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January 13, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Saturday, January 13, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 13, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  • Similar words include: roll, drum roll
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that involving only one part or side
  • Similar words include: one-sided
  • Opposite of: multilateral
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
  • Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  • Similar words include: liberator
  • Opposite of: captor
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
  • Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
  • Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
  • Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that medium for communication
  • Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
  • Similar words include: plexus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
  • Similar words include: encore
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
  • Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
  • Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
  • Similar words include: last, close, remainder
  • Opposite of: beginning, begin
Click to reveal answer
Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  • Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
  • Opposite of: expatriate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a crackling sound
  • Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
  • Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
  • Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
  • Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
  • Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who drives a herd
  • Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • Similar words include: gong, bell
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  • Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
  • Opposite of: soothe
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
  • Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
  • Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
  • Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
  • Opposite of: unoiled
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
  • Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
  • Opposite of: stand, arise
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
  • Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short amusing opera
  • Similar words include: light opera
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
  • Similar words include: canape
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
  • Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
  • Opposite of: dissociate
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that become taut or tauter
  • Similar words include: firm
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
  • Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across
38 Down
74 Total

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August 19, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

August 19, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle August 19, 2023

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. "Excuse me while I light my ___" (Bob Marley lyric) 6
2A 7. Theater backers? 6
3A 13. Ho-hum 7
4A 15. 11-sided coin, informally 6
5A 16. "Damn right!" 8
6A 18. Not learned 6
7A 19. Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters 5
8A 20. Ball game 5
9A 22. Very much in 3
10A 23. Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two 4
11A 24. Broadcast alternative 5
12A 25. Labor demand? 4
13A 26. Numbers after a no. 3
14A 27. "The Swedish Sphinx" 5
15A 28. Uncanny 5
16A 29. Coupons, e.g. 11
17A 31. Embellish something unnecessarily 11
18A 32. Baby 11
19A 33. Asian appetizer 5
20A 34. Locale of van Gogh's "The Bedroom" paintings 5
21A 35. Ones calling the shots, in brief? 3
22A 38. Ending with cyclo- 4
23A 39. Harsh lighting? 5
24A 40. Acquiescent 4
25A 41. Routine 3
26A 42. Component of a Zoom call 5
27A 43. Dig, say 5
28A 44. "Tough cookies" 6
29A 46. Bronze finish, maybe 8
30A 48. Foolish 6
31A 49. Skeptical look 7
32A 50. Takes a little hair off, perhaps 6
33A 51. Minimal 6

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. "Excuse me while I light my ___" (Bob Marley lyric)"

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 marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
  • Words that mean the same thing: joint, marijuana cigarette, stick
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPLIFF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Theater backers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
  • Words that mean the same thing: scrim
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCRIMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Ho-hum"

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 fanciful or imaginative
  • Words that mean the same thing: earthbound, matter-of-fact, pedestrian
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PROSAIC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. 11-sided coin, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the basic unit of money in canada
  • Words that mean the same thing: Canadian dollar
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOONIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "Damn right!""

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: HELLYEAH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Not learned"

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 not established by conditioning or learning
  • Words that mean the same thing: unlearned, unconditioned, congenital
  • The opposite would be: conditioned
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INNATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters"

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 person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
  • Words that mean the same thing: master of ceremonies, host, compere
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EMCEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Ball game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
  • Words that mean the same thing: bocci, boccie
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BOCCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Very much in"

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 used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
  • Words that mean the same thing: blistering, raging, red-hot
  • The opposite would be: cold
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two"

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: RIAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Broadcast alternative"

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 telegram sent abroad
  • Words that mean the same thing: line, cable system, wire
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CABLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Labor demand?"

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 the act of applying force in order to move something away
  • Words that mean the same thing: advertize, agitate, thrust
  • The opposite would be: pull
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PUSH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Numbers after a no."

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: EXT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "The Swedish Sphinx""

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 united states film actress (born in sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Greta Louisa Gustafsson, Greta Garbo
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GARBO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Uncanny"

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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
  • Words that mean the same thing: eery
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EERIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Coupons, e.g."

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: MONEYSAVERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Embellish something unnecessarily"

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: GILDTHELILY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Baby"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a pampered darling; an effeminate man
  • Words that mean the same thing: featherbed, pamper, indulge
  • The word looks like this: ___________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOLLYCODDLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Asian appetizer"

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: SATAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Locale of van Gogh's "The Bedroom" paintings"

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 money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
  • Words that mean the same thing: earnest money
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARLES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Ones calling the shots, in brief?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
  • Words that mean the same thing: MD, medico, Free State
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Ending with cyclo-"

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: TRON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Harsh lighting?"

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 malicious burning to destroy property
  • Words that mean the same thing: fire-raising, incendiarism
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARSON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Acquiescent"

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 humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
  • Words that mean the same thing: mild, tame, spiritless
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEEK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Routine"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  • Words that mean the same thing: pretend, act as, behave
  • The opposite would be: refrain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "42. Component of a Zoom call"

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 visible part of a television transmission
  • Words that mean the same thing: telecasting, video recording, TV
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VIDEO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "43. Dig, 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 something many people believe that is false
  • Words that mean the same thing: fantasy, project, image
  • The opposite would be: plain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FANCY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "44. "Tough cookies""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TOOBAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "46. Bronze finish, maybe"

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: SPRAYTAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "48. Foolish"

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 showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
  • Words that mean the same thing: inexpedient
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: UNWISE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "49. Skeptical look"

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: SIDEEYE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "50. Takes a little hair off, perhaps"

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 a surface burn
  • Words that mean the same thing: tattle, blab, sear
  • The opposite would be: keep quiet
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SINGES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "51. Minimal"

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 being nothing more than specified
  • Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple, mere
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEREST

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword August 19, 2023

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Basketball, e.g. 6
2D 2. Get ready, as concrete 6
3D 3. Meme creature 6
4D 4. Key chain 5
5D 5. She played Bonnie in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" 4
6D 6. Giant syllable 3
7D 7. Common golf mistake 5
8D 8. It might receive scoops 4
9D 9. The anchorman in "Anchorman" 3
10D 10. Rushed 8
11D 11. Cell division 7
12D 12. Boil 6
13D 14. Permit required of old jazz musicians 11
14D 17. Preoccupations 11
15D 21. They come full circle 11
16D 24. Risk for people with braces 5
17D 25. Key's partner 5
18D 27. Word after good or by 5
19D 28. Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire's "Candide" 5
20D 29. Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored 5
21D 30. ___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo's portrayer in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" 5
22D 31. "Knock yourself out!" 8
23D 32. 1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio 7
24D 33. Level 6
25D 35. One getting schooled 6
26D 36. Goes radioactive? 6
27D 37. N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" movies 6
28D 39. Seconds 5
29D 40. Supposed subject of Taylor Swift's "Dear John" 5
30D 42. Potter's product 4
31D 43. Fall behind in the end 4
32D 45. Popular 3
33D 47. Swish miss? 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. Basketball, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
  • Words that mean the same thing: sector, area, orbit
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPHERE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Get ready, as concrete"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
  • Words that mean the same thing: mix
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PREMIX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Meme creature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: LOLCAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Key chain"

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 small island
  • Words that mean the same thing: islet, isle
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ISLES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. She played Bonnie in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde""

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: FAYE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Giant syllable"

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: FIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Common golf mistake"

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 share of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: slash, cut, piece
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLICE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. It might receive scoops"

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 cone-shaped artifact
  • Words that mean the same thing: strobile, conoid, retinal cone
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. The anchorman in "Anchorman""

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 chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
  • Words that mean the same thing: Daffo, Bokkos
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Rushed"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INAHURRY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cell division"

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 cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MITOSIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Boil"

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 noisy with activity
  • Words that mean the same thing: buzz, boil, roll
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEETHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Permit required of old jazz musicians"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: CABARETCARD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Preoccupations"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a topic to which one constantly reverts
  • Words that mean the same thing: hobbyhorse, rocking horse, hobby
  • The word looks like this: ___________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOBBYHORSES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. They come full circle"

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: CLOSEDLOOPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Risk for people with braces"

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 rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
  • Words that mean the same thing: confect, glaze, sugarcoat
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CANDY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Key's partner"

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: PEELE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Word after good or by"

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: GOLLY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire's "Candide""

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 morally objectionable behavior
  • Words that mean the same thing: evilness, wickedness, immorality
  • The opposite would be: good, goodness
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EVILS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored"

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 the capital of lombardy in northern italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the middle ages
  • Words that mean the same thing: Milano
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MILAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo's portrayer in "Solo: A Star Wars Story""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ALDEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. "Knock yourself out!""

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: GOTOTOWN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. 1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio"

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 italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the atlantic ocean (1874-1937)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Guglielmo Marconi
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MARCONI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Level"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  • Words that mean the same thing: position, condition
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STATUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. One getting schooled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: MENTEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Goes radioactive?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the process of gradually becoming inferior
  • Words that mean the same thing: dilapidate, decomposition, decay
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DECAYS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" movies"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: SKYNET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Seconds"

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 (greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of zeus and husband of persephone
  • Words that mean the same thing: Pluto, auxiliary, aide-de-camp
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AIDES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Supposed subject of Taylor Swift's "Dear John""

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 united states physicist (born in germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Louis Burt Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer, Louis B. Mayer
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MAYER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Potter's product"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VASE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Fall behind in the end"

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 golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
  • Words that mean the same thing: evanesce, melt, disappearance
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FADE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Popular"

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 above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • Words that mean the same thing: boastful, cock-a-hoop, enceinte
  • The opposite would be: little, small
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Swish miss?"

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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
  • Words that mean the same thing: flange, brim, lip
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIM

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 53 80.3%
Short Answer 8 12.1%
Sports 1 1.5%
Food & Drink 1 1.5%
Music 1 1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.5%
Movies/Film 1 1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 33
Down Clues 33
Total Clues 66
Average Answer Length 5.7 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!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 31, 2025 at 09:37 AM

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