27405 Wed Nov 20, 2024 NYT Robert S. Gard

Across Clues :

1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps, 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis, 9. Cause of lens flare, 14. In a moment, 15. Shoot forth, 16. School tool, 17. Coloring implement since 1903, 19. China's Zhou ___, 20. Atop, poetically, 21. Flying mammals, 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011, 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare, 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet", 26. Blade runner?, 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up, 29. Quaint contraction, 32. Sine ___ non, 35. Film representations, 37. Kind of computer port, 40. Books with legends, 42. Jones (for), 43. Parent working behind the scenes?, 45. Bit of cream, 47. Totally bonkers, 48. Make a big to-do (over), 50. Big name in sunglasses, 54. Domesticated, 56. Move to the beat?, 59. Montmartre sweetheart, 61. Christmas tree decoration, 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do, 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g., 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle, 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson, 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g., 68. Asian soup, 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10, 70. Cyclops, for one, 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief

Down Clues :

1. Dapper sartorial choices, 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws, 3. Self-pitying lament, 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief, 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein, 6. Artificial bronze, 7. Fiery sorts, it's said, 8. B.Y.O.B. part, 9. Say hello to, 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight, 11. What a rear exit may lead to, 12. Pore over, 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves, 18. ___ Dhabi, 22. Got steamed, 24. A.S.A.P., 25. Corporate $$$ overseers, 28. Abuses the listserv, say, 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale", 31. W-9 info, 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short, 34. Bank withdrawal charge, 36. Air marshal's org., 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives, 38. Potential rescue pet, 39. Culture group, 41. Like a lime green suit, 44. They're open to interpretation, 46. Hee-haws, 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War, 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g., 52. Wedding reception cry, 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps, 55. In our ___ (among us), 57. The "U" of 71-Across, 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist, 59. Declining industry of Appalachia, 60. Strong and healthy, 61. Shark bait, 64. Jazz instrument, 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 20, 2024

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

New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMPS

  Possible Answer : adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, AMP, A, ampere




• The clue is 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer : capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania




• The clue is 9. Cause of lens flare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GLARE

  Possible Answer : brilliance, public_eye, glare, blaze, spotlight, limelight, glower




• The clue is 14. In a moment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOON

  Possible Answer : before_long, soon, shortly, presently




• The clue is 15. Shoot forth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEW

  Possible Answer : vomit, sick, chuck, spue, throw_up, ptyalise, purge, spew, disgorge, puke, spew_out, be_sick, cat, barf, regurgitate, upchuck, regorge, cast, vomit_up, honk, retch, ptyalize, spit, eruct

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down




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

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

  The answer: RULER

  Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler




• The clue is 17. Coloring implement since 1903. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAYOLACRAYON




• The clue is 19. China's Zhou ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENLAI




• The clue is 20. Atop, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OER




• The clue is 21. Flying mammals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BATS

  Possible Answer : dotty, bats, cream, nuts, kookie, kooky, loopy, lick, clobber, batty, bonkers, loco, thrash, drub, balmy, flutter, squash_racket, whacky, wacky, barmy, cracked, loony, squash_racquet, at-bat, chiropteran, fruity, haywire, nutty, buggy, bat, cricket_bat, round_the_bend, crackers, daft, around_the_bend




• The clue is 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SECEDE

  Possible Answer : secede, break_away, splinter




• The clue is 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEMPURA

  Possible Answer : tempura




• The clue is 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATHY




• The clue is 26. Blade runner?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLED

  Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh




• The clue is 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NSFW




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

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

  The answer: TWAS




• The clue is 32. Sine ___ non. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: QUA




• The clue is 35. Film representations. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PORTRAYALS

  Possible Answer : depicting, portrait, delineation, enactment, characterization, depiction, portrayal, portraiture, personation, portraying




• The clue is 37. Kind of computer port. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USB




• The clue is 40. Books with legends. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATLASES

  Possible Answer : Atlas, map_collection, book_of_maps, atlas_vertebra, atlas, telamon




• The clue is 42. Jones (for). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YEN

  Possible Answer : yearn, ache, hankering, languish, yen, pine




• The clue is 43. Parent working behind the scenes?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAGEMOM




• The clue is 45. Bit of cream. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DAB

  Possible Answer : swob, dab, tap, pat, splash, swab, splatter




• The clue is 47. Totally bonkers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRAYCRAY




• The clue is 48. Make a big to-do (over). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUSS

  Possible Answer : tiff, ado, spat, trouble, fuss, bustle, dither, bother, niggle, overprotect, fret, squabble, hustle, mother, bickering, stir, pettifoggery, hassle, flurry, flap, pother, tizzy, bicker




• The clue is 50. Big name in sunglasses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAYBAN




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

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

  The answer: TAMED

  Possible Answer : subdue, reclaim, domesticate, naturalize, tame, moderate, chasten, tone_down, naturalise, tamed, domesticize, domesticise, cultivate

  Possible Opposite Answer : wild




• The clue is 56. Move to the beat?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PULSATE

  Possible Answer : pulsate, throb, pulse, quiver, beat




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

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

  The answer: CHERIE




• The clue is 61. Christmas tree decoration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANE

  Possible Answer : flog, lambaste, cane, lambast




• The clue is 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROW

  Possible Answer : rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, wrangle, row, run-in, course




• The clue is 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OARED




• The clue is 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHRINKRAY




• The clue is 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIAS

  Possible Answer : also_known_as, false_name, a.k.a., alias, assumed_name




• The clue is 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUTO

  Possible Answer : car, automobile, machine, motorcar, auto




• The clue is 68. Asian soup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISO

  Possible Answer : miso




• The clue is 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAST

  Possible Answer : to_the_lowest_degree, least

  Possible Opposite Answer : most




• The clue is 70. Cyclops, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XMAN




• The clue is 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTU

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Dapper sartorial choices. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASCOTS

  Possible Answer: ascot

• The clue is 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORAYEEL

• The clue is 3. Self-pitying lament. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POORME

• The clue is 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNL

• The clue is 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSCAR

  Possible Answer: Oscar, Academy_Award

• The clue is 6. Artificial bronze. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPRAYTAN

• The clue is 7. Fiery sorts, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEOS

  Possible Answer: Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion

• The clue is 8. B.Y.O.B. part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OWN

  Possible Answer: have, own, possess, ain

• The clue is 9. Say hello to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GREET

  Possible Answer: recognize, recognise, greet

• The clue is 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LUNCHTRAY

• The clue is 11. What a rear exit may lead to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLEYWAY

  Possible Answer: back_street, alleyway, alley

• The clue is 12. Pore over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READ

  Possible Answer: translate, scan, study, take, show, learn, record, read, understand, register, say, interpret

• The clue is 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIE

  Possible Answer: Lake_Erie, Erie

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

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

  The answer: ABU

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

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

  The answer: SAWRED

• The clue is 24. A.S.A.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PDQ

• The clue is 25. Corporate $$$ overseers. 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 28. Abuses the listserv, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPAMS

  Possible Answer: Spam, spam, junk_e-mail

• The clue is 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer: ale

• The clue is 31. W-9 info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSN

• The clue is 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UAE

• The clue is 34. Bank withdrawal charge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATMFEE

• The clue is 36. Air marshal's org.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer: TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration

• The clue is 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USC

• The clue is 38. Potential rescue pet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRAY

  Possible Answer: swan, divagate, wander, roll, stray, range, rove, roam, vagabond, drift, err, isolated, tramp, ramble, cast, digress

• The clue is 39. Culture group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACTERIA

  Possible Answer: bacteria, bacterium

• The clue is 41. Like a lime green suit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOUD

  Possible Answer: flashy, tawdry, loudly, garish, meretricious, brassy, loud, forte, cheap, tacky, tatty, aloud, gaudy, gimcrack, trashy, flash

  Possible Opposite Answer : soft, piano, softly

• The clue is 44. They're open to interpretation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRAYAREAS

• The clue is 46. Hee-haws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BRAYS

  Possible Answer: mash, bray, hee-haw, grind, crunch, comminute

• The clue is 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPARTA

  Possible Answer: Sparta

• The clue is 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BARRIO

  Possible Answer: barrio

• The clue is 52. Wedding reception cry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATOAST

• The clue is 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWYOU

• The clue is 55. In our ___ (among us). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIDST

  Possible Answer: thick, midst

• The clue is 57. The "U" of 71-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNION

  Possible Answer: wedlock, coupling, trades_union, labor_union, union, conglutination, spousal_relationship, North, uniting, Union, jointure, unification, sum, marriage, matrimony, mating, trade_union, join, brotherhood, conjugation, pairing, sexual_union, Federal

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonunion, separation, disunion

• The clue is 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEN

• The clue is 59. Declining industry of Appalachia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAL

  Possible Answer: char, coal, ember

• The clue is 60. Strong and healthy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALE

  Possible Answer: drag, Edward_Everett_Hale, Nathan_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, coerce, squeeze, pressure, force, Hale, whole, hale, haul, cart

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

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

  The answer: CHUM

  Possible Answer: Oncorhynchus_keta, crony, buddy, brother, pal, sidekick, chum, chum_salmon

• The clue is 64. Jazz instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAX

  Possible Answer: sax, Adolphe_Sax, Sax, saxophone

• The clue is 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KMS

  Possible Answer: kilometer, klick, km, kilometre

September 29, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, September 29, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

September 29, 2023 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Spreads concern?	4
2A	5. God who rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir	4
3A	9. Tube feature, with "the"	3
4A	12. Illegal product that's still made?	9
5A	14. Write some letters	5
6A	16. "Seems like a bad idea …"	9
7A	17. Baked, in Italian	5
8A	18. Word with bubble or high	3
9A	19. Contacts data: Abbr.	3
10A	20. Brand of ranch dressing?	7
11A	22. Obsolescent kind of drive	5
12A	24. Finish with	5
13A	25. Far from home, say	6
14A	28. Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance"	6
15A	30. Thin	5
16A	31. May to November, in Central America	9
17A	34. Checkout choices	5
18A	35. Need to pay	3
19A	36. QB rushers, collectively	5
20A	37. Does a better job than at making points	9
21A	39. Gives up	5
22A	40. Clouds	6
23A	41. Light touch	6
24A	42. Moves a little	5
25A	43. ___ Day of Visibility (March 31 observance)	5
26A	45. Piece of the pie	7
27A	47. Put on	3
28A	48. ___ Coleman, principal on "Abbott Elementary"	3
29A	51. Protagonist in a long-running Phyllis Reynolds Naylor book series	5
30A	52. Person who might sweep a board game off a table	9
31A	55. About 20 million people in India	5
32A	56. Close associates to be wary of	9
33A	57. Flattering lines	3
34A	58. Growth that may be treated with salicylic acid	4
35A	59. Be wide open	4

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. Spreads concern?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. God who rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir"

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 (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Tube feature, with "the""

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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Words that mean the same thing: opening, breach, break
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Illegal product that's still made?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the light of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: moonlight, bootleg, corn liquor
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOONSHINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Write some letters"

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 psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
• Words that mean the same thing: trance, patch, enchantment
• The opposite would be: unspell
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Seems like a bad idea …""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ISHOULDNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Baked, in Italian"

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: COTTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Word with bubble or high"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: afternoon tea, Camellia sinensis, tea leaf
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Contacts data: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: nobelium, no, atomic number 102
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Brand of ranch dressing?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
• Words that mean the same thing: felt hat, homburg, trilby
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STETSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Obsolescent kind of drive"

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: CDROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Finish with"

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: ENDIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Far from home, say"

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 in a foreign country
• Words that mean the same thing: overseas, afield
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jane Austen
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUSTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Thin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. May to November, in Central America"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WETSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Checkout choices"

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

  The answer is: LANES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Need to pay"

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

  The answer is: OWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. QB rushers, collectively"

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: DLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Does a better job than at making points"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that score more points than one's opponents
• Words that mean the same thing: outscore, outpoint
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTSCORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Gives up"

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 give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: yield, deliver, give up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Clouds"

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 moving crowd
• Words that mean the same thing: pullulate, swarm, cloud
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Light touch"

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 gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
• Words that mean the same thing: fondle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Moves a little"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: fuss, raise, flurry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. ___ Day of Visibility (March 31 observance)"

