January 31, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues
• Down Clues
• Puzzle Statistics

Master the Across: NYT Crossword Hints for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Said "I do"	3
2A	4. Second chance in court	6
3A	10. Chinese gelatin	4
4A	14. Rocks at the bar	3
5A	15. Auto's "face"	6
6A	16. Tempo	4
7A	17. Start of a quip	15
8A	20. It springs eternal	4
9A	21. Born, to Fifi	3
10A	22. Drive forward	5
11A	23. Convened	3
12A	25. Wool producer	3
13A	26. More of the quip	13
14A	33. Kitchen utensil	5
15A	34. Abnormal breathing sounds	5
16A	35. Mate of 25 Across	3
17A	37. Exhort	4
18A	38. Lincoln's logs?	5
19A	39. Rani's garb	4
20A	40. English heat measure: Abbr.	3
21A	41. Mysterious biblical word	5
22A	42. Was skittish	5
23A	43. More of the quip	13
24A	46. Cries of surprise	3
25A	47. Far along in years	3
26A	48. "Topless towers" city	5
27A	51. Blemish	3
28A	53. Gumbo	4
29A	57. End of the quip	15
30A	61. Cleaving tool	4
31A	62. Narrated again	6
32A	63. Okla. city	3
33A	64. Yearnings	4
34A	65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs	6
35A	66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon	3

Across Clues - Detailed Hints and Explanations

1A: "1. Said "I do"" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Similar words include: get married, wedded, marry
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WED

2A: "4. Second chance in court" (6 letters)

• Think of something that earnest or urgent request
• Similar words include: charm, prayer, entreaty
• Opposite of: repel
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APPEAL

3A: "10. Chinese gelatin" (4 letters)

• Think of something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
• Similar words include: nutrient agar, agar-agar
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AGAR

4A: "14. Rocks at the bar" (3 letters)

• Think of something that water frozen in the solid state
• Similar words include: internal-combustion engine, Methedrine, icing
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ICE

5A: "15. Auto's "face"" (6 letters)

• Think of something that small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
• Similar words include: radiator grille, lattice, grillwork
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GRILLE

6A: "16. Tempo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Similar words include: step, yard, tempo
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PACE

7A: "17. Start of a quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHELOOKSLIKESHE

8A: "20. It springs eternal" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• Similar words include: Leslie Townes Hope, trust, go for
• Opposite of: despair
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HOPE

9A: "21. Born, to Fifi" (3 letters)

• Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NEE

10A: "22. Drive forward" (5 letters)

• Think of something that urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• Similar words include: force, propel
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IMPEL

11A: "23. Convened" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: posture, pose, Saturday
• Opposite of: stand, arise
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SAT

12A: "25. Wool producer" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EWE

13A: "26. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WASPOUREDINTO

14A: "33. Kitchen utensil" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a device for removing the core from apples
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CORER

15A: "34. Abnormal breathing sounds" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
• Similar words include: rattle, rale, rattling
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RALES

16A: "35. Mate of 25 Across" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Similar words include: force, jampack, cram
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RAM

17A: "37. Exhort" (4 letters)

• Think of something that an instinctive motive
• Similar words include: urge on, pep up, inspire
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URGE

18A: "38. Lincoln's logs?" (5 letters)

• Think of something that small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CABIN

19A: "39. Rani's garb" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Similar words include: saree
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SARI

20A: "40. English heat measure: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: British thermal unit, B.Th.U.
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: BTU

21A: "41. Mysterious biblical word" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SELAH

22A: "42. Was skittish" (5 letters)

• Think of something that start suddenly, as from fright
• Similar words include: shy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHIED

23A: "43. More of the quip" (13 letters)

• Pattern: _____________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: HERCOSTUMEAND

24A: "46. Cries of surprise" (3 letters)

• Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Similar words include: OH, Ohio, Buckeye State
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OHS

25A: "47. Far along in years" (3 letters)

• Think of something that past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Similar words include: erstwhile, sure-enough, one-time
• Opposite of: new, young
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OLD

26A: "48. "Topless towers" city" (5 letters)

• Think of something that an ancient city in asia minor that was the site of the trojan war
• Similar words include: Ilion, Troy
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ILIUM

