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January 13, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Saturday, January 13, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 13, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (36 clues)

1A: "1. Syncopated drumbeats"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  • Similar words include: roll, drum roll
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARADIDDLE

2A: "11. Pass catcher Collinsworth"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRIS

3A: "15. One-sided"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that involving only one part or side
  • Similar words include: one-sided
  • Opposite of: multilateral
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNILATERAL

4A: "16. A Rodgers partner"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states playwright who collaborated with george s. kaufman (1904-1961)
  • Similar words include: Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, stag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HART

5A: "17. Deliverers"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
  • Similar words include: liberator
  • Opposite of: captor
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIBERATORS

6A: "18. Hungary's Nagy"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IMRE

7A: "19. As written: Mus."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STA

8A: "20. Alt."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELEV

9A: "21. Axilla"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
  • Similar words include: axillary cavity, axilla, axillary fossa
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARMPIT

10A: "23. Young Guthrie"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARLO

11A: "25. Musical tones"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
  • Similar words include: rhenium, ray, reticuloendothelial system
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RES

12A: "27. "Deirdre" dramatist"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
  • Similar words include: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YEATS

13A: "28. Communicates à la sparks"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that medium for communication
  • Similar words include: radiocommunication, radio set, radio receiver
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RADIOS

14A: "31. Plexus"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
  • Similar words include: plexus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RETE

15A: "33. Noted Indian novelist"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAO

16A: "34. ___-faire"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAISSEZ

17A: "36. Abbr. on an envelope"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTN

18A: "37. Egypt's ___ stone"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROSETTA

19A: "40. Author Gay and family"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TALESES

20A: "42. Footless"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APOD

21A: "43. Theater cries"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
  • Similar words include: encore
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENCORES

22A: "45. Alouette's bill"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEC

23A: "46. It is, in Ibiza"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTA

24A: "47. Two jiggers"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a disrespectful laugh
  • Similar words include: hiss, razz, raspberry
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SNORTS

25A: "51. Dropped a fly"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
  • Similar words include: mistake, stray, err
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERRED

26A: "53. Goal"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that either extremity of something that has length
  • Similar words include: last, close, remainder
  • Opposite of: beginning, begin
Click to reveal answer
Answer: END

27A: "55. Ding or dong"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  • Similar words include: roll, ring, pealing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PEAL

28A: "56. Crude shelter"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEANTO

29A: "58. Former Venezuelan mining town"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AROA

30A: "61. He, to Louis"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LUI

31A: "62. Aleutian island"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ATTU

32A: "63. Return a P.O.W. to his native land"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
  • Opposite of: expatriate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REPATRIATE

33A: "66. Via's kin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITER

34A: "67. Crackles"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a crackling sound
  • Similar words include: crackle, crepitate
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CREPITATES

35A: "68. Ltr. enclosure"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SASE

36A: "69. Rating"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
  • Similar words include: appraisal, judgement, judgment
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASSESSMENT

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1D: "1. Neutron star"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PULSAR

2D: "2. "Peer Gynt" temptress"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANITRA

3D: "3. Gross"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
  • Similar words include: bawdy, off-color
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIBALD

4D: "4. Porter relative"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALE

5D: "5. Venture"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
  • Similar words include: make bold, presume, defy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DARE

6D: "6. Romance lang."

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ITAL

7D: "7. Hold back"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that try to prevent; show opposition to
  • Similar words include: discourage, dissuade
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DETER

8D: "8. Herdsmen"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who drives a herd
  • Similar words include: herdsman, drover, herder
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DROVERS

9D: "9. Gibbon"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAR

10D: "10. Lionized lion"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSA

11D: "11. Voice of Grandfather Time?"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
  • Similar words include: gong, bell
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHIME

12D: "12. What we watched o'er"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  • Similar words include: bulwark, wall, rampart
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAMPARTS

13D: "13. Irk"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Similar words include: get at, nettle, rag
  • Opposite of: soothe
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRRITATE

14D: "14. Texans' toppers"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hat made of felt with a creased crown
  • Similar words include: felt hat, trilby, fedora
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STETSONS

