July 23, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (31 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

July 23, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Missing school	6
2A	7. Cousin of a lark	7
3A	14. Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races"	6
4A	15. Literally, "empty orchestra"	7
5A	16. "Spare me your lame reasons!"	14
6A	18. Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave.	3
7A	19. "Chicago ___" (NBC drama)	3
8A	20. With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers	3
9A	21. Compound with a fruity scent	5
10A	24. See 20-Across	3
11A	26. Roman emperor who wrote "Meditations"	14
12A	32. Waiting for a pitch	5
13A	33. Siesta, e.g.	3
14A	34. Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L."	3
15A	35. Pull an all-nighter	4
16A	36. Expand	4
17A	38. Giggle	4
18A	39. Be laid up in bed	3
19A	40. Call to a lamb	3
20A	41. Garden plant also called stonecrop	5
21A	42. Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley	14
22A	46. Equipment hauled by a roadie	3
23A	47. Course covering axons and dendrites, for short	5
24A	48. Maple product	3
25A	50. Chinese zodiac creature for 2019	3
26A	51. Consumer safety org.	3
27A	54. 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle	14
28A	59. So far	7
29A	60. Getting some shut-eye	6
30A	61. Composer Bizet	7
31A	62. Alternatives to Ho Hos	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Missing school"

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 go away or leave
• Words that mean the same thing: remove, abstracted, missing
• The opposite would be: present
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABSENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Cousin of a lark"

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 a small amount of liquid food
• Words that mean the same thing: eat up, withdraw, immerse
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races""

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: DOODAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Literally, "empty orchestra""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KARAOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "Spare me your lame reasons!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EXCUSESEXCUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave."

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: NYC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. "Chicago ___" (NBC drama)"

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 master's degree in education
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Education
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers"

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

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: red ink, flushed, Red River
• 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: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Compound with a fruity scent"

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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. See 20-Across"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Roman emperor who wrote "Meditations""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MARCUSAURELIUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "32. Waiting for a pitch"

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: ATBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "33. Siesta, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: sleep, short sleep, catch a wink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L.""

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: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Pull an all-nighter"

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 crowd or pack to capacity
• Words that mean the same thing: ram, swot up, get 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: CRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Expand"

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 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
• Words that mean the same thing: produce, maturate, mature
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Giggle"

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: HEHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Be laid up in bed"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: trouble, pain, garlic
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Call to a lamb"

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 cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: blat, blate, bleat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Garden plant also called stonecrop"

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

  The answer is: SEDUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WALRUSMUSTACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Equipment hauled by a roadie"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: adenylic acid, adenosine monophosphate, A
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Course covering axons and dendrites, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: NEURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Maple product"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: saphead, tire, blackjack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Chinese zodiac creature for 2019"

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 domestic swine
• Words that mean the same thing: sloven, copper, devour
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Consumer safety org."

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 federal agency in the department of health and human services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
• Words that mean the same thing: Food and Drug Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JUSTTHETWOOFUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. So far"

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: UPTONOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Getting some shut-eye"

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 in a state of sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: at peace, numb, at rest
• The opposite would be: awake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Composer Bizet"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that christian martyr; patron saint of england; hero of the legend of saint george and the dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
• Words that mean the same thing: George II, George, St. George
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEORGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Alternatives to Ho Hos"

