September 29, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

September 29, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Message in Morse code, maybe	3
2A	4. Collect	5
3A	9. Lou Bega's "___ No. 5"	5
4A	14. Actress Longoria	3
5A	15. Frank of the Mothers of Invention	5
6A	16. Like the modern descendants of dinosaurs	5
7A	17. For each	3
8A	18. No later than	5
9A	19. Tightly packed	5
10A	20. As a whole	5
11A	22. Some Catholic gift shop purchases	8
12A	24. Gray in the face	4
13A	25. Prodigies, informally	7
14A	27. Alternative to truth?	4
15A	29. What many people do on weekend mornings	7
16A	33. Cabinet members, to the president	8
17A	37. One of many for baking soda	3
18A	38. Can't hold back laughter while performing, say ... or a hint to the circled letters	15
19A	43. Karaoke locale, often	3
20A	44. Tried to be like	8
21A	45. Bottomless pits	7
22A	50. Sign for a soothsayer	4
23A	51. Homes with wheels	7
24A	53. "Toy Story" boy	4
25A	57. Common house style	8
26A	60. Siren's wail, e.g.	5
27A	61. Something to make in an emergency?	5
28A	62. Having low odds of success	5
29A	65. Through	3
30A	66. Rental when moving, maybe	5
31A	67. Implied, but not stated	5
32A	68. Away from the bow	3
33A	69. Requiring nerve	5
34A	70. Apart (from)	5
35A	71. Sgt.'s superiors	3

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Message in Morse code, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, so, sol
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Collect"

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 collect or gather
• Words that mean the same thing: accumulate, hoard, conglomerate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Lou Bega's "___ No. 5""

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 latin american dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Actress Longoria"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Frank of the Mothers of Invention"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZAPPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Like the modern descendants of dinosaurs"

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

  The answer is: AVIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. For each"

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: PER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. No later than"

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: UNTIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Tightly packed"

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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
• Words that mean the same thing: heavy, slow, dumb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. As a whole"

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: INALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Some Catholic gift shop purchases"

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 a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by catholics)
• Words that mean the same thing: prayer beads, rosary
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSARIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Gray in the face"

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 of a light grey
• Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Prodigies, informally"

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: PHENOMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Alternative to truth?"

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 challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• Words that mean the same thing: daring, presume, make bold
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. What many people do on weekend mornings"

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: SLEEPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Cabinet members, to the president"

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 an expert who gives advice
• Words that mean the same thing: advisor, adviser, consultant
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADVISORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. One of many for baking soda"

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 act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: usage, economic consumption, habituate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Can't hold back laughter while performing, say ... or a hint to the circled letters"

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: BREAKSCHARACTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Karaoke locale, often"

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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
• Words that mean the same thing: banish, taproom, debar
• The opposite would be: unbar
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Tried to be like"

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 strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
• Words that mean the same thing: emulate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMULATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Bottomless pits"

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 bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abyss, abysm
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABYSSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "50. Sign for a soothsayer"

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 sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: forecast, foretell, betoken
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Homes with wheels"

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 someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation
• Words that mean the same thing: motor home, camper, camping bus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "53. "Toy Story" boy"

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: ANDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "57. Common house style"

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 a resident of a colony
• Words that mean the same thing: compound
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLONIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "60. Siren's wail, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: beep, cacophony, claxon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Something to make in an emergency?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
• Words that mean the same thing: hurry, precipitation, hurriedness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "62. Having low odds of success"

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 involving risk or danger
• Words that mean the same thing: bad, wild, hazardous
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RISKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Through"

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: VIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Rental when moving, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UHAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Implied, but not stated"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that implied by or inferred from actions or statements
• Words that mean the same thing: understood, silent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. Away from the bow"

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 (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
• Words that mean the same thing: abaft, astern
• The opposite would be: fore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. Requiring nerve"

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 marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; ; -judith crist
• Words that mean the same thing: plucky
• The opposite would be: gutless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUTSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. Apart (from)"

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 line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
• Words that mean the same thing: digression, away, parenthesis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. Sgt.'s superiors"

