December 17, 2015 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - December 17, 2015

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Across:

• 1. Like a banjo: TWANGY
• 7. Annul: ABROGATE
• 15. Make fast: SECURE
• 16. Flexible: NONRIGID
• 17. 1813 novel made into a 2005 film: PRIDEANDPREJUDICE
• 19. Successor to Churchill: EDEN
• 20. Exclamations of exasperation: OYS
• 21. Drives: GOADS
• 22. More than half of all batteries sold: AAS
• 24. Moriarty, to Holmes: FOE
• 25. Five-time Emmy-winning actress: CANDICEBERGEN
• 31. A monster may have a big one: MAW
• 34. Places that may have beeches and benches: ARBORS
• 35. Something to dispense with: URN
• 36. Word that can be followed by any of several colors: CODE
• 37. Outdoor feast: LUAU
• 38. Piece of the N.R.A.?: Abbr.: ASSOC
• 40. One making a lot of turns on the road?: AXLE
• 41. "Oh yeah ... uh-huh": IBET
• 42. ___-di-dah: LAH
• 43. Made out: ESPIED
• 45. Word repeated at the start of every "Star Wars" film: FAR
• 46. Racy books named after a Victorian garment: BODICERIPPERS
• 48. Biathlon need: AIM
• 49. Five fifths: ONE
• 50. Perform lousily: STINK
• 53. Calendar keeper, for short: PDA
• 55. A head: EACH
• 59. Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its content: LONGISLANDICEDTEA
• 63. Boiling: INCENSED
• 64. Trouble, in Yiddish: TSURIS
• 65. Bygone royals: TSARINAS
• 66. Blanche DuBois's sister: STELLA

Down:

• 1. It's about 5 mL: TSP
• 2. Lived: WERE
• 3. Biting: ACID
• 4. In the altogether: NUDE
• 5. Certain foot soldier: GRENADIER
• 6. House support?: YEA
• 7. Roddick who won the 2003 U.S. Open: ANDY
• 8. Conks: BOPS
• 9. Time off, in mil. slang: RNR
• 10. Where Nike is headquartered: OREGON
• 11. Boy toy?: GIJOE
• 12. Quito quaff: AGUA
• 13. Cleaned (up): TIDIED
• 14. Things going down the drain?: EDDIES
• 18. Oenophile's concern: NOSE
• 23. Son of David: ABSALOM
• 24. Enclose: FENCEIN
• 25. 10-Down neighbor: Abbr.: CALIF
• 26. Caribbean vacation destination: ARUBA
• 27. Hawk or Hornet: NBAER
• 28. Go extinct: DIEOUT
• 29. Indian-born writer of the 1981 Booker Prize: RUSHDIE
• 30. Miracle-___: GRO
• 31. Chutzpah: MOXIE
• 32. Chicago's ___ Planetarium: ADLER
• 33. Bed intruders?: WEEDS
• 36. Dogpatch creator: CAPP
• 39. Beatles title girl: SADIE
• 44. First to break the tape: SPEEDIEST
• 46. Beach attraction: BIKINI
• 47. Multihued horse: ROAN
• 48. Inflame: ANGER
• 50. Pupil of a snake's eye, often: SLIT
• 51. Plenty: TONS
• 52. Worshiper of Inti: INCA
• 53. Answer to a judge: PLEA
• 54. Pops: DADS
• 56. In unison, in a way: ADUE
• 57. PC key: CTRL
• 58. Greeting with a salute: HEIL
• 60. W-4 entry: Abbr.: SSN
• 61. Topics of many self-help books: DIETS
• 62. "___ whole ...": ASA

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (44 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 05, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (34 Across, 44 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle March 05, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Mugged for the camera, maybe	9
2A	8. Site administrator	9
3A	15. Preceder of many N.H.L. games	7
4A	16. "Oh, did you start already?"	7
5A	17. 0%	7
6A	18. Some male escorts	7
7A	19. Org. that sticks to its guns	3
8A	20. List ender, maybe	3
9A	22. Oscar-nominated actor Clive	4
10A	23. Exceptional grade	5
11A	26. Will matter	6
12A	29. Time in court	7
13A	31. One-up, say	4
14A	35. Red choice	6
15A	37. Gambler's hangout, in brief	3
16A	39. Noteworthy time period	3
17A	40. Large guard dogs	8
18A	41. Aches and pains	8
19A	43. Jump shot's path	3
20A	44. Down in the dumps	3
21A	46. ___ Meyer, principal role on "Veep"	6
22A	47. Sign on a staff	4
23A	49. "I agree with both of you!"	7
24A	51. 2009 biopic starring Hilary Swank	6
25A	53. Apply, as sunscreen	5
26A	57. Grocery chain with more than 1,900 U.S. stores	4
27A	59. Chicago airport code	3
28A	61. That, in Tabasco	3
29A	62. Like some reputations and kitchen towels	7
30A	65. Sentence containing all 26 letters	7
31A	68. Many a limo	7
32A	69. Major retail outlets	7
33A	70. Feigns sickness to avoid work	9
34A	71. Much-traveled thoroughfares	9

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. Mugged for the camera, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MADEFACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Site administrator"

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 a technician who designs or maintains a website
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEBMASTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Preceder of many N.H.L. games"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: OCANADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. "Oh, did you start already?""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: AMILATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. 0%"

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: NOTABIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Some male escorts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: gigolo
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIGOLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Org. that sticks to its guns"

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. List ender, maybe"

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Oscar-nominated actor Clive"

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 welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Exceptional grade"

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: APLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Will matter"

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 everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Words that mean the same thing: demesne, estate of the realm, acres
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Time in court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a meeting for execution of a group's functions
• Words that mean the same thing: seance, school term, sitting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SESSION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. One-up, say"

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: depict, quarter, string
• The opposite would be: repel, 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 14 Across: "35. Red choice"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dark purplish-red color
• Words that mean the same thing: red Bordeaux
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "37. Gambler's hangout, in brief"

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: OTB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "39. Noteworthy time period"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "40. Large guard dogs"

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 an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog
• Words that mean the same thing: mastiff
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASTIFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. Aches and pains"

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 any unwholesome or desperate condition
• Words that mean the same thing: unwellness, illness, sickness
• The opposite would be: wellness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALADIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Jump shot's path"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: electric arc, electric discharge, arch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Down in the dumps"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: distressing, sorry, deplorable
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. ___ Meyer, principal role on "Veep""

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: SELINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Sign on a staff"

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 musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. "I agree with both of you!""

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: METHREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. 2009 biopic starring Hilary Swank"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that congenital absence of an arm or leg
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMELIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Apply, as sunscreen"

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: RUBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Grocery chain with more than 1,900 U.S. stores"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. Chicago airport code"

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: ORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "61. That, in Tabasco"

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: ESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Like some reputations and kitchen towels"

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 color with a liquid dye or tint
• Words that mean the same thing: tarnish, sully, varnished
• The opposite would be: unstained
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Sentence containing all 26 letters"

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: PANGRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "68. Many a limo"

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: TOWNCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "69. Major retail outlets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
• Words that mean the same thing: department store, emporium
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMPORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "70. Feigns sickness to avoid work"