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: TRANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Piece of the pie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something determined in relation to something that includes it
• Words that mean the same thing: assign, component, circumstances
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Put on"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: lend, tot up, supply
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. ___ Coleman, principal on "Abbott Elementary""

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

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: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Protagonist in a long-running Phyllis Reynolds Naylor book series"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Person who might sweep a board game off a table"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SORELOSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. About 20 million people in India"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an adherent of sikhism
• Words that mean the same thing: Sikh
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIKHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Close associates to be wary of"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FRENEMIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Flattering lines"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Growth that may be treated with salicylic acid"

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

  The answer is: WART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Be wide open"

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 expression of openmouthed astonishment
• Words that mean the same thing: yaw, yawn, gawk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - September 29, 2023 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Cut	4
2D	2. One pill, perhaps	4
3D	3. World capital whose Museum of Islamic Art was designed by I. M. Pei	4
4D	4. ___ Balls	3
5D	5. "Goodness …"	6
6D	6. Claim in a squabble	5
7D	7. Lodge	3
8D	8. N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey	4
9D	9. Seeks shelter	10
10D	10. ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904	5
11D	11. Blueprint	4
12D	13. Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang	13
13D	14. Source of a burning odor?	13
14D	15. Blunt salespeople	10
15D	21. Model Holliday	4
16D	22. Go into one's "phone voice," say	10
17D	23. Who said "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"	7
18D	25. "___ and Janis" (comic strip)	4
19D	26. Suitor	4
20D	27. Form of protest for tenants	10
21D	29. Great Basin people	4
22D	31. Creepy-crawly	4
23D	32. Singles	4
24D	33. "Queer Eye" co-star Jonathan Van ___	4
25D	38. Approximately	4
26D	41. Having rhythm	6
27D	42. Cube, e.g.	5
28D	44. Like AB- vis-à-vis other blood types	5
29D	45. El ___	4
30D	46. Office warning letters	4
31D	48. Birthplace of the world's major religions	4
32D	49. Second-in-command, informally	4
33D	50. Bum	4
34D	53. Italian time unit	3
35D	54. [!!!]	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. Cut"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: overleap, overlook, exclude
• The opposite would be: include, attend to
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. One pill, perhaps"

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 measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
• Words that mean the same thing: sexually transmitted disease, Zen, Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. World capital whose Museum of Islamic Art was designed by I. M. Pei"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ Balls"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Goodness …""

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: OHLORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Claim in a squabble"

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: DIDSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lodge"

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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• Words that mean the same thing: auberge, hostelry, hostel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. N.B.A. team originally based in New Jersey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: network, clear, meshwork
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Seeks shelter"

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: GETSINSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904"

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: ALTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Blueprint"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: program, programme, be after
• The 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 12 Down: "13. Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SUNDAYSCARIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Source of a burning odor?"

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: SCENTEDCANDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Blunt salespeople"

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: POTDEALERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Model Holliday"

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: TESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Go into one's "phone voice," say"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: CODESWITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Who said "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before""

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: MAEWEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. "___ and Janis" (comic strip)"

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: ARLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Suitor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
• Words that mean the same thing: fop, dandy, fellow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Form of protest for tenants"

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: RENTSTRIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Great Basin people"

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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Ute
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Creepy-crawly"

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 any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla annelida and chaetognatha and nematoda and nemertea and platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
• Words that mean the same thing: insect, wriggle, twist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Singles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unity, I, 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: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. "Queer Eye" co-star Jonathan Van ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a strip of land projecting into a body of water
• Words that mean the same thing: cape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Approximately"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Having rhythm"

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 marked by a rhythmical cadence
• Words that mean the same thing: cadenced
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CADENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Cube, e.g."

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 matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
• Words that mean the same thing: solidness, satisfying, unanimous
• The opposite would be: liquid, hollow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Like AB- vis-à-vis other blood types"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rare, rarefied, uncommon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. El ___"

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: PASO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Office warning letters"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NSFW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Birthplace of the world's major religions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Second-in-command, informally"

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: VEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Bum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: hind end, rear, asshole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Italian time unit"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus sinister, atomic number 76, OS
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. [!!!]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OMG

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	71.4%
Short Answer	9	12.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.3%
Sports	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 Friday, 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: August 30, 2025 at 01:39 PM