August 12, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, August 12, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

August 12, 2019 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Sharp's counterpart, in music	4
2A	5. "Livin' la Vida ___"	4
3A	9. Stories with many chapters	5
4A	14. Like rain forest vegetation	4
5A	15. "Ars Amatoria" poet	4
6A	16. Story that lets you off the hook	5
7A	17. Theatrical honor	9
8A	19. Mountaineering spike	5
9A	20. Person to exchange letters with overseas	6
10A	21. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr.	3
11A	23. Jane Austen novel	4
12A	24. "Star Wars" role for Alec Guinness	12
13A	27. Put into operation	7
14A	30. They: Fr.	3
15A	31. Zig or zag	4
16A	32. Lauder with beauty products	5
17A	35. Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short	3
18A	38. Where education is pursued doggedly?	15
19A	42. "Mad ___" (Mel Gibson film)	3
20A	43. "It's a ___ shame"	5
21A	44. Approximately	4
22A	45. "You stink!"	3
23A	46. Sent out, as rays	7
24A	49. Delivery people?	12
25A	54. Foundry detritus	4
26A	55. Environmental prefix	3
27A	56. Inventor's quest	6
28A	60. Chicken raised for cooking	5
29A	62. "Hush, you!"	9
30A	64. Big-time football venue	5
31A	65. Honey-based drink	4
32A	66. Start to deteriorate, as a cord	4
33A	67. Put back to zero, say	5
34A	68. A and Z, in the alphabet	4
35A	69. Chop down	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. Sharp's counterpart, in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a level tract of land
• Words that mean the same thing: flavourless, directly, monotonous
• The opposite would be: indirectly, contrasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "Livin' la Vida ___""

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: LOCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Stories with many chapters"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• Words that mean the same thing: saga
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Like rain forest vegetation"

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 person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
• Words that mean the same thing: alcoholic, profuse, lavish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Ars Amatoria" poet"

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 roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
• Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Story that lets you off the hook"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• Words that mean the same thing: self-justification, exculpation, excuse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Theatrical honor"

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: OBIEAWARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Mountaineering spike"

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 a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Person to exchange letters with overseas"

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: PENPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: carbon monoxide gas, atomic number 27, romaine lettuce
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Jane Austen novel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "Star Wars" role for Alec Guinness"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Put into operation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that put in motion or move to act
• Words that mean the same thing: propel, trigger off, motivate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTUATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. They: Fr."

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 midwestern state in north-central united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Illinois, Prairie State, IL
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Zig or zag"

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 circular segment of a curve
• Words that mean the same thing: spell, routine, grow
• The opposite would be: unbend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Lauder with beauty products"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Little extra attention, as from a repairer, 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 considerate and solicitous care
• Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Where education is pursued doggedly?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: OBEDIENCESCHOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. "Mad ___" (Mel Gibson film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
• Words that mean the same thing: scoop, goop, liquid ecstasy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "It's a ___ shame""

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: CRYIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Approximately"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. "You stink!""

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 cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• Words that mean the same thing: Bronx cheer, bird, hiss
• The opposite would be: applaud
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Sent out, as rays"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: give off, pass off, give out
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMITTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Delivery people?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OBGYNDOCTORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Foundry detritus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
• Words that mean the same thing: dross, scoria
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Environmental prefix"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Inventor's quest"

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 a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
• Words that mean the same thing: letters patent, manifest, plain
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Chicken raised for cooking"

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

  The answer is: CAPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. "Hush, you!""

