27452 Wed Jan 08, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Suddenly stopped moving, 6. Japanese noodle, 10. Pronoun that's falling into disuse, 14. Japanese noodle soup, 15. Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the", 16. Virtue signal?, 17. In plain sight, 18. The devil's workshop, it's said, 20. Hiccup, 22. Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos, 23. Shade of black, 24. Pasture sound, 27. Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream, 31. They elevate a choir's performance, 33. www addresses, 34. Comedian's stage performance, 37. Talk excessively, 39. State leader?, 40. Relating to form, 41. Burst of energy, 44. Actress Skye of "Say Anything …", 45. Hole near a sole, 46. Corridor, 48. Surveyor's measure, 49. Home plate is the "fourth" one, 52. Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short, 53. Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together, 58. Most tacky, 61. Wrinkle remover, 62. Dad humor, perhaps, 63. Bread in a tandoor, 64. Papal vestment, 65. Sacrifice a fly?, 66. Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones", 67. Book often shelved on its side

Down Clues :

1. Word on a gift tag, 2. Shankar who performed at Woodstock, 3. Black cat, maybe, 4. "Fiddler on the Roof" star, 5. Catch in a sting, 6. Soup recipe instruction, 7. Surgeon, informally, 8. Shire resident, 9. Héloise's lover, 10. "Kapow!", 11. Ancient Chinese dynasty, 12. Word with style or fashioned, 13. Sept. and Oct., 19. Element named after the Greek word for "sun", 21. Pitchfork-shaped letters, 24. Place to pick daisies, 25. Mysterious knowledge, 26. Rick of Rickrolling fame, 27. Earl of food storage fame, 28. Southwestern gully, 29. Attacked, as by a tiger, 30. Shakespearean dying words, 32. Party pooper, 35. Flight board posting: Abbr., 36. Near, 38. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth, 42. Cross-country runner's asset, 43. Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference), 47. Portugal's capital, in Portugal, 50. Warrior's weapon, 51. Assignment often graded with a red pen, 53. Not quite broken, say, 54. Mountain above Vulcan's forge, 55. Right-leaning type?: Abbr., 56. Nut that's a source of caffeine, 57. Noneternal flames?, 58. Loops in, in a way, 59. It's not one of the five W's, 60. The "E" of B.C.E.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 08, 2025

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

Wed Jan 08, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Suddenly stopped moving. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROZE

  Possible Answer : freeze_down, suspend, freeze_out, block, immobilise, stop_dead, freeze, immobilize

  Possible Opposite Answer : boil, unblock, unfreeze




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

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

  The answer: SOBA




• The clue is 10. Pronoun that's falling into disuse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHOM




• The clue is 14. Japanese noodle soup. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAMEN




• The clue is 15. Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRIB




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

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

  The answer: HALO

  Possible Answer : annulus, halo, doughnut, aureole, ring, gloriole, anchor_ring, glory, aura, nimbus




• The clue is 17. In plain sight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OVERT

  Possible Answer : open, overt

  Possible Opposite Answer : covert




• The clue is 18. The devil's workshop, it's said. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLEHANDS




• The clue is 20. Hiccup. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: MINORPROBLEM




• The clue is 22. Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAS

  Possible Answer : Master_of_Arts, MA, momma, mom, mummy, AM, mama, mamma, mum, Artium_Magister, milliampere, Massachusetts, Bay_State, mA, Old_Colony, mammy, mommy, ma




• The clue is 23. Shade of black. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: COAL

  Possible Answer : coal, ember, char




• The clue is 24. Pasture sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAA




• The clue is 27. Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TACOPIE




• The clue is 31. They elevate a choir's performance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RISERS

  Possible Answer : riser_pipe, riser_pipeline, riser, riser_main




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

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

  The answer: URLS

  Possible Answer : URL, universal_resource_locator, uniform_resource_locator




• The clue is 34. Comedian's stage performance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANDUPACT




• The clue is 37. Talk excessively. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PRATE

  Possible Answer : blabber, prattle, tattle, gabble, chin_music, palaver, maunder, clack, gibber, chatter, piffle, twaddle, blether, idle_talk, tittle-tattle, blab, prate




• The clue is 39. State leader?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRI




• The clue is 40. Relating to form. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MODAL

  Possible Answer : modal_verb, modal_auxiliary, average, modal_auxiliary_verb, modal




• The clue is 41. Burst of energy. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POWERSURGE




• The clue is 44. Actress Skye of "Say Anything …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IONE




• The clue is 45. Hole near a sole. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EYELET

  Possible Answer : cringle, grommet, grummet, eyelet, eyehole, loop




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

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

  The answer: HALLWAY

  Possible Answer : hall, hallway




• The clue is 48. Surveyor's measure. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ROD

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




• The clue is 49. Home plate is the "fourth" one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BASE

