27433 Fri Dec 20, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clue and Answer

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 20, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Abbr. in a scholarly paper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETAL

  
  
  




• The clue is 5. Places with scrubs and masks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAS

  Possible Answer : health_club, watering_hole, spa, health_spa, resort_hotel, watering_place




• The clue is 9. Acquire, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCORE

  Possible Answer : score, account, musical_score, grudge, hit, make, tally, scotch, seduce, mark, sexual_conquest, nock, rack_up, grievance, grade




• The clue is 14. Common motifs in high art?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARIJUANALEAVES
  
  

  

  MARIJUANALEAVES

  
  



• The clue is 17. Major success stories in the entrepreneurial world. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNICORNSTARTUPS

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• The clue is 18. Goddess often depicted clothed in green. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAIA

  Possible Answer : Gaea, Ge, Gaia




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

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

  The answer: WIN

  Possible Answer : pull_ahead, bring_home_the_bacon, deliver_the_goods, come_through, gain, profits, make_headway, winnings, gain_ground, succeed, win, advance, acquire, get_ahead

  Possible Opposite Answer : losings, fall_back, lose, fail




• The clue is 20. Barn greeting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOO

  Possible Answer : low, moo




• The clue is 21. #1 overall, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOPSEEDED




• The clue is 26. One of three in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

  Possible Answer : enactment, number, do, pretend, bit, play, routine, act_as, act, human_activity, turn, move, dissemble, represent, work, human_action, behave, roleplay, deed, playact

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain




• The clue is 29. 2023 film in which Michael Jordan is only shown from behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIR

  Possible Answer : publicize, line, aura, air, publicise, send, melody, transmit, bare, zephyr, tune, ventilate, vent, beam, air_travel, gentle_wind, atmosphere, aviation, air_out, melodic_line, aerate, strain, airwave, broadcast, breeze, melodic_phrase




• The clue is 30. Check mark alternatives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XES

  Possible Answer : go, tenner, XTC, x, ex, disco_biscuit, ten, X, decade, xenon, Adam, atomic_number_54, Xe, cristal, 10, hug_drug, ecstasy




• The clue is 32. Symbol of America's first transcontinental railroad. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: THEGOLDENSPIKE




• The clue is 38. Veins, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINERALDEPOSITS




• The clue is 40. Harsh sentences?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: TONGUETWISTERS




• The clue is 41. Mens ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REA




• The clue is 42. Pablo Neruda wrote one to a large tuna in the market. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODE

  Possible Answer : ode




• The clue is 43. Where to watch the cubs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEN

  Possible Answer : hideaway, hideout, den, lair




• The clue is 44. Young and inexperienced, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOTNOSED




• The clue is 49. Egg ___ yung. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOO




• The clue is 52. Subject of 199 silkscreen paintings by Warhol. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAO

  Possible Answer : MAO, Mao_Zedong, Mao_Tsetung, monoamine_oxidase, Mao




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

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

  The answer: LOBS

  Possible Answer : lob




• The clue is 56. "Sorry, those secrets are *beyond* classified". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDHAVETOKILLYOU




• The clue is 62. Refuse to sign one's work, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REMAINANONYMOUS




• The clue is 63. Like the ruins in Tulum. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAYAN

  Possible Answer : Mayan_language, Mayan, Maya




• The clue is 64. It comes straight from the horse's mouth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REIN

  Possible Answer : draw_rein, harness, rule, rein_in, rein




• The clue is 65. Willing partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABLE

  Possible Answer : able, able-bodied, capable

  Possible Opposite Answer : unable

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Rhea's relative. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: electromagnetic_unit, emu, Emu_novaehollandiae, Dromaius_novaehollandiae

• The clue is 2. Sharpness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANG

  Possible Answer: piquancy, relish, Tang_dynasty, Fucus_vesiculosus, tang, sea_tang, sapidity, savor, serrated_wrack, flavour, Tang, bladder_fucus, zest, sea_tangle, flavor, Fucus_serratus, savour, black_rockweed, piquantness, nip, tanginess, smack, bladderwrack, piquance

• The clue is 3. Performance that might elicit a "Brava!". 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 4. Allowed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LICIT

