March 13, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (37 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle March 13, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Actor Sean of "Stranger Things"	5
2A	6. "Right on!"	4
3A	10. Driver's place	3
4A	13. Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix"	10
5A	15. ___ Addams, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize	4
6A	16. Tales of woe	10
7A	17. Prod	4
8A	18. Some short releases, for short	3
9A	19. "Oh, gimme a break!"	11
10A	21. Spots for fighter jets, in brief	4
11A	22. Journalist who wrote the 1990s-2000s comic strip "Capitol Hell"	6
12A	23. Ice cream dessert	5
13A	25. One who's taken a vow	4
14A	26. Chafed, say	3
15A	28. Gobble up	6
16A	29. Locale near the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates, some believe	4
17A	30. Dating inits.	3
18A	31. Unmotivated, and then some	5
19A	32. Holy ___	3
20A	33. Sustenance	5
21A	35. Cheyenne, e.g.: Abbr.	3
22A	36. "That's a ___"	4
23A	38. Forces (upon)	6
24A	39. Inebriate	3
25A	40. "Young Man With a Skull" painter	4
26A	41. Throws heavenward	5
27A	42. Split	6
28A	44. Really soak up the sun	4
29A	45. Cassius Dio said it went "from a kingdom of gold to one of rust and iron"	11
30A	47. Mac	3
31A	50. Winter Olympics feat	4
32A	51. Product of tissue engineering, such as artificial skin	10
33A	53. Contemptible sort	4
34A	54. "Come help me with this"	10
35A	55. Contemptible sort	3
36A	56. Doesn't check, say	4
37A	57. Big buttes	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. Actor Sean of "Stranger Things""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASTIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. "Right on!""

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 primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
• Words that mean the same thing: Amun, Amon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Driver's place"

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 a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
• Words that mean the same thing: cabriolet, taxi, taxicab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Ancient allegory paralleled in the plot of "The Matrix""

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: PLATOSCAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Addams, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize"

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: JANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Tales of woe"

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: SOBSTORIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Prod"

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 instinctive motive
• Words that mean the same thing: press, urge on, pep 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: URGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Some short releases, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Oh, gimme a break!""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMEANCOMEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Spots for fighter jets, in brief"

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: AFBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Journalist who wrote the 1990s-2000s comic strip "Capitol Hell""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
• Words that mean the same thing: phone tapper, wiretapper, tapster
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Ice cream dessert"

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: BOMBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. One who's taken a vow"

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 married woman; a man's partner in marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: married woman
• The opposite would be: husband
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Chafed, 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 informal terms for nakedness
• Words that mean the same thing: bleak, natural, crude
• The opposite would be: cooked
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Gobble up"

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 destroy completely
• Words that mean the same thing: go through, raven, guttle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEVOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. Locale near the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates, some believe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: paradise, heaven, nirvana
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Dating inits."

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 of the period before the common era; preferred by some writers who are not christians
• Words that mean the same thing: B.C.E.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. Unmotivated, and then some"

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 unable to move or resist motion
• Words that mean the same thing: neutral, sluggish, soggy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "32. Holy ___"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: understand, regard, get a 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: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "33. Sustenance"

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 food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
• Words that mean the same thing: sugar, lucre, shekels
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Cheyenne, e.g.: 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: MTN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "36. "That's a ___""

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 cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
• Words that mean the same thing: wrapper, wrap up, enclose
• The opposite would be: unwind, unwrap
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "38. Forces (upon)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that to force onto another
• Words that mean the same thing: foist
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "39. Inebriate"

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 chronic drinker
• Words that mean the same thing: inebriate, drunkard, drunk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "40. "Young Man With a Skull" painter"

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 dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
• Words that mean the same thing: Frans Hals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "41. Throws heavenward"

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 floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
• Words that mean the same thing: pigeon loft, garret, loft
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "42. Split"

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

  The answer is: BISECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "44. Really soak up the sun"

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 29 Across: "45. Cassius Dio said it went "from a kingdom of gold to one of rust and iron""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROMANEMPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "47. Mac"

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: BUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. Winter Olympics feat"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "51. Product of tissue engineering, such as artificial skin"

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: BIOTEXTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "53. Contemptible sort"

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 dull stupid fatuous person
• Words that mean the same thing: jolt, saccade, jerking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "54. "Come help me with this""

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: INEEDAHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "55. Contemptible sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: derriere, screw, hindquarters
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "56. Doesn't check, say"

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 money risked on a gamble
• Words that mean the same thing: depend, wager, bet
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "57. Big buttes"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table, mesa, Mesa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword March 13, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Locale of the Chair of Saint Peter in Saint Peter's Basilica	4
2D	2. Unappetizing bowlful	4
3D	3. Things often seen in windows	4
4D	4. "___ magic!"	3
5D	5. Statement of inevitability	12
6D	6. The Taj Mahal complex has 42 of them	5
7D	7. Eldest of the Pleiades	4
8D	8. When a vesper bell rings	8
9D	9. Beverage brand portmanteau	7
10D	10. High on the job?	10
11D	11. Pets that commonly have different-colored eyes, such as one blue and one amber	10
12D	12. Existed	4
13D	14. Like many minor-key compositions	6
14D	15. Sharp increase	4
15D	20. Hardly a test of one's memory	12
16D	21. "Mi ___" (Spanish words of endearment)	4
17D	23. Portable lunch options from Japan	10
18D	24. Dingy kitchen items?	10
19D	25. Is lachrymose	5
20D	27. Brings together	4
21D	28. Brings down	4
22D	32. Place of drudgery	8
23D	34. Riddled	4
24D	37. Marathon runner's wear	7
25D	38. Like bootleg pants	6
26D	43. Eponymous founder of a San Diego research institute	4
27D	44. Really stinks	5
28D	45. Hindi for "king"	4
29D	46. Amanda Gorman, e.g.	4
30D	47. Diagonal kind of cut	4
31D	48. It has coronoid and styloid processes	4
32D	49. Spots for shams	4
33D	52. When italicized, word before something exemplary	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. Locale of the Chair of Saint Peter in Saint Peter's Basilica"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Unappetizing bowlful"

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 wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
• Words that mean the same thing: spill, squelch, slosh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Things often seen in windows"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: tab, pill, chit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "___ magic!""

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 branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
• Words that mean the same thing: information technology, 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: ITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Statement of inevitability"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a hard 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: NOTIFBUTWHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. The Taj Mahal complex has 42 of them"

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 extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
• Words that mean the same thing: landed estate, Acre, demesne
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Eldest of the Pleiades"

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 type genus of the majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Maja, Maja, genus Maia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. When a vesper bell rings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: eve, even, evening
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVENTIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Beverage brand portmanteau"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: NESCAFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. High on the job?"

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: CAREERBEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Pets that commonly have different-colored eyes, such as one blue and one amber"

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: ANGORACATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Existed"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Like many minor-key compositions"

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 lacking brightness or color; dull
• Words that mean the same thing: sober, drab, melancholy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Sharp increase"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sudden and decisive increase
• Words that mean the same thing: alternate, jumping, climb 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: JUMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Hardly a test of one's memory"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: OPENBOOKEXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. "Mi ___" (Spanish words of endearment)"

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 (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
• Words that mean the same thing: Cupid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Portable lunch options from Japan"

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: BENTOBOXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Dingy kitchen items?"

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: OVENTIMERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Is lachrymose"

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 shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
• Words that mean the same thing: weep, cry
• The opposite would be: laugh
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Brings together"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Wednesday, espouse, conjoin
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Brings down"

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 switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• Words that mean the same thing: blur, blind, slur
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Place of drudgery"

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: SALTMINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Riddled"

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 most frequent or common
• Words that mean the same thing: overabundant, prevalent, prevailing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Marathon runner's wear"

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: RACEBIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Like bootleg pants"

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 burn brightly
• Words that mean the same thing: burst out, erupt, irrupt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Eponymous founder of a San Diego research institute"

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 virologist who developed the salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jonas Salk, Jonas Edward Salk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Really stinks"

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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• Words that mean the same thing: insect bite, burn, raciness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BITES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Hindi for "king""

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 prince or king in india
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Raja, rajah
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAJA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Amanda Gorman, 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 writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Diagonal kind of cut"

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, predetermine, 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 31 Down: "48. It has coronoid and styloid processes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
• Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Spots for shams"

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 piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: screw, get laid, kip down
• The opposite would be: turn out, get up
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. When italicized, word before something exemplary"

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: THE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	8	11.4%
History	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

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January 14, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (32 clues)
• Down Clues (34 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (32 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

January 14, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Terms of address	5
2A	6. Hit sounds	5
3A	11. Sister from another mister	6
4A	12. More on the up and up?	6
5A	14. Offer that can't be refused, in business	15
6A	17. Key in a corner	3
7A	18. Tipped off	7
8A	19. Market event, in brief	3
9A	20. Word of woe	4
10A	22. Design deets	5
11A	23. Show off one's physique, in a way	4
12A	24. Day in movies	5
13A	26. ___-di-dah	3
14A	27. Ride in space	5
15A	28. "Copy" machines?	13
16A	31. Designer Michael	4
17A	32. Tie up	4
18A	33. Sign of enforced boundaries	13
19A	38. Suit	5
20A	39. Japanese tech giant	3
21A	40. Fearlessness	5
22A	42. Video game turn	4
23A	43. Go ___	5
24A	45. Eject	4
25A	46. D.O.J. V.I.P.s	3
26A	47. Husky apparatus	7
27A	49. "Get it?"	3
28A	50. Dated TV star?	15
29A	53. Patronize, as a resort	6
30A	54. Hardens	6
31A	55. Ones unlikely to order the house wine, say	5
32A	56. Go-getter	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. Terms of address"

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: MAAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Hit sounds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• Words that mean the same thing: bash, whop, bonk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Sister from another mister"

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: GALPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. More on the up and up?"

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 advanced in complexity or elaboration
• Words that mean the same thing: gamy, eminent, in high spirits
• The opposite would be: low
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIGHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Offer that can't be refused, in business"

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: HOSTILETAKEOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Key in a corner"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Tipped off"

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 warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
• Words that mean the same thing: alarm, alert
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALERTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Market event, 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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: initial offering, initial public offering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Word of woe"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: ala, unluckily, regrettably
• The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Design deets"

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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• Words that mean the same thing: specification, glasses, spectacles
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Show off one's physique, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of flexing
• Words that mean the same thing: bend, deform, turn
• The opposite would be: unbend, straighten
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Day in movies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) wife of nereus and mother of the nereids
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. ___-di-dah"

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 syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
• Words that mean the same thing: la
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Ride in space"

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 witty remark
• Words that mean the same thing: wisecrack, crack, sortie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. "Copy" machines?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WALKIETALKIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Designer Michael"

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 ancient hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
• Words that mean the same thing: homer, kor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Tie up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: berth, tie up, moorland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Sign of enforced boundaries"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOTRESPASSING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Suit"

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 accord or comport with
• Words that mean the same thing: suit, beseem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Japanese tech giant"

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 acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
• Words that mean the same thing: necrotizing enterocolitis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Fearlessness"

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 locus of feelings and intuitions
• Words that mean the same thing: heart and soul, nitty-gritty, inwardness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Video game turn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a characteristic state or mode of living
• Words that mean the same thing: liveliness, lifespan, life sentence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Go ___"

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

  The answer is: VIRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Eject"

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 expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• Words that mean the same thing: barf, puke, sick
• The opposite would be: keep down
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. D.O.J. V.I.P.s"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
• Words that mean the same thing: Ag, atomic number 47, silver
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Husky apparatus"

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 sled pulled by dogs
• Words that mean the same thing: mush, dog sleigh, dog sled
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOGSLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. "Get it?""

