Tue Oct 01, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Stuff in Santa's footprints, 4. Exchanged for cash, in a way, 10. West Coast wine valley, 14. Buffett or Cook, for short, 15. Words after "Because" in a parent's explanation, 16. "Metamorphoses" poet, 17. A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind"), 20. Triumphant shout, 21. Spot for abs or apple seeds, 22. Time spent in a seat, 23. Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things"), 28. Staggering this way and that, 30. Fe, to chemists, 31. 1/16 of a gallon, 32. Napoleon Dynamite's best friend, 33. Asia's disappearing ___ Sea, 34. Creates, as a goal, 35. Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …"), 38. Agile, 41. Good old-fashioned butt-kicking, 42. Corporate emblems, 46. Rage, 47. Place for ham-handed workers?, 48. Window dressing, 49. Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!"), 53. Frankenstein's assistant, 54. Smooth-talking, 55. Life forms, 57. Pseudoscientist investigating the "sightings" in this puzzle, 62. Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", 63. "Sign us up!", 64. Bear hair, 65. Wally ___, "famous" cookie maker, 66. Bare minimums, 67. "I didn't need to hear all that!"

Down Clues :

1. Play a part, or a play part, 2. "Now you listen to me …", 3. Paid homage to, 4. Santa Monica tourist attraction, 5. Silk-producing region of India, 6. Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle, 7. Bill ___, the Science Guy, 8. Compass heading, 9. Pointillism mark, 10. Against the rules, 11. Greed, 12. Pesto ingredient, 13. Many website banners, 18. What the ruthless show, 19. Declaration of determination, 22. Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card, 24. Lecture tour, 25. Company that merged with Heinz in 2015, 26. Caramel-filled candy, 27. Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief, 29. Gehrig in Cooperstown, 33. Garlicky sauce, 34. Saving for later, 36. Born and ___, 37. Like Father Time, 38. [not my mistake], 39. "Get with the ___!", 40. Answer, as an email, 43. Purchase for a white elephant exchange, 44. North America's only marsupial, 45. To be, in Spanish, 47. Money owed, 50. "Yowzers!", 51. Orchestra woodwinds, 52. Ignited again, 56. They're not free of charge, 57. "___-ching!", 58. Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, 59. Last section in a dictionary, 60. " … boy ___ girl?", 61. Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 01, 2024

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

Tuesday  October 01, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Stuff in Santa's footprints. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASH

  Possible Answer : ash, ash_tree




• The clue is 4. Exchanged for cash, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAWNED

  Possible Answer : pawn, hock, soak




• The clue is 10. West Coast wine valley. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAPA

  Possible Answer : Chinese_cabbage, pe-tsai, napa, celery_cabbage, Brassica_rapa_pekinensis




• The clue is 14. Buffett or Cook, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEO

  Possible Answer : CEO, chief_operating_officer, chief_executive_officer




• The clue is 15. Words after "Because" in a parent's explanation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISAYSO




• The clue is 16. "Metamorphoses" poet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVID

  Possible Answer : Ovid, Publius_Ovidius_Naso




• The clue is 17. A.F.C. South team ("Look in the lake! It's … ah, never mind"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENNESSEETITANS




• The clue is 20. Triumphant shout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOORAH




• The clue is 21. Spot for abs or apple seeds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORE

  Possible Answer : center, marrow, burden, meat, core, pith, magnetic_core, CORE, nitty-gritty, essence, nucleus, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, nub, sum, heart_and_soul, centre, effect, kernel, heart, substance, gist, inwardness, core_group




• The clue is 22. Time spent in a seat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TERM

  Possible Answer : condition, terminus, terminal_figure, term, full_term




• The clue is 23. Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUCKRAKING

  Possible Answer : muckraking, muckrake




• The clue is 28. Staggering this way and that. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREEL




• The clue is 30. Fe, to chemists. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRON

  Possible Answer : cast-iron, smoothing_iron, iron, atomic_number_26, iron_out, branding_iron, Fe, press




