July 06, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Saturday, July 06, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle July 06, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "No, thanks"	5
2A	6. Rapper's release	4
3A	10. Activity that might elicit stares, for short	3
4A	13. Singer/actress Janelle	5
5A	14. Theater option	4
6A	15. Couleur du chocolat	4
7A	16. "___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues")	5
8A	17. Yamaha purchase	9
9A	19. Hazmat regulator	4
10A	20. USA competitor	3
11A	21. Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me?	5
12A	22. Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi	7
13A	24. Contents of some sleeves	3
14A	26. Olympic runner?	3
15A	27. Up and a little to the left, for short	3
16A	28. One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram	11
17A	31. Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom	11
18A	32. Like some legal judgments	11
19A	33. Singer seen annually on David Letterman's Christmas show	11
20A	34. "Say no more - I'm on it"	11
21A	35. "___ Mañanitas" (traditional Mexican birthday song)	3
22A	38. GPS suggestion: Abbr.	3
23A	39. Walletful	3
24A	40. Aid in breaking down doors	7
25A	42. Go down, so to speak	5
26A	44. ___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses	3
27A	45. Pixy ___	4
28A	46. #2 image among smartphone users?	9
29A	49. Not straight up	5
30A	50. "That's my cue!"	4
31A	51. Taqueria order, informally	4
32A	52. ___ Park, Calif.	5
33A	53. "C'mon, man," in a syllable	3
34A	54. Wetlands feature	4
35A	55. See 44-Across	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. "No, thanks""

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: IPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Rapper's release"

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 long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
• Words that mean the same thing: tapeline, magnetic tape, mag tape
• The opposite would be: erase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Activity that might elicit stares, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: personal organizer, personal organiser, organizer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Singer/actress Janelle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MONAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Theater 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: IMAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Couleur du chocolat"

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: BRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues")"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: DIDJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Yamaha purchase"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
• Words that mean the same thing: minibike, cycle, motorcycle
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTORBIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Hazmat regulator"

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 government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health 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: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. USA competitor"

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: Tbit, T.B., tebibyte
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi"

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: WOOKIEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Contents of some sleeves"

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 long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
• Words that mean the same thing: LP, L-P
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Olympic runner?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Up and a little to the left, 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 the compass point that is midway between north and northwest
• Words that mean the same thing: nor'-nor'-west, north northwest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NNW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who has narcolepsy
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARCOLEPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom"

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: PABLOCASALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Like some legal judgments"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
• Words that mean the same thing: asserting, declarative
• The opposite would be: interrogative, interrogatory
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECLARATORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Singer seen annually on David Letterman's Christmas show"

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: DARLENELOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. "Say no more - I'm on it""

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: DONEANDDONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. "___ Mañanitas" (traditional Mexican birthday song)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
• Words that mean the same thing: lah, Pelican State, Louisiana
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. GPS suggestion: 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: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Walletful"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Idaho, Gem State, id
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Aid in breaking down doors"

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: FIREAXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Go down, so to speak"

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 come to pass
• Words that mean the same thing: hap, happen, pass off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. ___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses"

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: AFC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Pixy ___"

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: STIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "46. #2 image among smartphone users?"

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: POOPEMOJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Not straight 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 departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
• Words that mean the same thing: tilted, tipped, canted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "50. "That's my cue!""

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: IMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "51. Taqueria order, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GUAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "52. ___ Park, Calif."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MENLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "53. "C'mon, man," in a syllable"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tut, tut-tut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "54. Wetlands feature"

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 soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Words that mean the same thing: slack, quagmire, entangle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "55. See 44-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of texas
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXAN

  Great job if you got it right!

