27430 Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues :

1. Resting on, 5. Part of a plane or a theater, 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects, 14. Trigonometry function, 15. "All politics is ___", 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?, 20. Id's counterpart, 21. Carelessly quick, 22. A cube has 12, 23. "It wasn't me!," for one, 25. Prefix with natal or noir, 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?, 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain, 36. Drool, essentially, 37. Important knee tissue, for short, 38. Does as instructed, 40. "Scram!", 41. Beef cut from the short loin, 43. Egg donor's donations, 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh, 47. On the ocean, 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?, 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress", 52. Toys (with), 56. Whatsoever, 59. It usually precedes delivery, 62. No. on a business card, 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?, 66. Vogue competitor, 67. Engage in a dispute, 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney, 69. Kill, to a comic, 70. Cried sheepishly?, 71. What has a meter and a motor

Down Clues :

1. The "A" of FAQ, 2. Hint of color, 3. Hamburger topping, 4. Bench press muscle, for short, 5. Lime and soda, for two, 6. Charged particles, 7. "Scram!", 8. Frilly and delicate, 9. Prey for gray wolves, 10. "Ish", 11. Eagerly excited, 12. Sotto ___ (quietly), 13. Synagogue chests, 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa, 19. Continue to work on, 24. Possible, but not looking good, 25. Mo. with two federal holidays, 27. Wiccan or druid, 28. Short-lived relationship, 29. Glowed with happiness, 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, 31. Proactiv target, 32. Desperate request, 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, 34. Self-evident, informally, 35. Mean's counterpart, 39. Provide, 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes, 45. Caviar, e.g., 46. Siberian herding dog, 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment, 50. Geeky type, 53. Site of a historic civil rights march, 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored, 55. Writing devices for tablets, 56. Citrus drinks, 57. Work, as the land, 58. Penne ___ vodka, 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider", 60. Bit of pond scum, 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color, 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan), 65. Vegan milk option

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 17, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Tue Dec 17, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Answers

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Resting on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATOP

  Possible Answer : atop




• The clue is 5. Part of a plane or a theater. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AISLE

  Possible Answer : gangway, aisle




• The clue is 10. Polynesian drink with psychoactive effects. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KAVA

  Possible Answer : kava, kavakava




• The clue is 14. Trigonometry function. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SINE

  Possible Answer : sin, sine




• The clue is 15. "All politics is ___". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LOCAL

  Possible Answer : local_anesthetic, topical_anaesthetic, topical_anesthetic, local_anaesthetic, local

  Possible Opposite Answer : national, express, general




• The clue is 16. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IGOR




• The clue is 17. Snide comment about a collectible figurine?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: KNICKKNACKKNOCK




• The clue is 20. Id's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EGO

  Possible Answer : self-importance, self, egotism, ego




• The clue is 21. Carelessly quick. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HASTY

  Possible Answer : overhasty, headlong, precipitant, hasty, precipitate, precipitous




• The clue is 22. A cube has 12. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EDGES

  Possible Answer : adjoin, march, border, butt_against, inch, boundary, butt, sharpness, edge, abut, butt_on, bound




• The clue is 23. "It wasn't me!," for one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DENIAL

  Possible Answer : abnegation, self-renunciation, denial, self-denial, defence, disaffirmation, demurrer, defense, self-abnegation

  Possible Opposite Answer : prosecution




• The clue is 25. Prefix with natal or noir. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




• The clue is 26. Kerfuffle over beach footwear?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: FLIPFLOPFLAP




• The clue is 33. It's "a good walk spoiled," per Mark Twain. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOLF

  Possible Answer : golf, golf_game




• The clue is 36. Drool, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SALIVA

  Possible Answer : saliva, spittle, spit




• The clue is 37. Important knee tissue, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ACL




• The clue is 38. Does as instructed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OBEYS

  Possible Answer : obey

  Possible Opposite Answer : disobey




• The clue is 40. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GIT

  Possible Answer : bum, rat, stinkpot, puke, lowlife, scum_bag, dirty_dog, rotter, skunk, git, stinker, crumb, so-and-so




• The clue is 41. Beef cut from the short loin. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TBONE