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 avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
• Words that mean the same thing: malinger, skulk
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALINGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "71. Much-traveled thoroughfares"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAINROADS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword March 05, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Much-painted religious figure	7
2D	2. Villainous conglomerate on "Mr. Robot"	5
3D	3. Deadly	5
4D	4. Santa ___	3
5D	5. Waiter in an airport queue	3
6D	6. Actress Falco	4
7D	7. Exam for the college-bound, redundantly	7
8D	8. Jokester	3
9D	9. Onetime London-based record label	3
10D	10. Intolerant sort	5
11D	11. Lost steam	6
12D	12. Food cooked in a cornhusk	6
13D	13. Preparatory school since 1440	4
14D	14. Hi-___ monitor	3
15D	21. CBS series with a "Cyber" spinoff	3
16D	24. Bomber letters	4
17D	25. Medieval laborers	5
18D	27. Additionally	3
19D	28. Dancer's horn	6
20D	30. Bagel choice	6
21D	32. Stay behind	6
22D	33. Surface figure	4
23D	34. Used to be	3
24D	35. PC combo key	4
25D	36. Evil intent	6
26D	38. Hay-bundling machine	5
27D	40. Small pouch	3
28D	42. "Mon ___!" (French exclamation)	4
29D	45. Penn. neighbor	3
30D	46. Dog with wrinkly skin	7
31D	48. Like the sun at sunset	6
32D	50. Uncle, in Oaxaca	3
33D	52. Cut into small pieces	5
34D	54. Catcher with a record 10 World Series rings as a player	5
35D	55. "Let me repeat ..."	5
36D	56. "Enough!," in Mexico ... or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle	5
37D	57. Yours, to Yvette	4
38D	58. Wyatt Earp, for one	6
39D	60. "___ Yankees"	4
40D	62. Cardinals, on scoreboards	3
41D	63. Cob of corn	3
42D	64. E.R. or O.R. figures	3
43D	66. "Planet Money" network	3
44D	67. Melted ice cream, e.g.	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. Much-painted religious figure"

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 the mother of jesus; christians refer to her as the virgin mary; she is especially honored by roman catholics
• Words that mean the same thing: Virgin Mary, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Blessed Virgin
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADONNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Villainous conglomerate on "Mr. Robot""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ECORP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Deadly"

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 bringing death
• Words that mean the same thing: black, disastrous, calamitous
• The opposite would be: nonfatal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Santa ___"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Waiter in an airport queue"

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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: cabriolet, taxicab, hack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actress Falco"

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: EDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Exam for the college-bound, redundantly"

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: SATTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Jokester"

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 witty amusing person who makes jokes
• Words that mean the same thing: wit, waggle, shake
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Onetime London-based record label"

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: EMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Intolerant sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Lost steam"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that lose velocity; move more slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: retard, slacken, slow up
• The opposite would be: accelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Food cooked in a cornhusk"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northern ghana
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Preparatory school since 1440"

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: ETON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Hi-___ monitor"

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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Words that mean the same thing: ray, re, atomic number 75
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. CBS series with a "Cyber" spinoff"

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: CSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Bomber letters"

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 airforce of the united states of america; the agency that defends the united states through control and exploitation of air and space
• Words that mean the same thing: United States Air Force, US Air Force, U. S. Air 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: USAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Medieval laborers"

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 (middle ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
• Words that mean the same thing: villein, helot, serf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Additionally"

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: also, to a fault, overly
• The 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 19 Down: "28. Dancer's horn"

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 deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Bagel choice"

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 east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Words that mean the same thing: benne, Sesamum indicum, benny
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SESAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Stay behind"

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 stay the same; remain in a certain state
• Words that mean the same thing: persist, stay on, continue
• The opposite would be: change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REMAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Surface figure"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: expanse, surface area, region
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Used to be"

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 northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, make up, Washington
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. PC combo key"

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: CTRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Evil intent"

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 feeling a need to see others suffer
• Words that mean the same thing: spitefulness, maliciousness, malevolency
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Hay-bundling machine"

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: BALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Small pouch"

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 enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: sack, theca, Sauk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. "Mon ___!" (French exclamation)"

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: DIEU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Penn. neighbor"

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: DEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Dog with wrinkly skin"

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: SHARPEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Like the sun at sunset"

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 weakening in force or intensity
• Words that mean the same thing: fleet, languish, 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: FADING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Uncle, in Oaxaca"

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: TIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Cut into small pieces"

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 food chopped into small bits
• Words that mean the same thing: moderate, soften
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Catcher with a record 10 World Series rings as a player"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states baseball player (born 1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yogi, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi Berra
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Let me repeat ...""

