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Today is LA Times Crossword for August 31, 2024 by Carl Elias. The theme of the puzzle revolves around concepts like "AFTERPARTY" and "NIGHT MOVES".

 Saturday, August 31, 2024 LA Times Answers 

Across  Clues with Answers
Clues	Answers
Opportunity for late-night stargazing	AFTER-PARTY
March 1 : lion :: March 31 : __	LAMB
Manga heroine romantically linked to Tuxedo Mask	SAILOR MOON
“Queen Sugar” actor Dorsey	OMAR
Element of the Pythagorean theorem	HYPOTENUSE
Museum piece	VASE
Triumphant shout	YES!
Actress Mireille	ENOS
Gabor sister whose given name was Sári	ZSA ZSA
Wheat protein	GLUTEN
Objects	ITEMS
Utterly unavailing	NO HELP
Performer in a cloud swing	ACROBAT
Comforting words	I CARE
Small pile of leaves	QUIRE
Wall St. whiz	ARB
Give up	CEDE
Like a road with many blind spots	CURVY
Northern Nevada county	ELKO
Ryssdal who hosts NPR’s “Marketplace”	KAI
Clan title	THANE
“The Bear” Emmy winner Jeremy __ White	ALLEN
Being heard	ON TRIAL
Most dot matrix printers and flip phones, now	E-WASTE
Handout	FLIER
Emmy-winning show about Clio-winning execs	MAD MEN
Strands in the winter?	TINSEL
Runs away in haste	LAMS
In	HIP
Deets	INFO
Big fan	AFICIONADO
Dull roar?	MEOW!
Bob Seger hit about “trying to lose the awkward teenage blues”	NIGHT MOVES
Misses the mark	ERRS
Booker prize?	SENATE SEAT

Down Clues with Answers
Clues	Answers
Like terrain downwind of an erupting volcano	ASHY
“Atlanta Millionaires Club” singer Webster	FAYE
Word in Box 1 of a Form W-2	TIPS
Jeff Lynne’s gp.	ELO
Pasta similar to fiori	ROTELLE
Union contract	PRENUP
Terse denial	AM NOT!
Prod	ROUSE
Game breaks, for short	TOS
California’s Santa __ Valley	YNEZ
“Sorry Not Sorry” singer	LOVATO
“Epic!”	AMAZEBALLS!
Publishing option	MASS MARKET
Body part that includes the xiphoid process	BREASTBONE
Father	SIRE
Two-time Roberts co-star	GERE
Credulous	NAIVE
Last-second	NICK OF TIME
Vacation venue with cabins	OCEAN LINER
Plotted against	HAD IT IN FOR
Tear up	CRY
Reservation	QUALM
Museum piece	URN
“__-ching!”	CHA
Flair	ELAN
Semi circle?	TIRE
“Epic!”	AWESOME!
Makes seedier?	RESOWS
Cowboy legend Smith	EMMITT
Join forces (with)	ALIGN
Georgia retreat	DACHA
Brief hookups at the office?	LANS
Host	HAVE
Hunch	IDEA
Denver daily	POST
“King Lear” curse	FIE
Sudoku figs.	NOS

27438 Wed Dec 25, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 25, 2024

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

Wed Dec 25, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Franken and Sharpton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALS

  Possible Answer : atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, aluminium, amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, AL, Heart_of_Dixie, ALS, Camellia_State, aluminum




• The clue is 4. Like many college dorms. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COED




• The clue is 8. Wood-shaping tool. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RASP

  Possible Answer : wood_file, rasping, rasp




• The clue is 12. State school near the Allegheny River, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PITT

  Possible Answer : Pitt_the_Younger, Pitt, William_Pitt, First_Earl_of_Chatham, George_Dibdin_Pitt, Second_Earl_of_Chatham, George_Pitt, George_Dibdin-Pitt, Pitt_the_Elder




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

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

  The answer: SUCKA




• The clue is 15. Kuwaiti leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMIR

  Possible Answer : ameer, emir, emeer, amir




• The clue is 16. Destination for the Taj Express. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AGRA

  Possible Answer : Agra




• The clue is 17. Upper atmosphere. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETHER

  Possible Answer : ethyl_ether, ether, divinyl_ether, aether, ethoxyethane, quintessence, vinyl_ether, diethyl_ether




• The clue is 18. Atmosphere in the room. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIBE

  Possible Answer : vibe, vibration




• The clue is 19. Bud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHUM

  Possible Answer : brother, pal, Oncorhynchus_keta, buddy, crony, chum, chum_salmon, sidekick




• The clue is 20. Ding-dongs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MORONS

  Possible Answer : changeling, idiot, cretin, retard, imbecile, moron, half-wit, Moron




• The clue is 22. "___ anges dans nos campagnes" (French carol). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LES

  Possible Answer : lupus_erythematosus, LE




• The clue is 23. Start of an encrypted web address. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HTTPS

  Possible Answer : hypertext_transfer_protocol, HTTP




• The clue is 25. More, on a music score. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PIU




• The clue is 26. What some fear A.I. might become. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AWARE

  Possible Answer : cognisant, aware, cognizant, mindful

  Possible Opposite Answer : unaware, unmindful




• The clue is 28. Format for an English final, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSAYTEST




• The clue is 30. Instruction from a taxi driver. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GETIN




• The clue is 31. ___ Blanc. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MONT




• The clue is 32. Best in a hot dog competition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUTEAT




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

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

  The answer: GETUPS

  Possible Answer : outfit, rig, turnout, getup




• The clue is 37. Actress Rooney of 2015's "Carol". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARA

  Possible Answer : Dolichotis_patagonum, mara, Mara




• The clue is 39. Sailor's "Stop!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AVAST




• The clue is 40. Large waterfalls. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CATARACTS

  Possible Answer : cataract




• The clue is 45. Unidentified person, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RANDO




• The clue is 46. Ox's stablemate in a traditional Nativity scene. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASS

  Possible Answer : rear, shag, nooky, seat, tush, derriere, buns, fanny, arsenic, tooshie, screw, stern, behind, bum, rump, AS, fucking, keister, prat, atomic_number_33, bottom, nates, rear_end, fuck, piece_of_ass, tail, posterior, butt, fundament, backside, ass, shtup, As, arse, American_Samoa, hindquarters, screwing, buttocks, nookie, tail_end, Eastern_Samoa, piece_of_tail, hind_end, roll_in_the_hay, can




• The clue is 47. Skate park jump. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLLIE




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

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

  The answer: LCD

  Possible Answer : LCD, liquid_crystal_display




• The clue is 49. Insect with a single ear found on its chest. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MANTIS

  Possible Answer : mantid, mantis




• The clue is 52. Watch over. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TEND

  Possible Answer : incline, be_given, lean, tend, run




• The clue is 53. Hungarian violinist Leopold. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AUER




• The clue is 55. Base boss, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SARGE




• The clue is 56. "Every cloud ___ silver lining". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HASA




• The clue is 57. Animated clownfish. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEMO




• The clue is 58. Name derived from the Greek for "peace". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IRENE




• The clue is 59. Whence the gingerbread man. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVEN

  Possible Answer : oven




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

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

  The answer: DESI




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

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

  The answer: AYES




• The clue is 62. Pairs of jolly bells?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ELS

  Possible Answer : ALT, el, overhead_railway, altitude, elevation, elevated_railroad, EL, elevated_railway, elevated

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: APACHE

  Possible Answer: Apache, apache

• The clue is 2. What might be strung from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LIGHTS

  Possible Answer: fire_up, lighting, luminousness, get_off, lighter, alight, get_down, light, illume, visible_radiation, lightness, spark, visible_light, illumine, ignite, perch, Inner_Light, fall, luminance, light_source, sparkle, luminosity, igniter, brightness, brightness_level, dismount, light_up, illuminate, Christ_Within, illumination, Light_Within, unhorse, twinkle, Light, ignitor

  Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, dark

• The clue is 3. Walks with confidence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STRUTS

  Possible Answer: prance, sashay, strut, cock, ruffle, swagger, tittup

• The clue is 4. Prepare, as a watermelon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUTOPEN

• The clue is 5. Holiday carol … or a literal hint to what can be drawn by connecting nine letters when this puzzle is finished. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: OCHRISTMASTREE

• The clue is 6. Just manage, as a win. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EKEOUT

• The clue is 7. Mend, as a stocking. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DARN

  Possible Answer: tinker's_damn, patch, red_cent, darn, tinker's_dam, hoot, shucks, mend, shit, damn

• The clue is 8. Cleric's title: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: REV

  Possible Answer: rpm, revolutions_per_minute, rev_up, rev

• The clue is 9. "Have you started without me?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AMILATE

• The clue is 10. Region near the North Pole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIBERIA

  Possible Answer: Siberia

• The clue is 11. What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRESENT

  Possible Answer: represent, stage, portray, present_tense, present, exhibit, deliver, pose, nowadays, gift, salute, face, award, acquaint, submit, demo, give, lay_out, demonstrate, confront, show, introduce

  Possible Opposite Answer : future, absent

• The clue is 13. Florida city or bay. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAMPA

  Possible Answer: Tampa

• The clue is 14. School yr. part. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEM

• The clue is 21. Arizona's ___ National Park. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAGUARO

  Possible Answer: Carnegiea_gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro

• The clue is 24. Red nose during wintertime, maybe?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SYMPTOM

  Possible Answer: symptom

• The clue is 27. Like fresh paint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WET

  Possible Answer: fuddled, smashed, sozzled, lactating, pie-eyed, blind_drunk, loaded, stiff, crocked, wet, besotted, soaked, moisture, pixilated, tight, blotto, squiffy, sloshed, plastered, pissed, cockeyed, slopped, soused

  Possible Opposite Answer : dry

• The clue is 29. Go-___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOS

• The clue is 32. Singer Rita. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: oculus_sinister, bone, osmium, os, Os, atomic_number_76, OS, operating_system

• The clue is 33. What might be draped from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GARLAND

  Possible Answer: Judy_Garland, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei, Garland, miscellany, florilegium, wreath

• The clue is 34. One seeking refuge from a dangerous situation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVACUEE

  Possible Answer: evacuee

• The clue is 35. Some two-seaters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TANDEMS

  Possible Answer: tandem_bicycle, tandem, bicycle-built-for-two

• The clue is 36. Euro competitor, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: USD

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

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

  The answer: ATSIGNS

• The clue is 40. Tweety Bird, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CANARY

  Possible Answer: snitch, canary_yellow, stool_pigeon, canary_bird, sneaker, stoolpigeon, fink, sneak, snitcher, stoolie, canary-yellow, canary

• The clue is 41. Even if, casually. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALTHO

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

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

  The answer: CLEAVE

  Possible Answer: rive, cohere, stick, adhere, split, cling, cleave

• The clue is 43. What might be hung from the item hidden in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TINSEL

  Possible Answer: tinsel

• The clue is 44. Civics, for example. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEDANS

  Possible Answer: sedan, saloon, sedan_chair

• The clue is 50. Where most of the world's rice and tea is grown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASIA

  Possible Answer: Asia

• The clue is 51. Word repeated in the lyric "Do you ___ what I ___?". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEE

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

• The clue is 54. King of France. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROI

  Possible Answer: return_on_invested_capital, ROI, return_on_investment

September 21, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 21, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - September 21, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Musical pieces for one instrument	5
2A	6. Enthusiastic	4
3A	10. Shoot out	4
4A	14. Literary heroine who cries "Curiouser and curiouser!"	5
5A	15. Apex predator of the ocean	4
6A	16. Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children's story	4
7A	17. Time to watch boxing on TV	10
8A	19. Vases	4
9A	20. To the greatest extent	6
10A	21. "Hmm, I'm intrigued ..."	3
11A	23. .	3
12A	24. Like getting a $2 bill in change	4
13A	25. Gulped	3
14A	28. Modern request to attend	5
15A	30. One rushing in to save the day	11
16A	33. Mess up	5
17A	37. "___ your price!"	4
18A	38. One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives"	4
19A	39. Tears out of the ground	7
20A	41. Ingratiates	7
21A	43. Noggin	4
22A	44. ___ at hand	4
23A	46. It's on the plus side	5
24A	47. It makes your pupils constrict	11
25A	50. Hawaiian kind of porch	5
26A	51. Floral wreath	3
27A	52. Stay in touch?	4
28A	56. Venusians and Martians, in brief	3
29A	57. Motion accompanying the words "There, there"	3
30A	60. Martial art with a belt system	6
31A	62. Carry	4
32A	64. "Precisely!"	10
33A	67. Greek counterpart of Cupid	4
34A	68. Citrus fruit that won't win any beauty contests?	4
35A	69. First-stringers	5
36A	70. Snakes spawned by Medusa's blood, in Greek myth	4
37A	71. Requests	4
38A	72. Carried	5

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. Musical pieces for one instrument"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: solo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Enthusiastic"

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 a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• Words that mean the same thing: lancinating, incisive, dandy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Shoot out"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: breathe, give off, utter
• 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: "14. Literary heroine who cries "Curiouser and curiouser!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Apex predator of the ocean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: killer, grampus, Orcinus orca
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children's story"

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 informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mom, momma, mum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Time to watch boxing on TV"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIGHTNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Vases"

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 a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• Words that mean the same thing: urn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. To the greatest extent"

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: EVERSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "Hmm, I'm intrigued ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. ."

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 very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: constellate, dust, Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Like getting a $2 bill in change"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Gulped"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: run through, eat on, eat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Modern request to attend"

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: EVITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. One rushing in to save the day"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WHITEKNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Mess 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 an embarrassing mistake
• Words that mean the same thing: bloomer, foul-up, muff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "___ your price!""

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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Words that mean the same thing: nominate, key out, describe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives""

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: BREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Tears out of the ground"

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 move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
• Words that mean the same thing: uproot, deracinate, extirpate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPROOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Ingratiates"

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 make attractive or lovable
• Words that mean the same thing: endear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Noggin"

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 any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: bonce, bean plant, noodle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. ___ at hand"

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 move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: go up, penny-pinching, skinny
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. It's on the plus side"

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 useful or valuable quality
• Words that mean the same thing: plus
• The opposite would be: liability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. It makes your pupils constrict"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: BRIGHTLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Hawaiian kind of porch"

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 an island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Words that mean the same thing: Lanai Island
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Floral wreath"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: leu, wreath, garland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Stay in touch?"

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 an intuitive awareness; or
• Words that mean the same thing: find, finger, look
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Venusians and Martians, in brief"

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Motion accompanying the words "There, there""

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, rap, glib
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Martial art with a belt system"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a traditional japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KARATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Carry"

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 a capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: tote bag, holdall, tug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. "Precisely!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: QUITERIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Greek counterpart of Cupid"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: sexual desire, physical attraction, concupiscence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Citrus fruit that won't win any beauty contests?"

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 large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• Words that mean the same thing: tangelo, ugli fruit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. First-stringers"

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: ATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Snakes spawned by Medusa's blood, in Greek myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Requests"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: involve, necessitate, demand
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Carried"

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 cause to be born
• Words that mean the same thing: pay, take over, hold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORNE

  Great job if you got it right!

