October 23, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (34 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (36 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 23, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Questions of surprise?	7
2A	8. Certain native of the Mideast	7
3A	15. Like cranks	7
4A	16. Indian spice mixes	7
5A	17. Duraflame product	7
6A	18. Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline	7
7A	19. Contents of some wells	3
8A	20. Literally, "one who is sent off"	7
9A	22. ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader	3
10A	23. Pass it on!	4
11A	25. Law school subject	6
12A	26. What's mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe	3
13A	27. A host of, in brief	5
14A	29. "Stronger With ___ Tear," 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige	4
15A	30. Fail badly	4
16A	31. Words of acceptance	6
17A	33. "Is this such a good idea?"	7
18A	35. Request from a host	4
19A	37. Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr.	4
20A	38. Pippi Longstocking feature	7
21A	41. Things on the heads of some outlaws	6
22A	45. Controvert	4
23A	46. Dix minus un	4
24A	48. Pass through D.C.?	5
25A	49. ___ and ran	3
26A	50. L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the"	6
27A	52. Get	4
28A	53. Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe	3
29A	54. They've got to hand it to you	7
30A	56. ___-tip (beef cut)	3
31A	57. Quickly and soon	7
32A	59. Headliner	7
33A	61. "Oh, that's good!"	7
34A	62. Sunblock blocks it	7
35A	63. Manor house attendant	7
36A	64. Some charges for animal lovers	7

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. Questions of surprise?"

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: POPQUIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Certain native of the Mideast"

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: EMIRATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Like cranks"

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 annoyed and irritable
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-tempered, grumpy, crabbed
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUCHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Indian spice mixes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MASALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Duraflame product"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIRELOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline"

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: OILGLUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Contents of some wells"

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

  The answer is: INK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Literally, "one who is sent off""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
• Words that mean the same thing: Apostelic Father
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOSTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Pass it on!"

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 knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Words that mean the same thing: traditional 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: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Law school subject"

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 motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• Words that mean the same thing: moral philosophy, ethical code, morals
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. What's mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe"

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 silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
• Words that mean the same thing: cannister, can, put 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: TIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. A host of, in brief"

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: MCING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. "Stronger With ___ Tear," 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Words that mean the same thing: for each one, apiece, from each one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Fail badly"

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 enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
• Words that mean the same thing: army tank, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Words of acceptance"

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: SOBEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "Is this such a good idea?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOIDARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Request from a host"

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: RSVP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NMEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Pippi Longstocking feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a plait of braided hair
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIGTAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Things on the heads of some outlaws"

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 the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
• Words that mean the same thing: Leontyne Price, cost, Price
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Controvert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Dix minus un"

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: NEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Pass through D.C.?"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: reenact, act out, ordain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. ___ and ran"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: eat up, feed, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the""

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: ITCLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Get"

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 get the meaning of something
• Words that mean the same thing: comprehend, apprehend, get the picture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that semiformal evening dress for men
• Words that mean the same thing: dinner jacket, tuxedo, black 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: TUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. They've got to hand it to you"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
• Words that mean the same thing: trader, bargainer, monger
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEALERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. ___-tip (beef cut)"

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: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Quickly and soon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INAWINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Headliner"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEADACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. "Oh, that's good!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NICEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Sunblock blocks it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UVLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Manor house attendant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GATEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Some charges for animal lovers"

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: PETFEES

  Great job if you got it right!

October 23, 2021 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Standard Disney fare	7
2D	2. River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon	7
3D	3. BBQ specialty	7
4D	4. "Por ___?"	3
5D	5. First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles	4
6D	6. [knock on wood]	5
7D	7. Baby-to-be	6
8D	8. Face of the internet?	8
9D	9. Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo	9
10D	10. Some vacation getaways	5
11D	11. Low-quality paper	3
12D	12. Likely M.V.P. candidate	7
13D	13. Bullish	7
14D	14. Cry of ineptitude	6
15D	21. Popular baitfish	4
16D	24. Potential topic to discuss in science class?	6
17D	28. Meat	4
18D	30. Strenuous	6
19D	32. Rabbit ears	9
20D	34. "Wot's dat over ___?"	4
21D	36. Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert	8
22D	38. Flower in the nightshade family	7
23D	39. Rounded, say	7
24D	40. Quiet period	4
25D	42. Charge for some truckers	7
26D	43. Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French	7
27D	44. One of the Lesser Antilles	7
28D	45. Kind of pool	6
29D	47. Go from E to F	6
30D	50. Challenge for a language learner	5
31D	51. Musical equivalent of two whole notes	5
32D	55. What halophobia is the fear of	4
33D	58. Baby	3
34D	60. "What's the ___?"	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. Standard Disney fare"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PGFILMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a south american river 1,500 miles long; flows into the south atlantic
• Words that mean the same thing: Orinoco 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: ORINOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. BBQ specialty"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PORKRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Por ___?""

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: QUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles"

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: UCLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. [knock on wood]"

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: IHOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Baby-to-be"

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 (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
• Words that mean the same thing: fertilized ovum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZYGOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Face of the internet?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMOTICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo"

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: MAILCHIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Some vacation getaways"

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 small island
• Words that mean the same thing: islet, isle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Low-quality paper"

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 piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: lambast, annoy, call on the carpet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Likely M.V.P. candidate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bullish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAURINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Cry of ineptitude"

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: ISTINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Popular baitfish"

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 bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of atlantic coast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Potential topic to discuss in science class?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
• Words that mean the same thing: vigor, vim, muscularity
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENERGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Meat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• Words that mean the same thing: essence, effect, center
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Strenuous"

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 levy a tax on
• Words that mean the same thing: onerous, tax, task
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Rabbit ears"

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: TVANTENNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. "Wot's dat over ___?""

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: DERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PIECAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Flower in the nightshade family"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Petunia
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETUNIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Rounded, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INEXACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Quiet period"

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 pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquillise, quieten, calm down
• The opposite would be: agitate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Charge for some truckers"

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 the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
• Words that mean the same thing: carting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French"

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: ECORCHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. One of the Lesser Antilles"

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: STKITTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Kind of pool"

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 use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
• Words that mean the same thing: see, go steady, geological dating
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Go from E to F"

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: FUELUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Challenge for a language learner"

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 manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
• Words that mean the same thing: idiomatic expression, phrase, artistic style
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Musical equivalent of two whole notes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a diacritical mark (u-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. What halophobia is the fear of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: saltiness, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, common salt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Baby"

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 short time
• Words that mean the same thing: itty-bitty, weensy, teentsy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. "What's the ___?""

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: DIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	9	12.9%
Music	3	4.3%
History	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

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February 01, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, February 01, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

February 01, 2024 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Zeroes, in soccer	4
2A	5. Comedic takedown	5
3A	10. Includes	3
4A	13. Peak of revelation?	5
5A	14. Happen next	5
6A	15. Lead-in to -cide	3
7A	16. *A little bit of everything	19
8A	18. Org. whose initials omit its "E" (for "Explosives")	3
9A	19. Lousy (with)	4
10A	20. Instrument with a bell	4
11A	21. First Muslim Nobel Laureate (1978)	5
12A	23. Character with a famous opening line?	7
13A	25. Resolve	6
14A	26. Exposes personal information about online, informally	5
15A	27. Cultured dessert option	4
16A	30. Former Yankee nickname	4
17A	31. Crown, in Persian	3
18A	33. *1957 hit by the Edsels with a nonsense title	16
19A	35. Depot: Abbr.	3
20A	38. Indian spice mixes	7
21A	40. Cue preceder	3
22A	41. *"Eventually ..."	16
23A	43. Casual rejection	3
24A	45. So	4
25A	46. Adolph who purchased The New York Times in 1896	4
26A	48. Potentially offensive, say	5
27A	52. Prepare for a kiss, perhaps	6
28A	54. Home of some of the best drivers in No. America	7
29A	56. Actress Juliette	5
30A	57. Middling	4
31A	59. Risk-taker's mantra, in brief	4
32A	60. Hoppy inits.	3
33A	61. Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues	11
34A	64. Cause of some head-scratching	3
35A	65. "You shouldn't have!"	5
36A	66. Randy looks	5
37A	67. Appreciated, as a joke	3
38A	68. Overly involved	5
39A	69. Campus health and safety org.	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. Zeroes, in soccer"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nix, null, nada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Comedic takedown"

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 piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
• Words that mean the same thing: poke fun, jest at, rib
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Includes"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: make, hold, hour angle
• The opposite would be: lack, abstain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Peak of revelation?"

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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Sinai Desert, Mount Sinai, Sinai Peninsula
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Happen next"

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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
• Words that mean the same thing: result
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Lead-in to -cide"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. *A little bit of everything"

Quick Info: This answer has 19 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: THISTHATANDTHEOTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Org. whose initials omit its "E" (for "Explosives")"

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 law enforcement and tax collection agency of the treasury department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
• Words that mean the same thing: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Lousy (with)"

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 most frequent or common
• Words that mean the same thing: dominant, predominant, plethoric
• The 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 10 Across: "20. Instrument with a bell"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. First Muslim Nobel Laureate (1978)"

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 egyptian statesman who (as president of egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with menachem begin (then prime minister of israel) (1918-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Character with a famous opening line?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALIBABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Resolve"

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 courage to carry on
• Words that mean the same thing: heart, spunk, nerve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Exposes personal information about online, informally"

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: DOXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Cultured dessert option"

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: TCBY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Former Yankee nickname"

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: AROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Crown, in Persian"

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: TAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. *1957 hit by the Edsels with a nonsense title"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: RAMALAMADINGDONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Depot: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Indian spice mixes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MASALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Cue preceder"

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 liquid excretory product
• Words that mean the same thing: make, relieve oneself, make water
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. *"Eventually ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: WHENTHETIMECOMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Casual rejection"

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: NAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. So"

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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Adolph who purchased The New York Times in 1896"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states newspaper publisher (1858-1935)
• Words that mean the same thing: Adolph Simon Ochs
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Potentially offensive, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOTPC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Prepare for a kiss, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEANIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Home of some of the best drivers in No. America"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PGATOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Actress Juliette"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sinclair Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis, C. S. Lewis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEWIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Middling"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: comely, evenhandedly, carnival
• The opposite would be: foul, unfair
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Risk-taker's mantra, in brief"

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: YOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Hoppy inits."

