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Saturday, September 7, 2024

0907 NYT Crossword: September 07, 2024 | Puzzle Breakdown

NYT Crossword September 07, 2024 Puzzle Breakdown: Your Complete Guide

Here are the puzzles for New York Times Crossword of September 07, 2024 which brings another set of fun and enticing clues and questions. Below are the explanations for the across and down clues which will assist you in completing today’s puzzle.

Breakdown of the NYT Crossword September 07, 2024
Breakdown of the NYT Crossword September 07, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Labor tactic. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAMAZE


  • The clue is 7. Ding-dong. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DOOFUS

    Possible Answer : nitwit, half-wit, doofus, dimwit


  • The clue is 13. Etymologists' interests. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORIGINS

    Possible Answer : blood_line, bloodline, origin, extraction, ancestry, stemma, blood, pedigree, line_of_descent, rootage, root, origination, parentage, line, source, stock, descent, beginning, lineage, inception


  • The clue is 15. Out-of-the-blue. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABRUPT

    Possible Answer : sharp, precipitous, abrupt, disconnected


  • The clue is 16. Family inheritance?. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: GENEPOOL


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

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

    The answer: LOANTO


  • The clue is 19. Signs up for. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: JOINS

    Possible Answer : sum, bring_together, unite, fall_in, articulation, get_together, joint, juncture, connect, union, link, conjoin, link_up, join, junction

    Possible Opposite Answer : disjoin


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

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

    The answer: FABLE

    Possible Answer : parable, apologue, fable, fiction, legend, allegory, fabrication


  • The clue is 22. Cool off, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FAN

    Possible Answer : fan, winnow, sports_fan, rooter, buff, lover, devotee


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

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

    The answer: ALOT


  • The clue is 24. How someone might be in love. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MADLY

    Possible Answer : dementedly, deucedly, insanely, frantically, devilishly, crazily, deadly, madly

    Possible Opposite Answer : sanely


  • The clue is 25. Tesla, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAKE

    Possible Answer : score, relieve_oneself, draw, crap, progress_to, reach, defecate, piss, pull_in, make, stimulate, puddle, cause, work, realize, pee, make_water, have, attain, construct, form, hold, make_up, constitute, ca-ca, earn, clear, fix, do, cook, produce, ready, name, lay_down, urinate, get_to, shuffle, build, bring_in, make_believe, shit, spend_a_penny, shuffling, get, hit, piddle, give, pass_water, gain, micturate, nominate, establish, seduce, realise, pretend, stool, take_a_shit, prepare, wee, arrive_at, brand, take, wee-wee, create, induce, throw, pee-pee, take_a_crap, take_in, take_a_leak

    Possible Opposite Answer : break, unmake


  • The clue is 26. "I mean, come on!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAN

    Possible Answer : human_beings, valet_de_chambre, serviceman, man, gentleman's_gentleman, human_being, humanity, military_man, humankind, valet, military_personnel, mankind, humans, Isle_of_Man, homo, piece, human_race, world, adult_male, gentleman, human, Man

    Possible Opposite Answer : civilian, woman


  • The clue is 27. Pain ___ (French toast, in French). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PERDU


  • The clue is 28. Like soffritto ingredients. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DICED

    Possible Answer : cube, dice


  • The clue is 29. Deep fears?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEASERPENTS


  • The clue is 31. Methods for sharing pirated material. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BITTORRENTS


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

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

    The answer: NITTYGRITTY


  • The clue is 33. One of the Goonies in "The Goonies". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MIKEY


  • The clue is 34. It might be fluid. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OUNCE

    Possible Answer : ounce, Panthera_uncia, troy_ounce, snow_leopard, apothecaries'_ounce, oz.


  • The clue is 35. Mediocre, in modern slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MID

    Possible Answer : mid


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

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

    The answer: ACES

    Possible Answer : ace, genius, adept, star, mavin, unity, sail_through, virtuoso, whizz, nail, champion, angiotensin-converting_enzyme, sweep_through, superstar, whiz, angiotensin_converting_enzyme, I, breeze_through, maven, sensation, single, ACE, 1, wiz, one, wizard, Allied_Command_Europe, hotshot, pass_with_flying_colors


  • The clue is 39. Word in two African country names. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CONGO

    Possible Answer : Zaire_River, Belgian_Congo, French_Congo, English_breakfast_tea, Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo, Congo, Congo_River, congo, Zaire, congou_tea, congou, Republic_of_the_Congo


  • The clue is 40. Somewhat, musically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POCO


  • The clue is 41. Poivre go-with. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEL


  • The clue is 42. Videographer's words before recording, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANDGO


  • The clue is 43. Pass it on!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BATON

    Possible Answer : truncheon, billy, nightstick, billy_club, baton, billystick, wand


  • The clue is 44. Reach, as new heights. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOARTO


  • The clue is 46. Sporting venue also known as a dohyo. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: SUMORING


  • The clue is 48. Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INNOUT


  • The clue is 49. First word in the opening crawl for "Star Wars: Episode I". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TURMOIL

    Possible Answer : convulsion, agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, tumult, upheaval, turmoil


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

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

    The answer: FEEBLE

    Possible Answer : rickety, debile, nerveless, faint, lame, weakly, infirm, decrepit, weak, feeble, sapless


  • The clue is 51. Where you might say "That's the spirit!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEANCE

    Possible Answer : session, sitting, seance


Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

    The answer: LOGJAM

    Possible Answer: logjam

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

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

    The answer: AREOLA

    Possible Answer: areola, ring_of_color

  • The clue is 3. Flunky. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MINION

    Possible Answer: minion

  • The clue is 4. One running the showing, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGENT

    Possible Answer: federal_agent, agent, broker, factor, agentive_role

  • The clue is 5. Whizzes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZIPS

    Possible Answer: zero, zippo, postcode, postal_code, nothing, energy, zip_fastener, zilch, travel_rapidly, aught, goose_egg, vigor, cipher, zipper, nada, ZIP_code, cypher, nil, null, ZIP, hurry, slide_fastener, naught, nix, zip_up, speed, zip, vigour

    Possible Opposite Answer : unzip

  • The clue is 6. Experimental music documentary of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENO

  • The clue is 7. Move slowly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DALLY

    Possible Answer: philander, dally, romance, chat_up, flirt, play, toy, coquet, coquette, mash, butterfly, dawdle, trifle

  • The clue is 8. Relative of a heckelphone. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OBOE

    Possible Answer: hautboy, oboe, hautbois

  • The clue is 9. "Se Non ___, Quando?" (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to "If not now, when?"). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ORA

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

  • The clue is 10. Trivia worth learning. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: FUNFACTS

  • The clue is 11. Moments of comprehension, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPTAKES

    Possible Answer: intake, ingestion, uptake, consumption

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

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

    The answer: STONED

    Possible Answer: stoned, stone, pit, lapidate, hopped-up

  • The clue is 14. "Everything's coming along great!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOFARSOGOOD

  • The clue is 17. Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LADDERRUNGS

  • The clue is 21. Censoring, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BLURRINGOUT

  • The clue is 24. Like material you can sink your teeth into. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MEATY

    Possible Answer: substantive, meaty

    Possible Opposite Answer : meatless

  • The clue is 25. Like mojitos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MINTY

    Possible Answer: minty

  • The clue is 27. Small-minded. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PETTY

    Possible Answer: fiddling, niggling, subaltern, lowly, piddling, junior-grade, petit_larceny, small-minded, footling, picayune, little, petty, petty_larceny, lower-ranking, secondary, trivial, lilliputian, piffling

    Possible Opposite Answer : grand_larceny

  • The clue is 28. Sausage grinder in Italy?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DENTE

  • The clue is 29. Listings on a blogroll. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SITES

    Possible Answer: web_site, model, place, ride, baby-sit, sit_around, sit_down, pose, posture, site, land_site, sit, seat, internet_site, website, locate, situation

    Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise

  • The clue is 30. Competitor of Chewy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PETCO

  • The clue is 31. Stretch near a shoulder, say. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

    The answer: BIKELANE

  • The clue is 32. "Zing!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NICEONE

  • The clue is 33. Mountain grouping. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MASSIF

    Possible Answer: massif

  • The clue is 35. Courtroom request. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOTION

    Possible Answer: gesticulate, motion, movement, apparent_motion, apparent_movement, gesture, motility, question, move

    Possible Opposite Answer : motionlessness

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

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

    The answer: ICONIC

    Possible Answer: iconic

  • The clue is 37. Computer accessory. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DONGLE

    Possible Answer: dongle

  • The clue is 39. Big bill, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CNOTE

  • The clue is 40. City famous for its ham and cheese. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PARMA

  • The clue is 42. Surgeon/writer Gawande. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATUL

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

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

    The answer: BORE

    Possible Answer: assume, stomach, calibre, bear, acquit, aegir, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, gestate, suffer, eagre, tire, drill_hole, abide, eager, tidal_bore, support, have, stick_out, dullard, hold, brook, behave, conduct, take_over, stand, bore, caliber, give_birth, wear, deport, contain, digest, endure, yield, put_up, tolerate, deliver, gauge, pay, drill, accept, carry, expect, turn_out, birth, comport, bore-hole

    Possible Opposite Answer : interest

  • The clue is 45. Deprive (of). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROB

    Possible Answer: surcharge, gazump, rob, fleece, soak, pluck, hook, overcharge, plume

    Possible Opposite Answer : undercharge

  • The clue is 47. Some fraternity letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MUS

    Possible Answer: mu, genus_Mus, Mus

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

March 05, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (33 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

March 05, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Tea with tapioca pearls 4
2A 5. Tear to bits 5
3A 10. Syringe amts. 3
4A 13. Anthony Hopkins's role in "Thor" 4
5A 14. France's longest river 5
6A 15. Something to draw names out of 3
7A 16. Flaw in an argument 14
8A 19. Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos 3
9A 20. "My treat!" 4
10A 21. ___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan 4
11A 22. "August: ___ County" (Pulitzer-winning play) 5
12A 24. Walk quietly 6
13A 26. Void 10
14A 28. On the briny 4
15A 29. Weightlifting item for a biceps routine 7
16A 33. AOL competitor 3
17A 34. Messy living area 6
18A 37. French friend 3
19A 38. "I love you," in Spanish 7
20A 40. Toad's kid-lit pal 4
21A 41. Many a beverage ending in "-ade" 10
22A 45. Lose rigidity 6
23A 48. Trophy or medal 5
24A 49. Abbr. at the end of a list of authors 4
25A 50. Marbled loaves 4
26A 51. Queen's pawn? 3
27A 54. Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across 14
28A 58. Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down 3
29A 59. Meat skewer 5
30A 60. Sign of past stitches, perhaps 4
31A 61. Simon & Garfunkel's "___ Robinson" 3
32A 62. Georgia school said to be one of the "Southern Ivies" 5
33A 63. Fellow bringing a dozen roses, maybe 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. Tea with tapioca pearls"

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: BOBA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Tear to bits"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  • Words that mean the same thing: rag, tatter, 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: SHRED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Syringe amts."

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 metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
  • Words that mean the same thing: ml, cubic centimeter, millilitre
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CCS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Anthony Hopkins's role in "Thor""

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 (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ODIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. France's longest river"

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 the longest french river; rises in the massif central and flows north and west to the atlantic ocean
  • Words that mean the same thing: Loire 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: LOIRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Something to draw names out of"

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 headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
  • Words that mean the same thing: lid, chapeau
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Flaw in an argument"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: LOGICALFALLACY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos"

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 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: weapon system, build up, branch
  • The opposite would be: disarm
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "My treat!""

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: ONME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. ___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan"

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: ARAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "August: ___ County" (Pulitzer-winning play)"

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 member of the siouan people formerly living in missouri in the valleys of the missouri and osage rivers; oil was found on osage lands early in the 20th century
  • Words that mean the same thing: Osage 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: OSAGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Walk quietly"

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 tip of a toe
  • Words that mean the same thing: tippytoe, tip
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TIPTOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Void"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: EMPTYSPACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. On the briny"

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 in the direction of the sea
  • Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Weightlifting item for a biceps routine"

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: CURLBAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. AOL competitor"

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: MSN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Messy living area"

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 pen for swine
  • Words that mean the same thing: sty, pigpen
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PIGSTY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. French friend"

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: AMI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. "I love you," in Spanish"

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: YOTEAMO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Toad's kid-lit pal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
  • Words that mean the same thing: batrachian, Gaul, toad frog
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FROG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Many a beverage ending in "-ade""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: FRUITDRINK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Lose rigidity"

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: GOLIMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Trophy or medal"

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 grant made by a law court
  • Words that mean the same thing: honor, prize, present
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AWARD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Abbr. at the end of a list of authors"

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: ETAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Marbled loaves"

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 seed of the cereal grass
  • Words that mean the same thing: rye, Secale cereale, rye whisky
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RYES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Queen's pawn?"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: THREEHOLEPUNCH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down"

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: EEK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Meat skewer"

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 cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
  • Words that mean the same thing: shish kebab, kebab
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KABOB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Sign of past stitches, perhaps"

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 mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • Words that mean the same thing: pock, scratch, cicatrice
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Simon & Garfunkel's "___ Robinson""

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 form of address for a married woman
  • Words that mean the same thing: Mr., Mrs., Mister
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MRS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Georgia school said to be one of the "Southern Ivies""

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: EMORY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Fellow bringing a dozen roses, 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 a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
  • Words that mean the same thing: boyfriend, swain, fashion plate
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BEAU

    Great job if you got it right!

