December 14, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Monday, December 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

December 14, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Swedish group that once comprised two married couples	4
2A	5. With skill	4
3A	9. Opening to be filled	3
4A	12. Sagan who hosted TV's "Cosmos"	4
5A	13. Like calamari ... or overloaded circuitry	5
6A	15. Catches, as a crook	4
7A	16. Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum	4
8A	17. Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize	5
9A	18. "The Little Rascals" assent	4
10A	19. Model/TV host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers	14
11A	22. Envision	3
12A	23. Top card	3
13A	24. Skeeves (out)	6
14A	26. Spirited horse	5
15A	28. "Grey's Anatomy" actress	8
16A	30. Snitch (on)	3
17A	32. Rink surface	3
18A	33. It has a double helix	3
19A	34. "Full Frontal" host	11
20A	38. Dem.'s counterpart	3
21A	40. Prefix with -phyte or -lithic	3
22A	41. Down Under hopper, informally	3
23A	42. North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole	8
24A	45. Kind of tea from India	5
25A	49. Highly decorative	6
26A	50. Parts of the body that are "crunched"	3
27A	52. Blue, e.g. ... or a rhyme for "blue"	3
28A	53. Female scholars ... or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across	14
29A	57. Cher or Adele	4
30A	58. Storehouse of valuables	5
31A	59. "Pick me, pick me!"	4
32A	60. Like, for-EV-er	4
33A	61. See 64-Across	5
34A	62. ___ mortals	4
35A	63. Fashion monogram	3
36A	64. With 61-Across, like some typefaces	4
37A	65. Small wire nail	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. Swedish group that once comprised two married couples"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. With skill"

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 with competence; in a competent capable manner
• Words that mean the same thing: competently, capably, aptly
• The opposite would be: incompetently
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Opening to be filled"

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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Words that mean the same thing: break, disruption, breach
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Sagan who hosted TV's "Cosmos""

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: CARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Like calamari ... or overloaded circuitry"

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 be excessively hot
• Words that mean the same thing: electrocute, deep-fried, fry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Catches, as a crook"

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 tag the base runner to get him out
• Words that mean the same thing: collar, cop, nail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum"

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 a slight indication
• Words that mean the same thing: cue, hint, clew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize"

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: LAMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. "The Little Rascals" assent"

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: OTAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Model/TV host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELLEMACPHERSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Envision"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: fancy, run across, examine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Top card"

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: breeze through, angiotensin converting enzyme, whiz
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Skeeves (out)"

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 fate personified; any one of the three weird sisters
• Words that mean the same thing: Weird, Wyrd
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEIRDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Spirited horse"

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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. "Grey's Anatomy" actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SANDRAOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Snitch (on)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: dirty dog, fink, grass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Rink surface"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: sparkler, ice rink, 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: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. It has a double helix"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. "Full Frontal" host"

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: SAMANTHABEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Dem.'s counterpart"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Prefix with -phyte or -lithic"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Down Under hopper, 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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole"

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: KAYHAGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Kind of tea from India"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that state in northeastern india
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Highly decorative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -john milton
• Words that mean the same thing: flowery
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORNATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Parts of the body that are "crunched""

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: Ab, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, BA
• The 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 27 Across: "52. Blue, e.g. ... or a rhyme for "blue""

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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: chromaticity, imbue
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Female scholars ... or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WOMENOFLETTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Cher or Adele"

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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
• Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Storehouse of valuables"

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 treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
• Words that mean the same thing: treasure trove
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. "Pick me, pick me!""

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: OHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Like, for-EV-er"

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: age, geezerhood, years
• 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 Across: "61. See 64-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 a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
• Words that mean the same thing: seriph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. ___ mortals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Fashion monogram"

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: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. With 61-Across, like some typefaces"

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: SANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Small wire nail"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

December 14, 2020 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Means of entering	6
2D	2. "Swan Lake," for one	6
3D	3. Crème ___ (dessert)	6
4D	4. Downwind, at sea	4
5D	5. Company with a spokesduck	5
6D	6. Aid for a twisted knee or ankle	5
7D	7. Result of a twisted ankle	4
8D	8. Opposite of nah	4
9D	9. Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo	8
10D	10. Leave in the lurch	7
11D	11. "Gangnam Style" rapper	3
12D	14. Got close	8
13D	15. Negative reply to a general	5
14D	20. ___ President	5
15D	21. G.O.P. color on an election map	3
16D	25. ___ Na Na	3
17D	27. 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief	3
18D	28. Not publish yet, as a scoop	5
19D	29. German's "Alas!"	3
20D	31. Completely different lines of thought	8
21D	34. Typical John le Carré work	8
22D	35. Unionized teachers' grp.	3
23D	36. Brag	5
24D	37. Greek goddess of the dawn	3
25D	38. Studio behind "It's a Wonderful Life"	3
26D	39. Pincered insects	7
27D	43. Gaza Strip governing group	5
28D	44. Devoured	3
29D	46. Common pronoun pairing	6
30D	47. Roman goddess of the dawn	6
31D	48. Intertwined	6
32D	50. Choreographer Ailey	5
33D	51. Fortifies, with "up"	5
34D	54. Metal deposits	4
35D	55. Places to hold discussions	4
36D	56. Dead zone?	4
37D	57. Temp's work unit	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. Means of entering"

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 right to enter
• Words that mean the same thing: access code, get at, approach
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Swan Lake," for one"

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 theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
• Words that mean the same thing: concert dance
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BALLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Crème ___ (dessert)"

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: BRULEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Downwind, at sea"

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

  The answer is: ALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Company with a spokesduck"

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: AFLAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Aid for a twisted knee or ankle"

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

  The answer is: BRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Result of a twisted ankle"

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 uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Words that mean the same thing: hobble, wilted, gimp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Opposite of nah"

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: GATORADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Leave in the lurch"

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 the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
• Words that mean the same thing: vacate, forsake, give up
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABANDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Gangnam Style" rapper"

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: PSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Got close"

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: DREWNEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Negative reply to a general"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: NOSIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. ___ President"

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 woman of refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: ma'am, brothel keeper, dame
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. G.O.P. color on an election map"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: cherry, bolshie, redness
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. ___ Na Na"

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: SHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Not publish yet, as a scoop"

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: SITON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. German's "Alas!""

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: ACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Completely different lines of thought"

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 a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
• Words that mean the same thing: tan, tangent
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANGENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Typical John le Carré work"

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: SPYNOVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Unionized teachers' grp."

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: NEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Brag"

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 speaking of yourself in superlatives
• Words that mean the same thing: blow, shoot a line, gasconade
• The 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 24 Down: "37. Greek goddess of the dawn"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Studio behind "It's a Wonderful Life""

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: RKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Pincered insects"

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 insects of the order dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
• Words that mean the same thing: earwig
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARWIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Gaza Strip governing group"

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 militant islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an islamic state in place of israel; is opposed to the plo and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in israel; pioneered suicide bombing
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Resistance Movement
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Devoured"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: eat on, deplete, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Common pronoun pairing"

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: SHEHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Roman goddess of the dawn"

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 the first light of day
• Words that mean the same thing: sunrise, morning, sunup
• The opposite would be: sunset
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Intertwined"

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 holy city of shiite muslims; located in northeastern iran
• Words that mean the same thing: lock, enmesh, engage
• The opposite would be: disengage
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Choreographer Ailey"

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: ALVIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Fortifies, with "up""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cattle that are reared for their meat
• Words that mean the same thing: beef, grouse, bellyache
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEEFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Metal deposits"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• Words that mean the same thing: ore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Places to hold discussions"

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 public meeting or assembly for open discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: meeting place, forum, assembly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Dead zone?"

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 place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• Words that mean the same thing: grave
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Temp's work unit"

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 time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: Clarence Day, twenty-four hour period, daylight
• 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	62.2%
Short Answer	21	28.4%
Sports	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

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November 18, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

November 18, 2023 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Modern meeting organizer	8
2A	9. Opens up, in a way	6
3A	15. Radicchio relative	8
4A	16. Common bit of knitwear	6
5A	17. Kitchen item for preparing cookies or pizza	8
6A	18. Keep	6
7A	19. Shade named for a bird	4
8A	20. Recipe part	4
9A	22. Certain descriptor after a signature nowadays	5
10A	23. Elder Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones"	5
11A	25. Try	4
12A	27. ___ Institute, home of the Carl Sagan Center	4
13A	28. Brown-y points, for short?	3
14A	30. Start on a draft, say	3
15A	32. Drove	3
16A	33. Feast for "holiday orphans"	13
17A	37. Writer with good taste?	13
18A	38. One way to stress something that's important	13
19A	39. Caribbean spirit	3
20A	40. Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna	3
21A	41. Apple core, for short	3
22A	42. Athlete's affliction also called "twisties" in gymnastics, with "the"	4
23A	44. Musical intermission?	4
24A	47. Leaves for lunch, maybe	5
25A	51. Walks and runs, e.g.	5
26A	53. Makeup of some wet bars	4
27A	55. It may be buried	4
28A	56. On now	6
29A	58. Arcade fixture with miniature toys and candy as prizes	8
30A	60. Proceed with gusto	6
31A	61. "Did you enjoy yourself?"	8
32A	62. Sessions of congress?	6
33A	63. Flashes of understanding	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. Modern meeting organizer"

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: ZOOMHOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Opens up, in a way"

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 the organic process of bearing flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: prime, heyday, flower
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Radicchio relative"

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 variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
• Words that mean the same thing: chicory escarole, endive
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESCAROLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Common bit of knitwear"

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 small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
• Words that mean the same thing: beany
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEANIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Kitchen item for preparing cookies or pizza"

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: SHEETPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Keep"

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 large and stately mansion
• Words that mean the same thing: castling, rook, palace
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CASTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Shade named for a bird"

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 blue-green color or pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: cyan, blue-green, bluish green
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Recipe part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-use, gradation, tread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Certain descriptor after a signature nowadays"

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: HEHIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Elder Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones""

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: SANSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Try"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: prod, jab, knife thrust
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. ___ Institute, home of the Carl Sagan 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: SETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Brown-y points, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Start on a draft, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Drove"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: play, hunt, fly the coop
• The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Feast for "holiday orphans""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FRIENDSGIVING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Writer with good taste?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: FOODCOLUMNIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. One way to stress something that's important"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DRAMATICPAUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Caribbean spirit"

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 liquor distilled from fermented molasses
• Words that mean the same thing: peculiar, queer, odd
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: sol, so, soh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Apple core, 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 (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
• Words that mean the same thing: mainframe, processor, C.P.U.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Athlete's affliction also called "twisties" in gymnastics, with "the""

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 nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
• Words that mean the same thing: yelping, yelp, yap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Musical intermission?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Leaves for lunch, maybe"

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 food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Walks and runs, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Makeup of some wet 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 a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
• Words that mean the same thing: liquid ecstasy, max, Georgia home boy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. It may be buried"

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 introductory section of a story
• Words that mean the same thing: lead-in, lead
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. On now"

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 opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
• Words that mean the same thing: ventilate, broadcast, transmit
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Arcade fixture with miniature toys and candy as prizes"

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: CLAWGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Proceed with gusto"

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: LETRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. "Did you enjoy yourself?""

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: HOWWASIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Sessions of congress?"

