_up, eat_on, corrode, consume, run_through, use_up

• The clue is 29. List-ending abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETAL

• The clue is 30. Put on, as a party. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THROW

  Possible Answer: contrive, thrust, switch, hold, project, stroke, discombobulate, throw_away, give, bewilder, confuse, flip, make, throw, confound, befuddle, shed, cast_off, drop, cam_stroke, cast, shake_off, fox, throw_off, bedevil, fuddle, bemuse, hurl, have

• The clue is 31. Internet deep dive, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RABBITHOLE

• The clue is 33. "Not a big deal". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITSNOTHING

• The clue is 34. Grind, as one's teeth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNASH

  Possible Answer: gnash

• The clue is 35. "Glee" actress Rivera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAYA

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

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

  The answer: TOME

  Possible Answer: tome

• The clue is 39. Enthralled. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAPT

  Possible Answer: ecstatic, rapt, enraptured, rhapsodic, rapturous

• The clue is 40. Home of the Salt Lake Temple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UTAH

  Possible Answer: UT, Beehive_State, Utah, Mormon_State

• The clue is 43. More rational. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANER

  Possible Answer: reasonable, sane

  Possible Opposite Answer : insane

• The clue is 45. Channel on which to watch N.C.A.A. games. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPNU

• The clue is 48. Punch line punctuator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMSHOT

• The clue is 49. Got clean. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DETOXED

  Possible Answer: detoxify, detox

• The clue is 52. Virtual animal companion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEOPET

• The clue is 53. Power problem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTAGE

  Possible Answer: outage

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

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

  The answer: EELY

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

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

  The answer: SLIP

  Possible Answer: slew, fall_away, dislocate, splay, slickness, slipperiness, slip_of_paper, faux_pas, slip-up, elusion, miscue, chemise, slick, moorage, slide, parapraxis, sideslip, shift, pillowcase, err, case, skid, drop_away, mistake, solecism, mooring, eluding, slue, gaucherie, luxate, slip_one's_mind, pillow_slip, gaffe, strip, teddy, berth, drop_off, shimmy, trip, steal, sneak, cutting, slip

• The clue is 59. "Be ___" (candy heart words). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINE

  Possible Answer: mine

• The clue is 60. Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVF

• The clue is 61. Farmer's tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOE

  Possible Answer: hoe

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

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

  The answer: LAG

  Possible Answer: fall_behind, immure, interim, retardation, imprison, jail, meanwhile, gaol, meantime, dawdle, jug, remand, put_away, incarcerate, lag, slowdown, stave, put_behind_bars, fall_back

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

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

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: pigsty, pigpen, stye, sty, hordeolum, eye_infection

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Across Clues and Answers (40)

Clue #1: 1. Leafy vegetable with a lot of vitamin K

4-letter answer Answer: KALE

Word Help: Synonyms: dough, scratch, lucre

Clue #2: 5. Co. whose camera broadcast the first live video from space

3-letter answer Answer: RCA

Clue #3: 8. Lard and tallow, for two

4-letter answer Answer: FATS

Word Help: Synonyms: adipose_tissue, avoirdupois, fill_out
Antonyms: leanness

Clue #4: 12. Where pandas are native

4-letter answer Answer: ASIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Asia

Clue #5: 13. 100%

3-letter answer Answer: ALL

Word Help: Synonyms: whole, all, entirely
Antonyms: partly, some

Clue #6: 14. Evidence of a leak

4-letter answer Answer: DRIP

Word Help: Synonyms: drop, dripping, drip

Clue #7: 15. A reason to act this very instant … or why you might 6-Down 32-Down?

13-letter answer Answer: THETIMEISRIPE

Clue #8: 18. Like a 1,000-piece monochromatic jigsaw puzzle

4-letter answer Answer: HARD

Word Help: Synonyms: firmly, severe, intemperate
Antonyms: voiced, easy

Clue #9: 19. Least expensive way to fly

5-letter answer Answer: COACH

Word Help: Synonyms: passenger_car, double-decker, manager

Clue #10: 20. Spun some records, informally

4-letter answer Answer: DJED

Word Help: Synonyms: disc-jockey, disk-jockey, DJ

Clue #11: 22. Actress de Armas

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ana, ana

Clue #12: 23. Hamiltons

7-letter answer Answer: TENNERS

Word Help: Synonyms: decade, 10, tenner

Clue #13: 25. Hubbub

3-letter answer Answer: ADO

Word Help: Synonyms: hustle, bustle, fuss

Clue #14: 26. Chance to see the big game?

6-letter answer Answer: SAFARI

Word Help: Synonyms: hunting_expedition, campaign, safari

Clue #15: 28. Marvel supervillain

6-letter answer Answer: ULTRON

Clue #16: 30. Alternative to a blur or pixelation

9-letter answer Answer: CENSORBAR

Clue #17: 34. Pawn

4-letter answer Answer: HOCK

Word Help: Synonyms: soak, hock, hock-joint

Clue #18: 36. El Paso-to-Oklahoma City dir.

3-letter answer Answer: ENE

Word Help: Synonyms: east_northeast, ENE

Clue #19: 37. Spat

4-letter answer Answer: TIFF

Word Help: Synonyms: tiff, fuss, bicker

Clue #20: 40. Broad valleys

5-letter answer Answer: DALES

Word Help: Synonyms: dale

Clue #21: 41. Anderson who directed "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

3-letter answer Answer: WES

Clue #22: 42. Word after fruit or word

5-letter answer Answer: SALAD

Word Help: Synonyms: salad

Clue #23: 44. Comes to a close

4-letter answer Answer: ENDS

Word Help: Synonyms: conclusion, ending, final_stage
Antonyms: beginning, begin

Clue #24: 45. "Saturday Night Fever" music genre

5-letter answer Answer: DISCO

Word Help: Synonyms: discotheque, disco, disco_music

Clue #25: 47. Obama-era policy whose last three letters spell a different Obama-era law

4-letter answer Answer: DACA

Clue #26: 48. Some printable files

4-letter answer Answer: PDFS

Clue #27: 49. Rack up

5-letter answer Answer: INCUR

Word Help: Synonyms: obtain, incur, receive

Clue #28: 50. Nurse a grudge, say

4-letter answer Answer: STEW

Word Help: Synonyms: stew, sweat, grizzle

Clue #29: 51. Form of much of the dialogue of 2021's "CODA," in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ASL

Word Help: Synonyms: American_sign_language, ASL

Clue #30: 52. Pirates' support group?

7-letter answer Answer: PEGLEGS

Word Help: Synonyms: pegleg, wooden_leg, peg

Clue #31: 54. Inbox abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: FWD

Clue #32: 55. Ways of the world

5-letter answer Answer: ROADS

Word Help: Synonyms: route, road, roadstead

Clue #33: 57. Model's pride, informally

3-letter answer Answer: BOD

Word Help: Synonyms: anatomy, frame, form

Clue #34: 58. 10 out of 10

5-letter answer Answer: IDEAL

Word Help: Synonyms: saint, idealistic, nonesuch

Clue #35: 60. Gets under control

5-letter answer Answer: TAMES

Word Help: Synonyms: naturalize, naturalise, domesticise

Clue #36: 61. Prefix with tourism

3-letter answer Answer: ECO

Clue #37: 62. Silly ones

5-letter answer Answer: GEESE

Word Help: Synonyms: bozo, twat, goose

Clue #38: 63. Caveman's covering

4-letter answer Answer: PELT

Word Help: Synonyms: pelt, pepper, skin

Clue #39: 64. Heart test, for short

3-letter answer Answer: EKG

Word Help: Synonyms: ECG, electrocardiogram, cardiogram

Clue #40: 65. Meat-and-potatoes diner dish

4-letter answer Answer: HASH

Word Help: Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish

Across Clues and Answers (40)

Clue #1: 1. Blade sheathed in a saya

6-letter answer Answer: KATANA

Clue #2: 2. ___ Ghani, former Afghan president

6-letter answer Answer: ASHRAF

Clue #3: 3. Prevaricated

4-letter answer Answer: LIED

Word Help: Synonyms: lie, lied, dwell
Antonyms: arise, stand

Clue #4: 4. Chow down on

3-letter answer Answer: EAT

Word Help: Synonyms: exhaust, eat_on, rust

Clue #5: 5. ___ Novarro, Hollywood sex symbol of the 1920s

5-letter answer Answer: RAMON

Clue #6: 6. With 32-Down, beat an opponent soundly

5-letter answer Answer: CLEAN

Word Help: Synonyms: sporty, scavenge, uncontaminating
Antonyms: unfairly, dirty

Clue #7: 7. Wonderland interloper

5-letter answer Answer: ALICE

Clue #8: 8. First prez to appoint a woman to the cabinet

3-letter answer Answer: FDR

Word Help: Synonyms: Franklin_Roosevelt, President_Roosevelt, Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

