27441 Sat Dec 28, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 28, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Sat Dec 28, 2024 NY Times 

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Fans flip for it. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SPORTSPAGE




• The clue is 11. Deflection technique. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: WHATABOUTISM




• The clue is 13. Iconic accessory worn by 1-Down. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: DEERSTALKERCAP




• The clue is 15. Acts human, proverbially. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRS

  Possible Answer : mistake, drift, stray, err, slip




• The clue is 16. Medical container. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIAL

  Possible Answer : ampul, ampule, ampoule, phial, vial




• The clue is 17. Infamous bushranger Kelly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NED




• The clue is 19. Hand-drawn frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CEL




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

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

  The answer: SAINT

  Possible Answer : paragon, apotheosis, holy_person, canonise, saint, nonpareil, nonesuch, angel, ideal, enshrine, holy_man, canonize, nonsuch




• The clue is 22. Far from floor-reaching. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MINI

  Possible Answer : mini, miniskirt

  Possible Opposite Answer : midi




• The clue is 23. One for the books, in brief?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CFO

  Possible Answer : chief_financial_officer, CFO




• The clue is 24. Hurt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STUNG

  Possible Answer : riled, stick, miffed, nettled, burn, annoyed, pissed, stung, pissed_off, bite, roiled, peeved, sting, twinge, steamed, irritated, prick




• The clue is 25. Feature of English, but not Chinese. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENSE

  Possible Answer : tense, strain, tense_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : relaxed, unstrain, lax, relax




• The clue is 26. Narrative thread. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARC

  Possible Answer : electric_arc, electric_discharge, arch, discharge, bow, spark, arc, curve




• The clue is 27. Classic red rubber dog toy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KONG




• The clue is 28. Get lost. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEATIT




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

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

  The answer: EKEOUT




• The clue is 31. Call to a crew. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANDHO




• The clue is 32. Letter-shaped apparel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSHIRT




• The clue is 33. Unit cost?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RENT

  Possible Answer : tear, let, snag, rend, rive, economic_rent, rip, rent, charter, engage, hire, take, pull, lease, split




• The clue is 34. Tree creature of fiction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENT




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

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

  The answer: SHORT

  Possible Answer : short, curtly, unawares, little, forgetful, poor, brusque, unretentive, short-circuit, unforesightful, abruptly, curt, short-change, shortly, suddenly, brusk, inadequate, scant, light, dead, short_circuit, myopic, shortstop, shortsighted

  Possible Opposite Answer : retentive, tall, long




• The clue is 37. Singles, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SONGS

  Possible Answer : Song_dynasty, vocal, call, birdsong, birdcall, Sung, Song, strain, Sung_dynasty, song




• The clue is 38. Juilliard offering, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer : Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA




• The clue is 39. + or –. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POLE

  Possible Answer : magnetic_pole, Pole, terminal, pole, rod, perch, punt, celestial_pole




• The clue is 40. Compromises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BENDS

  Possible Answer : flex, aeroembolism, crouch, plication, bends, curve, bending, crease, crimp, deform, decompression_sickness, bow, gas_embolism, crook, twist, air_embolism, Bend, turn, bend_dexter, flexure, deflect, fold, bend, stoop, caisson_disease, turn_away

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbend, straighten




• The clue is 41. Birth control option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IUD

  Possible Answer : IUD, intrauterine_device




• The clue is 42. Simple operation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUM

  Possible Answer : totality, nitty-gritty, tote_up, substance, summate, add_together, gist, marrow, total, center, tally, meat, union, amount_of_money, essence, tot_up, centre, heart_and_soul, summarize, aggregate, kernel, add_up, inwardness, core, tot, summation, pith, sum_up, sum_total, heart, join, add, nub, sum_of_money, sum, amount, summarise




• The clue is 43. Jenkins known as "The First Lady of Children's Music". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLA




• The clue is 44. Kind of vaccine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MRNA

  Possible Answer : template_RNA, mRNA, informational_RNA, messenger_RNA




• The clue is 45. Sesquipedalia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: TENDOLLARWORDS




• The clue is 50. Some celebrity memorabilia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: SIGNEDPHOTOS




• The clue is 51. Current from currents. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: HYDROPOWER

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Guinness's second-most-portrayed literary character in film, after Dracula. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: SHERLOCKHOLMES

• The clue is 2. Target scores. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARS

  Possible Answer: equivalence, equality, par, equation

• The clue is 3. They start with coin tosses, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTS

• The clue is 4. Singer in the family?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAT

  Possible Answer: strikebreaker, blackleg, scab, betrayer, bum, shop, informer, dirty_dog, stinkpot, rotter, so-and-so, blabber, stag, skunk, betray, stinker, git, snitch, grass, lowlife, tell_on, give_away, fink, scum_bag, shit, puke, rat, squealer, denounce, crumb

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

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

  The answer: TBA

• The clue is 6. What are you doing?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOLVING

  Possible Answer: puzzle_out, solve, lick, figure_out, resolution, work, work_out, solving, resolve, clear

• The clue is 7. First trimester woe, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PUKING

  Possible Answer: disgorgement, chuck, upchuck, throw_up, cast, vomiting, purge, spew, be_sick, retch, spue, emesis, puking, vomit, barf, cat, vomit_up, regurgitation, regorge, honk, puke, sick, disgorge, regurgitate

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 8. Bothered. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEAT

• The clue is 9. Part of some superhero names. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIRL

  Possible Answer: female_child, little_girl, miss, fille, lady_friend, young_woman, girl, girlfriend, daughter, young_lady, missy

  Possible Opposite Answer : boy, male_child, son

• The clue is 10. What's left of F1. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC

• The clue is 11. "Sorry, that's the last one". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: WEREFRESHOUT

• The clue is 12. One asked "to change his ways," per a 1988 hit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: MANINTHEMIRROR

• The clue is 13. Label that first signed the Rolling Stones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DECCA

• The clue is 14. Sources of retirement income. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: PENSIONFUNDS

• The clue is 18. Paleolithic, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIET

  Possible Answer: dieting, diet

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

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

  The answer: STOUT

  Possible Answer: sturdy, stalwart, hardy, stout, portly

• The clue is 21. Hilda or Zelda, to Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUNT

  Possible Answer: auntie, aunty, aunt

  Possible Opposite Answer : uncle

• The clue is 22. Beverage that begins with a bee?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEAD

  Possible Answer: Mead, George_Herbert_Mead, Margaret_Mead, mead

• The clue is 24. Hybrid sportswear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKORT

• The clue is 25. Gear that's a homophone of 25-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENTS

  Possible Answer: camp_out, tent, bivouac, encamp, camp, collapsible_shelter

• The clue is 28. Fringe : British English :: ___ : American English. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANGS

  Possible Answer: have_it_away, spang, eruption, slam, clap, roll_in_the_hay, be_intimate, boot, sleep_together, lie_with, have_a_go_at_it, love, thrill, knock, bed, smasher, get_laid, do_it, flush, hump, have_it_off, know, charge, smash, have_intercourse, make_out, strike, jazz, rush, make_love, bang, kick, bam, hit, bonk, belt, eff, blast, screw, fuck, get_it_on, bash, have_sex, sleep_with, fringe

• The clue is 30. Snakes were famously driven from it, in legend. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EIRE

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Ireland, Irish_Republic, Ireland, Eire

• The clue is 31. Impart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEND

  Possible Answer: bestow, contribute, impart, bring, loan, add, lend

  Possible Opposite Answer : borrow

• The clue is 32. There are nine in a shot glass: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSPS

• The clue is 33. World's highest-paid athlete in 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RONALDO

• The clue is 35. Cues for applause. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TADAS

• The clue is 37. One side of a deal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELLER

  Possible Answer: vendor, seller, trafficker, vender, marketer

• The clue is 40. Lightheaded?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOND

  Possible Answer: blonde, blond, light-haired

  Possible Opposite Answer : brunet

• The clue is 43. High-strung. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDGY

  Possible Answer: overstrung, uptight, jumpy, edgy, nervy, highly_strung, restive, high-strung, jittery

• The clue is 44. Bit of dust. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTE

  Possible Answer: atom, mote, speck, corpuscle, molecule, particle

• The clue is 46. Major inits. in biomedical research. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIH

  Possible Answer: NIH, National_Institutes_of_Health

• The clue is 47. Clock, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APP

• The clue is 48. Corinthian character. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHO

  Possible Answer: rho

• The clue is 49. "Neat!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOW

  Possible Answer: belly_laugh, scream, howler, riot, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow

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Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. "You stink, ump!"

