March 10, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

March 10, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Soft "seat" in the woods	4
2A	5. Things that may be hot or dropped	4
3A	9. It's a lot to assume	5
4A	14. Shocked response to Brutus	4
5A	15. Come back	4
6A	16. Cropped up	5
7A	17. Good name for an average Joe	4
8A	18. Related	4
9A	19. Moving gracefully	5
10A	20. Start of a saying about getting in the way	12
11A	23. Acid's opposite	6
12A	24. Mad as a hatter	7
13A	28. Wrangler alternative	3
14A	29. Start of a saying about negative influence	11
15A	32. Rocker Bob	5
16A	33. Elizabeth I, for one	5
17A	34. Center of a sting operation?	4
18A	37. Small, flat-bottomed boat	5
19A	40. Stereotypical clown name	4
20A	41. Concede	5
21A	43. "The Persistence of Memory" and "Lobster Telephone"	5
22A	45. Start of a saying about parental discipline	11
23A	48. Ply the needle	3
24A	51. Quick, possibly controversial bit of commentary	7
25A	52. Body of work	6
26A	54. Warning you might give before revealing the endings of 20-, 29- and 45-Across?	12
27A	57. Like some shrimp and jets	5
28A	60. "Argo" or "Fargo"	4
29A	61. The McCoys, e.g.	4
30A	62. ___-American (like about 6% of the U.S.)	5
31A	63. Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel	4
32A	64. James or Jones of jazz	4
33A	65. Junior and senior	5
34A	66. Common medical advice	4
35A	67. Harvest	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. Soft "seat" in the woods"

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

  The answer is: MOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Things that may be hot or dropped"

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: MICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. It's a lot to assume"

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: BIGIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Shocked response to Brutus"

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: ETTU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Come back"

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 repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: reverberation, repeat, replication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Cropped up"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
• Words that mean the same thing: get up, go up, originate
• The opposite would be: go to bed, turn in
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Good name for an average Joe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Words that mean the same thing: average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Related"

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 similar in quality or character
• Words that mean the same thing: cognate, kin, consanguineal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Moving gracefully"

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 moving and bending with ease
• Words that mean the same thing: supple, sylphlike, lissome
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Start of a saying about getting in the way"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: TOOMANYCOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Acid's opposite"

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 any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
• Words that mean the same thing: base
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALKALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Mad as a hatter"

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 senseless; crazy
• Words that mean the same thing: meshuggeneh, meshuggener, meshugga
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESHUGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Wrangler alternative"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Richard Henry Lee, downwind, Bruce Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Start of a saying about negative influence"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ONEBADAPPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Rocker Bob"

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: SEGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Elizabeth I, for one"

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 an english dynasty descended from henry tudor; tudor monarchs ruled from henry vii to elizabeth i (from 1485 to 1603)
• Words that mean the same thing: Antony Tudor, House of Tudor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUDOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Center of a sting operation?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a protestant denomination
• Words that mean the same thing: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Small, flat-bottomed boat"

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 small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Stereotypical clown name"

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: BOBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Concede"

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 make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: let, set aside, allow for
• The opposite would be: prevent, disallow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. "The Persistence of Memory" and "Lobster Telephone""

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 surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
• Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali, Dali
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DALIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Start of a saying about parental discipline"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: SPARETHEROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Ply the needle"

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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: run up, sew together, tailor-make
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Quick, possibly controversial bit of commentary"

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: HOTTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Body of work"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
• Words that mean the same thing: work, body of work
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OEUVRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Warning you might give before revealing the endings of 20-, 29- and 45-Across?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPOILERALERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Like some shrimp and jets"

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 of great mass; huge and bulky
• Words that mean the same thing: giant, gargantuan, elephantine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUMBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. "Argo" or "Fargo""

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 form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• Words that mean the same thing: shoot, celluloid, pic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. The McCoys, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that group of people related by blood or marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: kin, kin group, tribe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. ___-American (like about 6% of the U.S.)"

