September 05, 2019 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, September 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

September 05, 2019 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression	4
2A	5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk	5
3A	10. More than a card, but less than a track bet	4
4A	14. Lawn measure	4
5A	15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist	5
6A	16. "Don't worry about me"	4
7A	17. Bud, e.g.	4
8A	18. Laura of "ER"	5
9A	19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth	4
10A	20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ	6
11A	22. What filler necks connect to	8
12A	24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer"	5
13A	25. Last words before starting	7
14A	26. Winter coat	4
15A	28. Tee off	5
16A	30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl"	4
17A	33. Annoyance for an oyster eater	4
18A	36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol	5
19A	38. Breakfast bit	3
20A	39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change	7
21A	41. Hoppy brew	3
22A	42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk	5
23A	44. It's verboten	4
24A	45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs	4
25A	46. Tartan pattern	5
26A	48. Smart	4
27A	50. Shoulder piece	7
28A	53. Doing dishes, e.g.	5
29A	57. Grass with prickly burs	8
30A	59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation	6
31A	60. Henry who founded Life	4
32A	61. Waiting in the wings	5
33A	63. Gain	4
34A	64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short	4
35A	65. Kind of chip	5
36A	66. One of a Latin trio	4
37A	67. More than a boat, but less than an idea	4
38A	68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury	5
39A	69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president	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. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression"

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 protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
• Words that mean the same thing: hood, bonnet, cowling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk"

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 female sorcerer or magician
• Words that mean the same thing: hag, jinx, Wiccan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. More than a card, but less than a track bet"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: intertwine, enlace, fortify
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Lawn measure"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, arena, expanse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HAILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Don't worry about me""

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: IMOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bud, e.g."

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 general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Laura of "ER""

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: INNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: IX, club, baseball club
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ"

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 steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
• Words that mean the same thing: ravel, run
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. What filler necks connect to"

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: GASTANKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer""

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: EDSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Last words before starting"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HEREIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Winter coat"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: rhyme, hoarfrost, frost
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Tee off"

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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Annoyance for an oyster eater"

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 hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
• Words that mean the same thing: backbone, gritrock, sand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Breakfast bit"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change"

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

  The answer is: EMOTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Hoppy brew"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk"

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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: round, trolling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. It's verboten"

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: NONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SDSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Tartan pattern"

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 cloth having a crisscross design
• Words that mean the same thing: tartan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Smart"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Words that mean the same thing: smartness, chicness, chichi
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Shoulder piece"

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 adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
• Words that mean the same thing: epaulette
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPAULET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Doing dishes, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
• Words that mean the same thing: task, job
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Grass with prickly burs"

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 grass of the eastern united states and tropical america having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
• Words that mean the same thing: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDSPUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation"

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 wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
• Words that mean the same thing: baseball bat, timber, pound
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Henry who founded Life"

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 united states publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
• Words that mean the same thing: Clare Booth Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Waiting in the wings"

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: ONICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Gain"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: pull in, clear, make
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: wrath, ire, IRA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Kind of chip"

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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. One of a Latin trio"

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: AMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. More than a boat, but less than an idea"

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 large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• Words that mean the same thing: ballpark, car park, Mungo Park
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury"