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: OHBEQUIET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. Big-time football venue"

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 particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: bowl, stadium, scene of action
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Honey-based drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
• Words that mean the same thing: Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Start to deteriorate, as a cord"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noisy fight
• Words that mean the same thing: ruffle, scratch, rub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Put back to zero, say"

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 device for resetting instruments or controls
• Words that mean the same thing: readjust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. A and Z, in the alphabet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: terminate, oddment, cease
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Chop down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: fall, cut down, descend
• The opposite would be: increase, ascend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword August 12, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Theatrical failure	4
2D	2. Auto maintenance job, informally	4
3D	3. X ___ xylophone	4
4D	4. Where stray animals are taken	8
5D	5. Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant	6
6D	6. Sperm targets	3
7D	7. Approximately	5
8D	8. Supplemental item	5
9D	9. Weaken	3
10D	10. "Futurama" figures	6
11D	11. U.S. base in 28-Down, informally	5
12D	12. Detonation of 7/16/45	5
13D	13. Egyptian peninsula	5
14D	18. Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"	4
15D	22. Irving Berlin's "Blue ___"	5
16D	25. Teeny-___	5
17D	26. Certain utility: Abbr.	4
18D	27. Quark's place	4
19D	28. Havana's home	4
20D	29. Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, informally	4
21D	33. Biol., for one	3
22D	34. Guiding principle	5
23D	35. Legal wrong	4
24D	36. Misplace	4
25D	37. Lump of soil	4
26D	39. Stylized "W" for Microsoft Word, e.g.	4
27D	40. Wear away	5
28D	41. Something extremely cool, paradoxically	8
29D	45. Past	6
30D	47. Two-wheelers	6
31D	48. Baghdad's land	4
32D	49. One of five for composer John Williams	5
33D	50. Sound loudly, as a trumpet	5
34D	51. Registers awe	5
35D	52. "___, All Ye Faithful"	5
36D	53. Singer/songwriter Leonard	5
37D	57. Dublin's land	4
38D	58. Actress Patricia of "Hud"	4
39D	59. "Bye for now," in a text	4
40D	61. Singer ___ King Cole	3
41D	63. Deserving to get gonged	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. Theatrical failure"

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 arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: washout, right, floating-point operation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Auto maintenance job, informally"

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 substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
• Words that mean the same thing: lubricating substance, lubricator, lubricant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. X ___ xylophone"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seventh month of the hindu calendar
• Words that mean the same thing: Asvina
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Where stray animals are taken"

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: THEPOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant"

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: LOWLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Sperm targets"

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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
• Words that mean the same thing: egg cell, ovum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Approximately"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CIRCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Supplemental item"

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: ADDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Weaken"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: play out, exhaust, blackjack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Futurama" figures"

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 a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: disaffect, estrange, alienate
• The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. U.S. base in 28-Down, informally"

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: GITMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Detonation of 7/16/45"

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: ABOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Egyptian peninsula"

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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Sinai, Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Desert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening""

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: AABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Irving Berlin's "Blue ___""

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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: sky, toss, pitch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Teeny-___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used informally) very small
• Words that mean the same thing: bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Certain utility: Abbr."

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

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: ELEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Quark's place"

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: particle, speck, mote
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Havana's home"

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 communist state in the caribbean on the island of cuba
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Cuba
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, 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: TREX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Biol., for one"

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: SCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Guiding principle"

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 religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• Words that mean the same thing: dogma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Legal wrong"

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 (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
• Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Misplace"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: mislay, fall back, fall behind
• The opposite would be: gain, profit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Lump of soil"

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 compact mass
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, goon, chunk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Stylized "W" for Microsoft Word, e.g."

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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• Words that mean the same thing: ikon, picture, image
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Wear away"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: gnaw, wear away, eat at
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Something extremely cool, paradoxically"

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: HOTSTUFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Past"

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 past events to be put aside
• Words that mean the same thing: gone, departed, water under the bridge
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYGONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Two-wheelers"

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 a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine
• Words that mean the same thing: moped
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOPEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Baghdad's land"

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 republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
• Words that mean the same thing: Irak, Al-Iraq, Republic of Iraq
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAQ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. One of five for composer John Williams"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
• Words that mean the same thing: Academy Award
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Sound loudly, as a trumpet"

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 loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: blaring, beep, clamor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Registers awe"

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 expression of openmouthed astonishment
• Words that mean the same thing: gap, breach, gawp
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. "___, All Ye Faithful""

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: OCOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Singer/songwriter Leonard"

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: COHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Dublin's land"

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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Actress Patricia of "Hud""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. "Bye for now," in a text"

