December 06, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (37 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 06, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vaccine units, in brief	3
2A	4. Villainous	3
3A	7. Common wood for shoe trees	5
4A	12. Sweetie	3
5A	13. Cause for a food recall, maybe	5
6A	16. 20 Questions category	6
7A	18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa"	9
8A	20. Chew out	6
9A	21. Lit-___	4
10A	22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P.	9
11A	24. "Obviously!"	7
12A	27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill	4
13A	28. U.S.O. audience	3
14A	29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer	11
15A	31. Apt rhyme for "cake"	4
16A	32. But nevertheless	3
17A	33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore"	4
18A	34. Bulb unit	5
19A	35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out"	10
20A	39. Some computing platforms	5
21A	42. 12	4
22A	43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle	3
23A	46. Beauty supply giant	4
24A	47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us"	11
25A	51. Iconic flight pattern	3
26A	52. Qatari leader	4
27A	53. Hardest to pin down, say	7
28A	54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics	9
29A	57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible"	4
30A	58. Japanese soy sauce	6
31A	59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright	9
32A	63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia	6
33A	64. Sudden forward thrust	5
34A	65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth	3
35A	66. Olympic stickers?	5
36A	67. 'Fros and fades	3
37A	68. Org. with a cryptologic museum	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Vaccine units, 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 metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
• Words that mean the same thing: ml, cubic centimetre, milliliter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Villainous"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: forged, spoilt, sorry
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. Common wood for shoe trees"

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 of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
• Words that mean the same thing: true cedar, cedarwood, cedar tree
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Sweetie"

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: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Cause for a food recall, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ECOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. 20 Questions category"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: creature, carnal, fauna
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INAGARTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Chew out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that censure severely or angrily
• Words that mean the same thing: lambaste, reproof, lambast
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lit-___"

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: CRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P."

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: IDABWELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "Obviously!""

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: WELLDUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill"

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 wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. U.S.O. audience"

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 unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Words that mean the same thing: Gb, G.I., Gi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: ADALOVELACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Apt rhyme for "cake""

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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
• Words that mean the same thing: broil
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. But nevertheless"

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 up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: still, withal, however
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore""

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: personify, exist, embody
• 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: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Bulb unit"

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 unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: ANADEARMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Some computing platforms"

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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
• Words that mean the same thing: desk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. 12"

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 the middle of the day
• Words that mean the same thing: twelve noon, high noon, noonday
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Beauty supply giant"

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: ULTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AVADUVERNAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Iconic flight pattern"

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: VEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Qatari leader"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, ameer, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Hardest to pin down, say"

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: EELIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVAMENDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible""

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: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Japanese soy sauce"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAMARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright"

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: EVEENSLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia"

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 workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
• Words that mean the same thing: studio apartment
• The opposite would be: location
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Sudden forward thrust"

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 the act of moving forward suddenly
• Words that mean the same thing: lurch, thrust, straight thrust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Olympic stickers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Words that mean the same thing: epee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. 'Fros and fades"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, fare, dress
• 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: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Org. with a cryptologic museum"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

December 06, 2022 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Letter before psi	3
2D	2. Yield	7
3D	3. Greet with a "grr"	7
4D	4. Shellackings	9
5D	5. Crossword direction: Abbr.	3
6D	6. Punctuation in a web address	3
7D	7. One hailed in the streets	6
8D	8. Celeb gossip show	5
9D	9. Potentially catastrophic	4
10D	10. Blend	7
11D	11. Rodential, say	7
12D	14. Floral garland	3
13D	15. International cricket powerhouse	5
14D	17. Diminish	6
15D	19. Fish or mushroom feature	4
16D	23. Epitome of simplicity	3
17D	24. Custom	3
18D	25. Eye layer	4
19D	26. What sheepdogs do	4
20D	30. Wrangler alternative	3
21D	31. Clear plates, say	3
22D	34. Pool divisions	9
23D	35. Alias inits.	3
24D	36. "This matters to me how?"	3
25D	37. Dissolute man, from the French	4
26D	38. Take up a new residence	4
27D	39. Covers for a king or queen?	6
28D	40. Bring to a new level	7
29D	41. Make R-rated, say	7
30D	43. Use, as a prayer mat	7
31D	44. Occasions for egg-hunting	7
32D	45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J.	3
33D	47. OB/GYN tests, informally	6
34D	48. Short film?	3
35D	49. Dizzy	5
36D	50. Chest bumps?	4
37D	52. Full of creepy vibes	5
38D	55. Assembled	4
39D	56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly	3
40D	60. Terminus	3
41D	61. Id's counterpart	3
42D	62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S.	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. Letter before psi"

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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: qi, khi, ki
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Yield"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that admit (to a wrongdoing)
• Words that mean the same thing: cede, yield, profess
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONCEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Greet with a "grr""

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: SNARLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shellackings"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BEATDOWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Crossword direction: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ACR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Punctuation in a web address"

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

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. One hailed in the streets"

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: CABBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Celeb gossip show"

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: ENEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Potentially catastrophic"

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 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - g.c.marshall
• Words that mean the same thing: horrific, fearsome, direful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Blend"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
• Words that mean the same thing: dental amalgam
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMALGAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Rodential, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that resembling or characteristic of a rat
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATLIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Floral garland"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. International cricket powerhouse"

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 republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Diminish"

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 decrease in size, extent, or range
• Words that mean the same thing: minify, diminish, subside
• The opposite would be: increase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Fish or mushroom feature"

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 british imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
• Words that mean the same thing: branchia, lamella
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Epitome of simplicity"

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 the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: ABC's, ABCs, first rudiment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Custom"

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 how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: manner, mode, path
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Eye layer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. What sheepdogs do"

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 group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: crowd, ruck
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Wrangler alternative"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Clear plates, say"

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 vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• Words that mean the same thing: passenger vehicle, double-decker, charabanc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Pool divisions"

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: LANELINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Alias inits."

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "This matters to me how?""

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Dissolute man, from the French"

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: rake, profligate, rakehell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Take up a new residence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of deciding to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: actuate, make a motion, impress
• The opposite would be: stay in place, stand still
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Covers for a king or queen?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
• Words that mean the same thing: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUVETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Bring to a new level"

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 give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Words that mean the same thing: raise, advance, upgrade
• The opposite would be: lower, demote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Make R-rated, say"

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: STEAMUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Use, as a prayer mat"

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: KNEELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Occasions for egg-hunting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
• Words that mean the same thing: easterly, easter, Easter
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J."

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: NYT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. OB/GYN tests, informally"

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 thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
• Words that mean the same thing: amniocentesis, amnion, amniotic sac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMNIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Short film?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Dizzy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AREEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Chest bumps?"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: roast, laugh at, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Full of creepy vibes"

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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Assembled"

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 give certain properties to something
• Words that mean the same thing: attain, prepare, pee-pee
• The opposite would be: break, unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly"

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: SVU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "60. Terminus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: cease, close, goal
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Id's counterpart"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, self, egotism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	57.0%
Short Answer	23	29.1%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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 05, 2025 at 06:27 PM

January 13, 2008 NYT Clues Answers

NYT Crossword and Answers - January 13, 2008

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is a most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today puzzle:

Across:

