NYT Crossword - January 04, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Thursday, January 04, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 04, 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 (37 clues)

1A: "1. Snatch"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mechanical device for gripping an object
• Similar words include: catch, snatch, snap
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GRAB

2A: "5. Shore up"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
• Similar words include: prop up, shore, airplane propeller
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PROP

3A: "9. Arrest"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the event of something ending
• Similar words include: terminate, barricade, hitch
• Opposite of: continue, start

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STOP

4A: "13. Wedding missiles"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• Similar words include: Elmer Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RICE

5A: "14. One of Jupiter's satellites"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) a queen of sparta who was raped by zeus who had taken the form of a swan; helen of troy was conceived in the rape of leda
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEDA

6A: "15. Sugar-maple spout"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
• Similar words include: stilt, bung, pile
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPILE

7A: "16. Indian tourist town"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AGRA

8A: "17. Currier's partner"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
• Similar words include: Charles Edward Ives, James Merritt Ives, James Ives
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IVES

9A: "18. Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take in solid food
• Similar words include: deplete, run through, rust
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EATEN

10A: "19. Start of a quip"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: THEMINISTERWHO

11A: "22. Ands, in Avignon"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ETS

12A: "23. Tippler's trouble"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
• Similar words include: delirium tremens
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DTS

13A: "24. Factories, to Fifi"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: USINES

14A: "25. Quip: Part II"

9 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that engage in a rehearsal (of)
• Similar words include: practice, rehearse, practise
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REHEARSES

15A: "27. Portends"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that indicate by signs
• Similar words include: omen, augur, prefigure
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BODES

16A: "30. Dregs"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Similar words include: Rose Louise Hovick, lee, Robert E. Lee
• Opposite of: windward

Click to reveal answer

Answer: LEES

17A: "31. "High ___," M. Anderson play"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOR

18A: "34. Saharan"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Similar words include: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARID

19A: "35. Pansy's pad"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Similar words include: know, sleep together, bonk
• Opposite of: get up, turn out

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BED

20A: "36. Mayor of Palm Springs"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BONO

21A: "37. Crest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the upper part of anything
• Similar words include: meridian, tiptop, top out
• Opposite of: bottom

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TOP

22A: "38. Kodiak, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
• Similar words include: carry, have, birth
• Opposite of: bull

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEAR

23A: "40. Emulated Clementine's dad"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that get from the earth by excavation
• Similar words include: mine
• Opposite of: unmined

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MINED

24A: "41. Quip: Part III"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a customary way of operation or behavior
• Similar words include: drill, practice, rehearse
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRACTICES

25A: "44. Emulate Delbert Mann"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that command with authority
• Similar words include: conduct, lineal, straight
• Opposite of: inverse, collateral

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DIRECT

26A: "46. Today's jrs., next year"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
• Similar words include: sr, steradian, atomic number 38
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SRS

27A: "47. Ditty syllable"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TRA

28A: "50. End of the quip"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: WHATHEPREACHES

29A: "53. Former Pacific defense gp."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SEATO

30A: "54. Harvest"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that gather, as of natural products
• Similar words include: draw, harvest, glean
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REAP

31A: "55. "Scourge of mortals": Homer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
• Similar words include: are, ar
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ARES

32A: "56. Of the distant past, poetically"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLDEN

33A: "57. Bright thought in Toulon"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IDEE

34A: "58. Ancient Persian's contemporary"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MEDE

35A: "59. Play the lead"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Similar words include: hotshot, wiz, superstar
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: STAR

36A: "60. Has the misery"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Similar words include: pain, trouble, garlic
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: AILS

37A: "61. Gnat or rat"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Similar words include: pestilence, blighter, cuss
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEST

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (39 clues)

1D: "1. Rasp"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
• Similar words include: grind, fret, rankle
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: GRATE

2D: "2. Correct"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ; - eleanor roosevelt
• Similar words include: correctly, mighty, right wing
• Opposite of: falsify, wrong

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RIGHT

3D: "3. Character in "The Rivals""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
• Similar words include: Akka, land, Accho
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ACRES

4D: "4. Grin"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
• Similar words include: ray of light, irradiation, shine
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BEAM

5D: "5. Column base"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
• Similar words include: pedestal, footstall
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PLINTH

6D: "6. Change the text"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of rewriting something
• Similar words include: revision, revisal, rescript
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REVISE

7D: "7. Genethliacons"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Similar words include: ode
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ODES

8D: "8. Grazed upon"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
• Similar words include: graze, range, pasture
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PASTURED

9D: "9. Generates"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
• Similar words include: engender, spawn, breed
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SPAWNS

10D: "10. Give a tenth of one's income"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a levy of one tenth of something
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TITHE

11D: "11. Lineup in a supermarket"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• Similar words include: oleomargarine, margarine, marge
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: OLEOS

12D: "12. Stylograph"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Similar words include: write, playpen, indite
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEN

13D: "15. Sequential events"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that similar things placed in order or happening one after another
• Similar words include: serial, serial publication
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SERIES

14D: "20. Roman date"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IDES

15D: "21. Being"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ESSE

16D: "25. ___ rover (children's game)"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: reddened, scarlet, violent
• Opposite of: gain

Click to reveal answer

Answer: RED

17D: "26. Raid warning"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Similar words include: watchful, spanking, alerting
• Opposite of: unalert

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ALERT

18D: "27. Belfry occupant"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
• Similar words include: lick, cream, squash racquet
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BAT

19D: "28. Pizarro's quest"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ORO

20D: "29. Pickpocket"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a depression in an otherwise level surface
• Similar words include: fall, plunge, duck
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DIP

21D: "31. Heavy weight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Similar words include: net ton, short ton, gross ton
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: TON

22D: "32. Bill passed regularly"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: unmatched, unmatchable, ace
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ONE

23D: "33. If spared, it spoils"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Similar words include: pole, retinal rod, gat
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ROD

24D: "35. One-celled microorganisms"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
• Similar words include: bacterium
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BACTERIA

25D: "36. Encore!"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
• Similar words include: bismuth, atomic number 83, Bi
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BIS

26D: "38. Type of lace"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a native or inhabitant of brittany (especially one who speaks the breton language)
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: BRETON

27D: "39. Apiece"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Similar words include: to each one, from each one, for each one
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: EACH

28D: "40. Tableland"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
• Similar words include: table
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: MESA

29D: "41. Famous Vienna park"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
• Similar words include: chatterbox, magpie, babbler
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PRATER

30D: "42. ___ Baline (Irving Berlin)"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that jewish republic in southwestern asia at eastern end of mediterranean; formerly part of palestine
• Similar words include: Zion, State of Israel, Yisrael
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ISRAEL

31D: "43. Delicate pancakes"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
• Similar words include: crepe paper, crepe, French pancake
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CREPES

32D: "44. Resided"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that think moodily or anxiously about something
• Similar words include: populate, dwell, lie
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: DWELT

33D: "45. "___ little pony ... ""

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: IHADA

34D: "47. Unlucky number on a match"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Similar words include: trio, trinity, 3
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: THREE

35D: "48. Bulrushes"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Similar words include: vibrating reed, beating-reed instrument, reed
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: REEDS

36D: "49. Plus item"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a useful or valuable quality
• Similar words include: plus
• Opposite of: liability

Click to reveal answer

Answer: ASSET

37D: "51. Foot: Comb. form"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: PEDI

38D: "52. Corny"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
• Similar words include: cantonment, summer camp, clique
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer

Answer: CAMP

39D: "53. Mayday's cousin"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Similar words include: so, sol, soh
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer

Answer: SOS

Puzzle Stats

37 Across

39 Down

76 Total

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March 04, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, March 04, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (31 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle March 04, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Better suited	5
2A	6. Genre for "Jersey Shore" and "The Real World"	8
3A	14. Brand owned by Campbell's	5
4A	15. Respect	9
5A	16. "Little" one of rhyme	5
6A	17. Cold brew alternative	9
7A	18. Spots where you might count sheep	4
8A	19. ___ Carter, protagonist in 2018's "The Hate U Give"	5
9A	20. It's all work and no play	4
10A	21. Letter opener?	3
11A	22. Preserves, as flavor	7
12A	24. One of two in a 747	5
13A	26. Tactic of radical environmentalism	7
14A	31. Emmy-winning title role for Rachel Brosnahan	9
15A	34. Iraqi port city	5
16A	35. Needed help	15
17A	37. Food fungus, in Fulham	5
18A	38. 1950s #1 hit with the repeated lyric "Bring me a dream"	9
19A	39. Like Trump's presidency	7
20A	41. Point ___ Peninsula, WNW of San Francisco	5
21A	42. Tweaks further	7
22A	45. Shepherded	3
23A	47. El color del mar	4
24A	51. Like those celebrated with an annual Day of Visibility on March 31	5
25A	52. ___ car (Amtrak train component)	4
26A	53. Give up	9
27A	55. Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters	5
28A	56. Shady, as a street	9
29A	57. A red one is concerning	5
30A	58. Low numbers?	8
31A	59. Burns out	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Better suited"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: able, capable, able-bodied
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Genre for "Jersey Shore" and "The Real World""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOCUSOAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Brand owned by Campbell's"

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: PREGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Respect"

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 a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: awe, veneration, revere
• The opposite would be: irreverence
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVERENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "Little" one of rhyme"

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 young pig
• Words that mean the same thing: swinish, shoat, piggish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cold brew alternative"

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: ICEDLATTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Spots where you might count sheep"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: lea, grazing land, pastureland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ Carter, protagonist in 2018's "The Hate U Give""

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 rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
• Words that mean the same thing: Starkey, Ringo Starr, Richard Starkey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. It's all work and no play"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
• Words that mean the same thing: grind, travail, labor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Letter opener?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Preserves, as flavor"

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: SEALSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. One of two in a 747"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
• Words that mean the same thing: gangway
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AISLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Tactic of radical environmentalism"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ECOTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Emmy-winning title role for Rachel Brosnahan"

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: MRSMAISEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Iraqi port city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the second largest city in iraq; an oil port in southern iraq
• Words that mean the same thing: Basia
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Needed help"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: ESSENTIALWORKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Food fungus, in Fulham"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that loose soil rich in organic matter
• Words that mean the same thing: modeling, forge, cast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOULD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. 1950s #1 hit with the repeated lyric "Bring me a dream""

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: MRSANDMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Like Trump's presidency"

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: ONETERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Point ___ Peninsula, WNW of San Francisco"

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 chilean poet (1904-1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pablo Neruda, Neftali Ricardo Reyes, Neruda
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Tweaks further"

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: REEDITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Shepherded"

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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
• Words that mean the same thing: run, moderate, conduct
• The opposite would be: follow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. El color del mar"

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: AZUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Like those celebrated with an annual Day of Visibility on March 31"

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: TRANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. ___ car (Amtrak train component)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
• Words that mean the same thing: coffeehouse, coffee bar, coffee shop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Give up"

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: LOSEFAITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters"

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: KATIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Shady, as a street"

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: TREELINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. A red one is concerning"

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 condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
• Words that mean the same thing: alerting, zippy, warning signal
• The opposite would be: unalert
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Low numbers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SADSONGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Burns out"

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 hoop that covers a wheel
• Words that mean the same thing: pall, wear down, tire
• The opposite would be: refresh, interest
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRES

  Great job if you got it right!

