October 10, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 10, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Smack!	4
2A	5. Half of a 1960s pop group	5
3A	10. "Puh-leeze!"	4
4A	14. Traveler with a turbine	10
5A	16. "911!" preceder	4
6A	17. Global news concern of the mid-2010s	10
7A	18. One of the Jackson 5	4
8A	19. Vodka go-with	5
9A	20. Within	5
10A	22. ___ Bartlet, president on "The West Wing"	3
11A	23. Color in a color printer	4
12A	25. Angry arenagoer, in slang	7
13A	27. Remote hiding spot?	4
14A	30. Surrender	4
15A	32. Tundra, e.g.	5
16A	33. It goes around in circles	6
17A	35. Where people get in hot water	8
18A	37. No. on a check	3
19A	38. Drinks sometimes garnished with 52-Down	7
20A	40. Pint Night purchase	3
21A	41. Material used for weaponry in ancient China as early as 500 B.C.	8
22A	43. Battle cry	6
23A	45. ___ good terms	5
24A	46. Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer	4
25A	48. Huff and puff	4
26A	49. Makes go	7
27A	51. Tierra en el agua	4
28A	53. Corona, in an eclipse	3
29A	54. Fast-food order that had "all the flavor, one less layer"	5
30A	56. Battle cry	5
31A	60. "Ars Amatoria" author	4
32A	62. "Babe"	10
33A	64. Finally give in after initial pushback	4
34A	65. "Believe me!"	10
35A	66. Concept in Freudian psychology	4
36A	67. Pointless	5
37A	68. "White-fronted" or "chestnut-bellied" birds	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. Smack!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Half of a 1960s pop group"

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 informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mum, mama, momma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. "Puh-leeze!""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Traveler with a turbine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
• Words that mean the same thing: ground-effect machine
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOVERCRAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "911!" preceder"

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 city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Global news concern of the mid-2010s"

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: EBOLASCARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. One of the Jackson 5"

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 yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to german occupation during world war ii and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: Josip Broz, Marshal Tito
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Vodka go-with"

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 lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
• Words that mean the same thing: soda water, soda, brisk
• The opposite would be: atonic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Within"

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: AMONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. ___ Bartlet, president on "The West Wing""

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: JED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Color in a color printer"

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 primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
• Words that mean the same thing: teal, bluish green, blue-green
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Angry arenagoer, in slang"

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: BOOBIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Remote hiding spot?"

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 an upholstered seat for more than one person
• Words that mean the same thing: couch, lounge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Surrender"

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

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Tundra, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. It goes around in circles"

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 (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, and pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
• Words that mean the same thing: satellite, major planet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Where people get in hot water"

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: JACUZZIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. No. on a check"

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: AMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Drinks sometimes garnished with 52-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert 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: MOJITOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Pint Night purchase"

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 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 21 Across: "41. Material used for weaponry in ancient China as early as 500 B.C."

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: CASTIRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Battle cry"

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: ITSWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. ___ good terms"

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: ENDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Huff and puff"

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 noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
• Words that mean the same thing: gasp, heave, trouser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Makes go"

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 cause to move forward with force
• Words that mean the same thing: incite, motivate, actuate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROPELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Tierra en el agua"

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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Corona, in an eclipse"

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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: lip, flange, brim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Fast-food order that had "all the flavor, one less layer""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MACJR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Battle cry"

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: IMHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. "Ars Amatoria" author"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
• Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. "Babe""

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: THEBAMBINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Finally give in after initial pushback"

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 circular segment of a curve
• Words that mean the same thing: deform, crook, turn
• The opposite would be: straighten, unbend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. "Believe me!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMSUREOFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Concept in Freudian psychology"

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: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire
• The 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 36 Across: "67. Pointless"

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: NOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. "White-fronted" or "chestnut-bellied" birds"