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 native or inhabitant of asia
• Words that mean the same thing: Asiatic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: EMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. James or Jones of jazz"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Junior and senior"

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 late time of life
• Words that mean the same thing: days, twelvemonth, geezerhood
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Common medical advice"

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 something left after other parts have been taken away
• Words that mean the same thing: lie, sleep, relief
• The opposite would be: be active, change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Harvest"

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 gather, as of natural products
• Words that mean the same thing: harvest, glean, draw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword March 10, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like solving crosswords	6
2D	2. Eight-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor	6
3D	3. Action in tennis, swimming and golf	6
4D	4. Highest, on a diploma	5
5D	5. Polysemous words have multiple of these	8
6D	6. Repulsive	4
7D	7. Smart	4
8D	8. California county north of Marin	6
9D	9. Refuses to carry out	7
10D	10. They're usually packed on St. Patrick's Day	9
11D	11. Caught	3
12D	12. "Kinda"	3
13D	13. Finder's ___	3
14D	21. Common cosmetics component	4
15D	22. Subj. of Charlotte Brewer's "Treasure-House of the Language"	3
16D	25. Popular prom hairstyle	4
17D	26. Apt rhyme for "blob"	4
18D	27. Sleek, in auto-speak	4
19D	30. Hair-raising cry	3
20D	31. Bouquet thrower	5
21D	32. Place to watch a game with friends	9
22D	34. Draw, colloquially	4
23D	35. Prime Cuts Extra Gravy brand	4
24D	36. Strip in the bedroom, maybe	4
25D	38. Partner of away	3
26D	39. Tripping hazard	8
27D	42. Boomerangs for Aboriginal Australians, e.g.	7
28D	44. It might occur to you	4
29D	46. Ring ref's decision	3
30D	47. Calfless cow	6
31D	48. Slender	6
32D	49. Slips	6
33D	50. After-meal amenity	6
34D	53. Worrier's ailment, it's said	5
35D	55. Garnish for a gimlet	4
36D	56. Classic boulevard liners	4
37D	57. Noisy bird	3
38D	58. Application	3
39D	59. Hamm with two Olympic gold medals	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. Like solving crosswords"

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 involving the mind or an intellectual process
• Words that mean the same thing: genial
• The opposite would be: physical
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Eight-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: OTOOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Action in tennis, swimming and golf"

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 (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• Words that mean the same thing: CVA, diagonal, virgule
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STROKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Highest, on a diploma"

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: SUMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Polysemous words have multiple of these"

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 the message that is intended or expressed or signified
• Words that mean the same thing: significance, import, substance
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEANINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Repulsive"

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 soft and sticky
• Words that mean the same thing: crappy, stinking, gooey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Smart"

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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
• Words that mean the same thing: swank, modishness, chicness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. California county north of Marin"

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: SONOMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Refuses to carry out"

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: BALKSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. They're usually packed on St. Patrick's Day"

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: IRISHPUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Caught"

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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• Words that mean the same thing: baffle, receive, arrive
• The opposite would be: leave, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Kinda""

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Finder's ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: bung, tip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Common cosmetics component"

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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Subj. of Charlotte Brewer's "Treasure-House of the Language""

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 unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
• Words that mean the same thing: O.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Popular prom hairstyle"

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: UPDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Apt rhyme for "blob""

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 compact mass
• Words that mean the same thing: ball, clod, lump
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Sleek, in auto-speak"

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: AERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Hair-raising cry"

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: EEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Bouquet thrower"

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 woman who has recently been married
• Words that mean the same thing: St. Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Place to watch a game with friends"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SPORTSBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Draw, colloquially"

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 thin coat of water-base paint
• Words that mean the same thing: slipstream, lave, moisten
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Prime Cuts Extra Gravy brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Strip in the bedroom, maybe"

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 thin strip (wood or metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: spline
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Partner of away"

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 terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by tutsi and to institute hutu control again
• Words that mean the same thing: ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, Interahamwe
• The opposite would be: near
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Tripping hazard"

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: FLOORMAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Boomerangs for Aboriginal Australians, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
• Words that mean the same thing: arm, weapon system, artillery
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAPONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. It might occur to you"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: melodic theme, mind, estimate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Ring ref's decision"

