No 27381, Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword by Peter A. Collins

Across Clues :

1. Hotel room staple, 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton, 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation, 14. Way, 15. Reality show winner since 2002, 16. Bridge piece, 17. Spotted, in a way, 18. Meaning of a finger wag, 19. Zip, 20. People to hang out with, 21. Mood, 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses", 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short, 24. Fail to tail, 25. Not spent anymore, 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan, 28. Go no further, 29. "We'll let ourselves in", 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize, 35. Masters of bad impersonations?, 36. Pub fixtures, 37. Takes root, 38. Incite, 41. Tony winner Judith, 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat, 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia", 45. Cut and polish, maybe, 46. Big bird, 47. Two shakes, 48. Spin out on the ice?, 49. Reasons for some street closures, 50. In ___ (unmoved), 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month, 52. "ER" actress Laura, 53. Go berserk, 54. Slim winning margin, 55. Quite the party

Sat Oct 26, 2024 NY Times Crossword 

Down Clues :

1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival, 2. One of a singing duo?, 3. Solarium, 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année, 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond, 6. Skimpy garments, 7. Building block, 8. Brood, 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales", 10. Deluxe wraps?, 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania", 12. "À votre ___!", 13. Out on a limb, say, 21. Calling, 22. Something to wallow in, 24. Spade, for one, 25. Naughty list?, 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993, 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South, 29. Emphatic agreement, 30. When doubled, a pop nickname, 31. Gorgeous, 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb, 33. Map abbrs., 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short, 39. Amber, e.g., 40. Van Susteren of TV news, 41. They might be bright, 43. See 5-Down, 45. National, formerly, 46. Asian royal, 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building, 49. Small invention

Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 26, 2024

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

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hotel room staple. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TVSET




• The clue is 6. "Hound Dog" singer Big ___ Thornton. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAMA

  Possible Answer : mamma, mama, mummy, mammy, mum, momma, Mama, mommy, ma, mom




• The clue is 10. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MUST

  Possible Answer : moldiness, must, mustiness




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

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

  The answer: ROUTE

  Possible Answer : path, itinerary, route, road




• The clue is 15. Reality show winner since 2002. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDOL

  Possible Answer : perfection, paragon, graven_image, god, beau_ideal, matinee_idol, idol




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

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

  The answer: IBAR




• The clue is 17. Spotted, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACNED

  Possible Answer : acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate




• The clue is 18. Meaning of a finger wag. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOPE




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

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

  The answer: NONE

  Possible Answer : none




• The clue is 20. People to hang out with. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PALS

  Possible Answer : sidekick, pal_up, chum, buddy, pal, brother, crony, chum_up




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

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

  The answer: VIBE

  Possible Answer : vibe, vibration




• The clue is 22. Fish whose egg casings are called "mermaid's purses". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKATE

  Possible Answer : skate




• The clue is 23. Oslo Accords signatory, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLO

  Possible Answer : Palestine_Liberation_Organization, PLO




• The clue is 24. Fail to tail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LOSE

  Possible Answer : lose, drop_off, recede, miss, suffer, fall_back, misplace, mislay, turn_a_loss, fall_behind

  Possible Opposite Answer : win, find, profit, keep, gain




• The clue is 25. Not spent anymore. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESTED

  Possible Answer : roost, perch, rest, reside, lie, remain, repose, breathe, rested, take_a_breather, stay, catch_one's_breath, pillow

  Possible Opposite Answer : change, be_active, tired




• The clue is 26. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CUSACK




• The clue is 28. Go no further. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HALT

  Possible Answer : stanch, stay, stoppage, game, hitch, hold, freeze, arrest, check, stem, staunch, crippled, block, lame, gimpy, stop, halting, halt, kibosh

  Possible Opposite Answer : start




• The clue is 29. "We'll let ourselves in". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: DONTWAITUPFORUS




• The clue is 34. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ORGANTRANSPLANT




• The clue is 35. Masters of bad impersonations?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: IDENTITYTHIEVES




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

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

  The answer: LOOS

  Possible Answer : water_closet, Loos, Adolf_Loos, closet, W.C., loo




• The clue is 37. Takes root. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SETSIN




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

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

  The answer: URGEON




• The clue is 41. Tony winner Judith. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IVEY




• The clue is 42. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STL




• The clue is 44. She played Julia in 2009's "Julie & Julia". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MERYL




• The clue is 45. Cut and polish, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EDIT

  Possible Answer : blue-pencil, cut, delete, redact, edit_out, edit




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

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

  The answer: RHEA

  Possible Answer : nandu, Rhea_americana, Pterocnemia_pennata, Rhea, rhea




• The clue is 47. Two shakes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASEC




• The clue is 48. Spin out on the ice?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AXEL




• The clue is 49. Reasons for some street closures. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAIRS

  Possible Answer : bazaar, funfair, fair, carnival




• The clue is 50. In ___ (unmoved). Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITU




• The clue is 51. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OPAL

  Possible Answer : opal




• The clue is 52. "ER" actress Laura. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: INNES




• The clue is 53. Go berserk. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SNAP

  Possible Answer : break_down, snarl, press_stud, duck_soup, gingersnap, catch, cracking, photograph, ginger_snap, shot, pushover, crack, child's_play, centering, picnic, elasticity, piece_of_cake, tear, cinch, grab, flick, snap, snapshot, snap_fastener, rupture, click, breeze, snatch, shoot, ginger_nut, snatch_up, bust, walkover, lose_it, snap_bean

  Possible Opposite Answer : inelasticity




• The clue is 54. Slim winning margin. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOSE

  Possible Answer : horn_in, pry, intrude, scent, wind, nozzle, nose, poke, nuzzle, olfactory_organ




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

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

  The answer: BIGDO

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TRAPP

• The clue is 2. One of a singing duo?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VOCALCORD

• The clue is 3. Solarium. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SUNLOUNGE

• The clue is 4. Périodes chaudes de l'année. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ETES

• The clue is 5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TED

  Possible Answer: Teddy_boy, Ted

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

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

  The answer: MINISKIRTS

  Possible Answer: miniskirt, mini

• The clue is 7. Building block. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADOBE

  Possible Answer: adobe, adobe_brick

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

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

  The answer: MOPE

  Possible Answer: dallier, mope_around, moon_about, lounger, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, mope, moon_around

• The clue is 9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALE

  Possible Answer: ale

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

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

  The answer: MINKSTOLES

• The clue is 11. Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UBOAT

• The clue is 12. "À votre ___!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SANTE

• The clue is 13. Out on a limb, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TREED

  Possible Answer: corner, treed, trapped, at_bay, shoetree, tree, cornered

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

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

  The answer: VOCATION

  Possible Answer: occupational_group, career, calling, vocation

• The clue is 22. Something to wallow in. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SELFPITY

• The clue is 24. Spade, for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAWNTOOL

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

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

  The answer: RAPSHEET

• The clue is 27. Vessel that hasn't crossed the Canadian border since 1993. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: STANLEYCUP

• The clue is 28. The so-called "Rocket City" of the South. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HUNTSVILLE

  Possible Answer: Huntsville

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

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

  The answer: DOI

  Possible Answer: Interior, Department_of_the_Interior, DoI, Interior_Department

• The clue is 30. When doubled, a pop nickname. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAY

  Possible Answer: Tay

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

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

  The answer: RAVISHING

  Possible Answer: enthrall, enrapture, ravishing, delight, dishonour, violate, outrage, ravish, assault, dishonor, transport, enthral, enchant, rape

  Possible Opposite Answer : disenchant

• The clue is 32. Not yet explored, as a tomb. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNENTERED

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

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

  The answer: STS

• The clue is 38. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UMASS

• The clue is 39. Amber, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RESIN

  Possible Answer: rosin, resin

• The clue is 40. Van Susteren of TV news. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GRETA

• The clue is 41. They might be bright. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDEAS

  Possible Answer: idea, theme, estimation, estimate, thought, musical_theme, mind, melodic_theme, approximation

• The clue is 43. See 5-Down. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LASSO

  Possible Answer: Roland_de_Lassus, rope, Lasso, lasso, lariat, riata, Orlando_di_Lasso, reata

• The clue is 45. National, formerly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EXPO

  Possible Answer: exhibition, expo, exposition

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

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

  The answer: RANI

  Possible Answer: ranee, rani

• The clue is 48. Chicago's ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AON

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

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

  The answer: FIB

  Possible Answer: tarradiddle, taradiddle, tale, fib, story

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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Go over some lines, say

9-letter answer Answer: READPALMS

Clue #2: 10. Cricket swatters

4-letter answer Answer: BATS

Word Help: Synonyms: squash_racquet, cricket_bat, nuts

Clue #3: 14. How often Ozempic is taken

9-letter answer Answer: ONCEAWEEK

Clue #4: 15. Hedgehog-like mammal of Madagascar

6-letter answer Answer: TENREC

Word Help: Synonyms: tendrac, tenrec

Clue #5: 17. Anniversary celebration for an adopted pet

9-letter answer Answer: GOTCHADAY

Clue #6: 18. Superficial part

6-letter answer Answer: VENEER

Word Help: Synonyms: veneer, facing, veneering

Clue #7: 19. Charles Lamb's "Essays of ___"

4-letter answer Answer: ELIA

Word Help: Synonyms: Charles_Lamb, Elia, Lamb

Clue #8: 20. Glass holding about three pints of ale

4-letter answer Answer: YARD

Word Help: Synonyms: K, cubic_yard, chiliad

Clue #9: 21. Pool wear

6-letter answer Answer: SPEEDO

Clue #10: 22. Goes off

5-letter answer Answer: RANTS

Word Help: Synonyms: rave, fustian, spout

Clue #11: 24. Second half of a two-word South American capital

5-letter answer Answer: AIRES

Word Help: Synonyms: air, bare, vent

Clue #12: 26. Film lover's haven, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: TMC

Clue #13: 27. Goes left

4-letter answer Answer: HAWS

Word Help: Synonyms: haw, hawthorn

Clue #14: 30. Fixer of a sort

3-letter answer Answer: VET

Word Help: Synonyms: veterinary, veterinarian, veterinary_surgeon

Clue #15: 31. Quiet spot

4-letter answer Answer: NOOK

Word Help: Synonyms: nook, corner

Clue #16: 32. Moved clumsily

9-letter answer Answer: GALUMPHED

Word Help: Synonyms: galumph

Clue #17: 35. ___ von Furstenberg, designer known for her wrap dress

5-letter answer Answer: DIANE

Clue #18: 36. Gentle nudge

16-letter answer Answer: FRIENDLYREMINDER

Clue #19: 38. Line that comes from the heart

5-letter answer Answer: AORTA

Word Help: Synonyms: aorta

Clue #20: 39. "It's a snap"

9-letter answer Answer: EASYPEASY

Clue #21: 40. Relative of a skeleton

4-letter answer Answer: LUGE

Word Help: Synonyms: luge, toboggan

Clue #22: 41. Words from a prof, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: REC

Clue #23: 42. Ballpark nos.

4-letter answer Answer: ESTS

Word Help: Synonyms: Eastern_Time, Eastern_Standard_Time, EST

Clue #24: 43. Intel asset, for short

3-letter answer Answer: CPU

Word Help: Synonyms: central_processing_unit, C.P.U., CPU

Clue #25: 44. World capital that's closer to Sicily than Rome is

5-letter answer Answer: TUNIS

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Tunisia, Tunis

Clue #26: 46. African king-to-be

5-letter answer Answer: SIMBA

Clue #27: 50. Horrible

6-letter answer Answer: ODIOUS

Word Help: Synonyms: detestable, abominable, odious

Clue #28: 52. In the neighborhood

4-letter answer Answer: NEAR

Word Help: Synonyms: go_up, approach, good
Antonyms: far

Clue #29: 55. Tavern of TV animation

4-letter answer Answer: MOES

Clue #30: 56. The great outdoors

6-letter answer Answer: NATURE

Word Help: Synonyms: nature

Clue #31: 57. Travels like Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen," e.g.

9-letter answer Answer: TELEPORTS

Word Help: Synonyms: teleport

Clue #32: 59. Trouble spots?

6-letter answer Answer: STAINS

Word Help: Synonyms: stigma, filth, discolouration

Clue #33: 60. Go out in the winter?

9-letter answer Answer: HIBERNATE

Word Help: Synonyms: hole_up, hibernate
Antonyms: estivate

Clue #34: 61. Lead-in to while

4-letter answer Answer: ERST

Word Help: Synonyms: at_one_time, once, erstwhile

Clue #35: 62. Small roll

9-letter answer Answer: SNAKEEYES

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. "I got you"

5-letter answer Answer: ROGER

Clue #2: 2. Sleuth Holmes

5-letter answer Answer: ENOLA

Clue #3: 3. Be a part of, as a play

5-letter answer Answer: ACTIN

Word Help: Synonyms: actin

Clue #4: 4. One with 10 reasons not to skip a workout

10-letter answer Answer: DECATHLETE

Clue #5: 5. "As if!"

3-letter answer Answer: PAH

Clue #6: 6. Like some games

4-letter answer Answer: AWAY

Word Help: Synonyms: out, away, by
Antonyms: home

Clue #7: 7. Mother of Helen of Troy

4-letter answer Answer: LEDA

Word Help: Synonyms: Leda

Clue #8: 8. See 11-Down

5-letter answer Answer: MEARA

Clue #9: 9. Chuting stars?

9-letter answer Answer: SKYDIVERS

Word Help: Synonyms: skydiver

Clue #10: 10. OK signals, of a sort

5-letter answer Answer: BEEPS

Word Help: Synonyms: bleep, honk, blare

Clue #11: 11. With 8-Down, half of a classic comedy duo

4-letter answer Answer: ANNE

Word Help: Synonyms: Anne

Clue #12: 12. Sticky-footed amphibians

9-letter answer Answer: TREETOADS

Clue #13: 13. Gift from an angel

9-letter answer Answer: SEEDMONEY

Clue #14: 15. Wall hanging, maybe

5-letter answer Answer: TVSET

Clue #15: 16. Grocery store surname

7-letter answer Answer: CROCKER

Clue #16: 23. Icelandic hot spot

5-letter answer Answer: SAUNA

Word Help: Synonyms: sauna, sweat_room

Clue #17: 25. Fly-by-night?

6-letter answer Answer: REDEYE

Word Help: Synonyms: redeye, redeye_flight

Clue #18: 28. Nuke, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: WMD

Word Help: Synonyms: WMD, W.M.D., weapon_of_mass_destruction

Clue #19: 29. Anatomical filter

6-letter answer Answer: SPLEEN

Word Help: Synonyms: quick_temper, short_temper, lien

Clue #20: 31. Singer with the 1991 autobiography "I Put a Spell on You

10-letter answer Answer: NINASIMONE

Clue #21: 32. Crowded amorous outing

9-letter answer Answer: GROUPDATE

Clue #22: 33. It's often played by nonmusicians

9-letter answer Answer: AIRGUITAR

Clue #23: 34. Flowers in the same family as asparagus and agave

9-letter answer Answer: HYACINTHS

Word Help: Synonyms: jacinth, hyacinth

Clue #24: 35. Cuts down, say

5-letter answer Answer: DIETS

Word Help: Synonyms: dieting, diet

Clue #25: 36. Oldest sports franchise that has never won a championship in the "Big Four" leagues (N.F.L., N.B.A., M.L.B., N.H.L.)

7-letter answer Answer: FALCONS

Word Help: Synonyms: falcon

Clue #26: 37. Some Lords, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: MPS

