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NYT Crossword - January 04, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Thursday, January 04, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 04, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1A: "1. Snatch"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a mechanical device for gripping an object
  • Similar words include: catch, snatch, snap
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GRAB

2A: "5. Shore up"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
  • Similar words include: prop up, shore, airplane propeller
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PROP

3A: "9. Arrest"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the event of something ending
  • Similar words include: terminate, barricade, hitch
  • Opposite of: continue, start
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STOP

4A: "13. Wedding missiles"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  • Similar words include: Elmer Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RICE

5A: "14. One of Jupiter's satellites"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) a queen of sparta who was raped by zeus who had taken the form of a swan; helen of troy was conceived in the rape of leda
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEDA

6A: "15. Sugar-maple spout"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
  • Similar words include: stilt, bung, pile
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPILE

7A: "16. Indian tourist town"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AGRA

8A: "17. Currier's partner"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
  • Similar words include: Charles Edward Ives, James Merritt Ives, James Ives
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IVES

9A: "18. Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take in solid food
  • Similar words include: deplete, run through, rust
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EATEN

10A: "19. Start of a quip"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THEMINISTERWHO

11A: "22. Ands, in Avignon"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETS

12A: "23. Tippler's trouble"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
  • Similar words include: delirium tremens
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DTS

13A: "24. Factories, to Fifi"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USINES

14A: "25. Quip: Part II"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that engage in a rehearsal (of)
  • Similar words include: practice, rehearse, practise
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REHEARSES

15A: "27. Portends"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that indicate by signs
  • Similar words include: omen, augur, prefigure
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BODES

16A: "30. Dregs"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
  • Similar words include: Rose Louise Hovick, lee, Robert E. Lee
  • Opposite of: windward
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEES

17A: "31. "High ___," M. Anderson play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOR

18A: "34. Saharan"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  • Similar words include: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARID

19A: "35. Pansy's pad"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
  • Similar words include: know, sleep together, bonk
  • Opposite of: get up, turn out
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BED

20A: "36. Mayor of Palm Springs"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BONO

21A: "37. Crest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the upper part of anything
  • Similar words include: meridian, tiptop, top out
  • Opposite of: bottom
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOP

22A: "38. Kodiak, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
  • Similar words include: carry, have, birth
  • Opposite of: bull
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAR

23A: "40. Emulated Clementine's dad"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
  • Similar words include: mine
  • Opposite of: unmined
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINED

24A: "41. Quip: Part III"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a customary way of operation or behavior
  • Similar words include: drill, practice, rehearse
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRACTICES

25A: "44. Emulate Delbert Mann"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that command with authority
  • Similar words include: conduct, lineal, straight
  • Opposite of: inverse, collateral
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIRECT

26A: "46. Today's jrs., next year"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
  • Similar words include: sr, steradian, atomic number 38
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SRS

27A: "47. Ditty syllable"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRA

28A: "50. End of the quip"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WHATHEPREACHES

29A: "53. Former Pacific defense gp."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEATO

30A: "54. Harvest"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that gather, as of natural products
  • Similar words include: draw, harvest, glean
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REAP

31A: "55. "Scourge of mortals": Homer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
  • Similar words include: are, ar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARES

32A: "56. Of the distant past, poetically"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OLDEN

33A: "57. Bright thought in Toulon"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDEE

34A: "58. Ancient Persian's contemporary"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MEDE

35A: "59. Play the lead"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
  • Similar words include: hotshot, wiz, superstar
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STAR

36A: "60. Has the misery"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • Similar words include: pain, trouble, garlic
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AILS

37A: "61. Gnat or rat"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
  • Similar words include: pestilence, blighter, cuss
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEST

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Rasp"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
  • Similar words include: grind, fret, rankle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GRATE

2D: "2. Correct"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ; - eleanor roosevelt
  • Similar words include: correctly, mighty, right wing
  • Opposite of: falsify, wrong
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIGHT

3D: "3. Character in "The Rivals""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
  • Similar words include: Akka, land, Accho
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACRES

4D: "4. Grin"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
  • Similar words include: ray of light, irradiation, shine
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEAM

5D: "5. Column base"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
  • Similar words include: pedestal, footstall
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PLINTH