• The clue is 31. 1/16 of a gallon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUP

  Possible Answer : transfuse, cupful, cup, loving_cup




• The clue is 32. Napoleon Dynamite's best friend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEDRO




• The clue is 33. Asia's disappearing ___ Sea. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARAL




• The clue is 34. Creates, as a goal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETS

  Possible Answer : rig, mark, typeset, determine, pose, adjust, correct, place, prepare, sic, put, arrange, coiffure, bent, plant, exercise_set, do, ready, hardening, fix, fructify, stage_set, localise, limit, gear_up, coiffe, jell, solidification, Set, set, countersink, Seth, define, localize, go_down, dress, lay, set_up, congeal, coif, solidifying, lay_out, lot, band, curing, position, go_under, readiness, circle, specify

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 35. Imperial unit of volume ("There's another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUBICFOOT




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

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

  The answer: SPRY

  Possible Answer : agile, quick, spry, nimble




• The clue is 41. Good old-fashioned butt-kicking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROUT

  Possible Answer : gouge, expel, rout, spread-eagle, mob, root, spreadeagle, rabble, rout_out, rootle




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

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

  The answer: LOGOS

  Possible Answer : logo, Word, logotype, Son, Logos




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

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

  The answer: IRE

  Possible Answer : wrath, ira, ire, choler, anger




• The clue is 47. Place for ham-handed workers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DELI

  Possible Answer : delicatessen, deli, food_shop




• The clue is 48. Window dressing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAPE

  Possible Answer : robe, drapery, pall, cloak, drape, mantle, clothe, curtain




• The clue is 49. Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPYEDITOR




• The clue is 53. Frankenstein's assistant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGOR




• The clue is 54. Smooth-talking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLIB

  Possible Answer : pat, slick, glib-tongued, glib, smooth-tongued




• The clue is 55. Life forms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEINGS

  Possible Answer : equal, organism, exist, existence, be, cost, represent, personify, being, make_up, comprise, constitute, embody, live, beingness, follow

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonexistence, nonbeing, differ




• The clue is 57. Pseudoscientist investigating the "sightings" in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRYPTOZOOLOGIST




• The clue is 62. Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATE

  Possible Answer : detest, hate, hatred

  Possible Opposite Answer : love




• The clue is 63. "Sign us up!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEREIN




• The clue is 64. Bear hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUR

  Possible Answer : fur, pelt




• The clue is 65. Wally ___, "famous" cookie maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMOS

  Possible Answer : Book_of_Amos, Amos




• The clue is 66. Bare minimums. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEASTS

  Possible Answer : least




• The clue is 67. "I didn't need to hear all that!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMI

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Play a part, or a play part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACT

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : refrain

• The clue is 2. "Now you listen to me …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEHERE

• The clue is 3. Paid homage to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HONORED

  Possible Answer: reward, honor, esteemed, abide_by, respect, prestigious, honored, honour, observe

  Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, dishonor

• The clue is 4. Santa Monica tourist attraction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIER

  Possible Answer: dock, wharf, wharfage, pier

• The clue is 5. Silk-producing region of India. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSAM

  Possible Answer: Assam

• The clue is 6. Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WASHU

• The clue is 7. Bill ___, the Science Guy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NYE

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

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer: east_southeast, ESE

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

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

  The answer: DOT

  Possible Answer: disperse, Elvis, Transportation, dit, acid, pane, Lucy_in_the_sky_with_diamonds, DoT, dose, superman, stud, back_breaker, Department_of_Transportation, point, sprinkle, battery-acid, constellate, dot, window_pane, loony_toons, Zen, scatter, dust

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

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

  The answer: NOTOK

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

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

  The answer: AVARICE

  Possible Answer: greed, cupidity, rapacity, avarice, avaritia, covetousness, avariciousness

• The clue is 12. Pesto ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINENUT

• The clue is 13. Many website banners. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

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

• The clue is 18. What the ruthless show. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOMERCY

• The clue is 19. Declaration of determination. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICAN

• The clue is 22. Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAP

  Possible Answer: tip, tapdance, beg, exploit, spigot, intercept, water_tap, water_faucet, dab, strike, knock, wiretap, hydrant, pat, rap, solicit, bug, pink, tap

• The clue is 24. Lecture tour. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIRCUIT

  Possible Answer: lap, electric_circuit, circumference, tour, electrical_circuit, circuit, circle, racing_circuit

• The clue is 25. Company that merged with Heinz in 2015. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KRAFT

  Possible Answer: kraft_paper, kraft

• The clue is 26. Caramel-filled candy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROLO

• The clue is 27. Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GPS

  Possible Answer: GPS, Global_Positioning_System

• The clue is 29. Gehrig in Cooperstown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOU

• The clue is 33. Garlicky sauce. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIOLI

  Possible Answer: aioli_sauce, garlic_sauce, aioli

• The clue is 34. Saving for later. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORING

  Possible Answer: stash_away, stack_away, store, put_in, lay_in, salt_away, hive_away

• The clue is 36. Born and ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRED

  Possible Answer: engender, breed, cover, spawn, multiply

• The clue is 37. Like Father Time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: sure-enough, onetime, quondam, erstwhile, sometime, Old, older, one-time, previous, honest-to-goodness, former, honest-to-god, old

  Possible Opposite Answer : young, new

• The clue is 38. [not my mistake]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIC

  Possible Answer: sic, set

• The clue is 39. "Get with the ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROGRAM

  Possible Answer: political_program, course_of_study, political_platform, computer_programme, programme, computer_program, program, plan, broadcast, syllabus, curriculum, platform

• The clue is 40. Answer, as an email. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REPLYTO

• The clue is 43. Purchase for a white elephant exchange. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGGIFT

• The clue is 44. North America's only marsupial. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPOSSUM

  Possible Answer: possum, opossum, phalanger

• The clue is 45. To be, in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SER

• The clue is 47. Money owed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEBT

  Possible Answer: debt

• The clue is 50. "Yowzers!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YIPES

  Possible Answer: yelp, yip, yap

• The clue is 51. Orchestra woodwinds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOES

  Possible Answer: oboe, hautbois, hautboy

• The clue is 52. Ignited again. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RELIT

• The clue is 56. They're not free of charge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONS

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 57. "___-ching!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHA

• The clue is 58. Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWL

  Possible Answer: bird_of_night, bird_of_Minerva, owl, hooter

• The clue is 59. Last section in a dictionary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEE

  Possible Answer: z, izzard, zed, zee, Z, ezed

• The clue is 60. " … boy ___ girl?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: bone, operating_system, oculus_sinister, osmium, atomic_number_76, Os, OS, os

• The clue is 61. Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRI

2410 Sat Oct 12, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. "It can't be!", 16. Blissful stretch, 17. "Nobody can do this alone", 18. Put down, 19. Make an example of, 20. First name in classic horror films, 21. Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore, 22. ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail), 23. Set against?, 25. Letters on old kopecks, 27. "Well, I'll be darned!", 29. Word before "tip" or after "top", 30. Chickpea, e.g., 31. Liszt's "Transcendental ___", 35. "Is it just me …?", 37. Direct flight?, 38. Boil down, 39. Lubricants used in oil drilling, 40. Zest for life: Abbr., 41. Lofty passages, 43. Future D.O.'s exam, 44. Disgruntled grunts, 46. Legal V.I.P.s, 47. Invite qualifier, for short, 48. Good point, 49. What flashers do, 51. Takes for a ride, 54. Unable to make progress, say, 57. Verbally backpedaling, 58. "See?"

