27432 Thu Dec 19, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 19, 2024

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

Author : Brandon Koppy

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Some mustangs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROANS

  Possible Answer : roan

  

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• The clue is 6. Comedian Ken of "The Masked Singer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JEONG




• The clue is 11. Laser-focused mindset. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNNELVISION

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• The clue is 12. They might be standing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDERS

  Possible Answer : fiat, regularize, regularise, parliamentary_procedure, consecrate, ordering, prescribe, range, set_up, ordain, Holy_Order, order, Order, parliamentary_law, decree, govern, rescript, grade, orderliness, gild, ordinate, purchase_order, arrange, tell, guild, rules_of_order, say, club, rank, monastic_order, ordination, social_club, rate, order_of_magnitude, society, edict, regulate, put, lodge, place, enjoin, dictate

  Possible Opposite Answer : disorderliness, disorder, deregulate

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• The clue is 14. Vegas nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINCITY




• The clue is 15. Unfair judgments. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BADRAPS




• The clue is 17. Stopping point for a cruise … or Crusoe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISLE

  Possible Answer : islet, isle




• The clue is 18. Commoner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLEB

  Possible Answer : plebeian, pleb




• The clue is 20. "Say no more". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONIT




• The clue is 21. Nowhere to be found, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIA




• The clue is 22. Parenthetical on four #1 albums since 2021. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: TAYLORSVERSION




• The clue is 25. Cellular data?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DNA

  Possible Answer : desoxyribonucleic_acid, DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid
  
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• The clue is 26. Disparate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTLEY

  Possible Answer : miscellany, miscellanea, vary, piebald, variegate, multi-coloured, pied, assortment, painted, smorgasbord, varicoloured, multicolour, variety, multi-color, mixed, multicolored, miscellaneous, multicoloured, potpourri, calico, multicolor, multi-colour, multi-colored, mixed_bag, particolored, parti-color, salmagundi, motley, particoloured, assorted, sundry, varicolored, mixture




• The clue is 28. Its home is on the range. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SAUTEPAN




• The clue is 30. Nasty look. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNEER

  Possible Answer : sneer, leer




• The clue is 31. Speed limit, of a sort. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (16 letters)

  The answer: TERMINALVELOCITY

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• The clue is 32. "That makes sense now". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISEE




• The clue is 34. Illicit info. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIRT

  Possible Answer : filth, stain, turd, malicious_gossip, dirt, poop, scandal, grime, ungraded, grunge, soil, grease, crap, shit, shite




• The clue is 35. Sticky treats, in more ways than one?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: POPSICLES

  Possible Answer : popsicle, lolly, ice_lolly, lollipop




• The clue is 39. Fictional queen of Arendelle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSA




• The clue is 43. Greek consonant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RHO

  Possible Answer : rho




• The clue is 44. "That makes sense now". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHOK




• The clue is 45. With 45-Down, displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCREEN

  Possible Answer : sieve, riddle, sort, projection_screen, screenland, silver_screen, shield, cover, covert, block_out, screen_door, screen_out, screen, blind, concealment, CRT_screen, test, filmdom




• The clue is 47. Alternatives to ands or buts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IFS




• The clue is 48. Spelling Bee rank between Solid and Great. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NICE

  Possible Answer : Nice, nice, gracious, overnice, decent, prissy, courteous, skillful, squeamish, dainty

  Possible Opposite Answer : nasty




• The clue is 49. Had over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOSTED

  Possible Answer : host




• The clue is 50. Hand (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METE

  Possible Answer : border, mete, borderline, boundary_line, delimitation




• The clue is 52. Shake deeply. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISMAY

  Possible Answer : dispirit, appal, demoralise, disheartenment, horrify, demoralize, dismay, appall, alarm, discouragement, get_down, deject, depress, cast_down, consternation

  Possible Opposite Answer : elate




• The clue is 54. ___-Way, brand of plows and salt spreaders. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNO




• The clue is 55. Attention-grabbing appearance, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRSTUNT




• The clue is 57. "Still good to meet up?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AREWEON




• The clue is 59. Beam of light. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNRAY

  Possible Answer : Enceliopsis_nudicaulis, sunbeam, sun-ray, sunray




• The clue is 60. Baby bear?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GESTATE

  Possible Answer : conceptualise, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, conceptualize, gestate, expect, bear, conceive, carry




• The clue is 61. Chums. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALS

  Possible Answer : brother, pal, crony, chum_up, buddy, sidekick, pal_up, chum




• The clue is 62. Mount Vernon or Monticello. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESTATE
  
  
  

  

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  Possible Answer : land, estate_of_the_realm, estate, demesne, landed_estate, the_three_estates, acres

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Get stuck in traffic, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUNLATE

• The clue is 2. Way back when. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONCE

  Possible Answer: once, one_time, in_one_case, erst, at_one_time, formerly, erstwhile

• The clue is 3. What selfish athletes spell "team" with, presumably. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANI

  Possible Answer: ani

• The clue is 4. Take-home amount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NETPAY

• The clue is 5. With craft. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLYLY

  Possible Answer: knavishly, foxily, artfully, cunningly, slyly, craftily, trickily

• The clue is 6. Websites with employment opportunities. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: JOBBOARDS

• The clue is 7. Theodore Roosevelt ushered in a "Progressive" one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer: era, earned_run_average, geological_era, ERA, epoch

• The clue is 8. Quirky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODD
  A number that is not divisible by two, such as 1, 3, 5, and 7.

  Possible Answer: singular, curious, queer, rummy, odd, peculiar, unmated, unexpended, left, funny, rum, unmatched, uneven, unpaired, left_over, remaining, leftover

  Possible Opposite Answer : even

• The clue is 9. Burning man?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NERO

  Possible Answer: Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus, Nero, Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus

• The clue is 10. Charlie brought his to the chocolate factory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRANDPA

  Possible Answer: grandfather, granddaddy, gramps, grandad, granddad, grandpa

• The clue is 13. Kind of cord. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPINAL

  Possible Answer: spinal_anesthesia, spinal, spinal_anaesthesia

• The clue is 14. Nantz's longtime N.F.L. commentating partner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIMMS

• The clue is 16. Devoted fan, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAN

• The clue is 19. Coding catchall. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELSE

• The clue is 23. 13th-century poet who wrote the "Masnavi". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RUMI

• The clue is 24. Kerfuffle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: touch, shake_up, call_forth, shift, hustle, fuss, flurry, ado, agitate, invoke, call_down, stir, put_forward, arouse, stimulate, raise, evoke, bustle, budge, splash, conjure, excite, conjure_up, bring_up, shake

• The clue is 27. Neckwear sometimes made with kukui nuts. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIS

  Possible Answer: lei, chaplet, coronal, wreath, garland

• The clue is 29. Gets involved in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTERS

  Possible Answer: enter, figure, come_in, go_in, go_into, participate, embark, insert, enrol, get_in, get_into, recruit, move_into, infix, enroll, inscribe, put_down, accede, record, introduce

  Possible Opposite Answer : drop_out, exit

• The clue is 33. Hedgehog lookalikes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ECHIDNAS

  Possible Answer: echidna, spiny_anteater, anteater

• The clue is 35. Get one's hair just right. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRIMP

  Possible Answer: plume, dress, primp, preen

• The clue is 36. Futile batting statlines, in baseball lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHFERS

• The clue is 37. Hangs out for a while. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSTSUP

• The clue is 38. Barely makes, with "out". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKES

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

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

  The answer: LETSEAT

• The clue is 41. Cross-reference for additional information. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEENOTE

• The clue is 42. Free throw after a basket. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDONE

• The clue is 45. See 45-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHARES

  Possible Answer: percentage, partake, deal, portion_out, portion, share, apportion, parcel, contribution, ploughshare, divvy_up, plowshare, partake_in, part

• The clue is 46. Most evasive. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COYEST

  Possible Answer: overmodest, demure, coy

• The clue is 51. Sicilian landmark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: bunsen_burner, bunsen, Mt_Etna, Etna, Mount_Etna, etna

• The clue is 53. Sorcerer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAGE

• The clue is 56. Something connected to a QR code. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: URL 

  Possible Answer: uniform_resource_locator, universal_resource_locator, URL

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• The clue is 58. Org. for Coco Gauff. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WTA

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NYT Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: ALIBI

  Possible Answer : alibi, exculpation, self-justification, excuse




• The clue is 6. Law mandating curb cuts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADA

  Possible Answer : adenosine_deaminase, ADA




• The clue is 9. A state slogan: Don't .... Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AESTX




• The clue is 14. Monument seen in the Pacific Northwest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOTEM

  Possible Answer : totem




• The clue is 15. "It's a ___" (2021 miniseries chronicling the AIDS crisis). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIN

  Possible Answer : hell, drop_the_ball, boob, goof, sinfulness, wickedness, trespass, sine, sin, Sin, blunder, transgress, sinning




• The clue is 16. Piece of equipment for a pitmaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SMOKER

  Possible Answer : tobacco_user, smoker, smoking_carriage, stag_party, smoking_compartment, smoking_car

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonsmoker




• The clue is 17. A proverb about risk: Don't .... Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (17 letters)

  The answer: BASALLYOUREGGSKET




• The clue is 19. Party animal?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PINATA

  Possible Answer : pinata




• The clue is 20. Govt. agency whose initialism omits "Explosives". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATF

  Possible Answer : Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms, ATF




• The clue is 21. Yankees slugger Juan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTO




• The clue is 22. Topper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LID

  Possible Answer : lid, chapeau, eyelid, hat, palpebra




• The clue is 23. Miniature dog. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOY

  Possible Answer : miniature, play, flirt, fiddle, toy, dally, toy_dog, plaything, diddle




• The clue is 24. Therefore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THUS

  Possible Answer : so, frankincense, hence, olibanum, therefore, thus, gum_olibanum, thence, thusly




• The clue is 26. Snickers component. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOUGAT

  Possible Answer : nougat




• The clue is 28. Department store department. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENS

  Possible Answer : manpower, hands, work_force, workforce, men




• The clue is 29. Haul. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOW

  Possible Answer : tow, towage




• The clue is 31. In a subdued manner. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAMELY

  Possible Answer : tamely




• The clue is 33. Performers wearing oshiroi makeup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GEISHAS

  Possible Answer : geisha_girl, geisha




• The clue is 37. Cable channel known for its original movies. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: LIFETIME

  Possible Answer : life-time, life, lifetime, lifespan




• The clue is 41. A tip in the working world: Don't .... Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (16 letters)

  The answer: PBLUESAISNUERSES




• The clue is 43. At the wheel. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: STEERING

  Possible Answer : manoeuvre, point, steering, direction, channelise, head, steer, steerage, guide, channelize, direct, maneuver, guidance, manoeuver




• The clue is 44. Pasta specification. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALDENTE




• The clue is 45. Population centers, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METROS

  Possible Answer : subway, metro, tube, underground, subway_system




• The clue is 47. Posed for a portrait. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAT

  Possible Answer : posture, seat, Saturday, sit_around, baby-sit, pose, model, Sat, sit, Sabbatum, ride, sit_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand




• The clue is 48. Act out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MIME

  Possible Answer : mimic, pantomimer, pantomime, dumb_show, mime, mummer, mimer, pantomimist




• The clue is 51. Electricians, at times. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WIRERS

  Possible Answer : wireman, wirer




• The clue is 54. February Revolution abdicator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSAR

  Possible Answer : czar, tsar, tzar




• The clue is 57. An idiom about regret: Don't .... Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRY

  Possible Answer : battle_cry, yell, shout, squall, hollo, vociferation, shout_out, rallying_cry, exclaim, outcry, scream, war_cry, watchword, holler, cry, blazon_out, call, call_out, weep, cry_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : laugh




• The clue is 58. Rosten who wrote "The Joys of Yiddish". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEO

  Possible Answer : Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion




• The clue is 59. Genesis creator. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEGA




• The clue is 61. Group for alkali metals on the periodic table. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer : ace, unmatchable, unitary, single, peerless, nonpareil, unrivalled, unmatched, i, ane, unity, matchless, 1, I, one_and_only, unrivaled, one




• The clue is 62. More frosty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIMIER

  Possible Answer : rimy, frosty, rimed




• The clue is 64. A plea to plan wisely: Don't .... Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: CARTHORSE

  Possible Answer : cart_horse, drayhorse, carthorse




• The clue is 66. One way to be caught. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INALIE




• The clue is 67. President Obama's caused Reddit to crash, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMA




• The clue is 68. Made public. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIRED

  Possible Answer : airy, publicize, broadcast, transmit, aerate, beam, air, send, ventilate, publicise, aired, air_out, bare, vent




• The clue is 69. Sets of elevators. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANKS

  Possible Answer : Sir_Joseph_Banks, cant, coin_bank, savings_bank, bank_building, trust, swear, depository_financial_institution, banking_concern, banking_company, money_box, Banks, rely, deposit, bank, camber

  Possible Opposite Answer : withdraw, mistrust




• The clue is 70. Half a score. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEN

  Possible Answer : decade, ten-spot, X, 10, tenner, x, ten




• The clue is 71. With a wink, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLYLY

  Possible Answer : trickily, craftily, foxily, knavishly, cunningly, slyly, artfully

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Attempting to beat the curve?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATBAT

• The clue is 2. Reluctant (to). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOATH

  Possible Answer: reluctant, indisposed, antipathetical, loth, loath, antipathetic, averse

• The clue is 3. "There's no point". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ITSFUTILE

• The clue is 4. Most important thing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEALL

• The clue is 5. Jason Mraz hit that spent 76 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMYOURS

• The clue is 6. Request that one can. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKTO

• The clue is 7. Fade away. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIEOUT

• The clue is 8. Leaf-cutter, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer: emmet, ant, pismire

• The clue is 9. Betwixt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMID

• The clue is 10. Long stretch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer: aeon, eon

• The clue is 11. Senator's footwear?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATE

  Possible Answer: skate

• The clue is 12. Wyoming peak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TETON

  Possible Answer: Lakota, Teton, Teton_Sioux, Teton_Dakota

• The clue is 13. Diagnostics done with "Foot-o-scopes" in old shoe stores. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: XRAYS

• The clue is 16. Malicious. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SPITEFUL

  Possible Answer: despiteful, vindictive, spiteful

• The clue is 18. Goads. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EGGSON

• The clue is 22. Thin layer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAMINA

  Possible Answer: lamina

• The clue is 25. "I said what I said!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOSUEME

• The clue is 27. Some square dancers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GALS

  Possible Answer: gallon, gal

• The clue is 28. "Put your wallet away!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYTREAT

• The clue is 30. Reporter's question. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHERE

• The clue is 32. Largest city in Yorkshire, England. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEEDS

  Possible Answer: Leeds

• The clue is 33. Modern navigation aid. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GPS

  Possible Answer: GPS, Global_Positioning_System

• The clue is 34. Certain grocery payment option, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBT

• The clue is 35. So to speak. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ASITWERE

• The clue is 36. Japanese company that created Hello Kitty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANRIO

• The clue is 38. Has no remorse. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ISNTSORRY

• The clue is 39. Mr. ___ (baseball mascot). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer: run_into, satisfy, gather, cope_with, get_together, forgather, play, converge, come_across, suffer, adjoin, fill, conform_to, receive, encounter, match, assemble, see, fulfil, fit, run_across, contact, take_on, touch, fulfill, foregather, meet

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

• The clue is 40. L.A.-to-Austin dir.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer: east_southeast, ESE

• The clue is 42. Composer Stravinsky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGOR

• The clue is 46. Bagel option. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SESAME

  Possible Answer: benny, sesame, benni, benne, Sesamum_indicum

• The clue is 48. Fast-food sandwich that has had multiple "farewell tours". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCRIB

• The clue is 49. Character name in both "The Seagull" and "Three Sisters". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRINA

• The clue is 50. "I knew you'd come through, bro!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MYMAN

• The clue is 52. Performed again, as an experiment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RERAN

  Possible Answer: rerun, rebroadcast

• The clue is 53. Command ___ Maj. (onetime rank for Tim Walz). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SGT

• The clue is 55. Adams who co-founded the photography magazine Aperture. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANSEL

• The clue is 56. Like a bassoon's sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REEDY

  Possible Answer: reedy, wheezy, reedlike

• The clue is 58. Items given to arriving passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIS

  Possible Answer: chaplet, lei, garland, wreath, coronal

• The clue is 60. Sounds of realization. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHAS

• The clue is 63. Sort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ILK

  Possible Answer: like, ilk

• The clue is 64. Abraham Lincoln was the first to keep one at the White House. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAT

  Possible Answer: big_cat, spew, cat, be_sick, quat, cast, guy, Caterpillar, regurgitate, purge, regorge, upchuck, cat-o'-nine-tails, computed_tomography, vomit_up, puke, spue, qat, chuck, bozo, CT, barf, computerized_axial_tomography, throw_up, disgorge, Arabian_tea, computerized_tomography, true_cat, vomit, sick, retch, CAT, khat, kat, computed_axial_tomography, hombre, African_tea, honk

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 65. Paint type. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OIL

  Possible Answer: anoint, petroleum, inunct, oil_color, oil, vegetable_oil, embrocate, rock_oil, oil_colour, fossil_oil, anele, crude_oil, crude

October 11, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (37 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.6 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword October 11, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Propped open, say	4
2A	5. People of northern Scandinavia	4
3A	9. Ballerina's support	5
4A	14. Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriately	9
5A	16. Real tear-jerker?	5
6A	17. Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill	9
7A	18. Confident gait	5
8A	19. Pen name	3
9A	20. Gets old, say	6
10A	22. Socialize	3
11A	23. Forever and a day	4
12A	24. Airline once acquired by Carl Icahn	3
13A	26. Stuff it!	6
14A	29. Something that's red-hot in the kitchen?	7
15A	33. Upon	4
16A	34. Shut up	6
17A	36. Saloon sip	3
18A	38. Great divide	5
19A	40. Garlic, in Guadalajara	3
20A	41. Slyly derisive	5
21A	43. Personal quirk	3
22A	44. Emanates (from)	6
23A	47. Hot spot for a chef	4
24A	48. Scaredy-cat	7
25A	50. Stick in a salad?	6
26A	52. Mai ___	3
27A	53. Nut once used as an ingredient in Coke	4
28A	54. "Whatevs"	3
29A	56. "Oh, settle down …"	6
30A	59. N.Y.C.'s ___ Cortlandt Park	3
31A	62. "Stranger Things" kid	5
32A	64. What pales in comparison to other carbs?	9
33A	66. Fitting way to invest in Campbell's	5
34A	67. Paramedic, perhaps	9
35A	68. Test of patience	5
36A	69. Risked a ticket, say	4
37A	70. Three feet	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Propped open, say"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. People of northern Scandinavia"

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 member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern scandinavia and herding reindeer
• Words that mean the same thing: Same, Saami, Lapp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Ballerina's support"

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: BARRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriately"

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: ROCKMUSIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Real tear-jerker?"

