0909 NYT Crossword: September 09, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword September 09, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 09, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

 NYT Crossword: September 09, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sarcastic "Yeah, right!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBET




• The clue is 5. King with a golden touch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIDAS

  Possible Answer : Midas




• The clue is 10. "___ Worry, Be Happy". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DONT




• The clue is 14. Emperor Claudius's successor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NERO

  Possible Answer : Nero, Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus, Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus




• The clue is 15. Words to live by. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CREDO

  Possible Answer : creed, credo




• The clue is 16. Facts and figures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INFO

  Possible Answer : info, information




• The clue is 17. Smack with a hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAP

  Possible Answer : smack, smacking, slap, bolt, bang, slapdash




• The clue is 18. Beach project that rarely survives high tide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANDCASTLE




• The clue is 20. Actress Fisher of "Eighth Grade". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSIE




• The clue is 22. Lock up, as a playoff spot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLINCH

  Possible Answer : hug, clinch, squeeze, clench, clamp




• The clue is 23. Numbskull. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHUCKLEHEAD




• The clue is 26. Moody rock subgenre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMO




• The clue is 29. The Maple Leafs, on scoreboards. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOR

  Possible Answer : tor




• The clue is 30. Understood. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOT

  Possible Answer : mother, perplex, contract, catch, pose, induce, take, generate, dumbfound, let, go, arrest, commence, acquire, bewilder, incur, stimulate, start, stupefy, father, nonplus, convey, fuck_off, obtain, buzz_off, become, develop, make, get_down, produce, suffer, receive, grow, bugger_off, set_about, mystify, pay_off, gravel, engender, sire, vex, experience, get, bring, fetch, capture, find, drive, beat, set_out, sustain, arrive, pay_back, aim, scram, fix, get_under_one's_skin, stick, puzzle, draw, amaze, bring_forth, start_out, flummox, have, come, cause, begin, beget, baffle

  Possible Opposite Answer : end, take_away, leave




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

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

  The answer: LOGGER

  Possible Answer : lumberman, lumberjack, feller, logger, faller




• The clue is 33. Blueprint detail, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEC

  Possible Answer : spec, specification




• The clue is 35. Sgts. and cpls.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NCOS




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

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

  The answer: NOONS

  Possible Answer : high_noon, twelve_noon, noonday, noontide, noon, midday




• The clue is 39. State of total happiness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOGHEAVEN




• The clue is 42. From which Britain "Brexited," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEEU




• The clue is 45. Opera solo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARIA

  Possible Answer : aria




• The clue is 46. "College GameDay" airer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESPN




• The clue is 50. Fireplace floor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEARTH

  Possible Answer : fireside, hearth, open_fireplace, fireplace




• The clue is 52. Govt. code crackers. 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 54. Rocker Reed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU




• The clue is 55. Even so. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YET

  Possible Answer : however, til_now, even_so, hitherto, yet, notwithstanding, until_now, as_yet, even, withal, so_far, up_to_now, thus_far, all_the_same, in_time, nonetheless, nevertheless, still, heretofore




• The clue is 56. Sandwich specialty of Maine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOBSTERROLL




• The clue is 60. Bordeaux red wine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLARET

  Possible Answer : claret, red_Bordeaux




• The clue is 62. Sauna covering. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOWEL

  Possible Answer : towel




• The clue is 63. Make a subtle insult, or a hint to four highlighted groups of letters in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THROWSHADE




• The clue is 67. Bic products. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PENS

  Possible Answer : playpen, indite, pen, compose, write, penitentiary




• The clue is 68. Word that can precede vegetable or beer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOT

  Possible Answer : ascendant, root, theme, steady_down, settle_down, tooth_root, rootage, rootle, rout, ancestor, root_word, settle, ascendent, etymon, base, take_root, origin, radical, stem, beginning, antecedent, source, solution

  Possible Opposite Answer : descendant




• The clue is 69. Roof overhangs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAVES

  Possible Answer : eaves




• The clue is 70. Dirección from Monterrey to Miami. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTE




• The clue is 71. Coniferous trees with red berrylike fruit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEWS

  Possible Answer : yew




• The clue is 72. Bride's wedding purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRESS

  Possible Answer : do, dress, trim, line_up, habilitate, dress_up, curry, fit_out, decorate, coif, enclothe, raiment, clothes, garment, plume, clip, garb, preen, arrange, lop, snip, get_dressed, frock, apparel, attire, cut_back, wearing_apparel, dress_out, groom, coiffe, garnish, full-dress, crop, prune, clothe, tog, primp, coiffure, set