Down Clues :

1. See 51-Down, 2. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back", 3. Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova, 4. Ally, 5. Co-creator and co-star of Netflix's "The Upshaws", 6. Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g., 7. Approaches, briefly, 8. Took in a bad way, 9. Displayed, 10. Narrow peninsula, 11. Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells's "The First Men in the Moon", 12. Texter's "off-line", 13. Polish roll, 14. Corporate figures, 15. Blissful patch, 22. Pair of accessories?, 24. Un color on El Salvador's flag, 25. Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries, 26. Made it, 27. L.A. museum, with "the", 28. Takes to heart, 30. Doesn't breathe easy, 32. Find, 33. Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages, 34. No longer being drafted, say, 36. Satisfy a midday craving, 37. Is persuaded of, 39. Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar, 42. Mars, e.g., 43. Melodramatic cry of appreciation, 44. Character played by Kieron Moore in "David and Bathsheba" (1951), 45. Can't not, informally, 47. Donnybrook, 48. "Just made it!", 50. Online home services marketplace, 51. Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect, 52. Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie, 53. Calif. school less than an hour's ride from Tijuana, 55. Little warbler, 56. Lead follower: Abbr.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 12, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. "It can't be!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THATSIMPOSSIBLE




• The clue is 16. Blissful stretch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HONEYMOONPERIOD




• The clue is 17. "Nobody can do this alone". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITTAKESAVILLAGE




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

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

  The answer: SHAMED

  Possible Answer : disgrace, simulate, shamefaced, shame, feign, shamed, sham, attaint, affect, dissemble, discredited, hangdog, dishonored, dishonour, disgraced, assume, guilty, pretend, dishonor

  Possible Opposite Answer : honor




• The clue is 19. Make an example of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CITE

  Possible Answer : citation, acknowledgment, reference, bring_up, abduce, cite, summon, name, advert, summons, quotation, credit, mention, refer, adduce, quote




• The clue is 20. First name in classic horror films. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LON




• The clue is 21. Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUS

  Possible Answer : ruthenium, Ru, Rus, atomic_number_44




• The clue is 22. ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHE




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

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

  The answer: NAYS

  Possible Answer : nay

  Possible Opposite Answer : yea




• The clue is 25. Letters on old kopecks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCCP




• The clue is 27. "Well, I'll be darned!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEEWHIZ




• The clue is 29. Word before "tip" or after "top". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAT

  Possible Answer : chapeau, hat, lid




• The clue is 30. Chickpea, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEED

  Possible Answer : seminal_fluid, germ, source, sow, ejaculate, semen, seeded_player, seed, cum, come




• The clue is 31. Liszt's "Transcendental ___". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETUDES

  Possible Answer : etude




• The clue is 35. "Is it just me …?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMINUTS




• The clue is 37. Direct flight?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEELINE

  Possible Answer : beeline




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

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

  The answer: DECOCT

  Possible Answer : decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil_down




• The clue is 39. Lubricants used in oil drilling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUDS

  Possible Answer : muck_up, muck, mire, mud, clay




• The clue is 40. Zest for life: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SYN




• The clue is 41. Lofty passages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKYWAYS

  Possible Answer : airway, flight_path, air_lane, skyway




• The clue is 43. Future D.O.'s exam. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCAT




• The clue is 44. Disgruntled grunts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGHS




• The clue is 46. Legal V.I.P.s. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGS

  Possible Answer : Ag, silver, atomic_number_47




• The clue is 47. Invite qualifier, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BYO




• The clue is 48. Good point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRO

  Possible Answer : pro, professional

  Possible Opposite Answer : con, anti, amateur




• The clue is 49. What flashers do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARN

  Possible Answer : monish, warn, discourage, admonish




• The clue is 51. Takes for a ride. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRIVES

  Possible Answer : driving_force, driveway, cause, ride, parkway, repel, aim, movement, push_back, take, get, beat_back, thrust, labour, private_road, crusade, push, drive, driving, labor, force_back, tug, force, motor, ram, repulse, campaign, effort

  Possible Opposite Answer : attract




• The clue is 54. Unable to make progress, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HITTINGADEADEND




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

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

  The answer: EATINGONESWORDS




• The clue is 58. "See?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHATDIDITELLYOU

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. See 51-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THIS

