November 04, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 04, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Thursday Crossword Across Clues - November 04, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Periodontist's specialty	4
2A	5. Where students might kick their feet up	4
3A	9. Attacks from all sides	6
4A	14. "Right away!"	4
5A	15. ___ Eats	4
6A	16. Currency in Pakistan	5
7A	17. Only Monopoly railroad whose name doesn't contain "Railroad" / Laughing gleefully	9
8A	19. Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across	5
9A	20. See 19-Across	6
10A	21. Seriously overcharged	6
11A	23. Traditional media category	5
12A	24. Philadelphia's ___ Center for the Performing Arts	4
13A	25. They may be full of Natural Light	4
14A	28. Carnitas holder	4
15A	30. Bordeaux red	6
16A	32. Some daily temps	5
17A	35. It took the iconic photograph "Pillars of Creation"	6
18A	38. First animal sound in "Old MacDonald"	3
19A	39. Brouhaha	3
20A	40. Setting for "The Sound of Music" / Greyhound journey	7
21A	41. Toothpaste tube letters	3
22A	42. France's ___ de Loire	3
23A	43. Make quickly, as a pot of coffee	6
24A	44. Coastline feature	5
25A	45. "Goodness me!"	6
26A	47. The first Fabergé egg was created for one	4
27A	49. Hanukkah chocolate shape	4
28A	50. Move slowly	4
29A	53. Subordinate to	5
30A	57. Police drama co-starring LL Cool J	6
31A	59. Language in which "Ho" and "Hoina" mean "yes" and "no"	6
32A	60. Bricks sold in sets	5
33A	62. Hairy problem? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	9
34A	64. Something that falls in the fall	5
35A	65. "1917," e.g.	4
36A	66. Pinnacle	4
37A	67. Malicious group of computers	6
38A	68. Puppy pickup place	4
39A	69. One compartment of a golf bag	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. Periodontist's specialty"

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 preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
• Words that mean the same thing: glue, chewing gum, mucilage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Where students might kick their feet up"

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: DOJO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Attacks from all sides"

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 annoy continually or chronically
• Words that mean the same thing: chevy, chivvy, provoke
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BESETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Right away!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Eats"

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: UBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Currency in Pakistan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in sri lanka; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: Pakistani rupee, Sri Lanka rupee, Mauritian rupee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Only Monopoly railroad whose name doesn't contain "Railroad" / Laughing gleefully"

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: SHORTLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across"

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: ARIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. See 19-Across"

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 pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
• Words that mean the same thing: forward pass, aeriform, aery
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Seriously overcharged"

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 force with the thumb
• Words that mean the same thing: rack, force out, extort
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOUGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Traditional media category"

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 text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
• Words that mean the same thing: publish, photographic print, mark
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Philadelphia's ___ Center for the Performing Arts"

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 united states educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
• Words that mean the same thing: Horace Mann, Thomas Mann
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. They may be full of Natural Light"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful, keg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Carnitas holder"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of mexican descent
• Words that mean the same thing: wetback, greaser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Bordeaux red"

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 dark purplish-red color
• Words that mean the same thing: red Bordeaux
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Some daily temps"

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 lofty level or position or degree
• Words that mean the same thing: senior high school, heights, high school
• The opposite would be: low, low spirits
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIGHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. It took the iconic photograph "Pillars of Creation""

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 united states astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
• Words that mean the same thing: Edwin Powell Hubble, Edwin Hubble
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUBBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. First animal sound in "Old MacDonald""

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 sound made by a cow or bull
• Words that mean the same thing: low
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Brouhaha"

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 rapid active commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: flurry, hustle, bustle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Setting for "The Sound of Music" / Greyhound journey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mountainous republic in central europe; under the habsburgs (1278-1918) austria maintained control of the holy roman empire and was a leader in european politics until the 19th century
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Austria, Oesterreich
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUSTRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Toothpaste tube letters"

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 enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. France's ___ de Loire"

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: VAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Make quickly, as a pot of coffee"

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: BREWUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Coastline feature"

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

  The answer is: INLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. "Goodness me!""

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 26 Across: "47. The first Fabergé egg was created for one"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: tzar, czar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Hanukkah chocolate shape"

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 flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
• Words that mean the same thing: strike, mint
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Move slowly"

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 thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: muck, gook, transude
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Subordinate to"

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 in or to a place that is lower
• Words that mean the same thing: beneath, under, down the stairs
• The opposite would be: upstairs, above
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Police drama co-starring LL Cool J"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NCISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Language in which "Ho" and "Hoina" mean "yes" and "no""

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

  The answer is: NEPALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Bricks sold in sets"

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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego, Lego set
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Hairy problem? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

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: SPLITENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Something that falls in the fall"

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 fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. "1917," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: epical, larger-than-life, heroic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Pinnacle"

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 highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• Words that mean the same thing: summit, vertex, superlative
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Malicious group of computers"

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: BOTNET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Puppy pickup place"

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 back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. One compartment of a golf bag"

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, golf 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!