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: ISAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. "Enough!," in Mexico ... or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle"

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 acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children
• Words that mean the same thing: noma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Yours, to Yvette"

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: ATOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Wyatt Earp, for one"

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

  The answer is: LAWMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. "___ Yankees""

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: darn, bloody, goddam
• The opposite would be: bless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. Cardinals, on scoreboards"

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: STL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Cob of corn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, capitulum, spike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. E.R. or O.R. figures"

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "66. "Planet Money" network"

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: NPR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 44 Down: "67. Melted ice cream, e.g."

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 any thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: gook, goop, muck
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	55.1%
Short Answer	24	30.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
History	3	3.8%
Sports	3	3.8%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	44
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium 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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 20, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Moved like a pendulum	5
2A	6. Qatar's capital	4
3A	10. Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis	4
4A	14. Outdoor grilling spot	5
5A	15. Rivers in Portugal and Spain	4
6A	16. Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath	4
7A	17. Gets overlooked, literally	15
8A	20. Deep down	7
9A	21. Originates (from), as a word	7
10A	22. Org. that's pro-Second Amendment	3
11A	23. Jaguars and Impalas, for instance	5
12A	24. Gets into bed, literally	15
13A	31. Blank paper bearer	3
14A	32. Oracle	4
15A	33. Starting action on a court	5
16A	34. Clears (of)	4
17A	36. "Get well soon" process, informally	5
18A	39. Person who won't just talk, but act	4
19A	40. New York City mayor Adams and others	5
20A	42. Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point	4
21A	44. Rx writers: Abbr.	3
22A	45. Makes suddenly aware of something, literally	15
23A	49. Wharton's "___ Frome"	5
24A	50. German car maker	3
25A	51. Election year event	7
26A	54. All excited	7
27A	58. Finding hidden meaning, literally	15
28A	60. Cold War power, in brief	4
29A	61. Deserve	4
30A	62. Like the shape of an eggplant	5
31A	63. M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds	4
32A	64. Lose layers	4
33A	65. Some surface damages	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. Moved like a pendulum"

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 move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
• Words that mean the same thing: sway, get around, dangle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWUNG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Qatar's capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and chief port of qatar
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Qatar, Bida, El Beda
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis"

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 head of the roman catholic church
• Words that mean the same thing: pontiff, Bishop of Rome, Roman Catholic Pope
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Outdoor grilling spot"

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 usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
• Words that mean the same thing: terrace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Rivers in Portugal and Spain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio, Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Gets overlooked, literally"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CRACKFALLSCRACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Deep down"

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: ATHEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Originates (from), as a word"

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 reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• Words that mean the same thing: deduct, descend, educe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DERIVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Org. that's pro-Second Amendment"

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Jaguars and Impalas, for instance"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: motorcar, automobile, auto
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Gets into bed, literally"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHEETSLIPSSHEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Blank paper bearer"

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 number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
• Words that mean the same thing: lodgings, pad of paper, diggings
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Oracle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with unusual powers of foresight
• Words that mean the same thing: visionary, illusionist, prophesier
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Starting action on a court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• Words that mean the same thing: suffice, dish up, do
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Clears (of)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that relieve from
• Words that mean the same thing: free, rid, disembarrass
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. "Get well soon" process, informally"

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: REHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Person who won't just talk, but 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 a person who acts and gets things done
• Words that mean the same thing: worker, actor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. New York City mayor Adams and others"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point"

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 midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: Buckeye State, Ohio River, OH
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Rx writers: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Makes suddenly aware of something, literally"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EYEHITSRIGHTEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Wharton's "___ Frome""

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: ETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. German car maker"

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: BMW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Election year event"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
• Words that mean the same thing: primary quill, main, chief
• The opposite would be: secondary
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRIMARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. All excited"

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: KEYEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. Finding hidden meaning, literally"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LINEREADINGLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Cold War power, in brief"

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 former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USSR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Deserve"

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

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Like the shape of an eggplant"

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 egg-shaped object
• Words that mean the same thing: egg-shaped, elliptical, oviform
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVOID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds"

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: METS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Lose layers"

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 outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
• Words that mean the same thing: throw, disgorge, slough
• The opposite would be: persistent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Some surface damages"

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 appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
• Words that mean the same thing: incision, dent, nick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

December 20, 2022 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Agcy. that promotes adoption	4
2D	2. Witch's facial feature	4
3D	3. Home of Arches National Park	4
4D	4. ___ Creed (Christian avowal)	6
5D	5. Amusement park racers	7
6D	6. "Dagnabbit!"	4
7D	7. Slick substance	3
8D	8. Impede	6
9D	9. Trust issues?	6
10D	10. Got completely destroyed	8
11D	11. Father of Norway's King Harald	4
12D	12. Rate	4
13D	13. Fraternal order since 1868	4
14D	18. Actor Brendan	6
15D	19. What five horizontal answers do with this one	5
16D	23. Stadium noisemaker	7
17D	24. Shopping splurge	5
18D	25. Difficult to sort out, informally	5
19D	26. Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt	5
20D	27. Big name in jeans	3
21D	28. Eat at	5
22D	29. "___ dog has its day"	5
23D	30. Laconic	5
24D	35. Plot developers	8
25D	37. Tuna type	3
26D	38. It tolls over British Parliament	6
27D	41. Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument	5
28D	43. "Holy moly!"	7
29D	46. Behind-the-arc shots, informally	6
30D	47. Directive at a physical	6
31D	48. Rare roll with two dice	6
32D	51. Fruit used to make slivovitz	4
33D	52. Climb	4
34D	53. The "I" of M.I.T.: Abbr.	4
35D	54. Tenderhearted	4
36D	55. Celine with five Grammys	4
37D	56. Section of a textbook	4
38D	57. Banned substances in sports, for short	4
39D	59. Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually	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. Agcy. that promotes adoption"

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: SPCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Witch's facial 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 any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
• Words that mean the same thing: verruca
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Home of Arches National Park"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive State
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Creed (Christian avowal)"

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 of or relating to the ancient city of nicaea in asia minor
• Words that mean the same thing: Nicaean
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Amusement park racers"

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: GOKARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Dagnabbit!""

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: DRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slick substance"

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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
• Words that mean the same thing: petroleum, oil colour, embrocate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Impede"

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 robbery at gunpoint
• Words that mean the same thing: delay, heist, stickup
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Trust issues?"

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 anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
• Words that mean the same thing: plus, asset
• 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: ASSETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Got completely destroyed"

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 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• Words that mean the same thing: pop off, kick the bucket, buy the farm
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERISHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Father of Norway's King Harald"

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: OLAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Rate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Words that mean the same thing: footstep, rate, tempo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Fraternal order since 1868"

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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: Alces alces, moose, elk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Actor Brendan"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FRASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. What five horizontal answers do with this one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Stadium noisemaker"

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: AIRHORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Shopping splurge"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Difficult to sort out, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that having or covered with hair
• Words that mean the same thing: hirsute, haired
• The opposite would be: hairless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt"

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: EDDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Big name in jeans"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henry Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Eat at"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: eat at, wear away, gnaw at
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. "___ dog has its day""

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 (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Laconic"

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

  The answer is: TERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Plot developers"

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 planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
• Words that mean the same thing: schemer, plotter
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHEMERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Tuna type"

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: AHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. It tolls over British Parliament"

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: BIGBEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a stringed instrument of india; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SITAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. "Holy moly!""

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: OHMYGOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Behind-the-arc shots, informally"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: trine, trio, leash
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Directive at a physical"

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: SAYAAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Rare roll with two dice"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: xii, dozen, 12
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWELVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Fruit used to make slivovitz"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
• Words that mean the same thing: plumb, clean, plum tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Climb"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a growth in strength or number or importance
• Words that mean the same thing: ascension, cost increase, boost
• The opposite would be: go to bed, descent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. The "I" of M.I.T.: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that in or of the present month
• Words that mean the same thing: instant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Tenderhearted"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: tolerant, genial, form
• The opposite would be: unkind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Celine with five Grammys"

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: DION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Section of a textbook"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: whole, building block, unit of measurement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Banned substances in sports, for short"

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: PEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually"

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	7	9.7%
History	5	6.9%
Geography	3	4.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Literature	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 11:38 AM