August 16, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, August 16, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - August 16, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Forgo Uber or Lyft	8
2A	9. Maxim, e.g.	6
3A	15. Story involving Pecos Bill or Babe the Blue Ox	8
4A	16. Grandmother, in Granada	6
5A	17. Like a burglar or a ballerina, maybe	8
6A	18. Website with the popular page r/explainlikeimfive	6
7A	19. Producer with cameos in "Iron Man" and "Black Panther"	7
8A	20. What thinning hair might affect	7
9A	21. "___ Kapital"	3
10A	22. D.C. fund-raising group	3
11A	23. Without	4
12A	24. Blondish	5
13A	27. Discards in old maid	5
14A	29. Org. for Big Red or Big Green	4
15A	30. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, for one	10
16A	35. Digital photo add-on	15
17A	37. Best-selling author who used an awful lot of commas	10
18A	38. "That's ... never gonna happen"	4
19A	39. Protruding nail	5
20A	40. One with more than two billion followers	5
21A	41. It might be found on a belt	4
22A	45. Diamond, on the Mohs scale	3
23A	46. Number of capitals of Bolivia	3
24A	47. Critical	7
25A	49. "You made a mistake," sarcastically	7
26A	53. Faddish hairstyle of the mid-2010s	6
27A	54. One who might get you into hot water?	8
28A	55. Giving a tattoo	6
29A	56. Halfway home	8
30A	57. Samples	6
31A	58. College party buys	8

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. Forgo Uber or Lyft"

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: GRABACAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Maxim, e.g."

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: LADMAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Story involving Pecos Bill or Babe the Blue Ox"

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: TALLTALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Grandmother, in Granada"

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: ABUELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Like a burglar or a ballerina, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONTIPTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Website with the popular page r/explainlikeimfive"

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: REDDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Producer with cameos in "Iron Man" and "Black Panther""

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: STANLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. What thinning hair might affect"

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: MALEEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. "___ Kapital""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: district attorney, hyrax, dassie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. D.C. fund-raising group"

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 committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
• Words that mean the same thing: political action committee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Without"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Blondish"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
• Words that mean the same thing: flaxen, arenaceous, sandlike
• The opposite would be: argillaceous
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Discards in old maid"

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 set of two similar things considered as a unit
• Words that mean the same thing: brace, partner off, dyad
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Org. for Big Red or Big Green"

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: NCAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, for one"

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: PARLORGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Digital photo add-on"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: INSTAGRAMFILTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Best-selling author who used an awful lot of commas"

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: PETERROGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. "That's ... never gonna happen""

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: UMNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Protruding nail"

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 sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. One with more than two billion followers"

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 teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for christianity (circa 4 bc - ad 29)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, Redeemer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JESUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. It might be found on a belt"

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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
• Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Diamond, on the Mohs scale"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• Words that mean the same thing: X, decade, x
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Number of capitals of Bolivia"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: exercise, coiffe, dress
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Critical"

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: DOORDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. "You made a mistake," sarcastically"

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: WAYTOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Faddish hairstyle of the mid-2010s"

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

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: MANBUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. One who might get you into hot water?"

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 a person who eats human flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eater
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANNIBAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Giving a tattoo"

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 append one's signature to
• Words that mean the same thing: ink
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Halfway home"

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: ONSECOND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Samples"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
• Words that mean the same thing: discernment, penchant, savor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. College party buys"