  Possible Opposite Answer : undress




• The clue is 73. "Now!," in a hospital. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAT

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Fleas and flies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INSECTS

  Possible Answer: insect, worm, louse, dirt_ball

• The clue is 2. Hotel worker with baggage. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELLHOP

  Possible Answer: bellhop, bellboy, bellman

• The clue is 3. Crossword solver's correction mark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERASURE

  Possible Answer: erasure, expunging, expunction

• The clue is 4. Subject matter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOPIC

  Possible Answer: matter, theme, issue, subject, topic

• The clue is 5. Award show hosts, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCS

  Possible Answer: megacycle_per_second, megahertz, megacycle, Mc, MHz

• The clue is 6. 401(k) alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRA

  Possible Answer: Irish_Republican_Army, Provos, individual_retirement_account, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, Provisional_IRA, ire, IRA, anger, ira, wrath

• The clue is 7. Dame Judi. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DENCH

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

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

  The answer: ADDLE

  Possible Answer: puddle, muddle, addle

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

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

  The answer: SOCIAL

  Possible Answer: sociable, social, societal, mixer

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsocial

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

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

  The answer: DISC

  Possible Answer: phonograph_record, disc, disk, magnetic_disc, saucer, platter, magnetic_disk, record, phonograph_recording

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

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

  The answer: ONTHEGO

• The clue is 12. Super Bowl org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NFL

• The clue is 13. Front part of a shoe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOE

  Possible Answer: toe, toenail

• The clue is 19. Hoops phrase uttered after a basket plus a foul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDONE

• The clue is 21. Hosp. heart readout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKG

  Possible Answer: ECG, electrocardiogram, EKG, cardiogram

• The clue is 24. Like the odds of an unlikely event. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LONG

  Possible Answer: foresighted, farseeing, longsighted, long, hanker, yearn, retentive, foresightful, prospicient, farsighted, tenacious, recollective

  Possible Opposite Answer : unretentive, short

• The clue is 25. ___ Sketch (classic toy). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETCHA

• The clue is 27. Gents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEN

  Possible Answer: world, humans, military_man, human_being, gentleman, man, piece, human_race, adult_male, human_beings, Isle_of_Man, gentleman's_gentleman, men, hands, humanity, serviceman, valet_de_chambre, human, Man, workforce, manpower, mankind, humankind, work_force, military_personnel, homo, valet

  Possible Opposite Answer : civilian, woman

• The clue is 28. 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: surgery, OR, Beaver_State, Oregon, operating_theatre, operating_room, operating_theater

• The clue is 32. Departed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GONE

  Possible Answer: plump, perish, last, gone, go, choke, break_down, sound, lead, locomote, blend_in, fit, live, cash_in_one's_chips, decease, start, bypast, buy_the_farm, kaput, run_short, conk_out, proceed, run, bygone, operate, become, function, pass_away, croak, move, break, give_way, extend, drop_dead, fail, deceased, hold_up, snuff_it, done_for, work, hold_out, get, depart, run_low, pop_off, foregone, rifle, survive, travel, pass, exit, kick_the_bucket, conk, give_out, at_peace, endure, go_away, die, get_going, go_bad, departed, at_rest, asleep, blend, expire, belong, give-up_the_ghost, live_on

  Possible Opposite Answer : stop, come, malfunction, be_born, stay_in_place

• The clue is 34. "Moonstruck" Oscar winner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHER

• The clue is 36. Opposite of 'neath. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OER

• The clue is 37. Canonized person. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAINT

  Possible Answer: canonize, nonsuch, ideal, paragon, apotheosis, holy_person, nonesuch, nonpareil, angel, enshrine, canonise, holy_man, saint

• The clue is 40. Make illegal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTLAW

  Possible Answer: lawless, illicit, criminal, unlawful, malefactor, illegalize, illegitimate, criminalise, illegalise, crook, outlawed, outlaw, felon, criminalize

  Possible Opposite Answer : decriminalize, legalize, decriminalise

• The clue is 41. Floral arrangement holder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VASE

  Possible Answer: vase

• The clue is 42. Your of yore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THY

• The clue is 43. Start of a donkey's bray. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEE

• The clue is 44. Humbly admit a mistake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EATCROW

• The clue is 47. Like the rightmost lane on a highway. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOWEST

  Possible Answer: dense, boring, dumb, dull, deadening, wearisome, slowest, sluggish, tedious, irksome, dim, tiresome, obtuse, slow, ho-hum

  Possible Opposite Answer : fast

• The clue is 48. Italian cornmeal dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLENTA

  Possible Answer: polenta

• The clue is 49. { }, in math. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NULLSET

• The clue is 51. Goofed (around). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HORSED

  Possible Answer: horse

• The clue is 53. One might be liberal in college. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ART

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

• The clue is 57. Joy of daytime television. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEHAR

• The clue is 58. Fend (off). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAVE

  Possible Answer: staff, stave_in, round, rung, stave, lag

• The clue is 59. Boxing ring boundaries. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROPES

  Possible Answer: Mexican_valium, rophy, circle, lasso, forget_me_drug, roach, leash, roofy, R-2, rope

• The clue is 61. A whole bunch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOTS

  Possible Answer: piles, flock, shell_out, mountain, scads, lots, loads, luck, parcel_out, wads, dozens, deal_out, lashings, rafts, great_deal, fate, a_lot, very_much, raft, mint, slew, mete_out, mess, caboodle, dish_out, pot, peck, oodles, pile, slews, stacks, deal, fortune, heaps, allot, wad, bunch, distribute, good_deal, mickle, dispense, destiny, band, hatful, stack, scores, Lot, plenty, mass, administer, tons, spate, dole_out, quite_a_little, tidy_sum, circle, portion, draw, passel, batch, muckle, circumstances, a_good_deal, gobs, lot, a_great_deal, much, sight, set, heap

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

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: assay, try, try_out, endeavour, render, sample, essay, effort, stress, seek, examine, prove, strain, taste, hear, endeavor, test, judge, adjudicate, try_on, attempt

• The clue is 64. Soil-breaking 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 65. ___ Moines, Iowa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DES

  Possible Answer: stilbesterol, Diamond_State, diethylstilbestrol, stilbestrol, Delaware, DES, First_State, diethylstilbesterol, stilboestrol, DE, diethylstilboestrol

• The clue is 66. Pluralizing letter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESS

  Possible Answer: einsteinium, Es, atomic_number_99, E

NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2023 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2023

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Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Praises loudly

5-letter answer Answer: HAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: acclaim, hail, herald

Clue #2: 6. Drops

5-letter answer Answer: OMITS

Word Help: Synonyms: miss, leave_out, pretermit
Antonyms: include, attend_to

Clue #3: 11. "___ down!"

7-letter answer Answer: PENCILS

Word Help: Synonyms: pencil

Clue #4: 13. Summaries

7-letter answer Answer: WRAPUPS

Clue #5: 15. Becomes uncomfortable, in a way, as underwear

7-letter answer Answer: RIDESUP

Clue #6: 16. Drank discreetly

7-letter answer Answer: HADANIP

Clue #7: 17. Part of un giorno

3-letter answer Answer: ORA

Word Help: Synonyms: osmium, atomic_number_76, os

Clue #8: 18. Buying opportunity for die-hard fans

7-letter answer Answer: PRESALE

Clue #9: 20. Sports stat that's best when it's below 2

3-letter answer Answer: ERA

Word Help: Synonyms: ERA, geological_era, epoch

Clue #10: 21. Producer of some wedding rings

4-letter answer Answer: BELL

Word Help: Synonyms: Vanessa_Bell, chime, Alexander_Bell

Clue #11: 23. They might restrict arms

5-letter answer Answer: PACTS

Word Help: Synonyms: treaty, pact, accord

Clue #12: 24. Bygone autocrat

4-letter answer Answer: TSAR

Word Help: Synonyms: czar, tzar, tsar

Clue #13: 25. Poet Hemphill of the 1980s Black gay cultural renaissance

5-letter answer Answer: ESSEX

Word Help: Synonyms: Essex

Clue #14: 27. Japanese garden denizen

3-letter answer Answer: KOI

Clue #15: 28. Complains loudly

5-letter answer Answer: WAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: ululate, lament, howl

Clue #16: 29. They're full of pop

13-letter answer Answer: SODAFOUNTAINS

Clue #17: 32. "It's not clear to me"

9-letter answer Answer: ICANTTELL

Clue #18: 33. Benny Goodman jazz standard with the opening line "April skies are in your eyes"

13-letter answer Answer: DONTBETHATWAY

Clue #19: 37. Japanese lunch option

5-letter answer Answer: BENTO

Clue #20: 38. "Like I said!"

