December 27, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 27, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - December 27, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cracker boxes?	5
2A	6. Criticized continuously	4
3A	10. Shareable PC files	4
4A	14. Military trainee	5
5A	15. Co-creator of the "Watchmen" comic books	9
6A	17. Earmark	5
7A	18. Where stars may align	9
8A	19. "That was mean"	7
9A	21. Malicious creations of hackers	7
10A	22. "Well, well"	4
11A	23. In a way	7
12A	25. Rested	3
13A	26. Like Goldilocks	6
14A	27. Things opened in bars	4
15A	31. "You said what?"	3
16A	32. Locale of Dingle and Donegal	4
17A	33. Historic speaker at Israel's Knesset on 11/20/1977	5
18A	34. It's icy and coated with salt	15
19A	38. Light unit	5
20A	39. Weirdo	4
21A	40. Contraction missing a "v"	3
22A	41. ___ error	4
23A	42. Mountebanks, less formally	6
24A	44. Onetime part of the Air France fleet, in brief	3
25A	45. "Heavens!"	7
26A	47. Brand with a paw print in its logo	4
27A	48. Completely shunned	7
28A	51. Follow-up series to MTV's "16 and Pregnant"	7
29A	53. The National Weather Service has one for storm severity	9
30A	55. Hill on the Hill, once	5
31A	56. Express affection from afar	9
32A	57. Jason of "How I Met Your Mother"	5
33A	58. Golfer Carol who won the 1965 U.S. Women's Open	4
34A	59. TV time	4
35A	60. Forum troublemaker	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Cracker boxes?"

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 strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
• Words that mean the same thing: safe, rubber, prophylactic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Criticized continuously"

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 sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
• Words that mean the same thing: depend on, cod, tantalize
• The opposite would be: walk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Shareable PC files"

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: PDFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Military trainee"

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 military trainee (as at a military academy)
• Words that mean the same thing: cadet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Co-creator of the "Watchmen" comic books"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: ALANMOORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Earmark"

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 allow to have
• Words that mean the same thing: dish out, accord, administer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Where stars may align"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: REDCARPET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "That was mean""

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: NOTNICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Malicious creations of hackers"

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: BOTNETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. "Well, well""

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: ISAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. In a way"

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: OFSORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Rested"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: model, posture, seat
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Like Goldilocks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person with fair skin and hair
• Words that mean the same thing: blond, light-haired
• The opposite would be: brunet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLONDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Things opened in bars"

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 bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: tabloid, tablet, pill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "You said what?""

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: HUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Locale of Dingle and Donegal"

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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Ireland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Historic speaker at Israel's Knesset on 11/20/1977"

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 egyptian statesman who (as president of egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with menachem begin (then prime minister of israel) (1918-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Anwar Sadat, Anwar el-Sadat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SADAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. It's icy and coated with salt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FROZENMARGARITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Light unit"

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 unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Weirdo"

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 someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
• Words that mean the same thing: queer duck, odd fellow, odd fish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Contraction missing a "v""

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. ___ error"

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 makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, substance abuser, drug user
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Mountebanks, less formally"

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 weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
• Words that mean the same thing: wander, cheat, bearded darnel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Onetime part of the Air France fleet, 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: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. "Heavens!""

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: OHLORDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Brand with a paw print in its logo"

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: IAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Completely shunned"

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: ICEDOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Follow-up series to MTV's "16 and Pregnant""

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: TEENMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. The National Weather Service has one for storm severity"

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: COLORCODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Hill on the Hill, once"

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: ANITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Express affection from afar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLOWAKISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Jason of "How I Met Your Mother""

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: SEGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Golfer Carol who won the 1965 U.S. Women's Open"

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: Thomas Mann, Horace 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 34 Across: "59. TV 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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
• Words that mean the same thing: time slot, expansion slot, one-armed bandit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Forum troublemaker"