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: TTYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Singer ___ King Cole"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Deserving to get gonged"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: sorry, tough, defective
• The opposite would be: unregretful, goodness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	71.1%
Short Answer	7	9.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.6%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Music	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 03:12 AM

February 24, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

February 24, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. ___ Jean Covey, protagonist of Jenny Han's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"	4
2A	5. Has a grate voice?	5
3A	10. Perfume named after a pop star	4
4A	14. In time	10
5A	16. [I'm right here, you know]	4
6A	17. Period before sunset with ideal lighting for photography	10
7A	18. Lets go of	4
8A	19. Faint reactions?	6
9A	20. Pink-headed mushroom in Mario games	8
10A	22. The cab's here!	4
11A	24. Unbeatable	7
12A	25. "Be reasonable"	7
13A	28. Fly catcher	4
14A	29. Org. that regulates fertilizers	3
15A	30. Feline hybrids	6
16A	34. Winner of Wimbledon five consecutive times between Ashe and McEnroe	4
17A	36. Historic husband of Claudia Octavia	4
18A	38. Still learning, maybe	5
19A	39. Coast	4
20A	40. Symbol of life	4
21A	41. Love scene?	6
22A	43. Its influences include the Cuban mambo and Jamaican mento	3
23A	44. Cousin of a mariposa lily	4
24A	46. Made a sound with a flute	7
25A	48. Ripostes	7
26A	51. Big brand of coolers	4
27A	52. Cook for Easter, maybe	8
28A	54. Yanks	6
29A	58. "Goodness!"	4
30A	59. What requires a charge to use, in two senses	10
31A	61. Take ___	4
32A	62. What may go to waste? Nope! What waste may go to	10
33A	63. Small tips	4
34A	64. Tony and Grammy winner Mitchell	5
35A	65. Oversupply	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. ___ Jean Covey, protagonist of Jenny Han's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before""

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: LARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Has a grate voice?"

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 uttering in an irritated tone
• Words that mean the same thing: rasp, rasping, wood file
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Perfume named after a pop star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. In time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
• Words that mean the same thing: finally
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENTUALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. [I'm right here, you know]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: hem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Period before sunset with ideal lighting for photography"

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: GOLDENHOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Lets go of"

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 airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: give the sack, stern, hind end
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Faint reactions?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
• Words that mean the same thing: deliquium, pass out, syncope
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Pink-headed mushroom in Mario games"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: TOADETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. The cab's here!"

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 plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east asia
• Words that mean the same thing: celery cabbage, Brassica rapa pekinensis, Chinese cabbage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Unbeatable"

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: THEBEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. "Be reasonable""

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: COMENOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Fly catcher"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: glove, baseball glove, hand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Org. that regulates fertilizers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Feline hybrids"

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 offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
• Words that mean the same thing: tigon, tiglon
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIGONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Winner of Wimbledon five consecutive times between Ashe and McEnroe"

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: BORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Historic husband of Claudia Octavia"

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 roman emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of rome in 64) but the roman empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Still learning, maybe"

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: NEWAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Coast"

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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: navigate, voyage, canvas
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Symbol of life"

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: ANKH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Love scene?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
• Words that mean the same thing: lawn tennis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENNIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Its influences include the Cuban mambo and Jamaican mento"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Cousin of a mariposa lily"

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: SEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Made a sound with a flute"

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 make a high sound typical of glass
• Words that mean the same thing: clink, chink, tink
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLINKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Ripostes"

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 quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• Words that mean the same thing: rejoin, rejoinder, return
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Big brand of coolers"

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 large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
• Words that mean the same thing: abominable snowman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Cook for Easter, maybe"

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: HARDBOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Yanks"

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: TUGSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. "Goodness!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. What requires a charge to use, in two senses"

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: SMARTPHONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Take ___"

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 brief written record
• Words that mean the same thing: annotation, tone, remark
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. What may go to waste? Nope! What waste may go to"

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: COMPOSTBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Small tips"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unity, 1, one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Tony and Grammy winner Mitchell"

