August 07, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 07, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (31 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

August 07, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Brings home	6
2A	7. "Nah, thanks anyway"	7
3A	14. Running freely	6
4A	15. Typical wall colors	8
5A	17. One with key responsibilities?	6
6A	18. Oil, informally	8
7A	19. Certain sorority member	5
8A	20. Who had a major part in the Torah?	5
9A	21. Behavioral quirk	3
10A	22. One of the Gilmore Girls	7
11A	24. [Here we go again ...]	4
12A	25. Titaness who abducted Orion	3
13A	26. Afghans, e.g.	4
14A	28. Alternatives to wings	6
15A	30. Insubstantial	11
16A	32. Grand total?	11
17A	33. "Don't let the bedbugs bite!"	11
18A	34. "The Magpie" and "The Wheat Field," for two	6
19A	35. "De dónde ___?" (Spanish 101 query)	4
20A	36. Palindromic term of address	3
21A	39. It raised a major red flag	4
22A	40. Gene pool?	7
23A	42. Awesome, slangily	3
24A	43. Worker whose name anagrams to the person's output	5
25A	47. No bueno	5
26A	48. Portion of an ad agency's budget	8
27A	50. Specific	6
28A	51. Brand with a red star in its logo	8
29A	52. Spot for some piercings	6
30A	53. Back to back	7
31A	54. Home to the world's tallest steel arch bridge	6

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. Brings home"

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: BATSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. "Nah, thanks anyway""

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: ILLPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Running freely"

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: ONAUTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Typical wall colors"

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 one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
• Words that mean the same thing: neutral
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUTRALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. One with key responsibilities?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone paid to operate a typewriter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYPIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Oil, informally"

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: TEXASTEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Certain sorority member"

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 8th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Who had a major part in the Torah?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the hebrew prophet who led the israelites from egypt across the red sea on a journey known as the exodus; moses received the ten commandments from god on mount sinai
• Words that mean the same thing: Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Moses
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Behavioral quirk"

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 local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. One of the Gilmore Girls"

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: LORELAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. [Here we go again ...]"

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 utterance made by exhaling audibly
• Words that mean the same thing: suspire, suspiration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Titaness who abducted Orion"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Afghans, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
• Words that mean the same thing: carpet, rug, carpeting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Alternatives to wings"

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 part of the leg between the hip and the knee
• Words that mean the same thing: thigh, second joint
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THIGHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Insubstantial"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: jackanapes, whippersnapper
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIGHTWEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Grand total?"

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: EIGHTYEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "Don't let the bedbugs bite!""

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: NIGHTYNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. "The Magpie" and "The Wheat Field," for two"

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 19 Across: "35. "De dónde ___?" (Spanish 101 query)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ERES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Palindromic term of address"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: te, atomic number 14, Si
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. It raised a major red flag"

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 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: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia, Soviet Union
• The 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 22 Across: "40. Gene pool?"

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: DNABANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Awesome, slangily"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: fall, illumine, illuminate
• The opposite would be: extinguish, unlighted
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Worker whose name anagrams to the person's output"

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: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. No bueno"

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 infested with lice
• Words that mean the same thing: icky, shitty, crappy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOUSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Portion of an ad agency's budget"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that having the ability or power to create
• Words that mean the same thing: originative
• The opposite would be: uncreative
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREATIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Specific"

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 narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
• Words that mean the same thing: constrict, narrow-minded, minute
• The opposite would be: wide, diversify
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NARROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Brand with a red star in its logo"

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: HEINEKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "52. Spot for some piercings"

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 small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
• Words that mean the same thing: ring of color
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Back to back"

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 on end or upright
• Words that mean the same thing: endways, end on
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDWISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Home to the world's tallest steel arch bridge"

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 largest australian city located in southeastern australia on the tasman sea; state capital of new south wales; australia's chief port
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYDNEY

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - August 07, 2021 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Repress, with "up"	6
2D	2. "Moving on ..."	6
3D	3. Gets to the point?	6
4D	4. Holst's "The Planets," for one	5
5D	5. "No need to worry," informally	10
6D	6. With 7-Down, disliking ... or at least feeling indifferent about	3
7D	7. See 6-Down	4
8D	8. Waste at a winery	4
9D	9. Sumptuous	4
10D	10. Groups involved in class actions, for short?	4
11D	11. ___ Technica (tech review site)	3
12D	12. Bided one's time	8
13D	13. Bit of deception	7
14D	16. Investment banker Samuel	5
15D	20. Descriptor for a superhero	6
16D	23. Period immediately following Y2K	6
17D	24. Would you look at that!	5
18D	27. Composer of many Streisand show tunes	5
19D	28. Model-turned-TV personality Chrissy	6
20D	29. Six figures, say	10
21D	30. Hybrid zoo animal	5
22D	31. Wackadoodle	6
23D	32. Who said "The greatest scientists are artists as well"	8
24D	33. "Uh-uh"	7
25D	34. Bed cover	5
26D	36. Dark Lord of Mordor, in "The Lord of the Rings"	6
27D	37. It's just under a foot	6
28D	38. Passage that connects stories	6
29D	41. Put to sleep	5
30D	43. Hasenpfeffer, e.g.	4
31D	44. ___ bar	4
32D	45. They're ahead of their time	4
33D	46. Leakes of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"	4
34D	49. "What of it?"	3
35D	50. "The World Is Yours" rapper, 1994	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. Repress, with "up""

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 glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
• Words that mean the same thing: feeding bottle, nursing bottle, bottleful
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Moving on ...""

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: ANYHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Gets to the point?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a convex shape that narrows toward a point
• Words that mean the same thing: wick, sharpen, candle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Holst's "The Planets," for one"

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 musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
• Words that mean the same thing: entourage, cortege, rooms
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "No need to worry," informally"

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: ITSALRIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. With 7-Down, disliking ... or at least feeling indifferent about"

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 negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: non
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. See 6-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Waste at a winery"

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 sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Robert E. Lee, Gypsy Rose 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: LEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sumptuous"

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 elegant and sumptuous
• Words that mean the same thing: de luxe, deluxe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Groups involved in class actions, for short?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: PTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. ___ Technica (tech review site)"

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 colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Land of Opportunity, Arkansas, AR
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Bided one's time"

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: SATTIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bit of deception"

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 adroitness in using the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: manual dexterity, dexterity
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Investment banker Samuel"

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: SACHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Descriptor for a superhero"

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 having or showing great strength or force or intensity; ; ; - bulwer-lytton
• Words that mean the same thing: mightily, right, powerful
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIGHTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Period immediately following Y2K"

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

  The answer is: AUGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Would you look at that!"

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 instance of visual perception
• Words that mean the same thing: good deal, heap, quite a little
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Composer of many Streisand show tunes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STYNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Model-turned-TV personality Chrissy"

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: TEIGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Six figures, say"

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: HIGHSALARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Hybrid zoo animal"

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 offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Wackadoodle"

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 someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• Words that mean the same thing: looney, nutcase, weirdy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEIRDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Who said "The greatest scientists are artists as well""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that physicist born in germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
• Words that mean the same thing: mastermind, brain, brainiac
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EINSTEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. "Uh-uh""

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: NOSIREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Bed cover"

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 protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MULCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Dark Lord of Mordor, in "The Lord of the Rings""

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: SAURON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. It's just under a foot"

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 inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
• Words that mean the same thing: innersole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. Passage that connects stories"

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 designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
• Words that mean the same thing: air lane, flight path, airway
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKYWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Put to sleep"

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 cause to be bored
• Words that mean the same thing: world-weary, tire, blase
• The opposite would be: interest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Hasenpfeffer, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: grizzle, swither, fret
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. ___ bar"

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: TIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. They're ahead of their time"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, Eve, even
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Leakes of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta""

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: NENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. "What of it?""

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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. "The World Is Yours" rapper, 1994"

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, Na, atomic number 11
• The 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	83.3%
Short Answer	8	12.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 06:49 PM

2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Confident claim, 5. Tootsie treat?, 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme, 13. Stone measure, 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis, 16. Godsend, 17. MEDALS, 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody, 20. Crafty inits., 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally, 22. Irritated, 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short, 24. GOBI DESERT, 27. Quite some time, 29. Source of the Golden Fleece, 30. What doesn't look the best naked?, 31. Choir section, 33. Not so loud, 36. "SAY WHAT?", 40. Acting unconsciously, 41. Prevailing spirit, 43. Game piece in Mastermind, 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short, 47. Spain's longest river, 48. NEOLITH, 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"), 55. Lassie's owner on old TV, 56. Premier couple's retreat?, 57. Furtive laugh, 58. Troll's lookalike, 59. RUMMY, 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861, 63. Medicinal form, 64. Word with screen or space, 65. Self images?, 66. Sleep restlessly, 67. Something passed down the line

Down Clues :