3-letter answer Answer: BOO

Word Help: Synonyms: hoot, razzing, bird
Antonyms: applaud

Clue #2: 4. Hoppy brew, for short

3-letter answer Answer: IPA

Clue #3: 7. Bygone jeans brand whose name means "happiness" in Hebrew

6-letter answer Answer: SASSON

Clue #4: 13. 757 or 767

8-letter answer Answer: JETLINER

Word Help: Synonyms: jetliner

Clue #5: 15. Recess

6-letter answer Answer: ALCOVE

Word Help: Synonyms: alcove, bay

Clue #6: 16. Bell for the telephone, for one

8-letter answer Answer: PATENTEE

Word Help: Synonyms: patentee

Clue #7: 17. Secured by a slip

6-letter answer Answer: MOORED

Word Help: Synonyms: moor, berth, wharf

Clue #8: 18. John Lennon's middle name after 1969

3-letter answer Answer: ONO

Word Help: Synonyms: Ono, Yoko_Ono

Clue #9: 19. Hurricane / Nor'easter

10-letter answer Answer: HORNBLOWER

Clue #10: 21. "The ability to be ill-at-ease inconspicuously," per Earl Wilson

5-letter answer Answer: POISE

Word Help: Synonyms: brace, aplomb, sang-froid

Clue #11: 23. Downed

3-letter answer Answer: ATE

Word Help: Synonyms: eat_on, consume, eat_up

Clue #12: 24. Eponymous Belgian town

3-letter answer Answer: SPA

Word Help: Synonyms: spa, health_club, health_spa

Clue #13: 26. ___ chic

4-letter answer Answer: TRES

Clue #14: 29. Bell location, often

7-letter answer Answer: STEEPLE

Word Help: Synonyms: steeple, spire

Clue #15: 32. Must give

7-letter answer Answer: OWEITTO

Clue #16: 35. Erupting with noise

5-letter answer Answer: AROAR

Clue #17: 36. Pundit / Tsar

13-letter answer Answer: PORTAUTHORITY

Clue #18: 39. Author who predicted electric submarines 15 years before they were invented

5-letter answer Answer: VERNE

Word Help: Synonyms: Verne, Jules_Verne

Clue #19: 40. Down state

7-letter answer Answer: SADNESS

Word Help: Synonyms: unhappiness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
Antonyms: happiness

Clue #20: 41. Forces offshore

7-letter answer Answer: ARMADAS

Word Help: Synonyms: armada

Clue #21: 44. Word with six or sea

4-letter answer Answer: DEEP

Word Help: Synonyms: trench, rich, deep
Antonyms: shallow

Clue #22: 45. Casual refusal

3-letter answer Answer: NAH

Clue #23: 46. Some roadside accommodations, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: RVS

Word Help: Synonyms: RV, R.V., recreational_vehicle

Clue #24: 48. It's a fact!

5-letter answer Answer: DATUM

Word Help: Synonyms: datum, data_point

Clue #25: 52. Cleaver / Dagger

10-letter answer Answer: CORDCUTTER

Clue #26: 57. Onetime Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___

3-letter answer Answer: ABE

Clue #27: 58. Cocktail of tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda

6-letter answer Answer: PALOMA

Clue #28: 59. They try to admit the worst first, informally

8-letter answer Answer: ERNURSES

Clue #29: 61. Got things going

6-letter answer Answer: OPENED

Word Help: Synonyms: unfold, spread_out, spread
Antonyms: fold, closed

Clue #30: 62. Travelers in covered wagons

8-letter answer Answer: PIONEERS

Word Help: Synonyms: initiate, groundbreaker, innovator

Clue #31: 63. Marquis name?

6-letter answer Answer: DESADE

Clue #32: 64. Brillo competitor

3-letter answer Answer: SOS

Word Help: Synonyms: sol, so, SOS

Clue #33: 65. Choice words … which are necessary to interpret the answers to 19-, 36- and 52-Across and 10- and 33-Down

3-letter answer Answer: ORS

Word Help: Synonyms: OR, Beaver_State, operating_theater

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. Original name for "bingo," after the bits used to cover the playing cards

5-letter answer Answer: BEANO

Word Help: Synonyms: lotto, bingo, keno

Clue #2: 2. First Holy Roman emperor to be called "the Great"

5-letter answer Answer: OTTOI

Clue #3: 3. "Hurray!"

