November 18, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

November 18, 2020 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Go bad	3
2A	4. ___ Coeur, Mo.	5
3A	9. Hayes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	5
4A	14. "Well, looky here!"	3
5A	15. Fuel carrier at sea	5
6A	16. ___ toast	5
7A	17. Betting game in which you could lose your shirt	10
8A	19. One who's constantly talking smack	5
9A	20. Brooklyn basketball team	7
10A	21. Shaped like grapes	5
11A	23. Time away from the grind, for short	5
12A	24. Film cast and crew celebration	9
13A	27. Insolent manner	8
14A	30. Secondary schools in France	6
15A	31. Approach	6
16A	33. Aid in making a pompadour	3
17A	34. Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares?	13
18A	39. [head slap]	3
19A	40. Smooth, in music	6
20A	41. Like some writing of Anaïs Nin	6
21A	45. Adkins, for Adele	8
22A	49. Tickets for shorter lines, good seats, backstage access, etc.	9
23A	51. Thespian	5
24A	52. What might be taken to go?	5
25A	53. The speed of sound	7
26A	55. Lofty abode	5
27A	57. Some old mobile devices	10
28A	59. A.F.C. East athlete, for short	5
29A	60. Disney princess with "a dreamy far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book"	5
30A	61. One arguing in court: Abbr.	3
31A	62. Bookish sorts	5
32A	63. Twiddled one's thumbs	5
33A	64. Sch. with a campus in Shreveport	3

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. Go bad"

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 of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Words that mean the same thing: molder, bunk, bunkum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. ___ Coeur, Mo."

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: CREVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Hayes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"

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 (old testament) the second patriarch; son of abraham and sarah who was offered by abraham as a sacrifice to god; father of jacob and esau
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISAAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Well, looky here!""

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: OHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Fuel carrier at sea"

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 worker who oils engines or machinery
• Words that mean the same thing: oil tanker, tank ship, oil well
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OILER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ toast"

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 australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dame Nellie Melba, Helen Porter Mitchell
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Betting game in which you could lose your shirt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STRIPPOKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. One who's constantly talking smack"

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

  The answer is: HATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Brooklyn basketball team"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: THENETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Shaped like grapes"

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 of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
• Words that mean the same thing: elliptical, prolate, ovoid
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Time away from the grind, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RANDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Film cast and crew celebration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WRAPPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Insolent manner"

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 complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
• Words that mean the same thing: position, mental attitude, posture
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTITUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Secondary schools in France"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
• Words that mean the same thing: secondary school, middle school, Gymnasium
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYCEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Approach"

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: GONEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Aid in making a pompadour"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: colloidal gel, gelatin, mousse
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TWOPEASINAPOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. [head slap]"

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 syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: ut, 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: DOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Smooth, in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
• Words that mean the same thing: smooth
• The opposite would be: staccato
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Like some writing of Anaïs Nin"

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 erotic person
• Words that mean the same thing: titillating
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Adkins, for Adele"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LASTNAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Tickets for shorter lines, good seats, backstage access, etc."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VIPPASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Thespian"

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

  The answer is: ACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. What might be taken to go?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EXLAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. The speed of sound"

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: MACHONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Lofty abode"

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 lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
• Words that mean the same thing: eyry, eyrie, aery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Some old mobile devices"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FLIPPHONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. A.F.C. East athlete, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NYJET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Disney princess with "a dreamy far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. One arguing in court: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Bookish sorts"

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

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

  The answer is: NERDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Twiddled one's thumbs"

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 run disconnected or idle
• Words that mean the same thing: stagnate, slug, idle
• The opposite would be: run, work
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Sch. with a campus in Shreveport"

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: LSU

  Great job if you got it right!

November 18, 2020 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Platforms for speakers	6
2D	2. Words following "Which thing?"	6
3D	3. Sign in an apartment window	6
4D	4. Signature feature of a Duracell battery	9
5D	5. Total hoot	4
6D	6. Fraternal group with a mammalian name	4
7D	7. Peace sign shape	3
8D	8. Slip-up	5
9D	9. "OK by me"	7
10D	10. Largest airport in the Pacific Northwest	6
11D	11. Ziggy Stardust vis-à-vis David Bowie	8
12D	12. Midge Maisel's father on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"	3
13D	13. Garage occupant	3
14D	18. Dye for denim	6
15D	22. Kilmer of "Top Gun"	3
16D	24. Sneaky sorts	7
17D	25. Peeved, with "off"	4
18D	26. Fashion inits.	3
19D	28. French article	3
20D	29. "What's the big ___?"	4
21D	32. Latvia's capital	4
22D	34. Doughnut shapes, mathematically	4
23D	35. Burger King offering	9
24D	36. "Old Town Road" rapper Lil ___ X	3
25D	37. Stuck on	8
26D	38. Lightweight rainwear	6
27D	39. Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire"	3
28D	42. Moved on the tarmac	6
29D	43. Places to be marooned	6
30D	44. Farm-share program, for short	3
31D	46. Lacking a key, in music	6
32D	47. "Woman With a Parasol" and "Impression, Sunrise"	6
33D	48. 1974 pop hit with Spanish lyrics	6
34D	50. Like Robert Mueller beginning in 2013	5
35D	53. Move around, with "about"	4
36D	54. First company to be valued at $1 trillion	5
37D	55. Raggedy ___	3
38D	56. Word before dropper or popper	3
39D	58. Spearheaded	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. Platforms for speakers"