• 1. "Come on ... be good, kids": NOWNOW
• 7. Kind of jacket: FLAK
• 11. Actor Gulager: CLU
• 14. Occurs to, with "on": DAWNS
• 19. Emulate Earhart: AVIATE
• 20. Bean town?: LIMA
• 21. Alley ___: OOP
• 22. Traditional whale hunter: ALEUT
• 23. Like some titmice: TUFTED
• 24. Went too far: OVERSHOT
• 26. Pretty cool: NIFTY
• 27. Mark who won the Masters and British Open in 1998: OMEARA
• 28. The old frontier you and I don't remember?: WESTWEFORGET
• 30. Is covered in dew, perhaps: GLISTENS
• 32. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, e.g.: IRANI
• 33. Longtime Bob Hope broadcaster: NBC
• 35. ___ d'amore: OBOE
• 37. Like some traffic: THRU
• 38. Donkey Kong, for one: APE
• 39. Place to gamble in N.Y.C.: OTB
• 41. Job ad abbr.: EOE
• 43. Center of success?: CEE
• 44. Rap's Dr. ___: DRE
• 45. Climate that's copy-protected by law?: PATENTWEATHER
• 49. Ralph Nader and Ross Perot: ALSORANS
• 52. Brought on: LEDTO
• 53. Sound from a fan: WHIRR
• 54. ___ Tunes: LOONEY
• 55. U.K. record label: EMI
• 57. Richness: OPULENCE
• 60. Like some grasses: AWNED
• 61. Porridge ingredients: PEASE
• 63. Scratches (out): EKES
• 64. Took too many pills, briefly: ODED
• 65. Merlin on an Imax screen?: GIANTWIZARD
• 67. Fall mos.: OCTS
• 71. Currency whose symbol is "$": PESO
• 72. Like Java man: ERECT
• 73. Lose one's marbles: GOMAD
• 78. What to follow in the forest: FOOTPATH
• 80. Stat for Warren Spahn: Abbr.: ERA
• 81. Pull out formally: SECEDE
• 82. F.B.I. director appointed by Clinton: FREEH
• 83. Jimmy of DC Comics: OLSEN
• 87. Bond poster: BAILSMAN
• 89. Eyelid moistener at a museum?: ARTWINKWETTER
• 93. Some colas, familiarly: RCS
• 94. Small wts.: OZS
• 95. "Well, ___-di-dah!": LAH
• 96. Asian school of thought: ZEN
• 97. U.S.O. show attendees: GIS
• 98. Cuddly sci-fi critter: EWOK
• 100. Algonquian tongue: CREE
• 101. Court call: LET
• 103. Twangy: NASAL
• 105. Mover left or right: ARROWKEY
• 107. Rouse a beloved English queen?: WAKEVICTORIA
• 110. Nocturnal insect: EARWIG
• 113. Buggy drivers: AMISH
• 115. In the world: EXISTENT
• 116. National airline of Afghanistan: ARIANA
• 117. Coca-Cola trademark: FANTA
• 118. Singer Des'___: REE
• 119. 10-year host of "Entertainment Tonight": TESH
• 120. Boasts of: VAUNTS
• 121. Seventh-grader, often: TWEEN
• 122. Many, many mos.: YRS
• 123. Pamplona shouts: OLES
• 124. Tangle up (in): ENMESH

Down:

• 1. Group with a secy. gen.: NATO
• 2. Certain gamete: OVUM
• 3. Better half takes the stage?: WIFEGOESON
• 4. Christmas on Capri: NATALE
• 5. "S.N.L." alum Cheri: OTERI
• 6. Married in error?: WEDASTRAY
• 7. Scent maker: FLOWER
• 8. Add pep to: LIVENUP
• 9. "What ___!" ("This place needs cleaning!"): AMESS
• 10. Go-___: KART
• 11. Able to be followed: COHERENT
• 12. Bath scrubber: LOOFA
• 13. So far: UPTONOW
• 14. "Goll-lee!": DANG
• 15. Many a "Star Trek" character: ALIEN
• 16. Tush made of shuttle thread?: WEFTBEHIND
• 17. Bit of trail mix: NUT
• 18. Pork place?: STY
• 25. Grabbed surreptitiously: SWIPED
• 29. Graduation or confirmation: RITE
• 31. Following: THEN
• 34. Not just ask: COERCE
• 35. Florida county seat: OCALA
• 36. Not on deck: BELOW
• 38. Had something: ATE
• 40. Go "waaaah!": BAWL
• 42. Got things wrong: ERRED
• 44. Harriet Beecher Stowe novel: DRED
• 46. Elite: ALIST
• 47. Didn't walk or go by subway, say: TOOKACAB
• 48. ___ Epstein, Red Sox G.M. starting in 2002: THEO
• 50. Mr. Right, with "the": ONE
• 51. Enjoy the theater: SEEASHOW
• 56. Word before and after "a": MANO
• 58. Prell competitor: PERT
• 59. Currency exchange abbr.: USD
• 61. Painter Mondrian: PIET
• 62. Milk source: EWE
• 63. Former Israeli president Weizman: EZER
• 65. 3.5, e.g.: Abbr.: GPA
• 66. Actress Papas: IRENE
• 67. Viscera: OFFAL
• 68. Rodeo locale: CORRAL
• 69. Stick one's foot in Chardonnay?: TOETHEWINE
• 70. Good winter entree: STEW
• 73. Some toothpastes: GELS
• 74. Where to get a mil. commission: OCS
• 75. Development of amnesia?: MEMORYWANE
• 76. In ___ (stunned): ADAZE
• 77. None too bright: DENSE
• 79. Illustrator for Charles Dickens: PHIZ
• 81. Fabric that needs serious mending?: SICKWEAVE
• 84. Bequests: LEGACIES
• 85. Circus props: STILTS
• 86. Supposed makers of crop circles: ETS
• 88. Suffix with buck: AROO
• 90. Bird whose name sounds like its soft call: NENE
• 91. Tricks: KNAVERY
• 92. Get more soap suds out of: RERINSE
• 99. Angers: WRATHS
• 100. Metal that may ignite if scratched: CERIUM
• 102. Try: TASTE
• 104. Dr. J was one: SIXER
• 105. Spinning dizzily: AREEL
• 106. Part of DKNY: KARAN
• 108. Tribal chief: KHAN
• 109. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO
• 111. They're not good for QB's: INTS
• 112. Nasty wound: GASH
• 113. Back: AFT
• 114. Big mouth: MAW