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: ANAIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Oversupply"

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 fill to satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: replete, satiate, fill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle February 24, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Staying power	4
2D	2. State	4
3D	3. Big move, for short	4
4D	4. Basketball player's cry while being fouled on the shot	6
5D	5. Takes the lead in a team project	9
6D	6. "So exciting!!!"	3
7D	7. Opening	4
8D	8. Hybrid fruit akin to an aprium	5
9D	9. Dark grape variety	5
10D	10. Marathon markers of sorts	8
11D	11. Disclaimer before an uncomfortable question	10
12D	12. Landlord's concern	10
13D	13. "Couldn't eat another bite"	5
14D	15. 12-Down participant	6
15D	21. Person who's left, for short?	3
16D	23. "That's so kind"	5
17D	25. "Fast X" actor John	4
18D	26. Time of year for hunting	10
19D	27. Price to pay, say	10
20D	31. Cop to	3
21D	32. ___ Lieberman, former W.N.B.A. player and coach known as "Lady Magic"	5
22D	33. Fashion items that may be a bit steep	9
23D	35. Adjective that, when its lone vowel is doubled, becomes an advocacy organization	4
24D	37. Emphatic assent	8
25D	42. Things that might hurt you to the core?	6
26D	45. Marble, e.g.	3
27D	47. Tough work schedule	6
28D	48. Lion : pride :: ___ : crash	5
29D	49. Opera about an opera singer	5
30D	50. Who says?	5
31D	53. Asian honorific	4
32D	55. Noodle sometimes eaten with mentsuyu sauce	4
33D	56. "Two steps ahead of you"	4
34D	57. Sight on a Hawaiian lava flow	4
35D	60. Univ. overlooking the Hudson River	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. Staying power"

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 staying power
• Words that mean the same thing: peg, pegleg, wooden leg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. State"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
• Words that mean the same thing: avouch, verify, affirm
• The opposite would be: disavow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Big move, for short"

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

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: RELO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Basketball player's cry while being fouled on the shot"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ANDONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Takes the lead in a team project"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RUNSPOINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "So exciting!!!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Opening"

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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
• Words that mean the same thing: expansion slot, time slot, one-armed bandit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Hybrid fruit akin to an aprium"

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: PLUOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Dark grape variety"

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: SYRAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Marathon markers of sorts"

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: RACEBIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Disclaimer before an uncomfortable question"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IHATETOASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Landlord's concern"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RENTSTRIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Couldn't eat another bite""

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: IMSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. 12-Down participant"

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 someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
• Words that mean the same thing: renter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Person who's left, for short?"

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

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: DEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "That's so kind""

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: AWGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. "Fast X" actor John"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Time of year for hunting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPENSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Price to pay, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MARKETRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Cop to"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: ain, possess, have
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. ___ Lieberman, former W.N.B.A. player and coach known as "Lady Magic""

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

  The answer is: NANCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Fashion items that may be a bit steep"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small dagger with a tapered blade
• Words that mean the same thing: stiletto
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILETTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Adjective that, when its lone vowel is doubled, becomes an advocacy organization"

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 any of numerous plants of the genus gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and south africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
• Words that mean the same thing: gladiolus, gladiola, sword lily
• The opposite would be: sad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Emphatic assent"

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: OHGODYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Things that might hurt you to the core?"

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: SITUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "45. Marble, e.g."

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, eyeball, orbit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. Tough work schedule"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
• Words that mean the same thing: nighttime, Nox, Night
• The opposite would be: day
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Lion : pride :: ___ : crash"

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 massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
• Words that mean the same thing: rhinoceros
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Opera about an opera singer"

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: TOSCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Who says?"

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 one of the twelve apostles (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Herb Simon, Marvin Neil Simon, Paul Simon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Asian honorific"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Noodle sometimes eaten with mentsuyu sauce"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. "Two steps ahead of you""

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: ONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Sight on a Hawaiian lava flow"

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: NENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Univ. overlooking the Hudson River"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	77.1%
Short Answer	5	7.1%
Sports	4	5.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM