September 05, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

September 05, 2019 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression	4
2A	5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk	5
3A	10. More than a card, but less than a track bet	4
4A	14. Lawn measure	4
5A	15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist	5
6A	16. "Don't worry about me"	4
7A	17. Bud, e.g.	4
8A	18. Laura of "ER"	5
9A	19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth	4
10A	20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ	6
11A	22. What filler necks connect to	8
12A	24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer"	5
13A	25. Last words before starting	7
14A	26. Winter coat	4
15A	28. Tee off	5
16A	30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl"	4
17A	33. Annoyance for an oyster eater	4
18A	36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol	5
19A	38. Breakfast bit	3
20A	39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change	7
21A	41. Hoppy brew	3
22A	42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk	5
23A	44. It's verboten	4
24A	45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs	4
25A	46. Tartan pattern	5
26A	48. Smart	4
27A	50. Shoulder piece	7
28A	53. Doing dishes, e.g.	5
29A	57. Grass with prickly burs	8
30A	59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation	6
31A	60. Henry who founded Life	4
32A	61. Waiting in the wings	5
33A	63. Gain	4
34A	64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short	4
35A	65. Kind of chip	5
36A	66. One of a Latin trio	4
37A	67. More than a boat, but less than an idea	4
38A	68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury	5
39A	69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president	4

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. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression"

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 protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
• Words that mean the same thing: hood, bonnet, cowling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk"

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 female sorcerer or magician
• Words that mean the same thing: hag, jinx, Wiccan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. More than a card, but less than a track bet"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: intertwine, enlace, fortify
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Lawn measure"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, arena, expanse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Don't worry about me""

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: IMOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bud, e.g."

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 general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Laura of "ER""

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: INNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: IX, club, baseball club
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ"

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 steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
• Words that mean the same thing: ravel, run
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. What filler necks connect to"

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: GASTANKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer""

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: EDSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Last words before starting"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HEREIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Winter coat"

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

  The answer is: RIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Tee off"

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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl""

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: JESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Annoyance for an oyster eater"

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 hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
• Words that mean the same thing: backbone, gritrock, sand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Breakfast bit"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any strong feeling
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMOTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Hoppy brew"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk"

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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: round, trolling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. It's verboten"

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: NONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs"

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: SDSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Tartan pattern"

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 cloth having a crisscross design
• Words that mean the same thing: tartan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Smart"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Words that mean the same thing: smartness, chicness, chichi
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Shoulder piece"

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 adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
• Words that mean the same thing: epaulette
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPAULET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Doing dishes, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
• Words that mean the same thing: task, job
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Grass with prickly burs"

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 grass of the eastern united states and tropical america having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
• Words that mean the same thing: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDSPUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation"

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 wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
• Words that mean the same thing: baseball bat, timber, pound
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Henry who founded Life"

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 united states publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
• Words that mean the same thing: Clare Booth Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Waiting in the wings"

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: ONICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Gain"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: pull in, clear, make
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Kind of chip"

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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. One of a Latin trio"

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: AMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. More than a boat, but less than an idea"

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 large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• Words that mean the same thing: ballpark, car park, Mungo Park
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury"

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 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Words that mean the same thing: power train, develop, gearing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: harangue, bombast, rabbit on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Monthly charge	5
2D	2. Mountain nymph	5
3D	3. Complexities, metaphorically	5
4D	4. Pantries	7
5D	5. What rotors do	4
6D	6. Actor McKellen	3
7D	7. Slightly influence	5
8D	8. Pre-defibrillation cry	5
9D	9. Some bygone service stations	6
10D	10. Measures of newspaper ad space	7
11D	11. Peptide part	9
12D	12. Crown	4
13D	13. Squeezes (out)	4
14D	21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds	3
15D	23. Saturn's largest moon	5
16D	25. Relative of a spoonbill	5
17D	27. Big inits. in casinos	3
18D	29. Cleans (up)	4
19D	30. Take (down)	3
20D	31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner	4
21D	32. Joyrider's ride	9
22D	34. Midori on the ice	3
23D	35. Lightly dye	5
24D	37. ___ particle	3
25D	39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)	5
26D	40. "Isn't this fancy?!"	3
27D	43. Portable writing surface	7
28D	45. Bagel topper	7
29D	47. Big employer in Delaware	6
30D	49. Post-op locale	3
31D	51. Kind of calendar	5
32D	52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name	5
33D	54. 2009 Nobel laureate	5
34D	55. Printed again	5
35D	56. Big name in accounting	5
36D	57. Prelude to a fall	4
37D	58. Spiritual energy	4
38D	59. Revolutionary Trotsky	4
39D	62. Spiritual energy	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. Monthly charge"

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 telegram sent abroad
• Words that mean the same thing: cablegram, line, transmission 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: CABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Mountain nymph"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Complexities, metaphorically"

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 black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
• Words that mean the same thing: sess, grass, weed
• The opposite would be: cultivated plant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pantries"