1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, 2. Sleeveless top, 3. Small marching band?, 4. Vote in opposition, 5. Word that can precede or follow "player", 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age, 7. 41, to 43, 8. Popular crowd, 9. Top of the order?, 10. Foot warmer, 11. Young male lover, informally, 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo, 14. Blue reef fish, 18. Heartache, 22. Reproductive cell, 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera, 26. Scratching post scratchers, 28. Middle-of-the-road, 32. With a clear head, 33. Zippo, 34. Sound asleep, 35. Formal ceremony, 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer, 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery", 39. Vikings, e.g., 42. "That'll show ya!", 43. Buns, 44. Tough nut to crack, 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang, 49. What seers read, 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans, 51. Pastoral poems, 52. Keanu Reeves role, 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King", 59. Spot-on, 60. Birthplace of bossa nova, 61. Joke

Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 22, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Confident claim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICAN




• The clue is 5. Tootsie treat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEDI




• The clue is 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBA




• The clue is 13. Stone measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARAT

  Possible Answer : karat, carat, kt




• The clue is 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRAN

  Possible Answer : Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, Persia, Iran




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

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

  The answer: BOON

  Possible Answer : boon, blessing




• The clue is 17. MEDALS. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMMYAWARDS




• The clue is 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOYD




• The clue is 20. Crafty inits.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIY




• The clue is 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NONO




• The clue is 22. Irritated. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOTTO




• The clue is 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: GEOLOCATION




• The clue is 27. Quite some time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EONS

  Possible Answer : eon, aeon




• The clue is 29. Source of the Golden Fleece. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAM

  Possible Answer : wad, random_memory, random-access_memory, Aries_the_Ram, read/write_memory, RAM, random_access_memory, cram, ram, drive, crash, chock_up, pound, Aries, Ram, tup, force, jampack, jam, ram_down




• The clue is 30. What doesn't look the best naked?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYE

  Possible Answer : oculus, middle, centre, eyeball, eye, center, heart, optic




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

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

  The answer: ALTOS

  Possible Answer : alto, countertenor, contralto




• The clue is 33. Not so loud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOFTER

  Possible Answer : delicate, diffuse, indulgent, sonant, easy, piano, subdued, gentle, diffused, voiced, soft, flabby, easygoing, balmy, flaccid, lenient, cushy, mild

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte, hard, hardened, unvoiced, loud




• The clue is 36. "SAY WHAT?". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: ESSAYQUESTION




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

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

  The answer: ONAUTO




• The clue is 41. Prevailing spirit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETHOS

  Possible Answer : ethos




• The clue is 43. Game piece in Mastermind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEG

  Possible Answer : wooden_leg, oarlock, thole, tholepin, peg_down, rowlock, pin, nail, peg, stick, nog, pegleg, leg, nail_down




• The clue is 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer : geological_era, ERA, earned_run_average, epoch, era




• The clue is 47. Spain's longest river. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBRO

  Possible Answer : Ebro_River, Ebro




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

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ANYOLDTHING




• The clue is 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 55. Lassie's owner on old TV. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIMMY




• The clue is 56. Premier couple's retreat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer : Shangri-la, promised_land, Eden, Garden_of_Eden, paradise, heaven, nirvana




• The clue is 57. Furtive laugh. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEH




• The clue is 58. Troll's lookalike. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGRE

  Possible Answer : demon, ogre, monster, devil, fiend




• The clue is 59. RUMMY. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREYOUGAME




• The clue is 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMAN

  Possible Answer : Muscat_and_Oman, Oman, Sultanate_of_Oman




• The clue is 63. Medicinal form. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PILL

  Possible Answer : tablet, anovulatory_drug, lozenge, contraceptive_pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, pill, anovulant, oral_contraceptive, tab




• The clue is 64. Word with screen or space. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAVER

  Possible Answer : rescuer, saver, recoverer




• The clue is 65. Self images?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TATS

  Possible Answer : cheapness, sleaze, tackiness, TAT, Thematic_Apperception_Test, tat, intertwine




• The clue is 66. Sleep restlessly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOSS

  Possible Answer : thresh_about, chuck_out, discard, toss_out, put_away, pass, slash, thrash, convulse, thrash_about, toss, chuck, cast_aside, fling, pitch, throw_out, cast_out, sky, throw_away, cast_away, flip, dispose, jactitate, toss_away, thresh




• The clue is 67. Something passed down the line. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GENE

  Possible Answer : factor, gene, cistron

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICEDTEA

• The clue is 2. Sleeveless top. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: CAMISOLE

  Possible Answer: underbodice, camisole

• The clue is 3. Small marching band?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARMYANTS

• The clue is 4. Vote in opposition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAY

  Possible Answer: nay

  Possible Opposite Answer : yea

• The clue is 5. Word that can precede or follow "player". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIANO

  Possible Answer: forte-piano, pianissimo, softly, piano, soft, pianoforte

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte

• The clue is 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERROL

• The clue is 7. 41, to 43. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAD

  Possible Answer: dada, pop, dad, daddy, papa, pappa, pa

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

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

  The answer: INS

  Possible Answer: IN, In, inch, in, INS, Indiana, Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service, atomic_number_49, indium, Hoosier_State

• The clue is 9. Top of the order?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBOT

  Possible Answer: abbot, archimandrite

• The clue is 10. Foot warmer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOOTIE

  Possible Answer: bootie, bootee

• The clue is 11. Young male lover, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOYTOY

• The clue is 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDONE

• The clue is 14. Blue reef fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANG

  Possible Answer: bladderwrack, piquancy, savour, bladder_fucus, relish, sea_tang, tang, Fucus_serratus, piquance, sea_tangle, smack, flavour, sapidity, serrated_wrack, piquantness, black_rockweed, Tang_dynasty, Fucus_vesiculosus, Tang, nip, zest, tanginess, savor, flavor

• The clue is 18. Heartache. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOE

  Possible Answer: suffering, woe, woefulness

• The clue is 22. Reproductive cell. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAMETE

  Possible Answer: gamete

• The clue is 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORFEO

• The clue is 26. Scratching post scratchers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATS

  Possible Answer: barf, retch, purge, regurgitate, true_cat, hombre, computerized_axial_tomography, be_sick, cat-o'-nine-tails, Arabian_tea, computed_axial_tomography, cast, spew, computed_tomography, African_tea, disgorge, computerized_tomography, honk, bozo, chuck, Caterpillar, qat, CT, vomit, regorge, CAT, vomit_up, guy, big_cat, sick, upchuck, spue, cat, khat, puke, throw_up, kat, quat

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 28. Middle-of-the-road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSO

• The clue is 32. With a clear head. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANELY

  Possible Answer: sanely, reasonably, sensibly

  Possible Opposite Answer : insanely, unreasonably

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

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

  The answer: SQUAT

  Possible Answer: underslung, shit, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, squatty, scrunch, hunker_down, stumpy, low-set, knee_bend, diddly-squat, diddly-shit, dumpy, diddley, chunky, squat, crouch, doodly-squat, diddly, diddlysquat, scrunch_up, hunker

• The clue is 34. Sound asleep. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUT

  Possible Answer: come_out, taboo, kayoed, prohibited, KO'd, knocked_out, stunned, verboten, away, out, tabu, forbidden, proscribed, come_out_of_the_closet, extinct

  Possible Opposite Answer : safe

• The clue is 35. Formal ceremony. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RITE

  Possible Answer: ritual, religious_rite, rite

• The clue is 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YARD

  Possible Answer: cubic_yard, one_thousand, railway_yard, grand, curtilage, K, chiliad, railyard, M, thousand, G, pace, 1000, yard, grounds, thou

• The clue is 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: OHBEHAVE

• The clue is 39. Vikings, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: NORSEMEN

  Possible Answer: Norseman, Norse, Norwegian

• The clue is 42. "That'll show ya!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTHERE

• The clue is 43. Buns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATOOT

• The clue is 44. Tough nut to crack. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENIGMA

  Possible Answer: brain-teaser, riddle, secret, closed_book, mystery, enigma, conundrum

• The clue is 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GYMRAT

• The clue is 49. What seers read. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMENS

  Possible Answer: portent, betoken, prefigure, foreshadow, prognostic, predict, bode, foretell, prognostication, presage, portend, auspicate, omen, prognosticate, forecast, augur, prodigy

• The clue is 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEELS

  Possible Answer: dog, cad, hound, bounder, list, reheel, blackguard, heel

• The clue is 51. Pastoral poems. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDYLS

  Possible Answer: bucolic, idyll, pastoral, pastorale, eclogue, idyl

• The clue is 52. Keanu Reeves role. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer: neo

• The clue is 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GNUS

  Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest

• The clue is 59. Spot-on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APT

  Possible Answer: clever, disposed, apt, pertinent, given, minded, liable, tending, apposite

• The clue is 60. Birthplace of bossa nova. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIO

  Possible Answer: Rio_de_Janeiro, Rio

• The clue is 61. Joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAG

  Possible Answer: jest, laugh, strangle, retch, heave, suffocate, fret, muzzle, choke, quip, gag, jape, joke