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 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Words that mean the same thing: power train, develop, gearing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: harangue, bombast, rabbit on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Monthly charge	5
2D	2. Mountain nymph	5
3D	3. Complexities, metaphorically	5
4D	4. Pantries	7
5D	5. What rotors do	4
6D	6. Actor McKellen	3
7D	7. Slightly influence	5
8D	8. Pre-defibrillation cry	5
9D	9. Some bygone service stations	6
10D	10. Measures of newspaper ad space	7
11D	11. Peptide part	9
12D	12. Crown	4
13D	13. Squeezes (out)	4
14D	21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds	3
15D	23. Saturn's largest moon	5
16D	25. Relative of a spoonbill	5
17D	27. Big inits. in casinos	3
18D	29. Cleans (up)	4
19D	30. Take (down)	3
20D	31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner	4
21D	32. Joyrider's ride	9
22D	34. Midori on the ice	3
23D	35. Lightly dye	5
24D	37. ___ particle	3
25D	39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)	5
26D	40. "Isn't this fancy?!"	3
27D	43. Portable writing surface	7
28D	45. Bagel topper	7
29D	47. Big employer in Delaware	6
30D	49. Post-op locale	3
31D	51. Kind of calendar	5
32D	52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name	5
33D	54. 2009 Nobel laureate	5
34D	55. Printed again	5
35D	56. Big name in accounting	5
36D	57. Prelude to a fall	4
37D	58. Spiritual energy	4
38D	59. Revolutionary Trotsky	4
39D	62. Spiritual energy	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. Monthly charge"

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 telegram sent abroad
• Words that mean the same thing: cablegram, line, transmission line
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Mountain nymph"

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 (greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Complexities, metaphorically"

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 black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
• Words that mean the same thing: sess, grass, weed
• The opposite would be: cultivated plant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pantries"

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 supply of food especially for a household
• Words that mean the same thing: larder, buttery, pantry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What rotors do"

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 sound of something in rapid motion
• Words that mean the same thing: purr, whirring, birr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actor McKellen"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slightly influence"

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 slight but appreciable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: distort, pinch, touch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Pre-defibrillation cry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being free of suspicion
• Words that mean the same thing: brighten, pull in, all the way
• The opposite would be: overcast, bounce
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some bygone service stations"

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 swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dame Myra Hess, Hess, Hesse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Measures of newspaper ad space"

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 number of lines in a piece of printed material
• Words that mean the same thing: linage, lineage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Peptide part"

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: AMINOACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Crown"

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 informal term for the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: kick the bucket, die, go
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Squeezes (out)"

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Saturn's largest moon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person of exceptional importance and reputation
• Words that mean the same thing: heavyweight, behemoth, giant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Relative of a spoonbill"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero, Hero of Alexandria
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Big inits. in casinos"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Cleans (up)"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: swab, mow, wipe 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: MOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Take (down)"

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 brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, pinch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Joyrider's ride"

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: STOLENCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Midori on the ice"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Lightly dye"

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 color lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, tint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ particle"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english essayist (1775-1834)
• Words that mean the same thing: Elia, Charles Lamb, Lamb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. "Isn't this fancy?!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Portable writing surface"

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: LAPDESK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Bagel topper"

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: schmeer, shmear
• The 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 29 Down: "47. Big employer in Delaware"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DUPONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Post-op locale"

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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care 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: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Kind of calendar"

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

  The answer is: LUNAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any plant of the genus erica
• Words that mean the same thing: true heath
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. 2009 Nobel laureate"

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: OBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed again"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that broadcast again, as of a film
• Words that mean the same thing: rerun, rebroadcast
• The 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 Down: "56. Big name in accounting"

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 painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
• Words that mean the same thing: Max Ernst
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERNST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Prelude to a fall"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: pillowcase, slip one's mind, miscue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Spiritual energy"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: glory, air, aureole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Revolutionary Trotsky"

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 historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Spiritual energy"