3-letter answer Answer: OLE

Clue #4: 4. Loving

4-letter answer Answer: INTO

Clue #5: 5. Part of a jury pool

4-letter answer Answer: PEER

Word Help: Synonyms: compeer, equal, match

Clue #6: 6. Boxing site

5-letter answer Answer: ARENA

Word Help: Synonyms: stadium, arena, field

Clue #7: 7. Baby fish with pink, coho and sockeye varieties

6-letter answer Answer: SAMLET

Clue #8: 8. Potato, in Indian cuisine

4-letter answer Answer: ALOO

Clue #9: 9. Boat with broad, square ends

4-letter answer Answer: SCOW

Word Help: Synonyms: scow

Clue #10: 10. Sees / Espies

9-letter answer Answer: SORESPOTS

Clue #11: 11. Takes a role too far

9-letter answer Answer: OVERPLAYS

Word Help: Synonyms: ham, overact, overplay
Antonyms: underact

Clue #12: 12. Governor Lamont of Connecticut

3-letter answer Answer: NED

Clue #13: 13. Music export from Tokyo, informally

4-letter answer Answer: JPOP

Clue #14: 14. Like looks from mom and dad, say

9-letter answer Answer: INHERITED

Word Help: Synonyms: hereditary, transmitted, genetic

Clue #15: 20. Music export from Seoul

3-letter answer Answer: BTS

Clue #16: 22. Breast plates?

6-letter answer Answer: STERNA

Word Help: Synonyms: sternum, Sterna, genus_Sterna

Clue #17: 25. Atmospheric prefix

3-letter answer Answer: AER

Clue #18: 27. Info found, appropriately, in "ticket agent"

3-letter answer Answer: ETA

Word Help: Synonyms: ETA, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty

Clue #19: 28. Apt nickname for a gumbo chef

3-letter answer Answer: STU

Clue #20: 30. Kind of average

9-letter answer Answer: EARNEDRUN

Clue #21: 31. City up the coast from Cleveland, OH

6-letter answer Answer: ERIEPA

Clue #22: 32. Accessory for Broadway's Phantom

9-letter answer Answer: OPERACAPE

Clue #23: 33. Wells / Mouths

9-letter answer Answer: WORMHOLES

Word Help: Synonyms: wormhole

Clue #24: 34. Certain rehab docs

3-letter answer Answer: OTS

Clue #25: 37. Experienced

3-letter answer Answer: HAD

Word Help: Synonyms: feature, give_birth, receive
Antonyms: lack, refuse

Clue #26: 38. Love lines?

3-letter answer Answer: ODE

Word Help: Synonyms: ode

Clue #27: 39. Dutch cousin of Mac or Ben

3-letter answer Answer: VAN

Word Help: Synonyms: new_wave, caravan, van

Clue #28: 42. Centipede setting

6-letter answer Answer: ARCADE

Word Help: Synonyms: colonnade, arcade

Clue #29: 43. Long-running police procedural filmed in N.Y.C.

3-letter answer Answer: SVU

Clue #30: 47. Puts one's foot down

5-letter answer Answer: STEPS

Word Help: Synonyms: stairs, tone, abuse

Clue #31: 49. Police weapon

5-letter answer Answer: TASER

Clue #32: 50. App-driven rides

5-letter answer Answer: UBERS

Clue #33: 51. Interfere (with)

4-letter answer Answer: MESS

Word Help: Synonyms: mess_up, mass, flock

Clue #34: 53. Covid-19, colloquially

4-letter answer Answer: RONA

Clue #35: 54. Used social media for private notes, informally

4-letter answer Answer: DMED

Clue #36: 55. The "Amigos" of film, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: TRIO