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 songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
• Words that mean the same thing: yodel, warble, descant
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YODELS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - July 23, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Mideast's Gulf of ___	4
2D	2. Squarish	4
3D	3. Necessity for achieving one's goals?	10
4D	4. Ending with "umich." or "upenn."	3
5D	5. Rapper Lil ___ X	3
6D	6. Topics for book clubs	6
7D	7. Slated events, in brief	4
8D	8. Material for Icarus' wings	3
9D	9. Circle segment	3
10D	10. Branch of the Olympics?	6
11D	11. Misplace	4
12D	12. Gave the go-ahead	4
13D	13. Anderson who directed "The Grand Budapest Hotel"	3
14D	17. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)	4
15D	22. Rip-off	4
16D	23. Famed child ruler, informally	3
17D	24. Compete in Pictionary	4
18D	25. "You betcha!"	3
19D	26. Colorful parrot	5
20D	27. Some heart chambers	5
21D	28. Card game with suits of four different colors	3
22D	29. Caffeinated summer drink	10
23D	30. "You betcha!"	5
24D	31. Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp]	5
25D	36. [Oh. My. God!]	4
26D	37. Piece of siege equipment	3
27D	38. Get wind of	4
28D	40. Wander here and there, with "around"	3
29D	41. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character)	3
30D	43. Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team	6
31D	44. Meter or liter	4
32D	45. Mall cop's transport	6
33D	48. Apartment building V.I.P., in slang	4
34D	49. Regarding	4
35D	50. Benches along an aisle	4
36D	52. "Hamilton" climax	4
37D	53. Nile biters	4
38D	54. Put a cork in it!	3
39D	55. "Star Trek" spinoff series: Abbr.	3
40D	56. It's groundbreaking	3
41D	57. Spanish for "bear"	3
42D	58. Timeworn	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. Mideast's Gulf of ___"

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 important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Squarish"

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 resembling a box in rectangularity
• Words that mean the same thing: box-shaped, boxlike
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOXY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Necessity for achieving one's goals?"

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: SOCCERBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Ending with "umich." or "upenn.""

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: EDU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Rapper Lil ___ X"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 11, Na, sodium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Topics for book clubs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slated events, in brief"

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: SKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Material for Icarus' wings"

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 substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
• Words that mean the same thing: rise, climb, mount
• The opposite would be: wane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Circle segment"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: curve, discharge, arch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Branch of the Olympics?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
• Words that mean the same thing: laurel wreath, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAUREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Misplace"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
• Words that mean the same thing: misplace, suffer, turn a loss
• The opposite would be: find, gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Gave the go-ahead"

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: OKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Anderson who directed "The Grand Budapest Hotel""

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: WES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: serum, blood serum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rip-off"

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 fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: victimize, cozenage, gip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Famed child ruler, informally"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: tsk, tut-tut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Compete in Pictionary"

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 gully that is shallower than a ravine
• Words that mean the same thing: absorb, withdraw, disembowel
• The opposite would be: repel, deposit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. "You betcha!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Colorful parrot"

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 long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of central america and south america; among the largest and showiest of parrots
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Some heart chambers"

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 chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Card game with suits of four different colors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Caffeinated summer drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

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: ICEDCOFFEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. "You betcha!""

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: UHHUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. [Oh. My. God!]"

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 short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Words that mean the same thing: heave, puff, pant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Piece of siege equipment"

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 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
• Words that mean the same thing: ram down, cram, Aries the Ram
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Get wind of"

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 perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
• Words that mean the same thing: get wind, pick up, listen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Wander here and there, with "around""

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 person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: lowlife, tail end, behind
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character)"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
• Words that mean the same thing: bird of prey, raptorial bird
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Meter or liter"

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 any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: building block, whole, unit of measurement
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Mall cop's transport"

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 (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Segway HT, Segway Human Transporter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEGWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Apartment building V.I.P., in slang"

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: SUPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. 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!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Benches along an aisle"

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 long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
• Words that mean the same thing: pew, church bench
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. "Hamilton" climax"

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 prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
• Words that mean the same thing: affaire d'honneur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Nile biters"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian cobra, asp, Vipera aspis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Put a cork in 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 a large bottle with a narrow mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: put away, lag, put behind bars
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. "Star Trek" spinoff series: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: TNG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "56. It's groundbreaking"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. Spanish for "bear""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "58. Timeworn"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: older, previous, sometime
• The opposite would be: new, young
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	37	50.7%
Short Answer	25	34.2%
Sports	4	5.5%
Food & Drink	2	2.7%
History	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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March 09, 2020 NYT Clues Answers

Unlocking the NYT Crosswords - March 09, 2020

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Break down the NYT Crosswords: March 09, 2020

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Tavern is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word BAR


• 4. Fabled loser to a tortoise is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word HARE


• 8. Go searching for food is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word FORAGE


• 14. Flabbergast is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word AWE


• 15. German auto make is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OPEL


• 16. Ways to travel is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ROUTES


• 17. Young fellow is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word LAD


• 18. What you should take dubious advice with is a crossword clue. The answer 11 letters word GRAINOFSALT


• 20. "If I'm wrong, I'll eat ___!" is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word MYHAT


• 22. School support grp. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PTA


• 23. Every family has one is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word TREE


• 24. Dry, as a desert is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARID


• 26. "That's not true!" is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word ITSALIE


• 29. What a complete fool lacks is a crossword clue. The answer 12 letters word OUNCEOFSENSE


• 32. G.M. car no longer sold new is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OLDS


• 33. Tennis umpire's call is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word LET


• 34. Offered for breeding, as a derby winner is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ATSTUD


• 38. Letter between oh and cue is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PEE


• 39. Toilet paper layer is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word PLY


• 40. College application fig. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word GPA


• 41. Red ___ beet is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ASA


• 42. Passover celebrations is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word SEDERS


• 44. Dove's sound is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word COO


• 45. Squeaks (by) is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word EKES


• 46. Shylock's harsh demand, in "The Merchant of Venice" is a crossword clue. The answer 12 letters word POUNDOFFLESH


• 49. Leaked, as an old faucet is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word DRIPPED


• 51. Government disaster org. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word FEMA


• 52. Greek war god is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARES


• 53. "Right you ___!" is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ARE


• 55. Colorado skiing mecca is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word ASPEN


• 58. What "it" may hit you like is a crossword clue. The answer 11 letters word TONOFBRICKS


• 62. Before, in poetry is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ERE


• 63. Concert gear handler is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ROADIE


• 64. Brand of basketballs is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word VOIT


• 65. Classic symphonic rock group, for short is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word ELO


• 66. Claim to be true is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word ALLEGE


• 67. Odds' counterpart is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ENDS


• 68. Documentarian Burns is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word KEN

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. ChapStick, e.g. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word BALM


• 2. What a robber hopes to get? is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word AWAY


• 3. How robbers can get caught is a crossword clue. The answer 9 letters word REDHANDED


• 4. Immobilize with rope, in a way is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word HOGTIE


• 5. Month after Mar. is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word APR


• 6. Harvest is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word REAP


• 7. Snobbish sort is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word ELITIST


• 8. To and ___ is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FRO


• 9. "Ouch!" is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word OOF


• 10. Steals cattle is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word RUSTLES


• 11. Maker of the game Centipede is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word ATARI


• 12. Cosmetic goop is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word GELEE


• 13. Toward sunrise: Sp. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ESTE


• 19. ___ the Great of children's literature is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NATE


• 21. Paths of falling stars is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ARCS


• 25. Gets all pretty is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word DOLLSUP


• 27. Quickly and loudly detach is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word SNAPOFF


• 28. "The Thin Man" dog is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ASTA


• 29. Klutz's cry is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word OOPS


• 30. 1997 title role for Peter Fonda is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ULEE


• 31. Funny Tina is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FEY


• 35. Glimpse furtively is a crossword clue. The answer 9 letters word TAKEAPEEK


• 36. Baking soda has lots of them is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word USES


• 37. Sprint is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word DASH


• 39. Skull, for Hamlet when he says "Alas, poor Yorick!" is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word PROP


• 40. When repeated, infant's sound is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word GOO


• 43. Any one of nine "Star Wars" films is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word EPISODE


• 44. Obsolescent laptop component is a crossword clue. The answer 7 letters word CDDRIVE


• 45. Things that suffered a 20th-century blight is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ELMS


• 47. Close by is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NEAR


• 48. Eats royally is a crossword clue. The answer 6 letters word FEASTS


• 49. Bit on a baby's bib is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word DROOL


• 50. Kidney-related is a crossword clue. The answer 5 letters word RENAL


• 52. Gillette razor option is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ATRA


• 54. M.B.A. class subj. is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ECON


• 56. Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word ERLE


• 57. One of the noble gases is a crossword clue. The answer 4 letters word NEON


• 59. ___ Newton (cookie) is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word FIG


• 60. Q: Why is a flower like the letter A? A: Because a ___ goes after it is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word BEE


• 61. Joke (around) is a crossword clue. The answer 3 letters word KID

July 02, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 02, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (41 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword July 02, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Shot contents	4
2A	5. Let off the hook?	5
3A	10. Zebra feature	4
4A	14. Ilhan ___, first Somali-American elected to Congress	4
5A	15. Study for Dr. Albert Sabin	5
6A	16. Mean less?	5
7A	17. *Express one's view	10
8A	19. Bring on	5
9A	20. FedEx rival	3
10A	21. Harold who co-founded The New Yorker magazine	4
11A	22. Common bit of concert merchandise	6
12A	24. Keep time with the foot	6
13A	26. *Kick off	9
14A	29. Big name in printers	5
15A	30. Rug maker's supply	3
16A	31. Band aid?	6
17A	32. Timid people, so to speak	4
18A	34. PC "brain"	3
19A	36. Items in an airport security line	4
20A	37. Corp. logos, e.g.	3
21A	40. *Sends	8
22A	43. Little 'un	3
23A	44. Crowd noise	4
24A	46. Size up	3
25A	47. Politburo objection	4
26A	49. Sounds, e.g.	6
27A	51. Expected	3
28A	53. March 14	5
29A	57. *Reacts to an amazing magic trick, say	9
30A	59. Lackey	6
31A	60. Like Julián and Joaquin Castro	6
32A	61. Site of an annual Taro Festival	4
33A	63. Get along well	3
34A	64. It's below the knee	5
35A	65. Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues	10
36A	68. "Love ___ you need"	5
37A	69. Pack of smarties?	5
38A	70. Fish eater's annoyance	4
39A	71. Mind	4
40A	72. Like Cheerios	5
41A	73. Took too much, briefly	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. Shot contents"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: blood serum, serum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Let off the hook?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNPEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Zebra feature"

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 long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Words that mean the same thing: head of hair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Ilhan ___, first Somali-American elected to Congress"

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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Study for Dr. Albert Sabin"

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 acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
• Words that mean the same thing: poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Mean less?"

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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: dainty, decent, nice
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. *Express one's view"

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 the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: committedness, allegiance, committal
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMITMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Bring on"

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 make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
• Words that mean the same thing: get, find, obtain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. FedEx rival"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: 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: UPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Harold who co-founded The New Yorker magazine"

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 scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir James Clark Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross, Betsy Ross
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Common bit of concert merchandise"

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: TSHIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Keep time with the foot"

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: TOETAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. *Kick off"

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: STAYALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Big name in printers"

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: EPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Rug maker's supply"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Band aid?"

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: ROADIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Timid people, so to speak"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: mouse, black eye, shiner
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. PC "brain""

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 (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
• Words that mean the same thing: central processing unit, central processor, C.P.U.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Items in an airport security 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 a container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: binful, BIN, bin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Corp. logos, e.g."

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 soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits x-rays and is used in small portable x-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 69, thulium, Tm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. *Sends"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SUNCHIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Little 'un"

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 small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: sum up, add together, summate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Crowd noise"

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: howl, boom, holler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Size up"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: oculus, centre, center
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Politburo objection"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Sounds, e.g."

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 an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
• Words that mean the same thing: inlet, intake, recess
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Expected"

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 that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: imputable, referable, ascribable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. March 14"

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: PIDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. *Reacts to an amazing magic trick, say"

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: GASPRICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Lackey"

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 of unquestioning obedience
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, laughingstock, yes-man
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOOGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Like Julián and Joaquin Castro"

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 native of latin america
• Words that mean the same thing: Hispanic, Latin American
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Site of an annual Taro Festival"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the second largest of the hawaiian islands
• Words that mean the same thing: Maui Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Get along well"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: gelatin, mousse, colloidal gel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. It's below the knee"

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 inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: shinbone, shin, shin bone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIBIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Emulate Ferris Bueller ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SKIPSCHOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. "Love ___ you need""

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: ISALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Pack of smarties?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the large magellanic cloud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Fish eater's annoyance"

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 rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
• Words that mean the same thing: off-white, swot, osseous tissue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "71. Mind"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: charge, precaution, aid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "72. Like Cheerios"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of or related to or derived from oats
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "73. Took too much, briefly"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ODED

  Great job if you got it right!

July 02, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Adorbs!"	6
2D	2. Genre for Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance	6
3D	3. Name of 11 pharaohs	6
4D	4. Sofa part	3
5D	5. "High-five!"	5
6D	6. Listings in une encyclopédie	4
7D	7. ___ v. Ferguson (Supreme Court decision essentially overruled by Brown v. Board of Education)	6
8D	8. A, in Austria	3
9D	9. "___ go!"	5
10D	10. Small photo processing center	7
11D	11. Sanction	8
12D	12. Subatomic particle with a mass close to zero	8
13D	13. Goof	3
14D	16. "Hello," in the world's most common first language	5
15D	18. Farsi speakers	6
16D	23. Saccharine	6
17D	25. Certain cat	3
18D	27. End of many university names	4
19D	28. Experiment	4
20D	30. Refuse	4
21D	33. Brings up to speed	6
22D	35. Tree on Maine's flag	4
23D	37. A lecture on it might be full of tangents	4
24D	38. Big attraction at the Louvre	8
25D	39. Taqueria fixture	8
26D	41. Give up	4
27D	42. Not sterilized	6
28D	45. Turtle or tuatara	7
29D	48. Uncle, in Uruguay	3
30D	50. Experiment	5
31D	52. Big money maker	6
32D	54. Make the world a better place	6
33D	55. Time to take first steps, maybe	6
34D	56. Squawked	6
35D	58. Jerry's neighbor on "Seinfeld"	5
36D	59. Radio journalist Stamberg	5
37D	62. Abbey area	4
38D	64. Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps	3
39D	66. Mauna ___	3
40D	67. "Succession" airer	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. "Adorbs!""

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: SOCUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Genre for Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMOPOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Name of 11 pharaohs"

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 any of 12 kings of ancient egypt between 1315 and 1090 bc
• Words that mean the same thing: Rameses, Ramesses
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sofa part"

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 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: limb, subdivision, branch
• 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 5 Down: "5. "High-five!""

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: UPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Listings in une encyclopédie"

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: NOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ v. Ferguson (Supreme Court decision essentially overruled by Brown v. Board of Education)"

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: PLESSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. A, in Austria"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "___ go!""

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: GOTTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Small photo processing center"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MINILAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sanction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that grant credentials to
• Words that mean the same thing: credit, recognize, recognise
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCREDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Subatomic particle with a mass close to zero"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEUTRINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Goof"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: mistake, slip, stray
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. "Hello," in the world's most common first language"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NIHAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Farsi speakers"

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 or inhabitant of iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Irani, Iranian, Persian
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRANIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Saccharine"

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 overly sweet
• Words that mean the same thing: honeyed, saccharine, cloying
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYRUPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Certain cat"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Words that mean the same thing: Uncle Tom, tomcat, turkey cock
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. End of many university names"

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 school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• Words that mean the same thing: technical school
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Experiment"

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 trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: examination, run, quiz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Refuse"

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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: refuse, traverse, abnegate
• The opposite would be: allow, admit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Brings up to speed"

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: CUESIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Tree on Maine's flag"

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 coniferous tree
• Words that mean the same thing: pine tree, yearn, ache
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. A lecture on it might be full of tangents"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
• Words that mean the same thing: trigonometry, trim, clean-cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Big attraction at the Louvre"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MONALISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Taqueria fixture"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SALSABAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Give 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 give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: yield, surrender, concede
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Not sterilized"

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 containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
• Words that mean the same thing: infected
• The opposite would be: antiseptic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Turtle or tuatara"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
• Words that mean the same thing: reptilian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Uncle, in Uruguay"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Experiment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of testing something
• Words that mean the same thing: run, visitation, trial run
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Big money maker"

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: USMINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Make the world a better place"

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: DOGOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Time to take first steps, maybe"

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: AGEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Squawked"

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 utter a sudden loud cry
• Words that mean the same thing: yell, scream, holler
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YELLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Jerry's neighbor on "Seinfeld""

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: COSMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Radio journalist Stamberg"

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: SUSAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Abbey area"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps"

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 a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: TIC

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Clue 39 Down: "66. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
• Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: KEA

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Clue 40 Down: "67. "Succession" airer"

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

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• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: HBO

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Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	62	76.5%
Short Answer	16	19.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.2%
Abbreviation	1	1.2%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	81
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 24, 2025 at 05:19 AM