6D: "6. Change the text"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of rewriting something
  • Similar words include: revision, revisal, rescript
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REVISE

7D: "7. Genethliacons"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  • Similar words include: ode
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ODES

8D: "8. Grazed upon"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  • Similar words include: graze, range, pasture
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PASTURED

9D: "9. Generates"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
  • Similar words include: engender, spawn, breed
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAWNS

10D: "10. Give a tenth of one's income"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a levy of one tenth of something
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TITHE

11D: "11. Lineup in a supermarket"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
  • Similar words include: oleomargarine, margarine, marge
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OLEOS

12D: "12. Stylograph"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  • Similar words include: write, playpen, indite
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEN

13D: "15. Sequential events"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that similar things placed in order or happening one after another
  • Similar words include: serial, serial publication
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SERIES

14D: "20. Roman date"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDES

15D: "21. Being"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESSE

16D: "25. ___ rover (children's game)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Similar words include: reddened, scarlet, violent
  • Opposite of: gain
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RED

17D: "26. Raid warning"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
  • Similar words include: watchful, spanking, alerting
  • Opposite of: unalert
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALERT

18D: "27. Belfry occupant"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
  • Similar words include: lick, cream, squash racquet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAT

19D: "28. Pizarro's quest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORO

20D: "29. Pickpocket"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a depression in an otherwise level surface
  • Similar words include: fall, plunge, duck
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DIP

21D: "31. Heavy weight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
  • Similar words include: net ton, short ton, gross ton
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TON

22D: "32. Bill passed regularly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: unmatched, unmatchable, ace
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONE

23D: "33. If spared, it spoils"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
  • Similar words include: pole, retinal rod, gat
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROD

24D: "35. One-celled microorganisms"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
  • Similar words include: bacterium
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BACTERIA

25D: "36. Encore!"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
  • Similar words include: bismuth, atomic number 83, Bi
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BIS

26D: "38. Type of lace"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of brittany (especially one who speaks the breton language)
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRETON

27D: "39. Apiece"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
  • Similar words include: to each one, from each one, for each one
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EACH

28D: "40. Tableland"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
  • Similar words include: table
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MESA

29D: "41. Famous Vienna park"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  • Similar words include: chatterbox, magpie, babbler
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRATER

30D: "42. ___ Baline (Irving Berlin)"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that jewish republic in southwestern asia at eastern end of mediterranean; formerly part of palestine
  • Similar words include: Zion, State of Israel, Yisrael
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ISRAEL

31D: "43. Delicate pancakes"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
  • Similar words include: crepe paper, crepe, French pancake
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CREPES

32D: "44. Resided"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
  • Similar words include: populate, dwell, lie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DWELT

33D: "45. "___ little pony ... ""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IHADA

34D: "47. Unlucky number on a match"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • Similar words include: trio, trinity, 3
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THREE

35D: "48. Bulrushes"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
  • Similar words include: vibrating reed, beating-reed instrument, reed
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REEDS

36D: "49. Plus item"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
  • Similar words include: plus
  • Opposite of: liability
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASSET

37D: "51. Foot: Comb. form"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEDI

38D: "52. Corny"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  • Similar words include: cantonment, summer camp, clique
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAMP

39D: "53. Mayday's cousin"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
  • Similar words include: so, sol, soh
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOS

Puzzle Stats

37 Across
39 Down
76 Total

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November 25, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 25, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

November 25, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - November 25, 2022 Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Book of legends 5
2A 6. Site of 2022's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests 4
3A 10. Biryani base 4
4A 14. Funny bones? 10
5A 16. Green giant, maybe 4
6A 17. Cheesy snack pockets 10
7A 18. ___ party 4
8A 19. Artful 3
9A 20. List of players 6
10A 21. Site for artisans 4
11A 22. Expressed joy, in a way 4
12A 23. The Mayans' Chichén Itzá, e.g. 5
13A 25. Sour 5
14A 28. Port authorities? 9
15A 32. Touch, for one 4
16A 33. Actress Tomei 6
17A 34. Upper arm muscle, for short 3
18A 35. Ohio sluggers 4
19A 36. Canoodles, in England 5
20A 37. "___ Gone," Hall & Oates hit 4
21A 38. Sample 3
22A 39. Garment that's pulled over the head 6
23A 40. Quiches, e.g. 4
24A 41. Enjoyed oneself tremendously 9
25A 43. Tan 5
26A 44. Rocking toy, to a tot 5
27A 45. Film about fish tanks? 4
28A 47. Sulk 4
29A 48. Some coffee or ice cream orders 6
30A 51. Parrot 3
31A 54. Barbecue blends 4
32A 55. Animal that's more akin to a squirrel than a canine, despite its name 10
33A 57. Cruise stop, often 4
34A 58. Bond issuer? 10
35A 59. Heated competition? 4
36A 60. Came down 4
37A 61. Campus squares 5