November 04, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Tank top?	6
2D	2. Wedding worker	5
3D	3. Like one in six New Zealanders, ethnically	5
4D	4. Goes all out	7
5D	5. Nearly pointless?	4
6D	6. What secures a kimono	3
7D	7. Game that has 54 blocks	5
8D	8. Home to the Willamette Valley	6
9D	9. Engage in gasconade or fanfaronade	4
10D	10. "I figured it out!"	6
11D	11. Web master? / Of the outer skin layer	9
12D	12. Sleepytime, e.g.	3
13D	13. Fleur de ___ (fancy salt)	3
14D	18. "See ya!"	4
15D	22. Removes, as a lapel microphone	7
16D	24. Pointer controller	5
17D	26. Rock that's often cut open	5
18D	27. Ermine, in the summer	5
19D	29. Desserts dusted with cinnamon sugar	7
20D	31. Bound	4
21D	32. Mayhem	5
22D	33. British Columbia neighbor	5
23D	34. Expensive bar / Not letting go	9
24D	36. Texter's "I meant to say ..."	3
25D	37. ___ force	5
26D	40. Scandinavian pop group	4
27D	44. "Again ..."	7
28D	46. "Again!"	6
29D	48. Help with a heist	4
30D	51. Elizabeth who plays Wanda on "WandaVision"	5
31D	52. Mothers of Invention musician	5
32D	54. Outdated charging device?	5
33D	55. Pre-makeover self	5
34D	56. Smartens (up)	5
35D	58. What separates money from everything?	4
36D	59. Kind	4
37D	60. Test site	3
38D	61. Prefix with label	3
39D	63. Edge	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. Tank top?"

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: GASCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Wedding worker"

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 irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Usher, show, doorkeeper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like one in six New Zealanders, ethnically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Goes all out"

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 quick run
• Words that mean the same thing: sprint, dash
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRINTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Nearly pointless?"

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 make dull in appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: obtuse, damp, tone down
• The opposite would be: sharpen, sharp
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. What secures a kimono"

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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
• Words that mean the same thing: obeah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Game that has 54 blocks"

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: JENGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Home to the Willamette Valley"

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: OR, Beaver State
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Engage in gasconade or fanfaronade"

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 instance of boastful talk
• Words that mean the same thing: crowing, boss, gas
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "I figured it out!""

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 an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
• Words that mean the same thing: constantan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUREKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Web master? / Of the outer skin layer"

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: SPIDERMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Sleepytime, 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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: afternoon tea, tea leaf, Camellia sinensis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Fleur de ___ (fancy salt)"

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: SEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "See ya!""

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: TATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Removes, as a lapel microphone"

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 remove the clip from
• Words that mean the same thing: unclip
• The opposite would be: clip
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNCLIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Pointer controller"

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 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: pussyfoot, computer mouse, 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: MOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Rock that's often cut open"

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 (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Ermine, in the summer"

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 ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Desserts dusted with cinnamon sugar"

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: CHURROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Bound"

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 light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
• Words that mean the same thing: bound, jump, bounce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Mayhem"

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 violent and needless disturbance
• Words that mean the same thing: mayhem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAVOC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. British Columbia neighbor"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Gem State, ID
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Expensive bar / Not letting go"

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: GOLDINGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Texter's "I meant to say ...""

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: BTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. ___ force"

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 cruelly rapacious person
• Words that mean the same thing: bestial, animate being, animal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Scandinavian pop group"

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Again ...""

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: IREPEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. "Again!""

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 extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENCORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Help with a heist"

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 assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Elizabeth who plays Wanda on "WandaVision""

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: OLSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Mothers of Invention musician"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ZAPPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Outdated charging device?"

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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: gig, shaft, fizgig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Pre-makeover self"

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: OLDME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Smartens (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 a way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Samuel Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise, wise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. What separates money from everything?"

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: ISNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Kind"

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 city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: skillful, gracious, prissy
• 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: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Test site"

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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: laboratory, science laboratory, research lab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Prefix with label"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Edge"

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 either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• Words that mean the same thing: back talk, sass, sassing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	63	80.8%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
Music	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM

March 07, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (37 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword March 07, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Knack for music appreciation	3
2A	4. Olympics gear for Lindsey Vonn	4
3A	8. Gate fastener	5
4A	13. Luminesce	4
5A	15. Some male deer	5
6A	17. Best competitive stuff	5
7A	18. *Doing something just for fun	10
8A	20. Marisa of "Spider-Man: Homecoming"	5
9A	21. Pinkish source of protein	6
10A	22. "Shh!"	5
11A	24. Make mistakes	3
12A	25. *2010s HBO drama series that starred Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman	13
13A	28. Medical show settings, in brief	3
14A	31. Greek "P"	3
15A	32. Word of respect with an apostrophe in the middle	4
16A	33. Ruling house of the Mideast	4
17A	35. Natural hairstyles	5
18A	39. Money in India	5
19A	42. Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?	16
20A	45. Shorthand writer, for short	5
21A	46. Clean with steel wool, say	5
22A	47. Oodles and oodles	4
23A	48. Blowout	4
24A	50. "Eh, I pass"	3
25A	52. TV's Navarro or Cabrera	3
26A	53. *Made a hasty exit	13
27A	59. "How was ___ know?"	3
28A	60. "The Jungle Book" bear	5
29A	61. Andean pack animals	6
30A	65. That one and that one	5
31A	67. *Leading the charge	10
32A	69. Not warranted or appropriate	5
33A	70. Support for a leg injury	5
34A	71. Info for analysis	4
35A	72. Brainteaser	5
36A	73. Evening gown feature	4
37A	74. Put an end to	3

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. Knack for music appreciation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: pinna, capitulum, spike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Olympics gear for Lindsey Vonn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• Words that mean the same thing: ski
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Gate fastener"

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 spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
• Words that mean the same thing: door latch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Luminesce"

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 an alert and refreshed state
• Words that mean the same thing: freshness, radiate, gleam
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Some male deer"

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 united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lorenz Milton Hart, stag, hart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Best competitive stuff"

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: AGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. *Doing something just for fun"

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: OFFONALARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Marisa of "Spider-Man: Homecoming""

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: TOMEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Pinkish source of protein"

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 various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
• Words that mean the same thing: Salmon River, pink-orange, pinkish-orange
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. "Shh!""

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 period of calm weather
• Words that mean the same thing: quietly, placidity, calm down
• The opposite would be: noisy, active
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: QUIET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Make mistakes"

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: slip, mistake, drift
• The 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 12 Across: "25. *2010s HBO drama series that starred Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BIGLITTLELIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Medical show settings, in brief"

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 trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: Er, erbium, ER
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Greek "P""

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 17th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Word of respect with an apostrophe in the middle"

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: MAAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Ruling house of the Mideast"

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: SAUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Natural hairstyles"

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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
• Words that mean the same thing: Afro, Afro hairdo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Money in India"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in sri lanka; equal to 100 cents
• Words that mean the same thing: Mauritian rupee, Nepalese rupee, Indian rupee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: OPPOSITESATTRACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "45. Shorthand writer, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Clean with steel wool, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• Words that mean the same thing: flush, scrub, abrade
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Oodles and oodles"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Blowout"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rootle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. "Eh, I pass""

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: NAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. TV's Navarro or Cabrera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. *Made a hasty exit"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEFTRIGHTAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. "How was ___ know?""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. "The Jungle Book" bear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BALOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Andean pack animals"

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 wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
• Words that mean the same thing: llama
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LLAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. That one and that one"

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: THOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. *Leading the charge"

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: OUTINFRONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "69. Not warranted or appropriate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not yet payable
• Words that mean the same thing: inordinate, excessive, unreasonable
• The opposite would be: due
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "70. Support for a leg injury"

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 support that steadies or strengthens something else
• Words that mean the same thing: duad, energize, couplet
• The opposite would be: sedate, de-energize
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "71. Info for analysis"

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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
• Words that mean the same thing: datum, data point, information
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "72. Brainteaser"

