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January 19, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Friday, January 19, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 19, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Brazilian Indians"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
  • Similar words include: Gaia, germanium, Ge
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GES

2A: "4. ___ Clark, U.S. Atty. Gen.: 1967-69"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAMSEY

3A: "10. Betty White's role in "Golden Girls""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
  • Similar words include: rosiness, uprise, come up
  • Opposite of: go to bed, turn in
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROSE

4A: "14. Dos Passos trilogy"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  • Similar words include: America, Army, U.S.A.
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USA

5A: "15. Practical, as a gadget"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that capable of being put to use
  • Similar words include: operable, available, functional
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: USABLE

6A: "16. Place for your dough"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OVEN

7A: "17. Very pale"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASWHITEASASHEET

8A: "20. Two Gentlemen's milieu"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a city in veneto on the river adige
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: VERONA

9A: "21. Prefix with lace or lock"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that place in a grave or tomb
  • Similar words include: bury, lay to rest, inhume
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INTER

10A: "22. Old Testament character: Gen. 14:13"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
  • Similar words include: ane, i, 1
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANER

11A: "23. Cubbyhole"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of abeyance or suspended business
  • Similar words include: break up, corner, inlet
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RECESS

12A: "26. Choose a new club member"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound made by a gentle blow
  • Similar words include: spigot, knock, strike
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAP

13A: "29. Jampan"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
  • Similar words include: saloon, sedan chair
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEDAN

14A: "31. Letters on a chasuble"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IHS

15A: "32. Whimper"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cry weakly or softly
  • Similar words include: mewl, whimper, wail
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PULE

16A: "33. Tropical fish"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TETRA

17A: "35. What Stephen King evokes"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that intense and profound fear
  • Similar words include: revulsion, repugnance, repulsion
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HORROR

18A: "37. Phrase from "Keep the Home Fires Burning""

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASILVERLINING

19A: "40. African antelope"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that african antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
  • Similar words include: Aepyceros melampus
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMPALA

20A: "41. Ingredients for rickeys"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • Similar words include: lime, slaked lime, burnt lime
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIMES

21A: "42. Rip of the films"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that separate or cause to separate abruptly
  • Similar words include: snap, buck, displume
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TORN

22A: "43. Lemon-meringue dessert"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  • Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PIE

23A: "44. Celery unit"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • Similar words include: chaff, husk, stubble
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STALK

24A: "48. ___ Lanka"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SRI

25A: "49. Optic membrane"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
  • Similar words include: sclerotic coat
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SCLERA

26A: "52. ___ fixe (obsession)"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDEE

27A: "53. Early Mexican Indian"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NAHUA

28A: "55. The Promised Land"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an ancient country in southwestern asia on the east coast of the mediterranean sea; a place of pilgrimage for christianity and islam and judaism
  • Similar words include: Holy Land, Promised Land, Palestine
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CANAAN

29A: "57. Have jealous or covetous feelings"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEGREENWITHENVY

30A: "61. Locale"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Similar words include: orbit, domain, sphere
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AREA

31A: "62. Dermal decoration"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TATTOO

32A: "63. Corp. boss"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of 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)
  • Similar words include: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CEO

33A: "64. Attire"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  • Similar words include: enclothe, attire, apparel
  • Opposite of: undress
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GARB

34A: "65. Solar-system model"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORRERY

35A: "66. White-tailed predator"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of europe and greenland
  • Similar words include: erne, gray sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERN

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1D: "1. Tropical fruits for jellies"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
  • Similar words include: Psidium littorale, yellow cattley guava, guava
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GUAVAS

2D: "2. Early ascetic"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of an ascetic jewish sect around the time of jesus
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESSENE

3D: "3. Was most irate"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAWRED

4D: "4. Bankrupt"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  • Similar words include: dilapidation, wrecking, ruining
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUIN

5D: "5. "Hitch your wagon to ___": Emerson"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASTAR

6D: "6. Ginnie or Sallie chaser"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MAE

7D: "7. Famed suffragette's monogram"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an independent agency of the united states government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts
  • Similar words include: Small Business Administration
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SBA

8D: "8. Dinsmore, Janis and De Wolfe"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSIES

9D: "9. Brings forth a lamb"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YEANS

10D: "10. Architect Mies van der ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROHE

11D: "11. Execute a coup"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of upsetting something
  • Similar words include: reverse, vacate, bowl over
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OVERTURN

12D: "12. Bishop's authority"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Similar words include: realize, attend, project
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEE

13D: "13. Tolkien creature"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENT

14D: "18. Kind of ode"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HORATIAN

15D: "19. Rdwys."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STS

16D: "24. Emerald Isle, to a Gael"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
  • Similar words include: Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Ireland
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EIRE

17D: "25. Brown or McCarthy"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHARLIE

18D: "27. Easy as falling off ___"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALOG

19D: "28. Part of r.p.m."