September 21, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Less risky	5
2D	2. Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins	5
3D	3. Large hybrid cat	5
4D	4. Brownish-yellow	5
5D	5. Goes down, as the sun on the horizon	4
6D	6. Kind of pond in a Japanese garden	3
7D	7. Small work unit	3
8D	8. Sound in a long, empty hallway	4
9D	9. Alliance HQ'd in Brussels	4
10D	10. Bird in Liberty Mutual ads	3
11D	11. Annual New Orleans celebration	9
12D	12. Paradoxical response to a door knock	9
13D	13. Pepsi Challenge, for one	9
14D	18. Witness to the first rainbow in the Bible	4
15D	22. Rooster's mate	3
16D	26. Glittery addition to a Christmas tree	6
17D	27. Info on an airport monitor, for short	3
18D	29. Emanations to be picked up	5
19D	30. Repeated question from an owl?	3
20D	31. Come out	6
21D	32. When doubled, a popular number puzzle	3
22D	33. Foamy drink invented in Taiwan	9
23D	34. Ones "standing by" in an infomercial	9
24D	35. Railroad station	9
25D	36. Cuban line dance	5
26D	40. Explosive stuff	3
27D	42. Slangy pronoun	3
28D	45. Be sick	3
29D	48. Au courant	3
30D	49. Walk in the woods	4
31D	52. ___-Lay (corn chip maker)	5
32D	53. Enthusiastic	5
33D	54. ___ Hunt, role for Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible"	5
34D	55. "I've got this"	5
35D	58. Water color	4
36D	59. Harbor boats	4
37D	61. Horse developed in the desert	4
38D	63. Curve in the road	3
39D	65. Kind	3
40D	66. "My country, ___ of thee ..."	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. Less risky"

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 free from danger or the risk of harm
• Words that mean the same thing: safe, secure, dependable
• The opposite would be: out, dangerous
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins"

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: OLIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Large hybrid cat"

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 offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Brownish-yellow"

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 any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: ocher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Goes down, as the sun on the horizon"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: countersink, localize, circle
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Kind of pond in a Japanese garden"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Small work unit"

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 cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Sound in a long, empty hallway"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: recall, ring, sound reflection
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Alliance HQ'd in Brussels"

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 international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Words that mean the same thing: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bird in Liberty Mutual ads"

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 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Words that mean the same thing: Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Annual New Orleans celebration"

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: MARDIGRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Paradoxical response to a door knock"

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: IMNOTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Pepsi Challenge, for one"

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: TASTETEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Witness to the first rainbow in the Bible"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rooster's mate"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Glittery addition to a Christmas tree"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a showy decoration that is basically valueless
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Info on an airport monitor, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Emanations to be picked 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 a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
• Words that mean the same thing: vibraharp, vibration, vibe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Repeated question from an owl?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
• Words that mean the same thing: World Health Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Come out"

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 come out into view, as from concealment
• Words that mean the same thing: egress, come out, come forth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMERGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. When doubled, a popular number puzzle"

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 range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Foamy drink invented in Taiwan"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: BUBBLETEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Ones "standing by" in an infomercial"

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 (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
• Words that mean the same thing: manipulator, operator, wheeler dealer
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERATORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Railroad station"

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: TRAINSTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Cuban line dance"

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

  The answer is: CONGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Explosive stuff"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Slangy pronoun"

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 digital tape recording of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: digital audiotape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Be sick"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: trouble, garlic, pain
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Au courant"

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 either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• Words that mean the same thing: pelvic girdle, hep, pelvic arch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Walk in the woods"

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 long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: boost, raise, hiking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. ___-Lay (corn chip maker)"

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: FRITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Enthusiastic"

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 a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
• Words that mean the same thing: aegir, tidal bore, bore
• The opposite would be: uneager
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. ___ Hunt, role for Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible""

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: ETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. "I've got this""

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: LETME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Water color"

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 shade of blue tinged with green
• Words that mean the same thing: greenish blue, cobalt blue, turquoise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AQUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Harbor boats"

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 sudden abrupt pull
• Words that mean the same thing: push, tugboat, tug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Horse developed in the desert"

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 a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. Curve in the road"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: E, atomic number 99, einsteinium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Kind"

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 kind of person
• Words that mean the same thing: like
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "66. "My country, ___ of thee ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Words that mean the same thing: Ti, atomic number 22, titanium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	67.9%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
History	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM