27417 Tue Mar 12, 2024 NYT by Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin

Across Clues :

1. Discontinue, 5. ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core), 9. Skewered meat dish, 14. Wander, 15. "Victory is mine!", 16. Reply to "Grazie", 17. A♭?, 19. Feeling the need to scratch, 20. Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", 21. Tries not to be found, 22. "Hello," in Mandarin, 23. Categorize, 25. Give lip to, 26. Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark, 28. Not playing any songs, as a radio station, 31. Rocker Lavigne, 34. Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer, 36. Never Have I ___ (party game), 37. Shakespearean "Tsk!", 38. B♭?, 41. X–III, 42. Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels), 44. Accessory that may denote military rank, 45. Deep chasm, 47. Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom, 49. Start of a spell, 51. Liquid-ate?, 52. "You can say that again!", 56. High-end Honda, 58. Pancakes sometimes served with caviar, 61. Apt anagram of "yea", 62. Put forward, 63. B♯?, 65. Speak one's mind, 66. Cereal crop, 67. Gave the go-ahead, 68. Quick kisses, 69. Occasion for blowing out candles, informally, 70. Dudes

Down Clues :

1. Field of play?, 2. Double Dutch equipment, 3. Racetrack shapes, 4. Pay-___-view, 5. City ___ (place for a population sign), 6. Wowed, 7. Botanical climber, 8. Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life", 9. Kind of cord or column, 10. Skilled performer, 11. E♯?, 12. Persian honorific, 13. Fluctuate wildly, 18. Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster, 24. Big name in nail polish, 25. Whole host, 27. Corroded, 28. "Hi," in Lanai, 29. Lanai neckwear, 30. Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney, 31. A ways away, 32. The "V" of V.P., 33. Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle, 35. Show stoppers?, 39. "Winning ___ everything", 40. Fictional land ruled by Aslan, 43. Winter Olympics facility, 46. Naughty, 48. Fills with delight, 50. Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself, 53. A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity, 54. "Sheesh!", 55. Tends to an overgrown garden, 56. Each, 57. Make do, 58. Amorphous shape, 59. Hamperful, 60. Smallest bit, 64. Daily record

Break down the NYT Crosswords: March 12, 2024

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

New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Discontinue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DROP

  Possible Answer : spend, shed, throw_away, overlook, dismiss, devolve, drop_off, set_down, deteriorate, fall, throw, degenerate, dribble, cliff, throw_off, knock_off, dip, drip, expend, put_down, neglect, flatten, discharge, cut_down, free_fall, send_away, drop_cloth, unload, driblet, strike_down, omit, miss, overleap, drop-off, sink, bead, pearl, cast, fell, swing, shake_off, dangle, cast_off, pretermit, leave_out, drib, drop, drop_curtain, send_packing, drop_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : sharpen, recuperate, attend_to




• The clue is 5. ___ cake (dessert with a liquid chocolate core). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAVA

  Possible Answer : lava




• The clue is 9. Skewered meat dish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SATAY




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

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

  The answer: ROVE

  Possible Answer : roll, rove, vagabond, reeve, ramble, range, tramp, drift, roam, stray, swan, wander, cast




• The clue is 15. "Victory is mine!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IWIN




• The clue is 16. Reply to "Grazie". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PREGO




• The clue is 17. A♭?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: APARTMENT

  Possible Answer : flat, apartment




• The clue is 19. Feeling the need to scratch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITCHY

  Possible Answer : antsy, itchy, fretful, fidgety




• The clue is 20. Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEL




• The clue is 21. Tries not to be found. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIDES

  Possible Answer : fell, enshroud, conceal, pelt, shroud, cover, hide_out, obscure, obliterate, hide, blot_out, veil, skin

  Possible Opposite Answer : show




• The clue is 22. "Hello," in Mandarin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIHAO




• The clue is 23. Categorize. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASSORT

  Possible Answer : sort_out, associate, separate, class, classify, sort, consort, assort, affiliate




• The clue is 25. Give lip to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASS

  Possible Answer : mouth, sass, backtalk, SAS, back_talk, sassing, Special_Air_Service, lip




• The clue is 26. Where visitors take photos pretending to hold up a landmark. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PISA

  Possible Answer : Pisa




• The clue is 28. Not playing any songs, as a radio station. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLTALK




• The clue is 31. Rocker Lavigne. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVRIL




• The clue is 34. Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TALE

  Possible Answer : tale, narration, tarradiddle, story, taradiddle, narrative, fib




• The clue is 36. Never Have I ___ (party game). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVER

  Possible Answer : ever, of_all_time, ever_so, e'er, always

  Possible Opposite Answer : never




• The clue is 37. Shakespearean "Tsk!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FIE




