May 23, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, May 23, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - May 23, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. World capital where the language Ga is spoken	5
2A	6. Dish often topped with goat cheese and cranberries	9
3A	15. Cut scene?	5
4A	16. Yanqui	9
5A	17. Food for a brown bear	5
6A	18. "Understood"	9
7A	19. Reprimand to the overly speedy	11
8A	21. First name at Springfield Elementary	4
9A	22. End of many a co. name	3
10A	23. Abbr. of interest	3
11A	26. A male one is a jack	3
12A	28. Machine shop essential	4
13A	31. Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet	4
14A	32. "Well, of course!"	3
15A	33. Held eye contact for too long, say	11
16A	36. Festival observed every October 31 to November 2	15
17A	38. February honoree	11
18A	39. Something to do for peace	3
19A	40. It's named for the Norse god of war: Abbr.	4
20A	41. Head overseas	4
21A	42. Big purchaser of scanners, in brief	3
22A	43. Black ___	3
23A	44. Part of NATO: Abbr.	3
24A	46. Red states, once	4
25A	49. One meaning of a raised index finger	11
26A	54. Completely	9
27A	58. Name derived from the Greek for "holy"	5
28A	59. Sending to the cloud, e.g.	9
29A	60. Sound name	5
30A	61. Figureheads?	9
31A	62. Question from someone waving across a crowded room	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. World capital where the language Ga is spoken"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of ghana with a deep-water port
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Ghana
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Dish often topped with goat cheese and cranberries"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: KALESALAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Cut scene?"

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 gallery where works of art can be displayed
• Words that mean the same thing: beauty parlor, beauty shop, beauty parlour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Yanqui"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: AMERICANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Food for a brown bear"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. "Understood""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROGERTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Reprimand to the overly speedy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITSNOTARACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. First name at Springfield Elementary"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. End of many a co. name"

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: LTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Abbr. of interest"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following march and preceding may
• Words that mean the same thing: April
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. A male one is a jack"

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

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Machine shop essential"

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 plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
• Words that mean the same thing: grinder, milling machinery, mill around
• The 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 13 Across: "31. Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, hautbois
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. "Well, of course!""

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: DUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Held eye contact for too long, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MADEITWEIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Festival observed every October 31 to November 2"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: DIADELOSMUERTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. February honoree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STVALENTINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Something to do for peace"

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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: Eugene Sue, process, action
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. It's named for the Norse god of war: Abbr."

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 the third day of the week; the second working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Tuesday
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Head overseas"

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: TETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Big purchaser of scanners, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Black ___"

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 (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Part of NATO: Abbr."

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

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: ORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Red states, once"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USSR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. One meaning of a raised index finger"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CHECKPLEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Completely"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: HEADTOTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. Name derived from the Greek for "holy""

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: AGNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Sending to the cloud, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
• Words that mean the same thing: upload
• The opposite would be: download
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPLOADING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Sound name"

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: PUGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Figureheads?"

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: MATHLETES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Question from someone waving across a crowded room"

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: SEEME

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - May 23, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Source of some bubbles	4
2D	2. Amazon icon	4
3D	3. Narrow escapes	11
4D	4. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," for one	5
5D	5. Composer Bruckner	5
6D	6. ___ Lawson, W.N.B.A. star-turned-coach for the Boston Celtics	4
7D	7. "___ Gitano," Spanish-language hit for Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández	4
8D	8. Bound to follow	10
9D	9. Bring into existence	5
10D	10. Brought into existence	5
11D	11. Word often followed by a Roman numeral	3
12D	12. ___-di-dah	3
13D	13. Santa ___	3
14D	14. Indicator of a note's duration, on a score	3
15D	20. "Hot" thing	6
16D	23. Slightly off	11
17D	24. Not watertight	6
18D	25. Port Sudan is on it	6
19D	26. Expands	6
20D	27. Get ready for action	6
21D	29. "?????"	10
22D	30. Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002)	5
23D	31. Shortened again	3
24D	33. Brooks, for example	3
25D	34. Auto correction	6
26D	35. Mini	3
27D	37. Some A.B.A. members	3
28D	44. Eight-related	5
29D	45. R, in a postal abbreviation	5
30D	47. Makes red in the face?	5
31D	48. "By the way," e.g.	5
32D	50. It gets a licking	4
33D	51. Bar supply	4
34D	52. Appear	4
35D	53. Renaissance family name	4
36D	54. Generator's output	3
37D	55. Water monitor, for short	3
38D	56. ___-weekly	3
39D	57. Quote from Homer	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. Source of some bubbles"

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: ASTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Amazon icon"

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 heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: drag, handcart, hale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Narrow escapes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLOSESHAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a charge of ammunition for a single shot
• Words that mean the same thing: daily round, around, labialize
• The opposite would be: square
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Composer Bruckner"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ANTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ Lawson, W.N.B.A. star-turned-coach for the Boston Celtics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "___ Gitano," Spanish-language hit for Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández"

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 (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
• Words that mean the same thing: Cupid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Bound to follow"

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: LEGALLIMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Bring into existence"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: set up, vertical, tumid
• The opposite would be: unerect, level
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Brought into existence"

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 make children
• Words that mean the same thing: get, mother, sire
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Word often followed by a Roman numeral"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___-di-dah"

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 syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: la
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Santa ___"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Indicator of a note's duration, on a score"

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 very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: Elvis, Transportation, scatter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. "Hot" thing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in northern ghana
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAMALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Slightly off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ABITSTRANGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Not watertight"

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 able to absorb fluids
• Words that mean the same thing: poriferous, holey
• The opposite would be: nonporous
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POROUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Port Sudan is on it"

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: REDSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Expands"

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: ADDSTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Get ready for action"

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: SUITUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. "?????""

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: IDONTGETIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002)"

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: LESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Shortened again"

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Brooks, for example"

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: MEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Auto correction"

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: TUNEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. Mini"

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 short time
• Words that mean the same thing: take a leak, teeny-weeny, micturate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "37. Some A.B.A. members"

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 any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: dassie, cony, coney
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Eight-related"

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 of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. R, in a postal abbreviation"

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: RHODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Makes red in the face?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
• Words that mean the same thing: smacking, slap, smack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. "By the way," e.g."

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 act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. It gets a licking"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Bar supply"

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 quantity contained in a keg
• Words that mean the same thing: kegful, keg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Appear"

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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: appear, look
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Renaissance family name"

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: ESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Generator's output"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
• Words that mean the same thing: busyness, Movement of Holy Warriors, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Water monitor, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. ___-weekly"

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

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. Quote from Homer"

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 syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: do, ut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	42	60.0%
Short Answer	15	21.4%
Abbreviation	3	4.3%
History	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	2	2.9%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 02, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

November 02, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. 2008 Lil Wayne hit whose title is slang for lots of money	6
2A	7. Geographical features that Mexico City and Kathmandu are built on	8
3A	15. Weakness of note?	6
4A	16. Emphatic refusal	8
5A	17. Laffy Taffy flavor	6
6A	18. "You wanna fight, bro?!"	8
7A	19. "That's my cue!"	4
8A	20. Speedy, in adspeak	4
9A	22. Relative of a tweet	5
10A	23. Puts through a sieve	5
11A	25. Tool used in angioplasty	5
12A	27. Ways: Abbr.	3
13A	28. Others	7
14A	30. Middle of a bell curve	4
15A	32. ___ party (all-female get-together)	3
16A	33. Like a milquetoast	4
17A	35. Rabid fan	5
18A	38. Commanding lead?	13
19A	41. Pomme de ___ (potato: Fr.)	5
20A	42. Like the daughter in 2018's "A Quiet Place"	4
21A	43. After-dinner offering	3
22A	45. Woman's name that's an anagram of two men's names	4
23A	47. Snowflake shape	7
24A	49. Shade of gray	3
25A	52. Shell material	5
26A	54. Mourner in the Book of Ruth	5
27A	55. Abu ___	5
28A	57. Org. that operates the Large Hadron Collider	4
29A	59. Shapes of some bacterial cells	4
30A	60. They'll show you what's what	8
31A	62. Try to counteract	6
32A	64. Conspiring (with)	8
33A	65. Use one's noodle, formally	6
34A	66. Allen Ginsberg, e.g.	8
35A	67. Name over a return address	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. 2008 Lil Wayne hit whose title is slang for lots of money"

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: AMILLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Geographical features that Mexico City and Kathmandu are built on"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: LAKEBEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Weakness of note?"

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: TINEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Emphatic refusal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IWILLNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Laffy Taffy flavor"

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 any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
• Words that mean the same thing: banana tree
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. "You wanna fight, bro?!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COMEATME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. "That's my cue!""

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: IMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Speedy, in adspeak"

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: QUIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Relative of a tweet"

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 short weak cry of a young bird
• Words that mean the same thing: chirrup, chirp, peep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Puts through a sieve"

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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• Words that mean the same thing: Timothy Miles Bindon Rice, Elmer Rice, rice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Tool used in angioplasty"

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 slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Ways: Abbr."

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

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: RDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Others"

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: THEREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Middle of a bell curve"

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 standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Words that mean the same thing: average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. ___ party (all-female get-together)"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Like a milquetoast"

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

  The answer is: MEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Rabid fan"

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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
• Words that mean the same thing: devil, daimon, monster
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Commanding lead?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: ACTORDIRECTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Pomme de ___ (potato: Fr.)"