3-letter answer Answer: SEE

Word Help: Synonyms: see, visit, encounter

Clue #21: 39. Jewelry chain

5-letter answer Answer: ZALES

Clue #22: 41. Host city for the annual Øyafestivalen

4-letter answer Answer: OSLO

Word Help: Synonyms: Oslo, capital_of_Norway, Christiania

Clue #23: 42. City where Gerald Ford and Malcolm X were born

5-letter answer Answer: OMAHA

Word Help: Synonyms: Maha, Omaha

Clue #24: 44. "Well, I'll be darned!"

4-letter answer Answer: GOSH

Clue #25: 45. One who may bug you

3-letter answer Answer: SPY

Word Help: Synonyms: snoop, sleuth, sight

Clue #26: 46. Introductory books

7-letter answer Answer: PRIMERS

Word Help: Synonyms: fusee, priming, flat_coat

Clue #27: 48. ___ plancha (cooking style)

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #28: 49. Give over to another's care

7-letter answer Answer: CONSIGN

Word Help: Synonyms: charge, consign

Clue #29: 51. High fortress

7-letter answer Answer: CITADEL

Word Help: Synonyms: citadel, bastion

Clue #30: 53. Retailer's promo

7-letter answer Answer: STOREAD

Clue #31: 54. Kind of address

7-letter answer Answer: KEYNOTE

Word Help: Synonyms: tonic, keynote

Clue #32: 55. Like testimony at trial

5-letter answer Answer: SWORN

Word Help: Synonyms: curse, aver, affirm
Antonyms: mistrust, unsworn

Clue #33: 56. Winners of 13 Stanley Cups, familiarly

5-letter answer Answer: LEAFS

Word Help: Synonyms: foliage, flick, flip

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Siobhan Roy of "Succession," e.g.

7-letter answer Answer: HEIRESS

Word Help: Synonyms: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix

Clue #2: 2. "Not to mention ..."

7-letter answer Answer: ANDALSO

Clue #3: 3. Put away for good

3-letter answer Answer: ICE

Word Help: Synonyms: crank, Methedrine, water_ice

Clue #4: 4. Challenge for a speech pathologist

4-letter answer Answer: LISP

Word Help: Synonyms: lisp, list-processing_language, LISP

Clue #5: 5. Show appreciation at a ramen bar, contrary to Western etiquette

5-letter answer Answer: SLURP

Word Help: Synonyms: slurp

Clue #6: 6. Defense mechanisms?

5-letter answer Answer: ORALS

Word Help: Synonyms: oral_examination, oral, viva_voce

Clue #7: 7. Have it ___

4-letter answer Answer: MADE

Word Help: Synonyms: spend_a_penny, micturate, prepare
Antonyms: unmade, unmake

Clue #8: 8. One might be hazy, for short

3-letter answer Answer: IPA

Clue #9: 9. Catches some waves, say

7-letter answer Answer: TUNESIN

Clue #10: 10. Dazzling air show displays

7-letter answer Answer: SPIRALS

Word Help: Synonyms: spiral, helix, volute

Clue #11: 11. Get personal, say

5-letter answer Answer: PROBE

Word Help: Synonyms: poke_into, examine, dig_into

Clue #12: 12. Say how you really feel

13-letter answer Answer: SPEAKONESMIND

Clue #13: 13. "Surely that can't be possible?!"

13-letter answer Answer: WHATINTHEHECK

Clue #14: 14. Engages in some repartee

5-letter answer Answer: SPARS

Word Help: Synonyms: sparring, spar

Clue #15: 19. N.F.L. practice squad

9-letter answer Answer: SCOUTTEAM

Clue #16: 22. Acted as a segue for

7-letter answer Answer: LEDINTO

Clue #17: 24. Dog's show of excitement

7-letter answer Answer: TAILWAG

Clue #18: 26. Brand of cutting-edge equipment

5-letter answer Answer: XACTO

Clue #19: 28. Breeze (through)

5-letter answer Answer: WALTZ

Word Help: Synonyms: valse, waltz_around, walk-in

Clue #20: 30. Awesome, informally

3-letter answer Answer: FAB

Word Help: Synonyms: fab, fabulous

Clue #21: 31. Green ___

3-letter answer Answer: TEA

Word Help: Synonyms: teatime, Camellia_sinensis, tea_leaf

Clue #22: 33. Ones unlikely to rule in your favor

7-letter answer Answer: DESPOTS

Word Help: Synonyms: tyrant, autocrat, despot

Clue #23: 34. Just this second

7-letter answer Answer: ONLYNOW

Clue #24: 35. Countless

7-letter answer Answer: ALOADOF

Clue #25: 36. "Why, I'd love to!"