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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: trolling, round
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - December 27, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. 1918 pandemic	10
2D	2. Jurassic creature whose name means "different lizard"	10
3D	3. Was completely comfortable	10
4D	4. Key material	5
5D	5. Alien-seeking org.	4
6D	6. Good state for a performer to be in	8
7D	7. Encouraging cheer	3
8D	8. Father figure?	6
9D	9. Encouraging cheer	6
10D	10. Stormy Daniels, e.g.	8
11D	11. "Sweet!"	4
12D	12. Guitar part	4
13D	13. Goes down	4
14D	16. ___ Smith, player of the Doctor on "Doctor Who"	4
15D	20. Michael's "Weekend Update" co-anchor on "S.N.L."	5
16D	24. Bit of court wear	7
17D	26. "It's ___ fun!"	4
18D	28. Alternative to "Hasta la vista!"	10
19D	29. Establishment with 12 cabins in a classic 1960 film	10
20D	30. Don't try to do everything at once	10
21D	33. Noted retailer across the street from Rockefeller Center	4
22D	35. Favorable loan term	8
23D	36. Take for a spin, say	8
24D	37. Singer with the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know"	5
25D	42. Disapproving sounds	6
26D	43. Deep-frying need	6
27D	46. Wedding circle?	4
28D	47. Private	5
29D	48. Cold War weapon, for short	4
30D	49. Mixer option	4
31D	50. Southern university or the town it's in	4
32D	52. It's right there on the map!	4
33D	54. Brit. military honor	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. 1918 pandemic"

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: SPANISHFLU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Jurassic creature whose name means "different lizard""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that late jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
• Words that mean the same thing: allosaur
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOSAURUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Was completely comfortable"

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: FELTATHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Key material"

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 very dark black
• Words that mean the same thing: ebon, ebony tree, jet black
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EBONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Alien-seeking org."

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: SETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Good state for a performer to be in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAREFORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Encouraging 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 8 Down: "8. Father figure?"

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: DADBOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Encouraging cheer"

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 10 Down: "10. Stormy Daniels, e.g."

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: PORNSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Sweet!""

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 street names for marijuana
• Words that mean the same thing: gage, smoke, poop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Guitar part"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: lather, fuss, Greek fret
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Goes down"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: set up, lay out, define
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. ___ Smith, player of the Doctor on "Doctor Who""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
• Words that mean the same thing: matted, flat, flatness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Michael's "Weekend Update" co-anchor on "S.N.L.""

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: COLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Bit of court wear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
• Words that mean the same thing: tennis shoe, fink, gym shoe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "It's ___ fun!""

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: follow, equal, personify
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Alternative to "Hasta la vista!""

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: ADIOSAMIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Establishment with 12 cabins in a classic 1960 film"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Don't try to do everything at once"

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: STARTSMALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Noted retailer across the street from Rockefeller Center"

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: SAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Favorable loan term"

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: ZERODOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Take for a spin, say"

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: ROADTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Singer with the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: GOTYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Disapproving sounds"

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 the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
• Words that mean the same thing: clucking, cluck, click
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Deep-frying need"

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: HOTOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Wedding circle?"

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: HORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Private"

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 located inward; - leonard bernstein; - david denby; - a.r.gurney,jr.
• Words that mean the same thing: privileged, inside, internal
• The opposite would be: outer
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Cold War weapon, for short"

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 ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Mixer option"

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 large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: El Salvadoran colon, Aspinwall, colon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Southern university or the town it's in"

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: ELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. It's right there on the map!"

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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: Orient, eastern United States, eastward
• The opposite would be: west
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Brit. military honor"

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: DSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	80.9%
Short Answer	6	8.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Literature	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