• The clue is 43. Egg donor's donations. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer : ovum, egg_cell




• The clue is 44. Planet whose name makes middle schoolers laugh. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: URANUS

  Possible Answer : Uranus, Ouranos




• The clue is 47. On the ocean. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ASEA

  Possible Answer : seawards, asea, seaward




• The clue is 48. Feeling of guilt after cheating at table tennis?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: PINGPONGPANG




• The clue is 51. Leftmost image in the iconic illustration "The March of Progress". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APE

  Possible Answer : imitator, copycat, ape, aper, caricature, emulator, anthropoid




• The clue is 52. Toys (with). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MESSES

  Possible Answer : pickle, wad, pile, kettle_of_fish, lot, mass, heap, peck, pot, slew, stack, mess_up, muckle, raft, muddle, mess_hall, tidy_sum, flock, messiness, great_deal, muss, mess, batch, fix, passel, mussiness, plenty, spate, mountain, quite_a_little, good_deal, sight, deal, hole, jam, hatful, mickle, mint




• The clue is 56. Whatsoever. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ATALL




• The clue is 59. It usually precedes delivery. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LABOR

  Possible Answer : moil, toil, Labor, push, proletariat, Labor_Department, travail, project, tug, labour, parturiency, Department_of_Labor, dig, drudge, confinement, working_class, labor, labor_movement, trade_union_movement, grind, lying-in, drive, fag, Labour_Party, task, Labour, childbed, DoL, undertaking, British_Labour_Party




• The clue is 62. No. on a business card. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EXT




• The clue is 63. Singer Parton when she's aimlessly wasting time?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DILLYDALLYDOLLY




• The clue is 66. Vogue competitor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ELLE




• The clue is 67. Engage in a dispute. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARGUE

  Possible Answer : fence, reason, argue, indicate, contend, debate




• The clue is 68. Human rights lawyer Clooney. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMAL




• The clue is 69. Kill, to a comic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SLAY

  Possible Answer : bump_off, polish_off, dispatch, hit, remove, off, slay, murder




• The clue is 70. Cried sheepishly?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BAAED

  Possible Answer : baa, blate, blat, bleat




• The clue is 71. What has a meter and a motor. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TAXI

  Possible Answer : cab, hack, taxicab, taxi

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. The "A" of FAQ. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ASKED

  Possible Answer: inquire, require, involve, postulate, call_for, demand, ask, necessitate, take, expect, enquire, need

  Possible Opposite Answer : obviate

• The clue is 2. Hint of color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TINGE

  Possible Answer: tinct, tint, jot, undertone, speck, hint, colour, pinch, tinge, soupcon, distort, touch, color, mite

• The clue is 3. Hamburger topping. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ONION

  Possible Answer: onion, onion_plant, Allium_cepa

• The clue is 4. Bench press muscle, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PEC

• The clue is 5. Lime and soda, for two. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ALKALIS

  Possible Answer: base, alkali

• The clue is 6. Charged particles. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IONS

  Possible Answer: ion

• The clue is 7. "Scram!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SCAT

  Possible Answer: scarper, turn_tail, fly_the_coop, run, run_away, escape, scat_singing, head_for_the_hills, break_away, take_to_the_woods, hightail_it, lam, bunk, scat

• The clue is 8. Frilly and delicate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LACY

  Possible Answer: netlike, lacelike, lacy, webby, netted, webbed, weblike

• The clue is 9. Prey for gray wolves. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELK

  Possible Answer: moose, wapiti, European_elk, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis, Cervus_elaphus, elk, Alces_alces, American_elk, red_deer

• The clue is 10. "Ish". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KINDOF

• The clue is 11. Eagerly excited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AGOG

  Possible Answer: agog

• The clue is 12. Sotto ___ (quietly). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: VOCE

• The clue is 13. Synagogue chests. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ARKS

  Possible Answer: ark, Ark, Ark_of_the_Covenant

• The clue is 18. ___ Drogo, "Game of Thrones" role for Jason Momoa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: KHAL

• The clue is 19. Continue to work on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: KEEPAT

• The clue is 24. Possible, but not looking good. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IFFY

