September 04, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (38 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 04, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Wilt	3
2A	4. Midsize Nissan	6
3A	10. Dirty dog	3
4A	13. Elba, e.g., to Napoléon	3
5A	14. Hammed up	7
6A	15. Plastic ___ Band	3
7A	16. Org. whose members go on hikes?	3
8A	17. Ice cream flavor	7
9A	18. Costello of comedy	3
10A	19. Word before bag or bar	4
11A	21. Form of defamation	5
12A	22. Feeling no pain	4
13A	23. Made privy to, as a secret	7
14A	25. The point of mathematics?	7
15A	27. Tesla competitor	6
16A	28. Disorderly crowd	6
17A	29. ___ place	4
18A	30. Extinct relative of an ostrich	3
19A	33. Devious maneuver	4
20A	34. Ice cream flavor	9
21A	37. Shopping aid	4
22A	40. A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy	5
23A	41. Treat from a truck, maybe	4
24A	45. Virginal	6
25A	47. Had a conniption	6
26A	49. Makings of maple syrup	3
27A	50. AAA handout	7
28A	54. Bathroom item	3
29A	55. Ice cream flavor	9
30A	57. See 1-, 12- and 46-Down	5
31A	60. Mork's home planet on "Mork & Mindy"	3
32A	61. Heart line	5
33A	65. June birthstone	5
34A	66. Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card	3
35A	67. Render beyond repair	5
36A	68. F in music class?	5
37A	69. Introverted	3
38A	70. Shot-put or pole vault	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. Wilt"

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 shape that sags
• Words that mean the same thing: sag down, flag, swag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Midsize Nissan"

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: ALTIMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Dirty dog"

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 someone who is morally reprehensible
• Words that mean the same thing: hound, blackguard, heel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Elba, e.g., to Napoléon"

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: ILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Hammed up"

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 do something to an excessive degree
• Words that mean the same thing: exaggerate, overdo
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERDID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Plastic ___ Band"

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 united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Org. whose members go on hikes?"

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: NFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Ice cream flavor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous climbing plants of the genus vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: vanilla extract
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VANILLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Costello of comedy"

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: LOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Word before bag or bar"

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 mechanical device for gripping an object
• Words that mean the same thing: snatch, snap up, catch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Form of defamation"

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 false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIBEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Feeling no pain"

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 make numb or insensitive
• Words that mean the same thing: blunt, benumb, asleep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Made privy to, as a secret"

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: LETINON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. The point of mathematics?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
• Words that mean the same thing: denary, decimal fraction
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Tesla competitor"

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 united states inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the kinetoscope (1847-1931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Disorderly crowd"

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 disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: ragtag and bobtail, mob, ragtag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RABBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. ___ 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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: I, single, ace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "30. Extinct relative of an ostrich"

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 extinct flightless bird of 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: MOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Devious maneuver"

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 opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
• Words that mean the same thing: stratagem, gambit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Ice cream flavor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
• Words that mean the same thing: umber, cocoa, drinking chocolate
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHOCOLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Shopping aid"

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 heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: hale, haul, go-cart
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy"

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 contestant you hope to defeat
• Words that mean the same thing: contender, equal, competitor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIVAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Treat from a truck, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (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 24 Across: "45. Virginal"

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 morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
• The opposite would be: unchaste
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Had a conniption"

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: LOSTIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Makings of maple syrup"

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

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. AAA handout"

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: ROADMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Bathroom item"

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• Words that mean the same thing: tangle, lusterlessness, felt up
• The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Ice cream flavor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small tree of southern europe and asia minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera, pistachio nut
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PISTACHIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. See 1-, 12- and 46-Down"

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 quantity a scoop will hold
• Words that mean the same thing: exclusive, Georgia home boy, pocket
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Mork's home planet on "Mork & Mindy""

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: ORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Heart line"

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 large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. June birthstone"

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 smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
• Words that mean the same thing: off-white, bead, bone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card"

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: MTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Render beyond repair"

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, add up, aggregate
• The 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 36 Across: "68. F in music class?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an asset of special worth or utility
• Words that mean the same thing: strong point, loud, speciality
• The opposite would be: weak point, piano
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Introverted"

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 quick throw
• Words that mean the same thing: unsure, diffident, timid
• The opposite would be: confident
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Shot-put or pole vault"

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 something that happens at a given place and time
• Words that mean the same thing: effect, upshot, issue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENT

  Great job if you got it right!