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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: khi, qi, ch'i
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	10	12.8%
Sports	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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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November 23, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (35 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - November 23, 2022 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Home of "Cribs"	3
2A	4. Profound	4
3A	8. TV's Grey and House, for short	3
4A	11. Assent in the House	3
5A	12. Gesture of greeting or gratitude	6
6A	14. Falafel-making need	3
7A	15. 🔴🟡	14
8A	18. Group	6
9A	19. Takes care of taxes without help from the post office	6
10A	20. Not on the rocks	4
11A	21. Gemstone that can come from petrified wood	4
12A	24. Poet who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk"	4
13A	25. 🔴🟡🟢	12
14A	28. What "port" is on a ship	8
15A	29. Like :( vis-à-vis :/	5
16A	32. Say what you want?	5
17A	36. Genetic messenger	3
18A	37. Symptom of urban expansion	6
19A	42. Modern ___	3
20A	43. Evergreen tree with poisonous seeds	3
21A	44. Energy field that can be "read"	4
22A	45. One of many for the goddess Durga	3
23A	46. 🔴🟡🟢🔵	10
24A	51. Laughing syllables	5
25A	52. TV series with a Time Lord, informally	5
26A	54. 🔴🟡🟢🔵⚫	12
27A	57. ___/them pronouns	4
28A	58. Natural stew thickener	4
29A	59. ___ Mountains, formation made by the collision of the continents Laurasia and Kazakhstania	4
30A	61. Ancient letter	4
31A	62. Pile of paper	4
32A	63. Figure in Maori mythology	4
33A	64. Some 911 call respondents, in brief	4
34A	65. Author Janowitz	4
35A	66. Expressed agitation, as a llama	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. Home of "Cribs""

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: MTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Profound"

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 the central and most intense or profound part
• Words that mean the same thing: late, rich, cryptical
• The opposite would be: shallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. TV's Grey and House, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
• Words that mean the same thing: Doctor of Medicine, Maryland, MD
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "11. Assent in the House"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "12. Gesture of greeting or gratitude"

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: HATTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. Falafel-making need"

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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
• Words that mean the same thing: rock oil, inunct, oil color
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "15. 🔴🟡"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MASTERCARDLOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Group"

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 keep company with; hang out with
• Words that mean the same thing: associate, separate, consort
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Takes care of taxes without help from the post office"

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: EFILES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Not on the rocks"

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 clean or organized
• Words that mean the same thing: smashing, not bad, bang-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: NEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Gemstone that can come from petrified wood"

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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Poet who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk""

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 united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ogden Nash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. 🔴🟡🟢"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: TRAFFICLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. What "port" is on a ship"

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: LEFTSIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Like :( vis-à-vis :/"

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 something inferior in quality or condition or effect
• Words that mean the same thing: spoiled, bad, spoilt
• The opposite would be: good, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Say what you want?"

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 (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
• Words that mean the same thing: rescript, rate, decree
• The opposite would be: disorder, deregulate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Genetic messenger"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic 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: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Symptom of urban expansion"

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 an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
• Words that mean the same thing: straggle, conurbation, urban sprawl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRAWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Modern ___"

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

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Evergreen tree with poisonous seeds"

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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Energy field that can be "read""

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: halo, glory, air
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. One of many for the goddess Durga"

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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: subdivision, build up, weapon system
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. 🔴🟡🟢🔵"

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: TWISTERMAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Laughing syllables"

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: HAHAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. TV series with a Time Lord, informally"

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: DRWHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. 🔴🟡🟢🔵⚫"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: OLYMPICRINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. ___/them pronouns"

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: THEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Natural stew thickener"

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 long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Words that mean the same thing: lady's-finger, gumbo, okra plant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. ___ Mountains, formation made by the collision of the continents Laurasia and Kazakhstania"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: URAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Ancient letter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
• Words that mean the same thing: runic letter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Pile of paper"

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

  The answer is: REAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Figure in Maori mythology"

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: TIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Some 911 call respondents, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Author Janowitz"

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: TAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Expressed agitation, as a llama"