  Possible Answer: flukey, chancy, iffy, fluky

• The clue is 25. Mo. with two federal holidays. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NOV

  Possible Answer: Nov, November

• The clue is 27. Wiccan or druid. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PAGAN

  Possible Answer: heathenish, hedonist, infidel, heathen, pagan, gentile, ethnic, pleasure_seeker

• The clue is 28. Short-lived relationship. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FLING

  Possible Answer: splurge, cast_out, discard, pass, toss_out, whirl, cast_away, dispose, throw_out, put_away, toss, toss_away, fling, cast_aside, spree, crack, go, chuck_out, throw_away, offer

• The clue is 29. Glowed with happiness. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: LITUP

• The clue is 30. Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LAOS

  Possible Answer: Laos, Lao, Laotian, Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic

• The clue is 31. Proactiv target. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ACNE

  Possible Answer: acne

• The clue is 32. Desperate request. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PLEA

  Possible Answer: supplication, plea

• The clue is 33. Self-care company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GOOP

  Possible Answer: muck, goop, max, guck, gook, scoop, grievous_bodily_harm, soap, slime, gunk, easy_lay, ooze, sludge, goo, liquid_ecstasy, Georgia_home_boy

• The clue is 34. Self-evident, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OBVI

• The clue is 35. Mean's counterpart. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEAN

  Possible Answer: run, thin, skimpy, slant, incline, leaning, inclination, angle, tip, tilt, tend, be_given, lean, list

  Possible Opposite Answer : rich, fat

• The clue is 39. Provide. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SUPPLY

  Possible Answer: render, add, cater, supply, furnish, provide, issue, ply, supplying, append, provision

  Possible Opposite Answer : demand, recall

• The clue is 42. Bad things to have under one's eyes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BAGS

  Possible Answer: bagful, pocket, pocketbook, suitcase, dish, base, travelling_bag, grip, old_bag, udder, handbag, cup_of_tea, bag, bulge, purse, traveling_bag

• The clue is 45. Caviar, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ROE

  Possible Answer: hard_roe, roe

• The clue is 46. Siberian herding dog. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SAMOYED

  Possible Answer: Samoyed, Samoyede, Samoyedic

• The clue is 49. Type of kitchen in a small apartment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GALLEY

  Possible Answer: galley, ship's_galley, caboose, cookhouse

• The clue is 50. Geeky type. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NERD

  Possible Answer: nerd, swot, dweeb, grind, wonk

• The clue is 53. Site of a historic civil rights march. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SELMA

  Possible Answer: Selma

• The clue is 54. Pharmacy product that's commonly chocolate-flavored. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EXLAX

• The clue is 55. Writing devices for tablets. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STYLI

  Possible Answer: style, stylus

• The clue is 56. Citrus drinks. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADES

  Possible Answer: fruit_drink, ade

• The clue is 57. Work, as the land. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TILL

  Possible Answer: cashbox, boulder_clay, trough, till, public_treasury, money_box

• The clue is 58. Penne ___ vodka. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALLA

• The clue is 59. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LARA

• The clue is 60. Bit of pond scum. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALGA

  Possible Answer: algae, alga

• The clue is 61. Alphabetically first rainbow color. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BLUE

  Possible Answer: low-spirited, grim, downcast, aristocratical, low, gamy, bluing, dreary, bluish, wild_blue_yonder, drab, Amytal, naughty, down, blueing, spicy, blue, gamey, patrician, dismal, blueish, blue_angel, gloomy, gentle, dark, aristocratic, dispirited, blue_sky, risque, blue_devil, profane, disconsolate, blueness, dingy, drear, down_in_the_mouth, racy, sorry, depressed, blue_air, blue-blooded, amobarbital_sodium, juicy, puritanical, downhearted, blasphemous, puritanic

• The clue is 64. "A little ___'ll do ya!" (Brylcreem slogan). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DAB

  Possible Answer: pat, swab, splash, splatter, dab, tap, swob

• The clue is 65. Vegan milk option. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OAT