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

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Dated TV star?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THEBACHELORETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Patronize, as a resort"

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: STAYAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Hardens"

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 cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
• Words that mean the same thing: harden, inure, indurate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INURES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Ones unlikely to order the house wine, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snob, snoot, snot
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Go-getter"

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 fierce or audacious person
• Words that mean the same thing: Panthera tigris
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

January 14, 2023 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. What one might use to lash out?	7
2D	2. Genre prefix	3
3D	3. Capital on the island of Upolu	4
4D	4. Places with multiple outlets	5
5D	5. Tired excuses?	15
6D	6. Word when you can't find the word	15
7D	7. Engages in some outdoor recreation	5
8D	8. Like fine wine, but not fine olive oil	4
9D	9. Soup sometimes served with hanh dam	3
10D	10. Birthplace of flamenco	7
11D	11. "Easy!"	6
12D	13. Drives away	6
13D	14. Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth	4
14D	15. Foot the bill	5
15D	16. Women's surfwear brand	4
16D	21. Fine neckwear	7
17D	23. Fabled tooth-takers	7
18D	25. Clothing portmanteau	5
19D	27. Tiny bit	5
20D	29. Face reddener	3
21D	30. ___ Banos, Calif.	3
22D	33. They come straight from the horse's mouth	6
23D	34. Balances	7
24D	35. Intrinsically	5
25D	36. Internet company whose logo is a cat wearing earphones	7
26D	37. Says "Hey" to, say	6
27D	38. Unpleasant sound from a tuba	4
28D	41. Cutesy to a fault	4
29D	43. Words to remember, for short	5
30D	44. Téa of "Madam Secretary"	5
31D	47. Harry Belafonte catchword	4
32D	48. Generic, e.g.	4
33D	51. Outlaw	3
34D	52. Poetic palindrome	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. What one might use to lash out?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASCARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Genre prefix"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, EL, altitude
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Capital on the island of Upolu"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of western samoa
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Western Samoa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Places with multiple outlets"

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 public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Words that mean the same thing: shopping center, mall, plaza
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Tired excuses?"

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: SLEEPLESSNIGHTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Word when you can't find the word"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
• Words that mean the same thing: doojigger, gimmick, doodad
• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHATCHAMACALLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Engages in some outdoor recreation"

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

  The answer is: HIKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Like fine wine, but not fine olive oil"

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 people who are old collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: older, get on, of age
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate, young
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Soup sometimes served with hanh dam"

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: PHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Birthplace of flamenco"

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 city in southwestern spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in spain
• Words that mean the same thing: Sevilla
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEVILLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Easy!""

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: GOSLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Drives away"

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 cause to move back by force or influence
• Words that mean the same thing: push back, revolt, fight off
• The opposite would be: attract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
• Words that mean the same thing: brain, point, manoeuver
• The opposite would be: rear, tail
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Foot the bill"

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 something considered choice to eat
• Words that mean the same thing: kickshaw, do by, goody
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "16. Women's surfwear brand"

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: ROXY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Fine neckwear"

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: SILKTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Fabled tooth-takers"

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 small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
• Words that mean the same thing: fag, fagot, fairy
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAIRIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Clothing portmanteau"

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: SKORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Tiny bit"

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: SKOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Face reddener"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: anger, ira, wrath
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ Banos, Calif."

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: LOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. They come straight from the horse's mouth"

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 the characteristic sounds made by a horse
• Words that mean the same thing: neigh, whicker, whinny
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEIGHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Balances"

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 the time at which something is supposed to begin
• Words that mean the same thing: kickoff, start, outgrowth
• The opposite would be: middle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFSETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Intrinsically"

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: PERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Internet company whose logo is a cat wearing earphones"

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: NAPSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Says "Hey" to, say"

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 express greetings upon meeting someone
• Words that mean the same thing: recognize, greet, recognise
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Unpleasant sound from a tuba"

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 cry plaintively
• Words that mean the same thing: baa, blate, bleat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Cutesy to a fault"

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 affectedly dainty or refined
• Words that mean the same thing: mincing, dainty, prim
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Words to remember, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: VOCAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Téa of "Madam Secretary""

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: LEONI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Harry Belafonte catchword"

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: DAYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Generic, 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 substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
• Words that mean the same thing: dose, do drugs
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Outlaw"

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 decree that prohibits something
• Words that mean the same thing: banish, ostracise, banning
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Poetic palindrome"

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	72.7%
Short Answer	12	18.2%
Geography	2	3.0%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	32
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	66
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 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 04, 2025 at 09:38 PM