Tuesday, February 13, 2007 NYT crosswords clues with answers hints

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: February 13, 2007

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Scotch go-with -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SODA

  
  

  Possible Answer : washing_soda, sodium_carbonate, pop, soda_water, soda_ash, soda, tonic, soda_pop, sal_soda



• 5. Each -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  APOP

  
  


• 9. Like an old Andean empire -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  INCAN

  
  

  Possible Answer : Inka, Incan, Inca



• 14. Got 100 on -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ACED

  
  

  Possible Answer : ace, nail, pass_with_flying_colors, breeze_through, sweep_through, sail_through



• 15. Gymnastics coach Karolyi -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BELA

  
  


• 16. Bond before Dalton -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  MOORE

  
  

  Possible Answer : Marianne_Moore, Henry_Moore, Henry_Spencer_Moore, Dudley_Moore, Moore, G._E._Moore, Thomas_Moore, George_Edward_Moore, Douglas_Moore, Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore, Marianne_Craig_Moore



• 17. Do-it-yourselfer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  HANDYANDY

  
  


• 19. Attorney-___ -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ATLAW

  
  


• 20. Gets in the game -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ANTES

  
  

  Possible Answer : ante



• 21. Prude -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  NICENELLY

  
  


• 23. Like bookie joints, sometimes -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  RAIDED

  
  

  Possible Answer : bust, foray_into, raid



• 25. Forever and a day -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  EON

  
  

  Possible Answer : eon, aeon



• 26. That, south of the border -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ESO

  
  


• 27. Some pitches at baseball stadiums -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ADS

  
  

  Possible Answer : advertizement, advertizing, advert, advertisement, advertising, ad



• 28. Ja Rule's genre -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RAP

  
  

  Possible Answer : rap, hip-hop, knock, pat, whang, pink, blame, knap, rap_music, strike, belt, tap, whack



• 30. Wealthy widow -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  DOWAGER

  
  

  Possible Answer : dowager



• 33. Cold war side -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NATO

  
  

  Possible Answer : North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization, NATO



• 35. Wee one -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TOT

  
  

  Possible Answer : tote_up, sum_up, sum, bambino, summate, tally, yearling, add, total, tot_up, add_up, tot, add_together, toddler



• 37. Vertical, at sea -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  APEAK

  
  


• 38. Hardly a beauty queen -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  PLAINJANE

  
  


• 42. Debate topic -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ISSUE

  
  

  Possible Answer : return, event, consequence, offspring, egress, number, issuance, publish, bring_out, issue, military_issue, take, upshot, effect, outlet, subject, government_issue, publication, come_forth, come_out, matter, make_out, go_forth, emerge, topic, way_out, outcome, yield, result, payoff, issuing, progeny, exit, supply, cut, proceeds, write_out, takings, release, emergence, put_out

  Possible Opposite: recall



• 45. Tariff -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TAX

  
  

  Possible Answer : taxation, assess, revenue_enhancement, task, tax



• 46. Separate into lights and darks, say -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SORT

  
  

  Possible Answer : form, classify, sort, screen_out, sort_out, class, kind, screen, sorting, variety, assort, sieve, separate



• 50. Perpetual -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NONSTOP

  
  

  Possible Answer : nonstop_flight, around-the-clock, nonstop, round-the-clock, day-and-night



• 53. Danger for a fly -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  WEB

  
  

  Possible Answer : entanglement, web, net, vane, WWW, World_Wide_Web, network



• 55. Stephen of "Citizen X" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  REA

  
  


• 56. "Rope-a-dope" boxer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ALI

  
  

  Possible Answer : Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, Muhammad_Ali, Cassius_Clay, Ali



• 57. Cleanse (of) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RID

  
  

  Possible Answer : disembarrass, free, rid



• 59. Reversible fabric -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  DAMASK

  
  

  Possible Answer : damask



• 61. Natty dresser -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  DAPPERDAN

  
  


• 65. It may be at a tilt -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  LANCE

  
  

  Possible Answer : lancet, gig, fizgig, spear, fishgig, shaft, lance



• 66. "The Tempest" spirit -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ARIEL

  
  


• 67. Sourpuss -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (9 letters) word

  GLOOMYGUS

  
  


• 69. Fan mags -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ZINES

  
  


• 70. Rick's love in "Casablanca" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ILSA

  
  


• 71. Borscht need -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BEET

  
  

  Possible Answer : common_beet, beetroot, Beta_vulgaris, beet



• 72. 3 on a par 5 -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  EAGLE

  
  

  Possible Answer : bird_of_Jove, eagle, double_birdie



• 73. Nikita's "no" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NYET

  
  


• 74. Exxon abroad -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ESSO

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Dry as a desert -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SAHARAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: Saharan

• 2. Song words before "We stand on guard for thee" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  OCANADA

  
  
• 3. Driller and filler -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  DENTIST

  
  

  Possible Answer: tooth_doctor, dentist, dental_practitioner

• 4. Threw in -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ADDED

  
  

  Possible Answer: lend, sum_up, sum, tote_up, summate, bestow, tally, add, total, bring, supply, contribute, tot_up, impart, tot, add_together, append, add_up

  Possible Opposite: take_away, subtract

• 5. Lawyers' org. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ABA

  
  

  Possible Answer: aba

• 6. The Quakers of the Ivy League -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PENN

  
  

  Possible Answer: University_of_Pennsylvania, William_Penn, Penn, Pennsylvania

• 7. Nostalgic number -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OLDIE

  
  

  Possible Answer: oldie, golden_oldie

• 8. What you may have to do for goods bought by mail order -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PAYCOD

  
  
• 9. "___ Old Cowhand" (1936 Bing Crosby hit) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  IMAN

  
  
• 10. One with a staff position? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOTE

  
  

  Possible Answer: billet, bill, mark, tone, distinction, annotation, observe, remark, take_note, greenback, banker's_bill, banknote, eminence, bank_bill, take_down, line, bank_note, musical_note, government_note, note, promissory_note, note_of_hand, Federal_Reserve_note, preeminence, mention, notice, notation, short_letter

  Possible Opposite: ignore

• 11. Hall locale -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  COLLEGE

  
  

  Possible Answer: college

• 12. Lake on the edge of Kazakhstan -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  ARALSEA

  
  
• 13. Buffalo's home -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NEWYORK

  
  
• 18. Belgian river -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  YSER

  
  
• 22. Brian of early Roxy Music -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ENO

  
  
• 24. Facts and figures -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  DATA

  
  

  Possible Answer: information, data, data_point, datum

• 29. Luau fare -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  POI

  
  

  Possible Answer: poi

• 31. Pasty-faced -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  WAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: sick, WAN, wide_area_network, pale, wan, pallid

• 32. King Kong's kin -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  APES

  
  

  Possible Answer: aper, ape, caricature, emulator, copycat, anthropoid, imitator

• 34. Concerto, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OPUS

  
  

  Possible Answer: piece_of_music, piece, musical_composition, opus, composition

• 36. Blasting material -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  TNT

  
  

  Possible Answer: TNT, trinitrotoluene

• 39. Tennis do-over -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  LET

  
  

  Possible Answer: let, LET, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, allow, get, rent, countenance, have, permit, Army_of_the_Righteous, Lashkar-e-Toiba, net_ball, lease, Army_of_the_Pure, Lashkar-e-Taiba

  Possible Opposite: prevent, disallow, forbid

• 40. It may be cut by an uppercut -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  JAW

  
  

  Possible Answer: gossip, chat, chaffer, chide, rattle_on, dress_down, lambast, yap_away, scold, lecture, confabulate, yack, jaw, take_to_task, yack_away, call_down, trounce, visit, manducate, masticate, remonstrate, chew_out, confab, natter, have_words, rebuke, chatter, reproof, bawl_out, lambaste, claver, chew, chitchat, chew_up, berate, chit-chat, rag, shoot_the_breeze, chew_the_fat, reprimand, call_on_the_carpet

• 41. Took a bough? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  AXED

  
  

  Possible Answer: axe, ax

• 42. Confused -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  INADAZE

  
  
• 43. Sunrooms -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SOLARIA

  
  

  Possible Answer: sun_parlour, sun_parlor, sunroom, solarium, sun_porch, sunporch, sun_lounge

• 44. Taking potshots -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SNIPING

  
  

  Possible Answer: snipe, nip_off, assail, cut_back, trim, prune, snip, round, clip, lop, assault, nip, crop, sharpshoot, attack, lash_out, snip_off, dress

• 47. Juicy fruits -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  ORANGES

  
  

  Possible Answer: orangeness, Orange, Orange_River, orange_tree, orange

• 48. Bails out -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  RESCUES

  
  

  Possible Answer: rescue, deliver, saving, deliverance, delivery

• 49. Learns easily -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  TAKESTO

  
  
• 51. 1960's-70's Boston Garden hero -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ORR

  
  

  Possible Answer: Bobby_Orr, Orr, Robert_Orr

• 52. Hybrid language -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PIDGIN

  
  

  Possible Answer: pidgin

• 54. Salve -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BALM

  
  

  Possible Answer: unguent, unction, balm, salve, ointment

• 58. Dawdle -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  DALLY

  
  

  Possible Answer: chat_up, play, philander, trifle, coquette, butterfly, dawdle, dally, mash, toy, flirt, romance, coquet

• 60. Waffler's answer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  MAYBE

  
  

  Possible Answer: mayhap, perchance, maybe, possibly, peradventure, perhaps

• 62. Banana discard -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  PEEL

  
  

  Possible Answer: disrobe, Robert_Peel, strip_down, flake, unclothe, strip, Peel, pare, undress, discase, skin, peel, uncase, Sir_Robert_Peel, peel_off, flake_off

  Possible Opposite: dress

• 63. "You're something ___!" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ELSE

  
  
• 64. It smells -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOSE

  
  

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

• 68. Stable staple -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OAT

  
  

  Possible Answer: oat

March 15, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, March 15, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle March 15, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Put on blast	4
2A	5. Vegetable whose name comes from Igbo	4
3A	9. Bill originating in Texas	5
4A	14. It has its standards, for short	4
5A	15. 17-Across, for one	4
6A	16. Raise	5
7A	17. "On Being Brought From Africa to America" writer, 1768	15
8A	20. Nobody else can take it	6
9A	21. Campaign platforms, perhaps	6
10A	22. Ground rule?	4
11A	23. Milquetoast	4
12A	24. Suffix that turns a verb into an adjective	4
13A	27. Proportion of customers that make a purchase, in business-speak	7
14A	29. More trifling	5
15A	30. "Baloney!"	5
16A	31. Gets ready to fly	6
17A	32. Forgetting to finish this clue, for examp	15
18A	36. Got taken for a ride, in a way	6
19A	37. Your ___	5
20A	38. Occasion to ask the Four Questions	5
21A	39. After Brazil, the world's second-largest producer of coffee	7
22A	41. Give a hand?	4
23A	42. Left for the country?	4
24A	43. "My goodness!"	4
25A	45. Roy Lichtenstein's "Drowning Girl," e.g.	6
26A	47. Bit of deductive reasoning?	6
27A	49. Cocktail with caffeine	15
28A	52. Can't stand the heat, say	5
29A	53. Kind of fixation	4
30A	54. Foul smell	4
31A	55. Rip (from)	5
32A	56. iPhone command	4
33A	57. Real prat	4

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. Put on blast"

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 vigorous blow
• Words that mean the same thing: bonk, belt, do
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Vegetable whose name comes from Igbo"

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 long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Words that mean the same thing: Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, okra plant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Bill originating in Texas"

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 tributary of the rio grande that flows southeastward from new mexico through western texas
• Words that mean the same thing: Pecos 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: PECOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. It has its standards, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a government agency in the department of labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Words that mean the same thing: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. 17-Across, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Raise"

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 praise, glorify, or honor
• Words that mean the same thing: glorify, proclaim, extol
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. "On Being Brought From Africa to America" writer, 1768"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PHILLISWHEATLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Nobody else can take it"

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: SELFIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Campaign platforms, perhaps"

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 platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• Words that mean the same thing: stump, snout, dais
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Ground rule?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Milquetoast"

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 lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
• Words that mean the same thing: weakly interacting massive particle, chicken, crybaby
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Suffix that turns a verb into an adjective"

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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: capable, able-bodied
• The opposite would be: unable
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Proportion of customers that make a purchase, in business-speak"

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: HITRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. More trifling"

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 being nothing more than specified
• Words that mean the same thing: simple, mere, bare
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "Baloney!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MYEYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Gets ready to fly"

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 car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
• Words that mean the same thing: taxicab, cab, hack
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Forgetting to finish this clue, for examp"

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: CARELESSMISTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Got taken for a ride, in a way"

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: UBERED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Your ___"

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 tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
• Words that mean the same thing: reward, abide by, accolade
• The opposite would be: disrespect, dishonor
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Occasion to ask the Four Questions"

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 (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
• Words that mean the same thing: Passover supper
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. After Brazil, the world's second-largest producer of coffee"

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 communist state in indochina on the south china sea; achieved independence from france in 1945
• Words that mean the same thing: Vietnam War, Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIETNAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Give a hand?"

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 blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
• Words that mean the same thing: smacking, bolt, smack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Left for the country?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. "My goodness!""

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: JEEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Roy Lichtenstein's "Drowning Girl," e.g."

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: POPART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Bit of deductive reasoning?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TAXTIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Cocktail with caffeine"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: ESPRESSOMARTINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Can't stand the heat, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
• Words that mean the same thing: droop, wilt, wilting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WILTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Kind of fixation"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral examination, viva, unwritten
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Foul smell"

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 distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: foetor, smack, mephitis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Rip (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 obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. iPhone command"

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 make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronize, synchronise
• The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Real prat"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: backside, bunghole, keister
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - March 15, 2024 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Catchy tunes	4
2D	2. Opposite of rubicund	5
3D	3. Battle site in Tennessee	6
4D	4. Components of some sports broadcasts	15
5D	5. Swing-era bandleader ___ Cates	4
6D	6. Decks and floors, informally?	3
7D	7. Alters the narrative, in a way	15
8D	8. Familiar (with)	6
9D	9. Laphroaig flavorer	4
10D	10. Words from a paper pusher?	15
11D	11. Region of Italy that lends its name to a pepper	8
12D	12. Scream for a team	3
13D	13. What Charlotte lives above in "Charlotte's Web"	3
14D	18. "The Lord of the Rings" actress	8
15D	19. Unlikely gift	3
16D	23. Courses	4
17D	25. Vichyssoise ingredient	4
18D	26. Source of the words "plaid" and "trousers"	4
19D	28. Bacteriologist Walter who conducted yellow fever research	4
20D	29. Preserver's purchase	8
21D	31. Salon offering	4
22D	32. Swear	4
23D	33. Name that's a homophone of 24-Across	4
24D	34. Fuji, for one	8
25D	35. Dom maker	4
26D	39. Pages on the left side	6
27D	40. Profession	6
28D	42. "And She ___" (Talking Heads hit)	3
29D	44. Indie output	5
30D	46. Threat to crops	4
31D	47. Common additive to white rice	4
32D	48. Fish named for a weapon	4
33D	49. *grimaces, sticks out tongue*	3
34D	50. "Which one of Arthur's knights built the Round Table? ___ Cumference!" (groaner)	3
35D	51. "My goodness!"	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. Catchy tunes"

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 law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Words that mean the same thing: bonk, Federal Bureau of Prisons, bebop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Opposite of rubicund"

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 anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - mary w. shelley
• Words that mean the same thing: livid, bloodless, blanched
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Battle site in Tennessee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the second great battle of the american civil war (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of confederate troops but it was not a union victory
• Words that mean the same thing: battle of Pittsburgh Landing, battle of Shiloh
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHILOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Components of some sports broadcasts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HALFTIMEREPORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Swing-era bandleader ___ Cates"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Decks and floors, informally?"

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 (in india) a unit of length having different values in different localities
• Words that mean the same thing: knockout, coss, kayo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Alters the narrative, in a way"

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: REWRITESHISTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Familiar (with)"

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: ATHOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Laphroaig flavorer"

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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Words from a paper pusher?"

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: EXTRAEXTRAEXTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Region of Italy that lends its name to a pepper"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a region of southern italy (forming the toe of the italian `boot')
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALABRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Scream for a team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. What Charlotte lives above in "Charlotte's Web""

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, hordeolum, pigsty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "The Lord of the Rings" actress"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LIVTYLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Unlikely gift"

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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: E.S.P., extrasensory perception, second sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Courses"

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 structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
• Words that mean the same thing: path, room, style
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Vichyssoise ingredient"

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 plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
• Words that mean the same thing: Allium porrum, scallion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Source of the words "plaid" and "trousers""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several related languages of the celts in ireland and scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Goidelic, Gaelic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Bacteriologist Walter who conducted yellow fever research"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: vibrating reed, John Reed, reed instrument
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Preserver's purchase"

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: MASONJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Salon offering"

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 quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
• Words that mean the same thing: tinct, tinge, tincture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Swear"

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 persistently annoying person
• Words that mean the same thing: pest, swear, swearword
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Name that's a homophone of 24-Across"

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 norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
• Words that mean the same thing: Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Fuji, for one"

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: REDAPPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Dom maker"

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: MOET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Pages on the left side"

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 left-hand page
• Words that mean the same thing: reverse, verso
• The opposite would be: recto, obverse
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERSOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Profession"

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 an asset of special worth or utility
• Words that mean the same thing: forte, speciality, strong suit
• The opposite would be: weak point
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. "And She ___" (Talking Heads hit)"

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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: cost, embody, live
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Indie output"

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: ZINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Threat to crops"

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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Words that mean the same thing: gadfly, pestis, pesterer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Common additive to white rice"

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 fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
• Words that mean the same thing: talcum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Fish named for a weapon"

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 broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• Words that mean the same thing: motorway, thruway, expressway
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. *grimaces, sticks out tongue*"

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: EWW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "50. "Which one of Arthur's knights built the Round Table? ___ Cumference!" (groaner)"

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

  The answer is: SIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. "My goodness!""

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: homo, human being, military man
• The opposite would be: civilian, woman
• 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	79.4%
Short Answer	7	10.3%
Sports	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Geography	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: August 27, 2025 at 03:03 AM