Word Help: Synonyms: trio, leash, triad

Clue #37: 56. Grandson of Adam and Eve

4-letter answer Answer: ENOS

Clue #38: 58. Lead-in to cast

3-letter answer Answer: POD

Word Help: Synonyms: seedcase, cod, fuel_pod

Clue #39: 60. Car that went defunct in 1936

3-letter answer Answer: REO

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle May 13, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Family name on "Arrested Development"	5
2A	6. "That's enough for me"	5
3A	11. Exclamation just before and after "just"	3
4A	14. Socially dominant	5
5A	15. Six Flags Great Adventure roller coaster with "explosive" speed	5
6A	16. Bar offering with "double" and "triple" varieties	3
7A	17. Protection offered for a traveler in a dangerous area	11
8A	19. Flanders of "The Simpsons"	3
9A	20. Bygone TV feature	4
10A	21. LP, e.g.	4
11A	22. Denim	4
12A	24. Group of Greek women	15
13A	28. Word after "pop-up" or "drop-down"	4
14A	29. Author with a son named Christopher Robin	7
15A	30. Emmy-winning actress Uzo ___	5
16A	33. N.L. East team, on scoreboards	3
17A	34. Ending with herbi- or insecti-	4
18A	35. Architectural designer Maya	3
19A	36. Member of the Apple family	7
20A	40. Served fare	3
21A	41. Satyr's stare	4
22A	43. ... --- ...	3
23A	44. Big name in name tags	5
24A	46. Back after cancellation	7
25A	48. Top-notch	4
26A	50. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc.	15
27A	55. Class act?	4
28A	56. Third rank of the peerage	4
29A	57. Kind of poker	4
30A	58. ___ 9000, figure in "2001: A Space Odyssey"	3
31A	59. Canapé, e.g.	11
32A	62. Mad state	3
33A	63. Key in	5
34A	64. 9-to-5 work	5
35A	65. Hip-hop artist whose name once ended with "tha Kyd"	3
36A	66. Like some shaded spots	5
37A	67. Brains	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. Family name on "Arrested Development""

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: BLUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. "That's enough for me""

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: IMSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Exclamation just before and after "just""

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 joke that seems extremely funny
• Words that mean the same thing: riot, howler, thigh-slapper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Socially dominant"

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 1st letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Six Flags Great Adventure roller coaster with "explosive" speed"

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: NITRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Bar offering with "double" and "triple" varieties"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Protection offered for a traveler in a dangerous area"

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: SAFEPASSAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Flanders of "The Simpsons""

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: NED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Bygone TV 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 circular rounded projection or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: node, boss, thickening
• The 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 10 Across: "21. LP, e.g."

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 sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• Words that mean the same thing: phonograph recording, saucer, phonograph record
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Denim"

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 (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
• Words that mean the same thing: denim, dungaree, blue jean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Group of Greek women"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SORORITYCHAPTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Word after "pop-up" or "drop-down""

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

  The answer is: MENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Author with a son named Christopher Robin"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: AAMILNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Emmy-winning actress Uzo ___"

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: ADUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. N.L. East team, on scoreboards"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: ATL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Ending with herbi- or insecti-"

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: CIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Architectural designer Maya"

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 united states sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the vietnam war in washington (born in 1959)
• Words that mean the same thing: Maya Lin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Member of the Apple family"

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: MACBOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Served fare"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: flow, run, FRS
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Satyr's stare"

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

  The answer is: OGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. ... --- ..."

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 an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: so, soh, sol
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Big name in name tags"

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: AVERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Back after cancellation"

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: ONAGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Top-notch"

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: AONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc."

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: FIBONACCISERIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Class act?"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: exam, tryout, examination
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Third rank of the peerage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Kind of 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 a gully that is shallower than a ravine
• Words that mean the same thing: hook, line, delineate
• The opposite would be: push, deposit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. ___ 9000, figure in "2001: A Space Odyssey""

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: HAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Canapé, 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: HORSDOEUVRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Mad state"

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

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: anger, 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 33 Across: "63. Key in"

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 to come or go into
• Words that mean the same thing: go into, put down, move into
• The opposite would be: exit, drop out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. 9-to-5 work"

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 an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: dig, cranch, drudgery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Hip-hop artist whose name once ended with "tha Kyd""

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: SYD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Like some shaded spots"

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 overgrown with moss
• Words that mean the same thing: stodgy, moss-grown, stick-in-the-mud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Brains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general conscious awareness
• Words that mean the same thing: smell out, sentience, signified
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

