January 11, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (41 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle January 11, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Positive particles	7
2A	8. Fending (off)	7
3A	15. Brand X	7
4A	16. Precipice of exposed bedrock	7
5A	17. With 18-Across, Emmy-winning "Ugly Betty" actress	7
6A	18. See 17-Across	7
7A	19. Festive French season	4
8A	20. Goddess often depicted holding a staff of papyrus	4
9A	21. Lunch with Skippy, briefly?	3
10A	24. Tricky thing to get caught in	3
11A	25. Nabokov's longest novel	3
12A	26. QB Newton who popularized dabbing	3
13A	29. Ate away	6
14A	31. Author of "An Inconvenient Truth"	6
15A	33. Spelling of "BH90210"	4
16A	34. Enlighten	5
17A	38. Deeply regrets	4
18A	39. 65-Across justifiers, in a saying	4
19A	40. Year, in ancient Rome	5
20A	41. "The Queen's Gambit" actress Taylor-Joy	4
21A	42. Newswoman Paula	4
22A	44. Remark further	3
23A	45. Sondheim's "___ the Woods"	4
24A	46. Fellows	3
25A	47. When viewed	7
26A	50. ___-runner (bootlegger)	3
27A	52. One calling you out, perhaps	3
28A	53. Bunch of numbers for crunching	7
29A	54. N.B.A.'s ___ Ming	3
30A	55. Charge	3
31A	56. Come over the top, in poker	7
32A	57. Certain camera, for short	3
33A	58. Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns	5
34A	60. Path of a pop-up	3
35A	61. Threepio's "Star Wars" companion	5
36A	63. Site of a Massachusetts tourist shop named "Witch Way Gifts"	5
37A	64. Nothing	3
38A	65. See 39-Across	5
39A	66. Amazon voice assistant	5
40A	67. Actor Billy ___ Williams	3
41A	68. Shopping ___	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. Positive particles"

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 stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
• Words that mean the same thing: proton
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROTONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Fending (off)"

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 furnish with staves
• Words that mean the same thing: stave, stave in
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAVING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Brand X"

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 wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
• Words that mean the same thing: generic wine
• The opposite would be: varietal, varietal wine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENERIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Precipice of exposed bedrock"

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 the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
• Words that mean the same thing: rock outcrop, outcropping
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTCROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. With 18-Across, Emmy-winning "Ugly Betty" actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: US, the States, USA
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. See 17-Across"

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: FERRERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Festive French season"

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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmastide, Yuletide, Christmas
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Goddess often depicted holding a staff of papyrus"

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 egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
• Words that mean the same thing: Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lunch with Skippy, briefly?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: PBJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Tricky thing to get caught in"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, prevarication, consist
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Nabokov's longest novel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. QB Newton who popularized dabbing"

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 river in east central england that flows past cambridge to join the ouse river
• Words that mean the same thing: Cam River, River Cam
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Ate away"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
• Words that mean the same thing: scoured, erode, gnaw
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERODED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Author of "An Inconvenient Truth""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ALGORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Spelling of "BH90210""

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 ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
• Words that mean the same thing: tore, torus, toroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Enlighten"

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

  The answer is: EDIFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Deeply regrets"

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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: herb of grace, Ruta graveolens, sorrow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. 65-Across justifiers, in a saying"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: destruction, close, terminate
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Year, in ancient Rome"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ANNUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. "The Queen's Gambit" actress Taylor-Joy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Newswoman Paula"

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: ZAHN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Remark further"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: attention deficit disorder, MBD, lend
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Sondheim's "___ the Woods""

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: INTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Fellows"

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 force of workers available
• Words that mean the same thing: humanity, gentleman's gentleman, valet de chambre
• The opposite would be: woman, civilian
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. When viewed"

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: ONSIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. ___-runner (bootlegger)"

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 liquor distilled from fermented molasses
• Words that mean the same thing: odd, curious, singular
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. One calling you out, perhaps"

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 an official at a baseball game
• Words that mean the same thing: umpire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Bunch of numbers for crunching"

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: DATASET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. N.B.A.'s ___ Ming"

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: YAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Charge"

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 fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: bung, tip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Come over the top, in poker"

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: RERAISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Certain camera, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: SLR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns"

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: ADELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Path of a pop-up"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: spark, electric discharge, curve
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Threepio's "Star Wars" companion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARTOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Site of a Massachusetts tourist shop named "Witch Way Gifts""

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 capital of the state of oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the willamette river
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Oregon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Nothing"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: cypher, zilch, cipher
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "65. See 39-Across"

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 how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
• Words that mean the same thing: entail, way, signify
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "66. Amazon voice assistant"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "67. Actor Billy ___ Williams"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "68. Shopping ___"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword January 11, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. ___ Tour	3
2D	2. Sleep stage, in brief	3
3D	3. Unified	3
4D	4. Bird on a beach	4
5D	5. Baltimore bird	6
6D	6. "Great thinking!"	8
7D	7. Common bathroom device	5
8D	8. Bulgaria's capital	5
9D	9. They always come 48 hours before Thanksgiving	8
10D	10. Relating to a heart chamber	6
11D	11. Some old tape players, briefly	4
12D	12. Wrath	3
13D	13. Here/there go-between	3
14D	14. Transcript fig.	3
15D	21. Court great Sampras	4
16D	22. Prize for third place	11
17D	23. Oscar-winning director of "Get Out"	11
18D	26. Grand Ole Opry performer ... or a hint to 17-/18-Across and 23- and 36-Down	11
19D	27. "Can we talk privately?"	11
20D	28. Bit of Southwest topography	4
21D	30. Share juicy gossip	4
22D	32. 2008 Clint Eastwood film "___ Torino"	4
23D	35. Half of a double helix	9
24D	36. Grammy-winning singer of "Little Things"	9
25D	37. Chocolate treat on a stick	9
26D	43. Rhyming descriptor for Obama	7
27D	45. Groups fixing computer crashes, for short	7
28D	46. Scar's brother in "The Lion King"	6
29D	48. Scot's refusal	3
30D	49. "Mama ___ Crazy," 1984 hit by the Judds	3
31D	51. Gloomy	6
32D	59. "Superman" antagonist ___ Luthor	3
33D	62. Dem.'s opposite	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. ___ Tour"

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: PGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Sleep stage, 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 a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: paradoxical sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Unified"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: i, unmatchable, unrivaled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Bird on a beach"

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 small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Baltimore bird"

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 mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
• Words that mean the same thing: Old World oriole, American oriole, New World oriole
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Great thinking!""

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: NICEIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Common bathroom device"

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 an ordered reference standard
• Words that mean the same thing: scale leaf, scale of measurement, surmount
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Bulgaria's capital"

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 capital and largest city of bulgaria located in western bulgaria
• Words that mean the same thing: Bulgarian capital, Serdica
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOFIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. They always come 48 hours before Thanksgiving"

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

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

  The answer is: TUESDAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Relating to a heart chamber"

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 of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Some old tape players, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs
• Words that mean the same thing: videocassette recorder, VCR
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VCRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Wrath"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: wrath, ira, choler
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Here/there go-between"

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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Transcript fig."

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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: grade point 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: GPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Court great Sampras"

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: PETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Prize for third place"

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: BRONZEMEDAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Oscar-winning director of "Get Out""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: JORDANPEELE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Grand Ole Opry performer ... or a hint to 17-/18-Across and 23- and 36-Down"

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: COUNTRYSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "Can we talk privately?""

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: AREYOUALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Bit of Southwest topography"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Share juicy gossip"

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 piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
• Words that mean the same thing: beauty, lulu, looker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. 2008 Clint Eastwood film "___ Torino""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mother of your father or mother
• Words that mean the same thing: grannie, nanna, grandma
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Half of a double helix"

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: DNASTRAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Grammy-winning singer of "Little Things""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: INDIAARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Chocolate treat on a stick"

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: FUDGSICLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Rhyming descriptor for Obama"

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: NODRAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Groups fixing computer crashes, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: ITTEAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Scar's brother in "The Lion King""

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: MUFASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Scot's refusal"

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: NAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. "Mama ___ Crazy," 1984 hit by the Judds"

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 light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
• Words that mean the same thing: He, helium, he
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Gloomy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - bruce bliven
• Words that mean the same thing: saturnine, moody, dour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "59. "Superman" antagonist ___ Luthor"

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: LEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "62. Dem.'s opposite"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	39	52.7%
Short Answer	20	27.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	7	9.5%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Literature	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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 12, 2025 at 03:20 PM