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January 11, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (39 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - January 11, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Runs recreationally	4
2A	5. Some hotel room amenities	5
3A	10. The "Toreador Song," for one	4
4A	14. From the top	4
5A	15. Fulfill mundane but necessary responsibilities, in modern lingo	5
6A	16. Sift (through)	4
7A	17. Software prototype	4
8A	18. Vessels with large containers	10
9A	20. Does pranks with rolls, informally	3
10A	22. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer	5
11A	23. Nail polish brand	3
12A	25. Pursue romantically	3
13A	28. Actor/comedian Lil ___ Howery	3
14A	29. Talking item in Dora the Explorer's backpack	3
15A	32. Oceanfront district of Los Angeles	8
16A	35. Manhattan neighborhood next to SoHo	6
17A	37. Front-page mergers and acquisitions, e.g.	9
18A	39. Grayish	4
19A	40. Skateboarding jump	5
20A	41. Neckwear that smells nice	3
21A	42. Photographer Adams	5
22A	43. Difficult, unfun chore	4
23A	44. Investment guide calculation	9
24A	46. Props for presentations	6
25A	49. Most reptilian, in a way	8
26A	50. "Spring forward" or "fall back" letters	3
27A	51. Electrical unit with a Greek letter symbol	3
28A	53. London ___ (landmark observation wheel)	3
29A	54. Beings not (yet) proven to exist	3
30A	55. Thundering	5
31A	57. Trinity member	3
32A	59. Exclamation point inside a yellow triangle, for one	10
33A	64. "Only Murders in the Building" airer	4
34A	67. Nobel laureate Wiesel	4
35A	68. Longtime Jay Silverheels role	5
36A	69. Ankh-carrying goddess	4
37A	70. With 71- and 72-Across, commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle	4
38A	71. See 70-Across	5
39A	72. See 70-Across	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. Runs recreationally"

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 sharp change in direction
• Words that mean the same thing: trot, ramble, ramble on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Some hotel room amenities"

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 strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
• Words that mean the same thing: condom, safety, safe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. The "Toreador Song," for one"

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

  The answer is: ARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. From the top"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Fulfill mundane but necessary responsibilities, in modern lingo"

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 fully developed person from maturity onward
• Words that mean the same thing: pornographic, fully grown, grownup
• The opposite would be: juvenile
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADULT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Sift (through)"

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 device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• Words that mean the same thing: coxcomb, cockscomb, combing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Software prototype"

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 the 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Beta
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Vessels with large containers"

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: CARGOSHIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Does pranks with rolls, informally"

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: TPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer"

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: YALIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Nail polish brand"

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: OPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Pursue romantically"

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 seek someone's favor
• Words that mean the same thing: solicit, romance, court
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Actor/comedian Lil ___ Howery"

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: REL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Talking item in Dora the Explorer's backpack"

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 diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• Words that mean the same thing: single-valued function, function, map out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Oceanfront district of Los Angeles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SANPEDRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Manhattan neighborhood next to SoHo"

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: NOLITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Front-page mergers and acquisitions, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MEGADEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Grayish"

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 of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Skateboarding jump"

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: OLLIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Neckwear that smells nice"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: leu, chaplet, garland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Photographer Adams"

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: ANSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Difficult, unfun chore"

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: plug away, swig, trudge
• The 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 23 Across: "44. Investment guide calculation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BONDRATIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Props for presentations"

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 upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
• Words that mean the same thing: easel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Most reptilian, in a way"

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 rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
• Words that mean the same thing: scaley, scurfy, scaled
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCALIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. "Spring forward" or "fall back" letters"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: DST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Electrical unit with a Greek letter symbol"

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 unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Simon Ohm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. London ___ (landmark observation wheel)"

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

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Beings not (yet) proven to exist"

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Thundering"

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: AROAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Trinity member"

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 male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, Word, boy
• The opposite would be: daughter, girl
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Exclamation point inside a yellow triangle, for one"

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: DANGERSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. "Only Murders in the Building" airer"

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: HULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Nobel laureate Wiesel"

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: ELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Longtime Jay Silverheels role"

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: TONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Ankh-carrying 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 egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
• Words that mean the same thing: Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. With 71- and 72-Across, commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: lie in, lie down, Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. See 70-Across"

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 located below or beneath something else
• Words that mean the same thing: below, nether
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. See 70-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: expletive, swearword, swearing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

January 11, 2023 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sharp punch	3
2D	2. "!" keymate	3
3D	3. Scramming	11
4D	4. Exchange	4
5D	5. ___ fly (baseball occurrence, informally)	3
6D	6. Org. promoting canine care	3
7D	7. Spleen	4
8D	8. "Enigma Variations" composer	5
9D	9. Lifted	6
10D	10. Be sore	4
11D	11. Pépin le Bref, par exemple	3
12D	12. Troublesome sort	3
13D	13. Muscles tightened by planking, in brief	3
14D	19. Skyline feature in farm country	4
15D	21. Greta Garbo, by birth	5
16D	23. Absorbed gradually	7
17D	24. Saffron-flavored dishes	7
18D	26. Horatian creation	3
19D	27. Big name in brushes	5
20D	29. Beauty pageant founded in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest	11
21D	30. One who doesn't have a prayer?	7
22D	31. Alternatives to street parking	7
23D	33. Negro leagues great Satchel	5
24D	34. Some spreads for toast, informally	5
25D	36. Hawaiian island shaped like an apostrophe	5
26D	38. Considering the fact that	5
27D	42. French setting for many van Gogh works	5
28D	45. It'll dawn on you	3
29D	47. Communal knowledge	4
30D	48. Up-start?	6
31D	52. Worker with a trowel	5
32D	55. A long, long time	4
33D	56. Food part that's usually not eaten	4
34D	58. Home of Denison University	4
35D	59. Tierra ___ Fuego	3
36D	60. Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)	3
37D	61. German "never"	3
38D	62. Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000	3
39D	63. Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed	3
40D	65. Buzzing … or, in a different sense, buzzed	3
41D	66. Do a wedding task, informally	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. Sharp punch"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: poking, poke, dig
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "!" keymate"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unmatchable, matchless, unmatched
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Scramming"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: GETTINGLOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Exchange"

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 equal exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: swop, barter, trade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ fly (baseball occurrence, informally)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enclosed space
• Words that mean the same thing: Sauk, sack, pouch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Org. promoting canine care"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an 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 7 Down: "7. Spleen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of intense anger
• Words that mean the same thing: madness, frenzy, ferocity
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FURY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Enigma Variations" composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that british composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Edward William Elgar
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELGAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Lifted"

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 take without the owner's consent
• Words that mean the same thing: slip, steal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Be sore"

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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: smart, hurt, suffer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Pépin le Bref, par exemple"

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 (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid
• Words that mean the same thing: return on invested capital, return on investment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Troublesome sort"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: pixie, gremlin, hob
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Muscles tightened by planking, 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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: Bachelor of Arts, Ab, ab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Skyline feature in farm country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Greta Garbo, by birth"

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 sweden
• Words that mean the same thing: Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage, rutabaga plant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Absorbed gradually"

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: OSMOSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Saffron-flavored dishes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: paella
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAELLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Horatian creation"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Big name in brushes"

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: ORALB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Beauty pageant founded in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: MISSTEENUSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. One who doesn't have a prayer?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who denies the existence of god
• Words that mean the same thing: atheistic, atheistical
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATHEIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Alternatives to street parking"

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: PAYLOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Negro leagues great Satchel"

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 baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)
• Words that mean the same thing: Satchel Paige, Leroy Robert Paige
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAIGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Some spreads for toast, informally"

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 spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• Words that mean the same thing: margarine, oleomargarine, oleo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Hawaiian island shaped like an apostrophe"

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 island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Words that mean the same thing: Lanai Island
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Considering the fact that"

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: SINCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. French setting for many van Gogh works"

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 money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
• Words that mean the same thing: earnest money
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. It'll dawn on you"

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 time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: Clarence Day, daytime, 24-hour interval
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Communal knowledge"

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 knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Words that mean the same thing: traditional knowledge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Up-start?"

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: SHORTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Worker with a trowel"

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 american revolutionary leader from virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the bill of rights (1725-1792)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, George Mason, stonemason
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. A long, long 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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: historic period, geezerhood, get on
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Food part that's usually not eaten"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. Home of Denison University"

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 midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
• Words that mean the same thing: Ohio River, Buckeye State, OH
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Tierra ___ Fuego"

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: DEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. German "never""

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: NIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000"

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: GTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed"

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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "65. Buzzing … or, in a different sense, buzzed"

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 humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: lighted, light up, illumine
• The opposite would be: extinguish, unlighted
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "66. Do a wedding task, informally"

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: USH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	56.2%
Short Answer	24	30.0%
Music	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
Geography	2	2.5%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
Sports	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 04, 2025 at 11:18 PM