  Possible Answer: oat

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

January 25, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Self-conscious person's exclamation	11
2A	12. Self-conscious person's question	3
3A	15. Once in a while, poetically	11
4A	16. Get the heck out of Dodge	3
5A	17. What mathematicians call a lemniscate	11
6A	18. Letters in film and the hotel business	3
7A	19. Burning feeling	5
8A	20. At birth	3
9A	21. Whole head of hair	4
10A	22. Back-combs	6
11A	24. Opposite of fortuitous	8
12A	26. Guzzles, say	5
13A	28. Musical family name from Cremona	5
14A	29. Dross	4
15A	33. Problem with live-streaming	3
16A	34. Olden land north of Anglia	6
17A	35. Chitchat	7
18A	37. Most baggy	7
19A	38. Owners of the dogs Bo and Sunny	6
20A	39. Home of the 2000 Summer Olympics: Abbr.	3
21A	40. Pistolet, par exemple	4
22A	41. Sign of spring	5
23A	42. Company Steve Jobs once owned	5
24A	44. Bit of off-season N.C.A.A. news	8
25A	46. Take a bite out of?	6
26A	51. Popular video game of 2000, with "The"	4
27A	52. Easy interview question	3
28A	53. Reason for a medal	5
29A	54. And ... that's a wrap!	3
30A	55. Fancy term for a long prison sentence	11
31A	58. Get the heck out of Dodge	3
32A	59. One-third of a literary trio	11
33A	60. Fathead	3
34A	61. Hub of Memphis night life	11

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. Self-conscious person's exclamation"

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: DONTJUDGEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "12. Self-conscious person's question"

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Once in a while, poetically"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVERANDANON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Get the heck out of Dodge"

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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: scarper, turn tail, head for the hills
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. What mathematicians call a lemniscate"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIGUREEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Letters in film and the hotel business"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Burning feeling"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: wrath, choler, angriness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. At birth"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Whole head of hair"

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 long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Words that mean the same thing: head of hair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Back-combs"

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 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Words that mean the same thing: annoyer, loosen, cod
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Opposite of fortuitous"

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: ILLTIMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Guzzles, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that soft fine feathers
• Words that mean the same thing: cut down, down feather, kill
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Musical family name from Cremona"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that italian violin maker in cremona; taught the craft to guarneri and stradivari (1596-1684)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nicolo Amati, Nicola Amati
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Dross"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
• Words that mean the same thing: dross, scoria
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Problem with live-streaming"

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 act of slowing down or falling behind
• Words that mean the same thing: imprison, jail, put away
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Olden land north of Anglia"

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: SCOTIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Chitchat"

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 flattery intended to persuade
• Words that mean the same thing: blabber, piffle, clack
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALAVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Most baggy"

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 not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
• Words that mean the same thing: easy, light, promiscuous
• The opposite would be: affixed, compact
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Owners of the dogs Bo and Sunny"

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: OBAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Home of the 2000 Summer Olympics: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 79, Au, Astronomical Unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Pistolet, par exemple"

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: ARME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Sign of spring"

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 small old world songbird with a reddish breast
• Words that mean the same thing: American robin, robin redbreast, Old World robin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Company Steve Jobs once owned"

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: PIXAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Bit of off-season N.C.A.A. news"

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 the act of moving something from one location to another
• Words that mean the same thing: transferee, transplant, reassign
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRANSFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Take a bite out of?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that remove the fangs from
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEFANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Popular video game of 2000, with "The""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: SIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Easy interview question"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Reason for a medal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
• Words that mean the same thing: heroism, valiance, valour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. And ... that's a wrap!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Fancy term for a long prison sentence"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DURANCEVILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Get the heck out of Dodge"

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 score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
• Words that mean the same thing: prevail, take to the woods, hightail it
• 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: RUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. One-third of a literary trio"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: EMILYBRONTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Fathead"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: rear end, screw, AS
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Hub of Memphis night life"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEALESTREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword January 25, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Get the grease out of	5
2D	2. Of a flock	5
3D	3. Actress Ruth of "Loving"	5
4D	4. Levels	5
5D	5. Shaken up	6
6D	6. Ravel's "Pavane Pour ___ Infante Défunte"	3
7D	7. Presidential monogram hidden in this clue	3
8D	8. Closing the gap	7
9D	9. Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845	6
10D	10. Bris official	5
11D	11. Otolaryngologist, familiarly	3
12D	12. Where did you go?	9
13D	13. Attractive quality	9
14D	14. Instant	9
15D	21. Bubbly cocktail	6
16D	23. Arch supports	5
17D	25. ___ Tuesday (modern restaurant promotion)	4
18D	27. "What happens when language fails," per Margaret Atwood	3
19D	29. Garment made with spandex	9
20D	30. Taxing	9
21D	31. Rosa Parks and Booker T. Washington, for two	9
22D	32. Urchins	6
23D	34. "Terrible, just terrible"	5
24D	36. Fleet at a distribution center	4
25D	37. First word in Yale's motto	3
26D	39. Complete miss	7
27D	42. Middle America, symbolically	6
28D	43. Go back (to)	6
29D	45. Water park feature	5
30D	47. Preferential treatment	5
31D	48. Something worn with flare?	5
32D	49. Nick of 2019's "Angel Has Fallen"	5
33D	50. Nod at, say	5
34D	55. Nebraska senator Fischer	3
35D	56. Dec. 31	3
36D	57. "I Love Lucy" network	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. Get the grease out of"

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

  The answer is: DEFAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Of a flock"

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 of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Actress Ruth of "Loving""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEGGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Levels"

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: true up, true
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Shaken up"

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 be incompatible; be or come into conflict
• Words that mean the same thing: bump around, collide, jolt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JARRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Ravel's "Pavane Pour ___ Infante Défunte""

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: UNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Presidential monogram hidden in this clue"

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: DDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Closing the gap"

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 win something through one's efforts
• Words that mean the same thing: advance, make headway, take in
• The opposite would be: reduce, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAINING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Author of "The Condition of the Working Class in England," 1845"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that socialist who wrote the communist manifesto with karl marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
• Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Engels
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENGELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bris official"

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: MOHEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Otolaryngologist, familiarly"

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: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Where did you go?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALMAMATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Attractive quality"

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 attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetics, magnetic force, magnetic attraction
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGNETISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Instant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of the present time and place
• Words that mean the same thing: contiguous, quick, prompt
• The opposite would be: mediate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMMEDIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Bubbly cocktail"

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 evergreen australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: buck's fizz, silver wattle, Acacia dealbata
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIMOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Arch supports"

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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, fillet of sole, colloidal solution
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. ___ Tuesday (modern restaurant promotion)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TACO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "What happens when language fails," per Margaret Atwood"

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 waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• Words that mean the same thing: warfare, state of war
• The opposite would be: make peace, peace
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Garment made with spandex"

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: SPORTSBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Taxing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
• Words that mean the same thing: punishing, backbreaking, heavy
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LABORIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Rosa Parks and Booker T. Washington, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of alabama
• Words that mean the same thing: Alabaman, Alabamian
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALABAMANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Urchins"

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 (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
• Words that mean the same thing: street arab, throwaway, gamin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. "Terrible, just terrible""

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: SOSAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Fleet at a distribution center"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
• Words that mean the same thing: new wave, van, caravan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. First word in Yale's motto"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
• Words that mean the same thing: lx
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Complete miss"

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: AIRBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Middle America, symbolically"

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

  The answer is: PEORIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Go back (to)"

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 go back to a previous state
• Words that mean the same thing: retrovert, return, regress
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Water park feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
• Words that mean the same thing: gulch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Preferential treatment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an act of gracious kindness
• Words that mean the same thing: party favour, party favor, favour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAVOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Something worn with flare?"

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 place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
• Words that mean the same thing: adjust, line up, align
• The opposite would be: skew
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Nick of 2019's "Angel Has Fallen""

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: NOLTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Nod at, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that express greetings upon meeting someone
• Words that mean the same thing: recognize, recognise
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Nebraska senator Fischer"

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 young woman making her debut into society
• Words that mean the same thing: debutante
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Dec. 31"

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: NYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "I Love Lucy" network"

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: CBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	64.3%
Short Answer	16	22.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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!

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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM