27416 Mon Feb 12, 2024 NYT by Jess Shulman and Amie Walker

Across Clues :

1. Front's opposite, 5. Some male deer, 10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor, 14. Long, cylindrical instrument, 15. Kind of bond in chemistry, 16. "That hurts!", 17. [Get my innuendo?], 19. Beech or birch, 20. When a plane is due, for short, 21. Show hosts, in brief, 22. "Doesn't matter who", 24. Actress Jessica, 25. Close by, 26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need, 29. Winter hours in N.Y.C., 31. Exploding stars, 35. "Relax, soldier", 37. [Get my innuendo?], 39. Moderate gait for a horse, 40. "Later, dudes", 42. Response to the Little Red Hen, 43. [Get my innuendo?], 45. Worked, 47. Younger Obama daughter, 48. "That's all ___ wrote", 50. Takes in what someone wrote, 51. Engrave, 53. Dozes (off), 55. "That's what people tell me, anyway", 58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition, 59. Chop (off), 62. Bridal veil fabric, 63. [Get my innuendo?], 66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs, 67. Message on a candy heart, 68. Classic pie crust ingredient, 69. "Hey you!", 70. Painter Degas, 71. Membership fees

Down Clues :

1. Chicken leftover, 2. Be adjacent to, 3. Musician's conclusion, 4. Beer barrel, 5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit), 6. Mess up, as hair, 7. As well as, 8. Beyond big, 9. Big public argument, 10. Baked things that might get people baked, 11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta, 12. Got an A+ on, 13. ___/them pronouns, 18. Mideast leaders, 23. Tug hard, 24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps, 26. Trails, 27. Open-air lobbies, 28. Menial workers, dismissively, 30. Strip of mowed grass, 32. EGOT-winning actress Davis, 33. Contributed to a kitty, 34. Loses traction on the road, 36. Commercial lead-in to Pen, 38. Take-home amount, 41. Cover completely, 44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda, 46. Surgeon, for short, 49. Riddle, 52. Something you might clear to improve memory, 54. Catchall category, 55. Undergarment for a dress, 56. Acorn producers, 57. Frosts, as a cake, 59. Hawaiian banquet, 60. Fairy tale baddie, 61. Professors' degs., 64. Big name in fleecy boots, 65. What a good joke never gets

Break down the NYT Crosswords: February 12, 2024

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

New York Times, Monday, February 12, 2024

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Front's opposite. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BACK

  Possible Answer : hinder, rearward, dorsum, gage, backbone, book_binding, backrest, endorse, plunk_for, binding, spine, vertebral_column, indorse, back_up, stake, cover, rachis, back, punt, bet_on, support, rearwards, spinal_column, game, backward, rear, backwards, hind, second, plump_for

  Possible Opposite Answer : veer, forward, front, ahead, advance




• The clue is 5. Some male deer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAGS

  Possible Answer : rat, stag, snoop, spy, sleuth, hart, give_away, denounce, grass, betray, snitch, shit, tell_on, shop




• The clue is 10. What gives Scotch an earthy flavor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEAT

  Possible Answer : peat




• The clue is 14. Long, cylindrical instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OBOE

  Possible Answer : hautboy, hautbois, oboe




• The clue is 15. Kind of bond in chemistry. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONIC

  Possible Answer : Attic, Ionic, Ionic_dialect, Classical_Greek, ionic

  Possible Opposite Answer : nonionic




• The clue is 16. "That hurts!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUCH




• The clue is 17. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NUDGENUDGE




• The clue is 19. Beech or birch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREE

  Possible Answer : corner, Tree, tree, tree_diagram, Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree, shoetree




• The clue is 20. When a plane is due, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer : ETA, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna




• The clue is 21. Show hosts, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MCS

  Possible Answer : MHz, Mc, megacycle_per_second, megahertz, megacycle




• The clue is 22. "Doesn't matter who". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANYBODY




• The clue is 24. Actress Jessica. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIEL




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

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

  The answer: NEAR

  Possible Answer : approximate, almost, nearly, most, draw_near, penny-pinching, come_on, go_up, draw_close, virtually, come_near, cheeseparing, approach, dear, near, well-nigh, good, skinny, close, nigh, about