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. Book of legends"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
  • Words that mean the same thing: telamon, map collection, atlas vertebra
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ATLAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Site of 2022's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests"

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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
  • Words that mean the same thing: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Biryani base"

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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  • Words that mean the same thing: Timothy Miles Bindon Rice, Elmer Rice, Sir Tim Rice
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RICE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Funny bones?"

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: LOADEDDICE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Green giant, maybe"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
  • Words that mean the same thing: fiend, devil, monster
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OGRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cheesy snack pockets"

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: PIZZAROLLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. ___ party"

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 excavation that is (usually) filled with water
  • Words that mean the same thing: syndicate, puddle, kitty
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Artful"

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 marked by skill in deception
  • Words that mean the same thing: knavish, wily, slick
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. List of players"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
  • Words that mean the same thing: batting order, card
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LINEUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Site for artisans"

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: ETSY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Expressed joy, in a way"

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 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
  • Words that mean the same thing: cry, weep
  • The opposite would be: laugh
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WEPT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. The Mayans' Chichén Itzá, 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 an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  • Words that mean the same thing: ruining, laying waste, wrecking
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RUINS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Sour"

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: GOBAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Port authorities?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: WINESNOBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Touch, for one"

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 (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IPOD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Actress Tomei"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MARISA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Upper arm muscle, 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: TRI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Ohio sluggers"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Words that mean the same thing: Marxist, redness, bolshy
  • The opposite would be: gain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Canoodles, in England"

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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: snog, buss, osculate
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SNOGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. "___ Gone," Hall & Oates hit"

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: SHES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Sample"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  • Words that mean the same thing: test, stress, try on
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TRY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Garment that's pulled over the head"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: PONCHO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Quiches, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  • Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European, pie, PIE
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PIES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Enjoyed oneself tremendously"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: HADABLAST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Tan"

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 of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
  • Words that mean the same thing: flaxen, arenaceous, sandlike
  • The opposite would be: argillaceous
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SANDY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "44. Rocking toy, to a tot"

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: HORSY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Film about fish tanks?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that worthless people
  • Words that mean the same thing: trash
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Sulk"

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 disdainful grimace
  • Words that mean the same thing: wry face, mop, sulk
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "48. Some coffee or ice cream orders"

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 soft suede glove leather from goatskin
  • Words that mean the same thing: mocha, mocha coffee
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOCHAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "51. Parrot"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
  • Words that mean the same thing: emulator, imitator, anthropoid
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: APE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Barbecue blends"

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 unforeseen obstacle
  • Words that mean the same thing: wipe, rub, fray
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RUBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "55. Animal that's more akin to a squirrel than a canine, despite its name"

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: PRAIRIEDOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Cruise stop, often"

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 small island
  • Words that mean the same thing: islet
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ISLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Bond issuer?"

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: IANFLEMING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Heated competition?"

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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
  • Words that mean the same thing: get together, fitting, sports meeting
  • The opposite would be: diverge
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "60. Came down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ALIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "61. Campus squares"

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 one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  • Words that mean the same thing: quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, space
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: QUADS

    Great job if you got it right!