27A: "51. Blemish" (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following february and preceding april
• Similar words include: blemish, mutilate, March
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MAR

28A: "53. Gumbo" (4 letters)

• Think of something that long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Similar words include: lady's-finger, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OKRA

29A: "57. End of the quip" (15 letters)

• Pattern: _______________
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FORGOTTOSAYWHEN

30A: "61. Cleaving tool" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: FROE

31A: "62. Narrated again" (6 letters)

• Think of something that render verbally,
• Similar words include: reiterate, restate, fictionalise
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RETOLD

32A: "63. Okla. city" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Similar words include: adenosine deaminase
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ADA

33A: "64. Yearnings" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a yearning for something or to do something
• Similar words include: yen, hankering, yearn
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YENS

34A: "65. Saves Dad the nuptial costs" (6 letters)

• Think of something that run away secretly with one's beloved
• Similar words include: elope, run off
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELOPES

35A: "66. "I am ___ a crook": Nixon" (3 letters)

• Think of something that negation of a word or group of words
• Similar words include: non
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: NOT

Solve the Down: NYT Crossword Help for January 31, 1990

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"	4
2D	2. Repeat	4
3D	3. Area in an ocean floor	4
4D	4. Past	3
5D	5. ASAP	6
6D	6. Toll road	4
7D	7. Other	4
8D	8. Entirety	3
9D	9. Island necklace	3
10D	10. Missing links?	6
11D	11. Pant	4
12D	12. Long	4
13D	13. Walk erratically	4
14D	18. Rent payer	6
15D	19. New Zealanders, informally	5
16D	24. Spring mo.	3
17D	25. Garden spot	4
18D	26. Fort ___, Tex.	5
19D	27. Debate	5
20D	28. Russian mountains	5
21D	29. Morocco's capital	5
22D	30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root	5
23D	31. Orient Express, e.g.	5
24D	32. Like a galley	5
25D	33. Den denizen	3
26D	36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "	3
27D	38. Company V.I.P.'s	4
28D	39. What Peter Pan lost	6
29D	41. Jerk	5
30D	42. This goes with poivre	3
31D	44. Reddens the cheeks	6
32D	45. Esprit de corps	6
33D	48. Uncertain: Slang	4
34D	49. Body of knowledge	4
35D	50. Something to pump	4
36D	51. Fictional sleuth	4
37D	52. Soaking wet	4
38D	54. Asian title of respect	4
39D	55. Freshen the décor	4
40D	56. Premed course	4
41D	58. Three, in Torino	3
42D	59. ___ Aviv	3
43D	60. Material measures: Abbr.	3

Down Clues - Comprehensive Solutions and Tips

1D: "1. "When You ___ Upon a Star"" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a specific feeling of desire
• Similar words include: like, compliments, regard
• Opposite of: begrudge
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WISH

2D: "2. Repeat" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Similar words include: reverberation, replication, resound
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ECHO

3D: "3. Area in an ocean floor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the central and most intense or profound part
• Similar words include: deeply, late, mysterious
• Opposite of: shallow
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: DEEP

4D: "4. Past" (3 letters)

• Think of something that gone by; or in the past
• Similar words include: agone
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: AGO

5D: "5. ASAP" (6 letters)

• Think of something that in a punctual manner
• Similar words include: readily, promptly
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PRONTO

6D: "6. Toll road" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• Similar words include: superhighway, state highway, thruway
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: PIKE

7D: "7. Other" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELSE

8D: "8. Entirety" (3 letters)

• Think of something that quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Similar words include: completely, entirely, wholly
• Opposite of: partly, some
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ALL

9D: "9. Island necklace" (3 letters)

• Think of something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Similar words include: coronal, chaplet, garland
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LEI

10D: "10. Missing links?" (6 letters)

• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APEMEN

11D: "11. Pant" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Similar words include: heave, puff, pant
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: GASP

12D: "12. Long" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Similar words include: aching, yen, suffer
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ACHE

13D: "13. Walk erratically" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Similar words include: bobbin, spin around, spool
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REEL

14D: "18. Rent payer" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a tenant who holds a lease
• Similar words include: leaseholder
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LESSEE

15D: "19. New Zealanders, informally" (5 letters)

• Think of something that climbing vine native to china; cultivated in new zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
• Similar words include: apteryx, kiwi vine, Kiwi
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KIWIS

16D: "24. Spring mo." (3 letters)

• Think of something that the month following march and preceding may
• Similar words include: April
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: APR

17D: "25. Garden spot" (4 letters)

• Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Similar words include: promised land, paradise, Shangri-la
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: EDEN

18D: "26. Fort ___, Tex." (5 letters)

• Think of something that an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
• Similar words include: deserving, Charles Frederick Worth
• Opposite of: worthlessness
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: WORTH

19D: "27. Debate" (5 letters)

• Think of something that present reasons and arguments
• Similar words include: fence, debate, reason
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ARGUE

20D: "28. Russian mountains" (5 letters)

• Think of something that a mountain range in western russia extending from the arctic to the caspian sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between europe and asia
• Similar words include: Ural Mountains
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: URALS

21D: "29. Morocco's capital" (5 letters)

• Think of something that the capital of morocco; located in the northwestern on the atlantic coast
• Similar words include: capital of Morocco
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: RABAT

22D: "30. Nobel Peace Prize winner Root" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ELIHU

23D: "31. Orient Express, e.g." (5 letters)

• Think of something that public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Similar words include: civilize, caravan, groom
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRAIN

24D: "32. Like a galley" (5 letters)

• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: OARED

25D: "33. Den denizen" (3 letters)

• Think of something that an awkward and inexperienced youth
• Similar words include: sonny, greenhorn, laddie
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CUB

26D: "36. "___ pleasures and palaces ... "" (3 letters)

• Think of something that used in combination to denote the middle
• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MID

27D: "38. Company V.I.P.'s" (4 letters)

• Think of something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Similar words include: chief operating officer, CEO, chief executive officer
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: CEOS

28D: "39. What Peter Pan lost" (6 letters)

• Think of something that shade within clear boundaries
• Similar words include: shade, apparition, phantasma
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SHADOW

29D: "41. Jerk" (5 letters)

• Think of something that (yiddish) a jerk
• Similar words include: schmuck, shmo, shmuck
• Pattern: _____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SCHMO

30D: "42. This goes with poivre" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: SEL

31D: "44. Reddens the cheeks" (6 letters)

• Think of something that makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• Similar words include: rouge, paint, blusher
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ROUGES

32D: "45. Esprit de corps" (6 letters)

• Think of something that a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
• Similar words include: esprit de corps, team spirit
• Pattern: ______
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MORALE

33D: "48. Uncertain: Slang" (4 letters)

• Think of something that subject to accident or chance or change
• Similar words include: flukey, fluky, chancy
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IFFY

34D: "49. Body of knowledge" (4 letters)

• Think of something that knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Similar words include: traditional knowledge
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: LORE

35D: "50. Something to pump" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Similar words include: branding iron, Fe, smoothing iron
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: IRON

36D: "51. Fictional sleuth" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: MOTO

37D: "52. Soaking wet" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ASOP

38D: "54. Asian title of respect" (4 letters)

• Think of something that a title given to rulers or other important people in asian countries
• Similar words include: caravanserai, caravan inn, caravansary
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: KHAN

39D: "55. Freshen the décor" (4 letters)

• Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
• Similar words include: refashion, remodel, remake
• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: REDO

40D: "56. Premed course" (4 letters)

• Pattern: ____
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: ANAT

41D: "58. Three, in Torino" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TRE

42D: "59. ___ Aviv" (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: TEL

43D: "60. Material measures: Abbr." (3 letters)

• Pattern: ___
• Click to reveal answer

  Answer: YDS

Puzzle Statistics

Category	Count
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78

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June 15, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (43 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