  Possible Answer: licit, legitimate, lawful

  Possible Opposite Answer : illicit

• The clue is 5. Lead-in to pass. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUR

  Possible Answer: Sur, Tyre

• The clue is 6. Certain film shot, or film reaction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAN

  Possible Answer: pan, cooking_pan, Pan, pan_off, goat_god, genus_Pan, trash, tear_apart, pan_out

• The clue is 7. Had carte blanche. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANSWEREDTONOONE

• The clue is 8. French composer who influenced Ravel and Debussy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATIE

  Possible Answer: Erik_Alfred_Leslie_Satie, Erik_Satie, Satie

• The clue is 9. Spanish 101 verb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SER

• The clue is 10. Garfield, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAT

  Possible Answer: barf, regorge, computed_tomography, guy, honk, computerized_axial_tomography, vomit, khat, computed_axial_tomography, qat, throw_up, disgorge, be_sick, purge, true_cat, cat-o'-nine-tails, puke, upchuck, CT, regurgitate, kat, retch, hombre, chuck, Arabian_tea, Caterpillar, spue, sick, vomit_up, cat, spew, bozo, computerized_tomography, CAT, African_tea, quat, cast, big_cat

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 11. Largest cell in the human body. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVUM

  Possible Answer: ovum, egg_cell

• The clue is 12. Certain seizure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPO

• The clue is 13. Aptly named descendant of Standard Oil. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSO

• The clue is 15. John, in Portuguese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JOAO

• The clue is 16. Sighting from the crow's nest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAND

  Possible Answer: earth, realm, put_down, landed_estate, farming, Edwin_Herbert_Land, soil, kingdom, solid_ground, Land, set_down, terra_firma, down, nation, Din_Land, commonwealth, set_ashore, bring_down, dry_land, body_politic, estate, ground, domain, country, state, demesne, land, acres, res_publica, bring, shoot_down, shore

• The clue is 22. Micronesian nation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALAU

  Possible Answer: Palau_Islands, Belau, Pelew, Republic_of_Palau, Palau, TT

• The clue is 23. Move like a crab. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIDLE

  Possible Answer: sidle, sashay

• The clue is 24. M.L.B. team that once drafted Tom Brady. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXPOS

  Possible Answer: exposition, expo, exhibition

• The clue is 25. Many a founding father, religiously. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEIST

  Possible Answer: deist, deistic, freethinker

• The clue is 26. Place to take notes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATM

  Possible Answer: ATM, cash_machine, standard_pressure, automatic_teller_machine, automated_teller_machine, asynchronous_transfer_mode, cash_dispenser, automatic_teller, automated_teller, atm, atmosphere, standard_atmosphere

  
  

• The clue is 27. I.O.U.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIT

  Possible Answer: check, tab, chit

• The clue is 28. Lin-Manuel Miranda, vocally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENOR

  Possible Answer: tenor, strain, tenor_voice

• The clue is 31. Came down after getting lifted up?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIED

  Possible Answer: ski

• The clue is 33. Pool contents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENES

  Possible Answer: cistron, gene, factor

• The clue is 34. Lymph node, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORGAN

  Possible Answer: electronic_organ, organ, electric_organ, reed_organ, harmonium, Hammond_organ, pipe_organ

• The clue is 35. Hairstyle change. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWDO

• The clue is 36. Masters of disguise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPIES

  Possible Answer: stag, sight, undercover_agent, descry, sleuth, spot, snoop, espy, spy

• The clue is 37. French 101 verb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETRE

• The clue is 39. Fig. that's often redacted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSN

• The clue is 45. The sun emerging from the clouds at exactly the right time, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer: auspicate, prognostication, augur, prognostic, predict, Oman, betoken, foretell, portent, Sultanate_of_Oman, forecast, prefigure, Muscat_and_Oman, omen, prognosticate, prodigy, foreshadow, portend, presage, bode

• The clue is 46. Member of the Golden Horde. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATAR

  Possible Answer: Tartar, Mongol_Tatar, Tatar

• The clue is 47. 2024 M.L.B. All-Star ___ De La Cruz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLY

• The clue is 48. Dish whose name is Turkish for "stuffed". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOLMA

• The clue is 49. Like some handshakes and mattresses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIRM

  Possible Answer: firm, steadfastly, unfaltering, tauten, truehearted, unbendable, business_firm, immobile, fast, stiff, firmly, steady, solid, unwaveringly, house, steadfast, strong, unwavering, unshakable, loyal, unfluctuating

  

  49. Like some handshakes and mattresses

  
  

• The clue is 50. Ancient music halls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODEA

• The clue is 51. "Jeepers!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHMY

• The clue is 54. Letters on an invite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BYOB

• The clue is 55. "'Hope' is the thing with feathers / That perches in the ___": Emily Dickinson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOUL

  Possible Answer: someone, soulfulness, somebody, soul, individual, person, mortal, psyche

• The clue is 57. Org. with towers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AAA

  Possible Answer: abdominal_aortic_aneurysm, AAA

• The clue is 58. Chablis, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIN

• The clue is 59. Splash of orange in a Japanese pond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOI

• The clue is 60. Stay there!. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INN

  Possible Answer: hostel, lodge, auberge, inn, hostelry

• The clue is 61. Milk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USE

  Possible Answer: habituate, use_of_goods_and_services, role, manipulation, consumption, utilization, purpose, use, enjoyment, expend, usage, habit, practice, utilisation, utilise, economic_consumption, employ, employment, function, exercise, apply, utilize, usance

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27403 Mon Nov 18, 2024 NYT by Rajeswari Rajamani

Across Clues :

1. Take a chill pill, 6. Welsh dog breed, 11. "Yuck!", 14. Self-evident truth, 15. Spheres of study, 16. July-August zodiac sign, 17. Personal bidding, in an idiom, 19. Part of a train … or an alternative to one, 20. ___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, 21. Museum info displayer, 23. Wee, informally, 24. ___ Moines, Iowa, 27. Take ___ (catch some Z's), 28. Who went "up the hill" in a nursery rhyme, 32. Glass fragment, 36. Suspend, 37. Great Plains tribe, 38. Speaking and pointing at objects, in a game of charades, 39. Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame, 40. High-fives, basically, 41. Actor Guinness, 42. Ooze, 43. Spanish babies, 44. Two-player offensive sequence in basketball, 47. Instructional talk at an expo, informally, 48. Facility at many a luxury resort, 49. Doughnut shapes, mathematically speaking, 53. Steamy literary genre, 56. Maneuvered (through), as traffic, 58. Bit of cricket gear, 59. Like a hard-to-believe story, 62. Broadway, for one: Abbr, 63. Corrected with Ctrl+Z, 64. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom), 65. "Certainly!", 66. Religious factions, 67. Adheres to, as a deadline

Down Clues :

1. Synagogue leader, 2. Put forth, as effort, 3. Permitted by law, 4. Perfectly fine, 5. Marvel Comics mutant, 6. Real scoundrel, 7. Soldier of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings", 8. "You ___ what you sow", 9. Like a brave knight, 10. One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan, 11. Iconic landmark in Yosemite Valley, 12. Partner of tear, 13. Boggle find, 18. Zippo, 22. Persuade with flattery, 25. Was bouncing off the walls?, 26. Performers of kickflips and boardslides, 28. Law school grads, in brief, 29. Subgenre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey, 30. Leisurely run, 31. "Sometimes ___ is more", 32. Finger-clicking sound, 33. Hindu festival of colors, 34. Amusing stories from a public speaker, 35. What goes up after a countdown?, 40. Weekend comedy show, for short, 42. Flavored ice treat, 45. ___ curiae (friend of the court), 46. On which croquet and cornhole are played, 49. On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are played, 50. Tiny egg, 51. Like the Olympic cauldron every four years, 52. Keeps the engine running, say, 53. Site where NWT = "New With Tags" and GU = "Gently Used", 54. Five-star review, 55. Rock band with an electric name, 57. Wax-coated cheese, 60. D.I.Y. purchase, 61. Distractions on many free apps

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 18, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

New York Times, Monday, November 18, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Take a chill pill. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELAX

  Possible Answer : loose, unbend, unwind, slow_down, loosen, unlax, slack, slacken, unstrain, slack_up, make_relaxed, loosen_up, decompress, relax

  Possible Opposite Answer : tense, stiffen, strain




• The clue is 6. Welsh dog breed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORGI

  Possible Answer : corgi, Welsh_corgi




• The clue is 11. "Yuck!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EWW




• The clue is 14. Self-evident truth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXIOM

  Possible Answer : maxim, axiom




• The clue is 15. Spheres of study. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREAS

  Possible Answer : field, arena, country, expanse, area, orbit, surface_area, region, domain, sphere




• The clue is 16. July-August zodiac sign. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion




• The clue is 17. Personal bidding, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BECKANDCALL




• The clue is 19. Part of a train … or an alternative to one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAR

  Possible Answer : auto, automobile, motorcar, railcar, railway_car, gondola, cable_car, railroad_car, elevator_car, car, machine




• The clue is 20. ___ Scurry, first Black woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRIANA




• The clue is 21. Museum info displayer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLACARD

  Possible Answer : bill, poster, posting, notice, card, placard




• The clue is 23. Wee, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITTY




• The clue is 24. ___ Moines, Iowa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DES

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




• The clue is 27. Take ___ (catch some Z's). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANAP




• The clue is 28. Who went "up the hill" in a nursery rhyme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JACKANDJILL




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

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

  The answer: SHARD

  Possible Answer : fragment, shard, sherd




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

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

  The answer: HALT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




• The clue is 37. Great Plains tribe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOE

  Possible Answer : Oto, Otoe




• The clue is 38. Speaking and pointing at objects, in a game of charades. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONOS




• The clue is 39. Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTT




• The clue is 40. High-fives, basically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLAPS

  Possible Answer : slap, smack, smacking




• The clue is 41. Actor Guinness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALEC




• The clue is 42. Ooze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEP

  Possible Answer : ooze, seep




• The clue is 43. Spanish babies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NENES




• The clue is 44. Two-player offensive sequence in basketball. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PICKANDROLL




• The clue is 47. Instructional talk at an expo, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMO

  Possible Answer : demonstration, demonstrate, present, show, exhibit, demo




• The clue is 48. Facility at many a luxury resort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPA

  Possible Answer : spa, watering_hole, health_club, watering_place, resort_hotel, health_spa




• The clue is 49. Doughnut shapes, mathematically speaking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TORI

  Possible Answer : torus, tore, toroid




• The clue is 53. Steamy literary genre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EROTICA

  Possible Answer : pornography, porno, erotica, smut, porn




• The clue is 56. Maneuvered (through), as traffic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEAVED

  Possible Answer : wind, weave, waver, tissue, wander, interweave, thread, meander

  Possible Opposite Answer : unweave




• The clue is 58. Bit of cricket gear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAT

  Possible Answer : at-bat, bat, clobber, chiropteran, flutter, cream, drub, lick, thrash, squash_racket, cricket_bat, squash_racquet




• The clue is 59. Like a hard-to-believe story. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COCKANDBULL




• The clue is 62. Broadway, for one: Abbr. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVE




• The clue is 63. Corrected with Ctrl+Z. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNDID

  Possible Answer : loosen, unmake, unwrap, untie, undo

  Possible Opposite Answer : wrap, make




• The clue is 64. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLIE




• The clue is 65. "Certainly!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer : yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no




• The clue is 66. Religious factions. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECTS

  Possible Answer : religious_sect, sect, religious_order, faction




• The clue is 67. Adheres to, as a deadline. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEETS

  Possible Answer : satisfy, encounter, assemble, match, run_across, fulfil, meet, get_together, conform_to, gather, fit, touch, fulfill, play, contact, forgather, suffer, see, come_across, take_on, run_into, receive, cope_with, sports_meeting, foregather, fill, converge, adjoin

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Synagogue leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RABBI

  Possible Answer: rabbi, Rabbi

• The clue is 2. Put forth, as effort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXERT

  Possible Answer: maintain, wield, exercise, exert

• The clue is 3. Permitted by law. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LICIT

  Possible Answer: lawful, legitimate, licit

  Possible Opposite Answer : illicit

• The clue is 4. Perfectly fine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AOKAY

• The clue is 5. Marvel Comics mutant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMAN

• The clue is 6. Real scoundrel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAD

  Possible Answer: heel, bounder, cad, blackguard, computer-aided_design, CAD, hound, dog

• The clue is 7. Soldier of Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORC

• The clue is 8. "You ___ what you sow". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REAP

  Possible Answer: glean, reap, draw, harvest

• The clue is 9. Like a brave knight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GALLANT

  Possible Answer: dandy, fop, knightly, lofty, swell, majestic, proud, gallant, sheik, beau, chivalrous, clotheshorse, dude, fashion_plate, squire, dashing

• The clue is 10. One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISLAND

  Possible Answer: island

• The clue is 11. Iconic landmark in Yosemite Valley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELCAPITAN

• The clue is 12. Partner of tear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEAR

  Possible Answer: wear_down, break, endure, outwear, wear_out, assume, don, wearing, fatigue, habiliment, bust, article_of_clothing, fag_out, wear, wearable, wear_off, put_on, weary, clothing, hold_out, tire_out, fag, bear, tire, wear_thin, get_into, wear_upon, have_on, jade, fall_apart, vesture

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh

• The clue is 13. Boggle find. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WORD

  Possible Answer: news, countersign, Bible, word_of_honor, Holy_Writ, Son, Scripture, tidings, give_voice, Book, word, Logos, password, watchword, Word_of_God, Good_Book, formulate, parole, articulate, give-and-take, Holy_Scripture, phrase, Word, discussion, intelligence, Christian_Bible

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

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

  The answer: NADA

  Possible Answer: aught, nix, zero, nil, cipher, cypher, naught, zip, goose_egg, null, zippo, nada, zilch, nothing

• The clue is 22. Persuade with flattery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAJOLE

  Possible Answer: sweet-talk, inveigle, cajole, palaver, wheedle, blarney, coax

• The clue is 25. Was bouncing off the walls?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHOED

  Possible Answer: reverberate, repeat, ring, resound, echo, recall

• The clue is 26. Performers of kickflips and boardslides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATERS

  Possible Answer: skater

• The clue is 28. Law school grads, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JDS

• The clue is 29. Subgenre for Lorde and Lana Del Rey. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTPOP

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

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

  The answer: LOPE

  Possible Answer: canter, trot, lope, jog

• The clue is 31. "Sometimes ___ is more". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LESS

  Possible Answer: to_a_lesser_extent, less

  Possible Opposite Answer : more

• The clue is 32. Finger-clicking sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity

• The clue is 33. Hindu festival of colors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLI

• The clue is 34. Amusing stories from a public speaker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANECDOTES

  Possible Answer: anecdote

• The clue is 35. What goes up after a countdown?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROCKET

  Possible Answer: skyrocket, projectile, roquette, rocket, garden_rocket, arugula, rocket_salad, Eruca_vesicaria_sativa, Eruca_sativa, rocket_engine

• The clue is 40. Weekend comedy show, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 42. Flavored ice treat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNOCONE

• The clue is 45. ___ curiae (friend of the court). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMICUS

• The clue is 46. On which croquet and cornhole are played. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWN

  Possible Answer: lawn

• The clue is 49. On which Ping-Pong and air hockey are played. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TABLE

  Possible Answer: shelve, prorogue, table, tabular_array, hold_over, tabularise, put_over, put_off, set_back, mesa, remit, tabularize, postpone, tabulate, defer, board

• The clue is 50. Tiny egg. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVULE

  Possible Answer: ovule

• The clue is 51. Like the Olympic cauldron every four years. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELIT

• The clue is 52. Keeps the engine running, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLES

  Possible Answer: stagnate, laze, tick_over, idle, slug

  Possible Opposite Answer : work, run

• The clue is 53. Site where NWT = "New With Tags" and GU = "Gently Used". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBAY

• The clue is 54. Five-star review. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAVE

  Possible Answer: rabbit_on, gush, mouth_off, rant, spout, rave, jabber

• The clue is 55. Rock band with an electric name. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACDC

• The clue is 57. Wax-coated cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDAM

  Possible Answer: Edam

• The clue is 60. D.I.Y. purchase. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KIT

  Possible Answer: outfit, kit, kit_up, kit_out

• The clue is 61. Distractions on many free apps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advert, advertising, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing, ad