November 25, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Range across eight countries 4
2D 2. Travail 4
3D 3. Like a ne'er-do-well 4
4D 4. Shaping tool 3
5D 5. Closed up 6
6D 6. Whiner's "You can't make me!" 10
7D 7. Tick off 4
8D 8. Org. originally founded to support conscientious objectors 4
9D 9. Coffee-brewing portmanteau 9
10D 10. Enlist 6
11D 11. "Beats me" 10
12D 12. Mule, e.g. 10
13D 13. Wriggly 4
14D 15. Problem for a plumber 4
15D 22. Balls (up) 4
16D 24. Megan Rapinoe's team 3
17D 25. Costumer's measurement 5
18D 26. London has a "Royal" one 10
19D 27. Performer whose face is rarely seen 10
20D 29. Classic Camaros 5
21D 30. Late assignment 10
22D 31. Actress Spacek 5
23D 33. Annual bodybuilding competition won 10 times by Iris Kyle 9
24D 37. ___ folder 4
25D 39. "Reading Rainbow" airer 3
26D 42. Purchase for a creative kid 6
27D 43. Title girl of a 1957 Dale Hawkins hit 6
28D 46. Psychologist Jung 4
29D 47. Puritanical 4
30D 49. Like some contraceptives 4
31D 50. "Please?" 4
32D 51. ___ Victoria, singer known for her "gothic blues" style 4
33D 52. Setting for many a Monet painting 4
34D 53. They're fit to be dyed 4
35D 56. Creature frequently depicted in Indigenous Australian art 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. Range across eight countries"

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 large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
  • Words that mean the same thing: the Alps, alp
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ALPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Travail"

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 productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  • Words that mean the same thing: labour, fag, drudge
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like a ne'er-do-well"

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 moving slowly and gently
  • Words that mean the same thing: otiose, indolent, faineant
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAZY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shaping tool"

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 an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
  • Words that mean the same thing: adze
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADZ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Closed up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that make tight; secure against leakage
  • Words that mean the same thing: seal, certain, varnish
  • The opposite would be: unsealed, unseal
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEALED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Whiner's "You can't make me!""

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: IDONTWANNA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Tick off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Words that mean the same thing: bother, irritate, get at
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Org. originally founded to support conscientious objectors"

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: ACLU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Coffee-brewing portmanteau"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NESPRESSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Enlist"

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: ROPEIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Beats me""

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: IGOTNOTHIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Mule, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
  • Words that mean the same thing: interbreed, cross, hybridize
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CROSSBREED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Wriggly"

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: EELY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Problem for a plumber"

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 flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
  • Words that mean the same thing: dribble, drop, drip mold
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DRIP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Balls (up)"

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 large number or amount
  • Words that mean the same thing: lashings, raft, chew
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WADS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Megan Rapinoe's team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  • Words that mean the same thing: United States, United States Army, U. S. Army
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Costumer's measurement"

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 distance around a person's body
  • Words that mean the same thing: cinch
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GIRTH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. London has a "Royal" one"

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: OPERAHOUSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Performer whose face is rarely seen"

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: BODYDOUBLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Classic Camaros"

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: IROCS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Late assignment"

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: NIGHTSHIFT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Actress Spacek"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
  • Words that mean the same thing: Milquetoast, cissy, emasculate
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SISSY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Annual bodybuilding competition won 10 times by Iris Kyle"

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: MSOLYMPIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ folder"

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 canned meat made largely from pork
  • Words that mean the same thing: junk e-mail
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. "Reading Rainbow" airer"

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 solution containing a phosphate buffer
  • Words that mean the same thing: petabit, lead, pebibyte
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Purchase for a creative kid"

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: ARTSET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Title girl of a 1957 Dale Hawkins hit"

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: SUSIEQ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Psychologist Jung"

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: CARL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Puritanical"

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 assume a prim appearance
  • Words that mean the same thing: dainty, straightlaced, victorian
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PRIM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Like some contraceptives"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
  • Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, unwritten, viva
  • The opposite would be: anal, aboral
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. "Please?""

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: CANI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. ___ Victoria, singer known for her "gothic blues" style"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ADIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Setting for many a Monet painting"

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 small lake
  • Words that mean the same thing: pool
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. They're fit to be dyed"

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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
  • Words that mean the same thing: testicle, bollock, nut
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EGGS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Creature frequently depicted in Indigenous Australian art"

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 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
  • Words that mean the same thing: Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EMU

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 57 79.2%
Short Answer 6 8.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment 4 5.6%
Sports 2 2.8%
Literature 1 1.4%
Abbreviation 1 1.4%
Movies/Film 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 35
Total Clues 72
Average Answer Length 5.4 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 10 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!

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 05, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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