  Possible Answer : foot, stem, theme, baseborn, immoral, foundation, alkali, ground, home, cornerstone, nucleotide, lowly, stand, bag, root, basis, radical, base, al-Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, root_word, fundament, establish, understructure, found, substructure, humble, al-Qaida, infrastructure, base_of_operations, floor, free-base, mean, groundwork, radix, meanspirited, Qaeda, Base, basal, pedestal




• The clue is 52. Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SIS

  Possible Answer : Si, Systeme_International, International_System, International_System_of_Units, silicon, SI_unit, si, SI_system, te, sister, Systeme_International_d'Unites, SI, ti, sis, atomic_number_14

  Possible Opposite Answer : brother




• The clue is 53. Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: BUMPSETSPIKE




• The clue is 58. Most tacky. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CHEESIEST

  Possible Answer : cheesy, cheap, chintzy, punk, tinny, sleazy, bum, crummy




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

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

  The answer: BOTOX

  Possible Answer : Botox, botulinum_toxin_A




• The clue is 62. Dad humor, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CORN

  Possible Answer : corn_whisky, Zea_mays, maize, clavus, corn_whiskey, corn, Indian_corn, edible_corn




• The clue is 63. Bread in a tandoor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NAAN

  Possible Answer : naan, nan




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

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

  The answer: ORALE




• The clue is 65. Sacrifice a fly?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SWAT

  Possible Answer : swat




• The clue is 66. Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARYA




• The clue is 67. Book often shelved on its side. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATLAS

  Possible Answer : map_collection, atlas_vertebra, Atlas, atlas, telamon, book_of_maps

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Word on a gift tag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FROM

• The clue is 2. Shankar who performed at Woodstock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAVI

• The clue is 3. Black cat, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMEN

  Possible Answer: augur, Oman, predict, forecast, prognostication, foretell, omen, bode, prefigure, prognosticate, auspicate, portent, presage, prognostic, Sultanate_of_Oman, foreshadow, Muscat_and_Oman, portend, prodigy, betoken

• The clue is 4. "Fiddler on the Roof" star. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZEROMOSTEL

• The clue is 5. Catch in a sting. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ENTRAP

  Possible Answer: trammel, ensnare, trap, entrap, set_up, snare, frame

• The clue is 6. Soup recipe instruction. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STIR

  Possible Answer: stir, conjure, splash, invoke, bustle, excite, arouse, conjure_up, shift, call_down, call_forth, put_forward, budge, agitate, stimulate, shake_up, hustle, fuss, shake, raise, touch, bring_up, flurry, ado, evoke

• The clue is 7. Surgeon, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ORDOC

• The clue is 8. Shire resident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BILBO

• The clue is 9. Héloise's lover. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABELARD

  Possible Answer: Abelard, Peter_Abelard, Pierre_Abelard

• The clue is 10. "Kapow!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WHAM

  Possible Answer: wham, wallop, whop, whack

• The clue is 11. Ancient Chinese dynasty. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAN

  Possible Answer: Han_dynasty, Han

• The clue is 12. Word with style or fashioned. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OLD

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : new, young

• The clue is 13. Sept. and Oct.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOS

  Possible Answer: Mo, MO, minute, mo, bit, Show_Me_State, second, molybdenum, atomic_number_42, Missouri, moment

• The clue is 19. Element named after the Greek word for "sun". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HELIUM

  Possible Answer: He, atomic_number_2, helium

• The clue is 21. Pitchfork-shaped letters. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PSIS

  Possible Answer: pounds_per_square_inch, psi

• The clue is 24. Place to pick daisies. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEADOW

  Possible Answer: hayfield, meadow

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

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

  The answer: ARCANA

  Possible Answer: secret, arcanum

• The clue is 26. Rick of Rickrolling fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASTLEY

• The clue is 27. Earl of food storage fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUPPER

• The clue is 28. Southwestern gully. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARROYO

  Possible Answer: arroyo

• The clue is 29. Attacked, as by a tiger. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLAWED

  Possible Answer: clawed, taloned, claw

• The clue is 30. Shakespearean dying words. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETTU

• The clue is 32. Party pooper. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOILSPORT

  Possible Answer: spoilsport, killjoy, wet_blanket, party_pooper

• The clue is 35. Flight board posting: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ARR

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

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

  The answer: NIGH

  Possible Answer: nearly, virtually, close, well-nigh, about, almost, near, most, nigh

  Possible Opposite Answer : far

• The clue is 38. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EREBUS

  Possible Answer: Erebus

• The clue is 42. Cross-country runner's asset. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STAMINA

  Possible Answer: stamina, staying_power, toughness, stamen

• The clue is 43. Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EAST

  Possible Answer: eastern_United_States, East, Orient, E, east, eastward, due_east

  Possible Opposite Answer : west

• The clue is 47. Portugal's capital, in Portugal. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LISBOA