May 13, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Soaks in the sun's rays	5
2D	2. South American plain	5
3D	3. Not loath to do	5
4D	4. Phat	7
5D	5. Luck, quaintly	3
6D	6. As found	6
7D	7. Rapper ___ Elliott	5
8D	8. Opposite of legato	8
9D	9. Tiny fraction of a joule	3
10D	10. Foot gunk	6
11D	11. Succeed in all one's endeavors, so to speak	9
12D	12. Question whose answer can go almost anywhere	9
13D	13. Some bills or chewing gum	3
14D	18. Tennis player's chance to hold serve	4
15D	23. For the ages	4
16D	25. Criticize harshly, with "out"	4
17D	26. Angel hair accompaniment?	4
18D	27. Thin-sounding	5
19D	30. Standoffish	5
20D	31. High muckety-muck	9
21D	32. Like a map on a geography exam	9
22D	33. Ones feeling the crunch?	3
23D	37. Big part of a Risk board	4
24D	38. Tour events	8
25D	39. Cartoonist Bob who co-created Batman	4
26D	42. Me, myself and I	4
27D	45. Lush green vegetation	7
28D	47. Country music?	6
29D	48. Put on the line	6
30D	49. World capital at around the same latitude as St. Petersburg	4
31D	51. Work for doctors, lawyers and detectives	5
32D	52. Kershner who directed "The Empire Strikes Back"	5
33D	53. Makes, as bread	5
34D	54. Any member of Abba	5
35D	58. ___ and hers	3
36D	60. Lennon's lady	3
37D	61. This puzzle's clues have two of them	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. Soaks in the sun's rays"

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 derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
• Words that mean the same thing: enjoy, bask, savor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. South American plain"

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 an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in latin america)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Not loath to do"

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: UPFOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Phat"

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: THEBOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Luck, quaintly"

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 an accidental happening
• Words that mean the same thing: happen, come about, take place
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. As found"

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: INSITU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Rapper ___ Elliott"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young woman
• Words that mean the same thing: young lady, miss, girl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Opposite of legato"

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 (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
• Words that mean the same thing: disconnected
• The opposite would be: legato
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STACCATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tiny fraction of a joule"

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 cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Foot gunk"

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: TOEJAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Succeed in all one's endeavors, so to speak"

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: WINATLIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Question whose answer can go almost anywhere"

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: OPENENDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Some bills or chewing gum"

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 small mass of soft material
• Words that mean the same thing: passel, jam, great deal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Tennis player's chance to hold serve"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ADIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. For the ages"

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 narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: epic poem, epical, larger-than-life
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Criticize harshly, with "out""

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

  The answer is: REAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Angel hair accompaniment?"

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 indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
• Words that mean the same thing: annulus, doughnut, anchor ring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Thin-sounding"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that having a tone of a reed instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: wheezy, reedlike
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Standoffish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remote in manner
• Words that mean the same thing: distant, upstage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. High muckety-muck"

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 an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• Words that mean the same thing: VIP, high muckamuck, very important person
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIGNITARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Like a map on a geography exam"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lacking a label or tag
• Words that mean the same thing: unlabelled, untagged
• The opposite would be: labeled
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNLABELED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Ones feeling the crunch?"

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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: Artium Baccalaurens, group AB, ab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Big part of a Risk board"

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 the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Tour events"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
• Words that mean the same thing: concert
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONCERTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Cartoonist Bob who co-created Batman"

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: KANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Me, myself and I"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, ego, self-importance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Lush green vegetation"

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 green foliage
• Words that mean the same thing: greenness, verdancy, greenery
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERDURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Country music?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
• Words that mean the same thing: hymn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Put on the line"

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: AIRDRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. World capital at around the same latitude as St. Petersburg"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Words that mean the same thing: Christiania, capital of Norway
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Work for doctors, lawyers and detectives"

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 an occurrence of something
• Words that mean the same thing: subject, typesetter's case, display case
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Kershner who directed "The Empire Strikes Back""

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: IRVIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Makes, as bread"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: realise, earn, clear
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Any member of Abba"

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 inhabitant of sweden
• Words that mean the same thing: swedish turnip, Brassica napus napobrassica, Swedish turnip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. ___ and hers"

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: HIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Lennon's lady"

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. This puzzle's clues have two of them"

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: EGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	67.6%
Short Answer	15	20.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Geography	3	4.1%
Sports	2	2.7%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 06:32 AM