27401 Sat Nov 16, 2024 NYT by Peter Gordon

Across Clues :

1. Goober, 5. Outlaws, 9. Not deliberate, 14. Headquarters of Talofa Airways, 16. Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally, 17. Ballerina who popularized "The Nutcracker", 18. Sandbar, 19. Word on Saudi Arabia's flag, 20. 2002 movie with the tagline "Higher education just hit a new low", 22. A great deal, 24. Revel noisily, 26. Angel hair topper?, 27. Place, 28. Element between platino and mercurio, 29. Big bands, 32. Italian province on the Swiss border, 33. Holy book, in one spelling, 34. Does a job for a summer?, 35. Phrase on ID tags, 38. Wordle score that elicits the message "Genius", 39. Pulse, e.g., 40. Veet rival, 41. Cold palate cleansers, 43. About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane, 44. Goes green, maybe, 46. "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney film), 50. Big dipper, 51. Like some asteroids, 53. Hurdles for would-be doctors, 54. Is cautious, 55. Represent, 56. Piece with a point, 57. Mind

Down Clues :

1. Crunched stuff, 2. ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, 3. Small stream, 4. Home to "a real pipperoo" of song, 5. Grinchy shout, 6. Like participants in the rite of rumspringa, 7. Present time, 8. Something to wear while watching the game, 9. College basketball powerhouse, 10. Flicks, as a butt, 11. Food that can be prepared quickly, 12. Buzzy promos, 13. Valentino competitor, for short, 15. Woodstock artist, 21. Housemate, e.g., 23. Camping kits for preparing meals, 25. Host of "The Joy of Painting", 26. Continually criticized, 27. Young haddock, 29. Subject of New York City's first public statue of a woman (1915), 30. Enlists for, as an unwelcome task, 31. Prime minister of Ireland, 32. Corp. money managers, 36. Good-for-nothing, 37. Brownish grays, 42. Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show, 43. Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham", 45. Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote, 47. All-Star point guard Young, 48. Being, to Sartre, 49. Shake off, 50. "Mahalo nui ___" (words from a grateful Hawaiian), 52. Like three-balls

New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 2024

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 16, 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. Goober. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DORK

  Possible Answer : dork, jerk




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

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

  The answer: BANS

  Possible Answer : forbiddance, cast_out, banish, forbidding, ostracise, censor, Bachelor_of_Arts_in_Nursing, blackball, shun, prohibition, ban, ostracize, proscription, BAN, banning




• The clue is 9. Not deliberate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASTY

  Possible Answer : overhasty, precipitant, precipitous, precipitate, hasty, headlong




• The clue is 14. Headquarters of Talofa Airways. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: APIASAMOA




• The clue is 16. Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USHES




• The clue is 17. Ballerina who popularized "The Nutcracker". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TALLCHIEF

  Possible Answer : Maria_Tallchief, Tallchief




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

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

  The answer: SHOAL

  Possible Answer : school, shoal, shallow




• The clue is 19. Word on Saudi Arabia's flag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLAH

  Possible Answer : Allah




• The clue is 20. 2002 movie with the tagline "Higher education just hit a new low". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLACKERS

  Possible Answer : slacker, shirker




• The clue is 22. A great deal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUCH

  Possible Answer : lots, a_good_deal, a_lot, very_much, practically, much, a_great_deal, often

  Possible Opposite Answer : little




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

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

  The answer: ROISTER

  Possible Answer : carouse, roister, riot




• The clue is 26. Angel hair topper?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALO

  Possible Answer : aureole, halo, ring, gloriole, annulus, nimbus, anchor_ring, aura, doughnut, glory




• The clue is 27. Place. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITE

  Possible Answer : website, place, locate, land_site, web_site, situation, internet_site, site




• The clue is 28. Element between platino and mercurio. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORO




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

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

  The answer: JAZZORCHESTRAS




• The clue is 32. Italian province on the Swiss border. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COMO




• The clue is 33. Holy book, in one spelling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KORAN

  Possible Answer : Quran, Koran, al-Qur'an, Book




• The clue is 34. Does a job for a summer?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADDS

  Possible Answer : attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder, tot_up, sum, sum_up, bring, contribute, minimal_brain_dysfunction, attention_deficit_disorder, total, minimal_brain_damage, add_together, tot, add_up, tally, hyperkinetic_syndrome, lend, impart, ADD, MBD, append, ADHD, bestow, tote_up, supply, summate, add

  Possible Opposite Answer : take_away, subtract




• The clue is 35. Phrase on ID tags. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAMOUSPOTATOES




• The clue is 38. Wordle score that elicits the message "Genius". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer : single, unmatchable, i, matchless, unmatched, unitary, unrivaled, I, 1, unity, unrivalled, peerless, one_and_only, one, ane, nonpareil, ace




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

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

  The answer: SEED

  Possible Answer : germ, seminal_fluid, seeded_player, semen, source, cum, come, ejaculate, seed, sow




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

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

  The answer: NAIR




• The clue is 41. Cold palate cleansers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SORBETS

  Possible Answer : sorbet, water_ice




• The clue is 43. About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BTUS

  Possible Answer : B.Th.U., British_thermal_unit, BTU




• The clue is 44. Goes green, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FEELSILL




• The clue is 46. "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney film). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PETES

  Possible Answer : pet




• The clue is 50. Big dipper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LADLE

  Possible Answer : ladle, lade, laden




• The clue is 51. Like some asteroids. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: NEAREARTH




• The clue is 53. Hurdles for would-be doctors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORALS

  Possible Answer : oral, oral_exam, viva_voce, oral_examination, viva




• The clue is 54. Is cautious. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TAKESCARE




• The clue is 55. Represent. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACTAS




• The clue is 56. Piece with a point. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPED




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

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

  The answer: HEED

  Possible Answer : attentiveness, paying_attention, heed, regard, mind, listen

  Possible Opposite Answer : inattentiveness

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Crunched stuff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DATA

  Possible Answer: data, information, datum, data_point

• The clue is 2. ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer: opal

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

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

  The answer: RILL

  Possible Answer: run, streamlet, rivulet, runnel, rill

• The clue is 4. Home to "a real pipperoo" of song. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: KALAMAZOO

  Possible Answer: Kalamazoo

• The clue is 5. Grinchy shout. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAH

• The clue is 6. Like participants in the rite of rumspringa. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMISH

  Possible Answer: Amish

• The clue is 7. Present time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOEL

  Possible Answer: Yule, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yuletide, Noel, Christmas

• The clue is 8. Something to wear while watching the game. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SAFARIHAT

• The clue is 9. College basketball powerhouse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUSKIES

  Possible Answer: Eskimo_dog, husky

• The clue is 10. Flicks, as a butt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASHES

  Possible Answer: ash_tree, ash

• The clue is 11. Food that can be prepared quickly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHORTORDER

• The clue is 12. Buzzy promos. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TEASERADS

• The clue is 13. Valentino competitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YSL

• The clue is 15. Woodstock artist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCHULZ

  Possible Answer: Charles_M._Schulz, Schulz, Charles_Schulz, Charles_Munroe_Schulz

• The clue is 21. Housemate, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COTENANT

  Possible Answer: cotenant

• The clue is 23. Camping kits for preparing meals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COOKSETS

• The clue is 25. Host of "The Joy of Painting". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROSS

  Possible Answer: Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Ross, Betsy_Ross, Nellie_Ross, Sir_Ronald_Ross, John_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross, Sir_John_Ross

• The clue is 26. Continually criticized. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAMMEREDAT

• The clue is 27. Young haddock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCROD

  Possible Answer: schrod, scrod

• The clue is 29. Subject of New York City's first public statue of a woman (1915). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: JOANOFARC

• The clue is 30. Enlists for, as an unwelcome task. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ROPESINTO

• The clue is 31. Prime minister of Ireland. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TAOISEACH

  Possible Answer: taoiseach

• The clue is 32. Corp. money managers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CFOS

  Possible Answer: CFO, chief_financial_officer

• The clue is 36. Good-for-nothing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USELESS

  Possible Answer: useless

  Possible Opposite Answer : useful

• The clue is 37. Brownish grays. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAUPES

  Possible Answer: taupe

• The clue is 42. Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELLA

• The clue is 43. Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLAKE

  Possible Answer: Blake, William_Blake

• The clue is 45. Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAP

  Possible Answer: spring, jump, leaping, leap, bounce, jump_off, bound, saltation

• The clue is 47. All-Star point guard Young. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAE

• The clue is 48. Being, to Sartre. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETRE

• The clue is 49. Shake off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHED

  Possible Answer: caducous, cast_off, throw_away, exuviate, throw, moult, pour_forth, spill, molt, cast, shake_off, disgorge, slough, drop, throw_off, shed

  Possible Opposite Answer : persistent

• The clue is 50. "Mahalo nui ___" (words from a grateful Hawaiian). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOA

• The clue is 52. Like three-balls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RED

  Possible Answer: carmine, red-faced, reddened, crimson, scarlet, ruby, reddish, cerise, cherry-red, redness, red_ink, bolshy, Red_River, loss, violent, Bolshevik, bolshie, Red, red, flushed, cherry, blood-red, Marxist, ruddy, ruby-red

  Possible Opposite Answer : gain

Saturday, November 16, 2024

September 17, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (30 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 64 (30 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - September 17, 2022 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Sign of spring	6
2A	7. Performs repetitive tasks to gain experience points, in gaming slang	5
3A	12. Question in a lot of cars?	13
4A	14. Hourglass contents, poetically	14
5A	15. Lays into, with "out"	5
6A	16. Inventor played by David Bowie in "The Prestige"	5
7A	17. Litter whimper	3
8A	18. Pot grower?	4
9A	19. Like certain corrections	5
10A	20. Doesn't stick out, say	4
11A	21. Things once kept in towers	3
12A	22. Twitter-sphere?	8
13A	24. Thereabout	6
14A	26. Red or green lights, maybe	6
15A	28. Kind of network	6
16A	30. Focus of the law of the land?	6
17A	32. Emmy winner Patricia of "Thirtysomething"	6
18A	34. "Good enough"	6
19A	36. What can't be done alone, famously	8
20A	38. Ballyhoo	3
21A	39. Some social media postings	4
22A	42. Rooster raised for eating	5
23A	43. Impertinent sort	4
24A	44. Small sample	3
25A	45. Many a Hollywood production assistant	5
26A	46. Disney's "___ Dragon"	5
27A	47. Slide behind a speaker, maybe	14
28A	50. Buckwheat and others	13
29A	51. Went head over heels?	5
30A	52. Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed	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. Sign of spring"

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: THERAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Performs repetitive tasks to gain experience points, in gaming slang"

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 workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
• Words that mean the same thing: produce, farm, raise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "12. Question in a lot of cars?"

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: WHEREDIDIPARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Hourglass contents, poetically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THESANDSOFTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Lays into, with "out""

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 large quantity of written matter
• Words that mean the same thing: ream
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Inventor played by David Bowie in "The Prestige""

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

  The answer is: TESLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Litter whimper"

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 sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
• Words that mean the same thing: miaul, miaou, sea mew
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Pot grower?"

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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Like certain corrections"

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

  The answer is: PENAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Doesn't stick out, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a display of bad temper
• Words that mean the same thing: scene, outfit, jibe
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Things once kept in towers"

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 soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Words that mean the same thing: cadmium, candela, standard 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: CDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Twitter-sphere?"

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 cage in which a bird can be kept
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRDCAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Thereabout"

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 distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
• Words that mean the same thing: yon
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YONDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Red or green lights, maybe"

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 the first light of day
• Words that mean the same thing: break of day, dawn, break of the day
• The opposite would be: sunset
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Kind of network"

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 of or relating to the nervous system
• Words that mean the same thing: neuronal, neuronic, nervous
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Focus of the law of the land?"

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

  The answer is: ESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Emmy winner Patricia of "Thirtysomething""

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: WETTIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. "Good enough""

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: ITLLDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. What can't be done alone, famously"

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: THETANGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Ballyhoo"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: flurry, bustle, hustle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Some social media postings"

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: GIFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Rooster raised for eating"

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

  The answer is: CAPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Impertinent sort"

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 small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• Words that mean the same thing: crop, trim, clipping
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Small sample"

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

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Many a Hollywood production assistant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an employee whose duties include running errands
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Disney's "___ Dragon""

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 stroke or caress gently
• Words that mean the same thing: pet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Slide behind a speaker, maybe"

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: AUDIOVISUALAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Buckwheat and others"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: LITTLERASCALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Went head over heels?"

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 be standing; be upright
• Words that mean the same thing: support, stomach, remain firm
• The opposite would be: sit, yield
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed"

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 colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
• Words that mean the same thing: C2H6
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

September 17, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Word with song or party	5
2D	2. Name on a truck	4
3D	3. Jacobean ___	3
4D	4. Possible source of monthly income	6
5D	5. Supplements	7
6D	6. Go out too late, perhaps	8
7D	7. Org. running global championships since 1930	4
8D	8. Felicitous	3
9D	9. Sam of Hollywood	5
10D	10. Mascot whose head is a baseball	5
11D	11. Isn't objective with	5
12D	12. "How've you been?"	8
13D	13. One for the money	10
14D	14. The most well-known one is named for a Greek hero	6
15D	15. Blue-ish	4
16D	19. Hideout for Blackbeard	10
17D	20. Savage	5
18D	22. Where one might drift off on a boat	5
19D	23. Exasperated, say	5
20D	25. Relationship strains?	5
21D	27. The land down under?	8
22D	29. Motivated, with "under"	8
23D	31. Went round and round, in a way	6
24D	33. Watches amazedly	7
25D	35. Line after a drop	4
26D	37. Opposite of "Stat!"	6
27D	39. Designs	5
28D	40. In which Nunavut means "our land"	5
29D	41. Given on a platter	5
30D	43. Role in 2020's "The Trial of the Chicago 7"	5
31D	45. Metal that can be drawn into a wire an atom wide	4
32D	46. Work out	4
33D	48. Acclaimed manga artist Junji ___	3
34D	49. 21st-century health inits.	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. Word with song or party"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: melodic theme, topic, musical theme
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Name on a truck"

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 english pianist (1890-1965)
• Words that mean the same thing: Walter Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Jacobean ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Possible source of monthly income"

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 someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
• Words that mean the same thing: tenant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Supplements"

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 textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
• Words that mean the same thing: postscript, supplement, addendum
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDENDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Go out too late, perhaps"

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: MISSACUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Org. running global championships since 1930"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Felicitous"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: minded, disposed, tending
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sam of Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: RAIMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Mascot whose head is a baseball"

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: MRMET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Isn't objective with"

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 turn or place at an angle
• Words that mean the same thing: skew
• The opposite would be: align
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "How've you been?""

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: WHATSNEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. One for the money"

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: DOLLARSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. The most well-known one is named for a Greek hero"

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 cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
• Words that mean the same thing: sinew
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Blue-ish"

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 full of zest or vigor
• Words that mean the same thing: lively, risque, naughty
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "19. Hideout for Blackbeard"

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: PIRATECOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "20. Savage"

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 wild and menacing
• Words that mean the same thing: ferine, savage
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "22. Where one might drift off on a boat"

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 job in an organization
• Words that mean the same thing: office, moor, place
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "23. Exasperated, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Relationship strains?"

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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: pas de deux, yoke, twain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. The land down under?"

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 according to legend, an island in the atlantic ocean that plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLANTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Motivated, with "under""

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: LITAFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Went round and round, in a way"

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 flow in a circular current, of liquids
• Words that mean the same thing: whirlpool, eddy, swirl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDDIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Watches amazedly"

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: GAPESAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Line after a drop"

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: OOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Opposite of "Stat!""

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: NORUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Designs"

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 the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
• Words that mean the same thing: destination, end, goal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. In which Nunavut means "our land""

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 member of a people inhabiting the arctic (northern canada or greenland or alaska or eastern siberia); the algonquians called them eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the inuit (`the people')
• Words that mean the same thing: Esquimau, Eskimo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Given on a platter"

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: FEDTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Role in 2020's "The Trial of the Chicago 7""

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: SEALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Metal that can be drawn into a wire an atom wide"

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 coins made of gold
• Words that mean the same thing: aureate, gilded, golden
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Work out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: design, programme, architectural plan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Acclaimed manga artist Junji ___"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. 21st-century health inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	79.7%
Short Answer	7	10.9%
Movies/Film	2	3.1%
History	2	3.1%
Music	1	1.6%
Sports	1	1.6%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	30
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	64
Average Answer Length	5.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: September 07, 2025 at 09:18 AM