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Portugal, Lisbon, Lisboa

• The clue is 50. Warrior's weapon. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPEAR

  Possible Answer: lance, fizgig, spear, gig, fishgig, spear_up, shaft

• The clue is 51. Assignment often graded with a red pen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ESSAY

  Possible Answer: seek, examine, prove, assay, try, attempt, try_out, test, essay

• The clue is 53. Not quite broken, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BENT

  Possible Answer: stoop, deflect, crouch, crumpled, knack, set, dented, flex, turn_away, twist, turn, bend, hang, bent-grass, deform, out_to, bended, dead_set, bow, bent_on, bent, bent_grass

  Possible Opposite Answer : straighten, unbend

• The clue is 54. Mountain above Vulcan's forge. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: bunsen_burner, Mt_Etna, bunsen, Etna, Mount_Etna, etna

• The clue is 55. Right-leaning type?: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ITAL

• The clue is 56. Nut that's a source of caffeine. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: KOLA

  Possible Answer: kola_nut_tree, Daba, Kola, Cola_acuminata, kola, Musgoi, goora_nut, kola_nut

• The clue is 57. Noneternal flames?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXES

  Possible Answer: x, ex-wife, ex-husband, X, ex

• The clue is 58. Loops in, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCS

  Possible Answer: millilitre, mil, ml, cubic_centimeter, cubic_centimetre, cc, milliliter

• The clue is 59. It's not one of the five W's. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOW

• The clue is 60. The "E" of B.C.E.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer: epoch, geological_era, earned_run_average, ERA, era

June 21, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 21, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle June 21, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Literally, "our thing"	10
2A	11. What might come between "that" and "that"	3
3A	14. They go downhill fast	10
4A	15. Notes taken by a single person?	4
5A	16. Condescendingly spells out	10
6A	17. Chi-town daily	4
7A	18. Colorado's ___ Mountains	3
8A	19. Make sense of	5
9A	20. Industry for marketing majors	5
10A	21. Scrap	3
11A	22. "That seems like a bad idea"	8
12A	24. Scottish fold and Russian blue, e.g.	6
13A	26. Sticky stuff on a shoe	6
14A	27. Roughly half of mice	4
15A	28. Genesis	5
16A	30. Piece of wall décor at a lake house, perhaps	3
17A	31. One of 17 on a Clue board	4
18A	32. Like some covers	5
19A	33. Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974	4
20A	34. Word at the bottom of some marketing emails	3
21A	35. Island that's home to Popeye Village, a film-set-turned-theme-park	5
22A	36. Peddled good	4
23A	37. It erupts from time to time	6
24A	39. Word with failure or terror	6
25A	41. Consideration for the Academy	8
26A	43. In China, it's 1 at birth	3
27A	44. Airport with the most runways in the world (8)	5
28A	45. Filth	5
29A	47. Screening org.	3
30A	50. Feature of many a bodega	4
31A	51. Sign of sluggishness?	10
32A	53. Fish that can survive for several hours on land	4
33A	54. Rare shots	10
34A	55. Shares on X, for short	3
35A	56. "Hang on!"	10

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. Literally, "our thing""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: COSANOSTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. What might come between "that" and "that""

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, make up, follow
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. They go downhill fast"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
• Words that mean the same thing: avalanche, roll down
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVALANCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Notes taken by a single person?"

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

  The answer is: SOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Condescendingly spells out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MANSPLAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Chi-town daily"

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: TRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Colorado's ___ Mountains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, Alces alces
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Make sense of"

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 analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Industry for marketing majors"

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 income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
• Words that mean the same thing: sales event, gross sales, sales agreement
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Scrap"

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 small piece or quantity of something
• Words that mean the same thing: morsel, act, flake
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "That seems like a bad idea""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IWOULDNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Scottish fold and Russian blue, e.g."

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 special variety of domesticated animals within a species
• Words that mean the same thing: strain, engender, multiply
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Sticky stuff on a shoe"

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

  The answer is: VELCRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Roughly half of mice"

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 federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: fare, make out, act
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Genesis"

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 the beginning or early stages
• Words that mean the same thing: onslaught, attack, onrush
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Piece of wall décor at a lake house, perhaps"

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

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. One of 17 on a Clue board"

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 swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
• Words that mean the same thing: threshold, doorway, room access
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Like some covers"

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 exhale hard
• Words that mean the same thing: bollix up, bobble, tout
• The opposite would be: conserve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974"

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 incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern ethiopia in 1974
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Word at the bottom of some marketing emails"

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Island that's home to Popeye Village, a film-set-turned-theme-park"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Malta
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "36. Peddled good"

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 articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
• Words that mean the same thing: merchandise, squander, waste
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "37. It erupts from time to time"

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 spring that discharges hot water and steam
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEYSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "39. Word with failure or terror"

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 of the most contemptible kind
• Words that mean the same thing: miserable, unhopeful, low
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABJECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Consideration for the Academy"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OSCARBID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. In China, it's 1 at birth"

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 how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: long time, maturate, eld
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Airport with the most runways in the world (8)"

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: OHARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "45. Filth"

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 the state of being covered with unclean things
• Words that mean the same thing: dirt, filth, soil
• The opposite would be: clean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "47. Screening org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an 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 30 Across: "50. Feature of many a bodega"

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 shop selling ready-to-eat food products
• Words that mean the same thing: food shop, delicatessen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "51. Sign of sluggishness?"

