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Monday, December 16, 2024

2412 Mon Dec 16, 2024 NYT by Ailee Yoshida

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 16, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024
New York Times, Monday, December 16, 2024


Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer : United_States, US, Army, United_States_of_America, USA, United_States_Army, America, U.S., U.S.A., US_Army, U._S._Army, the_States


  • The clue is 4. Ann ___, Mich.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARBOR

    Possible Answer : bower, mandril, spindle, mandrel, arbour, pergola, arbor


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

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

    The answer: PCS

    Possible Answer : personal_computer, PC, microcomputer


  • The clue is 12. Director Ephron. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NORA


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

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

    The answer: SUAVE

    Possible Answer : bland, debonaire, politic, debonair, suave, debonnaire, smooth


  • The clue is 15. What cilantro tastes like to some people. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOAP

    Possible Answer : Georgia_home_boy, grievous_bodily_harm, scoop, goop, liquid_ecstasy, lather, max, easy_lay, soap


  • The clue is 16. Enemy of the Jedi. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SITH


  • The clue is 17. Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPLAT

    Possible Answer : splat


  • The clue is 18. Blab. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TELL

    Possible Answer : William_Tell, order, tell_apart, Tell, narrate, severalise, secernate, say, differentiate, distinguish, assure, severalize, enjoin, secern, tell, evidence, state, separate, recount, recite


  • The clue is 19. Tidbit in a nutritious pudding. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHIASEED


  • The clue is 21. Bulgy belly button. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OUTIE


  • The clue is 22. Hi-___ image. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RES

    Possible Answer : atomic_number_75, re, Re, RES, Ra, rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial_system


  • The clue is 23. Department handling media inquiries. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: PRESSOFFICE


  • The clue is 26. Is distressing to. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EATSAT


  • The clue is 28. End of a college URL. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EDU


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

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

    The answer: CON

    Possible Answer : confidence_trick, confidence_game, gyp, hornswoggle, con, scam, memorise, bunko_game, sting, learn, gip, hustle, inmate, rook, short-change, defraud, con_game, yardbird, nobble, goldbrick, victimize, bunco, memorize, diddle, mulct, bunko, yard_bird, bunco_game, swindle, convict, flimflam

    Possible Opposite Answer : pro


  • The clue is 30. Habeas corpus, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WRIT

    Possible Answer : writ, judicial_writ


  • The clue is 31. Like the direction of this answer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACROSS

    Possible Answer : crossways, across, crosswise


  • The clue is 34. Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: COFFEEBREAK


  • The clue is 38. Bits of wisdom. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PEARLS

    Possible Answer : drop, bone, off-white, pearl, bead, ivory


  • The clue is 39. Faller during fall. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LEAF

    Possible Answer : riff, leaf, flick, foliage, flip, leafage, riffle, thumb, folio


  • The clue is 42. "Don't mind ___ do". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IFI


  • The clue is 45. Prefix with -ceratops. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TRI


  • The clue is 46. Packaging for a stack of cookies. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SLEEVE

    Possible Answer : sleeve, arm


  • The clue is 48. Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: MISSAMERICA


  • The clue is 52. Gesture of approval. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOD

    Possible Answer : nod


  • The clue is 53. Carelessly sits (down). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLOPS

    Possible Answer : plump, plop, plunk_down, plunk, plank, flump, plump_down, plonk


  • The clue is 54. Refined grace. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELEGANCE

    Possible Answer : elegance

    Possible Opposite Answer : inelegance


  • The clue is 56. Muppet with his own "world" on "Sesame Street". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELMO


  • The clue is 57. Blingy piece of neckwear. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHAIN

    Possible Answer : chain_of_mountains, range, strand, chain, Chain, Ernst_Boris_Chain, concatenation, Sir_Ernst_Boris_Chain, range_of_mountains, mountain_range, string, mountain_chain, chemical_chain

    Possible Opposite Answer : unchain


  • The clue is 59. Teddy Grahams shape. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEAR

    Possible Answer : endure, suffer, stand, assume, pay, yield, acquit, tolerate, bear, comport, put_up, give_birth, accept, support, deport, abide, birth, stomach, deliver, wear, hold, expect, have_a_bun_in_the_oven, turn_out, behave, brook, take_over, carry, gestate, stick_out, contain, have, conduct, digest

    Possible Opposite Answer : bull


  • The clue is 60. Ingredient in bug spray. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEET


  • The clue is 61. Worth. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: VALUE

    Possible Answer : respect, evaluate, valuate, rate, measure, prize, treasure, esteem, appraise, note_value, prise, value, economic_value, time_value, assess, appreciate

    Possible Opposite Answer : disrespect, disesteem


  • The clue is 62. Initials on an "Organic" sticker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USDA

    Possible Answer : USDA, Department_of_Agriculture, Agriculture_Department, Agriculture


  • The clue is 63. Make a mistake. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERR

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


  • The clue is 64. Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SIMMS


  • The clue is 65. Sun, in San Juan. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOL

    Possible Answer : Sol, soh, so, sol, colloidal_suspension, colloidal_solution


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Remove, as a bottle cap. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UNSCREW

