April 11, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube	9
2A	10. Pedal-operated instrument	5
3A	15. Props	9
4A	16. Good thing for an athlete to bring	5
5A	17. Rectangle on a staff	9
6A	18. Brighten	5
7A	19. Rot	9
8A	20. Where things are likely to get heated	5
9A	21. See 46-Down	4
10A	22. Syrup in a mai tai	6
11A	24. Over, as an ailment	5
12A	27. Plant cultivated for its juice	4
13A	28. React to a stubbed toe	3
14A	30. Laughable	5
15A	31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]	5
16A	32. Two before 48-Down	3
17A	33. Simple craft	4
18A	34. A couple of bucks	5
19A	35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn	4
20A	36. Vacation destination	3
21A	37. Ice cream topper	5
22A	38. What Sally is often informal for	5
23A	39. Realize	3
24A	40. Nautical adverb	4
25A	41. Catchers of flies	5
26A	42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show	6
27A	44. Like some contraceptives	4
28A	46. Forest, e.g.	5
29A	47. Ointment with an orange label	9
30A	52. Put on sale, say	5
31A	53. Freezes	9
32A	54. Hitting a point of no return?	5
33A	55. Tucked in at night?	9
34A	56. "High Life" director Claire	5
35A	57. Unconscious	9

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. 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: DESPACITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Pedal-operated instrument"

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: HIHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Props"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: accolade, honor, honour
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCOLADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Good thing for an athlete to bring"

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: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Rectangle on a staff"

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: WHOLEREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Brighten"

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 make lively
• Words that mean the same thing: enliven, animate, liven up
• The opposite would be: deaden
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Rot"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: GOTOWASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Where things are likely to get heated"

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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Words that mean the same thing: oven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. See 46-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham, William Pitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Syrup in a mai tai"

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: ORGEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Over, as an ailment"

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: RIDOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Plant cultivated for its juice"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. React to a stubbed toe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• Words that mean the same thing: record hop, hops, skip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Laughable"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: asinine, mindless, fatuous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. [Oh my God, he's so hot!]"

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

  The answer is: SWOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Two before 48-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Simple craft"

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 small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
• Words that mean the same thing: dinghy, walleye, Stizostedion vitreum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. A couple of bucks"

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 male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Words that mean the same thing: betray, rat, snoop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn"

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 unit of money in thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: tical
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Vacation destination"

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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: hostel, lodge, auberge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Ice cream topper"

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 any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
• Words that mean the same thing: Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. What Sally is often informal for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the wife of abraham and mother of isaac
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Realize"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: net income, sack, profit
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Nautical adverb"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Catchers of flies"

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

  The answer is: MITTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "42. Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show"

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 an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
• Words that mean the same thing: poodle dog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Like some contraceptives"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, viva voce, unwritten
• The opposite would be: aboral, anal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. Forest, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Ointment with an orange label"

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: TIGERBALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Put on sale, say"

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: RETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Freezes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
• Words that mean the same thing: moratorium
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORATORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Hitting a point of no return?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succeed at easily
• Words that mean the same thing: pass with flying colors, breeze through, nail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. Tucked in at night?"

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: ATEDINNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "56. "High Life" director Claire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DENIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "57. Unconscious"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PASSEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Georgia athlete, familiarly	4
2D	2. Nymph cursed by Hera	4
3D	3. Watt, e.g.	4
4D	4. One involved in horseplay?	8
5D	5. Fish in the herring family	7
6D	6. Ring figure	5
7D	7. That is	5
8D	8. Beta follower	4
9D	9. Ribs course?	9
10D	10. I, for one	7
11D	11. Cry for mercy	5
12D	12. Cry for mercy	10
13D	13. Words of agreement	10
14D	14. Pairs of fins	4
15D	23. Animals that 28-Across, informally	4
16D	24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'"	5
17D	25. Good way to get back from an ordeal	10
18D	26. Words of agreement	10
19D	27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence	5
20D	29. They'll take you places	5
21D	31. Holder of miniature blocks	9
22D	34. Move like a bear	4
23D	35. Possible instance of predatory lending	8
24D	37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively	7
25D	38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape	7
26D	43. Rial spender	5
27D	44. Fantastic beasts	5
28D	45. Interpretations	5
29D	46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star	4
30D	48. I, for Plato	4
31D	49. It waters the Boboli Gardens	4
32D	50. Word usually found between "in" and "of"	4
33D	51. Place of commerce	4

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Georgia athlete, familiarly"

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: DAWG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nymph cursed by Hera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: resound, ring, sound reflection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Watt, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One involved in horseplay?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POLOPONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fish in the herring family"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the atlantic coast or in coastal streams
• Words that mean the same thing: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEWIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ring figure"

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 unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
• Words that mean the same thing: karat, kt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. That is"

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: IDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Beta follower"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: exam, trial, 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: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Ribs course?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSTEOLOGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. I, for one"

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 of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALOGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cry for mercy"

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: IGIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Cry for mercy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAVEAHEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Words of agreement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AMENTOTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Pairs of fins"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: tenner, 10, ten-spot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Animals that 28-Across, informally"

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: ROOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins "They see me rollin'""

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: RIDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Good way to get back from an ordeal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INONEPIECE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Words of agreement"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DARNTOOTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence"

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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
• Words that mean the same thing: mindful, cognizant, cognisant
• The opposite would be: unaware, unmindful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. They'll take you places"

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 course of conduct
• Words that mean the same thing: path, way, course
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Holder of miniature blocks"

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: STREETMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Move like a bear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, trade, betray
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Possible instance of predatory lending"

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: BAILBOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Real stinkers, literally and figuratively"

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: BADEGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Classic candy with a biconcave shape"

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: SMARTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Rial spender"

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

  The answer is: OMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Fantastic beasts"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: ogre, devil, demon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Interpretations"

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 something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: show, say, record
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small nail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. I, for Plato"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: smidgin, smidgen, scintilla
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. It waters the Boboli Gardens"

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 river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
• Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Word usually found between "in" and "of""

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• Words that mean the same thing: place, position, stead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Place of commerce"

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 area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market place, marketplace, market
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	85.3%
Short Answer	4	5.9%
History	3	4.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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May 09, 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: Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

May 09, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Ctrl+V command	5
2A	6. Tennis shot that might be smashed back	3
3A	9. "Yes we can" sloganeer of 2008	5
4A	14. One of the Ivies	5
5A	15. Japanese sash	3
6A	16. Disney film set in imperial China	5
7A	17. Wasn't overturned, as a ruling	5
8A	18. Driving for Uber, e.g.	3
9A	19. Raffle ticket, e.g.	5
10A	20. ✌, at an antiwar protest	9
11A	23. "Shoulda listened to me!"	7
12A	26. Make believe	7
13A	30. It's a drag	4
14A	31. Reader's download	5
15A	33. ___ Mai, singer with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up"	4
16A	34. Buckwheat noodles in Tokyo	4
17A	35. Independent divisions, in corporate jargon	5
18A	36. Fission focus	4
19A	37. Bottomless well	5
20A	39. Grandma, to Brits	3
21A	40. Treasure stash	5
22A	41. "Let's do this thing!"	6
23A	43. Bunches of flowers	6
24A	44. "___ to Autocorrect" (Martha Silano poem)	3
25A	45. Person on a beat	3
26A	47. ___'easter	3
27A	48. "Spring forward" hrs.	3
28A	49. Musical set in ancient Egypt	4
29A	50. Cathedral recess	4
30A	52. ✌, from Winston Churchill	11
31A	55. Print maker?	4
32A	57. Hawaiian greeting	5
33A	58. "I am woman, hear me ___"	4
34A	61. Buy in, say	4
35A	62. ___ City (Detroit)	5
36A	63. Shrek or Fiona	4
37A	64. Boilermaker component	4
38A	65. Captain's "Stop!"	5
39A	66. Incline that affords access	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. Ctrl+V command"

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 any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
• Words that mean the same thing: spread, library paste, glue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Tennis shot that might be smashed back"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. "Yes we can" sloganeer of 2008"

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: OBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. One of the Ivies"

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 orange of low brightness and saturation
• Words that mean the same thing: Brown University, browned, embrown
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Japanese sash"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Disney film set in imperial China"

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

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: MULAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Wasn't overturned, as a ruling"

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 be standing; be upright
• Words that mean the same thing: support, bear, fend
• The opposite would be: sit, yield
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Driving for Uber, e.g."

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 long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
• Words that mean the same thing: fishgig, fizgig, lance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Raffle ticket, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an item inserted in a written record
• Words that mean the same thing: entrance, ingress, entering
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. ✌, at an antiwar protest"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PEACESIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. "Shoulda listened to me!""

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: ITOLDYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Make believe"

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 perform on a stage or theater
• Words that mean the same thing: act, roleplay, play
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAYACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. It's a drag"

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 puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Reader's download"

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: EBOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. ___ Mai, singer with the 2018 hit "Boo'd Up""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Buckwheat noodles in Tokyo"

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: SOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Independent divisions, in corporate jargon"

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 cylindrical tower used for storing silage
• Words that mean the same thing: silo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Fission focus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Bottomless well"

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 bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abysm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABYSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Grandma, to Brits"

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

  The answer is: NAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Treasure stash"

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 treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
• Words that mean the same thing: treasure trove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. "Let's do this thing!""

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: GAMEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Bunches of flowers"

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 arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
• Words that mean the same thing: corsage, nosegay, posy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. "___ to Autocorrect" (Martha Silano poem)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Person on a beat"

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 uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: nab, knock off, nail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. ___'easter"

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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. "Spring forward" hrs."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Musical set in ancient Egypt"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AIDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Cathedral recess"

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 30 Across: "52. ✌, from Winston Churchill"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: VFORVICTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Print maker?"