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 knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
• Words that mean the same thing: technical knockout
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Calfless cow"

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: HEIFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Slender"

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 showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
• Words that mean the same thing: slim, supple, sylphlike
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SVELTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Slips"

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 a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
• Words that mean the same thing: typographical error, typo, literal
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. After-meal amenity"

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

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: WETNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Worrier's ailment, it's said"

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 circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: ulceration
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ULCER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Garnish for a gimlet"

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 caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Words that mean the same thing: lime hydrate, calcium oxide, linden tree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Classic boulevard liners"

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 any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm tree, elm, elmwood
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Noisy bird"

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 united states diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with britain and served as the first chief justice of the united states supreme court (1745-1829)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Jay
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Application"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of using
• Words that mean the same thing: manipulation, utilize, utilisation
• The 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 39 Down: "59. Hamm with two Olympic gold medals"

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: MIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	68.9%
Short Answer	11	14.9%
History	4	5.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
Sports	2	2.7%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• 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 moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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May 12, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, May 12, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword May 12, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Powdered green tea	6
2A	7. "Nothing else?"	8
3A	15. Mistake fixer	6
4A	16. Like Bluetooth connections	8
5A	17. Transfer, as wine	6
6A	18. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g.	8
7A	19. Don't assume, say	3
8A	20. One way to start a point	9
9A	22. Waver wildly	4
10A	24. Appalachian spring hrs.	3
11A	25. A snap	4
12A	28. Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire"	4
13A	30. Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes	3
14A	33. "The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)	3
15A	34. Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File]	13
16A	37. Best of the best	13
17A	38. "The House of the Spirits" novelist	13
18A	39. Polite thing to call someone	3
19A	40. Second sight, say	3
20A	41. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman	4
21A	42. Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III"	4
22A	44. Air safety org.	3
23A	45. Kind of pit	4
24A	49. Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX	9
25A	54. Letter after phi	3
26A	55. Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans	8
27A	57. Daytona 500 org.	6
28A	59. Third of Sophocles' Theban plays	8
29A	60. C2H6 compound	6
30A	61. They "hatch" late in life	8
31A	62. Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say	6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Powdered green tea"

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: MATCHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. "Nothing else?""

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: ISTHATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Mistake fixer"

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

  The answer is: ERASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Like Bluetooth connections"

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 medium for communication
• Words that mean the same thing: radio, radiocommunication, tuner
• The opposite would be: wired
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIRELESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Transfer, as wine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DECANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g."

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 short amusing opera
• Words that mean the same thing: light opera
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Don't assume, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: require, need, expect
• 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 8 Across: "20. One way to start a point"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SPINSERVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Waver wildly"

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: YOYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. Appalachian spring hrs."

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: EDT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. A snap"

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 posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• Words that mean the same thing: sluttish, easygoing, light
• The opposite would be: uneasy, quickly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire""

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: RENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "30. Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. "The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)"

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

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 15 Across: "34. Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CASCADINGMENU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. Best of the best"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLTIMEGREATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. "The House of the Spirits" novelist"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: ISABELALLENDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Polite thing to call someone"

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 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 19 Across: "40. Second sight, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: E.S.P., second sight, extrasensory perception
• The 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 20 Across: "41. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III""

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

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: HAIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Air safety org."

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 agency in the department of transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Aviation Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Kind of pit"

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 dance the slam dance
• Words that mean the same thing: slam, slam dance, thrash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX"

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: NEWSRADIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Letter after phi"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: ki, khi, qi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans"

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: BEERAMID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Daytona 500 org."

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: NASCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Third of Sophocles' Theban plays"

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 (greek mythology) the daughter of king oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTIGONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. C₂H₆ compound"

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 a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
• Words that mean the same thing: C2H6
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. They "hatch" late in life"

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: NESTEGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that compose rhymes
• Words that mean the same thing: rhyming, rime, rhyme
• The opposite would be: unrhymed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHYMED

  Great job if you got it right!