    Possible Answer: unscrew

    Possible Opposite Answer : screw

  • The clue is 2. "That's the word on the street". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOIHEAR

  • The clue is 3. Good with a paintbrush, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARTISTIC

    Possible Answer: aesthetic, artistic, esthetic

  • The clue is 4. Declare. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ASSERT

    Possible Answer: verify, asseverate, swan, affirm, put_forward, avow, assert, swear, aver, insist, maintain

  • The clue is 5. Calcutta currency. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RUPEE

    Possible Answer: Pakistani_rupee, Sri_Lanka_rupee, rupee, Mauritian_rupee, Nepalese_rupee, Seychelles_rupee, Indian_rupee

  • The clue is 6. Loses one's hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BALDS

    Possible Answer: bald

  • The clue is 7. Egg cells. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OVA

    Possible Answer: egg_cell, ovum

  • The clue is 8. No longer working: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RET

    Possible Answer: ret

  • The clue is 9. Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: POETIC

    Possible Answer: poetical, poetic

  • The clue is 10. Cat with a colorful coat. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CALICO

    Possible Answer: multicolor, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, multi-colour, varicoloured, motley, pied, multi-color, multicoloured, painted, varicolored, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, calico, piebald

  • The clue is 11. Bad temper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPLEEN

    Possible Answer: irascibility, lien, spleen, quick_temper, short_temper

  • The clue is 13. "I've got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHA

  • The clue is 15. Double ___ Oreos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STUF

  • The clue is 20. Place to get a cucumber mask. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPA

    Possible Answer: watering_place, watering_hole, resort_hotel, spa, health_club, health_spa

  • The clue is 21. Coming in handy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OFUSE

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

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

    The answer: SERBS

    Possible Answer: Serbian, Serb

  • The clue is 25. This stinks!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODOR

    Possible Answer: odour, scent, odor, olfactory_perception, olfactory_sensation, olfactory_property, aroma, smell

  • The clue is 27. Word on the street?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STOP

    Possible Answer: halt, break_off, hitch, plosive_speech_sound, give_up, quit, hold_back, cease, layover, closure, diaphragm, occlusive, intercept, stay, block_up, stoppage, plosive_consonant, plosive, period, stop_over, blockage, terminate, break, stop, barricade, point, blockade, full_stop, occlusion, discontinue, stop_consonant, hold_on, full_point, bar, block, finish, check, lay_off, kibosh, turn_back, arrest, block_off, contain, end, catch, stopover

    Possible Opposite Answer : continuant_consonant, start, continue, begin

  • The clue is 31. Eagle's nest. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AERIE

    Possible Answer: aerie, eyry, aery, eyrie

  • The clue is 32. Animation frame. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CEL

  • The clue is 33. Discount offer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SALE

    Possible Answer: sales_agreement, cut-rate_sale, sales_event, sale

  • The clue is 35. Crumbly Greek cheeses. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FETAS

  • The clue is 36. U-pick locale. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FARM

    Possible Answer: grow, farm, raise, produce

  • The clue is 37. Observant quality. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KEENNESS

    Possible Answer: avidness, acuteness, keenness, eagerness, avidity, sharpness, acuity

    Possible Opposite Answer : dullness

  • The clue is 40. Guacamole ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AVOCADO

    Possible Answer: avocado_tree, Persea_Americana, aguacate, avocado_pear, avocado, alligator_pear

  • The clue is 41. The "F" of F.B.I.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FEDERAL

    Possible Answer: Federal, Fed, federal, Union, Union_soldier, Federal_soldier, federal_official

    Possible Opposite Answer : unitary

  • The clue is 42. Stand in the way of. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMPEDE

    Possible Answer: hinder, occlude, block, close_up, jam, impede, obstruct, obturate

    Possible Opposite Answer : free

  • The clue is 43. Lip-plumping injection. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FILLER

    Possible Answer: makeweight, filler

  • The clue is 44. Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ISOMER

    Possible Answer: isomer

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

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

    The answer: SCENES

    Possible Answer: conniption, scene, vista, prospect, view, scenery, fit, shot, setting, picture, aspect, tantrum, panorama

  • The clue is 47. Fall behind. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LAG

    Possible Answer: interim, lag, remand, meanwhile, immure, fall_behind, incarcerate, jug, imprison, gaol, put_behind_bars, dawdle, meantime, retardation, fall_back, jail, stave, put_away, slowdown

  • The clue is 49. Espy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SPOT

    Possible Answer: smudge, maculation, spy, tell_apart, spot, situation, descry, blot, recognize, pick_out, blob, smirch, espy, pip, topographic_point, touch, smear, place, billet, dapple, distinguish, fleck, discern, blemish, daub, point, stain, bit, patch, recognise, berth, make_out, speckle, slur, office, post, spotlight, position

  • The clue is 50. King's domain. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REALM

    Possible Answer: land, kingdom, realm, region

  • The clue is 51. Pelvic bone. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ILIUM

    Possible Answer: ilium, Troy, Ilion, Ilium

  • The clue is 55. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABU

  • The clue is 57. Drugstore that prints famously long receipts. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CVS

    Possible Answer: curriculum_vitae, CV, resume

  • The clue is 58. Yes, in Japanese. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HAI

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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