December 27, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

December 27, 2023 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Travel requirement, at times	4
2A	5. Where the 10 countries with the lowest median age are all located	6
3A	11. Sounds of surprise	3
4A	14. Book before Romans	4
5A	15. "King James"	6
6A	16. Word before nail or after steel	3
7A	17. Cluster, as of grass	4
8A	18. Product of volcanic activity	6
9A	19. Certain grueling race, informally	3
10A	20. Factory ___	5
11A	22. Moccasins, but not oxfords	7
12A	24. Voice of doom	8
13A	27. It's a me problem	6
14A	28. End up OK	6
15A	29. Boring bit	5
16A	31. Not forbidden	5
17A	32. "A Doll's House" playwright	5
18A	33. Quattro preceder	3
19A	36. "Joking!"	4
20A	37. Secret traders	5
21A	38. Father on "Modern Family"	4
22A	39. Prof's helpers	3
23A	40. Mary, Queen of ___	5
24A	41. Roman fountain name	5
25A	42. Digital money	5
26A	43. Van Gogh masterpiece	6
27A	44. One dying for a cause	6
28A	47. Leave a mark on?	8
29A	49. Put up	7
30A	51. Japanese exporter of diesel engines	5
31A	52. Coastal inlet	3
32A	53. "___ Fideles"	6
33A	55. Letters that go in both blanks of ___ ___tofferson	4
34A	58. Jug unit: Abbr.	3
35A	59. Comfy shoe	6
36A	60. Bank note made of pure cotton fiber	4
37A	61. Bow-making timber	3
38A	62. "Enthusiasm is the mother of ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson	6
39A	63. One may ask for a dinner preference	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. Travel requirement, at times"

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 endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing 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: VISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Where the 10 countries with the lowest median age are all located"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the second largest continent; located to the south of europe and bordered to the west by the south atlantic and to the east by the indian ocean
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFRICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Sounds of surprise"

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 in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: Ohio, Buckeye State, OH
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Book before Romans"

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 a new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
• Words that mean the same thing: deed, roleplay, number
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "King James""

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: LEBRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Word before nail or after steel"

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 one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Cluster, as of grass"

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 bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
• Words that mean the same thing: tussock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Product of volcanic activity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Certain grueling race, informally"

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: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Factory ___"

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

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 11 Across: "22. Moccasins, but not oxfords"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLIPONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Voice of doom"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who alarms others needlessly
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALARMIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. It's a me problem"

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 (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
• Words that mean the same thing: self-centeredness, egocentrism, self-concern
• The opposite would be: altruism
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. End up OK"

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: PANOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Boring bit"

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 long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
• Words that mean the same thing: gimlet, wimble, plumber's snake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Not forbidden"

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 sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality
• Words that mean the same thing: lawful, legitimate
• The opposite would be: illicit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. "A Doll's House" playwright"

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 realistic norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henrik Johan Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Quattro preceder"

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: TRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. "Joking!""

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: IKID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Secret traders"

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 (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Words that mean the same thing: undercover agent, snoop, sleuth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Father on "Modern Family""

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: PHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Prof's helpers"

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 hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 73, tantalum, Ta
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Mary, Queen of ___"

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 dialect of english used in scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scot, Scottish, Scots English
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Roman fountain name"

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: TREVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Digital money"

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: ECASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Van Gogh masterpiece"

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

  The answer is: IRISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. One dying for a cause"

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 one who suffers for the sake of principle
• Words that mean the same thing: martyrise, martyrize, sufferer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARTYR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Leave a mark on?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
• Words that mean the same thing: comment, gloss, footnote
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNOTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Put up"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: rear, set up, erect
• The opposite would be: level
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "51. Japanese exporter of diesel engines"

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: ISUZU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "52. Coastal inlet"

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: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "53. "___ Fideles""

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: ADESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Letters that go in both blanks of ___ ___tofferson"

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 malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• Words that mean the same thing: creese, crease
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Jug unit: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• Words that mean the same thing: gallon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Comfy shoe"

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 person who does no work
• Words that mean the same thing: layabout, bum, idler
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "60. Bank note made of pure cotton fiber"

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 basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "61. Bow-making timber"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "62. "Enthusiasm is the mother of ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: attempt, sweat, drive
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EFFORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "63. One may ask for a dinner preference"