15D: "22. Bodies' meeting place in Scotland?"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the seed of the cereal grass
  • Similar words include: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye whiskey
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RYE

16D: "24. Lubed the limo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cover with oil, as if by rubbing
  • Similar words include: anele, inunct, oil
  • Opposite of: unoiled
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OILED

17D: "26. Mind"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEETO

18D: "29. Cereal grass"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OAT

19D: "30. Where to build houses"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
  • Similar words include: sit down, situation, place
  • Opposite of: stand, arise
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SITES

20D: "32. Autocratic rulers: Var."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
  • Similar words include: tzar, czar, tsar
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TZARS

21D: "35. Last word in French toast"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SANTE

22D: "36. Fabulist"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AESOP

23D: "37. Alcofribas Nasier's real name"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
  • Similar words include: Francois Rabelais
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RABELAIS

24D: "38. "The Mikado," for one"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a short amusing opera
  • Similar words include: light opera
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OPERETTA

25D: "39. Plato was his pupil"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that ancient athenian philosopher; teacher of plato and xenophon (470-399 bc)
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOCRATES

26D: "41. Author Deighton"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEN

27D: "44. Hors d'oeuvres"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
  • Similar words include: canape
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CANAPES

28D: "46. N.Y. time in June"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDT

29D: "48. Tell"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that make a logical or causal connection
  • Similar words include: associate, touch on, interrelate
  • Opposite of: dissociate
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RELATE

30D: "49. Become uptight"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that become taut or tauter
  • Similar words include: firm
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TAUTEN

31D: "50. Most foxy"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by skill in deception
  • Similar words include: dodgy, foxy, knavish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLIEST

32D: "52. Harden"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURE

33D: "54. Hang"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • Similar words include: curtain, clothe, cloak
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DRAPE

34D: "57. Grampus"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • Similar words include: killer whale, sea wolf, killer
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORCA

35D: "59. Regretful Miss, in a song"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
  • Similar words include: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTIS

36D: "60. Crafts' companion"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Similar words include: prowess, fine art, humanities
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTS

37D: "64. Hesitation sounds"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • Similar words include: emergency room, atomic number 68, Er
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERS

38D: "65. Wee, small hr."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IAM

Puzzle Stats

36 Across
38 Down
74 Total

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Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

July 10, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions

July 10, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. One's marriage or graduation 6
2A 7. Ring punch 3
3A 10. Operate smoothly 3
4A 13. Charm City baseballer 6
5A 14. Be shown up 8
6A 16. ___ City Hall, 36-Across-designed building (1978) 6
7A 17. Sites of some strikes 8
8A 18. "The Winding Stair" poet 5
9A 19. Ballerina's hairdo 3
10A 20. Omnipotent and all-merciful one, in Islam 5
11A 21. Chicken ___ 4
12A 23. Place for an Atlas 4
13A 24. With 10-Down, 36-Across-designed museum (1995) 11
14A 29. Do a little stretching? 3
15A 32. Under control 6
16A 33. Ricotta cheese source 3
17A 34. Get an ___ effort 4
18A 35. Come to nothing 4
19A 36. Subject of this puzzle (1917-2019) 5
20A 38. Runner's space 4
21A 39. Script unit 4
22A 40. Land in the ocean 3
23A 41. Claymation pal of Wallace 6
24A 43. It's a big stretch 3
25A 44. Portmanteau for 36-Across 11
26A 46. Help for the disabled? 4
27A 48. On ___ (running by itself) 4
28A 49. Sicilia and Sardegna 5
29A 51. Jack (up) 3
30A 52. Classic opera in which every leading character dies 5
31A 57. Asian capital designed by British urban planners 8
32A 59. With 26-Down, 36-Across-designed Hong Kong skyscraper (1990) 6
33A 60. Warty arboreal creature 8
34A 61. Mystical and puzzling 6
35A 62. Stick in a boat 3
36A 63. Stand in (for) 3
37A 64. Places 6

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. One's marriage or graduation"

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: BIGDAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Ring punch"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
  • Words that mean the same thing: dig, thrust, jabbing
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JAB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Operate smoothly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
  • Words that mean the same thing: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Charm City baseballer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
  • Words that mean the same thing: New World oriole, American oriole, Old World oriole
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORIOLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Be shown up"

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: LOSEFACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ City Hall, 36-Across-designed building (1978)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern texas located in the heart of the northern texas oil fields
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DALLAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Sites of some strikes"

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: OILWELLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "The Winding Stair" poet"

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 irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
  • Words that mean the same thing: W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YEATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Ballerina's hairdo"

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 small rounded bread either plain or sweet
  • Words that mean the same thing: roll
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BUN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Omnipotent and all-merciful one, in Islam"

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

    The answer is: ALLAH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Chicken ___"

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 capital and largest city of the ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
  • Words that mean the same thing: capital of the Ukraine, Kyyiv
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KIEV

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Place for an Atlas"

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

    The answer is: SILO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. With 10-Down, 36-Across-designed museum (1995)"

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: ROCKANDROLL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Do a little stretching?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a trivial lie
  • Words that mean the same thing: taradiddle, story, tarradiddle
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Under control"

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: INHAND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Ricotta cheese source"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EWE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Get an ___ effort"

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: AFOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Come to nothing"

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 fail to do something; leave something undone
  • Words that mean the same thing: conk out, betray, give way
  • The opposite would be: succeed, manage
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FAIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Subject of this puzzle (1917-2019)"

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: IMPEI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Runner's space"

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

    The answer is: LANE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Script unit"

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: occupation, credit line, line of descent
  • The 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 22 Across: "40. Land in the ocean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a coral reef off the southern coast of florida
  • Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Claymation pal of Wallace"

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: GROMIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. It's a big stretch"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, epoch, geological era
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Portmanteau for 36-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: STARCHITECT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Help for the disabled?"

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 hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
  • Words that mean the same thing: tow, towage
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOWS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. On ___ (running by itself)"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
  • Words that mean the same thing: automobile, machine, car
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AUTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Sicilia and Sardegna"

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: ISOLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Jack (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
  • Words that mean the same thing: adenosine monophosphate, ampere, adenylic 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: AMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Classic opera in which every leading character dies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TOSCA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Asian capital designed by British urban planners"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NEWDELHI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. With 26-Down, 36-Across-designed Hong Kong skyscraper (1990)"

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: BANKOF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Warty arboreal creature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TREETOAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Mystical and puzzling"

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 supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  • Words that mean the same thing: supernatural, mystic, eclipse
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OCCULT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Stick in a boat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Stand in (for)"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
  • Words that mean the same thing: bomber, hero, hoagy
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SUB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Places"

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 post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • Words that mean the same thing: lieu, place, stead
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEADS

    Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle July 10, 2019

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Soul mate? 4
2D 2. "Dies ___" (hymn) 4
3D 3. River to the Colorado 4
4D 4. Noodlehead 4
5D 5. One who calls Nome home 7
6D 6. "Thumbs up!" 3
7D 7. Enroll in 4
8D 8. "Talking" with one's hands, for short 3
9D 9. Bawl over 6
10D 10. See 24-Across 10
11D 11. Sch. near Hollywood 4
12D 12. Fit well 4
13D 14. 36-Across-designed Paris landmark (1989) 13
14D 15. Cut down 4
15D 19. Sack, so to speak 3
16D 22. Legally charges 7
17D 23. Magician's skill 7
18D 24. Rummage (through) 5
19D 25. TV booth alert 5
20D 26. See 59-Across 10
21D 27. Moolah 4
22D 28. Be shy 3
23D 30. Kind of column 5
24D 31. George with a .390 batting average in 1980 5
25D 34. Gazillions 4
26D 37. Goat's bleat 3
27D 42. Lecturer's reading? 7
28D 44. Word that rhymes with treats, appropriately 6
29D 45. Trophy 3
30D 47. Shoppe description 4
31D 49. Excited about 4
32D 50. Some hospital supplies 4
33D 51. Fictional captain whose nickname is "Old Thunder" 4
34D 53. Back in the day 4
35D 54. Arctic seabird 4
36D 55. Nowhere near the target, in a children's guessing game 4
37D 56. When soap operas usually air, informally 4
38D 58. Bud's bud in old comedy 3
39D 59. Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards 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. Soul mate?"