7-letter answer Answer: YESLETS

Clue #26: 37. Pears originally from Europe

5-letter answer Answer: BOSCS

Word Help: Synonyms: bosc

Clue #27: 40. Fracking target

5-letter answer Answer: SHALE

Word Help: Synonyms: shale

Clue #28: 42. Instrument heard in the iconic intro to the Who's "Baba O'Riley"

5-letter answer Answer: ORGAN

Word Help: Synonyms: reed_organ, electronic_organ, organ

Clue #29: 43. "The Tempest" spirit

5-letter answer Answer: ARIEL

Clue #30: 46. Walk on water?

4-letter answer Answer: PIER

Word Help: Synonyms: wharfage, wharf, dock

Clue #31: 47. What might make one less likely to flip one's lid?

4-letter answer Answer: STYE

Word Help: Synonyms: eye_infection, sty, hordeolum

Clue #32: 50. Cheap ticket specification

3-letter answer Answer: SRO

Clue #33: 52. Get ___ (score highly)

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: ana, Ana

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 67 (31 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle January 09, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Lawn game played with a ball known as a pallino	5
2A	6. Thin snack	5
3A	11. Formal words of commitment	6
4A	13. Omitted, as a syllable	6
5A	15. Toyed (with)	7
6A	17. Neighborhood in lower Manhattan	6
7A	18. Exhibited heliotropism, as a flower	14
8A	20. Plus-or-minus one?	3
9A	21. Joe's co-host on "Morning Joe"	4
10A	22. Part of a Tolkien army	3
11A	23. Big fuss	3
12A	25. What gives a gin fizz its fizz	4
13A	26. Novelist Brontë	4
14A	27. Prepared for an oral exam?	6
15A	30. Construction beam	4
16A	32. Abolitionist who wrote "Twelve Years a Slave"	14
17A	37. Fantasy sports scoring standard, informally	4
18A	38. Bygone phrase for "gone by"	6
19A	39. "Enough! I get it!"	4
20A	42. Overly proper	4
21A	44. Cambridge or Oxford, to a Londoner	3
22A	45. Big initials in theaters	3
23A	46. Dip that might be made in a molcajete, informally	4
24A	47. Poor review	3
25A	49. Went uneaten, as some groceries	14
26A	54. Classic Asimov collection	6
27A	55. Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme	7
28A	56. Florida's "Sunshine City," for short	6
29A	57. Futile	6
30A	58. Philly basketball player	5
31A	59. Leafs (through)	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. Lawn game played with a ball known as a pallino"

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 italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
• Words that mean the same thing: boccie, bocci
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOCCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Thin snack"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Formal words of commitment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISHALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Omitted, as a syllable"

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 leave or strike out
• Words that mean the same thing: elide
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Toyed (with)"

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 talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
• Words that mean the same thing: dally, flirt, butterfly
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLIRTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Neighborhood in lower Manhattan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOLITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Exhibited heliotropism, as a flower"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: FOLLOWEDTHESUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Plus-or-minus one?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Joe's co-host on "Morning Joe""

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: MIKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Part of a Tolkien army"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Big fuss"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: flurry, bustle, stir
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. What gives a gin fizz its fizz"

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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
• Words that mean the same thing: soda pop, sodium carbonate, soda ash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Novelist Brontë"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Prepared for an oral exam?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAIDAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Construction beam"

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: IBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Abolitionist who wrote "Twelve Years a Slave""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: SOLOMONNORTHUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Fantasy sports scoring standard, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Bygone phrase for "gone by""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OFYORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. "Enough! I get it!""

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: OKOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Overly proper"

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 assume a prim appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: prudish, priggish, prissy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Cambridge or Oxford, to a Londoner"

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: UNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Big initials in theaters"

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: AMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Dip that might be made in a molcajete, informally"

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: GUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Poor review"

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 cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: pan out, genus Pan, cooking pan
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Went uneaten, as some groceries"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: SATINTHEFRIDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Classic Asimov collection"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IROBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme"

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 third day of the week; the second working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Tues
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUESDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Florida's "Sunshine City," for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STPETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Futile"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOHOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Philly basketball player"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
• Words that mean the same thing: six, 6, sise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Leafs (through)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
• Words that mean the same thing: paginate, page, Thomas Nelson Page
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