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOOPDELOOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Cause of some head-scratching"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. "You shouldn't have!""

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: AWGEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Randy looks"

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 look at with amorous intentions
• Words that mean the same thing: ogle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OGLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Appreciated, as a joke"

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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• Words that mean the same thing: drive, make, pay back
• The opposite would be: leave, end
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Overly involved"

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

  The answer is: MESSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Campus health and safety 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: SADD

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - February 01, 2024 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Ex ___ (from nothing: Lat.)	6
2D	2. Up the creek	6
3D	3. "Past post" wager at the track, e.g.	7
4D	4. One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"	3
5D	5. Winged mammal with rust-colored fur	6
6D	6. Not snookered by	4
7D	7. Arthur with a statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue	4
8D	8. Appeal, as for peace	3
9D	9. Like the responses of "yes" or "no"	5
10D	10. Journey of the mind	8
11D	11. Have no co-conspirators	8
12D	12. Gradual transition, in art	8
13D	13. Very valuable violin, informally	5
14D	17. Bean or noodle	3
15D	22. Marginally	4
16D	24. "Me, too!"	5
17D	25. Brotherly greeting	5
18D	28. Depression precursor	5
19D	29. ___ Harbour, Fla.	3
20D	32. Cured Spanish meat	5
21D	34. Sitting meditation pose	5
22D	35. Sign of an injury, maybe	8
23D	36. Artoo's well-spoken partner	8
24D	37. Measure of energy savings, as when the meter runs in reverse	8
25D	39. 1/3,600th of a deg.	3
26D	42. Literature Nobelist Morrison	4
27D	44. Extra-sweaty meditative exercise	7
28D	47. Kind of sense	6
29D	49. Like 20, for Little League	6
30D	50. Like wood prepped for papermaking	6
31D	51. Sects' symbol?	5
32D	53. Subject covered in a madrasa	5
33D	55. Possible hurdle for getting a master's, for short	3
34D	57. Gets hard to see through, in a way, with "up"	4
35D	58. Does impressions of	4
36D	62. Need to pay	3
37D	63. L.A.P.D. head?	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. Ex ___ (from nothing: Lat.)"

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: NIHILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Up the creek"

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: INAFIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Past post" wager at the track, e.g."

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: LATEBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills""

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: SIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Winged mammal with rust-colored fur"

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: REDBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Not snookered by"

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: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Arthur with a statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Appeal, as for peace"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: litigate, action, process
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like the responses of "yes" or "no""

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 brief and to the point; effectively cut short
• Words that mean the same thing: laconic, crisp, curt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Journey of the mind"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEADTRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Have no co-conspirators"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACTALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Gradual transition, in art"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOFTEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Very valuable violin, informally"

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 violin made by antonio stradivari or a member of his family
• Words that mean the same thing: Stradavarius
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Bean or noodle"

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 informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
• Words that mean the same thing: toff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Marginally"

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: ATAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. "Me, too!""

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: ASAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Brotherly greeting"

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: MYMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Depression precursor"

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 loud resonant repeating noise
• Words that mean the same thing: doss, wreck, clash
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. ___ Harbour, Fla."

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: BAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Cured Spanish meat"

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: JAMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Sitting meditation pose"

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 (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Sign of an injury, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
• Words that mean the same thing: intumescency, swell up, well 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: SWELLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Artoo's well-spoken partner"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THREEPIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Measure of energy savings, as when the meter runs in reverse"

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: NEGAWATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. 1/3,600th of a deg."

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 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: Securities and Exchange Commission, second, secant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Literature Nobelist Morrison"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Extra-sweaty meditative exercise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOTYOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Kind of sense"

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: SPIDEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Like 20, for Little League"

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: TOOOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Like wood prepped for papermaking"

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 remove the pulp from, as from a fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: pulp
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PULPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Sects' symbol?"

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 wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
• Words that mean the same thing: crabbed, spoil, baffle
• The opposite would be: uncross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Subject covered in a madrasa"

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 civilization of muslims collectively which is governed by the muslim religion
• Words that mean the same thing: Muhammadanism, Mohammedanism, Islamism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Possible hurdle for getting a master's, 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: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Gets hard to see through, in a way, with "up""

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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: cloud, murk, fog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Does impressions of"

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 primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: emulator, copycat, anthropoid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Need to pay"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. L.A.P.D. head?"

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: LOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	71.1%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	19 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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 09:19 PM