Clue #9: 9. Like the environment in many reptile terrariums

4-letter answer Answer: ARID

Word Help: Synonyms: desiccated, desiccate, arid

Clue #10: 10. Item next to a piano in a piano bar

6-letter answer Answer: TIPJAR

Clue #11: 11. Certain form-fitting swimsuit

6-letter answer Answer: SPEEDO

Clue #12: 16. Trap by freezing

5-letter answer Answer: ICEIN

Clue #13: 17. Apt anagram for "brush"

5-letter answer Answer: SHRUB

Word Help: Synonyms: shrub, bush

Clue #14: 18. Possesses

3-letter answer Answer: HAS

Word Help: Synonyms: suffer, deliver, bear
Antonyms: abstain, lack

Clue #15: 21. Put on, as a costume

3-letter answer Answer: DON

Word Help: Synonyms: don, father, preceptor

Clue #16: 23. Arduous walks

5-letter answer Answer: TREKS

Word Help: Synonyms: trek

Clue #17: 24. Bedframe boards

5-letter answer Answer: SLATS

Word Help: Synonyms: slat, spline

Clue #18: 27. It's granted by a security clearance

6-letter answer Answer: ACCESS

Word Help: Synonyms: approach, accession, admittance

Clue #19: 29. Three-note chords

6-letter answer Answer: TRIADS

Word Help: Synonyms: triplet, trinity, ternary

Clue #20: 31. Stitchers' gathering

9-letter answer Answer: SEWINGBEE

Clue #21: 32. See 6-Down

9-letter answer Answer: ONESCLOCK

Clue #22: 33. Sheltie from a shelter, e.g.

9-letter answer Answer: RESCUEDOG

Clue #23: 34. Bottleful that might 6-/32-Down?

8-letter answer Answer: HANDSOAP

Clue #24: 35. Love of the past

8-letter answer Answer: OLDFLAME

Clue #25: 38. Fixed costs

8-letter answer Answer: FLATFEES

Clue #26: 39. Bottleful that might 6-Down/32-Down?

8-letter answer Answer: FACEWASH

Clue #27: 40. Head out

6-letter answer Answer: DEPART

Word Help: Synonyms: go_away, set_out, depart
Antonyms: stay, come

Clue #28: 43. Lollygag

6-letter answer Answer: DAWDLE

Word Help: Synonyms: dawdle, dally, fall_behind
Antonyms: rush

Clue #29: 45. One of two in Monopoly

3-letter answer Answer: DIE

Word Help: Synonyms: snuff_it, break, exit
Antonyms: be_born

Clue #30: 46. Assn.

3-letter answer Answer: ORG

Clue #31: 52. "Hey, I've got a secret to tell you"

4-letter answer Answer: PSST

Clue #32: 53. [Ah, woe is me!]

4-letter answer Answer: SIGH

Word Help: Synonyms: sigh, suspiration, suspire

Clue #33: 56. Neighbor of N.J.

3-letter answer Answer: DEL

Clue #34: 59. "Breaking Bad" investigatory grp.

3-letter answer Answer: DEA

Word Help: Synonyms: DEA, Drug_Enforcement_Agency, Drug_Enforcement_Administration