September 04, 2019 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 14-Down	6
2D	2. Creamy pasta sauce	7
3D	3. Food that jiggles	7
4D	4. Frankie who co-starred in 1965's "Beach Blanket Bingo"	6
5D	5. Leader born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov	5
6D	6. Chi-town paper, with "the"	4
7D	7. Ran in place, in a way	5
8D	8. Big name in the beer aisle	6
9D	9. Inits. on toothpaste tubes	3
10D	10. Detective show whose premiere episode was directed by Steven Spielberg	7
11D	11. Deviation from the norm	7
12D	12. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 31-Down	6
13D	14. Yum! This won't last long, though!	2
14D	20. Cuts in half	7
15D	22. Corn kernels	7
16D	24. Have a bite	4
17D	26. Georg von Trapp's title in "The Sound of Music": Abbr.	4
18D	30. 1101, in old Rome	3
19D	31. I bet these flavors taste great together!	3
20D	32. "Go Set a Watchman" setting: Abbr.	3
21D	35. Crushed toppings for ice cream sundaes	5
22D	36. Name seen more than 20 times on Iran's flag	5
23D	37. IV units	3
24D	38. "So that's it!"	3
25D	39. Genre introduced to the Grammys in 1989	3
26D	42. Cash box, in brief	3
27D	43. Org. with a World Factbook	3
28D	44. Mel who hit 511 home runs	3
29D	46. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 56-Down	6
30D	48. Morphinelike drug	6
31D	51. Elementary units	5
32D	52. Sith Lord's title	5
33D	53. Adam who directed "Vice" and "The Big Short"	5
34D	55. Any ___ in a storm	4
35D	56. Wow! Look at the size of this thing!	4
36D	57. Beach bottle inits.	3
37D	58. Top of a corporate ladder, for short	3
38D	59. One under a coxswain's command	3
39D	62. GPS path: Abbr.	3
40D	63. Color akin to butterscotch	3
41D	64. ___-weekly (newspaper type)	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. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 14-Down"

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 base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
• Words that mean the same thing: I, individual, exclusive
• The opposite would be: common, double
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Creamy pasta sauce"

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: ALFREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Food that jiggles"

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 a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin
• Words that mean the same thing: gelatine, gel, jelly
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GELATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Frankie who co-starred in 1965's "Beach Blanket Bingo""

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: AVALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Leader born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"

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 russian founder of the bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the ussr (1870-1924)
• Words that mean the same thing: Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Nikolai Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Chi-town paper, with "the""

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: TRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Ran in place, in a way"

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 run disconnected or idle
• Words that mean the same thing: laze, slug, idle
• The opposite would be: work, run
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Big name in the beer aisle"

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 bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
• Words that mean the same thing: Henry Miller, Glenn Miller, Arthur Miller
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Inits. on toothpaste tubes"

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 10 Down: "10. Detective show whose premiere episode was directed by Steven Spielberg"

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 any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of california, oregon, and washington
• Words that mean the same thing: American gentian, American columbo, deer's-ear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLUMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Deviation from the norm"

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 deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
• Words that mean the same thing: unusual person, anomalousness
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANOMALY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 31-Down"

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 base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
• Words that mean the same thing: doubled, doubling, two-fold
• The opposite would be: single, multivalent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOUBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Yum! This won't last long, though!"

Quick Info: This answer has 2 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist group of protestants who oppose any political settlement with irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks catholic interests in northern ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: Orange Group
• The word looks like this: __
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Cuts in half"

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 cut in half or cut in two
• Words that mean the same thing: bisect
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BISECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Corn kernels"

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: NIBLETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Have a bite"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Georg von Trapp's title in "The Sound of Music": Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. 1101, in old Rome"

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: MCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. I bet these flavors taste great together!"

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: OOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. "Go Set a Watchman" setting: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "35. Crushed toppings for ice cream sundaes"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
• Words that mean the same thing: oreo, oreo cookie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Name seen more than 20 times on Iran's flag"

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

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. IV units"

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 metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
• Words that mean the same thing: mil, milliliter, cubic centimetre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. "So that's it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Genre introduced to the Grammys in 1989"

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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
• Words that mean the same thing: strike, hip-hop, whack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Cash box, 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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller, standard atmosphere, asynchronous transfer mode
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Org. with a World Factbook"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Mel who hit 511 home runs"

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: OTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. With 57-Across, ice cream order depicted at 56-Down"

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 base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
• Words that mean the same thing: triplet, three-base hit, triad
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Morphinelike drug"

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 narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Elementary units"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: corpuscle, atom, molecule
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Sith Lord's title"

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: DARTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Adam who directed "Vice" and "The Big Short""

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: MCKAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Any ___ in a storm"

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 place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
• Words that mean the same thing: porthole, port wine, interface
• The opposite would be: starboard
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Wow! Look at the size of this thing!"

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: OOOV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Beach bottle inits."

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 degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Top of a corporate ladder, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
• Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. One under a coxswain's command"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. GPS path: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Color akin to butterscotch"

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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Words that mean the same thing: suntan, topaz, sunburn
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. ___-weekly (newspaper type)"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, EL, altitude
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	55.7%
Short Answer	25	31.6%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Science/Technology	2	2.5%
Music	2	2.5%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	4.6 letters
Shortest Answer	2 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 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!

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 02:42 PM

June 28, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - June 28, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Sport of climbing mountains	8
2A	9. SAG-___ (broadcast workers' union)	5
3A	14. See 3-Down	8
4A	15. See 10-Down	6
5A	16. Providers of in-flight entertainment?	8
6A	17. Cold sauces	6
7A	18. Parlor decoration, for short	3
8A	19. Bit of braggadocio	5
9A	21. Target of CRISPR editing	4
10A	22. Fabric derived from wood pulp	5
11A	25. Former Mideast alliance, in brief	3
12A	27. Org. that looks into cases	3
13A	28. Display utter contempt for	6
14A	30. "You're So Vain" singer Carly	5
15A	32. With all one's heart	5
16A	33. Operative with access	9
17A	37. Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature	4
18A	38. See 30-Down	5
19A	39. Having a fermented quality	4
20A	40. Loses everything	9
21A	42. See 35-Down	5
22A	43. Saxophonist who pioneered modal jazz, to fans	5
23A	44. Fruity red	6
24A	45. Noted seashell seller?	3
25A	48. Ceremonial sash	3
26A	49. Rubbernecks	5
27A	50. Match point?	4
28A	52. Onetime boxy Toyota	5
29A	54. Asian peninsula: Abbr.	3
30A	57. Cell with pseudopods	6
31A	59. See 44-Down	8
32A	62. See 58-Down	6
33A	63. Currency zone whose members include Finland and Malta	8
34A	64. Struck, biblically	5
35A	65. Advice on a fashion blog	8

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. Sport of climbing mountains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that mountain climbing (not restricted to the alps)
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPINISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. SAG-___ (broadcast workers' union)"

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: AFTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. See 3-Down"

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: PEARTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. See 10-Down"

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 passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
• Words that mean the same thing: pharynx
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THROAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Providers of in-flight entertainment?"

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: AIRSHOWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cold sauces"

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 garlic mayonnaise
• Words that mean the same thing: garlic sauce, aioli, aioli sauce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIOLIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Parlor decoration, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: Thematic Apperception Test, intertwine, sleaze
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Bit of braggadocio"

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 speaking of yourself in superlatives
• Words that mean the same thing: shoot a line, jactitation, sport
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Target of CRISPR editing"

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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• Words that mean the same thing: cistron, factor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Fabric derived from wood pulp"

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

  The answer is: RAYON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Former Mideast alliance, 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: UAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Org. that looks into cases"

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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Display utter contempt for"

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: SPITAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. "You're So Vain" singer Carly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the twelve apostles (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Marvin Neil Simon, Herb Simon, Simon the Zealot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. With all one's heart"

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 an uncontrolled manner
• Words that mean the same thing: devilishly, frantically, dementedly
• The opposite would be: sanely
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Operative with access"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INSIDEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. See 30-Down"

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 narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
• Words that mean the same thing: weed, sess, smoke
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Having a fermented quality"

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 having the taste of wine
• Words that mean the same thing: winey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Loses everything"

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: GOESBROKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. See 35-Down"

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 underpants worn by women
• Words that mean the same thing: bloomers, trouser, puff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Saxophonist who pioneered modal jazz, to fans"

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: TRANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Fruity 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 red the color of ripe cherries
• Words that mean the same thing: carmine, ruddy, scarlet
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CERISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Noted seashell seller?"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Ceremonial sash"

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 (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 26 Across: "49. Rubbernecks"

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 an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: lubber, oaf, goon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAWKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Match point?"