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: SLIMETRAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "53. Fish that can survive for several hours on land"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Words that mean the same thing: eel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "54. Rare shots"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOLESINONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "55. Shares on X, 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: RTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "56. "Hang on!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOLDITASEC

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - June 21, 2024 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Turned up	4
2D	2. Shape of the Crab Nebula	4
3D	3. Didn't go down well?	4
4D	4. Green and others	3
5D	5. Dummies : pacifiers :: ___ : diapers	7
6D	6. Like much adult programming	6
7D	7. Leave damaged	4
8D	8. 🚨 "Serious situation developing!" 🚨	15
9D	9. Extend, in a way	5
10D	10. Fool	3
11D	11. It takes suits from around the globe	10
12D	12. Vulcans, e.g.	9
13D	13. Blue yarn?	8
14D	15. Repeat an interviewer's question, perhaps	5
15D	20. Haggis ingredient	4
16D	21. Title in children's literature	4
17D	23. Dutch ___	4
18D	24. Rings given to a lover	10
19D	25. One might be nesting	4
20D	27. Page for a bookmaker	9
21D	29. Covid test component	4
22D	31. Holier-than-thou type	8
23D	32. Biting comment	4
24D	33. Intertwine	4
25D	35. Paltry	4
26D	36. "Yeah, yeah, yeah"	7
27D	38. Sights on the Bollywood red carpet	5
28D	40. First Stuart king of England	6
29D	42. Dome-icile?	5
30D	46. Pinged online	4
31D	47. Home of a 20th-century art colony	4
32D	48. Function that can be derived from a unit circle	4
33D	49. ___ Burks, N.B.A. shooting guard since 2011	4
34D	51. Sound in the stacks	3
35D	52. Translation material	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. Turned up"

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 toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
• Words that mean the same thing: fare, make out, add up
• The opposite would be: leave, go
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Shape of the Crab Nebula"

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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
• Words that mean the same thing: ellipse, prolate, elliptic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Didn't go down well?"

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 fall or descend to a lower place or level
• Words that mean the same thing: go under, settle, pass
• The opposite would be: float
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Green and others"

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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
• Words that mean the same thing: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, atomic number 13, Alabama
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Dummies : pacifiers :: ___ : diapers"

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

  The answer is: NAPPIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Like much adult programming"

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: ONLATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Leave damaged"

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 mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: cicatrix, cicatrice, 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: SCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 🚨 "Serious situation developing!" 🚨"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THISISNOTADRILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Extend, in a way"

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 reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Words that mean the same thing: reincarnate, regenerate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Fool"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: piece of ass, AS, butt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. It takes suits from around the globe"

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: WORLDCOURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Vulcans, e.g."

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: ALIENRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Blue yarn?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOBSTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Repeat an interviewer's question, perhaps"

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 compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
• Words that mean the same thing: drag one's feet, dillydally, stalling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Haggis ingredient"

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 hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Title in children's literature"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: BRER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Dutch ___"

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

  The answer is: OVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Rings given to a lover"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BOOTYCALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. One might be nesting"

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 small replica of a person; used as a toy
• Words that mean the same thing: chick, bird, dame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Page for a bookmaker"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.

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: DOPESHEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Covid test component"

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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
• Words that mean the same thing: dab, swob, mop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Holier-than-thou type"

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: DOGOODER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Biting comment"

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 aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• Words that mean the same thing: shot, jibe, dig
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Intertwine"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: enlace, interlace, lacing
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Paltry"

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 small pond of standing water
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. "Yeah, yeah, yeah""

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: WEGETIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Sights on the Bollywood red carpet"

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 dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Words that mean the same thing: sari, saree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. First Stuart king of England"

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: JAMESI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Dome-icile?"

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 eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• Words that mean the same thing: iglu
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGLOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Pinged online"

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: IMED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Home of a 20th-century art colony"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
• Words that mean the same thing: Taoist, Tao
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Function that can be derived from a unit circle"

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 ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• Words that mean the same thing: sin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. ___ Burks, N.B.A. shooting guard since 2011"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Sound in the stacks"

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: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Translation material"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	72.9%
Short Answer	10	14.3%
History	5	7.1%
Geography	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: August 24, 2025 at 08:40 PM