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PER

20D: "30. Little Dickens heroine"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NELL

21D: "32. Unsullied"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that completely free from dirt or contamination
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRISTINE

22D: "34. Dam syst."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TVA

23D: "35. Play by e. e. cummings"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HIM

24D: "36. First numbers"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • Similar words include: I, 1, unity
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONES

25D: "37. Love, in Lugo"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
  • Similar words include: Cupid
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMOR

26D: "38. Spaniel type"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
  • Similar words include: springer spaniel, impost, springing cow
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPRINGER

27D: "39. Reclining one"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that being one more than fifty
  • Similar words include: fifty-one, li, 51
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIER

28D: "40. "___ a deal!""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
  • Similar words include: information technology, IT
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITS

29D: "43. Flat; level"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that involving two dimensions
  • Similar words include: two-dimensional
  • Opposite of: cubic
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PLANAR

30D: "45. "Ten Cents ___," 1930 song"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADANCE

31D: "46. Person taking off"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who leaves
  • Similar words include: goer, departer
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEAVER

32D: "47. Gambler, Ohio, campus"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KENYON

33D: "49. Haggard classic"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SHE

34D: "50. "Were it my ___ fight ... ": Shak."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CUETO

35D: "51. Thespian"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a theatrical performer
  • Similar words include: doer, thespian, worker
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACTOR

36D: "54. Yemeni, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
  • Similar words include: Arabian
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARAB

37D: "56. Sailor's greeting"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AHOY

38D: "57. Diamond base"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a flexible container with a single opening
  • Similar words include: traveling bag, bulge, pocket
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAG

39D: "58. Feminists' goal"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: epoch, geological era, earned run average
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERA

40D: "59. H2O"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WTR

41D: "60. Suffix with Jersey"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITE

Puzzle Stats

35 Across
41 Down
76 Total

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Down November 02, 2025: All 65 Vertical Answers & Strategic Tips

NYT Down Crossword November 02, 2025 - Master All 65 Top-to-Bottom Clues

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 65 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Down Clues

NYT Down clues solutions for November 02, 2025
NYT Down Clues - Sunday, November 02, 2025
Down Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date November 02, 2025
Day of Week Sunday
Total Down Clues 65 clues
Direction Vertical (Top to Bottom)
Difficulty Medium

All Down Clues - Complete List

Here are all 65 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.

Complete Down Clues List
Number Clue
1 Down 1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)
2 Down 2. Fizzle (out)
3 Down 3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024
4 Down 4. PINpoints?
5 Down 5. Lead-in to state or Star
6 Down 6. Typically red-coated toy figurines
7 Down 7. Official proclamations
8 Down 8. Try to produce better offspring from
9 Down 9. Bursts
10 Down 10. Feels for
11 Down 11. Sport with crampons and carabiners
12 Down 12. Document that promises secrecy, for short
13 Down 13. Like the climate in Antarctica
14 Down 14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say
15 Down 15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.
16 Down 16. Villain
17 Down 18. "No doubt about it!"
18 Down 19. Inscribed
19 Down 21. Mythical creature with scales
20 Down 22. Lost one's temper
21 Down 25. Like some donations that anyone can accept
22 Down 28. Pride celebration
23 Down 29. "That much is obvious"
24 Down 31. Child who refuses to put things away?
25 Down 32. Flag thrower
26 Down 33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score
27 Down 36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.
28 Down 37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist
29 Down 38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria
30 Down 39. Perspectives
31 Down 41. More difficult to eat, as fish
32 Down 42. Tandoors, e.g.
33 Down 43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator
34 Down 44. Garden pest
35 Down 45. Butterfly, e.g.
36 Down 46. Cheeky flirts
37 Down 47. Sufferer healed by Jesus
38 Down 49. Unit circle ratios
39 Down 50. Like some soils high in organic matter
40 Down 53. Small protestation
41 Down 56. Sociologist's concern
42 Down 58. Eccentric
43 Down 60. Update the equipment in
44 Down 62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front
45 Down 64. Erasure
46 Down 66. Person idolized by a niche audience
47 Down 68. Physics Nobelist Feynman
48 Down 69. Covert mission, familiarly
49 Down 70. Be partial to
50 Down 71. Shell competitor
51 Down 72. Daikin Park team
52 Down 74. Gregorian ___
53 Down 75. Aware of
54 Down 76. We, in Portuguese
55 Down 77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound
56 Down 78. Teatro alla Scala solos
57 Down 79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"
58 Down 80. Support for the tree pose in yoga
59 Down 81. Strategy against fickle weather
60 Down 83. One more than 5-Down
61 Down 85. Unacceptable
62 Down 87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"
63 Down 89. Hallowed
64 Down 91. Nittany Lions' sch.
65 Down 93. Big ___

Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues

Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Down clue. Also check these helpful guides:

Complete Down Solutions:

1 Down: "1. Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S___E
  • Similar words: point, phase
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any distinct time period in a sequence of events
  • This is Down clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer STAGE

2 Down: "2. Fizzle (out)"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P___R
  • Similar words: cock, prick
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PETER

3 Down: "3. Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LSATS

4 Down: "4. PINpoints?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A__S
  • Similar words: ATM, cash dispenser
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ATMS

5 Down: "5. Lead-in to state or Star"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'I'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TRI

6 Down: "6. Typically red-coated toy figurines"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: T_________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TINSOLDIERS

7 Down: "7. Official proclamations"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: E____S
  • Similar words: edict, decree
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a formal or authoritative proclamation
  • This is Down clue number 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer EDICTS

8 Down: "8. Try to produce better offspring from"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: R____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer REMATE

9 Down: "9. Bursts"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: spate, mountain
  • Opposite of: boo
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • This is Down clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SPATES

10 Down: "10. Feels for"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P____S
  • Similar words: feel for, ruth
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PITIES

11 Down: "11. Sport with crampons and carabiners"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: I_________G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ICECLIMBING

12 Down: "12. Document that promises secrecy, for short"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'A'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer NDA

13 Down: "13. Like the climate in Antarctica"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A__D
  • Similar words: waterless, desiccated
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  • This is Down clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ARID

14 Down: "14. Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, say"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'W' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: W___S
  • Similar words: chock up, Virginia Wade
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer WADES

15 Down: "15. Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: E___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer EMEET

16 Down: "16. Villain"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: B___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer BADDY

17 Down: "18. "No doubt about it!""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SUREIS

18 Down: "19. Inscribed"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: E____D
  • Similar words: incised, inscribed
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: make an etching of
  • This is Down clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ETCHED

19 Down: "21. Mythical creature with scales"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: M____N
  • Similar words: Ethel Merman
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MERMAN

20 Down: "22. Lost one's temper"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: S____D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SAWRED

21 Down: "25. Like some donations that anyone can accept"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: T___O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TYPEO

22 Down: "28. Pride celebration"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: P____E
  • Similar words: promenade, troop
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a ceremonial procession including people marching
  • This is Down clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PARADE

23 Down: "29. "That much is obvious""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SOISEE

24 Down: "31. Child who refuses to put things away?"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: F________R
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer FUSSYEATER

25 Down: "32. Flag thrower"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: N________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer NFLREFEREE

26 Down: "33. Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 score"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: C______I
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer COMANECI

27 Down: "36. Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'F' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: F______S
  • Similar words: feedlot
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a building where livestock are fattened for market
  • This is Down clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer FEEDLOTS

28 Down: "37. TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivist"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: M_____T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MRROBOT

29 Down: "38. Absurdist philosopher born in Algeria"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: C___S
  • Similar words: Albert Camus
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer CAMUS

30 Down: "39. Perspectives"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S____S
  • Similar words: pitch, slant
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a biased way of looking at or presenting something
  • This is Down clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SLANTS

31 Down: "41. More difficult to eat, as fish"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: B____R
  • Similar words: osseous, emaciated
  • Opposite of: boneless
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • This is Down clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer BONIER

32 Down: "42. Tandoors, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: O___S
  • Similar words: oven
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
  • This is Down clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer OVENS

33 Down: "43. Lucy ___, African American slave narrator"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: D_____Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DELANEY

34 Down: "44. Garden pest"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: A___D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any of various small plant-sucking insects
  • This is Down clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer APHID