Word Help: Synonyms: military_policeman, MP, system_of_macrophages

Clue #27: 41. Ploys

5-letter answer Answer: RUSES

Word Help: Synonyms: ruse, artifice, Rus

Clue #28: 44. Like a wild party, in slang

5-letter answer Answer: TURNT

Clue #29: 45. Warmly welcome at the door

5-letter answer Answer: SEEIN

Clue #30: 47. Reef predator

5-letter answer Answer: MORAY

Word Help: Synonyms: moray_eel, moray

Clue #31: 48. Apt name for a professional gambler

5-letter answer Answer: BETTE

Clue #32: 49. Ones who never apologize, say

5-letter answer Answer: ASSES

Word Help: Synonyms: backside, ass, behind

Clue #33: 51. Agreements made in Versailles

4-letter answer Answer: OUIS

Clue #34: 53. BBC ___, Gaelic-language channel

4-letter answer Answer: ALBA

Clue #35: 54. Be offensive, in a way

4-letter answer Answer: REEK

Word Help: Synonyms: mephitis, stench, fetor

Clue #36: 58. Lead-in to fix or text

3-letter answer Answer: PRE

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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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: Saturday, October 08, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 08, 2022 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Guiding belief	5
2A	6. Animal Crossing fox whose name references a legendary comedian	4
3A	10. "Hang on a sec"	3
4A	13. Some specific references that can add authenticity to writing	10
5A	15. Language descended from Proto-Algonquian	4
6A	16. Line from Pinocchio	10
7A	17. Top-tier	4
8A	18. Personal parking space, e.g.	4
9A	19. Bad time to take stock?	10
10A	21. Pop tribute?	7
11A	23. Terminal helper	6
12A	24. "Ha ha!"	3
13A	25. Forces to leave	8
14A	27. Show runner?	5
15A	30. Works in a cafe, maybe	5
16A	31. Free spot, in brief	3
17A	32. Silver and gold	4
18A	33. Dash of panache	5
19A	34. What was once due to American pioneers?	4
20A	35. Campus home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in brief	3
21A	36. Sierra ___	5
22A	37. Craft since ancient times	5
23A	38. Sudden effect of a cloud passing	8
24A	40. Trifle (with)	3
25A	41. Evangelistic sort	6
26A	42. Rightmost symbol on Alaska's state flag	7
27A	46. Where fur might collect indoors	10
28A	48. Touch	4
29A	49. Mid-range?	4
30A	50. It fills seats at an office	10
31A	52. Misses	4
32A	53. Cairo-based group	10
33A	54. Legal suffix	3
34A	55. Rap artist ___ Ma	4
35A	56. Some powerful evokers of memories	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Guiding belief"

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 system of principles or beliefs
• Words that mean the same thing: creed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Animal Crossing fox whose name references a legendary comedian"

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: REDD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. "Hang on a sec""

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: BRB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Some specific references that can add authenticity to writing"

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

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: LOCALCOLOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Language descended from Proto-Algonquian"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an algonquian people living in central canada
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Line from Pinocchio"

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: IMAREALBOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Top-tier"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Personal parking space, e.g."

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 incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Words that mean the same thing: perquisite, percolate, perk 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: PERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Bad time to take stock?"

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: BEARMARKET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Pop tribute?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SODATAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Terminal helper"

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 person employed to carry luggage and supplies
• Words that mean the same thing: doorkeeper, door guard, Pullman porter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "Ha ha!""

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: LOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Forces to leave"

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: DRUMSOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Show runner?"

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: TVSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Works in a cafe, maybe"

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 time during which some action is awaited
• Words that mean the same thing: delay, postponement, look
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Free spot, 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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Silver and gold"

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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: hue, chromaticity, imbue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Dash of panache"

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: ZHUZH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. What was once due to American pioneers?"

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 the countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
• Words that mean the same thing: Occident, Cicily Isabel Fairfield, Benjamin West
• The opposite would be: east
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. Campus home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 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: UVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "36. Sierra ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in sierra leone; equal to 100 cents
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "37. Craft since ancient times"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "38. Sudden effect of a cloud passing"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUNBURST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "40. Trifle (with)"

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 artifact designed to be played with
• Words that mean the same thing: diddle, play, fiddle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "41. Evangelistic sort"

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 member of an ancient jewish sect in judea in the first century who fought to the death against the romans and who killed or persecuted jews who collaborated with the romans
• Words that mean the same thing: drumbeater, partisan
• The opposite would be: nonpartisan
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZEALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "42. Rightmost symbol on Alaska'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 the brightest star in ursa minor; at the end of the handle of the little dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
• Words that mean the same thing: polar star, North Star, pole star
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POLARIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Where fur might collect indoors"

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: PETCUSHION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Touch"

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 an indirect suggestion
• Words that mean the same thing: wind, breath, trace
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Mid-range?"