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 bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill"

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: ANDOUILLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Confident gait"

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 proud stiff pompous gait
• Words that mean the same thing: swagger, ruffle, cock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Pen name"

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: BIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Gets old, say"

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 urinate, of cattle and horses
• Words that mean the same thing: stale
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Socialize"

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 commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Words that mean the same thing: mixing, coalesce, mix in
• The opposite would be: segregate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Forever and a day"

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 (gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the supreme being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
• Words that mean the same thing: eon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Airline once acquired by Carl Icahn"

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: TWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Stuff it!"

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 climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern india and sri lanka; naturalized in northern burma and assam
• Words that mean the same thing: pelt, capsicum, common pepper
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Something that's red-hot in the kitchen?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
• Words that mean the same thing: red pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAYENNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Upon"

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

  The answer is: ATOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Shut up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make tight; secure against leakage
• Words that mean the same thing: seal, plastered, varnish
• The opposite would be: unseal, unsealed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEALED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Saloon sip"

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Great divide"

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 deep opening in the earth's surface
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHASM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Garlic, in Guadalajara"

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: AJO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Slyly derisive"

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 expressive of contempt
• Words that mean the same thing: sneering, supercilious
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Personal quirk"

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 local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Emanates (from)"

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 an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
• Words that mean the same thing: yield, write out, come out
• The opposite would be: recall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISSUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Hot spot for a chef"

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

  The answer is: OVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Scaredy-cat"

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 the flesh of a chicken used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: Gallus gallus, lily-livered, yellow-bellied
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHICKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Stick in a salad?"

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 widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
• Words that mean the same thing: cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CELERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Mai ___"

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 native or inhabitant of thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: Siamese, Thai
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Nut once used as an ingredient in Coke"

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 tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
• Words that mean the same thing: Daba, Cola acuminata, goora nut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "Whatevs""

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. "Oh, settle down …""

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: NOWNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. N.Y.C.'s ___ Cortlandt Park"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. "Stranger Things" kid"

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 united states screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
• Words that mean the same thing: George Lucas
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUCAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. What pales in comparison to other carbs?"

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: WHITERICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Fitting way to invest in Campbell's"

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 raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
• Words that mean the same thing: banal, stock certificate, shopworn
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Paramedic, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
• Words that mean the same thing: life buoy, lifeguard, life belt
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFESAVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Test of patience"

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 time during which some action is awaited
• Words that mean the same thing: hold, detain, stay
• The opposite would be: rush
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Risked a ticket, say"

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 move faster
• Words that mean the same thing: hotfoot, pelt along, quicken
• The opposite would be: linger, decelerate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Three feet"

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 unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• Words that mean the same thing: one thousand, G, railway yard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle October 11, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Many an Omani or Iraqi	4
2D	2. Musical Mitchell	4
3D	3. Current choice	4
4D	4. One of the Big Five film studios of Hollywood's golden age	3
5D	5. Romantic hopefuls	7
6D	6. Narnia lion	5
7D	7. George Eliot's "The ___ on the Floss"	4
8D	8. Beverage that can cause brain freeze	4
9D	9. Logan Airport code	3
10D	10. Marvel role for Paul Rudd	6
11D	11. Nickname for Rihanna	4
12D	12. Fat/flour mixture	4
13D	13. Suffix with differ	3
14D	15. Le Louvre, e.g.	5
15D	21. Eye affliction	4
16D	23. Yummly, SideChef and Food Monster	4
17D	25. Does rite by one's partner?	4
18D	26. Treaty	4
19D	27. Guiding principle	5
20D	28. Cook in simmering liquid	5
21D	29. Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues	5
22D	30. Ancient Egyptians referred to it as the "plant of immortality" because of its ability to survive without soil	4
23D	31. Green	5
24D	32. Respected figure	5
25D	35. Adroitness	4
26D	37. Itsy	4
27D	39. Sheet mineral	4
28D	42. City where 29-Down food is popular, informally	4
29D	45. Largest human organ	4
30D	46. Moved (over)	7
31D	49. New York home of Cornell University	6
32D	51. Cary of "The Princess Bride"	5
33D	53. Part of a place setting	5
34D	54. Smartphone button	4
35D	55. Environmental sci.	4
36D	57. "Wise" ones	4
37D	58. Beat into a froth, as cream	4
38D	59. "___ Las Vegas"	4
39D	60. Laptop brand	4
40D	61. Wonk	4
41D	62. Alternative to mushrooms	3
42D	63. Place for pie, idiomatically	3
43D	65. Word after alpha, beta or gamma	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. Many an Omani or Iraqi"

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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Musical Mitchell"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: JONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Current choice"

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: ACDC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One of the Big Five film studios of Hollywood's golden age"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Romantic hopefuls"

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 a man who courts a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: wooer, suitor, suer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUITORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Narnia lion"

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: ASLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. George Eliot's "The ___ on the Floss""

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 plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
• Words that mean the same thing: grinder, manufacturing plant, James Mill
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Beverage that can cause brain freeze"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Logan Airport code"

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 wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily bovinae or tribe bovini
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Bos
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Marvel role for Paul Rudd"

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: ANTMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Nickname for Rihanna"

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: RIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Fat/flour mixture"

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 mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Suffix with differ"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Le Louvre, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MUSEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Eye affliction"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: hordeolum, sty, eye infection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Yummly, SideChef and Food Monster"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Does rite by one's partner?"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: get hitched with, hook up with, splice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Treaty"

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 agreement between two states or sovereigns
• Words that mean the same thing: treaty, accord
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Guiding principle"

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 principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
• Words that mean the same thing: moral principle, value orientation, value-system
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Cook in simmering liquid"

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

  The answer is: POACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a louisianian descended from acadian immigrants from nova scotia (`cajun' comes from `acadian')
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAJUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Ancient Egyptians referred to it as the "plant of immortality" because of its ability to survive without soil"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Green"

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 marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
• Words that mean the same thing: uninitiated, uninitiate, uninstructed
• The opposite would be: sophisticated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Respected figure"

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 person who is older than you are
• Words that mean the same thing: senior, sr., older
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Adroitness"

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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Words that mean the same thing: relief, relieve, simplicity
• The opposite would be: difficulty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Itsy"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: EENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Sheet mineral"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
• Words that mean the same thing: isinglass
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. City where 29-Down food is popular, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Largest human organ"

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 natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
• Words that mean the same thing: scrape, struggle, bark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Moved (over)"

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 run or move very quickly or hastily
• Words that mean the same thing: flash, scoot, dash
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOOTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. New York home of Cornell University"

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 college town in central new york on lake cayuga
• Words that mean the same thing: Ithaki
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITHACA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Cary of "The Princess Bride""

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: ELWES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Part of a place setting"

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 edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: stab, tongue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Smartphone button"

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 deaf person who is unable to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: deaf-and-dumb person, tongueless, unspoken
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Environmental sci."

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: ECOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "Wise" ones"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of Minerva, bird of night
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Beat into a froth, as cream"

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 an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
• Words that mean the same thing: mop up, party whip, lather
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. "___ Las Vegas""

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: viva voce, oral, oral examination
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Laptop brand"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Wonk"

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 an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: dweeb, swot, grind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. Alternative to mushrooms"

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "63. Place for pie, idiomatically"

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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: pitch, flip, toss
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "65. Word after alpha, beta or gamma"

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 column of light (as from a beacon)
• Words that mean the same thing: ray of light, electron beam, radiate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	58	72.5%
Short Answer	14	17.5%
History	3	3.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
Music	1	1.2%
Movies/Film	1	1.2%
Geography	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	4.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 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 30, 2025 at 08:24 AM