35 Down: "45. Butterfly, e.g."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: S____E
  • Similar words: shot, fortuity
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer STROKE

36 Down: "46. Cheeky flirts"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M____S
  • Similar words: minx, flirt
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
  • This is Down clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MINXES

37 Down: "47. Sufferer healed by Jesus"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: L___R
  • Similar words: lazar
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a person afflicted with leprosy
  • This is Down clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LEPER

38 Down: "49. Unit circle ratios"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S___S
  • Similar words: transgress, sine
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 38

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SINES

39 Down: "50. Like some soils high in organic matter"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: P___Y
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
  • This is Down clue number 39

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PEATY

40 Down: "53. Small protestation"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: P__P
  • Similar words: chirrup, cheep
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the short weak cry of a young bird
  • This is Down clue number 40

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PEEP

41 Down: "56. Sociologist's concern"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M___S
  • Similar words: Thomas More, More
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 41

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer MORES

42 Down: "58. Eccentric"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: B___Y
  • Similar words: loopy, buggy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  • This is Down clue number 42

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer BATTY

43 Down: "60. Update the equipment in"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: R___T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
  • This is Down clue number 43

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer REFIT

44 Down: "62. Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the front"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L___S
  • Similar words: lute, luting
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 44

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LUTES

45 Down: "64. Erasure"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: D______N
  • Similar words: cut, excision
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 45

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer DELETION

46 Down: "66. Person idolized by a niche audience"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 8 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: C______O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 46

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer CULTHERO

47 Down: "68. Physics Nobelist Feynman"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: R_____D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 47

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer RICHARD

48 Down: "69. Covert mission, familiarly"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: B_____P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 48

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer BLACKOP

49 Down: "70. Be partial to"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: P____R
  • Similar words: favour, choose
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: like better; value more highly
  • This is Down clue number 49

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PREFER

50 Down: "71. Shell competitor"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: S____O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 50

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer SUNOCO

51 Down: "72. Daikin Park team"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A____S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 51

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ASTROS

52 Down: "74. Gregorian ___"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C___T
  • Similar words: intonate, tone
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 52

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer CHANT

53 Down: "75. Aware of"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: O__O
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 53

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ONTO

54 Down: "76. We, in Portuguese"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Similar words: No, no
  • Opposite of: yes
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a negative
  • This is Down clue number 54

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer NOS

55 Down: "77. Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewound"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: V__S
  • Similar words: VCR
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 55

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer VCRS

56 Down: "78. Teatro alla Scala solos"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A___S
  • Similar words: aria
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an elaborate song for solo voice
  • This is Down clue number 56

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ARIAS

57 Down: "79. Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: L____E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 57

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LAOTSE

58 Down: "80. Support for the tree pose in yoga"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'G'
  • Word pattern: O____G
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 58

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer ONELEG

59 Down: "81. Strategy against fickle weather"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: L____S
  • Similar words: bed, level
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
  • This is Down clue number 59

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer LAYERS

60 Down: "83. One more than 5-Down"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: T___A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
  • This is Down clue number 60

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer TETRA

61 Down: "85. Unacceptable"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: N___K
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 61

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer NOTOK

62 Down: "87. ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table""

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'M'
  • Word pattern: R__M
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 62

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer REEM

63 Down: "89. Hallowed"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: H__Y
  • Similar words: holy place, sanctum
  • Opposite of: unholy
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sacred place of pilgrimage
  • This is Down clue number 63

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer HOLY

64 Down: "91. Nittany Lions' sch."

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'U'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Down clue number 64

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer PSU

65 Down: "93. Big ___"

Helpful hints for this Down clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a mountain or tall hill
  • This is Down clue number 65

Answer:

Click to reveal the Down answer BEN

Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues

Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:

Why Start with Down Clues?

  • Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
  • Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
  • Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
  • Down answers often help solve Across clues

Down Clue Patterns to Recognize

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
  2. Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
  5. Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically

Time-Saving Down Techniques

Technique How It Helps
Scan all Down first Get a mental map of the vertical flow
Fill short Down words 3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors
Use crossing letters Across letters help confirm Down answers
Look for themes Related Down answers often share a theme

Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues

What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?

Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.

Should I solve Down or Across clues first?

Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.

How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?

Today's NYT crossword has 65 Down clues.

Are Down clues easier than Across clues?

Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.

How do Down clues interact with Across clues?

Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.

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Last Updated: November 02, 2025 at 05:13 AM

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