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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "50. It fills seats at an office"

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: TEMPAGENCY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "52. Misses"

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 united states liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
• Words that mean the same thing: gallon, gal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "53. Cairo-based group"

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: ARABLEAGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "54. Legal suffix"

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 compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "55. Rap artist ___ Ma"

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: REMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "56. Some powerful evokers of memories"

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 property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory perception, olfactory property, olfactory sensation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword October 08, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Highlights, e.g.	5
2D	2. It follows Quebec in the NATO alphabet	5
3D	3. Greeting the post office can't deliver	5
4D	4. Brews that Belgium is famous for	8
5D	5. Good cheer	3
6D	6. Official timekeeper of Wimbledon	5
7D	7. Portoferraio is its largest town	4
8D	8. Subject of a drawing, perhaps	9
9D	9. Sign of anxiety	8
10D	10. Accessed the contents of, as a piñata	9
11D	11. Frigga portrayer in "Thor"	9
12D	12. Folate-rich root	4
13D	14. Conspirators	5
14D	15. Hauls (away)	5
15D	20. They may be presented for visiting dignitaries	4
16D	22. Someone to push around?	3
17D	25. Cow	5
18D	26. Home to many John Constable works, with "the"	4
19D	27. As shown	4
20D	28. Horns played at many pitches	9
21D	29. Stinging jellyfish	9
22D	30. Second line of a child's joke	9
23D	33. Awful, or worse	8
24D	34. Unlikely to be caught	8
25D	36. Sockdolager	4
26D	37. Mustard's rank: Abbr.	3
27D	39. Longtime meat substitute brand	5
28D	40. Pitch-related	5
29D	42. Make a quick stop	5
30D	43. "With a Little Help From My Friends" singer, familiarly	5
31D	44. Take on	5
32D	45. Warm compresses can relieve them	5
33D	46. Citation information	4
34D	47. Leader in prayer	4
35D	51. Prefix with physics or engineering	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. Highlights, e.g."

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 metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
• Words that mean the same thing: jog, cartridge holder, clip
• The opposite would be: unclip
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. It follows Quebec in the NATO alphabet"

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

  The answer is: ROMEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Greeting the post office can't deliver"

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: ECARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Brews that Belgium is famous for"

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: DARKALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Good cheer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Official timekeeper of Wimbledon"

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: ROLEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Portoferraio is its largest town"

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: ELBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Subject of a drawing, perhaps"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOORPRIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sign of anxiety"

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: DRYMOUTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Accessed the contents of, as a piñata"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BROKEOPEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Frigga portrayer in "Thor""

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: RENERUSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Folate-rich root"

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 biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
• Words that mean the same thing: common beet, beetroot, Beta vulgaris
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Conspirators"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
• Words that mean the same thing: junto, camarilla, faction
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CABAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Hauls (away)"

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 heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: haul, cart, pushcart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. They may be presented for visiting dignitaries"

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 weapons considered collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: coat of arms, munition, fortify
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Someone to push around?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: add up, tally, tote 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: TOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Cow"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that cause to lose courage
• Words that mean the same thing: pall, frighten off, scare away
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Home to many John Constable works, 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 united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Words that mean the same thing: Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. As shown"

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 aromatic gum resin obtained from various arabian or east african trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
• Words that mean the same thing: so, gum olibanum, therefore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Horns played at many pitches"

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: VUVUZELAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Stinging jellyfish"

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: SEANETTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Second line of a child's joke"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WHOSTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Awful, or worse"

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: ZEROSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Unlikely to be caught"

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: WAYAHEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Sockdolager"

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 very attractive or seductive looking woman
• Words that mean the same thing: smasher, beauty, peach
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Mustard's rank: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a pass between mountain peaks
• Words that mean the same thing: gap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: COL

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Clue 27 Down: "39. Longtime meat substitute brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: BACOS

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Clue 28 Down: "40. Pitch-related"

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 employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
• Words that mean the same thing: tonic
• The opposite would be: atonal
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  The answer is: TONAL

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Clue 29 Down: "42. Make a quick stop"

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!
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  The answer is: POPBY

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Clue 30 Down: "43. "With a Little Help From My Friends" singer, familiarly"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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!
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  The answer is: RINGO

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Clue 31 Down: "44. Take on"

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 make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
• Words that mean the same thing: find, get, receive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: INCUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Warm compresses can relieve them"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: stye, sty, eye infection
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: STYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Citation information"

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 side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
• Words that mean the same thing: foliate, paginate, pageboy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Leader in prayer"

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 (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
• Words that mean the same thing: imaum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: IMAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Prefix with physics or engineering"

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

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: GEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	78.6%
Short Answer	8	11.4%
Geography	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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 06, 2025 at 09:37 PM