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 either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: boob, nipple, breast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - October 10, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Arouse	4
2D	2. ___ spider, creature named for its presence around train tracks	4
3D	3. Enterprise once known as the California Perfume Company	4
4D	4. It has a big pouch	7
5D	5. Presenters, for short	3
6D	6. Recherché	6
7D	7. Polite term of address	4
8D	8. Music genre for Fela Kuti	8
9D	9. Court pro	5
10D	10. Real piece of work?	3
11D	11. Longtime head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra	10
12D	12. Italian soccer club with three Champions League titles	10
13D	13. Area with limited access to supermarkets	10
14D	15. Salacious	4
15D	21. Flop	6
16D	24. Someone in the picture	5
17D	26. Ad ___	3
18D	27. Far-off explorer	10
19D	28. Who "just keeps rollin' along" in a classic show tune	10
20D	29. Rock 'n' roll pioneer from New Orleans	10
21D	31. Turning the tables?	5
22D	34. Longtime music collaborator with Royce da 5'9"	6
23D	36. Makes up	5
24D	39. What's-his-name	8
25D	42. Tee, e.g.	3
26D	44. Sender of many unwanted messages	7
27D	47. Lufthansa supplier	6
28D	50. Mass medium	5
29D	52. See 38-Across	4
30D	55. Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring"	4
31D	57. Like some sound systems	4
32D	58. Not eliminated	4
33D	59. French fries alternative, informally	4
34D	61. Requirement for some drilling: Abbr.	3
35D	63. "___ so!"	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. Arouse"

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 make keen or more acute
• Words that mean the same thing: quicken
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ spider, creature named for its presence around train tracks"

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 disreputable vagrant
• Words that mean the same thing: tramp, bum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Enterprise once known as the California Perfume Company"

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 river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
• Words that mean the same thing: River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon 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: AVON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. It has a big pouch"

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 large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PELICAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Presenters, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one million periods per second
• Words that mean the same thing: MHz, Mc, megahertz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Recherché"

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

  The answer is: ARCANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Polite term of address"

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: MAAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Music genre for Fela Kuti"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AFROBEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Court pro"

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: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Real piece of work?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: graphics, artwork, artistry
• The 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 11 Down: "11. Longtime head of the Boston Symphony Orchestra"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEIJIOZAWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Italian soccer club with three Champions League titles"

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: INTERMILAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Area with limited access to supermarkets"

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: FOODDESERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Salacious"

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 full of zest or vigor
• Words that mean the same thing: gamey, gamy, spicy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Flop"

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: GOBUST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Someone in the picture"

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 theatrical performer
• Words that mean the same thing: histrion, role player, thespian
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Ad ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that your occupation or line of work
• Words that mean the same thing: game
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Far-off explorer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPACEPROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Who "just keeps rollin' along" in a classic show tune"

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: OLMANRIVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Rock 'n' roll pioneer from New Orleans"

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: FATSDOMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Turning the tables?"

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 comment on music to be played
• Words that mean the same thing: DJ, disc-jockey, disk-jockey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DJING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Longtime music collaborator with Royce da 5'9""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMINEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Makes up"

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 flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
• Words that mean the same thing: coin, strike, mint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. What's-his-name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JOESCHMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Tee, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the upper part of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: top of the inning, go past, transcend
• The opposite would be: bottom
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Sender of many unwanted messages"

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: SPAMBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "47. Lufthansa supplier"

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 subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "50. Mass medium"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any dialect of the language of ancient rome
• Words that mean the same thing: Romance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. See 38-Across"

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 caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Words that mean the same thing: fluxing lime, calx, lime hydrate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "55. Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring""

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: JESU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "57. Like some sound systems"

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: HIFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "58. Not eliminated"

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: INIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "59. French fries alternative, informally"

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 amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: tot, summate, tally
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "61. Requirement for some drilling: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a doctor's degree in dental surgery
• Words that mean the same thing: Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Dental Surgery, DD
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "63. "___ so!""

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: live, follow, comprise
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	75.0%
Short Answer	8	11.1%
Music	3	4.2%
Food & Drink	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
History	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, 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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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, June 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword June 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Talks with a gravelly voice	5
2A	6. Fastener with a twist	5
3A	11. Brevity is said to be the soul of it	3
4A	14. Sir John of London	5
5A	15. Not get caught by, as a pursuer	5
6A	16. Patient's insurance option, for short	3
7A	17. "Affliction" suffered by Fab Four devotees	11
8A	19. "The Simpsons" storekeeper	3
9A	20. ___ stage left	4
10A	21. Prefix with air or afternoon	3
11A	22. Big person on the small screen	6
12A	24. Prince Charles's onetime partner, affectionately	6
13A	26. Removes from nursing, as a foal	5
14A	27. "Affliction" suffered by bracketologists	12
15A	32. Child, legally speaking	5
16A	35. Villain's retreat	4
17A	36. Quartet minus one	4
18A	37. Has left the office	5
19A	38. Triage locales, for short	3
20A	39. Enjoy the taste of	5
21A	40. Move like a butterfly	4
22A	41. Green stone popular in Chinese craftwork	4
23A	42. Woods who voiced Cinderella	5
24A	43. "Affliction" suffered by clothes lovers	12
25A	46. Track-and-field competitions	5
26A	47. Insinuates	6
27A	51. Person with a chrome dome	6
28A	52. Cow's sound	3
29A	54. "Gone With the Wind" plantation	4
30A	55. Atty.'s org.	3
31A	56. "Affliction" suffered by the winter-weary	11
32A	59. Big part of a T. rex	3
33A	60. What diamonds and straight-A students do	5
34A	61. Gown	5
35A	62. Commercials	3
36A	63. Japanese port of 2+ million	5
37A	64. "Same here"	5

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. Talks with a gravelly voice"

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

  The answer is: RASPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Fastener with a twist"

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 someone who guards prisoners
• Words that mean the same thing: chouse, chicane, sleep together
• The opposite would be: unscrew
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Brevity is said to be the soul of it"

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 message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: witticism, card, humour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Sir John of London"

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: ELTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Not get caught by, as a pursuer"

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 escape, either physically or mentally
• Words that mean the same thing: circumvent, dodge, escape
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Patient's insurance option, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
• Words that mean the same thing: health maintenance organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Affliction" suffered by Fab Four devotees"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEATLEMANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "The Simpsons" storekeeper"

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: APU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. ___ stage left"

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 opening that permits escape or release
• Words that mean the same thing: pass away, pass, get out
• The opposite would be: be born, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Prefix with air or afternoon"

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

  The answer is: MID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Big person on the small screen"

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: TVSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Prince Charles's onetime partner, affectionately"

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: LADYDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Removes from nursing, as a foal"

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 gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
• Words that mean the same thing: ablactate, wean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "Affliction" suffered by bracketologists"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: MARCHMADNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Child, legally speaking"

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 young person of either sex
• Words that mean the same thing: child, venial, nestling
• The opposite would be: major
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Villain's retreat"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: den
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Quartet minus one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: 3, triple, triplet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Has left the office"

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: ISOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Triage locales, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: erbium, atomic number 68, ER
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Enjoy the taste of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: tang, nip, enjoy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAVOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Move like a butterfly"

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 sudden quick movement
• Words that mean the same thing: flutter, fleet, dart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Green stone popular in Chinese craftwork"

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 semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
• Words that mean the same thing: nag, jadestone, fag
• The opposite would be: refresh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Woods who voiced Cinderella"

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: ILENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. "Affliction" suffered by clothes lovers"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: FASHIONCRAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Track-and-field competitions"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
• Words that mean the same thing: satisfy, play, gather
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Insinuates"

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: GETSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Person with a chrome dome"

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: BALDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Cow's sound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sound made by a cow or bull
• Words that mean the same thing: low
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. "Gone With the Wind" plantation"

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 village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Atty.'s org."

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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. "Affliction" suffered by the winter-weary"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPRINGFEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Big part of a T. rex"

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 part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
• Words that mean the same thing: call on the carpet, remonstrate, chew up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. What diamonds and straight-A students do"

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 the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
• Words that mean the same thing: glow, effulgence, smoothen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Gown"

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 one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
• Words that mean the same thing: curry, garment, full-dress
• The opposite would be: undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Commercials"

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 public promotion of some product or service
• Words that mean the same thing: advertizing, advert, advertizement
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Japanese port of 2+ million"

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 port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. "Same here""