September 20, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, September 20, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (31 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - September 20, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Plays with matches?	10
2A	11. Rip-off?	4
3A	15. Providential	10
4A	16. Not right	4
5A	17. Just a phone call away, say	10
6A	18. With 19-Across, Cotton-Eyed Joe, e.g.	4
7A	19. See 18-Across	5
8A	20. Batteries	8
9A	22. Grp. organizing trips abroad	3
10A	24. Balm with an oxymoronic name	6
11A	25. Comment like "And now here's Pam with sports. Pam?"	9
12A	29. Ocean motion	5
13A	32. Cinephile	8
14A	33. Ingredient in an old-fashioned	3
15A	34. "That may not have been entirely accurate ..."	5
16A	35. Master's follower	3
17A	37. "Cum on Feel the Noize" band, 1973	5
18A	39. Features of some taxis	3
19A	40. Firm	8
20A	42. Home of the Big Bear ski resort, informally	5
21A	45. ___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican Party	9
22A	46. Over the moon	6
23A	48. End of a nonprofit, maybe	3
24A	49. Court	8
25A	51. Acmes	5
26A	55. It's not fair	4
27A	56. Like a novel with a roguish, adventuring hero	10
28A	58. Cloud name prefix	4
29A	59. Fashion portmanteau exemplified by wearing yoga pants all day	10
30A	60. Hidden valley	4
31A	61. Nosebleed section, e.g.	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. Plays with matches?"

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: SPEEDDATES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Rip-off?"

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 short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, counterfoil, check stub
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Providential"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HEAVENSENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Not right"

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 turned or twisted toward one side; - g.k.chesterton
• Words that mean the same thing: skew-whiff, askew, wrong
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Just a phone call away, say"

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: ONRETAINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. With 19-Across, Cotton-Eyed Joe, 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 a formation of people or things one beside another
• Words that mean the same thing: product line, telephone circuit, transmission line
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. See 18-Across"

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 artistic form of nonverbal communication
• Words that mean the same thing: terpsichore, saltation, dancing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Batteries"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
• Words that mean the same thing: dishonour, dishonor, assault
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSAULTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Grp. organizing trips abroad"

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: USO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Balm with an oxymoronic name"

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: ICYHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Comment like "And now here's Pam with sports. Pam?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OVERTOYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "29. Ocean motion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
• Words that mean the same thing: sheik, fop, well 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: SWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. Cinephile"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MOVIEFAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. Ingredient in an old-fashioned"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: Secale cereale, rye whisky, rye whiskey
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. "That may not have been entirely accurate ...""

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: ILIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Master's follower"

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 doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "Cum on Feel the Noize" band, 1973"

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: SLADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Features of some taxis"

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 broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
• Words that mean the same thing: television set, TV, video
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Firm"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that spoken with emphasis
• Words that mean the same thing: emphasized, exclamatory, emphasised
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMPHATIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Home of the Big Bear ski resort, informally"

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: SOCAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. ___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican Party"

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: ZACHARIAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Over the moon"

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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
• Words that mean the same thing: gleeful, joyful, pick up
• The opposite would be: dejected, depress
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. End of a nonprofit, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Court"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
• Words that mean the same thing: judicature, court
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIBUNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Acmes"

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 most extreme possible amount or value
• Words that mean the same thing: bloom, superlative, tip
• The opposite would be: bottom out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. It's not fair"

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 partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• Words that mean the same thing: diagonal, prejudice, preconception
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Like a novel with a roguish, adventuring hero"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PICARESQUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Cloud name prefix"

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: countertenor, contralto
• The 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 29 Across: "59. Fashion portmanteau exemplified by wearing yoga pants all day"

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: ATHLEISURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Hidden valley"

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 narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Nosebleed section, e.g."