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

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

  The answer: LIEDOWN




• The clue is 41. X–III. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VII

  Possible Answer : VII, septet, seven, heptad, septenary, vii, 7, sevener




• The clue is 42. Berry rich in antioxidants (and vowels). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACAI




• The clue is 44. Accessory that may denote military rank. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASH

  Possible Answer : waistband, waistcloth, sash, window_sash, girdle, cincture




• The clue is 45. Deep chasm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABYSS

  Possible Answer : abysm, abyss




• The clue is 47. Smallest unit of purchasing power, in an idiom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REDCENT




• The clue is 49. Start of a spell. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABRA




• The clue is 51. Liquid-ate?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MELT

  Possible Answer : run, evaporate, unfreeze, unthaw, melt, mellow_out, fade, dethaw, thawing, melting, mellow, dissolve, meld, thaw, disappear, melt_down




• The clue is 52. "You can say that again!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANDHOW




• The clue is 56. High-end Honda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACURA




• The clue is 58. Pancakes sometimes served with caviar. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLINI

  Possible Answer : bliny, blini




• The clue is 61. Apt anagram of "yea". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AYE




• The clue is 62. Put forward. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSIT

  Possible Answer : fix, situate, put_forward, deposit, posit, submit, postulate, state




• The clue is 63. B♯?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: LOOKALIVE




• The clue is 65. Speak one's mind. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPINE

  Possible Answer : animadvert, sound_off, think, speak_out, opine, speak_up, imagine, suppose, guess, reckon




• The clue is 66. Cereal crop. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OATS

  Possible Answer : oat




• The clue is 67. Gave the go-ahead. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OKED




• The clue is 68. Quick kisses. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PECKS

  Possible Answer : beak, lot, mass, pot, peck_at, passel, spate, heap, peck, batch, mickle, hen-peck, sight, pick_at, stack, nag, mint, pick, pick_up, pile, good_deal, slew, flock, great_deal, muckle, plenty, raft, tidy_sum, smack, mess, wad, deal, mountain, hatful, quite_a_little




• The clue is 69. Occasion for blowing out candles, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BDAY




• The clue is 70. Dudes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GUYS

  Possible Answer : make_fun, guy_rope, laugh_at, poke_fun, Guy, cat, hombre, bozo, ridicule, rib, blackguard, guy, roast, guy_cable, jest_at, guy_wire

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Field of play?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRAMA

  Possible Answer: drama, dramatic_play, play, dramatic_event

• The clue is 2. Double Dutch equipment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROPES

  Possible Answer: Mexican_valium, R-2, roofy, rope, circle, forget_me_drug, rophy, leash, lasso, roach

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

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

  The answer: OVALS

  Possible Answer: oval, ellipse

• The clue is 4. Pay-___-view. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PER

• The clue is 5. City ___ (place for a population sign). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIMITS

  Possible Answer: fix, limit, demarcation_line, trammel, confine, define, determine, throttle, boundary, bound, terminal_point, restrain, demarcation, point_of_accumulation, terminus_ad_quem, specify, restrict, circumscribe, set, limitation, limit_point

• The clue is 6. Wowed. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AWED

  Possible Answer: awestricken, awful, awed, awe, awestruck

  Possible Opposite Answer : unawed

• The clue is 7. Botanical climber. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VINE

  Possible Answer: vine

• The clue is 8. Flik and Dot, in "A Bug's Life". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTS

  Possible Answer: emmet, pismire, ant

• The clue is 9. Kind of cord or column. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPINAL

  Possible Answer: spinal, spinal_anesthesia, spinal_anaesthesia

• The clue is 10. Skilled performer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARTISTE

  Possible Answer: artiste

• The clue is 11. E♯?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TECHSAVVY

• The clue is 12. Persian honorific. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGHA

  Possible Answer: Aga, Agha

• The clue is 13. Fluctuate wildly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YOYO

• The clue is 18. Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THRILL

  Possible Answer: exalt, inebriate, kick, thrill, throb, exhilarate, tickle, beatify, vibrate, bang, boot, chill, shiver, frisson, rush, tingle, shudder, charge, flush, quiver, tickle_pink

• The clue is 24. Big name in nail polish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPI

• The clue is 25. Whole host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLEW

  Possible Answer: lot, mass, pot, passel, spate, heap, slue, peck, batch, mickle, sheer, murder, bump_off, swerve, veer, sight, polish_off, slide, stack, remove, dispatch, mint, cut, pile, slay, skid, good_deal, slew, flock, great_deal, muckle, plenty, raft, tidy_sum, mess, wad, deal, slip, off, hit, mountain, hatful, quite_a_little, trend, curve

• The clue is 27. Corroded. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEAT

• The clue is 28. "Hi," in Lanai. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOHA

  Possible Answer: ciao, aloha

• The clue is 29. Lanai neckwear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LEIS

  Possible Answer: wreath, chaplet, garland, lei, coronal

• The clue is 30. Mother of Kim, Kylie and Kourtney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KRIS

  Possible Answer: kris, creese, crease

• The clue is 31. A ways away. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AFAR

  Possible Answer: afar

• The clue is 32. The "V" of V.P.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VICE

  Possible Answer: frailty, vice

• The clue is 33. Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: READMUSIC

• The clue is 35. Show stoppers?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADS

  Possible Answer: advertizement, advertisement, advertising, ad, advertizing, advert

• The clue is 39. "Winning ___ everything". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISNT

• The clue is 40. Fictional land ruled by Aslan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NARNIA

• The clue is 43. Winter Olympics facility. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICERINK

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

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

  The answer: BAD

  Possible Answer: risky, spoiled, spoilt, regretful, badness, bad, unfit, defective, badly, tough, unsound, speculative, big, forged, uncollectible, high-risk, sorry

  Possible Opposite Answer : good, goodness, unregretful

• The clue is 48. Fills with delight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELATES

  Possible Answer: uplift, lift_up, intoxicate, pick_up, elate

  Possible Opposite Answer : depress

• The clue is 50. Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BANKSY

• The clue is 53. A kind of poem / Found within this crossword clue / Serendipity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAIKU

  Possible Answer: haiku

• The clue is 54. "Sheesh!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OYVEY

• The clue is 55. Tends to an overgrown garden. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WEEDS

  Possible Answer: pot, sens, grass, weeds, smoke, weed, locoweed, dope, sess, green_goddess, widow's_weeds, Mary_Jane, mourning_band, skunk, gage

  Possible Opposite Answer : cultivated_plant

• The clue is 56. Each. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APOP

• The clue is 57. Make do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPE

  Possible Answer: make_out, cope, coping, grapple, make_do, header, manage, contend, deal, get_by

• The clue is 58. Amorphous shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BLOB

  Possible Answer: fleck, blob, blot, spot

• The clue is 59. Hamperful. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOAD

  Possible Answer: cargo, encumbrance, shipment, lode, warhead, load_up, dilute, consignment, stretch, incumbrance, burden, debase, loading, laden, payload, lading, lade, load, freight, charge, onus, adulterate

• The clue is 60. Smallest bit. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOTA

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

• The clue is 64. Daily record. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOG

  Possible Answer: log, logarithm, lumber

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• Down Clues (36 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 71 (35 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it"	6
2A	7. Touch	9
3A	16. The guy from Ipanema?	6
4A	17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list	9
5A	18. Big name in skin care	6
6A	19. Not on track	9
7A	20. Small construction piece	4
8A	21. Lose strength, as in the knees	6
9A	23. "Stay out of this!"	4
10A	24. Drill bit?	5
11A	26. Classic roadside brand	5
12A	27. Old man	4
13A	28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)	9
14A	30. Blood type abbr.	3
15A	31. Really hurt	4
16A	32. Pasty side dish	3
17A	34. Tournament-seeding consideration	4
18A	35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field	10
19A	39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C.	4
20A	42. Org. with magazines on magazines	3
21A	43. Droids and such	4
22A	45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)	3
23A	46. Intense craving for a particular food	9
24A	50. Study, for instance	4
25A	52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled	5
26A	53. "Family Guy" airer	5
27A	55. Company with assembly lines?	4
28A	56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short	6
29A	58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)	4
30A	59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II	9
31A	61. Talk radio tuner	6
32A	63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job"	9
33A	64. Top-shelf	6
34A	65. E-sharp?	9
35A	66. Works for a university, maybe	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. "Let me tell you, this is how to do it""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PROTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Touch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLIGHTBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "16. The guy from Ipanema?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a portuguese title of respect; equivalent to english `mr'
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENHOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "17. Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list"

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: LITEBRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "18. Big name in skin care"

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: AVEENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "19. Not on track"

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: OFFCOURSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "20. Small construction piece"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "21. Lose strength, as in the knees"

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: GOWEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "23. "Stay out of this!""

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: MYOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Drill bit?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: marchland, border, abut
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Classic roadside brand"

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: AMOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Old man"

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 an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• Words that mean the same thing: dada, daddy, pappa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Video game character with the most appearances on magazine covers, per Guinness (1,200+)"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Blood type abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Really hurt"

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 injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Pasty side dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Tournament-seeding consideration"

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 a victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: get ahead, acquire, pull ahead
• The opposite would be: fall back, fail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Unbelievable discovery in one's field"

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: CROPCIRCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Spot to buy tix in N.Y.C."