January 09, 2024 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Bully in "Back to the Future"	4
2D	2. Home for the artist Edvard Munch	4
3D	3. Spicy ramen condiment	8
4D	4. Monte ___	5
5D	5. John who sang "Bennie and the Jets"	5
6D	6. Exploded	10
7D	7. Lei man's term?	5
8D	8. Rank's counterpart, on a chessboard	4
9D	9. New Jersey city named for its most famous former resident	6
10D	10. Come back	6
11D	12. ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly)	3
12D	14. Ballet or ballroom, e.g.	5
13D	16. First phase of a home reno	4
14D	19. Finished off	5
15D	23. Word after kick or bad	3
16D	24. "The Way," in Chinese Pinyin	3
17D	25. Track-and-field athlete with a strong arm	10
18D	26. Pretentiously avant-garde	4
19D	28. Dweeb	4
20D	29. Te ___ ("I love you," in Spanish)	3
21D	31. Yap from a lap?	3
22D	33. Jazz singer Jones	5
23D	34. Elvis hit that was the B-side of "Don't Be Cruel"	8
24D	35. Caterer's container	3
25D	36. Smallest Canadian province, for short	3
26D	39. Stop in a desert	5
27D	40. Once-popular big box stores	6
28D	41. Ocean creatures with nearly triple the neural wiring of humans	6
29D	43. Rapper whose name sounds like a beverage	4
30D	46. Thousand-dollar bill, slangily	5
31D	47. Before surgery, informally	5
32D	48. Writer/podcaster Harris	5
33D	50. Mountain goat	4
34D	51. A good time	3
35D	52. Be wide-open	4
36D	53. Parts of the "Mona Lisa" that seem to follow you around	4

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. Bully in "Back to the Future""

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 (boxing) a blow with the fist
• Words that mean the same thing: lick, poke, pommel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Home for the artist Edvard Munch"

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 capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Norway, Christiania
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Spicy ramen condiment"

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: CHILIOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Monte ___"

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: CARLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. John who sang "Bennie and the Jets""

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: ELTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Exploded"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: WENTKABOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lei man's term?"

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 an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: ciao
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Rank's counterpart, on a chessboard"

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 set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
• Words that mean the same thing: register, single file, lodge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. New Jersey city named for its most famous former resident"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the kinetoscope (1847-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Come back"

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 document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
• Words that mean the same thing: rejoin, reappearance, rejoinder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "12. ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly)"

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: LEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Ballet or ballroom, e.g."

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 artistic form of nonverbal communication
• Words that mean the same thing: dancing, saltation, trip the light fantastic toe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. First phase of a home reno"

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 visual presentation showing how something works
• Words that mean the same thing: exhibit, demonstrate, present
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Finished off"

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: DIDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Word after kick or bad"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: rump, fuck, tail end
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. "The Way," in Chinese Pinyin"

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: DAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Track-and-field athlete with a strong arm"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHOTPUTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Pretentiously avant-garde"

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

  The answer is: ARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Dweeb"

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 dull stupid fatuous person
• Words that mean the same thing: jerk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Te ___ ("I love you," in Spanish)"

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: AMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Yap from a lap?"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Jazz singer Jones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NORAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Elvis hit that was the B-side of "Don't Be Cruel""

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: HOUNDDOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Caterer's container"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: URN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Smallest Canadian province, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states architect (born in china in 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ieoh Ming Pei, I. M. Pei
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: PEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Stop in a desert"

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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: haven
• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: OASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Once-popular big box stores"

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

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• The word looks like this: ______
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  The answer is: KMARTS

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Clue 28 Down: "41. Ocean creatures with nearly triple the neural wiring of humans"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tentacles of octopus prepared as food
• Words that mean the same thing: octopus, devilfish
• The word looks like this: ______
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  The answer is: OCTOPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Rapper whose name sounds like a beverage"

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

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• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: ICET

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Clue 30 Down: "46. Thousand-dollar bill, slangily"

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: GNOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Before surgery, informally"

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: PREOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Writer/podcaster Harris"

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: AISHA

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Clue 33 Down: "50. Mountain goat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that wild goat of mountain areas of eurasia and northern africa having large recurved horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capra ibex
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: IBEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. A good time"

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 activities that are enjoyable or amusing
• Words that mean the same thing: playfulness, sport, merriment
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: FUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Be wide-open"

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 expression of openmouthed astonishment
• Words that mean the same thing: yawn, goggle, gawp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: GAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Parts of the "Mona Lisa" that seem to follow you around"

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 opinion or judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: middle, optic, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	42	62.7%
Short Answer	13	19.4%
Geography	4	6.0%
Sports	3	4.5%
Literature	2	3.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	67
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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 10:22 AM