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: BEERKEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword August 16, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Vintage Pontiacs	4
2D	2. Long blog entry, maybe	4
3D	3. Skiing mecca in the Rockies	4
4D	4. It's a setup	9
5D	5. Active in determining the outcome	6
6D	6. Phoebe of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"	5
7D	7. Cream additive	4
8D	8. Capital of Bolivia?	3
9D	9. Fictional raiding archaeologist	9
10D	10. Second son	4
11D	11. Bros	5
12D	12. Mythical enchantress	5
13D	13. Set straight	5
14D	14. Los ___, Calif.	5
15D	20. Foes of Fido, stereotypically	7
16D	22. Ideal	7
17D	24. Impertinent sort	4
18D	25. Dermatologist's target	4
19D	26. Who originated the modern image of Santa Claus	4
20D	27. One out?	7
21D	28. Eastern honorific	3
22D	30. Features of many Disney films	9
23D	31. Craft shop item with a seemingly redundant name	9
24D	32. Helps for short people, for short	4
25D	33. Link on a restaurant's Yelp page	4
26D	34. Freudian focus	4
27D	36. "Science made clear," per Jean Cocteau	3
28D	40. Track-and-field star Jackie ___-Kersee	6
29D	41. ___ one	5
30D	42. Hit 2016 film set partly at sea	5
31D	43. Cenobites	5
32D	44. Wrigley brand	5
33D	46. Activity at un bal masqué	5
34D	48. Buggy area	4
35D	49. Stop waxing, say	4
36D	50. Instrument with metal keys	4
37D	51. Group with a hand sign, maybe	4
38D	52. Rival of Ford and Packard	4
39D	54. Gander : goose :: ___ : swan	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. Vintage Pontiacs"

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: GTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Long blog entry, maybe"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: bombast, ranting, rabbit 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: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Skiing mecca in the Rockies"

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: ALTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. It's a setup"

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: BLINDDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Active in determining the outcome"

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: ATPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Phoebe of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High""

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 beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
• Words that mean the same thing: sick, purge, regurgitate
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Cream additive"

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 8 Down: "8. Capital of Bolivia?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Fictional raiding archaeologist"

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: LARACROFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Second son"

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 norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Words that mean the same thing: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Bros"

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 an informal form of address for a man
• Words that mean the same thing: dandy, dude, clotheshorse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Mythical enchantress"

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 (greek mythology) a princess of colchis who aided jason in taking the golden fleece from her father
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Set straight"

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 place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
• Words that mean the same thing: adjust, ordinate, line up
• The opposite would be: skew
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Los ___, Calif."

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: GATOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Foes of Fido, stereotypically"

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 a man who delivers the mail
• Words that mean the same thing: postman, mail carrier, letter carrier
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAILMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Ideal"

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 an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
• Words that mean the same thing: nonpareil, ideal, apotheosis
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARAGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Impertinent sort"

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 piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Words that mean the same thing: cut back, snipping, snippet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Dermatologist's target"

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 inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Who originated the modern image of Santa Claus"

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 united states political cartoonist (1840-1902)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Nast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. One out?"

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 someone released on probation or on parole
• Words that mean the same thing: probationer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAROLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Eastern honorific"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Features of many Disney films"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PGRATINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Craft shop item with a seemingly redundant name"

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: GLUESTICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Helps for short people, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller, cash dispenser, atm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Link on a restaurant's Yelp page"

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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: card, carte du jour, fare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "34. Freudian 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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: physical attraction, sexual desire, concupiscence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "36. "Science made clear," per Jean Cocteau"

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

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: artistic production, nontextual matter, artwork
• The 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 28 Down: "40. Track-and-field star Jackie ___-Kersee"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: JOYNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. ___ one"

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 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
• Words that mean the same thing: intromit, acknowledge, allow in
• The opposite would be: reject, deny
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Hit 2016 film set partly at sea"

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: MOANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Cenobites"

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 a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
• Words that mean the same thing: Monk, monastic, monk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. Wrigley brand"

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 (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
• Words that mean the same thing: range, reach, orbital cavity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Activity at un bal masqué"

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: DANSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Buggy 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 ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
• Words that mean the same thing: sand dune
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Stop waxing, 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 a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Words that mean the same thing: decline, ebbing, ebb
• The opposite would be: wax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Instrument with metal keys"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. Group with a hand sign, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an association of criminals
• Words that mean the same thing: pack, gang up, work party
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "52. Rival of Ford and Packard"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: old
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "54. Gander : goose :: ___ : swan"

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 nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
• Words that mean the same thing: filbert, black-backed gull, hazelnut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COB

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	78.6%
Short Answer	5	7.1%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, 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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June 24, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 24, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle June 24, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Source of the quote "It is more blessed to give than to receive"	4
2A	5. Creator of terraced agricultural fields known as andenes	4
3A	9. Not alcoholic	4
4A	13. Wig (out)	5
5A	15. Place to slurp ramen	9
6A	17. Meghan Markle's "something borrowed"	5
7A	18. Cheesesteak topper	9
8A	19. Good auto for an L.A.-to-N.Y.C. road trip?	7
9A	21. R.N.'s insertion	6
10A	22. Queen's protection	7
11A	23. Fermented beverage	3
12A	24. Frequent maid of honor, in brief	3
13A	25. Writers' org. with apt initials	3
14A	26. Alternative to blinds	5
15A	28. Mortgage offering	4
16A	30. Historian Schomberg of the Harlem Renaissance	6
17A	32. Literally, "skewer"	5
18A	34. Group photo pose during a rush	13
19A	38. Flip	5
20A	39. Jeep successor	6
21A	41. Leak (through)	4
22A	43. BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia	5
23A	45. Chemical suffix	3
24A	46. "The Simpsons" character with an 18-letter last name	3
25A	47. Record label co-founded by Drake	3
26A	49. Longtime NPR call-in show	7
27A	51. Home to California's Limekiln State Park	6
28A	53. Cheese from the south of Italy	7
29A	54. Numbers that come after 1	9
30A	56. Renée ___ Goldsberry of "Hamilton"	5
31A	58. Kind of architectural movement with the philosophy of living with less	9
32A	59. Author Mario Vargas ___	5
33A	60. Part of a French 101 conjugation	4
34A	61. "Wuthering Heights" setting	4
35A	62. Impertinent sort	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. Source of the quote "It is more blessed to give than to receive""

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

  The answer is: ACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Creator of terraced agricultural fields known as andenes"

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 ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Incan, Inka
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Not alcoholic"

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 yielding readily to pressure or weight
• Words that mean the same thing: flaccid, voiced, delicate
• The opposite would be: unvoiced, hard
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Wig (out)"

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 person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
• Words that mean the same thing: gross out, junkie, monstrosity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Place to slurp ramen"

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: NOODLEBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Meghan Markle's "something borrowed""

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Cheesesteak topper"

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: PROVOLONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Good auto for an L.A.-to-N.Y.C. road trip?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TRANSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. R.N.'s insertion"

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: IVLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Queen's protection"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: STINGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Fermented beverage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Frequent maid of honor, in brief"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: Systeme International, atomic number 14, International System
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Writers' org. with apt initials"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: write, indite, playpen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Alternative to blinds"

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

  The answer is: ANTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Mortgage offering"

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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
• Words that mean the same thing: rank, place, range
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Historian Schomberg of the Harlem Renaissance"

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: ARTURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Literally, "skewer""

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: SHISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Group photo pose during a rush"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SORORITYSQUAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Flip"

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: GOAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Jeep successor"

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 high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
• Words that mean the same thing: Hum-Vee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUMVEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Leak (through)"

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 pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Words that mean the same thing: ooze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. BART : San Francisco :: ___ : Philadelphia"

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 (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities
• Words that mean the same thing: septum
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Chemical suffix"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. "The Simpsons" character with an 18-letter last name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Record label co-founded by Drake"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Longtime NPR call-in show"

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: CARTALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Home to California's Limekiln State Park"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIGSUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Cheese from the south of Italy"

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: BURRATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Numbers that come after 1"

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: AREACODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Renée ___ Goldsberry of "Hamilton""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Kind of architectural movement with the philosophy of living with less"

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: TINYHOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Author Mario Vargas ___"

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: LLOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Part of a French 101 conjugation"

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: ETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. "Wuthering Heights" setting"

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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: tie up, berth, moorland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Impertinent sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snoot, snob, prig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

June 24, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Toward the tail	3
2D	2. Polecats, raccoons, squirrels, etc.	8
3D	3. Dress down	8
4D	4. Brand once produced by Dow Chemical	5
5D	5. Somewhat	6
6D	6. Summer temperatures of 120º F, in Death Valley	4
7D	7. Say "You're so-o-o cute!," e.g.	3
8D	8. "Stronger than pain" sloganeer	5
9D	9. Persuade	4
10D	10. Uncommon member of a high school band	6
11D	11. Civil rights activist ___ Lou Hamer	6
12D	12. Things that parks and families have	5
13D	14. Marsupium, by another name	13
14D	16. Cause of a breakup	13
15D	20. Title for Frida Kahlo	6
16D	22. Brazilian's place	3
17D	23. Pallid	4
18D	27. Signature scent introduced in 1968	5
19D	29. Alive with excitement	4
20D	31. Itch	4
21D	33. Mesopotamian goddess of love and war	6
22D	35. ___ facto	4
23D	36. Ohio claims to be its birthplace	8
24D	37. TV character who said "I do love a locker room. It smells like potential"	8
25D	40. High-pitched cry	3
26D	41. Christmas ___	6
27D	42. ___ Gant, protagonist of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel"	6
28D	44. Windows might be opened by one	6
29D	46. Ease	5
30D	48. When doubled, racing sound	5
31D	50. They're denoted by T's, for tees	5
32D	52. States	4
33D	53. X, maybe, in Spanish	4
34D	55. What Salt-N-Pepa were not, despite their name	3
35D	57. Gobble up	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

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

Clue 1 Down: "1. Toward the tail"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
• Words that mean the same thing: astern, abaft
• The opposite would be: fore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Polecats, raccoons, squirrels, etc."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
• Words that mean the same thing: critter
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRITTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Dress down"

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: TEARINTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Brand once produced by Dow Chemical"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Somewhat"

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: INPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Summer temperatures of 120º F, in Death Valley "

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Words that mean the same thing: average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Say "You're so-o-o cute!," 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 the sound made by a pigeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Stronger than pain" sloganeer"

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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names advil and motrin and nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
• Words that mean the same thing: ibuprofen, Motrin, isobutylphenyl propionic acid
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADVIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Persuade"

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 activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, betray, trade
• 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 10 Down: "10. Uncommon member of a high school band"

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

  The answer is: OBOIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Civil rights activist ___ Lou Hamer"

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: FANNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Things that parks and families have"

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 tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Words that mean the same thing: corner, tree, Tree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Marsupium, by another name"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: KANGAROOPOUCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Cause of a breakup"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: LOVERSQUARREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Title for Frida Kahlo"

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 spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the english `mrs' or `madam'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Brazilian's place"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health club, resort hotel, health spa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Pallid"

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 of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Signature scent introduced in 1968"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Alive with excitement"

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: AHUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Itch"

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 an instinctive motive
• Words that mean the same thing: impulse, press, exhort
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Mesopotamian goddess of love and war"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that babylonian and assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the phoenician astarte
• Words that mean the same thing: Mylitta
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISHTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. ___ facto"

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: IPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Ohio claims to be its birthplace"

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 the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
• Words that mean the same thing: air travel, air, air power
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVIATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. TV character who said "I do love a locker room. It smells like potential""

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: TEDLASSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. High-pitched cry"

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: EEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Christmas ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the vital principle or animating force within living things
• Words that mean the same thing: liveliness, feeling, life
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. ___ Gant, protagonist of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that austrian general in the service of the holy roman empire during the war of the spanish succession (1663-1736)
• Words that mean the same thing: Prince Eugene of Savoy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUGENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Windows might be opened by one"

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: PCUSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Ease"

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 less active or intense
• Words that mean the same thing: let up, slack, slack off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. When doubled, racing sound"

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 roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. They're denoted by T's, for tees"

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 garment size for a tall person
• Words that mean the same thing: tall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. States"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: enjoin, enounce, read
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. X, maybe, in Spanish"

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: BESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. What Salt-N-Pepa were not, despite their name"

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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: span, duette, duad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Gobble 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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: eat on, eat up, consume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	71.4%
Short Answer	8	11.4%
History	6	8.6%
Science/Technology	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Literature	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 05:40 AM