27404 Tue Nov 19, 2024 NYT by Erik Agard

Across Clues :

1. Auctioneer's mallet, 6. Faucet fault, 10. Something dipped in a party dip, 14. Keep hope ___, 15. Saga sage since 1980, 16. Head over heels, 17. Find a way to avert disaster, 19. "Who ___?", 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment, 21. Thin wedge, 23. Sweltering, 24. "The Walking Dead" channel, 25. Out of the ordinary, 27. Because someone challenged you to, 29. Helpful ads, in brief, 31. Cry of frustration, 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney, 34. Having multiple levels, 37. Get ready to compete, 38. Have a sleepover, 41. "___ we?", 42. Gymnast Biles, 43. Guitarist Santana, 45. Thing to wring, 46. Common surname in Pakistan, 50. Sci-fi author Butler, 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr., 54. Soccer cheer, 55. Admirer, 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O., 58. Low tie score, 60. Gratis, 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?, 64. Gets it wrong, 65. Type of earring, 66. Neutral color, 67. ___ golf, 68. Phoenix franchise, 69. Express contempt

Down Clues :

1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click", 2. They're set to go off, 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off", 4. Steady, 5. Stop holding on, 6. Hue granter?, 7. Counterparts of cones, 8. ID is required when sending a letter there, 9. Shelling out, 10. Moviemaking tech, 11. Rosh ___, 12. "Don't bother with that", 13. Houndstooth or herringbone, 18. Made a safe bet, 22. First name in civil rights history, 26. Game of throws, 28. Mournful songs, 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back", 32. Common pronoun pair, 35. Head over heels, 36. Some band recordings, 38. Track-and-field star Richardson, 39. Law firm leaders, 40. "You got it!", 41. Expressed contempt, 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%, 47. Long sandwich, 48. Claim, 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard", 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word, 53. Overlooks disrespectfully, 57. "Stop being ridiculous!", 59. Biblical garden, 61. Key that's missing an "ape", 63. Some band recordings, informally

Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 19, 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, November 19, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Auctioneer's mallet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAVEL

  Possible Answer : gavel




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

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

  The answer: DRIP

  Possible Answer : drip_mold, drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, trickle, dripping




• The clue is 10. Something dipped in a party dip. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHIP

  Possible Answer : potato_chip, cow_dung, scrap, buffalo_chip, micro_chip, break_off, Saratoga_chip, flake, nick, fleck, chipping, chip_shot, break_away, cut_off, bit, silicon_chip, chip_off, cow_chip, check, crisp, poker_chip, microprocessor_chip, splintering, come_off, chip, microchip, knap




• The clue is 14. Keep hope ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALIVE

  Possible Answer : live, animated, awake, active, alive, alert

  Possible Opposite Answer : unanimated, dead




• The clue is 15. Saga sage since 1980. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YODA




• The clue is 16. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAGA

  Possible Answer : doddering, dotty, crazy, doddery, wild, senile, gaga




• The clue is 17. Find a way to avert disaster. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: SAVETHEDAY




• The clue is 19. "Who ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ISNT




• The clue is 20. Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRINGE

  Possible Answer : cower, quail, cringe, funk, crawl, wince, shrink, fawn, recoil, creep, squinch, grovel, flinch




• The clue is 21. Thin wedge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHIM

  Possible Answer : shim




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

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

  The answer: HOT

  Possible Answer : live, red-hot, hot, blistering, spicy, raging

  Possible Opposite Answer : cold




• The clue is 24. "The Walking Dead" channel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMC




• The clue is 25. Out of the ordinary. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODD

  Possible Answer : odd, funny, unpaired, left_over, peculiar, queer, uneven, unmated, rum, leftover, singular, left, unexpended, rummy, curious, unmatched, remaining

  Possible Opposite Answer : even




• The clue is 27. Because someone challenged you to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONADARE




• The clue is 29. Helpful ads, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSAS

  Possible Answer : prostate_specific_antigen, PSA




• The clue is 31. Cry of frustration. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GAH




• The clue is 33. W.N.B.A. star Brittney. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRINER




• The clue is 34. Having multiple levels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIERED

  Possible Answer : tiered




• The clue is 37. Get ready to compete. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAIN

  Possible Answer : caravan, trail, railroad_train, train, string, geartrain, civilise, gear, discipline, rail, wagon_train, cultivate, educate, coach, prepare, civilize, school, condition, power_train, gearing, check, take_aim, take, direct, groom, aim, develop




• The clue is 38. Have a sleepover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPENDTHENIGHT




• The clue is 41. "___ we?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHALL




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

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

  The answer: SIMONE




• The clue is 43. Guitarist Santana. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CARLOS

  Possible Answer : Ilich_Ramirez_Sanchez, Taurus, Glen_Gebhard, Hector_Hevodidbon, Michael_Assat, Carlos, Ilich_Sanchez, Sanchez, Andres_Martinez, Salim, Carlos_the_Jackal




• The clue is 45. Thing to wring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOP

  Possible Answer : swob, mop, mow, wipe_up, pout, mop_up, swab




• The clue is 46. Common surname in Pakistan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHAH

  Possible Answer : Shah_of_Iran, Shah




• The clue is 50. Sci-fi author Butler. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTAVIA




• The clue is 52. Grads-to-be: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SRS

  Possible Answer : steradian, atomic_number_38, Sr, strontium, sr




• The clue is 54. Soccer cheer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLE




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

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

  The answer: FAN

  Possible Answer : sports_fan, lover, devotee, winnow, rooter, fan, buff




• The clue is 56. C.F.O. or C.T.O.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXEC

  Possible Answer : White_House, EXEC




• The clue is 58. Low tie score. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONEALL




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

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

  The answer: FREE

  Possible Answer : loose, costless, destitute, unfreeze, gratuitous, unloose, devoid, exempt, barren, free_people, justify, innocent, spare, dislodge, complimentary, detached, relieve, free, liberate, give_up, resign, discharge, unblock, unloosen, liberal, absolve, rid, disengage, relinquish, gratis, disembarrass, release

  Possible Opposite Answer : obstruct, unfree, blame, enforce, lodge, confine, block, bound, freeze




• The clue is 62. What 17- and 38-Across combine to form?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: TIMEBUDGET




• The clue is 64. Gets it wrong. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERRS

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




• The clue is 65. Type of earring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOOP

  Possible Answer : wicket, hoop, basketball_hoop, ring, basket




• The clue is 66. Neutral color. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEIGE

  Possible Answer : ecru, beige




• The clue is 67. ___ golf. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DISC

  Possible Answer : record, phonograph_recording, magnetic_disc, phonograph_record, platter, disk, magnetic_disk, saucer, disc




• The clue is 68. Phoenix franchise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNS

  Possible Answer : Sun, sunshine, Dominicus, solarize, sunbathe, Sunday, solarise, sun, sunlight, insolate, Lord's_Day




• The clue is 69. Express contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNEER

  Possible Answer : leer, sneer

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Piece of equipment that might read "Tighten until click". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GASCAP

• The clue is 2. They're set to go off. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALARMS

  Possible Answer: alarm, alarm_system, appall, warning_signal, alarm_clock, warning_device, consternation, alarum, dismay, horrify, appal, alert

• The clue is 3. Actress ___ A. Fox of "Set It Off". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIVICA

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

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

  The answer: EVEN

  Possible Answer: still, flush, yet, level, even, even_out, regular, fifty-fifty, eve, tied, evening, eventide

  Possible Opposite Answer : odd, uneven

• The clue is 5. Stop holding on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LETGO

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

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

  The answer: DYE

  Possible Answer: dye, dyestuff

• The clue is 7. Counterparts of cones. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RODS

  Possible Answer: retinal_rod, pole, rod, rod_cell, perch, gat

• The clue is 8. ID is required when sending a letter there. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDAHO

  Possible Answer: Gem_State, ID, Idaho

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

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

  The answer: PAYING

  Possible Answer: paid, remunerative, yield, paying, ante_up, pay, bear, make_up, give, pay_up, pay_off, salaried, stipendiary, compensable, compensate, gainful, devote

  Possible Opposite Answer : default

• The clue is 10. Moviemaking tech. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CGI

• The clue is 11. Rosh ___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASHANAH

• The clue is 12. "Don't bother with that". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IGNOREIT

• The clue is 13. Houndstooth or herringbone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATTERN

  Possible Answer: form, traffic_pattern, rule, normal, model, practice, shape, pattern, convention, approach_pattern, design, radiation_diagram, blueprint, formula, radiation_pattern, figure

• The clue is 18. Made a safe bet. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEDGED

  Possible Answer: weasel-worded, circumvent, skirt, parry, dodge, hedge_in, elude, hedged, put_off, sidestep, fudge, duck, evade, hedge

• The clue is 22. First name in civil rights history. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARTIN

  Possible Answer: martin, Mary_Martin, Dean_Martin, Steve_Martin, Martin, Dino_Paul_Crocetti, St._Martin

• The clue is 26. Game of throws. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARTS

  Possible Answer: darts, scud, flash, dart, flit, shoot, dash, scoot, fleet, flutter

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

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

  The answer: DIRGES

  Possible Answer: threnody, requiem, coronach, lament, dirge

• The clue is 30. "How ___ Got Her Groove Back". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STELLA

  Possible Answer: Frank_Stella, Stella, Frank_Philip_Stella

• The clue is 32. Common pronoun pair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HEHIM

• The clue is 35. Head over heels. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INLOVE

• The clue is 36. Some band recordings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEMOS

  Possible Answer: exhibit, demonstration, show, demo, demonstrate, present

• The clue is 38. Track-and-field star Richardson. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHACARRI

• The clue is 39. Law firm leaders. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PARTNERS

  Possible Answer: cooperator, married_person, partner, collaborator, pardner, spouse, better_half, mate

• The clue is 40. "You got it!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPROB

• The clue is 41. Expressed contempt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCOFFED

  Possible Answer: scoff, barrack, flout, gibe, jeer

• The clue is 44. Portions equal to roughly 17%. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIXTHS

  Possible Answer: one-sixth, sixth

• The clue is 47. Long sandwich. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOAGIE

  Possible Answer: Cuban_sandwich, hero_sandwich, submarine, wedge, bomber, hoagy, sub, hoagie, torpedo, submarine_sandwich, poor_boy, hero, zep, grinder, Italian_sandwich

• The clue is 48. Claim. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALLEGE

  Possible Answer: allege, aver, say

• The clue is 49. Half of a rhyming synonym of "haphazard". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELTER

• The clue is 51. Quintet found in a supervocalic word. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AEIOU

• The clue is 53. Overlooks disrespectfully. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNUBS

  Possible Answer: rebuff, snub, cut, cold_shoulder, disregard, ignore, repulse, repel

• The clue is 57. "Stop being ridiculous!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CMON

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

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

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer: Shangri-la, promised_land, nirvana, Garden_of_Eden, Eden, heaven, paradise

• The clue is 61. Key that's missing an "ape". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESC

• The clue is 63. Some band recordings, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPS

2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 USA Today Crossword Clues Hints

UAS Today Across Clues:

Clue	Answer	Letter Frequency
Less Than Jake genre	SKA	S: 1, K: 1, A: 1
The Burn Book in “Mean Girls,” for one	PROP	P: 2, R: 1, O: 1
Opposite of boom	BUST	B: 1, U: 1, S: 1, T: 1
Dip out suddenly	BAIL	B: 1, A: 1, I: 1, L: 1
Chip away at	ERODE	E: 2, R: 1, O: 1, D: 1
“___ the Woods”	INTO	I: 1, N: 1, T: 1, O: 1
Tracy Chapman’s vocal range	ALTO	A: 1, L: 1, T: 1, O: 1
Reasoning used to solve sudoku puzzles	LOGIC	L: 1, O: 1, G: 1, I: 1, C: 1
Leo’s symbol	LION	L: 1, I: 1, O: 1, N: 1
Tiered bed part that’s lower to the ground	BOTTOMBUNK	B: 2, O: 2, T: 1, M: 1, K: 1, N: 1, U: 1
Yearn	LONG	L: 1, O: 1, N: 1, G: 1
Whichever	ANY	A: 1, N: 1, Y: 1
Selfie stance	POSE	P: 1, O: 1, S: 1, E: 1
Overdue library book penalties	FINES	F: 1, I: 1, N: 1, E: 1, S: 1
“When the first ___ you see may not be a ___” (“Konstantine” lyric)	STAR	S: 1, T: 1, A: 1, R: 1
Instrument used for tuning	OBOE	O: 2, B: 1, E: 1
Wander around	ROAM	R: 1, O: 1, A: 1, M: 1
Was sure of	KNEW	K: 1, N: 1, E: 1, W: 1
“Killing Eve” network	BBC	B: 2, C: 1
Bar fixture that simulates riding a bucking animal	MECHANICALBULL	M: 1, E: 1, C: 2, H: 1, A: 2, N: 1, I: 1, K: 1, L: 1, B: 1, U: 1
Fluffy scarf	BOA	B: 1, O: 1, A: 1
Printer product	TONER	T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, E: 1, R: 1
Spanish for “water”	AGUA	A: 2, G: 1, U: 1
Turn bad	ROT	R: 1, O: 1, T: 1
Texting segue	BTW	B: 1, T: 1, W: 1
“Bad at Love” singer	HALSEY	H: 1, A: 1, L: 1, S: 1, E: 1, Y: 1
Make certain	ASSURE	A: 2, S: 2, U: 1, R: 1, E: 1
Pirate flag emblem	SKULL	S: 1, K: 1, U: 1, L: 2
Insulting the other team, say	TALKINGTRASH	T: 2, A: 2, L: 1, K: 1, I: 1, N: 1, G: 1, R: 1, S: 1, H: 1
Doesn’t wear out	LASTS	L: 1, A: 1, S: 2, T: 1
Anger	IRE	I: 1, R: 1, E: 1
Main artery	AORTA	A: 2, O: 1, R: 1, T: 1
Throbs	ACHES	A: 1, C: 1, H: 1, E: 1, S: 1
“I told you!”	SEE	S: 1, E: 2
___ flush	ROYAL	R: 1, O: 1, Y: 1, A: 1, L: 1
Social equal	PEER	P: 1, E: 2, R: 1
“Jumanji” sketch show	SNL	S: 1, N: 1, L: 1
Eggy spread	MAYO	M: 1, A: 1, Y: 1, O: 1