• The clue is 2. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOTH

  Possible Answer: Hodur, Hoder, Hothr, Hodr, Hoth

• The clue is 3. Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTARCTIC

  Possible Answer: Antarctic, south-polar, South_Frigid_Zone, Antarctic_Zone

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

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

  The answer: TEAMUP

• The clue is 5. Co-creator and co-star of Netflix's "The Upshaws". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SYKES

• The clue is 6. Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMED

• The clue is 7. Approaches, briefly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOS

  Possible Answer: molybdenum, moment, second, mo, bit, MO, Mo, Show_Me_State, minute, atomic_number_42, Missouri

• The clue is 8. Took in a bad way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POACHED

  Possible Answer: poach, stewed, poached, boiled

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

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

  The answer: ONVIEW

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

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

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer: expectoration, tongue, spue, pitter-patter, saliva, spitting, spit, ptyalize, spatter, sprinkle, skewer, spit_out, spew, spittle, patter, ptyalise

• The clue is 11. Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells's "The First Men in the Moon". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELENITES

• The clue is 12. Texter's "off-line". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRL

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

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

  The answer: BIALY

  Possible Answer: bialystoker, bialy

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

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

  The answer: LOGOS

  Possible Answer: logotype, logo, Logos, Son, Word

• The clue is 15. Blissful patch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer: Garden_of_Eden, heaven, paradise, promised_land, Shangri-la, nirvana, Eden

• The clue is 22. Pair of accessories?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEES

• The clue is 24. Un color on El Salvador's flag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AZUL

• The clue is 25. Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHAD

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

• The clue is 26. Made it. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAME

  Possible Answer: fare, amount, make_out, derive, come_up, get, get_along, come_in, come, add_up, do, occur, issue_forth, descend, hail, follow, number, total, arrive, fall

  Possible Opposite Answer : go, leave

• The clue is 27. L.A. museum, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GETTY

• The clue is 28. Takes to heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEEDS

  Possible Answer: regard, listen, heed, attentiveness, mind, paying_attention

  Possible Opposite Answer : inattentiveness

• The clue is 30. Doesn't breathe easy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUCKSWIND

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

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

  The answer: DISCOVERY

  Possible Answer: breakthrough, discovery, find, uncovering

• The clue is 33. Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENYA

• The clue is 34. No longer being drafted, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SENT

  Possible Answer: send, beam, charge, ship, sent, transmit, institutionalise, post, institutionalize, send_off, send_out, commit, direct, transport, station, place, broadcast, get_off, air, mail

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsent

• The clue is 36. Satisfy a midday craving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSH

  Possible Answer: nosh, snack

• The clue is 37. Is persuaded of. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUYS

  Possible Answer: bribe, buy, purchase, grease_one's_palms, steal, corrupt, bargain

  Possible Opposite Answer : sell

• The clue is 39. Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAGNANI

• The clue is 42. Mars, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WARGOD

• The clue is 43. Melodramatic cry of appreciation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYIDOL

• The clue is 44. Character played by Kieron Moore in "David and Bathsheba" (1951). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URIAH

  Possible Answer: Uriah

• The clue is 45. Can't not, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOTTA

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

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

  The answer: BRAWL

  Possible Answer: do, bash, brawl, free-for-all, wrangle

• The clue is 48. "Just made it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHEW

• The clue is 50. Online home services marketplace. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANGI

• The clue is 51. Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DESE

• The clue is 52. Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENDO

• The clue is 53. Calif. school less than an hour's ride from Tijuana. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SDSU

• The clue is 55. Little warbler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIT

  Possible Answer: boob, titmouse, teat, titty, pap, bosom, tit, mamilla, nipple, knocker, breast, mammilla

• The clue is 56. Lead follower: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DET

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• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 02, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (41 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword July 02, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Shot contents	4
2A	5. Let off the hook?	5
3A	10. Zebra feature	4
4A	14. Ilhan ___, first Somali-American elected to Congress	4
5A	15. Study for Dr. Albert Sabin	5
6A	16. Mean less?	5
7A	17. *Express one's view	10
8A	19. Bring on	5
9A	20. FedEx rival	3
10A	21. Harold who co-founded The New Yorker magazine	4
11A	22. Common bit of concert merchandise	6
12A	24. Keep time with the foot	6
13A	26. *Kick off	9
14A	29. Big name in printers	5
15A	30. Rug maker's supply	3
16A	31. Band aid?	6
17A	32. Timid people, so to speak	4
18A	34. PC "brain"	3
19A	36. Items in an airport security line	4
20A	37. Corp. logos, e.g.	3
21A	40. *Sends	8
22A	43. Little 'un	3
23A	44. Crowd noise	4
24A	46. Size up	3
25A	47. Politburo objection	4
26A	49. Sounds, e.g.	6
27A	51. Expected	3
28A	53. March 14	5
29A	57. *Reacts to an amazing magic trick, say	9
30A	59. Lackey	6
31A	60. Like Julián and Joaquin Castro	6
32A	61. Site of an annual Taro Festival	4
33A	63. Get along well	3
34A	64. It's below the knee	5
35A	65. Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues	10
36A	68. "Love ___ you need"	5
37A	69. Pack of smarties?	5
38A	70. Fish eater's annoyance	4
39A	71. Mind	4
40A	72. Like Cheerios	5
41A	73. Took too much, briefly	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. Shot contents"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum, serum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Let off the hook?"

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: UNPEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Zebra feature"

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 long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Words that mean the same thing: head of hair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Ilhan ___, first Somali-American elected to Congress"

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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Study for Dr. Albert Sabin"

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 acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
• Words that mean the same thing: poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Mean less?"

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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: dainty, decent, nice
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. *Express one's view"

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 the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: committedness, allegiance, committal
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMITMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Bring on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. FedEx rival"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Harold who co-founded The New Yorker magazine"

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 scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir James Clark Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross, Betsy Ross
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Common bit of concert merchandise"

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: TSHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Keep time with the foot"

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: TOETAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. *Kick off"

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: STAYALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Big name in printers"

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: EPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Rug maker's supply"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Band aid?"

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: ROADIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Timid people, so to speak"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: mouse, black eye, shiner
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. PC "brain""

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 (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
• Words that mean the same thing: central processing unit, central processor, C.P.U.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Items in an airport security line"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: binful, BIN, bin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Corp. logos, 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 a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits x-rays and is used in small portable x-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 69, thulium, Tm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. *Sends"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SUNCHIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Little 'un"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: sum up, add together, summate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Crowd noise"

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: howl, boom, holler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Size 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 the organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus, centre, center
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Politburo objection"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Sounds, e.g."

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 an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Words that mean the same thing: inlet, intake, recess
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Expected"

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 that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: imputable, referable, ascribable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. March 14"

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: PIDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. *Reacts to an amazing magic trick, say"

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: GASPRICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Lackey"

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 of unquestioning obedience
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, laughingstock, yes-man
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Like Julián and Joaquin Castro"

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 native of latin america
• Words that mean the same thing: Hispanic, Latin American
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Site of an annual Taro Festival"

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 second largest of the hawaiian islands
• Words that mean the same thing: Maui Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Get along well"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. It's below the knee"

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 inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: shinbone, shin, shin bone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIBIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SKIPSCHOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. "Love ___ you need""

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: ISALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Pack of smarties?"

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 faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the large magellanic cloud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Fish eater's annoyance"

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 rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: off-white, swot, osseous tissue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Mind"

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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, precaution, aid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "72. Like Cheerios"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or related to or derived from oats
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "73. Took too much, briefly"

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: ODED

  Great job if you got it right!