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 platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Words that mean the same thing: pulpit, podium, rostrum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Words following "Which thing?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OHTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Sign in an apartment window"

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: TORENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Signature feature of a Duracell battery"

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: COPPERTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Total hoot"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: carouse, rioting, howler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Fraternal group with a mammalian name"

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 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: red deer, elk, Alces alces
• The 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 7 Down: "7. Peace sign shape"

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: VEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Slip-up"

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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: misplay, mistake, erroneous belief
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERROR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "OK by me""

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: IMHAPPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Largest airport in the Pacific Northwest"

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: SEATAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ziggy Stardust vis-à-vis David Bowie"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ALTEREGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Midge Maisel's father on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel""

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: ABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Garage occupant"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: cable car, 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: CAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Dye for denim"

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 blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
• Words that mean the same thing: indigotin, indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Kilmer of "Top Gun""

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: VAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Sneaky sorts"

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 person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
• Words that mean the same thing: weasel
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEASELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Peeved, with "off""

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 place on a tee
• Words that mean the same thing: tee up, tee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Fashion inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. French article"

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: UNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. "What's the big ___?""

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 particular instance of buying or selling
• Words that mean the same thing: share, spate, grapple
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Latvia'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 a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Latvia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Doughnut shapes, mathematically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
• Words that mean the same thing: tore, torus, toroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Burger King offering"

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: WHOPPERJR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "Old Town Road" rapper Lil ___ X"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium, atomic number 11, Na
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Stuck on"

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 cause to be attached
• Words that mean the same thing: tie, confiscate, connected
• The opposite would be: detached, unattached
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTACHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Lightweight rainwear"

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 blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PONCHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire""

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: DEV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Moved on the tarmac"

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 travel slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: taxi, cab
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Places to be marooned"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Farm-share program, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Lacking a key, in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
• Words that mean the same thing: unkeyed
• The opposite would be: tonal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATONAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. "Woman With a Parasol" and "Impression, Sunrise""

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 french impressionist painter (1840-1926)
• Words that mean the same thing: Monet, Claude Monet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. 1974 pop hit with Spanish lyrics"

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: ERESTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Like Robert Mueller beginning in 2013"

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: EXFBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Move around, with "about""

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 plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
• Words that mean the same thing: grind, John Mill, manufactory
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. First company to be valued at $1 trillion"

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 fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Raggedy ___"

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: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Word before dropper or popper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus, eyeball, centre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Spearheaded"

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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Words that mean the same thing: light-emitting diode, precede, extend
• The opposite would be: follow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LED

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	41	56.9%
Short Answer	16	22.2%
Abbreviation	5	6.9%
Sports	2	2.8%
Music	2	2.8%
Literature	2	2.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	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	13 letters

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• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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March 14, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - March 14, 2024 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Pair on a schooner	5
2A	6. Last in a series	3
3A	9. It may be thrown by a vaquero	5
4A	14. "Hurry with your dinner!"	5
5A	15. "Gotcha!"	3
6A	16. Like an obelisk at night, maybe	5
7A	17. Origin story in Genesis 11:1-9	15
8A	20. Colorful language?	11
9A	21. Radar gun stat, for short	3
10A	23. Parks carefully	7
11A	24. Co. that launched the world's first communications satellite	3
12A	27. Part of 10-Down	4
13A	29. Last in a series	4
14A	30. World capital noted for its French colonial architecture	5
15A	32. Geocaching necessity, in brief	3
16A	35. "No ___" ("Unacceptable")	5
17A	36. Actor Hawke	5
18A	37. Headstone heading	3
19A	38. 1979 movie with the line "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off"	5
20A	39. Goes around	5
21A	40. Legal position in municipal govt.	3
22A	41. Like lead or gold, notably	5
23A	42. Mario Kart platform	3
24A	43. Tuber that can be candied	3
25A	44. A majority of the characters on TV's "St. Elsewhere," in brief	3
26A	45. Neighbor of India: Abbr.	3
27A	47. Component in a car's suspension system	7
28A	50. "___, ___, it looks like rain!": Christopher Robin	3
29A	53. Big movie star, e.g.	7
30A	55. What professional tennis has been in since 1968	7
31A	57. Where an important call may be directed	7
32A	58. System that ended in 1917	7
33A	59. Purplish red	7
34A	60. Weeks in Spain	7

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Pair on a schooner"

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 vertical spar for supporting sails
• Words that mean the same thing: mast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Last in a series"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. It may be thrown by a vaquero"

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 long noosed rope used to catch animals
• Words that mean the same thing: reata, lasso, lariat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Hurry with your dinner!""

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: EATUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Gotcha!""

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: OHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like an obelisk at night, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UPLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Origin story in Genesis 11:1-9"

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: THETOWEROFBABEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Colorful language?"

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: PURPLEPROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Radar gun stat, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
• Words that mean the same thing: miles per hour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Parks carefully"

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: EASESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Co. that launched the world's first communications satellite"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Part of 10-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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Last in a series"

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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. World capital noted for its French colonial architecture"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Geocaching necessity, in brief"

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 navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. "No ___" ("Unacceptable")"

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: BUENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Actor Hawke"

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: ETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Headstone heading"

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: rakehell, blood, rake
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. 1979 movie with the line "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: estrange, outlander, extraterrestrial
• The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Goes around"

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 about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Words that mean the same thing: roam, cast, ramble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Legal position in municipal govt."

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 an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Like lead or gold, notably"

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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Words that mean the same thing: dim, heavy, slow
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Mario Kart platform"

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: WII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Tuber that can be candied"

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 edible tuber of any of several yams
• Words that mean the same thing: yam plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. A majority of the characters on TV's "St. Elsewhere," 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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Neighbor of India: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Component in a car's suspension system"

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: SWAYBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. "___, ___, it looks like rain!": Christopher Robin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Big movie star, e.g."

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: ALISTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. What professional tennis has been in since 1968"

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: OPENERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Where an important call may be directed"

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: LINEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. System that ended in 1917"

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: TSARISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Purplish red"

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 primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of magenta
• Words that mean the same thing: Battle of Magenta
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGENTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Weeks in Spain"

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: SEMANAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword March 14, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Player at Citi Field	3
2D	2. "That feels nice!"	3
3D	3. Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018)	14
4D	4. You might go on tiptoe while wearing this	4
5D	5. Fungus-to-be	5
6D	6. Celebratory seasons	5
7D	7. First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid	5
8D	8. B-ball	5
9D	9. Apply, as sunscreen	5
10D	10. Some craft drafts, for short	4
11D	11. Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879)	14
12D	12. Make even	3
13D	13. Home of the Braves, for short	3
14D	18. New Deal org.	3
15D	19. What some thank God for: Abbr.	3
16D	21. Comedian and political commentator Bill	5
17D	22. Who said "Courage is knowing what not to fear"	5
18D	25. Carolina N.H.L.'ers, informally	5
19D	26. Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe	5
20D	28. "Same here"	5
21D	29. Mathematician known for the constant "e" (2.71828)	5
22D	31. Require	8
23D	32. Starting point for a slippery slope argument	8
24D	33. An irrational reason to celebrate?	5
25D	34. Captcha targets	8
26D	35. One might center around being unprepared for a test	8
27D	45. Something read by a chiromancer	4
28D	46. Actress Shawkat of "Search Party"	4
29D	48. Took a turn	4
30D	49. Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter's Basilica	4
31D	51. ___ Major	4
32D	52. Relatives of berets	4
33D	54. "Get it?"	3
34D	56. Gun lobby grp.	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. Player at Citi Field"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that come together
• Words that mean the same thing: fill, see, foregather
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "That feels nice!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STEPHENHAWKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. You might go on tiptoe while wearing this"

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 south african prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: ballet skirt, Desmond Tutu
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fungus-to-be"

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 small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Celebratory seasons"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. First digit of this puzzle's subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. B-ball"

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 game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
• Words that mean the same thing: basketball game, basketball, 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: HOOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. 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: RUBON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Some craft drafts, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALBERTEINSTEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Make even"

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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: attach, necktie, draw
• The opposite would be: untie, disconnect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Home of the Braves, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. New Deal org."

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: WPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. What some thank God for: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Friday
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Comedian and political commentator Bill"

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: MAHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Who said "Courage is knowing what not to fear""

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 ancient athenian philosopher; pupil of socrates; teacher of aristotle (428-347 bc)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Carolina N.H.L.'ers, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, fire, send away
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that isolated from others
• Words that mean the same thing: solo, unaccompanied, lonely
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. "Same here""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Mathematician known for the constant "e" (2.71828)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that swiss mathematician (1707-1783)
• Words that mean the same thing: Leonhard Euler
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EULER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Require"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INSISTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Starting point for a slippery slope argument"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: GRAYAREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. An irrational reason to celebrate?"

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: PIDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Captcha targets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPAMBOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. One might center around being unprepared for a test"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BADDREAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Something read by a chiromancer"

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 inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
• Words that mean the same thing: palm tree, medallion, thenar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Actress Shawkat of "Search Party""

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: ALIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Took a turn"

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 change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• Words that mean the same thing: last, blend, rifle
• The opposite would be: stop, stay in place
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter's Basilica"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. ___ Major"

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: URSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Relatives of berets"

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 woolen cap of scottish origin
• Words that mean the same thing: tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. "Get it?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: get a line, insure, fancy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Gun lobby grp."

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 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	39	57.4%
Short Answer	15	22.1%
Abbreviation	5	7.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.9%
Movies/Film	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: August 27, 2025 at 03:49 AM