2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 USA Today Crossword Clues Hints

Down Clues:

Clue	Answer	Letter Frequency
Places to get blowouts	SALONS	S: 1, A: 1, L: 1, O: 1, N: 1
Rewards for cats, casually	KITTYTREATS	K: 1, I: 1, T: 2, Y: 2, R: 1, E: 1, A: 1, S: 1
All the time	ALOT	A: 1, L: 1, O: 1, T: 1
In all likelihood, casually	PROBS	P: 1, R: 1, O: 1, B: 1, S: 1
Go ___ (ignore orders)	ROGUE	R: 1, O: 1, G: 1, U: 1, E: 1
Thor’s dad	ODIN	O: 1, D: 1, I: 1, N: 1
Light 49-Down	PECK	P: 1, E: 1, C: 1, K: 1
“LUNCH” singer Eilish	BILLIE	B: 1, I: 2, L: 2, E: 1
Labor group	UNION	U: 1, N: 2, I: 1, O: 1
Peach pit	STONE	S: 1, T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, E: 1
Ice-grabbing tool	TONGS	T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, G: 1, S: 1
___ ghanoush	BABA	B: 2, A: 2
Muppet with a pet goldfish	ELMO	E: 1, L: 1, M: 1, O: 1
TV mogul Winfrey	OPRAH	O: 1, P: 1, R: 1, A: 1, H: 1
Poultry	FOWL	F: 1, O: 1, W: 1, L: 1
Rep. who said “We open doors so others can walk through them”	AOC	A: 1, O: 1, C: 1
In the past	ONCE	O: 1, N: 1, C: 1, E: 1
Big squeeze	BEARHUG	B: 1, E: 1, A: 1, R: 1, H: 1, U: 1, G: 1
Company that makes Barbie	MATTEL	M: 1, A: 1, T: 2, E: 1, L: 1
Relatives	KIN	K: 1, I: 1, N: 1
App glitches	BUGS	B: 1, U: 1, G: 1, S: 1
“My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been ___ / All’s well that ends well to end up with you”	BLUE	B: 1, L: 1, U: 1, E: 1
Pottery material	CLAY	C: 1, L: 1, A: 1, Y: 1
Animal sounds in “Over the Moon”	MOOS	M: 1, O: 2, S: 1
As we speak	NOW	N: 1, O: 1, W: 1
Site with a piano in the game Clue	BALLROOM	B: 1, A: 1, L: 2, R: 1, O: 2, M: 1
“Long hair (No ___) / It’s my type (That’s right)” (“Red Wine Supernova” lyric)	BRA	B: 1, R: 1, A: 1
Trumpets’ section	BRASS	B: 1, R: 1, A: 1, S: 2
Place to say “I do”	ALTAR	A: 1, L: 1, T: 1, R: 1
Say	UTTER	U: 1, T: 2, E: 1, R: 1
Fire engine feature	SIREN	S: 1, I: 1, R: 1, E: 1, N: 1
Protest, in a way	KNEEL	K: 1, N: 1, E: 1, L: 1
Lock lips	KISS	K: 1, I: 1, S: 2
Sansa Stark’s sister	ARYA	A: 2, R: 1, Y: 1
“Please don’t go!”	STAY	S: 1, T: 1, A: 1, Y: 1
Angelic ring	HALO	H: 1, A: 1, L: 1, O: 1
One length of a pool	LAP	L: 1, A: 1, P: 1
High card	ACE	A: 1, C: 1, E: 1
“___ Used to Be Mine” (“Waitress” song)	SHE	S: 1, H: 1, E: 1

Letter Frequency Radar Chart - USA Today Crossword Answers

27443 Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 30, 2024

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

Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times

Across Clues with Answers:

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

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

  The answer: SMART

  Possible Answer : impudent, sassy, hurt, impertinent, smarting, overbold, chic, fresh, saucy, smartness, ache, bright, voguish, wise, smart

  Possible Opposite Answer : stupid




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

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

  The answer: ZANY

  Possible Answer : clownish, silly, zany, goof, goofy, whacky, goofball, wacky, twat, cuckoo, clownlike, cockamamy, sappy, goose, buffoonish, bozo, jackass, fathead, cockamamie




• The clue is 10. Desktop computer that might run Sonoma or Sequoia. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMAC




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

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

  The answer: TENOR

  Possible Answer : tenor, tenor_voice, strain




• The clue is 15. Writer Wiesel. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELIE




• The clue is 16. Forbidden. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOGO




• The clue is 17. Waiter's imperative after bringing food. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENJOY

  Possible Answer : savour, delight, revel, relish, love, bask, enjoy, savor

  Possible Opposite Answer : suffer




• The clue is 18. Flower that reflects yellow when held under one's chin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUTTERCUP

  Possible Answer : butter-flower, butterflower, buttercup, crowfoot, kingcup, goldcup




• The clue is 20. It might have a twist or hole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOT

  Possible Answer : plot_of_land, plot, patch, diagram, plot_of_ground, secret_plan, game, plat




• The clue is 21. What a sleeve covers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARM

  Possible Answer : weapon, branch, weapon_system, build_up, fortify, limb, gird, sleeve, subdivision, arm

  Possible Opposite Answer : disarm




• The clue is 22. "Don't worry about me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IMOKAY




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

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

  The answer: HOURGLASS

  Possible Answer : hourglass




• The clue is 26. Surface for doing exercises. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAT

  Possible Answer : lustrelessness, felt_up, matt-up, entangle, flat, matte_up, Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, lusterlessness, MAT, mat_up, gym_mat, felt, matt, matting, matte, mat, snarl, flatness, tangle, matted

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsnarl, disentangle




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

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

  The answer: ORBS

  Possible Answer : eyeball, globe, orbit, ball, orb, revolve




• The clue is 28. Going out romantically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONADATE




• The clue is 32. #1 pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BESTIE




• The clue is 35. Language suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESE

  Possible Answer : ESE, east_southeast




• The clue is 36. Father. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIRE

  Possible Answer : father, get, engender, mother, bring_forth, generate, sire, beget, forefather




• The clue is 37. Music genre prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALT

  Possible Answer : altitude, EL, ALT, elevation




• The clue is 38. N.F.L. all-star game. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PROBOWL




• The clue is 41. Texter's reaction to a joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOL




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

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

  The answer: ALES

  Possible Answer : ale




• The clue is 44. Bathroom fixture. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUB

  Possible Answer : vat, tub, bathtub, tubful, bath, bathing_tub




• The clue is 45. Clinks a glass and gives a speech to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOASTS

  Possible Answer : toast, drink, pledge, crispen, goner, crisp, wassail, salute




• The clue is 47. Indian pastries with savory fillings. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAMOSAS

  Possible Answer : samosa




• The clue is 49. Obnoxious person, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOOL

  Possible Answer : instrument, pecker, peter, prick, putz, creature, joyride, puppet, tool, shaft, cock, dick, tool_around




• The clue is 50. "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAT

  Possible Answer : cast, cat-o'-nine-tails, honk, guy, Arabian_tea, hombre, throw_up, big_cat, retch, African_tea, vomit, regurgitate, Caterpillar, barf, CAT, sick, regorge, upchuck, disgorge, vomit_up, spew, spue, be_sick, computed_axial_tomography, qat, computerized_tomography, cat, bozo, khat, quat, computed_tomography, kat, true_cat, computerized_axial_tomography, puke, purge, chuck, CT

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down




• The clue is 51. Place for policy wonks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THINKTANK




• The clue is 56. Huge to-dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCENES

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




• The clue is 59. "Sounds good!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YES

  Possible Answer : yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no




• The clue is 60. Norse god of war and death. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODIN

  Possible Answer : Odin




• The clue is 61. Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOLDWATER




• The clue is 63. Grammarian's concern. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USAGE

  Possible Answer : use, employment, usage, custom, exercise, utilization, usance, utilisation




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

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

  The answer: ILLS

  Possible Answer : ill, complaint, ailment




• The clue is 65. Number of planets before Pluto was demoted. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NINE

  Possible Answer : ix, IX, nine, 9, ball_club, club, ennead, baseball_club, nine-spot, niner, Nina_from_Carolina




• The clue is 66. Food item that might come with lox. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAGEL

  Possible Answer : beigel, bagel




• The clue is 67. El ___, Tex.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PASO




• The clue is 68. Exhausted, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEAD

  Possible Answer : beat, all_in, perfectly, numb, drained, bushed, deadened, idle, utterly, utter, absolutely, short, suddenly, abruptly, dead, stagnant

  Possible Opposite Answer : live, alive, living




• The clue is 69. Put forth, as effort. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXERT

  Possible Answer : exert, maintain, exercise, wield

SMART

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Basketball star Curry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEPH

• The clue is 2. ___ Park, location of Edison's first major laboratory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MENLO

• The clue is 3. Type of pear. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANJOU

  Possible Answer: Anjou, anjou

• The clue is 4. Plant affliction that's below ground. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROOTROT

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

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

  The answer: TRY

  Possible Answer: attempt, try_out, adjudicate, try_on, try, endeavour, hear, render, assay, test, prove, effort, examine, stress, endeavor, sample, judge, strain, taste, essay, seek

• The clue is 6. Creatures that are actually black with white stripes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEBRAS

  Possible Answer: zebra

• The clue is 7. What grads become. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALUMS

  Possible Answer: potash_alum, graduate, grad, ammonia_alum, ammonium_alum, alum, alumnus, potassium_alum, alumna

• The clue is 8. Tiny complaint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIT

  Possible Answer: nit

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

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

  The answer: YETI

  Possible Answer: abominable_snowman, yeti

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

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

  The answer: INROADS

  Possible Answer: inroad

• The clue is 11. Shirley Temple and Virgin Bloody Mary, for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOCKTAILS

• The clue is 12. H₂O, in Mexico. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGUA

  Possible Answer: agua_toad, Bufo_marinus, agua

• The clue is 13. "I understand you". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COPY

  Possible Answer: copy, written_matter, replicate, imitate, simulate, re-create, transcript

• The clue is 19. Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMMA

• The clue is 21. Canadian province that's home to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALBERTA

  Possible Answer: Alberta

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

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

  The answer: GRIP

  Possible Answer: hold, spellbind, grasp, handgrip, bag, fascinate, transfix, traveling_bag, grapple, clutch, clutches, adhesive_friction, travelling_bag, grip, hairgrip, clench, suitcase, traction, bobby_pin, clasp, handle

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

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

  The answer: SOSO

• The clue is 29. Units of force. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEWTONS

  Possible Answer: newton, N, Newton, Sir_Isaac_Newton, Isaac_Newton

• The clue is 30. Gait faster than a walk but slower than a canter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TROT

  Possible Answer: trot, pony, crib, jog, clip, lope, Trotskyist, Trotskyite, Trot

• The clue is 31. Snakelike fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EELS

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 32. Sheep sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BAAS

  Possible Answer: baas, blat, blate, baa, bleat

• The clue is 33. "Enchanted" girl in a Gail Carson Levine book. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELLA

• The clue is 34. Biomedical building blocks. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEMCELLS

• The clue is 35. Recede, as the tide. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBB

  Possible Answer: ebb_down, ebb_out, reflux, ebbing, ebb, ebb_away, ebb_off, wane

  Possible Opposite Answer : tide

• The clue is 39. Remove from office. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUST

  Possible Answer: drum_out, oust, throw_out, expel, kick_out, boot_out

• The clue is 40. Cry made while pointing. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOOK

  Possible Answer: looking_at, take_care, depend, expect, feeling, spirit, wait, search, front, look, reckon, tone, see, await, flavour, expression, looking, attend, aspect, flavor, facial_expression, seem, face, smell, bet, feel, appear, calculate, count

  Possible Opposite Answer : back

• The clue is 43. No-goodnik. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOANDSO

• The clue is 46. Jazz combo instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTOSAX

• The clue is 48. Dish served from a crockpot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STEW

  Possible Answer: sweat, swither, grizzle, stew, fret, lather, grudge, brood

• The clue is 49. In stacks, like a wedding cake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIERED

  Possible Answer: tiered

• The clue is 52. Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HYENA

  Possible Answer: hyena, hyaena

• The clue is 53. "The early bird gets the worm," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADAGE

  Possible Answer: adage, proverb, saw, byword

• The clue is 54. Landlocked African country. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NIGER

  Possible Answer: Republic_of_Niger, Niger, Niger_River

• The clue is 55. Prepared to propose. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KNELT

  Possible Answer: kneel

• The clue is 56. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHIP

  Possible Answer: embark, send, ship, transport

  Possible Opposite Answer : disembark

• The clue is 57. Pepsi or Coke. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COLA

  Possible Answer: Cola, genus_Cola, Colon, dope, Aspinwall, Costa_Rican_colon, colon, El_Salvadoran_colon, cola

• The clue is 58. Contents of a 23-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAND

  Possible Answer: guts, backbone, Baroness_Dudevant, gumption, Sand, sandpaper, Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin, moxie, sand, grit, George_Sand

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• The clue is 62. "How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TIE

  Possible Answer: link_up, draw, bind, standoff, attach, affiliation, wed, tie, marry, sleeper, tie-up, necktie, splice, tie_beam, link, crosstie, bond, linkup, connect, railroad_tie, association, tie-in

  Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

• The clue is 63. Purple yam common in Filipino cooking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBE

May 26, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle May 26, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "The Winner Takes It All" group	4
2A	5. Singer Diana	4
3A	9. Radiate	4
4A	13. Hardly a jaunt	4
5A	14. Ready to go	5
6A	16. Central points	4
7A	17. Tolled time	4
8A	18. "Byeee!"	5
9A	19. One having a turn at a roast?	4
10A	20. You've got to know when to hold 'em	14
11A	23. Worrier's words	6
12A	24. Former queen of Jordan	4
13A	25. Good cheer	3
14A	26. What do ewe say?	3
15A	27. Spice ___	3
16A	29. Often-changed item of wear	6
17A	31. Know when to fold 'em	12
18A	35. ___ Mode, animated film character who says "Words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble!"	4
19A	36. It might be in the form of a thumbnail	3
20A	37. "The Music Man" locale	4
21A	41. Know when to walk away	12
22A	46. Famed designer whose career was boosted by "American Gigolo"	6
23A	49. Small batteries	3
24A	50. Butter, e.g.	3
25A	51. Concern for a tailor	3
26A	52. ___ facto	4
27A	55. Box markings	6
28A	57. And know when to run	14
29A	60. Moistens	4
30A	61. Water nymph	5
31A	62. Earnest request	4
32A	64. Pueblo people	4
33A	65. "The Child," also known as Baby Yoda	5
34A	66. Snack, as on a knish	4
35A	67. Places with springs	4
36A	68. Exclamation after a witty comeback	4
37A	69. ___ Major	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. "The Winner Takes It All" group"

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Singer Diana"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir James Clark Ross, Betsy Ross, John Ross
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Radiate"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: let loose, breathe, pass off
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Hardly a jaunt"

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 work doggedly or persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: swig, plod, tramp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Ready to go"

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: ONTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Central points"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: locus, locale, venue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Tolled time"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: time of day, minute, hr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Byeee!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. One having a turn at a roast?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: spatter, tongue, expectoration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. You've got to know when to hold 'em"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WRESTLINGMATCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Worrier's words"

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: OHDEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Former queen of Jordan"

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: NOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Good cheer"

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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. What do ewe say?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: blate, blat, bleat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Spice ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an unforeseen obstacle
• Words that mean the same thing: hang-up, chafe, snag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Often-changed item of wear"

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 garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
• Words that mean the same thing: nappy, napkin
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Know when to fold 'em"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: ORIGAMICLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. ___ Mode, animated film character who says "Words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. It might be in the form of a thumbnail"

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: BIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. "The Music Man" locale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the siouan people formerly living in iowa and minnesota and missouri
• Words that mean the same thing: Ioway, Hawkeye State, IA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Know when to walk away"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: LOWBALLOFFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Famed designer whose career was boosted by "American Gigolo""

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: ARMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Small batteries"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Butter, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: fatty tissue, fatten, plump
• The opposite would be: leanness, nonfat
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Concern for a tailor"

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 display of bad temper
• Words that mean the same thing: conniption, meet, conform to
• The opposite would be: disagree, unfit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. ___ facto"

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: IPSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Box markings"

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 a written order directing a bank to pay money
• Words that mean the same thing: assure, cheque, delay
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHECKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. And know when to run"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: ELECTIONSEASON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Moistens"

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 wetness caused by water
• Words that mean the same thing: moisture, wet
• The opposite would be: dry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Water nymph"

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 submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
• Words that mean the same thing: water nymph
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Earnest request"

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 humble request for help from someone in authority
• Words that mean the same thing: supplication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Pueblo people"

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 member of the pueblo people living in western new mexico
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZUNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. "The Child," also known as Baby Yoda"

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: GROGU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Snack, as on a knish"

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 (yiddish) a snack or light meal
• Words that mean the same thing: snack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Places with springs"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health spa, resort hotel, watering place
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Exclamation after a witty comeback"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of catching an object with the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: lose it, breeze, click
• The opposite would be: inelasticity
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. ___ Major"

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: URSA

  Great job if you got it right!

May 26, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Bit of air pollution	3
2D	2. Gasbag	8
3D	3. Anthony of "Parts Unknown"	8
4D	4. Concur	5
5D	5. Speaker's platform	7
6D	6. Scott Turow memoir	4
7D	7. Gertrude who wrote "We are always the same age inside"	5
8D	8. "___ to This" (song from "Hamilton")	5
9D	9. Jewelry designer Peretti	4
10D	10. Mod do	6
11D	11. It comes to a point when it's too cold outside	6
12D	12. One who gives one-tenth	6
13D	15. Tiered temple	6
14D	21. Actress Gilbert	4
15D	22. Hosp. scans	4
16D	23. Light wind?	4
17D	28. Lettuce wrap lettuce	4
18D	30. "Yeah, suuuure"	4
19D	32. Event with a dress code	4
20D	33. Snoopy grp.	3
21D	34. German film award akin to an Oscar	4
22D	38. Risqué	8
23D	39. "What is your greatest ___?" (interview question)	8
24D	40. Section of a Sunday newspaper	4
25D	42. "Wilco!"	4
26D	43. Erasing, as data	6
27D	44. Prepared to skate	7
28D	45. Org. with thousands of inspectors	4
29D	46. Forty winks	6
30D	47. Provoke	6
31D	48. View from Catania, in brief	6
32D	53. Shoots up	5
33D	54. Whopper ingredient	5
34D	56. College sports channel	5
35D	58. Print collectors, for short	4
36D	59. "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g.	4
37D	63. "Why, that's it!"	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. Bit of air pollution"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Gasbag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very boastful and talkative person
• Words that mean the same thing: boaster, bragger, line-shooter
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOWHARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Anthony of "Parts Unknown""

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: BOURDAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Concur"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be in accord; be in agreement
• Words that mean the same thing: check, harmonise, consort
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Speaker's platform"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Words that mean the same thing: stump, dais, soapbox
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSTRUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Scott Turow memoir"

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: ONEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Gertrude who wrote "We are always the same age inside""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mug intended for serving beer
• Words that mean the same thing: Gertrude Stein, beer mug
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "___ to This" (song from "Hamilton")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAYNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Jewelry designer Peretti"

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: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Mod do"

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: MOPTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It comes to a point when it's too cold outside"

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 ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICICLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. One who gives one-tenth"

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

  The answer is: TITHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Tiered temple"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAGODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Actress Gilbert"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Hosp. scans"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Light wind?"

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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
• Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Lettuce wrap lettuce"

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: BIBB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. "Yeah, suuuure""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Event with a dress code"

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 gay festivity
• Words that mean the same thing: jamboree, gala affair, blowout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Snoopy grp."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
• Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. German film award akin to an Oscar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Risqué"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OFFCOLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. "What is your greatest ___?" (interview question)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a flaw or weak point
• Words that mean the same thing: failing, helplessness, impuissance
• The opposite would be: strength
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAKNESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Section of a Sunday newspaper"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: art, graphics, humanistic discipline
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. "Wilco!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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: ONIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Erasing, as data"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that rub with a circular motion
• Words that mean the same thing: pass over, wipe
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Prepared to skate"

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: LACEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Org. with thousands of inspectors"

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 government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Forty winks"

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: AFEWZS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Provoke"

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: RILEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. View from Catania, in brief"

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: MTETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Shoots up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of rising upward into the air
• Words that mean the same thing: soar up, sailplane, surge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Whopper ingredient"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. College sports channel "

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Print collectors, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the canadian government
• Words that mean the same thing: Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CSIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. "Why, that's it!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	73.0%
Short Answer	10	13.5%
Music	3	4.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, 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 09, 2025 at 07:38 PM