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 person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
• Words that mean the same thing: stumper, sticker, model
• The 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 36 Across: "73. Evening gown 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 a long narrow opening
• Words that mean the same thing: pussy, scratch, slice
• The 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 37 Across: "74. Put an end to"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zippo, disallow, veto
• The opposite would be: permit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle March 07, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Id checkers?	4
2D	2. ___ Romeo (luxury car brand)	4
3D	3. "omg hahahaha"	4
4D	4. The world's third-largest city, behind Tokyo and Delhi	8
5D	5. Actor/comedian Penn	3
6D	6. Resident of Mosul	5
7D	7. Work it on the catwalk	5
8D	8. Foamy flourish from a barista	8
9D	9. Long, long ___	3
10D	10. Grammy-nominated psychedelic music act with an animal in its name	10
11D	11. "Lemme borrow you for a sec"	5
12D	12. Logan Roy's children in "Succession," e.g.	5
13D	14. What a sonogram might show	4
14D	16. Variety show bit	4
15D	19. Dark film genre	4
16D	23. National Mall tree	3
17D	26. Artist-friendly living spaces	5
18D	27. Dern of 25-Across	5
19D	28. That one and that one, in Spanish	4
20D	29. Fully attentive	4
21D	30. Avocados, eggs and berries, in adspeak	10
22D	34. "___ pass Go, ___ collect $200" (Monopoly phrase)	5
23D	36. Book or movie suggestion, for short	3
24D	37. Bolivian bear	3
25D	38. Spa amenity	5
26D	40. Nobel prize field, in brief	4
27D	41. Blues singer James	4
28D	43. Brewpub order that's tart to the taste	8
29D	44. Big fish catcher	8
30D	49. Mama's hermana	3
31D	51. A laugh and a ___	4
32D	53. Got visibly excited, in a way	5
33D	54. Prefix with centrism or cultural	5
34D	55. Handful of hair gel, e.g.	4
35D	56. Awful amount of time to be stuck in traffic	5
36D	57. Complete and utter	5
37D	58. One of 120 in a football field, technically	4
38D	62. Ghostly sound effect	4
39D	63. Objecting to	4
40D	64. Otis Redding's record label	4
41D	66. Take to court	3
42D	68. Here, in Haiti	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. Id checkers?"

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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, ego, self-importance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ Romeo (luxury car brand)"

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: ALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "omg hahahaha""

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: ROFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. The world's third-largest city, behind Tokyo and Delhi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the largest city of china; located in the east on the pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
• Words that mean the same thing: impress
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHANGHAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Actor/comedian Penn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Resident of Mosul"

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 native or inhabitant of iraq
• Words that mean the same thing: Iraki
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAQI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Work it on the catwalk"

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 proud stiff pompous gait
• Words that mean the same thing: swagger, ruffle, 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: STRUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Foamy flourish from a barista"

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: LATTEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Long, long ___"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Grammy-nominated psychedelic music act with an animal in its name"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: TAMEIMPALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Lemme borrow you for a sec""

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: CMERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Logan Roy's children in "Succession," e.g."

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 person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
• Words that mean the same thing: heir, successor, inheritor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. What a sonogram might show"

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 hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
• Words that mean the same thing: uterus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Variety show bit"

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

  The answer is: SKIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Dark film genre"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: NOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. National Mall tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elmwood, elm 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: ELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Artist-friendly living spaces"

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 floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
• Words that mean the same thing: attic, garret, loft
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Dern of 25-Across"

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: LAURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. That one and that one, in Spanish"

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: ESOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Fully attentive"

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 feeling great rapture or delight
• Words that mean the same thing: enraptured, rhapsodic, rapturous
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Avocados, eggs and berries, in adspeak"

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: SUPERFOODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. "___ pass Go, ___ collect $200" (Monopoly phrase)"

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: DONOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Book or movie suggestion, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Bolivian 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 25 Down: "38. Spa amenity"

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 finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: sweat room
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Nobel prize field, 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: ECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Blues singer James"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Brewpub order that's tart to the taste"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SOURBEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Big fish catcher"

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: TRAWLNET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Mama's hermana"

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 brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage
• Words that mean the same thing: transient ischemic attack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. A laugh and a ___"

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 one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
• Words that mean the same thing: one-half
• The opposite would be: whole
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Got visibly excited, in a way"

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: LITUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Prefix with centrism or cultural"

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: ETHNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Handful of hair gel, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a compact mass
• Words that mean the same thing: lump, clod, clump
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Awful amount of time to be stuck in traffic"

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 period of time assigned for work
• Words that mean the same thing: minute, hour, time of day
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOURS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Complete and utter"

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 whole amount
• Words that mean the same thing: totality, tot up, amount
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. One of 120 in a football field, technically"

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 unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• Words that mean the same thing: railway yard, curtilage, M
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Ghostly sound effect"

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 utterance expressing pain or disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: groan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Objecting to"

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 40 Down: "64. Otis Redding's record label"

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: STAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "66. Take to court"

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

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "68. Here, in Haiti"

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: ICI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	67.1%
Short Answer	12	15.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
Literature	3	3.8%
Music	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Sports	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 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 moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 08:22 PM