March 05, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Cattle-catching weapon 4
2D 2. Strong smell 4
3D 3. Eagerly awaited occasion 9
4D 4. What "their" is spelled with, but not "there" or "they're" 3
5D 5. Like "b-boy" or "my b" 6
6D 6. "A Study in Scarlet" detective 6
7D 7. Widespread 4
8D 8. Notable time period 3
9D 9. Director Guillermo ___ Toro 3
10D 10. Reach the Billboard Hot 100, e.g. 5
11D 11. Chocolate source 5
12D 12. Something that editors and clothing designers are concerned with 5
13D 17. Cold weather wear 4
14D 18. Folded part of a 17-Down 5
15D 23. Place for a wax 3
16D 24. Like a tightrope, ideally 4
17D 25. Flo Rida hit with the lyric "Champagne buckets still got two tears in it" 4
18D 26. Standard Oil offshoot 4
19D 27. Windows runners 3
20D 28. Comedian Sedaris 3
21D 30. Where to swing your partner 'round and 'round 9
22D 31. Bad way to run 4
23D 32. Equip for sailing 3
24D 34. Eggplant ___ (Italian dish, familiarly) 4
25D 35. "It's my turn!" 4
26D 36. "There but for the grace of God ___" 3
27D 39. Use TurboTax, e.g. 5
28D 40. Silver ___ (tree of the Alps) 3
29D 42. Swift to fill a concert hall? 6
30D 43. Dorky 6
31D 44. Scratchy voice quality 4
32D 45. "Don't let those people escape!" 5
33D 46. Catchall survey option 5
34D 47. Birds that sing extravagant melodies 5
35D 50. Prefix meaning "automated" 4
36D 52. Final Four org. 4
37D 53. No ___ Traffic 4
38D 55. Barely manage, with "out" 3
39D 56. Theatrical sort 3
40D 57. Kind of port seen at airport kiosks 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. Cattle-catching weapon"

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 cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
  • Words that mean the same thing: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BOLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Strong smell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any property detected by the olfactory system
  • Words that mean the same thing: odour, olfactory perception, smell
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ODOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Eagerly awaited occasion"

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: BIGMOMENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. What "their" is spelled with, but not "there" or "they're""

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

    The answer is: ANI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Like "b-boy" or "my b""

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 constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLANGY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "A Study in Scarlet" detective"

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 fictitious detective in stories by a. conan doyle
  • Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOLMES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Widespread"

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 most frequent or common
  • Words that mean the same thing: plethoric, prevailing, overabundant
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIFE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Notable time period"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Words that mean the same thing: geological era, earned run average, epoch
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Director Guillermo ___ Toro"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: DEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Reach the Billboard Hot 100, e.g."

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 visual display of information
  • Words that mean the same thing: graph
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CHART

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Chocolate source"

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 tropical american tree producing cacao beans
  • Words that mean the same thing: Theobroma cacao, cacao tree, chocolate 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: CACAO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Something that editors and clothing designers are concerned with"

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 how something is done or how it happens
  • Words that mean the same thing: flair, stylus, trend
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STYLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "17. Cold weather wear"

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 outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  • Words that mean the same thing: coating, pelage, cake
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Folded part of a 17-Down"

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 lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAPEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Place for a wax"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
  • Words that mean the same thing: health club, watering place, 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 16 Down: "24. Like a tightrope, ideally"

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

    The answer is: TAUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Flo Rida hit with the lyric "Champagne buckets still got two tears in it""

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: ICRY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Standard Oil offshoot"

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: ESSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Windows runners"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
  • Words that mean the same thing: personal computer, microcomputer, PC
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PCS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Comedian Sedaris"

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: AMY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Where to swing your partner 'round and 'round"

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: BARNDANCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Bad way to run"

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 frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • Words that mean the same thing: demoniac, berserk, amuck
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AMOK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Equip for sailing"

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 gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
  • Words that mean the same thing: tractor trailer, equipage, rigging
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Eggplant ___ (Italian dish, familiarly)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: PARM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. "It's my turn!""

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: IMUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. "There but for the grace of God ___""

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: GOI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Use TurboTax, e.g."

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: EFILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Silver ___ (tree of the Alps)"

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 nonresinous wood of a fir tree
  • Words that mean the same thing: fir tree, true fir
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Swift to fill a concert hall?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that united states composer and music critic (1885-1966)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Zachary Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Deems Taylor
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAYLOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Dorky"

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: DWEEBY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Scratchy voice quality"

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

    The answer is: RASP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. "Don't let those people escape!""

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: GETEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Catchall survey option"

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 not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
  • Words that mean the same thing: former, early
  • The opposite would be: same
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OTHER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Birds that sing extravagant melodies"

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 north american songbirds having a yellow breast
  • Words that mean the same thing: frolic, run around, rollick
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LARKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Prefix meaning "automated""

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: ROBO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Final Four org."

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: NCAA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. No ___ Traffic"

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: THRU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Barely manage, with "out""

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: EKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Theatrical sort"

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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
  • Words that mean the same thing: jambon, gammon, overplay
  • The opposite would be: underact
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "57. Kind of port seen at airport kiosks"

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: USB

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 49 67.1%
Short Answer 19 26.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.7%
Geography 1 1.4%
History 1 1.4%
Food & Drink 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 33
Down Clues 40
Total Clues 73
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 14 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: August 27, 2025 at 08:28 AM