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 entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
  • Words that mean the same thing: torso, consistency, consistence
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BODY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Dies ___" (hymn)"

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: IRAE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. River to the Colorado"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a river that rises in western new mexico and flows westward through southern arizona to become a tributary of the colorado river
  • Words that mean the same thing: Gila River
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GILA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Noodlehead"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a person who is not very bright
  • Words that mean the same thing: poor fish, pudding head, stupid
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DOLT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. One who calls Nome home"

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

    The answer is: ALASKAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Thumbs up!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an affirmative
  • The opposite would be: no
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Enroll in"

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 shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  • Words that mean the same thing: joint, articulation, sum
  • The opposite would be: disjoin
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JOIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Talking" with one's hands, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the sign language used in the united states
  • Words that mean the same thing: American sign language
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Bawl over"

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 regret strongly
  • Words that mean the same thing: deplore, bemoan, lament
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BEWAIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. See 24-Across"

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: HALLOFFAME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Sch. near Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: UCLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Fit well"

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 number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
  • Words that mean the same thing: interlocking, engagement, lock
  • The opposite would be: disengage
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MESH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. 36-Across-designed Paris landmark (1989)"

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: LOUVREPYRAMID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Cut 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 the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
  • Words that mean the same thing: strike down, hide, felled seam
  • The opposite would be: ascend, increase
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FELL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Sack, so to speak"

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 piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
  • Words that mean the same thing: go to bed, sleep together, get laid
  • 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: BED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Legally charges"

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 accuse formally of a crime
  • Words that mean the same thing: indict
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INDICTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Magician's skill"

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 adroitness in using the hands
  • Words that mean the same thing: manual dexterity, dexterity
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLEIGHT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Rummage (through)"

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 shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
  • Words that mean the same thing: pillage, plunder, despoil
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIFLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. TV booth alert"

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: ONAIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. See 59-Across"

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: CHINATOWER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Moolah"

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 informal terms for money
  • Words that mean the same thing: lettuce, sugar, boodle
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Be shy"

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

    The answer is: OWE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Kind of column"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the dialect of ancient greek spoken and written in attica and athens and ionia
  • Words that mean the same thing: Classical Greek, Attic, Ionic dialect
  • The opposite would be: nonionic
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IONIC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. George with a .390 batting average in 1980"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: BRETT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "34. Gazillions"

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: ALOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Goat's bleat"

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: MAA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Lecturer's reading?"

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: RIOTACT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Word that rhymes with treats, appropriately"

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 english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
  • Words that mean the same thing: sweetness, Sweet, dessert
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SWEETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Trophy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
  • Words that mean the same thing: loving cup, cupful, transfuse
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Shoppe description"

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: OLDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Excited about"

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: INTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Some hospital supplies"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
  • Words that mean the same thing: serum, blood serum
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Fictional captain whose nickname is "Old Thunder""

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 according to the old testament he was a pagan king of israel and husband of jezebel (9th century bc)
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AHAB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Back in the day"

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 on one occasion
  • Words that mean the same thing: one time, erstwhile, erst
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ONCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Arctic seabird"

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 gull-like jaeger of northern seas
  • Words that mean the same thing: bonxie
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKUA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Nowhere near the target, in a children's guessing game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
  • Words that mean the same thing: frigidity, dusty, inhuman
  • The opposite would be: hot, hotness
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COLD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. When soap operas usually air, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: AFTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Bud's bud in old comedy"

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: LOU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily bovinae or tribe bovini
  • Words that mean the same thing: genus Bos
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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    The answer is: BOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 48 63.2%
Short Answer 14 18.4%
History 6 7.9%
Geography 5 6.6%
Abbreviation 1 1.3%
Movies/Film 1 1.3%
Sports 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 39
Total Clues 76
Average Answer Length 5.0 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 4 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 07:16 PM

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