July 06, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Count me in"	6
2D	2. One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue	6
3D	3. "That, in spades!"	6
4D	4. See 8-Down	5
5D	5. Lead-in to cow, horse or dog	3
6D	6. Footwear with a tree logo	11
7D	7. Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem"	4
8D	8. With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?	3
9D	9. Prefix with thermic	3
10D	10. Like some vestments	8
11D	11. 1980s presidential candidate	7
12D	12. Weak	6
13D	15. So-so bond rating	3
14D	18. Conquers	9
15D	20. English breakfast, for example	8
16D	23. "Ninotchka" actress, 1939	9
17D	24. Mayoralty, e.g.	11
18D	25. Close ... but not THAT close	8
19D	29. Unseeded?	5
20D	30. Trim	4
21D	31. French homophone of 30-Down	4
22D	32. Stand-up comedian with the 2005 double-platinum album "Retaliation"	8
23D	33. Companies known for their net profit	7
24D	34. "Enough already!"	6
25D	35. Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage	6
26D	36. Armpit	6
27D	37. Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer-winning volume "Live or Die"	6
28D	41. Big name in parfum	5
29D	43. Original airer of "Everybody Hates Chris"	3
30D	44. Cracked	4
31D	47. ___ Resorts International	3
32D	48. "Je pense que ___" ("I think so": Fr.)	3
33D	49. Tsp. or tbsp.	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. "Count me in""

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: IMDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue"

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 any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
• Words that mean the same thing: toxicant, poisonous substance, envenom
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "That, in spades!""

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: ANDHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. See 8-Down"

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: SAJAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Lead-in to cow, horse or dog"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Footwear with a tree logo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that land that is covered with trees and shrubs
• Words that mean the same thing: timber, timberland, forest
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMBERLANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem""

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 hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, glib, dab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Prefix with thermic"

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: EXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Like some vestments"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that associated with the priesthood or priests
• Words that mean the same thing: priestlike, hieratical, hieratic
• The opposite would be: unpriestly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIESTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. 1980s presidential 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: DUKAKIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Weak"

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 lacking vigor or energy
• Words that mean the same thing: anaemic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEMIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. So-so bond rating"

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: BBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Conquers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RISESOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. English breakfast, for example"

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: TEABLEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Ninotchka" actress, 1939"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INACLAIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Mayoralty, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: LOCALOFFICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Close ... but not THAT close"

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 of or relating to or characteristic of plato or his philosophy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLATONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Unseeded?"

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 remove the core or center from
• Words that mean the same thing: core
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Trim"

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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
• Words that mean the same thing: trim, whittle, skin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. French homophone of 30-Down"

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: PERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Stand-up comedian with the 2005 double-platinum album "Retaliation""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DANECOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Companies known for their net profit"

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: DOTCOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. "Enough already!""

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: DROPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage"

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: LATINX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Armpit"

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 hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
• Words that mean the same thing: axillary cavity, armpit, axillary fossa
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXILLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer-winning volume "Live or Die""

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 united states poet (1928-1974)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anne Sexton, sacristan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEXTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Big name in parfum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Original airer of "Everybody Hates Chris""

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: UPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Cracked"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. ___ Resorts International"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. "Je pense que ___" ("I think so": Fr.)"

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: OUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Tsp. or tbsp."

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: AMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	66.2%
Short Answer	13	19.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.9%
Music	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Sports	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• 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
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April 11, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (33 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

April 11, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Tibetan monk	4
2A	5. On the ___ (fleeing)	3
3A	8. Something caught in a theater	5
4A	13. Bajillions	4
5A	14. Emotion that may be pent up	3
6A	15. Saoirse of "Lady Bird"	5
7A	16. Famous fighting words	14
8A	19. High-maintenance star	4
9A	20. Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car	7
10A	21. Musician Bartók or Fleck	4
11A	22. Took to court	4
12A	23. Item made of ingredients grown without pesticides	14
13A	29. Good number to shoot for	3
14A	30. As well	3
15A	31. "Tightrope" singer Janelle	5
16A	32. They's pronoun partner	4
17A	34. Uberfan, in modern lingo	4
18A	37. Machines that remove cotton seeds	4
19A	38. "Honestly, though …"	5
20A	40. Web crawler, of a sort	3
21A	42. Up to, informally	3
22A	43. Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads	14
23A	47. Acronym for a champion among champions	4
24A	48. 100 cents	4
25A	49. "Mind ... blown!"	7
26A	53. "My Sister's Keeper" author Picoult	4
27A	54. Travel cross-country … or a description of what 16-, 23- and 43-Across do?	14
28A	58. Sch. founded by Ben Franklin	5
29A	59. Old "You've got mail" sloganeer	3
30A	60. Radio dial	4
31A	61. Good thing to have on the books	5
32A	62. Pick up	3
33A	63. "Neither rain nor snow …" 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. Tibetan monk"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. On the ___ (fleeing)"