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: BWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Org. with magazines on magazines"

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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Droids and such"

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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
• Words that mean the same thing: bot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. ___ tov (Jewish observance)"

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: YOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Intense craving for a particular food"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPSOMANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Study, for instance"

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 an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic of Haiti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. "Family Guy" airer"

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: FOXTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Company with assembly lines?"

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 28 Across: "56. Path of some electrical conversions, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ACTODC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Por ___ lado (conversely: Sp.)"

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: OTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Royal Navy stronghold during W.W. II"

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 location of a colony of the united kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the mediterranean; one of the pillars of hercules
• Words that mean the same thing: Calpe, Rock of Gibraltar
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIBRALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Talk radio tuner"

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: AMDIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. "The Italian Job" or "The Bank Job""

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: HEISTFILM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Top-shelf"

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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Words that mean the same thing: take, blue-ribbon, prime
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. E-sharp?"

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: TECHSAVVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Works for a university, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
• Words that mean the same thing: dissertation, thesis
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword August 24, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Sunday school reading	5
2D	2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode	6
3D	3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin	7
4D	4. Opposite of a state of disbelief	9
5D	5. B+, but not A-	3
6D	6. ___ rock (music genre)	4
7D	7. Highlight reel effect	6
8D	8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover	8
9D	9. Personal magnetism	8
10D	10. One sticking around the rain forest?	5
11D	11. Sister channel of Cinemax	3
12D	12. Take precedence over	5
13D	13. Indian rice dish	7
14D	14. "Come in!"	7
15D	15. Typical golf tournament freebies	7
16D	22. Item put in a lock	3
17D	25. What some buns are made of	4
18D	29. "Seriously ...?!"	4
19D	33. Subj. of a military test	4
20D	34. Wimp	9
21D	36. Big name in skin care	8
22D	37. Symbol for 54-Down	8
23D	38. See 52-Down	4
24D	39. In all fairness	7
25D	40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi	7
26D	41. Lacking a defined shape	7
27D	44. "Peace" time?	7
28D	47. Not fair at all	6
29D	48. Suffix with fact	3
30D	49. Very little (of)	6
31D	51. Rush home?	5
32D	52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with	5
33D	54. Units measured by multimeters	5
34D	57. Tossed	4
35D	60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing	3
36D	62. Lukewarm response	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. Sunday school reading"

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 one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the book of psalms in the old testament; said to have been written by david
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Climactic part of any "Scooby-Doo" episode"

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 make visible
• Words that mean the same thing: divulge, unwrap, bring out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Weight of a Japanese yen coin"

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: ONEGRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Opposite of a state of disbelief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THEOCRACY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. B+, but not A-"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ rock (music genre)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PROG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Highlight reel effect"

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: SLOWMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 2001 best seller with a tiger on its cover"

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: LIFEOFPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Personal magnetism"

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: ITFACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. One sticking around the rain forest?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GECKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sister channel of Cinemax"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Take precedence over"

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 playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
• Words that mean the same thing: outflank, trump out, outdo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Indian rice dish"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
• Words that mean the same thing: biriani
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIRYANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "Come in!""

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: ITSOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Typical golf tournament freebies"

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: TEEBAGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Item put in a lock"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. What some buns are made of"

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 covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
• Words that mean the same thing: fuzz, whisker, pilus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. "Seriously ...?!""

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: CMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Subj. of a military test"

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 ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Wimp"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WETNOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Big name in skin care"

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: PROACTIV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "37. Symbol for 54-Down"

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: CAPITALV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "38. See 52-Down"

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 shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
• Words that mean the same thing: bum, hang around, loaf of bread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. In all fairness"

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: BYRIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Crossbow-wielding creature of sci-fi"

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: WOOKIEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Lacking a defined shape"

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 pertaining to or resembling amoebae
• Words that mean the same thing: ameban, amoebous, amebic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOEBIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. "Peace" time?"

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 decade from 1960 to 1969
• Words that mean the same thing: 60, mid-sixties, sixty
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIXTIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Not fair at all"

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 (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
• Words that mean the same thing: tempestuous
• The opposite would be: calm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STORMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Suffix with fact"

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: OID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Very little (of)"

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: ATRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Rush home?"

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 low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
• Words that mean the same thing: marshland, Reginald Marsh, fen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. With 38-Down, amount to make do with"

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: HALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Units measured by multimeters"

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 unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
• Words that mean the same thing: volt, V
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Tossed"

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 actors in a play
• Words that mean the same thing: honk, shape, casting
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Symbols seen in comic strip cursing"

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 highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
• Words that mean the same thing: at, astatine, atomic number 85
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. Lukewarm response"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	74.6%
Short Answer	6	8.5%
Food & Drink	3	4.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
History	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Sports	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	71
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 07:16 PM