November 21, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (34 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.8 letters

November 21, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Isn't it strange?"	8
2A	9. 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 11, 12, 14, etc.	6
3A	15. Natural ingredient in mouthwash	8
4A	16. Record at the register	6
5A	17. Times table?	8
6A	18. Juice	6
7A	19. Bootlegger's foe	4
8A	20. Award winners	9
9A	22. Modern health risk, informally	4
10A	24. Composer whose name is one letter off from an international peace grp.	6
11A	25. How model airplane parts are sold	6
12A	27. Subject of Shakespeare's line "Come, thou mortal wretch"	3
13A	28. Closers of some boxes	4
14A	32. ___/hr. (power meas.)	3
15A	33. Condescending term of address	3
16A	35. Couscous tidbit	7
17A	37. Dark	7
18A	39. Shipment to a mill	7
19A	40. Ally of Britain during the Seven Years' War	7
20A	41. Human Genome Project org.	3
21A	42. 1980s cable competitor of CMT	3
22A	43. Nonvital surgery target	4
23A	44. Book before Deut.	3
24A	46. Finale of a radio countdown	6
25A	48. Having a little of this, a little of that	6
26A	51. Bird that sometimes sings in a duet	4
27A	52. Cal Ripken Jr. or Pee Wee Reese	9
28A	55. Latin word that's 12-Down backward	4
29A	57. Joint	6
30A	58. Einstein referred to his endorsement of it as "one great mistake"	8
31A	60. Neutral at worst	6
32A	61. Longtime locale of Mideast conflict	8
33A	62. "Nevertheless ..."	6
34A	63. 90s kid?	8

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. "Isn't it strange?""

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: WEIRDHUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 11, 12, 14, etc."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
• Words that mean the same thing: floor, storey, ball over
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Natural ingredient in mouthwash"

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: ALOEVERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Record at the register"

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: RINGUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Times table?"

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: NEWSDESK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Juice"

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 (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
• Words that mean the same thing: get-up-and-go, Department of Energy, vitality
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENERGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Bootlegger's foe"

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: TMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Award winners"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
• Words that mean the same thing: laureate
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAUREATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Modern health risk, informally"

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: ECIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Composer whose name is one letter off from an international peace grp."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
• Words that mean the same thing: Georges Enesco, George Enescu
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENESCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. How model airplane parts are sold"

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: INAKIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Subject of Shakespeare's line "Come, thou mortal wretch""

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Naja haje, Vipera aspis, asp viper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Closers of some boxes"

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 bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: check, tablet, yellow journalism
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. ___/hr. (power meas.)"

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 unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Words that mean the same thing: B.Th.U., British thermal unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Condescending term of address"

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: BUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Couscous tidbit"

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: PINENUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Dark"

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 shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
• Words that mean the same thing: grisly, sick, gruesome
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MACABRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Shipment to a mill"

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: IRONORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Ally of Britain during the Seven Years' War"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former kingdom in north-central europe including present-day northern germany and northern poland
• Words that mean the same thing: Preussen
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRUSSIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Human Genome Project org."

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 in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. 1980s cable competitor of CMT"

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: TNN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Nonvital surgery target"

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 closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
• Words that mean the same thing: vesicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CYST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Book before Deut."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: NUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Finale of a radio countdown"

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: TOPHIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Having a little of this, a little of that"

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 disparaging terms for the common people
• Words that mean the same thing: rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAGTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Bird that sometimes sings in a duet"

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 english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Words that mean the same thing: jenny wren, Sir Christopher Wren
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Cal Ripken Jr. or Pee Wee Reese"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
• Words that mean the same thing: short
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHORTSTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Latin word that's 12-Down backward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Joint"

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: DOOBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Einstein referred to his endorsement of it as "one great mistake""

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: ATOMBOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Neutral at worst"

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: NOLOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Longtime locale of Mideast conflict"

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: THESINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. "Nevertheless ...""

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: ANDYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. 90s kid?"

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: ASTUDENT

  Great job if you got it right!

November 21, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. In ___ of	4
2D	2. Uncomplicated	10
3D	3. Bill and Hillary Clinton have each won one	10
4D	4. Judith who was the second American woman in space	6
5D	5. Part of a box set, maybe	3
6D	6. Part of a foot	4
7D	7. Alpha ___ Minoris (the North Star)	5
8D	8. With 45-Down, Disney song written by Elton John and Tim Rice	6
9D	9. Maverick	10
10D	10. Machine in a particle physics lab, in brief	5
11D	11. Like some ranking systems	8
12D	12. Despotic boss	4
13D	13. Challenges for Roombas	4
14D	14. ___-fi	3
15D	21. Extra shot at the slots	6
16D	23. Lead agent on "NCIS"	5
17D	25. 28-pound debut of 1981	5
18D	26. Topic in artificial intelligence	10
19D	29. What's more	10
20D	30. Annual mass event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert	10
21D	31. Blockage unblocker	5
22D	34. Humdingers	6
23D	36. In any possible way, in dialect	5
24D	38. Titular android of early anime cartoons	8
25D	45. See 8-Down	6
26D	47. Offer in advance	6
27D	49. What unexpected problems may do	5
28D	50. Foes of the Romans	5
29D	52. "So ___?"	4
30D	53. Stock market recommendation	4
31D	54. Expert on feet	4
32D	56. Last words?	4
33D	57. 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this"	3
34D	59. Big Sky Conference sch.	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. In ___ of"

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 state of extreme poverty
• Words that mean the same thing: wishing, need, deprivation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Uncomplicated"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that easy and not involved or complicated
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, unproblematic, uncomplicated
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEMENTARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Bill and Hillary Clinton have each won one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOWACAUCUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Judith who was the second American woman in space"

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: RESNIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Part of a box set, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
• Words that mean the same thing: videodisk, videodisc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DVD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Part of a foot"

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 bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• Words that mean the same thing: cad, dog, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Alpha ___ Minoris (the North Star)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: URSAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. With 45-Down, Disney song written by Elton John and Tim Rice"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Maverick"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: FREESPIRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Machine in a particle physics lab, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
• Words that mean the same thing: linear accelerator
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Like some ranking systems"

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: ONETOTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Despotic boss"

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

  The answer is: OGRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Challenges for Roombas"

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 floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
• Words that mean the same thing: carpet, carpeting, rug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. ___-fi"

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 (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Words that mean the same thing: espy, stag, spot
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Extra shot at the slots"

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: RESPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Lead agent on "NCIS""

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 chemist (1839-1903)
• Words that mean the same thing: Josiah Willard Gibbs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIBBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. 28-pound debut of 1981"

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: IBMPC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Topic in artificial intelligence"

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: TURINGTEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. What's more"

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: ANOTHERONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Annual mass event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BURNINGMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Blockage unblocker"

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 22 Down: "34. Humdingers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an outstanding example of its kind
• Words that mean the same thing: beauty, beaut
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. In any possible way, in dialect"

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 in no manner; in no way
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Titular android of early anime cartoons"

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: ASTROBOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "45. See 8-Down"

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: MATATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "47. Offer in advance"

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: PREBID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "49. What unexpected problems may do"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: originate, develop, grow
• The opposite would be: turn in, go to bed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "50. Foes of the Romans"

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 crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: churl, peasant, barbarian
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. "So ___?""

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 in the near future
• Words that mean the same thing: presently, before long, shortly
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. Stock market recommendation"

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 act of grasping
• Words that mean the same thing: harbor, hold back, arrest
• The opposite would be: disagree, let go of
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Expert on feet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "56. Last words?"

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 notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Words that mean the same thing: obituary, necrology
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "59. Big Sky Conference sch."

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: MSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	75.0%
Short Answer	8	11.8%
History	3	4.4%
Music	3	4.4%
Literature	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	34
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

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• 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
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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 05:39 AM

27415 Sat Nov 30, 2024 NYT by Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito

Across Clues :

1. Handle of a knife, 5. "And …?", 11. "Say …", 14. Haughty self-important question, 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit, 17. Airport transports, perhaps, 18. Export from Jamaica, 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson, 20. Petite ___, 21. Number of fingers on dos manos, 22. Recipe fig., 23. Be all in a tizzy, 24. Complicated, 25. Ready to rinse, say, 28. Shared, 29. Cooks up, so to speak, 30. Horse race measures, 32. Went wrong, 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer, 34. Etc., etc., 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco, 36. Color akin to amarillo, 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g., 38. Speck, 39. Termite, e.g., 41. Fired (up), in old slang, 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces, 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator", 44. Fateful encounter, 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened, 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history, 49. Sign of hunger

Down Clues :

1. At-home distraction?, 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say, 3. Quarrels, 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head, 5. Attacked, as a castle, 6. "Hang on a second …", 7. Request to be impressed, 8. Expressions of befuddlement, 9. Since, 10. Breakup line, 11. End result of a starter, 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky, 13. Assumes control, 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune, 15. Hard to navigate, 21. Stoop (to), 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors, 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone", 26. Styles of singing, 27. Hot times in la cité, 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally, 30. It flows where the wind blows, 31. One of 11 for Big Ben, 33. Like an important decision, 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT, 35. Tried to hit, 38. "___ is it?", 39. Nova preceder, 40. Like some horse feed, 42. Gulp, 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album), 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 30, 2024

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

New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Handle of a knife. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAFT

  Possible Answer : haft, helve




• The clue is 5. "And …?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOWHAT




• The clue is 11. "Say …". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: HERESATHOUGHT




• The clue is 14. Haughty self-important question. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM




• The clue is 16. Boast in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMBAD




• The clue is 17. Airport transports, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAMS

  Possible Answer : tramway, ropeway, trolley, tram, streetcar, trolley_car, cable_tramway, tramcar, aerial_tramway




• The clue is 18. Export from Jamaica. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKA




• The clue is 19. "Nature always ___ the colors of the spirit": Ralph Waldo Emerson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEARS

  Possible Answer : wearable, fag, put_on, wear_upon, vesture, break, wear_down, tire_out, wearing, article_of_clothing, wear_thin, bear, outwear, bust, wear_off, tire, weary, don, wear, wear_out, fatigue, habiliment, fall_apart, clothing, hold_out, assume, fag_out, jade, have_on, endure, get_into

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh




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

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

  The answer: AMIE




• The clue is 21. Number of fingers on dos manos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIEZ




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

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

  The answer: AMT




• The clue is 23. Be all in a tizzy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRET

  Possible Answer : chafe, scratch, fret, erode, key_pattern, gall, fray, Greek_fret, swither, worn_spot, niggle, eat_away, rub, stew, grate, rankle, gag, lather, choke, eat_into, Greek_key, sweat, fuss




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

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

  The answer: MESSY

  Possible Answer : mussy, messy




• The clue is 25. Ready to rinse, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LATHERED

  Possible Answer : welt, slash, soap, lather, lash, trounce, strap, flog, whip




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

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

  The answer: JOINT

  Possible Answer : stick, junction, articulate, join, spliff, articulation, marijuana_cigarette, joint, articulatio, roast, juncture, reefer

  Possible Opposite Answer : separate




• The clue is 29. Cooks up, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEATES

  Possible Answer : ideate, envisage, imagine, conceive_of




• The clue is 30. Horse race measures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LENGTHS

  Possible Answer : distance, duration, length




• The clue is 32. Went wrong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRED

  Possible Answer : slip, mistake, stray, err, drift




• The clue is 33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WETONWET




• The clue is 34. Etc., etc.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABBRS




• The clue is 35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEES

  Possible Answer : understand, ascertain, assure, visualise, go_out, reckon, attend, insure, examine, interpret, consider, look, view, picture, ensure, get_a_line, determine, hear, discover, check, see_to_it, learn, witness, find_out, catch, escort, visualize, encounter, go_steady, run_into, find, project, construe, get_word, get_wind, date, watch, go_through, fancy, come_across, meet, run_across, image, envision, visit, control, realize, take_care, experience, realise, pick_up, take_in, see, figure, regard




• The clue is 36. Color akin to amarillo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORO




• The clue is 37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAY

  Possible Answer : dray, camion




• The clue is 38. Speck. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHIT

  Possible Answer : scintilla, tittle, whit, shred, iota, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, smidgen




• The clue is 39. Termite, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BORER

  Possible Answer : bore_bit, borer, rock_drill, stone_drill, woodborer




• The clue is 41. Fired (up), in old slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HET

  Possible Answer : heated, heated_up, het_up, het




• The clue is 42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOGI

  Possible Answer : shogi




• The clue is 43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OAKIE




• The clue is 44. Fateful encounter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DATEWITHDESTINY




• The clue is 47. Where cold cases are frequently opened. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: DELICATESSENS

  Possible Answer : deli, delicatessen, food_shop, delicatessen_food




• The clue is 48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RIGHTY




• The clue is 49. Sign of hunger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PANG

  Possible Answer : stab, sting, twinge, pang

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. At-home distraction?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: HEYBATTERBATTER

• The clue is 2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROAR

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

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

  The answer: FEUDS

  Possible Answer: feud

• The clue is 4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TSK

  Possible Answer: tsk, tut, tut-tut

• The clue is 5. Attacked, as a castle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STORMED

  Possible Answer: force, surprise, rage, storm, ramp

• The clue is 6. "Hang on a second …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OHWAIT

• The clue is 7. Request to be impressed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WOWME

• The clue is 8. Expressions of befuddlement. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUHS

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

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

  The answer: AGO

  Possible Answer: ago, agone

• The clue is 10. Breakup line. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THISISNTWORKING

• The clue is 11. End result of a starter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: HOMEMADEBREAD

• The clue is 12. The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTARES

  Possible Answer: Antares

• The clue is 13. Assumes control. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: TAKESTHEREINS

• The clue is 14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DIWALI

• The clue is 15. Hard to navigate. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAZY

  Possible Answer: mazy, labyrinthine, labyrinthian

• The clue is 21. Stoop (to). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEIGN

  Possible Answer: deign, descend, condescend

• The clue is 23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRED

• The clue is 24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONO

  Possible Answer: kissing_disease, mono, monophonic, infectious_mononucleosis, glandular_fever, mononucleosis, single-channel

• The clue is 26. Styles of singing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HARRY

  Possible Answer: chivvy, plague, ravage, harass, beset, harry, chevy, molest, provoke, chivy, chevvy, hassle

• The clue is 27. Hot times in la cité. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETES

• The clue is 28. Leaves in a hurry, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JETS

  Possible Answer: blue_jet, honey_oil, cat_valium, spurt, super_acid, reverse_lightning, special_K, squirt, green, gush, fountain, jet_plane, jet, jet-propelled_plane, spirt, super_C, K

• The clue is 30. It flows where the wind blows. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEETIDE

• The clue is 31. One of 11 for Big Ben. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STOREY

  Possible Answer: storey, story, level, floor

• The clue is 33. Like an important decision. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEIGHTY

  Possible Answer: telling, grievous, heavy, grave, cogent, corpulent, weighty, rotund, obese

  Possible Opposite Answer : weightless

• The clue is 34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADHD

  Possible Answer: minimal_brain_damage, ADD, minimal_brain_dysfunction, MBD, attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder, ADHD, attention_deficit_disorder, hyperkinetic_syndrome

• The clue is 35. Tried to hit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHOTAT

• The clue is 38. "___ is it?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHICH

• The clue is 39. Nova preceder. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSSA

• The clue is 40. Like some horse feed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATEN

  Possible Answer: oaten

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

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

  The answer: SWIG

  Possible Answer: swig, draught, gulp, draft, slug, slog, quaff

• The clue is 45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELI

• The clue is 46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESP

  Possible Answer: ESP, second_sight, extrasensory_perception, clairvoyance, E.S.P.