Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.7 letters
November 17, 2021 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Like the comment "I heard you the first 10 times!" | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Biceps locale | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Hide (away) | 5 |
| 4A | 14. With 45-Across, one who's adorable | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Mauna ___ | 3 |
| 6A | 16. "Gadzooks!" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. "Mrs. America" actress Uzo | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Goal of some meditation | 9 |
| 9A | 20. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Like many items on Etsy | 8 |
| 11A | 23. Home front? | 8 |
| 12A | 25. Grasslike swamp plants | 6 |
| 13A | 29. Hugs, on a love letter | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Politicians in the House of Commons: Abbr. | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Kind of milk that's an alternative to soy | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Headstrong | 8 |
| 17A | 36. One of 12 on a die | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Bruins' sch. | 4 |
| 19A | 38. Ideal scenario | 5 |
| 20A | 40. What large birds typically do less often | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Comparative word | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Flesh out some wedding plans, perhaps | 8 |
| 23A | 44. Pop star Grande, to fans | 3 |
| 24A | 45. See 14-Across | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Body shot, in brief? | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Cain with a 2012 presidential campaign | 6 |
| 27A | 50. Roughly putting (together) | 8 |
| 28A | 55. Like September's equinox | 8 |
| 29A | 57. Path to enlightenment | 3 |
| 30A | 58. What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent | 9 |
| 31A | 61. ___ omen (Latin akin to "Heaven forbid") | 5 |
| 32A | 63. Wonderland girl | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Before, in poetry | 3 |
| 34A | 65. Neighbor of a Slovene | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Many a Jane Austen setting | 5 |
| 36A | 67. Pistons or Lions, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 37A | 68. Netflix's "Sparking Joy With Marie ___" | 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. Like the comment "I heard you the first 10 times!""
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 improperly forward or bold
- Words that mean the same thing: wise, overbold, smart
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SASSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Biceps locale"
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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Words that mean the same thing: branch, fortify, gird
- The opposite would be: disarm
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Hide (away)"
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 secret store of valuables or money
- Words that mean the same thing: hive up, lay away, hoard
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: STASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. With 45-Across, one who's adorable"
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: CUTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Mauna ___"
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: LOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "Gadzooks!""
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: WOWIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. "Mrs. America" actress Uzo"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ADUBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Goal of some meditation"
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 having knowledge of
- Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sentience, knowingness
- The opposite would be: incognizance
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AWARENESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: REN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Like many items on Etsy"
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 made by hand or a hand process
- Words that mean the same thing: hand-crafted
- The opposite would be: machine-made
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: HANDMADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Home front?"
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 something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- Words that mean the same thing: entree, entrance, entranceway
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ENTRYWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Grasslike swamp plants"
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 grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: sedge
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SEDGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "29. Hugs, on a love letter"
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: OOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Politicians in the House of Commons: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
- Words that mean the same thing: mononuclear phagocyte system, MP, system of macrophages
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Kind of milk that's an alternative to soy"
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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Headstrong"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- Words that mean the same thing: stony, granitic, flinty
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OBDURATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. One of 12 on a die"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the boundary of a surface
- Words that mean the same thing: abut, butt on, bound
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: EDGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Bruins' sch."
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: UCLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Ideal scenario"
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 series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: daydream, woolgather, stargaze
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: DREAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. What large birds typically do less often"
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 periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- Words that mean the same thing: moult, moulting, exuviate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MOLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Comparative word"
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: THAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Flesh out some wedding plans, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SETADATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Pop star Grande, to fans"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: ARI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. See 14-Across"
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 dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: PIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Body shot, in brief?"
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 the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
- Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Cain with a 2012 presidential campaign"
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 united states jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
- Words that mean the same thing: Woodrow Charles Herman, Woody Herman
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: HERMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Roughly putting (together)"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the shoemaker's trade
- Words that mean the same thing: cobblestone, shoe repairing, shoemaking
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: COBBLING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Like September's equinox"
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 of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
- The opposite would be: wintry
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AUTUMNAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Path to enlightenment"
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 adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: TAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: YOGAPOSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. ___ omen (Latin akin to "Heaven forbid")"
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: ABSIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Wonderland girl"
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: ALICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "64. Before, in poetry"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "65. Neighbor of a Slovene"
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 member of the slavic people living in croatia
- Words that mean the same thing: Croatian
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: CROAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "66. Many a Jane Austen setting"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
- Words that mean the same thing: manor house
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MANOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "67. Pistons or Lions, on scoreboards"
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: DET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "68. Netflix's "Sparking Joy With Marie ___""
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: KONDO
Great job if you got it right!
November 17, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Freak out | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "The Shield of Achilles" poet | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Publicity act | 5 |
| 4D | 4. 12- or 62-Down | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Response to "Who, me?!" | 7 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Thompson a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Unruly | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Palindromic title | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Subjects of King Carl XVI Gustaf | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Muscular | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Breathtaking feeling | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Member of the fam | 3 |
| 13D | 13. "___ a Tramp" (Disney song) | 3 |
| 14D | 19. Hoarse voice | 4 |
| 15D | 22. "Let's talk ..." | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Fearsome pteranodon of classic film | 5 |
| 17D | 26. "Waiting for ___" | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Former U.S. coin worth $10 | 5 |
| 19D | 28. [Do not delete] | 4 |
| 20D | 30. What an Impossible Burger lacks | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Clayey color | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Serena's best friend on "Gossip Girl" | 5 |
| 23D | 34. British bum | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Common garment for tie-dyeing | 3 |
| 25D | 36. ___ alert | 5 |
| 26D | 37. Great Salt Lake locale | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Venomous snake | 5 |
| 28D | 43. Colorfully named victim in the U.K. version of Clue | 7 |
| 29D | 45. Mark Twain title character | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Fancying | 4 |
| 31D | 49. "America's Bodyshop" company | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Informal summons | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Infancy | 5 |
| 34D | 52. "You wanna fight? Let's go!" | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Mythological being that's an anagram of DIANA | 5 |
| 36D | 54. Arrived at | 5 |
| 37D | 56. Treated as a pawn | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Major vegetable export of Nigeria (nearly 70% of the world's total) | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Portuguese greeting | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Ingredient in a Negroni | 3 |
| 41D | 62. Member of the fam | 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. Freak out"
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 sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
- Words that mean the same thing: scare off, panic, panic attack
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SCARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "The Shield of Achilles" poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states poet (born in england) (1907-1973)
- Words that mean the same thing: Wystan Hugh Auden, W. H. Auden
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AUDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Publicity act"
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 a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: STUNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. 12- or 62-Down"
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 person's brother or sister
- Words that mean the same thing: sibling, blood relative, blood relation
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Response to "Who, me?!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: YEAHYOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ Thompson a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo"
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: ALANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Unruly"
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 cruel and brutal fellow
- Words that mean the same thing: raucous, yobo, bully
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ROWDY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Palindromic title"
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: MAAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Subjects of King Carl XVI Gustaf"
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 native or inhabitant of sweden
- Words that mean the same thing: Brassica napus napobrassica, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SWEDES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Muscular"
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 utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- Words that mean the same thing: inflect, tone, chant
- The opposite would be: toneless
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: TONED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Breathtaking feeling"
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 overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
- Words that mean the same thing: veneration, fear, reverence
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AWE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Member of the fam"
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 female person who has the same parents as another person
- Words that mean the same thing: Systeme International, SI system, International System
- The opposite would be: brother
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: SIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "___ a Tramp" (Disney song)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 2, helium, he
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: HES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Hoarse voice"
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 uttering in an irritated tone
- Words that mean the same thing: wood file, rasping
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: RASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. "Let's talk ...""
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: AWORD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Fearsome pteranodon of classic film"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RODAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. "Waiting for ___""
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: GODOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Former U.S. coin worth $10"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- Words that mean the same thing: double birdie, bird of Jove
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: EAGLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. [Do not delete]"
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 printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: STET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "30. What an Impossible Burger lacks"
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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: center, marrow, sum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. Clayey color"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
- Words that mean the same thing: ocher
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OCHRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. Serena's best friend on "Gossip Girl""
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 british statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
- Words that mean the same thing: Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Tony Blair
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: BLAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "34. British bum"
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: arsehole, prat, can
- The 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!
Clue 24 Down: "35. Common garment for tie-dyeing"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, golf tee, football tee
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: TEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "36. ___ alert"
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 (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Words that mean the same thing: e-mail, netmail, electronic mail
- The opposite would be: snail mail
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: EMAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "37. Great Salt Lake locale"
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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
- Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive 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: UTAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "39. Venomous snake"
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 arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MAMBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "43. Colorfully named victim in the U.K. version of Clue"
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: DRBLACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Down: "45. Mark Twain title character"
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 person who is very poor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: PAUPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Down: "46. Fancying"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: INTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Down: "49. "America's Bodyshop" company"
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: MAACO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Down: "50. Informal summons"
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: CMERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Down: "51. Infancy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the beginning or early stages
- Words that mean the same thing: onrush, attack, oncoming
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: ONSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Down: "52. "You wanna fight? Let's go!""
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: ITSON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Down: "53. Mythological being that's an anagram of DIANA"
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 submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- Words that mean the same thing: water nymph
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: NAIAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Down: "54. Arrived at"
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: GOTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Down: "56. Treated as a pawn"
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 put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: ill-used, put-upon, expend
- The opposite would be: misused
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: USED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Down: "58. Major vegetable export of Nigeria (nearly 70% of the world's total)"
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 edible tuber of any of several yams
- Words that mean the same thing: yam 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: YAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Down: "59. Portuguese greeting"
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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
- Words that mean the same thing: olla
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
-
Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Down: "60. Ingredient in a Negroni"
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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
- Words that mean the same thing: gin rummy, snare, knock 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: GIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 41 Down: "62. Member of the fam"
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: BRO
Great job if you got it right!
Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 69.2% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 21.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.8% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.7 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 9 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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 13, 2025 at 05:14 PM