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: TERRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Like the daughter in 2018's "A Quiet Place""

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 people who have severe hearing impairments
• Words that mean the same thing: indifferent, deafen
• The opposite would be: hearing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. After-dinner offering"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: Camellia sinensis, tea leaf, afternoon tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Woman's name that's an anagram of two men's names"

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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Snowflake shape"

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 (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRACTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Shade of gray"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Shell material"

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 iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
• Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Mourner in the Book of Ruth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
• Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAOMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Abu ___"

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: DHABI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Org. that operates the Large Hadron Collider"

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: CERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Shapes of some bacterial cells"

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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: perch, gat, rod cell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. They'll show you what's what"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LABELERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Try to counteract"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an engagement fought between two military forces
• Words that mean the same thing: battle, fight, scrap
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Conspiring (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INLEAGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Use one's noodle, formally"

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 form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
• Words that mean the same thing: conceive of, envisage, imagine
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Allen Ginsberg, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEATPOET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Name over a return address"

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 someone who transmits a message
• Words that mean the same thing: transmitter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENDER

  Great job if you got it right!

November 02, 2019 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. When Apgar tests are performed	7
2D	2. Southernmost team in the N.B.A.	9
3D	3. Purity	9
4D	4. One-point throw in horseshoes	6
5D	5. Computer connection letters	3
6D	6. Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born	4
7D	7. O.K.	5
8D	8. Disturbed, say	6
9D	9. Despot with a nuclear arsenal	3
10D	10. Cooler filled with juice?	11
11D	11. Low on the excite-o-meter	4
12D	12. Arrive on the scene	5
13D	13. Round up?	5
14D	14. Things that creak in haunted houses	5
15D	21. Spanish counterpart of the French "vous"	5
16D	24. Reversible word	11
17D	26. "Don't worry"	6
18D	29. ___ Slam (sports feat)	6
19D	31. Congregated	3
20D	34. Josh	3
21D	36. "I've seen worse"	9
22D	37. Best of all possible whirls?	9
23D	39. Pope Francis III?	3
24D	40. Point (to)	5
25D	44. Celeb	7
26D	46. Pile up	6
27D	48. 1875 premiere at Paris's Opéra-Comique	6
28D	49. Jack Nicholson's classic line "You can't handle the truth," for one	5
29D	50. 1949 Jack Schaefer novel made into an Oscar-nominated film	5
30D	51. "Se ___ español"	5
31D	53. Zero, in a way	5
32D	56. Cardiologist's favorite vegetable?	4
33D	58. Longtime CBS drama spinoff	4
34D	61. Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations	3
35D	63. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself	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. When Apgar tests are performed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATBIRTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Southernmost team in the N.B.A."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIAMIHEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Purity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the quality of innocent naivete
• Words that mean the same thing: artlessness, purity, whiteness
• The opposite would be: guilt
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INNOCENCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. One-point throw in horseshoes"

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 (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
• Words that mean the same thing: skimpy, lean, thin
• The opposite would be: rich, fat
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEANER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Computer connection letters"

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 computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
• Words that mean the same thing: local area network
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born"

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 republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
• Words that mean the same thing: Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAQ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. O.K."

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 sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality
• Words that mean the same thing: lawful, legitimate
• The opposite would be: illicit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Disturbed, 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 stop sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: awaken, wake up, awake
• The opposite would be: fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWOKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Despot with a nuclear arsenal"

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: KIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Cooler filled with juice?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELECTRICFAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Low on the excite-o-meter"

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 pompous or pretentious talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: bombast, rant, fustian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Arrive on the scene"

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 to come or go into
• Words that mean the same thing: go in, introduce, get into
• The opposite would be: drop out, exit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Round up?"

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 having a hemispherical vault or dome
• Words that mean the same thing: vaulted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Things that creak in haunted houses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
• Words that mean the same thing: whole step, pace, tread
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Spanish counterpart of the French "vous""

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: USTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Reversible word"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SEMORDNILAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "Don't worry""

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: NOFEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. ___ Slam (sports feat)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SERENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Congregated"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: run across, match, encounter
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Josh"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young person of either sex
• Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Kid, small fry, Kyd
• The opposite would be: parent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. "I've seen worse""

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: NOTTOOBAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Best of all possible whirls?"

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: DREAMDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Pope Francis III?"

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: TRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Point (to)"

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 make reference to
• Words that mean the same thing: denote, name, consult
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "44. Celeb"

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: ALISTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "46. Pile 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 grow by addition
• Words that mean the same thing: fall
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "48. 1875 premiere at Paris's Opéra-Comique"

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: CARMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Jack Nicholson's classic line "You can't handle the truth," for one"

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: ADLIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. 1949 Jack Schaefer novel made into an Oscar-nominated film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. "Se ___ español""

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: HABLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Zero, in a way"

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 device for resetting instruments or controls
• Words that mean the same thing: readjust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Cardiologist's favorite vegetable?"

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 biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
• Words that mean the same thing: common beet, Beta vulgaris, beetroot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Longtime CBS drama spinoff"

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: NCIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "61. Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "63. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself"

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	74.3%
Short Answer	10	14.3%
Literature	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 29, 2025 at 06:33 AM