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 date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
• Words that mean the same thing: tryst, rendezvous, assignation
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRYSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Flashes of understanding"

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 clear or deep perception of a situation
• Words that mean the same thing: insight, brainstorm, brainwave
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSIGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

November 18, 2023 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Kitchen shavings	5
2D	2. ___ Jackson Jr., actor who portrayed his father in "Straight Outta Compton"	5
3D	3. Charybdis' milieu	5
4D	4. Charybdis, for one	9
5D	5. Treatment for someone in transition, in brief	3
6D	6. "My bad!"	4
7D	7. Mattress support	5
8D	8. Something held in church	5
9D	9. Channel established under a royal charter	3
10D	10. Genesis woman	4
11D	11. Retreats in the sand	5
12D	12. Up and coming	9
13D	13. One decidedly not laissez-faire	8
14D	14. Supposed	7
15D	21. Turn down	6
16D	24. Brand with three stripes	6
17D	26. Burger burgled by the Hamburglar	6
18D	29. Slice of pie, mathematically	6
19D	31. Contents of some old calendars	6
20D	33. Festivity with mountains of bubbles	9
21D	34. Bangs, e.g.	6
22D	35. Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for short	3
23D	36. Photo of someone holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, say	9
24D	37. Like a daiquiri vis-à-vis a shot of whiskey, say	8
25D	38. Curing technique	7
26D	43. Moves around	5
27D	45. 2014 Winter Olympics locale	5
28D	46. Sharp point on a kite	5
29D	48. One might attach to a toddler's backpack	5
30D	49. Receive	5
31D	50. The 411	5
32D	52. Apt rhyme for "fit"	4
33D	54. Print sources, maybe	4
34D	57. E.T.A. provider	3
35D	59. Setting for the film "1917," familiarly	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. Kitchen shavings"

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 vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
• Words that mean the same thing: piquancy, tanginess, zest
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ Jackson Jr., actor who portrayed his father in "Straight Outta Compton""

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: OSHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Charybdis' milieu"

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 large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: sea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Charybdis, for one"

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 powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
• Words that mean the same thing: vortex, whirlpool
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAELSTROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Treatment for someone in transition, 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 hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
• Words that mean the same thing: hormone-replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "My bad!""

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: OOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Mattress support"

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 thin strip (wood or metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: spline, slat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Something held in church"

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 religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• Words that mean the same thing: dogma
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Channel established under a royal charter"

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: BBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Genesis woman"

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: LEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Retreats in the sand"

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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: oasis, haven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Up and coming"

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: ONTHERISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. One decidedly not laissez-faire"

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 a militant reformer
• Words that mean the same thing: warring, war-ridden, warlike
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILITANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Supposed"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: look, ostensible, appear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Turn down"

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: PASSUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Brand with three stripes"

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: ADIDAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Burger burgled by the Hamburglar"

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: BIGMAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Slice of pie, mathematically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
• Words that mean the same thing: sphere
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SECTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Contents of some old calendars"

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: PINUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Festivity with mountains of bubbles"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FOAMPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Bangs, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
• Words that mean the same thing: stochasticity, dissonance, randomness
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOISES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Gamer's post-purchase add-ons, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Photo of someone holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VISUALGAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Like a daiquiri vis-à-vis a shot of whiskey, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: daft, whacky, barmy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRUITIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Curing technique"

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: DRYSALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Moves around"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
• Words that mean the same thing: shake up, budge, splash
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. 2014 Winter Olympics locale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOCHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Sharp point on a kite"

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 sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. One might attach to a toddler's backpack"

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 restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: triad, ternary, tercet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Receive"

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 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
• Words that mean the same thing: accept, allow, take on
• The opposite would be: deny, exclude
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. The 411"

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: DEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Apt rhyme for "fit""

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

  The answer is: SNIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Print sources, 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 a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
• Words that mean the same thing: manus, paw, mitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. E.T.A. provider"

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 navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Setting for the film "1917," familiarly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WWI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	72.1%
Short Answer	5	7.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Music	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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 Saturday, 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: August 29, 2025 at 01:29 PM