June 15, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Buds	4
2A	5. ___ Empire, a.k.a. the Realm of the Four Parts	4
3A	9. Word with bar or bowl	5
4A	14. Pizazz	4
5A	15. Cup-and-saucer luncheons	4
6A	16. Hot apple pie has one	5
7A	17. Start of a punny quip with two correct answers	15
8A	20. Step up or down	5
9A	21. Phnom ___	4
10A	22. Oversight	5
11A	25. Aloof with	6
12A	30. Peter Sarsgaard's role in 2016's "Jackie," for short	3
13A	33. Part 2 of the quip	3
14A	34. Traveled to an island, in a way	7
15A	35. Children's author Carle	4
16A	37. Squid predator	4
17A	39. Wanting no more, say	5
18A	40. Part 3 of the quip	15
19A	43. Disoriented	5
20A	44. Cry at the end of a big job	4
21A	45. Files a petition	4
22A	46. Continue with	7
23A	48. Part 4 of the quip	3
24A	50. Lunar New Year	3
25A	51. Play around	6
26A	52. Philippine coins	5
27A	54. Drop a line?	4
28A	56. Devise, as a plot	5
29A	60. End of the quip	17
30A	66. Where shampoo was invented	5
31A	67. Home of 66-Across	4
32A	68. Stumble	4
33A	69. ___ footage	5
34A	70. Many a driver's ed enrollee	4
35A	71. Regarding	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. Buds"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: chum up, chum, brother
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. ___ Empire, a.k.a. the Realm of the Four Parts"

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 ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Inka, Incan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Word with bar or bowl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Pizazz"

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 feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: zeal, ardour, dash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Cup-and-saucer luncheons"

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

  The answer is: TEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Hot apple pie has one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: scent, olfactory property, fragrance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Start of a punny quip with two correct answers"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: NOMATTERHOWMUCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Step up or down"

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 support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
• Words that mean the same thing: step
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Phnom ___"

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: PENH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Oversight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mistake resulting from inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: regress, fall back, pass
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Aloof with"

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: COOLTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "30. Peter Sarsgaard's role in 2016's "Jackie," for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RFK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "33. Part 2 of the quip"

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: YOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Traveled to an island, in a way"

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 transport from one place to another
• Words that mean the same thing: ferry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FERRIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Children's author Carle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. Squid predator"

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 predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: killer whale, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "39. Wanting no more, say"

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 fill to satisfaction
• Words that mean the same thing: sate, fill, satiate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "40. Part 3 of the quip"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PUSHTHEENVELOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Disoriented"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Cry at the end of a big job"

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 carry out or perform an action
• Words that mean the same thing: get along, practice, coiffure
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Files a petition"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eugene Sue, litigate, Sue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Continue with"

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: STICKTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Part 4 of the quip"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
• Words that mean the same thing: information technology, 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: ITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Lunar New Year"

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 new year in vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after january 20th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Play around "

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 person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
• Words that mean the same thing: monkey around, muck about, mess around
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Philippine coins"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Words that mean the same thing: Dominican peso, Mexican peso, Philippine peso
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PESOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Drop a line?"

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 of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
• Words that mean the same thing: Pisces, angle, Pisces the Fishes
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Devise, as a plot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the production of young from an egg
• Words that mean the same thing: crosshatch, dream up, think of
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. End of the quip"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: STILLSTATIONE/ARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Where shampoo was invented"

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 republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Home of 66-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the 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 Across: "68. Stumble"

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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• Words that mean the same thing: travel, trip-up, trip 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: TRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. ___ footage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
• Words that mean the same thing: buy in, old-hat, stock certificate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. Many a driver's ed enrollee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
• Words that mean the same thing: teenage, teenaged, adolescent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. Regarding"

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: ASTO

  Great job if you got it right!

June 15, 2022 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Writes	4
2D	2. Slews	4
3D	3. Tibetan spiritual leader	4
4D	4. Epitome of slowness	5
5D	5. Cousin ___ ("The Addams Family" member)	3
6D	6. Agatha Christie ___ Miller	3
7D	7. ___ diem	5
8D	8. Arthur ___, 1975 Wimbledon winner	4
9D	9. Woodcutter's prop	8
10D	10. Spot for many a "mom" tattoo	3
11D	11. Singer Rawls	3
12D	12. Theater chain or cable channel	3
13D	13. Dit's counterpart	3
14D	18. Aid in busing	4
15D	19. Back in the day	4
16D	23. Fictional character who dreams about Heffalumps	4
17D	24. Positive response to "Agree?"	6
18D	26. Some exams	5
19D	27. Skedaddled	6
20D	28. Conical shelter	6
21D	29. Most unusual	6
22D	30. Meal	6
23D	31. Tutti-___	6
24D	32. "___ Cousins" (1964 Elvis film)	6
25D	34. ___ Mae (mortgage company)	6
26D	36. "10-4!"	5
27D	38. Head to the office?	3
28D	41. Come under fire, literally or figuratively	8
29D	42. Ones ordering lab tests?	4
30D	47. Heroine Prior of the "Divergent" series	4
31D	49. London's ___ Square	4
32D	52. Terrible twos, e.g.	5
33D	53. Ed Asner role in 2003's "Elf"	5
34D	55. "Right now!"	4
35D	57. Rips [five letters]	5
36D	58. Lit ___	4
37D	59. Shot, for short	4
38D	60. Certain sib	3
39D	61. "Explosive" cable channel	3
40D	62. The groom is usually the first to say it	3
41D	63. New driver's acquisition: Abbr.	3
42D	64. Something dispensed with in "business casual"	3
43D	65. Actor McShane	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. Writes"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: penitentiary, indite, pen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Slews"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Tibetan spiritual leader"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Epitome of slowness"

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 freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
• Words that mean the same thing: escargot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Cousin ___ ("The Addams Family" member)"

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: ITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Agatha Christie ___ Miller"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ diem"

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: CARPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Arthur ___, 1975 Wimbledon winner"

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 united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Woodcutter's prop"

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 framework for holding wood that is being sawed
• Words that mean the same thing: buck, horse, sawbuck
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAWHORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Spot for many a "mom" tattoo"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: sleeve, weapon, subdivision
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Singer Rawls"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Theater chain or cable channel"

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: AMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Dit's counterpart"

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 longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
• Words that mean the same thing: dash
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Aid in busing"

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 open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Back in the day"

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 on one occasion
• Words that mean the same thing: at one time, one time, formerly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Fictional character who dreams about Heffalumps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Positive response to "Agree?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SUREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Some exams"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral examination, oral, viva
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Skedaddled"

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: LITOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Conical shelter"

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 native american tent; usually of conical shape
• Words that mean the same thing: tipi, tepee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEEPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Most unusual"

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 not divisible by two
• Words that mean the same thing: curious, leftover, rum
• The opposite would be: even
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Meal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the food served and eaten at one time
• Words that mean the same thing: meal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Tutti-___"

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: FRUTTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. "___ Cousins" (1964 Elvis film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KISSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. ___ Mae (mortgage company)"

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: FANNIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. "10-4!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a written order directing a bank to pay money
• Words that mean the same thing: hold back, mark, suss out
• 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: CHECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Head to the office?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief operating officer, chief executive officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Come under fire, literally or figuratively"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: TAKEFLAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Ones ordering lab tests?"

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 doctor who practices veterinary medicine
• Words that mean the same thing: veteran, ex-serviceman, veterinary surgeon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Heroine Prior of the "Divergent" series"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. London's ___ Square"

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 district in southwestern manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
• Words that mean the same thing: South of Houston
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Terrible twos, 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 any distinct time period in a sequence of events
• Words that mean the same thing: form, stage, phase angle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Ed Asner role in 2003's "Elf""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
• Words that mean the same thing: Father Christmas, Santa Claus, St. Nick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. "Right now!""

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: STAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Rips [five 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 the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
• Words that mean the same thing: binge, rupture, rent
• The word looks like this: _____
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  The answer is: TEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Lit ___"

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: ____
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  The answer is: CRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Shot, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium thiosulfate, hypodermic syringe, hypodermic
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: HYPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Certain sib"

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 female person who has the same parents as another person
• Words that mean the same thing: SI unit, SI, Si
• The opposite would be: brother
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. "Explosive" cable channel"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. The groom is usually the first to say it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. New driver's acquisition: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: LIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. Something dispensed with in "business casual""

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

  The answer is: TIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "65. Actor McShane"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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!
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  The answer is: IAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	69.2%
Short Answer	13	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	17 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 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 09, 2025 at 10:23 AM