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 supply of food especially for a household
• Words that mean the same thing: larder, buttery, pantry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What rotors do"

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 sound of something in rapid motion
• Words that mean the same thing: purr, whirring, birr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actor McKellen"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slightly influence"

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 slight but appreciable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: distort, pinch, touch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Pre-defibrillation cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being free of suspicion
• Words that mean the same thing: brighten, pull in, all the way
• The opposite would be: overcast, bounce
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some bygone service stations"

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 swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dame Myra Hess, Hess, Hesse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Measures of newspaper ad space"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the number of lines in a piece of printed material
• Words that mean the same thing: linage, lineage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Peptide part"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: AMINOACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Crown"

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 informal term for the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: kick the bucket, die, go
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Squeezes (out)"

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Saturn's largest moon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person of exceptional importance and reputation
• Words that mean the same thing: heavyweight, behemoth, giant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Relative of a spoonbill"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero, Hero of Alexandria
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Big inits. in casinos"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Cleans (up)"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: swab, mow, wipe 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: MOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Take (down)"

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 brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, pinch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner"

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: EARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Joyrider's ride"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: STOLENCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Midori on the ice"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Lightly dye"

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 color lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, tint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ particle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english essayist (1775-1834)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elia, Charles Lamb, Lamb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. "Isn't this fancy?!""

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 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 27 Down: "43. Portable writing surface"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAPDESK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Bagel topper"

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 (yiddish) a batch of things that go together
• Words that mean the same thing: schmeer, shmear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHMEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Big employer in Delaware"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: DUPONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Post-op locale"

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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Kind of calendar"

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

  The answer is: LUNAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name"

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 any plant of the genus erica
• Words that mean the same thing: true heath
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. 2009 Nobel laureate"

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: OBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed again"

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 broadcast again, as of a film
• Words that mean the same thing: rerun, rebroadcast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RERAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Big name in accounting"

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 painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
• Words that mean the same thing: Max Ernst
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERNST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Prelude to a fall"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: pillowcase, slip one's mind, miscue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Spiritual energy"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: glory, air, aureole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Revolutionary Trotsky"

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 historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Spiritual energy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: khi, qi, ch'i
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	10	12.8%
Sports	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 02:21 PM

No 27381, Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Peter A. Collins

Across Clues :

1. Hotel room staple, 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton, 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation, 14. Way, 15. Reality show winner since 2002, 16. Bridge piece, 17. Spotted, in a way, 18. Meaning of a finger wag, 19. Zip, 20. People to hang out with, 21. Mood, 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses", 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short, 24. Fail to tail, 25. Not spent anymore, 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan, 28. Go no further, 29. "We'll let ourselves in", 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize, 35. Masters of bad impersonations?, 36. Pub fixtures, 37. Takes root, 38. Incite, 41. Tony winner Judith, 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat, 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia", 45. Cut and polish, maybe, 46. Big bird, 47. Two shakes, 48. Spin out on the ice?, 49. Reasons for some street closures, 50. In ___ (unmoved), 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month, 52. "ER" actress Laura, 53. Go berserk, 54. Slim winning margin, 55. Quite the party

Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword 

Down Clues :

1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival, 2. One of a singing duo?, 3. Solarium, 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année, 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond, 6. Skimpy garments, 7. Building block, 8. Brood, 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales", 10. Deluxe wraps?, 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania", 12. "À votre ___!", 13. Out on a limb, say, 21. Calling, 22. Something to wallow in, 24. Spade, for one, 25. Naughty list?, 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993, 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South, 29. Emphatic agreement, 30. When doubled, a pop nickname, 31. Gorgeous, 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb, 33. Map abbrs., 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short, 39. Amber, e.g., 40. Van Susteren of TV news, 41. They might be bright, 43. See 5-Down, 45. National, formerly, 46. Asian royal, 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building, 49. Small invention

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 26, 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. Hotel room staple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TVSET




• The clue is 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAMA

  Possible Answer : mamma, mama, mummy, mammy, mum, momma, Mama, mommy, ma, mom




• The clue is 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUST

  Possible Answer : moldiness, must, mustiness




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

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

  The answer: ROUTE

  Possible Answer : path, itinerary, route, road




• The clue is 15. Reality show winner since 2002. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : perfection, paragon, graven_image, god, beau_ideal, matinee_idol, idol




• The clue is 16. Bridge piece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBAR




• The clue is 17. Spotted, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACNED

  Possible Answer : acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate




• The clue is 18. Meaning of a finger wag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPE




• The clue is 19. Zip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer : none




• The clue is 20. People to hang out with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALS

  Possible Answer : sidekick, pal_up, chum, buddy, pal, brother, crony, chum_up




• The clue is 21. Mood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIBE

  Possible Answer : vibe, vibration




• The clue is 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATE

  Possible Answer : skate




• The clue is 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLO

  Possible Answer : Palestine_Liberation_Organization, PLO




• The clue is 24. Fail to tail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOSE

  Possible Answer : lose, drop_off, recede, miss, suffer, fall_back, misplace, mislay, turn_a_loss, fall_behind

  Possible Opposite Answer : win, find, profit, keep, gain




• The clue is 25. Not spent anymore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTED

  Possible Answer : roost, perch, rest, reside, lie, remain, repose, breathe, rested, take_a_breather, stay, catch_one's_breath, pillow

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active, tired




• The clue is 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUSACK




• The clue is 28. Go no further. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer : stanch, stay, stoppage, game, hitch, hold, freeze, arrest, check, stem, staunch, crippled, block, lame, gimpy, stop, halting, halt, kibosh

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




• The clue is 29. "We'll let ourselves in". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONTWAITUPFORUS




• The clue is 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORGANTRANSPLANT




• The clue is 35. Masters of bad impersonations?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDENTITYTHIEVES




• The clue is 36. Pub fixtures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOS

  Possible Answer : water_closet, Loos, Adolf_Loos, closet, W.C., loo




• The clue is 37. Takes root. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETSIN




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

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

  The answer: URGEON




• The clue is 41. Tony winner Judith. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVEY




• The clue is 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STL




• The clue is 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MERYL




• The clue is 45. Cut and polish, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIT

  Possible Answer : blue-pencil, cut, delete, redact, edit_out, edit




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

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

  The answer: RHEA

  Possible Answer : nandu, Rhea_americana, Pterocnemia_pennata, Rhea, rhea




• The clue is 47. Two shakes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASEC




• The clue is 48. Spin out on the ice?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXEL




• The clue is 49. Reasons for some street closures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAIRS

  Possible Answer : bazaar, funfair, fair, carnival




• The clue is 50. In ___ (unmoved). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITU




• The clue is 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month. 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 52. "ER" actress Laura. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNES




• The clue is 53. Go berserk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer : break_down, snarl, press_stud, duck_soup, gingersnap, catch, cracking, photograph, ginger_snap, shot, pushover, crack, child's_play, centering, picnic, elasticity, piece_of_cake, tear, cinch, grab, flick, snap, snapshot, snap_fastener, rupture, click, breeze, snatch, shoot, ginger_nut, snatch_up, bust, walkover, lose_it, snap_bean

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity




• The clue is 54. Slim winning margin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSE

  Possible Answer : horn_in, pry, intrude, scent, wind, nozzle, nose, poke, nuzzle, olfactory_organ




• The clue is 55. Quite the party. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIGDO

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAPP

• The clue is 2. One of a singing duo?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOCALCORD

• The clue is 3. Solarium. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNLOUNGE

• The clue is 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETES

• The clue is 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer: Teddy_boy, Ted

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

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

  The answer: MINISKIRTS

  Possible Answer: miniskirt, mini

• The clue is 7. Building block. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADOBE

  Possible Answer: adobe, adobe_brick

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

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

  The answer: MOPE

  Possible Answer: dallier, mope_around, moon_about, lounger, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, mope, moon_around

• The clue is 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer: ale

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

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

  The answer: MINKSTOLES

• The clue is 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBOAT

• The clue is 12. "À votre ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTE

• The clue is 13. Out on a limb, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREED

  Possible Answer: corner, treed, trapped, at_bay, shoetree, tree, cornered

• The clue is 21. Calling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOCATION

  Possible Answer: occupational_group, career, calling, vocation

• The clue is 22. Something to wallow in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELFPITY

• The clue is 24. Spade, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWNTOOL

• The clue is 25. Naughty list?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAPSHEET

• The clue is 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANLEYCUP

• The clue is 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUNTSVILLE

  Possible Answer: Huntsville

• The clue is 29. Emphatic agreement. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOI

  Possible Answer: Interior, Department_of_the_Interior, DoI, Interior_Department

• The clue is 30. When doubled, a pop nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAY

  Possible Answer: Tay

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

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

  The answer: RAVISHING

  Possible Answer: enthrall, enrapture, ravishing, delight, dishonour, violate, outrage, ravish, assault, dishonor, transport, enthral, enchant, rape

  Possible Opposite Answer : disenchant

• The clue is 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNENTERED

• The clue is 33. Map abbrs.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STS

• The clue is 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMASS

• The clue is 39. Amber, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESIN

  Possible Answer: rosin, resin

• The clue is 40. Van Susteren of TV news. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRETA

• The clue is 41. They might be bright. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEAS

  Possible Answer: idea, theme, estimation, estimate, thought, musical_theme, mind, melodic_theme, approximation

• The clue is 43. See 5-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASSO

  Possible Answer: Roland_de_Lassus, rope, Lasso, lasso, lariat, riata, Orlando_di_Lasso, reata

• The clue is 45. National, formerly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXPO

  Possible Answer: exhibition, expo, exposition

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

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

  The answer: RANI

  Possible Answer: ranee, rani

• The clue is 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AON

• The clue is 49. Small invention. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIB

  Possible Answer: tarradiddle, taradiddle, tale, fib, story