August 13, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Diana who led the Supremes	4
2A	5. Masked man's sidekick on old TV	5
3A	10. Assembled	3
4A	13. Norwegian city with the Munch Museum	4
5A	14. "Hey Diddle Diddle" runaway	5
6A	15. Rich supply of ore	4
7A	16. Safe for youngsters	10
8A	18. One of five Greats	4
9A	19. Ledecky who has been named World Swimmer of the Year five times	5
10A	20. Bill killer's position	4
11A	21. Cookout crashers	4
12A	22. Bit of salt	4
13A	24. Shankar with a sitar	4
14A	26. Mum	6
15A	29. Averts	8
16A	33. Computer company with a Predator line	4
17A	34. Soothing lotion ingredient	4
18A	36. Valuable bar at Fort Knox	5
19A	37. Actress Arthur with a Tony for "Mame"	3
20A	38. See 23-Down	7
21A	40. Kind of testing done at Ancestry.com	3
22A	41. Rodeo rope	5
23A	43. Acquires	4
24A	44. "Turf" half of surf and turf	4
25A	45. Outside surface	8
26A	47. Deep-sea fishing nets	6
27A	49. Yoked pair in a field	4
28A	50. Profit	4
29A	51. Flight amenity that costs extra	4
30A	53. Backbone of a boat	4
31A	56. Zesty chip dip	5
32A	60. Savings plans for one's later years, in brief	4
33A	61. Hit the jackpot	10
34A	63. Old camera need	4
35A	64. Idiotic	5
36A	65. Oklahoma city named for an "Idylls of the King" woman	4
37A	66. Class for U.S. citizen hopefuls, in brief	3
38A	67. Disgustingly dirty	5
39A	68. Pols like Pelosi	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. Diana who led the Supremes"

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 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, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe 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 2 Across: "5. Masked man's sidekick on old TV"

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: TONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Assembled"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: forgather, converge, run across
• 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: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Norwegian city with the Munch Museum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
• Words that mean the same thing: Christiania, capital of Norway
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "Hey Diddle Diddle" runaway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
• Words that mean the same thing: smooch, spoonful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Rich supply of ore"

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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: load
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Safe for youngsters"

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 make safe against children
• Words that mean the same thing: child-proof
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHILDPROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. One of five Greats"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Ledecky who has been named World Swimmer of the Year five times"

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: KATIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Bill killer's position"

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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• The opposite would be: pro
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Cookout crashers"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire, ant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Bit of salt"

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 distinctive and stylish elegance
• Words that mean the same thing: scud, dah, smash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Shankar with a sitar"

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: RAVI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Mum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that marked by absence of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: dumb, unsounded, mum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Averts"

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 keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• Words that mean the same thing: forestall, foreclose, forbid
• The opposite would be: let
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREVENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Computer company with a Predator 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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Soothing lotion ingredient"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Valuable bar at Fort Knox"

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 metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
• Words that mean the same thing: block of metal, metal bar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Actress Arthur with a Tony for "Mame""

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: BEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. See 23-Down"

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 travel across or pass over
• Words that mean the same thing: spoil, get across, traverse
• The opposite would be: uncross, uncrossed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROSSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Kind of testing done at Ancestry.com"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Rodeo rope"

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 belgian composer (1532-1594)
• Words that mean the same thing: Roland de Lassus, reata, riata
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Acquires"

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 return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: stick, start out, fetch
• The opposite would be: leave, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. "Turf" half of surf and turf"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: center, kernel, heart and soul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Outside surface"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the region that is outside of something
• Words that mean the same thing: outside
• The opposite would be: inside, interior
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXTERIOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Deep-sea fishing nets"

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 long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
• Words that mean the same thing: trawl net, trotline, trawl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Yoked pair in a field"

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 domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
• Words that mean the same thing: Bos taurus, cattle, wild ox
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Profit"

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 quantity that is added
• Words that mean the same thing: bring in, benefit, earn
• The opposite would be: fall back, reduce
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Flight amenity that costs extra"

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 local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol
• Words that mean the same thing: wireless local area network, wireless fidelity, WLAN
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Backbone of a boat"

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 projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• Words that mean the same thing: careen, stagger, swag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Zesty chip dip"

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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Savings plans for one's later years, in brief"

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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, Provos, Provisional IRA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Hit the jackpot"