March 18, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.4 letters

March 18, 2021 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Lightly box	4
2A	5. Ukr. and Lith., once	4
3A	9. Word used in place of "chapter" in "A Christmas Carol"	5
4A	14. Soldier of Sauron	3
5A	15. Runaway	4
6A	16. Like the function f(x) = x^3	5
7A	17. ___ sort	3
8A	18. Suppositions	3
9A	19. "Euphoria" channel	3
10A	20. "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote)	3
11A	21. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, etc.	4
12A	22. Inject (with)	5
13A	23. Alumni divs.	3
14A	24. Consume, with "of"	7
15A	26. Triage team member	5
16A	28. Awkward radio silence	7
17A	33. With 39- and 44-Across, dramatic work depicted in this puzzle's grid	7
18A	36. Part two of a three-step bottle instruction	5
19A	37. Shortening, for short	4
20A	39. See 33-Across	5
21A	41. Grp. that sends you a card for your 50th birthday	4
22A	42. Kind of wrench	5
23A	44. See 33-Across	7
24A	46. Beyond clean	7
25A	48. Certain still-life figures	5
26A	50. Brain-enhancing device used by Professor X	7
27A	53. ___-weekly	3
28A	55. Tear	5
29A	58. Suffix with cyclo-	4
30A	59. ___ Love, Utah's first Black congressperson	3
31A	60. Steely Dan, e.g.	3
32A	61. Close relative, briefly	3
33A	62. ___ and leaves	3
34A	63. Was brought back out for airing	5
35A	64. Notoriously difficult chem class	4
36A	65. Wheel track	3
37A	66. "The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war," as Lincoln supposedly said	5
38A	67. Structure put together by a crane	4
39A	68. Car trip pastime	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. Lightly box"

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 nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: sparring
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Ukr. and Lith., once"

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: SSRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Word used in place of "chapter" in "A Christmas Carol""

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 (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
• Words that mean the same thing: rung, stave in, lag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Soldier of Sauron"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Runaway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a disorderly crowd of people
• Words that mean the same thing: expel, mob, gouge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like the function f(x) = x^3"

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 three dimensions
• Words that mean the same thing: three-dimensional
• The opposite would be: linear
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. ___ sort"

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: OFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Suppositions"

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: IFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Euphoria" channel"

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: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote)"

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 light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 22, Cordyline terminalis, ti
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, etc."

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: ERA, era, geological era
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Inject (with)"

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 spread or diffuse through
• Words that mean the same thing: diffuse, hue, interpenetrate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMBUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Alumni divs."

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 period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
• Words that mean the same thing: twelvemonth, yr, year
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "24. Consume, with "of""

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 have some of the qualities or attributes of something
• Words that mean the same thing: share, touch, partake in
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. Triage team member"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several old world herbs of the genus medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: medical officer, trefoil, medick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Awkward radio silence"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium 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: DEADAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. With 39- and 44-Across, dramatic work depicted in this puzzle's grid"

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: MUCHADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Part two of a three-step bottle instruction"

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 liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• Words that mean the same thing: rinse off, wash, gargle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RINSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Shortening, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ABBR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. See 33-Across"

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 on the move
• Words that mean the same thing: or so, some, almost
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Grp. that sends you a card for your 50th birthday"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Words that mean the same thing: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Kind of wrench"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, george burns (1906-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: Gracie Allen, Woody Allen, Gracie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. See 33-Across"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: nix, zippo, zip
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTHING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Beyond clean"

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 incapable of reproducing
• Words that mean the same thing: uninspired, uninventive, aseptic
• The opposite would be: fertile
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STERILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Certain still-life figures"

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 an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• Words that mean the same thing: ewer, pitcher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EWERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Brain-enhancing device used by Professor X"

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: CEREBRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. ___-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: elevation, altitude, EL
• The 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 28 Across: "55. Tear"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Suffix with cyclo-"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. ___ Love, Utah's first Black congressperson"

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: MIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Steely Dan, 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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: yoke, brace, pair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Close relative, briefly"

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 a person's brother or sister
• Words that mean the same thing: blood relative, blood relation, cognate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. ___ and leaves"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: 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: UPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Was brought back out for airing"

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 broadcast again, as of a film
• Words that mean the same thing: rebroadcast, rerun
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RERAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Notoriously difficult chem class"

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: ORGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Wheel track"

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 groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
• Words that mean the same thing: oestrus, furrow, groove
• The opposite would be: anestrus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. "The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war," as Lincoln supposedly said"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
• Words that mean the same thing: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Structure put together by a crane"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: nuzzle, draw close, nestle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Car trip pastime"

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: ISPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword March 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like Santa after entering a house, perhaps	5
2D	2. The spinners?	6
3D	3. What the Avengers do	8
4D	4. "His Master's Voice" co.	3
5D	5. Popular hot sauce	8
6D	6. Up to now	5
7D	7. Reddish-brown	4
8D	8. Blvds.	3
9D	9. Bagel topping	7
10D	10. Ice cream container	3
11D	11. Father of, in Arabic	3
12D	12. Feeling in the room	4
13D	13. Prefix with tourist	3
14D	21. Derek Walcott's "Omeros," for one	4
15D	22. 1950s prez	3
16D	25. Opportunity for a service break	5
17D	27. Renaissance artist Albrecht	5
18D	29. Steak ___	5
19D	30. Eleven plus two and twelve plus one, e.g.	8
20D	31. It's south of Leb.	3
21D	32. What one is known for, informally	3
22D	34. Daisy Mae's man, in old comics	5
23D	35. Scrappy-___ (cartoon dog)	3
24D	37. Some toy batteries	3
25D	38. Cousin of a club	3
26D	40. Dance featuring jerky arm movements	8
27D	43. "Well played!"	7
28D	45. Exultant cry	4
29D	47. "Life of Pi" director	3
30D	49. Goof	6
31D	51. French 101 verb	4
32D	52. Naval jails	5
33D	54. Delectable	5
34D	55. Type of animal fat	4
35D	56. In favor of	3
36D	57. Bone-chilling	3
37D	60. Salk and Pepper, in brief	3
38D	61. Sixth U.S. president vis-à-vis the second, e.g.	3
39D	62. Illusionist Geller	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. Like Santa after entering a house, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
• Words that mean the same thing: jet, jet-black, pitchy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOOTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. The spinners?"

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: PRFIRM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. What the Avengers do"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that create by putting components or members together
• Words that mean the same thing: gather, meet, forgather
• The opposite would be: disassemble
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSEMBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "His Master's Voice" co."

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Popular hot sauce"

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: SRIRACHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Up to now"

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: SOFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Reddish-brown"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that disparaging terms for small people
• Words that mean the same thing: peewee, shrimp, half-pint
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Blvds."

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: STS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Bagel topping"

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 (yiddish) a batch of things that go together
• Words that mean the same thing: shmear, schmeer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHMEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Ice cream container"

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 relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
• Words that mean the same thing: bathtub, vat, bathing tub
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Father of, in Arabic"

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: ABU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Feeling in the room"

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 distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
• Words that mean the same thing: vibration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Prefix with tourist"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Derek Walcott's "Omeros," for one"

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 narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: heroic, epical, heroic poem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. 1950s prez"

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 united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Opportunity for a service break"

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: ADOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Renaissance artist Albrecht"

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 leading german painter and engraver of the renaissance (1471-1528)
• Words that mean the same thing: Albrecht Durer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DURER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Steak ___"

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: DIANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Eleven plus two and twelve plus one, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters
• Words that mean the same thing: anagrammatize, anagrammatise, anagram
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANAGRAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. It's south of Leb."

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: ISR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. What one is known for, informally"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Daisy Mae's man, in old comics"

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: ABNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Scrappy-___ (cartoon dog)"

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: DOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Some toy batteries"

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 associate degree in applied science
• Words that mean the same thing: Alcoholics Anonymous, aa, Associate in Arts
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Cousin of a club"

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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
• Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Dance featuring jerky arm movements"

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: THEROBOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. "Well played!""

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: NICEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Exultant cry"

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: IWON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. "Life of Pi" director"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Bruce Lee, Robert Edward Lee, leeward
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Goof"

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: SLIPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. French 101 verb"

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: ETRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Naval jails"

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 two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
• Words that mean the same thing: brig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Delectable"

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 pleasing to the sense of taste
• The opposite would be: tasteless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Type of animal fat"

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 hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. In favor of"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: con, anti
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Bone-chilling"

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 informal terms for nakedness
• Words that mean the same thing: naked as a jaybird, naked, altogether
• The opposite would be: cooked
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Salk and Pepper, in brief"

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Sixth U.S. president vis-à-vis the second, e.g."

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 male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, boy, Word
• The opposite would be: girl, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Illusionist Geller"

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: URI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	44	56.4%
Short Answer	27	34.6%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	8 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 18, 2025 at 07:17 PM