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: ASDOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle June 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. One in revolt	5
2D	2. Amazon Echo persona	5
3D	3. Reserved in manner	5
4D	4. Spewing naughty language, as a child	12
5D	5. Weekly show with a cold open, for short	3
6D	6. Vehicle that can jackknife	4
7D	7. Attired	4
8D	8. Go for elected office	3
9D	9. Tussle between wiki page modifiers	7
10D	10. Bobbed and ___	6
11D	11. "Well, I never!"	9
12D	12. Fill with zeal	9
13D	13. P.G.A. ___	4
14D	18. Kuwaiti leader	4
15D	23. Mail addressed to the North Pole	12
16D	25. Missile aimed at a bull's-eye	4
17D	28. Off drugs	5
18D	29. The fourth letter of "circle," but not the first	5
19D	30. Scrooge	5
20D	31. Achy	4
21D	32. Make peeved	4
22D	33. Capital of Pakistan	9
23D	34. Peace-and-quiet ordinances	9
24D	39. Small, medium or large	4
25D	41. Brooklyn's St. ___ College	7
26D	44. "Quite correct"	6
27D	45. Wide-eyed	4
28D	48. Placed money in the bank	5
29D	49. "Am not!" comeback	5
30D	50. Ankle bones	5
31D	51. ___ California	4
32D	52. Stole fur	4
33D	53. Prime draft status	4
34D	57. Narrow waterway	3
35D	58. Agcy. overseeing Rx's	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. One in revolt"

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 `johnny' was applied as a nickname for confederate soldiers by the federal soldiers in the american civil war; `greyback' derived from their grey confederate uniforms
• Words that mean the same thing: insurgent, maverick, insurrectionist
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Amazon Echo persona"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Reserved in manner"

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 characterized by dignity and propriety
• Words that mean the same thing: sedate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Spewing naughty language, as a child"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: POTTYMOUTHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Weekly show with a cold open, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Vehicle that can jackknife"

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 two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
• Words that mean the same thing: trailer truck, rig, articulated lorry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Attired"

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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
• Words that mean the same thing: clothe, garment, cloak
• The opposite would be: unclothed, undress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Go for elected office"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: play, draw, bleed
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tussle between wiki page modifiers"

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: EDITWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bobbed and ___"

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 interlace by or as if by weaving
• Words that mean the same thing: wander, thread, weave
• The opposite would be: unweave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAVED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Well, I never!""

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: WHATNERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Fill with zeal"

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: IMPASSION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. P.G.A. ___"

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 journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
• Words that mean the same thing: duty tour, go, hitch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Kuwaiti leader"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: ameer, amir, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Mail addressed to the North Pole"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SANTALETTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Missile aimed at a bull's-eye"

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 narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
• Words that mean the same thing: dash, scoot, flash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Off drugs"

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 weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
• Words that mean the same thing: sporting, plumb, strip
• The opposite would be: unclean, dirty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. The fourth letter of "circle," but not the first"

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: HARDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Scrooge"

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 stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Achy"

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 open skin infection
• Words that mean the same thing: tender, painful, sensitive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Make peeved"

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 state of irritation or annoyance
• Words that mean the same thing: seeing red, huff
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Capital of Pakistan"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Pakistan
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAMABAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Peace-and-quiet ordinances"

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: NOISELAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Small, medium or large"

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 physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
• Words that mean the same thing: sizing, size of 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: SIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Brooklyn's St. ___ College"

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 leader of the nez perce in their retreat from united states troops (1840-1904)
• Words that mean the same thing: Joseph, Chief Joseph
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOSEPHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. "Quite correct""

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: ITISSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Wide-eyed"

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

  The answer is: AGOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Placed money in the bank"

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 save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• Words that mean the same thing: lay aside, pull through, spare
• The opposite would be: lost
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAVED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. "Am not!" comeback"

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: ARESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Ankle bones"

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 part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: tarsus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. ___ California"

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: BAJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Stole fur"

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 expensive fur of a mink
• Words that mean the same thing: mink coat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Prime draft status"

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: ONEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Narrow waterway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Agcy. overseeing Rx's"

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 federal agency in the department of health and human services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
• Words that mean the same thing: Food and Drug Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	80.6%
Short Answer	10	13.9%
Abbreviation	3	4.2%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 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 Monday, 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: October 02, 2025 at 04:41 AM