  Possible Opposite Answer : far




• The clue is 26. Something a digital crossword solver doesn't need. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAPER

  Possible Answer : newspaper, theme, wallpaper, composition, paper, newspaper_publisher, report




• The clue is 29. Winter hours in N.Y.C.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 31. Exploding stars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOVAS

  Possible Answer : nova




• The clue is 35. "Relax, soldier". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATEASE




• The clue is 37. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WINKWINK




• The clue is 39. Moderate gait for a horse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TROT

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




• The clue is 40. "Later, dudes". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEACE

  Possible Answer : serenity, ataraxis, peace_of_mind, heartsease, pacification, peacefulness, peace_treaty, public_security, peace, repose

  Possible Opposite Answer : war




• The clue is 42. Response to the Little Red Hen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTI




• The clue is 43. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HINTHINT




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

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

  The answer: TOILED

  Possible Answer : travail, fag, labour, labor, grind, drudge, dig, toil, moil




• The clue is 47. Younger Obama daughter. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SASHA




• The clue is 48. "That's all ___ wrote". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHE




• The clue is 50. Takes in what someone wrote. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: READS

  Possible Answer : take, study, learn, say, register, interpret, show, translate, scan, understand, record, read




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

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

  The answer: ETCH

  Possible Answer : engrave, etch




• The clue is 53. Dozes (off). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NODS

  Possible Answer : nod




• The clue is 55. "That's what people tell me, anyway". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SOIHEAR




• The clue is 58. Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITO




• The clue is 59. Chop (off). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOP

  Possible Answer : prune, trim, sever, clip, lop, crop, cut_back, discerp, snip, dress




• The clue is 62. Bridal veil fabric. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LACE

  Possible Answer : spike, plait, interlace, entwine, lace, lacing, fortify, enlace, twine, intertwine, lace_up, braid

  Possible Opposite Answer : untwine




• The clue is 63. [Get my innuendo?]. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COUGHCOUGH




• The clue is 66. Furniture store known for its cafeterias' meatballs. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IKEA




• The clue is 67. Message on a candy heart. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUGME




• The clue is 68. Classic pie crust ingredient. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LARD

  Possible Answer : pad, embroider, aggrandize, dramatise, aggrandise, dramatize, blow_up, embellish, lard




• The clue is 69. "Hey you!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSST




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

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

  The answer: EDGAR

  Possible Answer : Edgar




• The clue is 71. Membership fees. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUES

  Possible Answer : due

Down Clues and Answers:

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

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

  The answer: BONE

  Possible Answer: swot_up, cram, get_up, ivory, grind_away, bone, osseous_tissue, drum, swot, bone_up, mug_up, os, debone, off-white, pearl

• The clue is 2. Be adjacent to. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABUT

  Possible Answer: butt, butt_against, edge, butt_on, adjoin, border, march, abut

• The clue is 3. Musician's conclusion. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CODA

  Possible Answer: coda, finale

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

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

  The answer: KEG

  Possible Answer: kegful, keg

• The clue is 5. "___ U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson hit). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SINCE

• The clue is 6. Mess up, as hair. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TOUSLE

  Possible Answer: dishevel, tangle, tousle

• The clue is 7. As well as. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AND

• The clue is 8. Beyond big. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIGANTIC

  Possible Answer: mammoth, gigantic

• The clue is 9. Big public argument. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SCENE

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

• The clue is 10. Baked things that might get people baked. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POTBROWNIES

• The clue is 11. Currency that replaced the mark and peseta. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EURO

  Possible Answer: euro

• The clue is 12. Got an A+ on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACED

  Possible Answer: ace, sail_through, pass_with_flying_colors, sweep_through, nail, breeze_through

• The clue is 13. ___/them pronouns. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEY

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

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

  The answer: EMIRS

  Possible Answer: emir, emeer, amir, ameer

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

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

  The answer: YANK

  Possible Answer: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle, jerk, yank, Northerner

• The clue is 24. Keep cool in a pool, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEATTHEHEAT

• The clue is 26. Trails. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PATHS

  Possible Answer: route, way_of_life, path, way, course, itinerary, track

• The clue is 27. Open-air lobbies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATRIA

  Possible Answer: atrium

• The clue is 28. Menial workers, dismissively. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PEONS

  Possible Answer: peon, navvy, drudge, galley_slave

• The clue is 30. Strip of mowed grass. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWATH

  Possible Answer: swath, belt

• The clue is 32. EGOT-winning actress Davis. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VIOLA

  Possible Answer: viola, Viola, genus_Viola

• The clue is 33. Contributed to a kitty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANTED

  Possible Answer: ante

• The clue is 34. Loses traction on the road. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKIDS

  Possible Answer: sideslip, skid, brake_shoe, slew, slide, slue, shoe, slip

• The clue is 36. Commercial lead-in to Pen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EPI

  Possible Answer: EPI, Eysenck_Personality_Inventory

• The clue is 38. Take-home amount. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NET

  Possible Answer: sack, network, sack_up, meshwork, profit, net_profit, last, nett, internet, clear, cyberspace, lucre, meshing, web, profits, earnings, net_income, final, mesh, net

  Possible Opposite Answer : gross

• The clue is 41. Cover completely. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENSHROUD

  Possible Answer: shroud, cover, enshroud, hide

• The clue is 44. "Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering": Yoda. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HATE

  Possible Answer: hate, hatred, detest

  Possible Opposite Answer : love

• The clue is 46. Surgeon, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDOC

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

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

  The answer: ENIGMA

  Possible Answer: closed_book, brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle, enigma, secret, mystery

• The clue is 52. Something you might clear to improve memory. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CACHE

  Possible Answer: cache, squirrel_away, hive_up, memory_cache, stash, lay_away, hoard

• The clue is 54. Catchall category. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTHER

  Possible Answer: other, early, former

  Possible Opposite Answer : same

• The clue is 55. Undergarment for a dress. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLIP

  Possible Answer: faux_pas, trip, gaffe, skid, sideslip, slew, sneak, luxate, dislocate, slickness, moorage, shimmy, berth, slip, err, pillow_slip, cutting, gaucherie, slipperiness, slip_one's_mind, eluding, slide, drop_away, elusion, mooring, mistake, slip-up, shift, slick, strip, steal, slip_of_paper, solecism, chemise, slue, splay, miscue, pillowcase, drop_off, parapraxis, teddy, case, fall_away

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

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

  The answer: OAKS

  Possible Answer: oak, oak_tree

• The clue is 57. Frosts, as a cake. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ICES

  Possible Answer: shabu, crank, chalk, chicken_feed, icing, ice_rink, methamphetamine, water_ice, frappe, glass, deoxyephedrine, frost, ICE, frosting, ice, trash, methamphetamine_hydrochloride, meth, sparkler, ice-skating_rink, internal-combustion_engine, Methedrine

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

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

  The answer: LUAU

  Possible Answer: luau

• The clue is 60. Fairy tale baddie. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OGRE

  Possible Answer: devil, demon, fiend, ogre, monster

• The clue is 61. Professors' degs.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PHDS

  Possible Answer: Ph.D., PhD

• The clue is 64. Big name in fleecy boots. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UGG

• The clue is 65. What a good joke never gets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

  Possible Answer: one-time, quondam, onetime, former, erstwhile, sometime, previous, old, honest-to-god, Old, sure-enough, older, honest-to-goodness

