27421 Sat Dec 07, 2024 NYT Luke K. Schreiber

Across Clues :

1. Undertook, in an idiom, 7. Stressed half the time, say, 13. Dance class outfit, 15. Host of a record eight Olympic Games as of 2024, 16. What helps grease the wheels?, 18. Attacks, 19. One might be used in math class or studied in history class, 20. High-___, 22. Renowned conductor born in Bombay, 23. Words of support, 24. Weak parts of a logical argument, 26. Introducer of the "New Look" in 1947, 27. Illegal substance, in sports lingo, 28. Evil act, 30. Nathan Hale, notably, 31. Plea of innocence, 33. Driving competitions amidst everyday traffic, 34. Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton", 35. Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short, 36. Getting dirty, 37. Huck's pal, 40. Kind of contract, 42. Like the gargoyles of Notre-Dame, 43. Popular apple variety, 44. Changes color in fright, 46. Home turf?, 47. Rest stop sights, informally, 48. Beliefs associated with Plato, 50. Parts of some massages, 52. In which you might confront the elephant in the room?, 53. Pompous pronoun, 54. "Subsequently …", 55. Mouths that don't talk

Down Clues :

1. Unfair charge, informally, 2. Highest-ranking Asian American politician before Harris, 3. Like nobility, 4. Midwestern tribe, 5. Jamie of "M*A*S*H", 6. Not to, 7. "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi hit), 8. *Cough*, 9. Measured (out), 10. "I think we agree, the past is over" and "They misunderestimated me", 11. Part of a nuclear family?, 12. Bright shade of yellow, 14. Hot water, 17. It doesn't go over well, 21. Gifted orator, 24. Hockey great Eric, 25. Maritime route, 28. Siege deterrents, 29. Chatting privately with, for short, 31. Spanish honorific title, 32. "Jeepers!", 33. Signal of impending danger, 34. Box in many trucks, 35. Moderator's assortment, 37. Uproar, 38. First Nations people, 39. All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying, 41. Draw out with water, 43. Wild, 45. Swing around, 47. Largest isle of the Inner Hebrides, 49. ID created in 1936, 51. Most successful American video game franchise, for short

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 07, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, December 7, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Undertook, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BITOFF




• The clue is 7. Stressed half the time, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IAMBIC

  Possible Answer : iambic




• The clue is 13. Dance class outfit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNITARD

  Possible Answer : leotard, cat_suit, body_suit, unitard




• The clue is 15. Host of a record eight Olympic Games as of 2024. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEUSA




• The clue is 16. What helps grease the wheels?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOTOROIL




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

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

  The answer: SETSON




• The clue is 19. One might be used in math class or studied in history class. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RULER

  Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler




• The clue is 20. High-___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RES

  Possible Answer : re, Ra, atomic_number_75, RES, Re, rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial_system




• The clue is 22. Renowned conductor born in Bombay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEHTA




• The clue is 23. Words of support. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYES




• The clue is 24. Weak parts of a logical argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEAPS

  Possible Answer : leap, leaping, jump_off, spring, saltation, bound, jump, bounce




• The clue is 26. Introducer of the "New Look" in 1947. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIOR

  Possible Answer : Christian_Dior, Dior




• The clue is 27. Illegal substance, in sports lingo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PED




• The clue is 28. Evil act. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISDEED

  Possible Answer : misbehaviour, misbehavior, misdeed




• The clue is 30. Nathan Hale, notably. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPY

  Possible Answer : descry, espy, sight, sleuth, undercover_agent, spy, stag, snoop, spot




• The clue is 31. Plea of innocence. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: DONTBLAMEME




• The clue is 33. Driving competitions amidst everyday traffic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ROADRALLIES




• The clue is 34. Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: CENTRALBANK




• The clue is 35. Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TBD




• The clue is 36. Getting dirty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOILING

  Possible Answer : colly, grime, begrime, bemire, soiling, soilure, soil, dirtying, dirty

  Possible Opposite Answer : clean




• The clue is 37. Huck's pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOM

  Possible Answer : tomcat, tom, Tom, gobbler, tom_turkey, Uncle_Tom, turkey_cock




• The clue is 40. Kind of contract. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORAL

  Possible Answer : viva, viva_voce, unwritten, oral_examination, oral_exam, oral

  Possible Opposite Answer : aboral, anal




• The clue is 42. Like the gargoyles of Notre-Dame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STONE