March 04, 2022 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Waldorf salad ingredient	5
2D	2. Captain Marvel portrayer	10
3D	3. Basis for a case	10
4D	4. Things oologists study	4
5D	5. Civil rights activist Wilkins	3
6D	6. What might get stuck in a window	5
7D	7. Promises too much	9
8D	8. ___ Daniels, main role on "The Wire"	6
9D	9. Surfer's destination, in brief	3
10D	10. Behind	4
11D	11. Catch ___	4
12D	12. Half of "Guys and Dolls"	4
13D	13. Leave quickly, with "out"	4
14D	15. Actress Wilson	4
15D	19. Question asked while pointing a finger	5
16D	22. Run down, in a way	7
17D	23. Lack of objections, in a phrase	7
18D	25. Roe source	5
19D	27. Behind	5
20D	28. "I'm too busy right now"	10
21D	29. Kitchen flare-up	10
22D	30. Pull in	4
23D	31. Note	4
24D	32. Like some feuds and foods on a stove	9
25D	33. Attention	3
26D	36. Defects	5
27D	40. Get the services of, as a lawyer	6
28D	43. Pitted fruit	5
29D	44. Like many TV broadcasts since the 1990s	4
30D	46. Specs	5
31D	47. Secondary social media accounts, informally	4
32D	48. Novelist ___ Neale Hurston	4
33D	49. Put into service	4
34D	50. Dregs	4
35D	52. "Going Back to ___" (hip-hop classic)	4
36D	54. Popular women's health app	3
37D	55. Kit ___ bar	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. Waldorf salad ingredient"

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 fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
• Words that mean the same thing: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Captain Marvel portrayer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRIELARSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Basis for a case"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEGALISSUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Things oologists study"

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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
• Words that mean the same thing: testis, ballock, ball
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Civil rights activist Wilkins"

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: ROY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. What might get stuck in a window"

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 either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
• Words that mean the same thing: decalcomania
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Promises too much"

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: OVERSELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ Daniels, main role on "The Wire""

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: CEDRIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Surfer's destination, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Words that mean the same thing: uniform resource locator, universal resource locator
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Behind"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• Words that mean the same thing: fundament, arse, nates
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Catch ___"

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: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Half of "Guys and Dolls""

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: ACTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Leave quickly, with "out""

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 british politician (1788-1850)
• Words that mean the same thing: strip down, undress, discase
• The opposite would be: dress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Actress Wilson"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: RITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Question asked while pointing a finger"

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: SEEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Run down, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
• Words that mean the same thing: calumniate, besmirch, aspersion
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLANDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Lack of objections, in a phrase"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOBONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Roe source"

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 cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
• Words that mean the same thing: smack, sense, reek
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Behind"

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 after the expected or usual time; delayed
• Words that mean the same thing: late, belated
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. "I'm too busy right now""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASKMELATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Kitchen flare-up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GREASEFIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Pull in"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: take in, realise, bring in
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Note"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a written proposal or reminder
• Words that mean the same thing: memoranda, memorandum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Like some feuds and foods on a stove"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
• Words that mean the same thing: stewing, boiling, simmer
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMMERING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Attention"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: auricle, pinna, capitulum
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Defects"

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 any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
• Words that mean the same thing: wart, verruca
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Get the services of, as a lawyer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hold back within
• Words that mean the same thing: keep, keep on, continue
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Pitted fruit"

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 specified day of the month
• Words that mean the same thing: go out, engagement, see
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Like many TV broadcasts since the 1990s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Specs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Secondary social media accounts, informally"

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

  The answer is: ALTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Novelist ___ Neale Hurston"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Put into service"

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 put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: employ, habituate, utilise
• The opposite would be: misused
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. Dregs"

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 sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Edward Lee, lee side, Tsung Dao Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. "Going Back to ___" (hip-hop classic)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that city in southwestern colombia in a rich agricultural area
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Popular women's health app"

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: FLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Kit ___ bar"

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 leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: qat, African tea, cat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	82.4%
Short Answer	7	10.3%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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 Friday, 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 11, 2025 at 01:41 PM