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, January 01, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - January 01, 2024 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Take on, as debt	5
2A	6. Got on in years	4
3A	10. Part to play in a play	4
4A	14. Get a run or a goal	5
5A	15. Remedy	4
6A	16. Taylor Swift's 2023-24 ___ Tour	4
7A	17. Accord, Civic or CR-V	5
8A	18. Part of the eye that shares its name with a rainbow goddess	4
9A	19. Suffix for a celebration	4
10A	20. Kids' chasing game with head taps	13
11A	23. "Rugrats" dad ___ Pickles	3
12A	25. You, in French	3
13A	26. Midsections of the human bodies	6
14A	27. Off Broadway musical made into a 2021 film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda	12
15A	31. Proportion	5
16A	32. Joints exercised by a 56-Across dancer	4
17A	33. "Kapow!"	3
18A	36. Steel component	4
19A	37. Paint layers	5
20A	39. Warsaw native	4
21A	40. Average, in golf	3
22A	41. Chess piece shaped like a battlement	4
23A	42. Leader of a meeting … or that leader's seat	5
24A	43. Reply to "Three cheers!"	12
25A	46. Without a doubt	6
26A	49. Note acknowledging a debt	3
27A	50. Broadband hookup initials	3
28A	51. Soothing words	13
29A	55. Fixed price	4
30A	56. Hawaiian dance style	4
31A	57. Scratches (at)	5
32A	60. Yours and mine	4
33A	61. Very much	4
34A	62. Ice house	5
35A	63. Devious scheme	4
36A	64. Something to whistle	4
37A	65. Superior and Victoria, for two	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. Take on, as debt"

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 make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
• Words that mean the same thing: find, obtain, receive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Got on in years"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: senior, senesce, elderly
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate, young
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Part to play in a play"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
• Words that mean the same thing: purpose, function, use
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Get a run or a goal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
• Words that mean the same thing: nock, scotch, hit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Remedy"

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 medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Words that mean the same thing: bring around, curative, heal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Taylor Swift's 2023-24 ___ Tour"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: ERA, era, geological era
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Accord, Civic or CR-V"

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: HONDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Part of the eye that shares its name with a rainbow goddess"

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 plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• Words that mean the same thing: sword lily, fleur-de-lis, iris diaphragm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Suffix for a celebration"

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: FEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Kids' chasing game with head taps"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: DUCKDUCKGOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. "Rugrats" dad ___ Pickles"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. You, in French"

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: TOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Midsections of the human bodies"

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 the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: trunk, torso, body
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORSOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Off Broadway musical made into a 2021 film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: TICKTICKBOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Proportion"

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 relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
• Words that mean the same thing: proportion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Joints exercised by a 56-Across dancer"

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 either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• Words that mean the same thing: pelvis, articulatio coxae, pelvic arch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "Kapow!""

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 ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
• Words that mean the same thing: eruption, bang, clap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Steel component"

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 heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Words that mean the same thing: branding iron, smoothing iron, press
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Paint layers"

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 outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
• Words that mean the same thing: coat, cake, pelage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Warsaw native"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
• Words that mean the same thing: rod, perch, celestial pole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Average, in golf"

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 (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
• Words that mean the same thing: equation, equality, equivalence
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Chess piece shaped like a battlement"

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 (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
• Words that mean the same thing: victimize, mulct, con
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Leader of a meeting … or that leader's seat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a seat for one person, with a support for the back
• Words that mean the same thing: chairman, hot seat, lead
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Reply to "Three cheers!""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: HIPHIPHOORAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Without a doubt"

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 definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
• Words that mean the same thing: for certain, sure as shooting, for sure
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Note acknowledging a debt"

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 informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Broadband hookup initials"

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 generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
• Words that mean the same thing: digital subscriber line
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Soothing words"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: THERETHERENOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Fixed price"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: value, charge per unit, order
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Hawaiian dance style"

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 polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: hula-hula, Hawaiian dancing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Scratches (at)"

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 sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
• Words that mean the same thing: chela, claw, hook
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Yours and mine"

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: OURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Very much"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Ice house"

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 eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• Words that mean the same thing: iglu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGLOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Devious scheme"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
• Words that mean the same thing: gambit, stratagem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Something to whistle"

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 succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
• Words that mean the same thing: melodic phrase, air, melodic line
• The opposite would be: untune
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Superior and Victoria, for two"

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 body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
• Words that mean the same thing: lake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAKES

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - January 01, 2024 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. " ... or just about"	3
2D	2. Sgt. or cpl.	3
3D	3. Official on a train … or for an orchestra	9
4D	4. Language of Pakistan	4
5D	5. Be visibly affected by	7
6D	6. Opposite of basic, in chemistry	6
7D	7. Revered expert	4
8D	8. Prince beloved by Ariel in "The Little Mermaid"	4
9D	9. Many office computers	8
10D	10. Turn over a new leaf, say	6
11D	11. Popular creme-filled cookies	5
12D	12. Rope weapon for Wonder Woman	5
13D	13. ___ Park, Colo.	5
14D	21. Fish in a Japanese water garden	3
15D	22. Sticky, drippy substances	4
16D	23. Bacon slice	5
17D	24. Pageant crown	5
18D	28. Extended family	3
19D	29. Military fabric shade	5
20D	30. Chomped down on	3
21D	33. Property next to Go in Monopoly	9
22D	34. Pseudonym	5
23D	35. Streep with an A.F.I. Life Achievement Award	5
24D	37. Relative of "Roger," in radio transmissions	8
25D	38. "___-la-la!"	3
26D	39. Brothy noodle dish in Vietnamese cuisine	3
27D	41. Make angry	4
28D	42. Advisory committee	7
29D	43. Charge of religious unorthodoxy	6
30D	44. Villain on the high seas	6
31D	45. Gardener's sod-chopper	3
32D	46. Barber's razor sharpener	5
33D	47. Big name in moving vans	5
34D	48. Old-school chic	5
35D	52. Netflix competitor	4
36D	53. Musk of Tesla	4
37D	54. Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature	4
38D	58. Deep sorrow	3
39D	59. "Rescue us!"	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. " ... or just about""

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Sgt. or cpl."

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: NCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Official on a train … or for an orchestra"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the person who leads a musical group
• Words that mean the same thing: music director, director
• The opposite would be: insulator
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONDUCTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Language of Pakistan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the official literary language of pakistan, closely related to hindi; widely used in india (mostly by moslems); written in arabic script
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Be visibly affected by"

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: REACTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Opposite of basic, in chemistry"

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 being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a ph of less than 7)
• Words that mean the same thing: acidulous, acid, acidulent
• The opposite would be: alkaline
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACIDIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Revered expert"

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 hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GURU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Prince beloved by Ariel in "The Little Mermaid""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Many office computers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the top of a desk
• Words that mean the same thing: desktop, screen background, background
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKTOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Turn over a new leaf, say"

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 change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
• Words that mean the same thing: regenerate, reclaim, straighten out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Popular creme-filled cookies"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie, oreo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Rope weapon for Wonder Woman"

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

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• This could be something that belgian composer (1532-1594)
• Words that mean the same thing: Orlando di Lasso, lariat, riata
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. ___ Park, Colo."

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ESTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Fish in a Japanese water garden"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Sticky, drippy substances"

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 thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: muck, goo, gunk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Bacon slice"

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 relatively long narrow piece of something
• Words that mean the same thing: discase, flight strip, foray
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Pageant crown"

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Extended family"

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 person having kinship with another or others
• Words that mean the same thing: akin, cognate, clan
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Military fabric shade"

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 sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KHAKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Chomped down on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small piece or quantity of something
• Words that mean the same thing: chip, act, burn
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Property next to Go in Monopoly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOARDWALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Pseudonym"

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 name that has been assumed temporarily
• Words that mean the same thing: false name, assumed name, also known as
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Streep with an A.F.I. Life Achievement Award"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MERYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Relative of "Roger," in radio transmissions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COPYTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. "___-la-la!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Brothy noodle dish in Vietnamese cuisine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Make angry"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: devil, get to, bother
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Advisory committee"

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

  The answer is: COUNCIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Charge of religious unorthodoxy"

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 opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
• Words that mean the same thing: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy
• The opposite would be: orthodoxy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERESY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Villain on the high seas"

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 someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
• Words that mean the same thing: pirate ship, plagiarizer, commandeer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Gardener's sod-chopper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Barber's razor sharpener"

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

  The answer is: STROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Big name in moving vans"

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: UHAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Old-school chic"

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 fashion reminiscent of the past
• Words that mean the same thing: retroactive, ex post facto
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Netflix competitor"

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: HULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Musk of Tesla"

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: ELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: OLGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Deep sorrow"

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 misery resulting from affliction
• Words that mean the same thing: suffering, woefulness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. "Rescue us!""

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

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	72.4%
Short Answer	14	18.4%
History	4	5.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 28, 2025 at 02:44 PM