  Possible Answer : rock, Harlan_Fiske_Stone, pit, Harlan_Stone, Harlan_F._Stone, Edward_Durell_Stone, gem, Harlan_Fisk_Stone, Isidor_Feinstein_Stone, I._F._Stone, Oliver_Stone, stone, endocarp, gemstone, lapidate, Stone, Lucy_Stone




• The clue is 43. Popular apple variety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FUJI

  Possible Answer : Prunus_incisa, Fuji-san, Fuji, fuji_cherry, Fujiyama, Mount_Fuji, fuji, Fujinoyama




• The clue is 44. Changes color in fright. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALES

  Possible Answer : picket, chum_up, blanch, pal, pale, pal_up, blench




• The clue is 46. Home turf?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOD

  Possible Answer : superoxide_dismutase, greensward, SOD, turf, sod, sodomite, sward, bugger, sodomist




• The clue is 47. Rest stop sights, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEMIS

  Possible Answer : rig, tractor_trailer, trucking_rig, semitrailer, semifinal, trailer_truck, articulated_lorry, semi




• The clue is 48. Beliefs associated with Plato. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEALS

  Possible Answer : saint, paragon, nonesuch, ideal, nonsuch, apotheosis, nonpareil




• The clue is 50. Parts of some massages. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NECKRUBS




• The clue is 52. In which you might confront the elephant in the room?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CIRCUS

  Possible Answer : Circus, carnival, genus_Circus, circus




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

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

  The answer: ROYALWE




• The clue is 54. "Subsequently …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOTHEN




• The clue is 55. Mouths that don't talk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DELTAS

  Possible Answer : delta

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Unfair charge, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUMRAP

• The clue is 2. Highest-ranking Asian American politician before Harris. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INOUYE

• The clue is 3. Like nobility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TITLED

  Possible Answer: title, highborn, titled, style, coroneted, entitle

• The clue is 4. Midwestern tribe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTOES

  Possible Answer: Oto, Otoe

• The clue is 5. Jamie of "M*A*S*H". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FARR

• The clue is 6. Not to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRO

• The clue is 7. "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITS

  Possible Answer: information_technology, IT

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

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

  The answer: AHEM

  Possible Answer: ahem, hem

• The clue is 9. Measured (out). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: METED

• The clue is 10. "I think we agree, the past is over" and "They misunderestimated me". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUSHISMS

• The clue is 11. Part of a nuclear family?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISOTOPE

  Possible Answer: isotope

• The clue is 12. Bright shade of yellow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANARY

  Possible Answer: stoolpigeon, sneak, canary_bird, stool_pigeon, fink, snitch, sneaker, canary, canary_yellow, snitcher, stoolie, canary-yellow

• The clue is 14. Hot water. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: DIRESTRAITS

• The clue is 17. It doesn't go over well. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: LEADBALLOON

• The clue is 21. Gifted orator. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: SPELLBINDER

  Possible Answer: spellbinder

• The clue is 24. Hockey great Eric. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LINDROS

• The clue is 25. Maritime route. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEALANE

• The clue is 28. Siege deterrents. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOATS

  Possible Answer: fosse, moat

• The clue is 29. Chatting privately with, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DMING

• The clue is 31. Spanish honorific title. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DON

  Possible Answer: preceptor, put_on, get_into, Don_River, father, wear, Don, don, assume

• The clue is 32. "Jeepers!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEK

• The clue is 33. Signal of impending danger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDALERT

• The clue is 34. Box in many trucks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CBRADIO

• The clue is 35. Moderator's assortment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOPICS

  Possible Answer: issue, topic, subject, matter, theme

• The clue is 37. Uproar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUMULT

  Possible Answer: rumpus, din, commotion, ruckus, tumultuousness, garboil, tumult, turmoil, ruction, uproar

• The clue is 38. First Nations people. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OJIBWA

  Possible Answer: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway

• The clue is 39. All the shots one doesn't take, per a saying. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISSES

  Possible Answer: Miss, young_lady, omit, fille, miss, leave_out, overlook, young_woman, pretermit, lack, missy, lose, drop, neglect, misfire, girl, overleap, escape

  Possible Opposite Answer : hit, attend, attend_to, have

• The clue is 41. Draw out with water. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEACH

  Possible Answer: strip, leach, percolate, leaching

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

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

  The answer: FERAL

  Possible Answer: ferine, savage, feral

• The clue is 45. Swing around. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLUE

  Possible Answer: curve, swerve, slide, slew, slip, sheer, slue, skid, veer, trend, cut

• The clue is 47. Largest isle of the Inner Hebrides. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKYE

• The clue is 49. ID created in 1936. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SSN

• The clue is 51. Most successful American video game franchise, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COD

  Possible Answer: gull, put_on, collect, befool, fool, bait, tantalize, slang, take_in, seedcase, cod, put_one_over, codfish, put_one_across, COD, dupe, C.O.D., ride, rag, razz, tantalise, twit, tease, taunt, cash_on_delivery, rally, pod

July 22, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, July 22, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

July 22, 2022 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. [Ooh, you're sexy!]	4
2A	5. Bed in the kitchen?	4
3A	9. Big ___ (athletic conference)	4
4A	13. Medicinal plant	4
5A	14. Tangy-and-sweet dessert topping	10
6A	16. Sail holder … or sale holder?	4
7A	17. "Everything comes down to this"	10
8A	18. Camouflage fabric	5
9A	20. Many string compositions by Haydn	5
10A	21. Butt of a joke?	14
11A	26. Weighed unscientifically	6
12A	27. Quaker of Pennsylvania?	5
13A	28. Store up	5
14A	29. Sudoku or anagrams	9
15A	33. Chip, e.g.	3
16A	34. Like Goliath, in the Bible story	5
17A	35. Short flight	3
18A	36. Going from club to club, say	9
19A	39. Things some people do at bars	5
20A	41. City near Kobe	5
21A	42. Perform for the approval of	6
22A	43. Only singer to have seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100	14
23A	46. Not just bold	5
24A	47. First Black female billionaire, informally	5
25A	48. "Hey, I'm talking here!"	10
26A	52. Slice in a salad, maybe	4
27A	55. Ones who put you to sleep	10
28A	56. World's leading saffron producer	4
29A	57. Saxophone piece	4
30A	58. Pros	4
31A	59. Comment from one who's all thumbs?	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. [Ooh, you're sexy!]"

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: RAWR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Bed in the kitchen?"

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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice, Elmer Reizenstein
• 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: RICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Big ___ (athletic conference)"

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 the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: Orient, E, eastward
• The opposite would be: west
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Medicinal plant"

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 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 5 Across: "14. Tangy-and-sweet dessert topping"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEMONSAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Sail holder … or sale holder?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert 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, chiliad
• 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!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "Everything comes down to this""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSDOORDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Camouflage fabric"

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 sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
• 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: KHAKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Many string compositions by Haydn"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: deuce-ace, leash, III
• 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: TRIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Butt of a joke?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WHOOPEECUSHION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Weighed unscientifically"

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 lift or elevate
• Words that mean the same thing: heft, heft up, heave
• 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: HEFTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Quaker of Pennsylvania?"

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 any of several trees of the genus populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
• 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: ASPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Store up"

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 collect or gather
• Words that mean the same thing: roll up, hoard, conglomerate
• 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: AMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Sudoku or anagrams"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRAINGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Chip, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: blemish, mutilate, March
• 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: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Like Goliath, in the Bible story"

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 people who have been slain (as in battle)
• Words that mean the same thing: off, dispatch, bump off
• 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: SLAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Short flight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• Words that mean the same thing: record hop, hops, skip
• 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: HOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Going from club to club, say"

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: ONTHETOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Things some people do at bars"

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 act of firing a projectile
• Words that mean the same thing: stroke, guesswork, guessing
• 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: SHOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. City near Kobe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• 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: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Perform for the approval of"

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: PLAYTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Only singer to have seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: WHITNEYHOUSTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Not just bold"

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 offensively bold
• Words that mean the same thing: nervy, cheeky
• 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: BRASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. First Black female billionaire, informally"

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: OPRAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. "Hey, I'm talking here!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LISTENTOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Slice in a salad, maybe"

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: FETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Ones who put you to sleep"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: UTTERBORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. World's leading saffron producer"

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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• 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: IRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Saxophone piece"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: vibrating reed, Walter Reed, John Reed
• 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: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Pros"

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: AYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Comment from one who's all thumbs?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the words of something written
• Words that mean the same thing: schoolbook, textbook, school text
• The opposite would be: trade edition
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword July 22, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Line in geometry	3
2D	2. French phrase with a grave accent	3
3D	3. Real gem	9
4D	4. Spicy sweets	7
5D	5. Make fast again	5
6D	6. Reaches online, in a way	3
7D	7. Source of oil from the sea	3
8D	8. Brian who was a pioneer in ambient music	3
9D	9. Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one	7
10D	10. Kind of feed	5
11D	11. Descendant of a prominent family	5
12D	12. Some tourist shop wares	4
13D	14. Popular	5
14D	15. Story segue	6
15D	19. They share our blood types	4
16D	21. Company behind the Hula-Hoop and Frisbee	5
17D	22. Foe of Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe"	5
18D	23. Relative of fennel	7
19D	24. Bolt for the finish line?	5
20D	25. Quick drive, informally	4
21D	29. Fellow	5
22D	30. Ship-to-ship communication	9
23D	31. "Carpe diem," for one	5
24D	32. Japanese-based electronics giant	5
25D	34. Man's nickname that's a baseball team's nickname backward	4
26D	37. Raised	7
27D	38. Queen celebrated at an annual feast	6
28D	39. Line in music	4
29D	40. Flips	7
30D	42. Latin lovers, officially speaking?	5
31D	43. Put down	5
32D	44. Precipitance	5
33D	45. Divisions of subdivisions	5
34D	46. Motion picture?	4
35D	49. Org. whose logo features a leaning silhouette	3
36D	50. Barbie, e.g.	3
37D	51. Unit of the Swedish krona	3
38D	53. Line on a receipt	3
39D	54. Worker in a tunnel, maybe	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. Line in geometry"

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 column of light (as from a beacon)
• Words that mean the same thing: irradiate, light 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!

Clue 2 Down: "2. French phrase with a grave accent"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• 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: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Real gem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WORKOFART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Spicy sweets"

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: REDHOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Make fast again"

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 tie again or anew
• 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: RETIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Reaches online, in a way"

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: IMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Source of oil from the sea"

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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Words that mean the same thing: taunt, tantalise, put one over
• 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: COD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Brian who was a pioneer in ambient music"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: ENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one"

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 jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
• 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: EARRING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Kind of feed"

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 audible part of a transmitted signal
• Words that mean the same thing: sound, audio frequency, audio recording
• 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: AUDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Descendant of a prominent family"

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 descendent or heir
• 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: SCION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Some tourist shop wares"

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 the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: tee up, teeing ground, football tee
• 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: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Popular"

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 prefer or wish to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: like, care, wish
• The opposite would be: disliked, dislike
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Story segue"

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: SOTHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. They share our blood types"

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 of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: ape, aper, anthropoid
• 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: APES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Company behind the Hula-Hoop and Frisbee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHAMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Foe of Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Relative of fennel"

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 eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed
• Words that mean the same thing: Carum carvi
• 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: CARAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. Bolt for the finish line?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: USAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. Quick drive, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
• Words that mean the same thing: gyrate, birl, tailspin
• 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: SPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Fellow"

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 a boy or man
• Words that mean the same thing: chap, blighter, fellow
• 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: BLOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Ship-to-ship communication"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AHOYTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. "Carpe diem," for one"

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 favorite saying of a sect or political group
• Words that mean the same thing: slogan, shibboleth, catchword
• 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: MOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Japanese-based electronics giant"

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: EPSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Man's nickname that's a baseball team's nickname backward"

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: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Raised"

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 raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
• Words that mean the same thing: lift, hoist, run up
• 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: HOISTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Queen celebrated at an annual feast"

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 (old testament) a beautiful jewess chosen by the king of persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the jews in persia (an event celebrated by jews as the feast of purim)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Esther
• 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: ESTHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Line in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
• Words that mean the same thing: daub, smear, blot
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Flips"

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: HASAFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Latin lovers, officially speaking?"

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 head of the roman catholic church
• Words that mean the same thing: Alexander Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Catholic Pope
• 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: POPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "43. Put down"

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 produce a literary work
• Words that mean the same thing: spell, save, compose
• 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: WRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "44. Precipitance"

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 overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Words that mean the same thing: hastiness, precipitation, hurry
• 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: HASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Divisions of subdivisions"

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 where you live at a particular time
• Words that mean the same thing: domicile, base, nursing home
• 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: HOMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. Motion picture?"

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 hazy or indistinct representation
• Words that mean the same thing: obnubilate, smear, slur
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Org. whose logo features a leaning silhouette"

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: NBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Barbie, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an artifact designed to be played with
• Words that mean the same thing: diddle, miniature, plaything
• 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: TOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. Unit of the Swedish krona"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• 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: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "53. Line on a receipt"

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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Words that mean the same thing: task, assess, taxation
• 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: TAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "54. Worker in a tunnel, maybe"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• 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: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	10	14.3%
Music	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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: September 08, 2025 at 02:44 PM