May 12, 2023 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Time to focus on oneself	5
2D	2. Recess retort	5
3D	3. Like leaving the price tag on a gift	5
4D	4. Farm-fresh box letters	3
5D	5. They rule the roost	4
6D	6. Sketching tools	10
7D	7. "Can't make me!"	5
8D	8. Doesn't drink much	4
9D	9. General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one	4
10D	10. Doktor alternative	4
11D	11. Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name	5
12D	12. Little confab	9
13D	13. "Das ___ gut!"	3
14D	14. Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief	3
15D	21. Brainstorming diagram	7
16D	23. Brand whose "B" stands for "brush"	5
17D	26. Minus	4
18D	27. "Oh, ___!"	3
19D	29. Lauder of cosmetics	5
20D	30. Don't blow it!	7
21D	31. How a lawyer might be kept	10
22D	32. Musician's mouthpiece	5
23D	34. Subsection of an orchestra	9
24D	35. "Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)	3
25D	36. Polite thing to call someone	5
26D	37. ___ Minor	4
27D	38. Devil follower	3
28D	43. Be worthy of	5
29D	44. Some short cuts	5
30D	46. Name associated with simple explanations	5
31D	47. Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian"	5
32D	48. Brought on	5
33D	50. Conduct	4
34D	51. It's hard to see through	4
35D	52. Word with pinky or promise	4
36D	53. Initiation ritual	4
37D	55. Preventive measure	3
38D	56. Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge	3
39D	58. Not forward	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. Time to focus on oneself"

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: MEDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Recess retort"

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: ARESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like leaving the price tag on a gift"

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 (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
• Words that mean the same thing: brassy, garish, cheap
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TACKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Farm-fresh box letters"

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: CSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. They rule the roost"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: hen, biddy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Sketching tools"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARTPENCILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Can't make me!""

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: IWONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Doesn't drink much"

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 a small drink
• Words that mean the same thing: sip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree diagram, shoetree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Doktor alternative"

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 german man; used before the name as a title equivalent to mr in english
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name"

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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks aleve and anaprox and aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
• Words that mean the same thing: Anaprox, naproxen sodium, Aflaxen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Little confab"

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: TETEATETE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Das ___ gut!""

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: IST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security 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: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Brainstorming diagram"

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: IDEAMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Brand whose "B" stands for "brush""

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: ORALB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Minus"

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: SANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "Oh, ___!""

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: YOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Lauder of cosmetics"

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: ESTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Don't blow it!"

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: BIGLEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. How a lawyer might be kept"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONRETAINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Musician's mouthpiece"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
• Words that mean the same thing: agentive role, federal agent, broker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Subsection of an orchestra"

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 a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
• Words that mean the same thing: clarinet
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLARINETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. "Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)"

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: DEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Polite thing to call someone"

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 woman of refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: brothel keeper, lady, dame
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. ___ Minor"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Devil follower"

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Be worthy of"

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 admirable quality or attribute
• Words that mean the same thing: deservingness, meritoriousness, deserve
• The opposite would be: demerit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MERIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Some short cuts"

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 golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
• Words that mean the same thing: pass off, slice, slicing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FADES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Name associated with simple explanations"

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 scholastic philosopher and assumed author of occam's razor (1285-1349)
• Words that mean the same thing: William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian""

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: SHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Brought on"

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 engage or hire for work
• Words that mean the same thing: employ, lease, engage
• The opposite would be: fire, unchartered
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Conduct"

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 something that remunerates
• Words that mean the same thing: salary, earnings, engage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. It's hard to see through"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Word with pinky or promise"

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 characteristic sound
• Words that mean the same thing: knell, ringing, gang
• The opposite would be: open chain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Initiation ritual"

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: expletive, cuss, curse
• The 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 37 Down: "55. Preventive measure"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a decree that prohibits something
• Words that mean the same thing: forbiddance, forbidding, Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge"

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 compass point midway between northeast and east
• Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Not forward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quick throw
• Words that mean the same thing: diffident, unsure, timid
• The opposite would be: confident
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	67.1%
Short Answer	14	20.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Literature	2	2.9%
Music	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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!

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 02, 2025 at 12:44 PM