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: STRIKEGOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Old camera need"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• Words that mean the same thing: moving-picture show, moving picture, movie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Idiotic"

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 devoid of intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: asinine, vacuous, mindless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Oklahoma city named for an "Idylls of the King" woman"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in north central oklahoma
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Class for U.S. citizen hopefuls, in brief"

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: ESL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Disgustingly dirty"

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 offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
• Words that mean the same thing: foul, smutty, cruddy
• The opposite would be: nice
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Pols like Pelosi"

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: DEMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle August 13, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Alternative to rap and R&B	4
2D	2. Fed. monitor of workplace hazards	4
3D	3. Narrow cut	4
4D	4. More substantial	7
5D	5. Small recipe amt.	3
6D	6. Founder of Harpo Productions	5
7D	7. Common lunchtime	4
8D	8. Drinking spree	4
9D	9. Ablaze	6
10D	10. Droplets seen early in the day	10
11D	11. Tend to some p's and q's, say	4
12D	12. Golfer's bagful	4
13D	15. Cause to expand, as bread	6
14D	17. College V.I.P.	4
15D	23. With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the shaded words?	4
16D	25. Fervent	4
17D	26. Expensive dark fur	5
18D	27. Tool for a Himalayan climber	5
19D	28. Lowest in importance	10
20D	29. Baffling question	5
21D	30. Musical pause	4
22D	31. Based on major and minor scales	5
23D	32. H.R.s and R.B.I.s	5
24D	35. Bitten-into apple, for Apple	4
25D	38. Apple throwaway	4
26D	39. "Cómo ___ usted?"	4
27D	42. Gender discrimination	6
28D	44. Made do despite difficulties	7
29D	46. Finishes, as a cartoon	6
30D	48. Move up	4
31D	50. Sparkle	5
32D	51. Desdemona, to Othello	4
33D	52. Flower named for a goddess	4
34D	54. Sicilian tourist draw	4
35D	55. Prohibition and Victorian periods	4
36D	57. Solitary	4
37D	58. Svelte	4
38D	59. Throws into the mix	4
39D	62. Critically important	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. Alternative to rap and R&B"

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 lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Words that mean the same thing: rock'n'roll, careen, rock 'n' roll
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Fed. monitor of workplace hazards"

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 government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health 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: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Narrow cut"

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 long narrow opening
• Words that mean the same thing: snatch, twat, dent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. More substantial"

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 characterized by good substantial quality
• Words that mean the same thing: satisfying, self-coloured, upstanding
• The opposite would be: hollow, liquid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLIDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Small recipe amt."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Founder of Harpo Productions"

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: OPRAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Common lunchtime"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the middle of the day
• Words that mean the same thing: midday, twelve noon, high noon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Drinking spree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a blast of a horn
• Words that mean the same thing: bender, blare, carouse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Ablaze"

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: ONFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Droplets seen early in the day"

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: MORNINGDEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Tend to some p's and q's, say"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: cut, blue-pencil, redact
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Golfer's bagful"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, football tee, tee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Cause to expand, as bread"

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 substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: prove, leavening, raise
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. College V.I.P."

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 administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
• Words that mean the same thing: doyen, James Dean, James Byron Dean
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the shaded words?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: wiz, genius, maven
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Fervent"

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 (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
• Words that mean the same thing: esurient, devouring, greedy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Expensive dark fur"

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 artist's brush made of sable hairs
• Words that mean the same thing: sable's hair pencil, Martes zibellina, ebony
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Tool for a Himalayan climber"

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: ICEAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Lowest in importance"

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: LEASTOFALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Baffling question"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
• Words that mean the same thing: toughie, poseur, sticker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Musical pause"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: rest period, stay, perch
• The opposite would be: change, be active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Based on major and minor scales"

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 employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
• Words that mean the same thing: tonic
• The opposite would be: atonal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. H.R.s and R.B.I.s"

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: STATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Bitten-into apple, for Apple"

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 company emblem or device
• Words that mean the same thing: logotype
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Apple throwaway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
• Words that mean the same thing: center, nucleus, heart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. "Cómo ___ usted?""

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: ESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Gender discrimination"

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 discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEXISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Made do despite difficulties"

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 be successful; achieve a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: finagle, manage, care
• The opposite would be: fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANAGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Finishes, as a cartoon"

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: INKSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Move 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 growth in strength or number or importance
• Words that mean the same thing: ascension, originate, develop
• The opposite would be: sit down, wane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Sparkle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a momentary flash of light
• Words that mean the same thing: gleam, glisten, peek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Desdemona, to Othello"

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 married woman; a man's partner in marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: married woman
• The opposite would be: husband
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Flower named for a goddess"

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 plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• Words that mean the same thing: sword lily, iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Sicilian tourist draw"

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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mount Etna, bunsen burner, Mt Etna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Prohibition and Victorian periods"

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

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Solitary"

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 lacking companions or companionship
• Words that mean the same thing: sole, lonesome, only
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Svelte"

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 take off weight
• Words that mean the same thing: slim down, lose weight, slenderize
• 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: SLIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Throws into the mix"

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

  The answer is: ADDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Critically important"

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 metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Words that mean the same thing: paint, cardinal, key out
• The opposite would be: atonality
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	67	85.9%
Short Answer	4	5.1%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle May 26, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "The Winner Takes It All" group	4
2A	5. Singer Diana	4
3A	9. Radiate	4
4A	13. Hardly a jaunt	4
5A	14. Ready to go	5
6A	16. Central points	4
7A	17. Tolled time	4
8A	18. "Byeee!"	5
9A	19. One having a turn at a roast?	4
10A	20. You've got to know when to hold 'em	14
11A	23. Worrier's words	6
12A	24. Former queen of Jordan	4
13A	25. Good cheer	3
14A	26. What do ewe say?	3
15A	27. Spice ___	3
16A	29. Often-changed item of wear	6
17A	31. Know when to fold 'em	12
18A	35. ___ Mode, animated film character who says "Words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble!"	4
19A	36. It might be in the form of a thumbnail	3
20A	37. "The Music Man" locale	4
21A	41. Know when to walk away	12
22A	46. Famed designer whose career was boosted by "American Gigolo"	6
23A	49. Small batteries	3
24A	50. Butter, e.g.	3
25A	51. Concern for a tailor	3
26A	52. ___ facto	4
27A	55. Box markings	6
28A	57. And know when to run	14
29A	60. Moistens	4
30A	61. Water nymph	5
31A	62. Earnest request	4
32A	64. Pueblo people	4
33A	65. "The Child," also known as Baby Yoda	5
34A	66. Snack, as on a knish	4
35A	67. Places with springs	4
36A	68. Exclamation after a witty comeback	4
37A	69. ___ Major	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. "The Winner Takes It All" group"

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Singer Diana"

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

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 Ross, John 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 3 Across: "9. Radiate"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: let loose, breathe, pass off
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Hardly a jaunt"

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 work doggedly or persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: swig, plod, tramp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Ready to 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: ONTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Central points"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: locus, locale, venue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Tolled time"

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 period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: time of day, minute, hr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Byeee!""

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: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. One having a turn at a roast?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spatter, tongue, expectoration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. You've got to know when to hold 'em"

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: WRESTLINGMATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Worrier's words"

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: OHDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Former queen of Jordan"

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: NOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Good cheer"

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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. What do ewe say?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: blate, blat, 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 15 Across: "27. Spice ___"

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 unforeseen obstacle
• Words that mean the same thing: hang-up, chafe, snag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Often-changed item of wear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
• Words that mean the same thing: nappy, napkin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Know when to fold 'em"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: ORIGAMICLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. ___ Mode, animated film character who says "Words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. It might be in the form of a thumbnail"

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: BIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. "The Music Man" locale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
• Words that mean the same thing: Ioway, Hawkeye State, IA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Know when to walk away"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: LOWBALLOFFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Famed designer whose career was boosted by "American Gigolo""

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: ARMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Small batteries"

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 associate degree in applied science
• Words that mean the same thing: aa, Associate in Arts, AA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Butter, 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 greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: fatty tissue, fatten, plump
• The opposite would be: leanness, nonfat
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Concern for a tailor"

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 display of bad temper
• Words that mean the same thing: conniption, meet, conform to
• The opposite would be: disagree, unfit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. ___ facto"

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: IPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Box markings"

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 written order directing a bank to pay money
• Words that mean the same thing: assure, cheque, delay
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHECKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. And know when to run"

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: ELECTIONSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Moistens"

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 wetness caused by water
• Words that mean the same thing: moisture, wet
• The opposite would be: dry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Water nymph"

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 submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
• Words that mean the same thing: water nymph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Earnest request"

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 humble request for help from someone in authority
• Words that mean the same thing: supplication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Pueblo people"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the pueblo people living in western new mexico
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZUNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. "The Child," also known as Baby Yoda"

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: GROGU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Snack, as on a knish"

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 (yiddish) a snack or light meal
• Words that mean the same thing: snack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Places with springs"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health spa, resort hotel, watering place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Exclamation after a witty comeback"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of catching an object with the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: lose it, breeze, click
• The opposite would be: inelasticity
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. ___ Major"

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: URSA

  Great job if you got it right!

May 26, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Bit of air pollution	3
2D	2. Gasbag	8
3D	3. Anthony of "Parts Unknown"	8
4D	4. Concur	5
5D	5. Speaker's platform	7
6D	6. Scott Turow memoir	4
7D	7. Gertrude who wrote "We are always the same age inside"	5
8D	8. "___ to This" (song from "Hamilton")	5
9D	9. Jewelry designer Peretti	4
10D	10. Mod do	6
11D	11. It comes to a point when it's too cold outside	6
12D	12. One who gives one-tenth	6
13D	15. Tiered temple	6
14D	21. Actress Gilbert	4
15D	22. Hosp. scans	4
16D	23. Light wind?	4
17D	28. Lettuce wrap lettuce	4
18D	30. "Yeah, suuuure"	4
19D	32. Event with a dress code	4
20D	33. Snoopy grp.	3
21D	34. German film award akin to an Oscar	4
22D	38. Risqué	8
23D	39. "What is your greatest ___?" (interview question)	8
24D	40. Section of a Sunday newspaper	4
25D	42. "Wilco!"	4
26D	43. Erasing, as data	6
27D	44. Prepared to skate	7
28D	45. Org. with thousands of inspectors	4
29D	46. Forty winks	6
30D	47. Provoke	6
31D	48. View from Catania, in brief	6
32D	53. Shoots up	5
33D	54. Whopper ingredient	5
34D	56. College sports channel	5
35D	58. Print collectors, for short	4
36D	59. "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g.	4
37D	63. "Why, that's it!"	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. Bit of air pollution"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Gasbag"

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 a very boastful and talkative person
• Words that mean the same thing: boaster, bragger, line-shooter
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOWHARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Anthony of "Parts Unknown""

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: BOURDAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Concur"

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 be in accord; be in agreement
• Words that mean the same thing: check, harmonise, consort
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Speaker's platform"

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 a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Words that mean the same thing: stump, dais, soapbox
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSTRUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Scott Turow memoir"

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: ONEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Gertrude who wrote "We are always the same age inside""

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 mug intended for serving beer
• Words that mean the same thing: Gertrude Stein, beer mug
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "___ to This" (song from "Hamilton")"

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

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: SAYNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Jewelry designer Peretti"

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: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Mod do"

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: MOPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It comes to a point when it's too cold outside"

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 ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping 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: ICICLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. One who gives one-tenth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who pays tithes
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Tiered temple"

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 asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAGODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Actress Gilbert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Hosp. scans"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Light wind?"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Lettuce wrap lettuce"

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: BIBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. "Yeah, suuuure""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Event with a dress code"

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 gay festivity
• Words that mean the same thing: jamboree, gala affair, blowout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Snoopy grp."

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 independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. German film award akin to an Oscar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Risqué"

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: OFFCOLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. "What is your greatest ___?" (interview question)"

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 a flaw or weak point
• Words that mean the same thing: failing, helplessness, impuissance
• The opposite would be: strength
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAKNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Section of a Sunday newspaper"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: art, graphics, humanistic discipline
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. "Wilco!""

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: ONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Erasing, as data"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rub with a circular motion
• Words that mean the same thing: pass over, wipe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Prepared to skate"

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: LACEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Org. with thousands of inspectors"

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 government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health 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: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Forty winks"

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: AFEWZS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Provoke"

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: RILEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. View from Catania, in brief"

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: MTETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Shoots up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of rising upward into the air
• Words that mean the same thing: soar up, sailplane, surge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Whopper ingredient"

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 bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. College sports channel "

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ESPNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Print collectors, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the canadian government
• Words that mean the same thing: Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CSIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. "Why, that's it!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	73.0%
Short Answer	10	13.5%
Music	3	4.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 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 09, 2025 at 07:38 PM