  Possible Opposite Answer : young, new

March 13, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, March 13, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - March 13, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Teacher's ___	3
2A	4. Ewoks or Klingons, in brief	3
3A	7. Walks noisily	6
4A	13. "Yeah, that's the spot!"	3
5A	14. Jabber	3
6A	15. Actor Radcliffe or Kaluuya	6
7A	16. Quality beef cut	8
8A	19. One side in the Peloponnesian War	6
9A	20. "___ Karenina"	4
10A	21. Last year's sr.	4
11A	23. Porterhouse or T-bone	5
12A	24. Have a noticeable impact, so to speak	13
13A	27. Séance invitees	7
14A	29. Parks with a Congressional Gold Medal	4
15A	30. "___ Meenie," 2010 hit by Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber	5
16A	31. Opposite of 'neath	3
17A	32. Click "Will attend," say	4
18A	36. "___ is a lie that makes us realize truth": Picasso	3
19A	37. Young phenom	7
20A	41. Letter before "cue"	3
21A	42. Tousle	4
22A	44. Tiebreaker periods, for short	3
23A	45. "Better late than never," for one	5
24A	47. Pigeon sounds	4
25A	49. Large bird on Louisiana's state flag	7
26A	51. Bamboozled	13
27A	55. Perfect places	5
28A	56. Digit that looks like another digit when turned upside down	4
29A	57. Many early PCs	4
30A	60. One whose writing is aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes	6
31A	62. Nonalcoholic mixed drink … or a hint to the synonyms found at the ends of 16-, 24-, 37- and 51-Across	8
32A	64. Regarding this point	6
33A	65. Great Basin tribe	3
34A	66. Pioneer in color TV	3
35A	67. ♠ ♠ ♠	6
36A	68. Org. at the airport	3
37A	69. Stitch up	3

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. Teacher's ___"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: best-loved, favorite, favored
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Ewoks or Klingons, 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 3 Across: "7. Walks noisily"

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 walk clumsily
• Words that mean the same thing: clomp, clump
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLOMPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. "Yeah, that's the spot!""

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

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Jabber"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: cackle, gab, Bos grunniens
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Actor Radcliffe or Kaluuya"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) a youth who was taken into the court of nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Quality beef cut"

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: PRIMERIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. One side in the Peloponnesian War"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the peloponnesus prior to the 4th century bc
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. "___ Karenina""

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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Last year's sr."

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 one-hundredth of a right angle
• Words that mean the same thing: alum, grade, alumna
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Porterhouse or T-bone"

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 slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Have a noticeable impact, so to speak"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: MOVETHENEEDLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Séance invitees"

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 an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
• Words that mean the same thing: John Barleycorn, feel, heart
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIRITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Parks with a Congressional Gold Medal"

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 large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Rosa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "___ Meenie," 2010 hit by Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber"

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: EENIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Opposite of 'neath"

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: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Click "Will attend," say"

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: RSVP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. "___ is a lie that makes us realize truth": Picasso"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: prowess, fine art, artistic creation
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Young phenom"

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: WHIZKID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Letter before "cue""

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 liquid excretory product
• Words that mean the same thing: take a leak, urine, micturate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Tousle"

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 state of confusion and disorderliness
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Mus, mussiness, tussle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Tiebreaker periods, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. "Better late than never," for one"

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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: saw, proverb, byword
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Pigeon sounds"

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 sound made by a pigeon
• Words that mean the same thing: coo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Large bird on Louisiana's state flag"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PELICAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Bamboozled"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TAKENFORARIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Perfect places"

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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: Garden of Eden, promised land, heaven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Digit that looks like another digit when turned upside down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Many early PCs"

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: IBMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. One whose writing is aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes"

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 person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRITIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Nonalcoholic mixed drink … or a hint to the synonyms found at the ends of 16-, 24-, 37- and 51-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOCKTAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Regarding this point"

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

  The answer is: HERETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Great Basin tribe"

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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and 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: UTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Pioneer in color TV"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. ♠ ♠ ♠"

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 playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
• Words that mean the same thing: nigga, nigra, coon
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Org. at the airport"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security 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: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Stitch up"