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: RSVP

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword December 27, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Acid container, maybe	3
2D	2. Hosp. area	3
3D	3. Friar known for his patronage of animals	9
4D	4. What had a major impact on this puzzle's theme?	8
5D	5. Notwithstanding	6
6D	6. Guinness records, typically	5
7D	7. Some handoff recipients in football, for short	3
8D	8. Some investments, in brief	4
9D	9. Boston, Amherst and others	8
10D	10. Immune response trigger	7
11D	11. "Great" 10th-century emperor	5
12D	12. Features of many ceratopsians	5
13D	13. Something possibly triggered during a mass extinction event	5
14D	21. Blue material	4
15D	23. "___ favor"	3
16D	24. Accelerated H.S. English course	5
17D	25. First dog on an orbital spaceflight	5
18D	26. Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One"	7
19D	30. Applications	4
20D	32. Some W.S.J. topics	4
21D	33. Writer's reference … or what each row of shaded letters is missing?	9
22D	34. It helps keep a tight ship tight	5
23D	35. Beethoven's "Für ___"	5
24D	37. Spooked by	8
25D	38. Annual architecture award	8
26D	40. Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder	7
27D	41. Pants, but half off?	4
28D	42. List follower	3
29D	43. Newspaper supplement	6
30D	44. Come together	5
31D	45. Common typeface	5
32D	46. Ruler's dimensions?	5
33D	48. Crystalline mineral deposits in some caves	5
34D	50. Like Beethoven, by his mid-40s	4
35D	54. West Coast airport code	3
36D	56. Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo	3
37D	57. Soak (up)	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. Acid container, maybe"

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 tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
• Words that mean the same thing: value-added tax, ad valorem tax, tub
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Hosp. area"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Friar known for his patronage of animals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STFRANCIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. What had a major impact on this puzzle's theme?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of mars and jupiter)
• Words that mean the same thing: star-shaped
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASTEROID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Notwithstanding"

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: ALBEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Guinness records, typically"

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 notable achievement
• Words that mean the same thing: effort, exploit, feat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Some handoff recipients in football, 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 a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite
• Words that mean the same thing: Rb, rubidium, atomic number 37
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Some investments, in brief"

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

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Boston, Amherst and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the body of faculty and students of a college
• Words that mean the same thing: college
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLLEGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Immune response trigger"

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 any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTIGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Great" 10th-century emperor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTTOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Features of many ceratopsians"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
• Words that mean the same thing: trump, hooter, saddle horn
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Something possibly triggered during a mass extinction event"

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 shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
• Words that mean the same thing: temblor, earthquake, quake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Blue material"

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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Words that mean the same thing: lampblack, crock, smut fungus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. "___ favor""

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: POR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Accelerated H.S. English course"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. First dog on an orbital spaceflight"

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: LAIKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: TABITHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Applications"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: practice, utilize, economic consumption
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Some W.S.J. topics"

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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: initial offering, IPO, initial public offering
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Writer's reference … or what each row of shaded letters is missing?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a book containing a classified list of synonyms
• Words that mean the same thing: synonym finder
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THESAURUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. It helps keep a tight ship tight"

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 ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
• Words that mean the same thing: concentrate, centre, stud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIVET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Beethoven's "Für ___""

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: ELISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Spooked by"

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: SCAREDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Annual architecture award"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PRITZKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SCYTALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Pants, but half off?"

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: TROU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. List follower"

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Newspaper supplement"

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 folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
• Words that mean the same thing: cut-in, enclose, inclose
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Come together"

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 mix together different elements
• Words that mean the same thing: unite, combine, mix
• The opposite would be: disunify
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Common typeface"

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: ARIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Ruler's dimensions?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a domain in which something is dominant
• Words that mean the same thing: land, region, kingdom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Crystalline mineral deposits in some caves"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (kno3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
• Words that mean the same thing: saltpeter, potassium nitrate, saltpetre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NITER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Like Beethoven, by his mid-40s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that people who have severe hearing impairments
• Words that mean the same thing: deafen, indifferent
• The opposite would be: hearing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. West Coast airport code"

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: SFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IRV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Soak (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: souse, drench, soak through
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	65.8%
Short Answer	13	17.1%
History	6	7.9%
Literature	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: August 28, 2025 at 04:47 PM