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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: take to the woods, fly the coop, head for the hills
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Something caught in a theater"

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 light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
• Words that mean the same thing: riff, picture show, jerk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Bajillions"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Emotion that may be pent up"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: choler, wrath, ira
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Saoirse of "Lady Bird""

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: RONAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Famous fighting words"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WANTAPIECEOFME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. High-maintenance star"

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 a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
• Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car"

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: THEPOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Musician Bartók or Fleck"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Took to court"

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 institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• Words that mean the same thing: action, litigate, 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: SUED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Item made of ingredients grown without pesticides"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORGANICPRODUCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Good number to shoot for"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
• Words that mean the same thing: equivalence, equation, equality
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. As well"

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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• Words that mean the same thing: excessively, besides, as well
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "Tightrope" singer Janelle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MONAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. They's pronoun partner"

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: THEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Uberfan, in modern lingo"

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: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Machines that remove cotton seeds"

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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
• Words that mean the same thing: gin rummy, noose, cotton gin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. "Honestly, though …""

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: IMEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Web crawler, of a sort"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Up to, informally"

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: TIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CANDYCRUSHSAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Acronym for a champion among champions"

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 any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capricorn the Goat, laughingstock, stooge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. 100 cents"

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 basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. "Mind ... blown!""

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 affect with wonder
• Words that mean the same thing: vex, get, awesome
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMAZING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. "My Sister's Keeper" author Picoult"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: JODI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Travel cross-country … or a description of what 16-, 23- and 43-Across do?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: GOCOASTTOCOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Sch. founded by Ben Franklin"

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: UPENN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Old "You've got mail" sloganeer"

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: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Radio dial"

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 circular rounded projection or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: thickening, pommel, node
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Good thing to have on the books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a useful or valuable quality
• Words that mean the same thing: plus
• The opposite would be: liability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Pick up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: develop, vex, father
• The opposite would be: leave, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. "Neither rain nor snow …" org."

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 independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: US Postal Service, United States Postal Service
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USPS

  Great job if you got it right!

April 11, 2023 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hammurabi's area of expertise	3
2D	2. Chicken ___ king	3
3D	3. Misunderstood song lyric like "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"	10
4D	4. Hun from whom Dracula claims to be descended, in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"	6
5D	5. Pop star Dua ___	4
6D	6. Horror director Aster	3
7D	7. Rendezvous (with)	6
8D	8. Battle cry in "Braveheart"	7
9D	9. Roller coaster feature	4
10D	10. What is offered when you call 411	4
11D	11. Overly theatrical, as a B-movie	4
12D	12. Part of pants that may be well worn	4
13D	17. ___-garde	5
14D	18. "Clueless" protagonist	4
15D	21. Hindu god of creation	6
16D	22. Ewan McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth	4
17D	23. That's some nerve!	5
18D	24. Siri's platform	3
19D	25. Jackapoo or schnoodle	3
20D	26. Christians who don't believe in the Trinity	10
21D	27. "Are we done here?"	6
22D	28. Scientist on one side of the "War of the Currents"	5
23D	33. Fuming	3
24D	35. Share a border with	4
25D	36. Votes against	3
26D	39. Lawrence Taylor, for his entire N.F.L. career, in brief	7
27D	41. Teen drama that inspired "Laguna Beach"	5
28D	44. Pulls a fast one on	4
29D	45. Motley	6
30D	46. Puzzle craze of 2006	6
31D	49. The rain in Spain?	4
32D	50. Brooms : Roombas :: ___ : Scoobas	4
33D	51. "Pocket rockets," in poker	4
34D	52. The "Z" of ZIP code	4
35D	53. Cola brand with a lightning bolt in its logo	4
36D	55. Single digit?	3
37D	56. Soak (up)	3
38D	57. Onetime network for Conan O'Brien	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. Hammurabi's area of expertise"

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 collection of rules imposed by authority
• Words that mean the same thing: jurisprudence, law of nature, police force
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Chicken ___ king"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Misunderstood song lyric like "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy""

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: MONDEGREEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hun from whom Dracula claims to be descended, in Bram Stoker's "Dracula""

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 king of the huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the roman empire (406-453)
• Words that mean the same thing: Scourge of God, Attila the Hun, Scourge of the Gods
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTILA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Pop star Dua ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: LIPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Horror director Aster"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Rendezvous (with)"

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: MEETUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Battle cry in "Braveheart""

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 condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
• Words that mean the same thing: exemption
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREEDOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Roller coaster feature"

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 fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• Words that mean the same thing: coil, loop-the-loop, loop topology
• The opposite would be: uncoil, open circuit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. What is offered when you call 411"

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 message received and understood
• Words that mean the same thing: information
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Overly theatrical, as a B-movie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
• Words that mean the same thing: encampment, inner circle, pack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Part of pants that may be well worn"

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 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
• Words that mean the same thing: stifle, knee joint, genu
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "17. ___-garde"

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: AVANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "Clueless" protagonist"

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: CHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Hindu god of creation"

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 creator; one of the three major deities in the later hindu pantheon
• Words that mean the same thing: Bos indicus, Brahmin, Brahman
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAHMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Ewan McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth"

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

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. That's some nerve!"

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

  The answer is: OPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Siri's platform"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
• Words that mean the same thing: Io
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Jackapoo or schnoodle"

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 member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
• Words that mean the same thing: pawl, frankfurter, dog-iron
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Christians who don't believe in the Trinity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that adherent of unitarianism
• Words that mean the same thing: Unitarian
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNITARIANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. "Are we done here?""

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: CANIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Scientist on one side of the "War of the Currents""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
• Words that mean the same thing: Nikola Tesla
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TESLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Fuming"

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 roused to anger; - mark twain
• Words that mean the same thing: insane, sick, sore
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Share a border 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 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• Words that mean the same thing: border, march, butt on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Votes against"

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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 102, no, nobelium
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Lawrence Taylor, for his entire N.F.L. career, in brief"

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: NYGIANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Teen drama that inspired "Laguna Beach""

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: THEOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Pulls a fast one 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 an argument opposed to a proposal
• Words that mean the same thing: inmate, victimize, bunco game
• The opposite would be: pro
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Motley"

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 disparaging terms for the common people
• Words that mean the same thing: rabble, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAGTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Puzzle craze of 2006"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUDOKU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. The rain in Spain?"

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 largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
• Words that mean the same thing: Bufo marinus, agua toad
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Brooms : Roombas :: ___ : Scoobas"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: swob, mop, pout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. "Pocket rockets," in poker"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: ace, sensation, maven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. The "Z" of ZIP code"

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 locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
• Words that mean the same thing: partition, district, geographical zone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Cola brand with a lightning bolt in its logo"

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 sudden jarring impact
• Words that mean the same thing: jounce, shock, jar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Single digit?"

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 one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Soak (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: standing operating procedure, souse, drench
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Onetime network for Conan O'Brien"

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 metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
• Words that mean the same thing: TB, T.B., terabyte
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	42	59.2%
Short Answer	17	23.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	7.0%
Music	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 04:43 AM