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: LTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle September 29, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Brown tone	5
2D	2. Devices relied upon to a high degree?	5
3D	3. Actress ___ Michelle Gellar	5
4D	4. Blue: Sp.	4
5D	5. "Whew!"	3
6D	6. Well-suited	3
7D	7. Steeple	5
8D	8. They do dos	6
9D	9. Title for Marie Curie	6
10D	10. Opposed (to)	6
11D	11. ___-golf	4
12D	12. It might be stolen in full view	4
13D	13. Small bills	4
14D	21. L.P.G.A. golfer ___ Ko, the youngest #1 in professional golf history (17 years, 9 months)	5
15D	23. Fa's follower	3
16D	25. Reasons to do something	4
17D	26. Nickname for a mythical hero	4
18D	28. Seek, as consent	3
19D	30. Short stroke	4
20D	31. "Makes sense to me"	4
21D	32. One who knows all the answers, maybe	4
22D	33. "Mamma Mia" group	4
23D	34. Opposite of colorful	4
24D	35. Extremely	4
25D	36. The woman in question	3
26D	39. Subject of una balada	4
27D	40. Captain Morgan and others	4
28D	41. Bass, for one	3
29D	42. Shortcut for ships	5
30D	46. Powerful judicial group, in brief	6
31D	47. With sound mind	6
32D	48. Old record co. conglomerate	3
33D	49. Peloponnesian War victor	6
34D	52. Sewing machine inventor Howe	5
35D	54. Like the forces of an armada	5
36D	55. Move with the current	5
37D	56. Poet who wrote "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree"	5
38D	57. Drink quickly	4
39D	58. Most populous Hawaiian island	4
40D	59. Hurdle for an aspiring atty.	4
41D	60. The "B" of MB	4
42D	63. Ecology, e.g.: Abbr.	3
43D	64. Not be serious	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. Brown tone"

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 shade of brown with a tinge of red
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Sepia, burnt sienna, reddish brown
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Devices relied upon to a high degree?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
• Words that mean the same thing: oven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Actress ___ Michelle Gellar"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SARAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Blue: Sp."

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: AZUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Whew!""

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 adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
• Words that mean the same thing: valet de chambre, serviceman, mankind
• The opposite would be: woman, civilian
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Well-suited"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: liable, minded, given
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Steeple"

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 tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
• Words that mean the same thing: steeple
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. They do dos"

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 gallery where works of art can be displayed
• Words that mean the same thing: beauty parlor, salon, beauty parlour
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Title for Marie Curie"

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

  The answer is: MADAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Opposed (to)"

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 (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
• Words that mean the same thing: indisposed, antipathetical, loth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. ___-golf"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very short skirt
• Words that mean the same thing: miniskirt
• The opposite would be: midi
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. It might be stolen in full view"

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 installation from which a military force initiates operations
• Words that mean the same thing: mean, radical, fundament
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Small bills"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unity, single, one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. L.P.G.A. golfer ___ Ko, the youngest #1 in professional golf history (17 years, 9 months)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LYDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Fa's follower"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: soh, colloidal suspension, so
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Reasons to do something"

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 athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: pro, professional
• The opposite would be: amateur, con
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Nickname for a mythical hero"

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: HERC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Seek, as consent"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: need, enquire, involve
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Short stroke"

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 hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
• Words that mean the same thing: putting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "Makes sense to me""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. One who knows all the answers, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Words that mean the same thing: grind, swot, wonk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. "Mamma Mia" group"

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Opposite of colorful"

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 greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
• Words that mean the same thing: olive-drab, sorry, somber
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Extremely"

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 precisely as stated
• Words that mean the same thing: real, identical, really
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. The woman in question"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Subject of una balada"

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 (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 27 Down: "40. Captain Morgan and others"

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 liquor distilled from fermented molasses
• Words that mean the same thing: rum, rummy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Bass, for one"

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Shortcut for ships"

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 (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
• Words that mean the same thing: duct, canalise, canalize
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Powerful judicial group, in brief"

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: SCOTUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. With sound mind"

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 with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
• Words that mean the same thing: sensibly, reasonably
• The opposite would be: insanely, unreasonably
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Old record co. conglomerate"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: EMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Peloponnesian War victor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the peloponnesus prior to the 4th 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: SPARTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Sewing machine inventor Howe"

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 english essayist (1775-1834)
• Words that mean the same thing: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Like the forces of an armada"

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 connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAVAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Move with the current"

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 force that moves something along
• Words that mean the same thing: be adrift, err, heading
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Poet who wrote "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree""

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 irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
• Words that mean the same thing: William Butler Yeats, W. B. 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 38 Down: "57. Drink quickly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the dull explosive noise made by an engine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Most populous Hawaiian island"

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 island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
• Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Hurdle for an aspiring atty."

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: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. The "B" of MB"

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 sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BYTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "63. Ecology, 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: SCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "64. Not be serious"

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 young person of either sex
• Words that mean the same thing: banter, Thomas Kyd, minor
• The opposite would be: parent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KID

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	14	17.9%
History	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 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 Tuesday, 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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May 16, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, May 16, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

May 16, 2022 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Stallions' mates	5
2A	6. Starting from	4
3A	10. Inflated self-images	4
4A	14. Engulfed (in)	5
5A	15. Roman garment of old	4
6A	16. Trevor of "The Daily Show"	4
7A	17. Frank of the Mothers of Invention	5
8A	18. Humpty Dumpty's perch	4
9A	19. Cast a ballot	4
10A	20. Imbibe copiously	14
11A	23. Tally	3
12A	24. Snaky fish that can swim backward	3
13A	25. Middle square on a bingo card	4
14A	26. Move speedily	12
15A	31. "The Fox and the Crow" storyteller	5
16A	34. Depend (on)	4
17A	35. M.A. applicant's test	3
18A	36. Go with the ___	4
19A	37. Persuades	5
20A	39. "Yay! Tomorrow's Saturday!"	4
21A	40. Big bird in Liberty Mutual ads	3
22A	41. Very many	4
23A	42. Elements that make up the atmosphere	5
24A	43. Toil arduously	12
25A	47. Borscht vegetable	4
26A	48. Pecan or almond	3
27A	49. Ave. crossers	3
28A	52. Observe intently	14
29A	56. Numbskull	4
30A	57. ___ Grey tea	4
31A	58. Foxx with an Oscar for playing Ray	5
32A	59. ___ call (attendance check)	4
33A	60. Frosty coating	4
34A	61. Vital part of the stratosphere's protective layer	5
35A	62. "If all ___ fails …"	4
36A	63. "Shoo!"	4
37A	64. Beauty's fairy tale suitor, with "the"	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. Stallions' mates"

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 female equine animal
• Words that mean the same thing: vitiate, impair, maria
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Starting from"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ASOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Inflated self-images"

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

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Engulfed (in)"

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 covered with water
• Words that mean the same thing: inundated, flooded, overflowing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Roman garment of old"

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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Trevor of "The Daily Show""

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 hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Frank of the Mothers of Invention"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZAPPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Humpty Dumpty's perch"

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 architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
• Words that mean the same thing: rampart, fence, palisade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Cast a ballot"

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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Words that mean the same thing: voter turnout, right to vote, voting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Imbibe copiously"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: DRINKLIKEAFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Tally"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: contribute, tally, sum
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Snaky fish that can swim backward"

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

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Middle square on a bingo card"

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 free
• Words that mean the same thing: disembarrass, liberal, rid
• The opposite would be: obstruct, freeze
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Move speedily"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: RUNLIKEADEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "The Fox and the Crow" storyteller"

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 greek author of fables (circa 620-560 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: AESOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Depend (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 have confidence or faith in
• Words that mean the same thing: swear, bank, trust
• The opposite would be: mistrust
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RELY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. M.A. applicant's test"

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: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Go with the ___"

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 motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• Words that mean the same thing: menses, flowing, catamenia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Persuades"

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 controlling influence
• Words that mean the same thing: carry, shake, rock
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. "Yay! Tomorrow's Saturday!""

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: TGIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Big bird in Liberty Mutual ads"

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 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Words that mean the same thing: Emu novaehollandiae, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Very many"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Elements that make up the atmosphere"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Words that mean the same thing: gasoline, flatulency, gaseous state
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Toil arduously"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WORKLIKEADOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Borscht vegetable"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Pecan or almond"

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 usually large hard-shelled seed
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, ballock, orchis
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Ave. crossers"

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: STS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Observe intently"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WATCHLIKEAHAWK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Numbskull"

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: pudden-head, stupe, stupid person
• The 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 30 Across: "57. ___ Grey tea"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Foxx with an Oscar for playing Ray"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: JAMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. ___ call (attendance check)"

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 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Words that mean the same thing: ramble, drift, cast
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Frosty coating"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: hoarfrost, hoar, rhyme
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Vital part of the stratosphere's protective layer"

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 colorless gas (o3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OZONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. "If all ___ fails …""

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: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. "Shoo!""

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 singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: fly the coop, lam, run
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Beauty's fairy tale suitor, with "the""

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

  The answer is: BEAST

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - May 16, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Japanese carmaker with a CX series	5
2D	2. Oscar, Emmy or Tony	5
3D	3. Swift	5
4D	4. "Monday Night Football" channel	4
5D	5. Drastic reorganization	7
6D	6. Whenever one wishes	6
7D	7. Drench	4
8D	8. Eye rudely	4
9D	9. Pita sandwiches of deep-fried chickpea balls	8
10D	10. Regarded with jealousy	6
11D	11. Big fat zeros	9
12D	12. Swearing-in pledge	4
13D	13. "___-Ra: Princess of Power" (1980s animated series)	3
14D	21. Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson	3
15D	22. Noisy scuffle	4
16D	26. Noisy scuffle	3
17D	27. Boiling mad	5
18D	28. Piano part	3
19D	29. One of the Great Lakes	4
20D	30. N.B.A. whistle blowers	4
21D	31. Not very many	4
22D	32. Furry red Muppet	4
23D	33. Tart hard candies	9
24D	37. Crawls as a snake would	8
25D	38. Stir-fry pan	3
26D	39. Kids' chasing game	3
27D	41. Actor Guinness who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi	4
28D	42. Found employment	7
29D	44. Water heater for tea	6
30D	45. Bit of jewelry to wear with sandals	6
31D	46. Needing to be paid	3
32D	49. American ___ (U.S. Pacific territory)	5
33D	50. Siblings like Jacob and Esau	5
34D	51. Shooting sport with clay targets	5
35D	52. Cashmere or angora	4
36D	53. Nonclerical, at a church	4
37D	54. Filmdom's la Douce	4
38D	55. Smoggy overcast	4
39D	56. Hip-hop's Dr. ___	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. Japanese carmaker with a CX series"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAZDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Oscar, Emmy or Tony"

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 a grant made by a law court
• Words that mean the same thing: laurels, honour, accolade
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Swift"

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 part of a river where the current is very fast
• Words that mean the same thing: speedy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Monday Night Football" channel"

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: ESPN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Drastic reorganization"

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 imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
• Words that mean the same thing: shake-up, reorganization, reorganisation
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAKEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Whenever one wishes"

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: ATWILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Drench"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
• Words that mean the same thing: overcharge, soaking, hook
• The opposite would be: undercharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Eye rudely"

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

  The answer is: OGLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pita sandwiches of deep-fried chickpea balls"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
• Words that mean the same thing: falafel, felafel
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FALAFELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Regarded with jealousy"

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 feel envious towards; admire enviously
• Words that mean the same thing: envy, begrudge
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENVIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Big fat zeros"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOOSEEGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Swearing-in pledge"

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 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: curse, cuss, curse word
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "___-Ra: Princess of Power" (1980s animated series)"

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson"

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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Noisy scuffle"

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 noisy fight
• Words that mean the same thing: scratch, disturbance, frazzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Noisy scuffle"

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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: run-in, wrangle, rowing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Boiling mad"

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 feeling or showing extreme anger
• Words that mean the same thing: ireful
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Piano part"

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 metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Words that mean the same thing: cay, identify, samara
• The opposite would be: atonality
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. One of the Great Lakes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. N.B.A. whistle blowers"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Not very many"

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: AFEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Furry red Muppet"

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: ELMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Tart hard candies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that round piece of tart hard candy
• Words that mean the same thing: sourball
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOURBALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Crawls as a snake would"

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 to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, slither
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLITHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Stir-fry pan"

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 pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in chinese cooking
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Kids' chasing game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: tatter, dog, go after
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Actor Guinness who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Found employment"

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: GOTAJOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Water heater for tea"

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 metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: timpani, boiler, tympani
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KETTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Bit of jewelry to wear with sandals"

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 shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: ankle bracelet, anklets, bobbysock
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANKLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Needing to be paid"

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 that which is deserved or owed
• Words that mean the same thing: imputable, referable, ascribable
• The opposite would be: undue
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. American ___ (U.S. Pacific territory)"

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 constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of samoa in the south pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: Independent State of Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, 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: SAMOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Siblings like Jacob and Esau"

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 (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
• Words that mean the same thing: Gemini the Twins, Gemini, parallel
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Shooting sport with clay targets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
• Words that mean the same thing: skeet shooting, trapshooting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Cashmere or angora"

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 fabric made from the hair of sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: woolen, woollen, fleece
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Nonclerical, at a church"

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 characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
• Words that mean the same thing: lay, secular
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Filmdom's la Douce"

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Smoggy overcast"

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 atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
• Words that mean the same thing: daze, fog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Hip-hop's Dr. ___"

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	72.4%
Short Answer	12	15.8%
Movies/Film	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 Monday, 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!

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 10, 2025 at 01:37 AM