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 any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
• Words that mean the same thing: taper
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Onetime boxy Toyota"

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

  The answer is: SCION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Asian peninsula: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
• Words that mean the same thing: homer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Cell with pseudopods"

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 naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
• Words that mean the same thing: ameba
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. See 44-Down"

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: COALMINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. See 58-Down"

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 hat tied under the chin
• Words that mean the same thing: cowling, cowl, hood
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BONNET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Currency zone whose members include Finland and Malta"

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: EUROAREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Struck, biblically"

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 inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
• Words that mean the same thing: afflict, smite
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Advice on a fashion blog"

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: STYLETIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 28, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Pit-___	4
2D	2. Organa who's also a Skywalker	4
3D	3. With 14-Across, first (and last) gift of a seasonal song	9
4D	4. Part of a return address?	3
5D	5. To the ___ power	3
6D	6. Classic collection from the magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction	6
7D	7. Attach, as a button	5
8D	8. Feature of the Painted Desert	4
9D	9. Yellowfin tuna	3
10D	10. With 15-Across, cause of some hoarseness	4
11D	11. Flat sign, maybe	5
12D	12. Comes down	5
13D	13. Completely disoriented	5
14D	15. Straw mats	7
15D	20. From Lausanne, par exemple	6
16D	23. Finally	6
17D	24. "Woo-hoo!"	3
18D	26. Apt name for an angler	3
19D	28. Air quality concern	4
20D	29. ___ Alto	4
21D	30. With 38-Across, hidden traitor	5
22D	31. Largest city in New Jersey	6
23D	33. Like a free ride when you've already paid, per a 1996 hit	6
24D	34. Little attire	9
25D	35. With 42-Across, source of restless anticipation	4
26D	36. Wall St. landmark	4
27D	38. Tries to get hold of	7
28D	41. "Dude"	3
29D	42. Seating on Sunday	3
30D	44. With 59-Across, harbinger of danger	6
31D	45. Cleans, as a deck	5
32D	46. Stereotypical shout-out on a jumbotron	5
33D	47. Prefix meaning budget-friendly	5
34D	49. Recede	5
35D	51. Superman, most of the time	4
36D	53. Clinches	4
37D	55. R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love"	4
38D	56. Bring in the sheaves, say	4
39D	58. With 62-Across, persistent little obsession	3
40D	60. Reaction to a funny GIF	3
41D	61. Endeavour astronaut Jemison	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. Pit-___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Organa who's also a Skywalker"

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: LEIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. With 14-Across, first (and last) gift of a seasonal song"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flesh of either quail or grouse
• Words that mean the same thing: ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, tinamou
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTRIDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Part of a return address?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Words that mean the same thing: Internal Revenue Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. To the ___ power"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Classic collection from the magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IROBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Attach, as a button"

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: SEWON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Feature of the Painted Desert"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Yellowfin tuna"

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: AHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. With 15-Across, cause of some hoarseness"

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 any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Words that mean the same thing: anuran, toad frog, Gaul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FROG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Flat sign, maybe"

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: TOLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Comes down"

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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: rain, rain down, rainfall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Completely disoriented"

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: ATSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Straw mats"

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: TATAMIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. From Lausanne, par exemple"

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 landlocked federal republic in central europe
• Words that mean the same thing: Swiss Confederation, Svizzera, Schweiz
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUISSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Finally"

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: ATLAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. "Woo-hoo!""

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

  The answer is: YAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Apt name for an angler"

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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: retinal rod, rod cell, gat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Air quality concern"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. ___ Alto"

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: PALO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. With 38-Across, hidden traitor"

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 limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
• Words that mean the same thing: snake in the grass, Hydra, ophidian
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Largest city in New Jersey"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the largest city in new jersey; located in northeastern new jersey
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Like a free ride when you've already paid, per a 1996 hit"

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 humorously sarcastic or mocking
• Words that mean the same thing: dry, wry, ironical
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Little attire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very short skirt
• Words that mean the same thing: mini
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINISKIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. With 42-Across, source of restless anticipation"

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

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Wall St. landmark"

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 stock exchange in new york
• Words that mean the same thing: big board, New York Stock Exchange, N. Y. Stock Exchange
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NYSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Tries to get hold of"

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: GRABSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. "Dude""

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Seating on Sunday"

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

  The answer is: PEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. With 59-Across, harbinger of danger"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
• Words that mean the same thing: snitch, snitcher, canary bird
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Cleans, as a deck"

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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
• Words that mean the same thing: dab, swab, mop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Stereotypical shout-out on a jumbotron"

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: HIMOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Prefix meaning budget-friendly"

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: ECONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Recede"

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: GOOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Superman, most of the 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 county in southeastern england on the english channel; formerly an anglo-saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the romans
• Words that mean the same thing: Rockwell Kent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Clinches"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: frappe, chalk, glass
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love""

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: ONEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Bring in the sheaves, say"

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 gather, as of natural products
• Words that mean the same thing: harvest, glean, draw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. With 62-Across, persistent little obsession"

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 numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Reaction to a funny GIF"

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: LOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Endeavour astronaut Jemison"

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: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	14	18.4%
Geography	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 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 Wednesday, 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 01, 2025 at 01:30 PM