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 part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: substructure, foot up, foundation
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Hawaiian greeting"

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

  The answer is: ALOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. "I am woman, hear me ___""

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: yowl, thunder, roaring
• The 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 34 Across: "61. Buy in, say"

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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. ___ City (Detroit)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
• Words that mean the same thing: centrifugal, motive, 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: MOTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Shrek or Fiona"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: devil, fiend, monster
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Boilermaker component"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. Captain's "Stop!""

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: AVAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "66. Incline that affords access"

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 inclined surface connecting two levels
• Words that mean the same thing: Allium tricoccum, storm, wild leek
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

May 09, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "This Old House" network	3
2D	2. Apt name for a curator	3
3D	3. Phillipa of "Hamilton"	3
4D	4. ✌, when ordering	9
5D	5. Ceased	5
6D	6. Early home for Abraham Lincoln	8
7D	7. Theater award that sounds like 15-Across	4
8D	8. Implement for eating soup but probably not for stirring coffee	8
9D	9. Alpha's opposite	5
10D	10. ✌, in a silly group photo	9
11D	11. ___-pop (eclectic genre)	3
12D	12. Spoil	3
13D	13. At ___ rate	3
14D	21. All those in favor, in the Senate	4
15D	22. Sorts	4
16D	23. "Full speed ahead!"	6
17D	24. "That's a shame"	6
18D	25. "I approve"	6
19D	27. Breath mint from a tin	6
20D	28. Garlic segments	6
21D	29. Most docile	6
22D	32. Suffix with schnozz	3
23D	38. Prefix with political	5
24D	40. Trunk	5
25D	42. Frequent descriptor for 9-Across	7
26D	43. Toaster treat	7
27D	46. 1904 Nobelist who wrote "Conditioned Reflexes"	6
28D	47. Ballpark snack topped with cheese sauce	6
29D	49. Label for a post-makeover photo	5
30D	51. "404 Not Found," e.g., in computing	5
31D	52. Election Day exhortation	4
32D	53. Speck	4
33D	54. Quiet fitness discipline	4
34D	55. The ___ Five (nickname for the "Queer Eye" cast)	3
35D	56. Soul mate, with "the"	3
36D	59. Pitching ability, colloquially	3
37D	60. Be an agent for	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. "This Old House" network"

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 solution containing a phosphate buffer
• Words that mean the same thing: PiB, pebibyte, Pb
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Apt name for a curator"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: artistry, artistic production, artistic creation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Phillipa of "Hamilton""

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: SOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ✌, when ordering"

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: TWOPLEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Ceased"

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 have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• Words that mean the same thing: concluded, all over, finish
• The opposite would be: begin
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Early home for Abraham Lincoln"

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: LOGCABIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Theater award that sounds like 15-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: OBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Implement for eating soup but probably not for stirring coffee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIGSPOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Alpha's opposite"

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 ending of a series or sequence; --revelation
• Words that mean the same thing: Z
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. ✌, in a silly group photo"

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: BUNNYEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. ___-pop (eclectic genre)"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, altitude, EL
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Spoil"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: vitiate, deflower, blemish
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. At ___ rate"

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 one or some or every or all without specification
• Words that mean the same thing: whatsoever, whatever
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. All those in favor, in the Senate"

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: AYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Sorts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ILKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Full speed ahead!""

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: ITSAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. "That's a shame""

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: TOOBAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. "I approve""

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: OKBYME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Breath mint from a tin"

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: ALTOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Garlic segments"

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 aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
• Words that mean the same thing: clove tree, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Eugenia aromaticum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Most docile"

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 flat and uninspiring
• Words that mean the same thing: meek, tamed, tame
• The opposite would be: wild
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Suffix with schnozz"

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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
• Words that mean the same thing: olla
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. Prefix with political"

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: SOCIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Trunk"

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 body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: body, trunk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Frequent descriptor for 9-Across"

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: NODRAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Toaster treat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POPTART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. 1904 Nobelist who wrote "Conditioned Reflexes""

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 russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAVLOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Ballpark snack topped with cheese sauce"

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

  The answer is: NACHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Label for a post-makeover photo"

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 located farther aft
• Words that mean the same thing: subsequently, afterward, later on
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. "404 Not Found," e.g., in computing"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: computer error, wrongdoing, fault
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Election Day exhortation"

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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Words that mean the same thing: voting, suffrage, balloting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Speck"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: shred, tittle, whit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Quiet fitness discipline"

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 hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. The ___ Five (nickname for the "Queer Eye" cast)"

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

  The answer is: FAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Soul mate, with "the""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Pitching ability, colloquially"

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: build up, fortify, sleeve
• 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 37 Down: "60. Be an agent for"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
History	4	5.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 02:44 PM