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: CHEAPSEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - September 20, 2019 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like show horses	4
2D	2. Enrique ___ Nieto, former president of Mexico	4
3D	3. Not luck into	4
4D	4. Journalist whose mother, father, sister and husband all won Nobel Prizes	8
5D	5. Infamous	8
6D	6. Passed-down code	3
7D	7. Home of yaks and zebus	4
8D	8. It's caused by, and contributes to, stress	15
9D	9. "Romanian Rhapsodies" composer	6
10D	10. Potential rescue	5
11D	11. Not looking well	6
12D	12. Influential social media users	10
13D	13. Some catering equipment	4
14D	14. "Later"	3
15D	21. Verbal stumbles	3
16D	23. "Wow, that's bad!"	3
17D	25. Cuts	5
18D	26. Parent company of Mack Trucks	5
19D	27. Remove the contents of	10
20D	28. Talk too much	3
21D	30. ___ Ko, youngest player to be ranked #1 in professional golf	5
22D	31. Sponge	5
23D	36. Rap's Run-___	3
24D	37. They're known for their wrinkles	8
25D	38. Generosity	8
26D	41. Soup whose name rhymes with "duh," not "dough"	3
27D	43. Pulitzer-winning novelist ___ Lurie	6
28D	44. "Frankenstein" setting	3
29D	45. Acme	6
30D	47. First name in 1990s rap	5
31D	49. Break ground	4
32D	50. ___ land	4
33D	52. Shade at the beach	4
34D	53. Former U.N. secretary general Waldheim	4
35D	54. Goes with	4
36D	55. Capture	3
37D	57. Cred	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. Like show horses"

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 furnish with shoes
• Words that mean the same thing: shodden, shoed, calced
• The opposite would be: discalced, unshod
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Enrique ___ Nieto, former president of Mexico"

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: PENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Not luck into"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Journalist whose mother, father, sister and husband all won Nobel Prizes"

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: EVECURIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Infamous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• Words that mean the same thing: scorned, detest, hated
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETESTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Passed-down code"

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 found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic 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: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Home of yaks and zebus"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. It's caused by, and contributes to, stress"

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: TENSIONHEADACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Romanian Rhapsodies" composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ENESCU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Potential rescue"

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 animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
• Words that mean the same thing: divagate, vagabond, ramble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Not looking well"

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 any of several old world shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
• Words that mean the same thing: sickly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Influential social media users"

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: TWITTERATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Some catering equipment"

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

  The answer is: URNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. "Later""

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 you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• Words that mean the same thing: so long, sayonara, pass
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Verbal stumbles"

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: UHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. "Wow, that's bad!""

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: OOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Cuts"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: pretermit, miss, neglect
• The opposite would be: attend to, include
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Parent company of Mack Trucks"

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: VOLVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Remove the contents of"

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 surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
• Words that mean the same thing: resect, draw, disembowel
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVISCERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Talk too much"

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 informal terms for the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: cakehole, maw, gob
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ Ko, youngest player to be ranked #1 in professional golf"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient region on the coast of western asia minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the persians in 546 bc
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Sponge"

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 carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
• Words that mean the same thing: phlebotomise, bloodsucker, bleed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Rap's Run-___"

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: DMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. They're known for their wrinkles"

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: SHARPEIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Generosity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
• Words that mean the same thing: openhandedness, largess, magnanimity
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARGESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Soup whose name rhymes with "duh," not "dough""

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: PHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Pulitzer-winning novelist ___ Lurie"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ALISON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. "Frankenstein" setting"

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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
• Words that mean the same thing: science lab, research lab, research laboratory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Acme"

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 the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
• The opposite would be: nadir
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZENITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. First name in 1990s rap"

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: TUPAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Break ground"

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 unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
• Words that mean the same thing: money box, boulder clay, public treasury
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. ___ land"

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: LALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Shade at the beach"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AQUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Former U.N. secretary general Waldheim"

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: KURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Goes with"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: get wind, realise, figure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Capture"

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 flexible container with a single opening
• Words that mean the same thing: old bag, cup of tea, pocket
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Cred"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	67.6%
Short Answer	15	22.1%
Sports	2	2.9%
Literature	2	2.9%
Geography	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 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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