July 02, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Adorbs!"	6
2D	2. Genre for Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance	6
3D	3. Name of 11 pharaohs	6
4D	4. Sofa part	3
5D	5. "High-five!"	5
6D	6. Listings in une encyclopédie	4
7D	7. ___ v. Ferguson (Supreme Court decision essentially overruled by Brown v. Board of Education)	6
8D	8. A, in Austria	3
9D	9. "___ go!"	5
10D	10. Small photo processing center	7
11D	11. Sanction	8
12D	12. Subatomic particle with a mass close to zero	8
13D	13. Goof	3
14D	16. "Hello," in the world's most common first language	5
15D	18. Farsi speakers	6
16D	23. Saccharine	6
17D	25. Certain cat	3
18D	27. End of many university names	4
19D	28. Experiment	4
20D	30. Refuse	4
21D	33. Brings up to speed	6
22D	35. Tree on Maine's flag	4
23D	37. A lecture on it might be full of tangents	4
24D	38. Big attraction at the Louvre	8
25D	39. Taqueria fixture	8
26D	41. Give up	4
27D	42. Not sterilized	6
28D	45. Turtle or tuatara	7
29D	48. Uncle, in Uruguay	3
30D	50. Experiment	5
31D	52. Big money maker	6
32D	54. Make the world a better place	6
33D	55. Time to take first steps, maybe	6
34D	56. Squawked	6
35D	58. Jerry's neighbor on "Seinfeld"	5
36D	59. Radio journalist Stamberg	5
37D	62. Abbey area	4
38D	64. Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps	3
39D	66. Mauna ___	3
40D	67. "Succession" airer	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. "Adorbs!""

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: SOCUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Genre for Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance"

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

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: EMOPOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Name of 11 pharaohs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of 12 kings of ancient egypt between 1315 and 1090 bc
• Words that mean the same thing: Rameses, Ramesses
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sofa part"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: limb, subdivision, branch
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "High-five!""

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: UPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Listings in une encyclopédie"

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: NOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ v. Ferguson (Supreme Court decision essentially overruled by Brown v. Board of Education)"

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: PLESSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. A, in Austria"

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: EIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "___ go!""

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: GOTTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Small photo processing center"

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: MINILAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sanction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that grant credentials to
• Words that mean the same thing: credit, recognize, recognise
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCREDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Subatomic particle with a mass close to zero"

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 an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUTRINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Goof"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: mistake, slip, stray
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. "Hello," in the world's most common first language"

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: NIHAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Farsi speakers"

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 native or inhabitant of iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Irani, Iranian, Persian
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRANIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Saccharine"

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 overly sweet
• Words that mean the same thing: honeyed, saccharine, cloying
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYRUPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Certain cat"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Words that mean the same thing: Uncle Tom, tomcat, turkey cock
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. End of many university names"

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 school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• Words that mean the same thing: technical school
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Experiment"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: examination, run, quiz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Refuse"

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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: refuse, traverse, abnegate
• The opposite would be: allow, admit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Brings up to speed"

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: CUESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Tree on Maine's flag"

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 coniferous tree
• Words that mean the same thing: pine tree, yearn, ache
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. A lecture on it might be full of tangents"

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 mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
• Words that mean the same thing: trigonometry, trim, clean-cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Big attraction at the Louvre"

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: MONALISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Taqueria fixture"

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: SALSABAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Give up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: yield, surrender, concede
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Not sterilized"

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 containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
• Words that mean the same thing: infected
• The opposite would be: antiseptic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Turtle or tuatara"

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 cold-blooded vertebrate of the class reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
• Words that mean the same thing: reptilian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Uncle, in Uruguay"

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: TIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Experiment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of testing something
• Words that mean the same thing: run, visitation, trial run
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Big money maker"

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: USMINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Make the world a better place"

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: DOGOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Time to take first steps, maybe"

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: AGEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Squawked"

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 utter a sudden loud cry
• Words that mean the same thing: yell, scream, holler
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YELLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Jerry's neighbor on "Seinfeld""

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: COSMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Radio journalist Stamberg"

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: SUSAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Abbey area"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
• Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "67. "Succession" airer"

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: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	62	76.5%
Short Answer	16	19.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.2%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	81
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 Thursday, 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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