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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: tailor, stitch, run up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword March 13, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. One of the Three Bears	4
2D	2. Bring in, as a salary	4
3D	3. Top-selling Girl Scout cookies	9
4D	4. Locale for the pupil and iris	3
5D	5. Something to aim for	6
6D	6. Minis and A-lines, for two	6
7D	7. Bank offerings, in brief	3
8D	8. Breaks in concentration	6
9D	9. Winning game after game	7
10D	10. Stuck in the muck	5
11D	11. Flower part in potpourri	5
12D	12. Satisfy, as a thirst	5
13D	17. One of the two official languages of New Zealand	5
14D	18. Scrooge's "Phooey!"	3
15D	22. Yankee great Jeter	5
16D	25. Popular daytime talk show, with "The"	4
17D	26. "Me neither"	4
18D	27. Line of stitches	4
19D	28. Country that's home to the Inca Trail	4
20D	31. Parts of lbs.	3
21D	33. Longest keys on keyboards	9
22D	34. Singer Suzanne, whose name is a star	4
23D	35. Round part of a hammer	4
24D	38. Horse's foot	4
25D	39. "Let's do this thing!"	5
26D	40. "The Persistence of Memory" painter	4
27D	43. Fragrant	7
28D	46. Accomplished the task	5
29D	48. Like some job training	6
30D	49. Succeed in the end	6
31D	50. Constructs, as a house	6
32D	51. Geek Squad members	5
33D	52. Pro pitcher, of a sort?	5
34D	53. Actress Knightley	5
35D	54. Basketball net holder	3
36D	58. Creatures that helped make Cinderella's dress	4
37D	59. Side dish with fried chicken	4
38D	61. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr.	3
39D	63. Mauna ___	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. One of the Three Bears"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bring in, as a salary"

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

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Top-selling Girl Scout cookies"

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: THINMINTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Locale for the pupil and iris"

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 organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: optic, centre, heart
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Something to aim for"

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 reference point to shoot at
• Words that mean the same thing: quarry, target area, mark
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARGET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Minis and A-lines, for two"

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 cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
• Words that mean the same thing: wench, skirt, dodge
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIRTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bank offerings, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• Words that mean the same thing: compact disk, standard candle, atomic number 48
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Breaks in concentration"

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 mistake resulting from inattention
• Words that mean the same thing: recidivate, slide by, slip by
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAPSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Winning game after game"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONATEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Stuck in the muck"

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 cause to get stuck as if in a mire
• Words that mean the same thing: entangle, bog down, muck up
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Flower part in potpourri"

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 part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
• Words that mean the same thing: flower petal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Satisfy, as a thirst"

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 satisfy (thirst)
• Words that mean the same thing: allay, assuage, abate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "17. One of the two official languages of New Zealand"

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 an ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Scrooge's "Phooey!""

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: BAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Yankee great Jeter"

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: DEREK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Popular daytime talk show, with "The""

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 way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: purview, sentiment, vista
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "Me neither""

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: NORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Line of stitches"

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 joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
• Words that mean the same thing: line, crinkle, wrinkle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Country that's home to the Inca Trail"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in western south america; achieved independence from spain in 1821; was the heart of the inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Peru
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Parts of lbs."

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: OZS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Longest keys on keyboards"

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: SPACEBARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Singer Suzanne, whose name is a star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that prolific spanish playwright (1562-1635)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Lope de Vega
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Round part of a hammer"

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 part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Horse's foot"

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 foot of an ungulate mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: foot, leg it, hoof 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: HOOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. "Let's do this thing!""

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: ITSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. "The Persistence of Memory" painter"

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 surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
• Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Fragrant"

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 cause to smell or be smelly
• Words that mean the same thing: wind, odoriferous, perfume
• The opposite would be: deodourise, scentless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Accomplished the task"

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: DIDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Like some job training"

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: ONSITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Succeed in the end"

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: PANOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Constructs, as a house"

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 construct, build, or erect
• Words that mean the same thing: rear, raise, put up
• The opposite would be: level
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Geek Squad members"

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 school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• Words that mean the same thing: tech, technical school
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TECHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Pro pitcher, of a sort?"

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: ADREP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Actress Knightley"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: KEIRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Basketball net holder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
• Words that mean the same thing: flange, brim, lip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Creatures that helped make Cinderella's dress"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: shiner, black eye, mouse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Side dish with fried chicken"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that basically shredded cabbage
• Words that mean the same thing: coleslaw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr."

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 ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: carbon monoxide gas, cosine, romaine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Mauna ___"

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 large brownish-green new zealand parrot
• Words that mean the same thing: Nestor notabilis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 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!

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

Last Updated: September 03, 2025 at 05:39 PM