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 quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: fuss, ptyalise, spue
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - November 23, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "You really came through, buddy!"	5
2D	2. Social service?	6
3D	3. Poet Elizabeth Bishop's alma mater	6
4D	4. Run away suddenly	7
5D	5. Abbr. preceded by a comma	3
6D	6. In-flight announcement, for short	3
7D	7. Italian tire company	7
8D	8. Dough	6
9D	9. Absorb, as new information	6
10D	10. Sound a wader makes	5
11D	12. Singer/songwriter with the 2021 Oscar-winning song "Fight for You"	3
12D	13. Many a download	3
13D	16. Comes to	6
14D	17. Wait around	6
15D	22. Word before bull or after ball	3
16D	23. Coolers, for short	3
17D	26. List at a department of motor vehicles	4
18D	27. Worshiped person	4
19D	29. Like a mocking grin	3
20D	30. Sole	3
21D	31. Natural resource?	9
22D	33. Super-tight grasp	9
23D	34. Goof	3
24D	35. Rhyming parent of a lamb	3
25D	38. Jet-setter's need	8
26D	39. Boring routine, metaphorically	3
27D	40. "Where the Wild Things ___"	3
28D	41. "Patton" or "Platoon"	8
29D	47. "As a matter of fact, that's right"	6
30D	48. Response to "Who's in?"	3
31D	49. Test taken in a tube, in brief	3
32D	50. "Oh, fudge!"	6
33D	51. Just OK	5
34D	53. Tennis champion Naomi	5
35D	55. International brand with a three-syllable name	4
36D	56. Stuff	4
37D	57. Quattro meno uno	3
38D	60. Descriptor for a candle or a party	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. "You really came through, buddy!""

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: MYMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Social service?"

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: TEASET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Poet Elizabeth Bishop's alma mater"

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: VASSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Run away suddenly"

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: DARTOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Abbr. preceded by a comma"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. In-flight announcement, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Italian tire company"

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: PIRELLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Dough"

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 informal terms for money
• Words that mean the same thing: lucre, pelf, lettuce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Absorb, as new information"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a periodical that summarizes the news
• Words that mean the same thing: tolerate, put up, condense
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIGEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sound a wader makes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make a splashing sound
• Words that mean the same thing: slosh around, squish, splash
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "12. Singer/songwriter with the 2021 Oscar-winning song "Fight for You""

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Many a download"

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: PDF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "16. Comes to"

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 the whole amount
• Words that mean the same thing: sum up, tot up, summate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Wait around"

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 remain present although waning or gradually dying
• Words that mean the same thing: mess about, lollygag, hang around
• The opposite would be: rush
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Word before bull or after ball"

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 sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
• Words that mean the same thing: fossa, pitfall, pock
• The opposite would be: Heaven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Coolers, for short"

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 radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
• Words that mean the same thing: actinium, Ac, atomic number 89
• The opposite would be: direct current
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. List at a department of motor vehicles"

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 fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: fee, 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: FEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Worshiped person"

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: matinee idol, god, graven image
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Like a mocking grin"

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 humorously sarcastic or mocking
• Words that mean the same thing: ironic, ironical, dry
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Sole"

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: 1, matchless, one and only
• The 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 21 Down: "31. Natural resource?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAWTALENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Super-tight grasp"

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: DEATHGRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Goof"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: drift, slip, mistake
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Rhyming parent of a lamb"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
• Words that mean the same thing: force, random-access memory, chock 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: RAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Jet-setter's need"

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 any authorization to pass or go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: recommendation, pass
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSPORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Boring routine, metaphorically"

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: estrus, heat, 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 27 Down: "40. "Where the Wild Things ___""

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: equal, represent, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. "Patton" or "Platoon""

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: WARDRAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. "As a matter of fact, that's right""

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: WHYYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Response to "Who's in?""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Test taken in a tube, 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 the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. "Oh, fudge!""

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: AWNUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Just OK"

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: HOHUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Tennis champion Naomi"

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 port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. International brand with a three-syllable name"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IKEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Stuff"

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 crowd or pack to capacity
• Words that mean the same thing: chock up, drum, wad
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Quattro meno uno"

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: TRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Descriptor for a candle or a party"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the humanistic study of a body of literature
• Words that mean the same thing: unhorse, light up, illuminated
• The opposite would be: unlighted, extinguish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	63.0%
Short Answer	19	26.0%
Abbreviation	4	5.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
Geography	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	73
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 11:38 PM