September 05, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, September 05, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

September 05, 2019 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression	4
2A	5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk	5
3A	10. More than a card, but less than a track bet	4
4A	14. Lawn measure	4
5A	15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist	5
6A	16. "Don't worry about me"	4
7A	17. Bud, e.g.	4
8A	18. Laura of "ER"	5
9A	19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth	4
10A	20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ	6
11A	22. What filler necks connect to	8
12A	24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer"	5
13A	25. Last words before starting	7
14A	26. Winter coat	4
15A	28. Tee off	5
16A	30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl"	4
17A	33. Annoyance for an oyster eater	4
18A	36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol	5
19A	38. Breakfast bit	3
20A	39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change	7
21A	41. Hoppy brew	3
22A	42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk	5
23A	44. It's verboten	4
24A	45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs	4
25A	46. Tartan pattern	5
26A	48. Smart	4
27A	50. Shoulder piece	7
28A	53. Doing dishes, e.g.	5
29A	57. Grass with prickly burs	8
30A	59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation	6
31A	60. Henry who founded Life	4
32A	61. Waiting in the wings	5
33A	63. Gain	4
34A	64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short	4
35A	65. Kind of chip	5
36A	66. One of a Latin trio	4
37A	67. More than a boat, but less than an idea	4
38A	68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury	5
39A	69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president	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. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression"

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 protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
• Words that mean the same thing: hood, bonnet, cowling
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk"

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 female sorcerer or magician
• Words that mean the same thing: hag, jinx, Wiccan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WITCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. More than a card, but less than a track bet"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: intertwine, enlace, fortify
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Lawn measure"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: domain, arena, expanse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Don't worry about me""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Bud, 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 a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Laura of "ER""

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: INNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: IX, club, baseball club
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ"

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 steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
• Words that mean the same thing: ravel, run
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LADDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. What filler necks connect to"

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: GASTANKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer""

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: EDSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Last words before starting"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HEREIGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Winter coat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Tee off"

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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl""

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: JESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Annoyance for an oyster eater"

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 hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
• Words that mean the same thing: backbone, gritrock, sand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Breakfast bit"

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 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 20 Across: "39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change"

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

  The answer is: EMOTION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Hoppy brew"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk"

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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: round, trolling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. It's verboten"

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: NONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs"

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: SDSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Tartan pattern"

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 cloth having a crisscross design
• Words that mean the same thing: tartan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. 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: smartness, chicness, chichi
• The 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 27 Across: "50. Shoulder piece"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
• Words that mean the same thing: epaulette
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPAULET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Doing dishes, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
• Words that mean the same thing: task, job
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Grass with prickly burs"

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 grass of the eastern united states and tropical america having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
• Words that mean the same thing: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDSPUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
• Words that mean the same thing: baseball bat, timber, pound
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Henry who founded Life"

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 united states publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
• Words that mean the same thing: Clare Booth Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Waiting in the wings"

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: ONICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Gain"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: pull in, clear, 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: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
• Words that mean the same thing: wrath, ire, IRA
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Kind of chip"

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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. One of a Latin trio"

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: AMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. More than a boat, but less than an idea"

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 large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
• Words that mean the same thing: ballpark, car park, Mungo Park
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury"

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 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
• Words that mean the same thing: power train, develop, gearing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: harangue, bombast, rabbit on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 05, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Monthly charge	5
2D	2. Mountain nymph	5
3D	3. Complexities, metaphorically	5
4D	4. Pantries	7
5D	5. What rotors do	4
6D	6. Actor McKellen	3
7D	7. Slightly influence	5
8D	8. Pre-defibrillation cry	5
9D	9. Some bygone service stations	6
10D	10. Measures of newspaper ad space	7
11D	11. Peptide part	9
12D	12. Crown	4
13D	13. Squeezes (out)	4
14D	21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds	3
15D	23. Saturn's largest moon	5
16D	25. Relative of a spoonbill	5
17D	27. Big inits. in casinos	3
18D	29. Cleans (up)	4
19D	30. Take (down)	3
20D	31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner	4
21D	32. Joyrider's ride	9
22D	34. Midori on the ice	3
23D	35. Lightly dye	5
24D	37. ___ particle	3
25D	39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)	5
26D	40. "Isn't this fancy?!"	3
27D	43. Portable writing surface	7
28D	45. Bagel topper	7
29D	47. Big employer in Delaware	6
30D	49. Post-op locale	3
31D	51. Kind of calendar	5
32D	52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name	5
33D	54. 2009 Nobel laureate	5
34D	55. Printed again	5
35D	56. Big name in accounting	5
36D	57. Prelude to a fall	4
37D	58. Spiritual energy	4
38D	59. Revolutionary Trotsky	4
39D	62. Spiritual energy	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. Monthly charge"

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 telegram sent abroad
• Words that mean the same thing: cablegram, line, transmission line
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Mountain nymph"

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 (greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Complexities, metaphorically"

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 black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
• Words that mean the same thing: sess, grass, weed
• The opposite would be: cultivated plant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pantries"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a supply of food especially for a household
• Words that mean the same thing: larder, buttery, pantry
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What rotors do"

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 sound of something in rapid motion
• Words that mean the same thing: purr, whirring, birr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Actor McKellen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slightly influence"

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 slight but appreciable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: distort, pinch, touch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Pre-defibrillation cry"

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 state of being free of suspicion
• Words that mean the same thing: brighten, pull in, all the way
• The opposite would be: overcast, bounce
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Some bygone service stations"

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 swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
• Words that mean the same thing: Dame Myra Hess, Hess, Hesse
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HESSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Measures of newspaper ad space"

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 the number of lines in a piece of printed material
• Words that mean the same thing: linage, lineage
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Peptide part"

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: AMINOACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Crown"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal term for the nose
• Words that mean the same thing: kick the bucket, die, go
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Squeezes (out)"

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: EKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds"

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: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Saturn's largest moon"

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 person of exceptional importance and reputation
• Words that mean the same thing: heavyweight, behemoth, giant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Relative of a spoonbill"

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 greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hero, Hero of Alexandria
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Big inits. in casinos"

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: MGM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Cleans (up)"

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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
• Words that mean the same thing: swab, mow, wipe up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Take (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 brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, pinch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner"

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: EARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Joyrider's ride"

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: STOLENCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Midori on the ice"

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: ITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Lightly dye"

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 color lightly
• Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, tint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ particle"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. "Isn't this fancy?!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Portable writing surface"

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: LAPDESK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Bagel topper"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (yiddish) a batch of things that go together
• Words that mean the same thing: schmeer, shmear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCHMEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Big employer in Delaware"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DUPONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Post-op 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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Kind of calendar"

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

  The answer is: LUNAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name"

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 any plant of the genus erica
• Words that mean the same thing: true heath
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. 2009 Nobel laureate"

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: OBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed again"

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 broadcast again, as of a film
• Words that mean the same thing: rerun, rebroadcast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RERAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Big name in accounting"

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 painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
• Words that mean the same thing: Max Ernst
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERNST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Prelude to a fall"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: pillowcase, slip one's mind, miscue
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Spiritual energy"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: glory, air, aureole
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Revolutionary Trotsky"

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 historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Spiritual energy"

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: khi, qi, ch'i
• The 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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	10	12.8%
Sports	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Wednesday August 07, 2024 NYT Crossword clues hints

Wednesday August 07, 2024 - NYT Crossword puzzle hints

Welcome to NYT puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:

NYT Crosswords Clues: August 07, 2024

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

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Rhyme of 49-Across, but not a homophone of 19-Across - Show Answer
  

  BUFF

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: buffet, lover, raw_sienna, buffer, fan, yellowish_brown, buff, burnish, furbish, devotee, caramel_brown, caramel



• 5. On the ___ - Show Answer
  

  LAM

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: head_for_the_hills, break_away, run, thrash, flail, thresh, escape, turn_tail, fly_the_coop, bunk, getaway, scat, hightail_it, scarper, take_to_the_woods, run_away, lam



• 8. Rhyme of 46-Across, but not a homophone of 21-Across - Show Answer
  

  DOFF

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: doff



• 12. Key that might be part of a chain - Show Answer
  

  ISLE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: isle, islet



• 13. Olay competitor - Show Answer
  

  NIVEA

  (5 letters)



• 15. Spaniard's "other" - Show Answer
  

  OTRA

  (4 letters)



• 16. Opposite of hopping - Show Answer
  

  DEAD

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: absolutely, bushed, short, numb, stagnant, drained, beat, utterly, dead, suddenly, utter, perfectly, deadened, idle, abruptly, all_in

  Antonyms: live, living, alive



• 17. Customer service worker - Show Answer
  

  AGENT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: federal_agent, agent, factor, agentive_role, broker



• 18. "Serves you right!" - Show Answer
  

  GOOD

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: near, in_effect, estimable, soundly, trade_good, dear, sound, safe, well, skilful, right, upright, unspoilt, thoroughly, dependable, beneficial, commodity, in_force, honest, adept, salutary, ripe, serious, goodness, good, honorable, proficient, full, undecomposed, respectable, effective, unspoiled, skillful, just, practiced, expert, secure

  Antonyms: bad, badness, ill, evilness, evil



• 19. Main branch of a tree - Show Answer
  

  BOUGH

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: bough



• 21. It gets baked - Show Answer
  

  DOUGH

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: clams, wampum, lucre, moolah, pelf, gelt, loot, shekels, kale, simoleons, boodle, cabbage, sugar, lettuce, dinero, bread, dough, lolly, scratch



• 23. Take a break - Show Answer
  

  REST

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: pillow, catch_one's_breath, stay, rest, relief, residue, relaxation, quietus, respite, balance, residuum, remainder, reside, roost, ease, rest_period, eternal_rest, remain, repose, eternal_sleep, lie, perch, residual, sleep, take_a_breather, breathe

  Antonyms: be_active, change



• 24. Not on board with - Show Answer
  

  ANTI

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: anti

  Antonyms: pro



• 25. Evaluate for purity - Show Answer
  

  ASSAY

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: seek, check, assay, try, essay, attempt



• 28. Like Plan B, for short - Show Answer
  

  OTC

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: over-the-counter, otc



• 30. Wee - Show Answer
  

  EENSY

  (5 letters)



• 34. Marshland - Show Answer
  

  FEN

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: fenland, marshland, marsh, fen



• 35. "___ Choice" - Show Answer
  

  SOPHIES

  (7 letters)



• 38. "Another sheep pun? ___ gotta be kidding!" - Show Answer
  

  EWE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: ewe, Ewe



• 39. Field for grazing - Show Answer
  

  LEA

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: ley, lea, grazing_land, pastureland, pasture



• 40. Everglades wader - Show Answer
  

  HERON

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Heron, heron, Hero_of_Alexandria, Hero



• 41. Shade - Show Answer
  

  HUE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: hue, imbue, chromaticity



• 42. Gun-regulating grp. - Show Answer
  

  ATF

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms, ATF



• 43. By way of - Show Answer
  

  THROUGH

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: through_with, through_and_through, done, through



• 45. I.C.U. staffers - Show Answer
  

  RNS

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: radon, RN, Rn, atomic_number_86, registered_nurse



• 46. Attention-getting sound - Show Answer
  

  COUGH

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: coughing, cough



• 48. Sounds of sympathy - Show Answer
  

  AWS

  (3 letters)



• 49. Uneven - Show Answer
  

  ROUGH

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: rocky, grating, jolty, scratchy, jolting, approximate, bumpy, crude, jumpy, boisterous, rasping, rough, harsh, unsmooth, pugnacious, rough_in, uncut, fierce, raspy, approximative, rough_out, roughly, gravelly

  Antonyms: smooth, cut



• 51. Conditional words - Show Answer
  

  ORS

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Beaver_State, operating_theatre, surgery, OR, Oregon, operating_room, operating_theater



• 53. Pacific ___ - Show Answer
  

  RIM

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: lip, brim, rim, flange



• 54. Unfair outcome, informally - Show Answer
  

  BUMDEAL

  (7 letters)



• 58. Corkscrew-shaped pasta - Show Answer
  

  FUSILLI

  (7 letters)



• 62. A pop star might go by this - Show Answer
  

  ONENAME

  (7 letters)



• 63. Stay away (from) - Show Answer
  

  ABSTAIN

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: refrain, desist, abstain

  Antonyms: consume



• 64. Used as a platform - Show Answer
  

  STOODON

  (7 letters)



• 65. More timid - Show Answer
  

  MOUSIER

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: mouse-colored, mousey, mousy, mouselike



• 66. Rhyme of 19-Across, but not a homophone of 46-Across - Show Answer
  

  COW

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: overawe, moo-cow, cow



• 67. Heavy-hearted - Show Answer
  

  SAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: pitiful, distressing, deplorable, sorry, sad, lamentable

  Antonyms: glad



• 68. Denver-to-Omaha dir. - Show Answer
  

  ENE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: east_northeast, ENE



• 69. Rhyme of 43-Across, but not a homophone of 49-Across - Show Answer
  

  RUE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: ruefulness, regret, Ruta_graveolens, rue, herb_of_grace, sorrow, repent

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Put in an offer - Show Answer
  

  BID

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: wish, entreat, bid, adjure, bidding, press, play, dictation, beseech, tender, conjure, command, call, invite, offer



• 2. Avail - Show Answer
  

  USE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: usage, role, expend, employment, employ, function, enjoyment, utilization, use, manipulation, use_of_goods_and_services, exercise, usance, consumption, habituate, purpose, practice, economic_consumption, apply, utilisation, habit, utilise, utilize



• 3. Exerciser's target - Show Answer
  

  FLAB

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: flab



• 4. Classic accessory for Humphrey Bogart - Show Answer
  

  FEDORA

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: homburg, trilby, fedora, felt_hat, Stetson



• 5. Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work - Show Answer
  

  LIGHTOPERA

  (10 letters)



• 6. Park in N.Y.C., e.g. - Show Answer
  

  AVE

  (3 letters)



• 7. Untruthful - Show Answer
  

  MENDACIOUS

  (10 letters)

  Synonyms: mendacious



• 8. Pooch - Show Answer
  

  DOGGIE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: doggie, doggy, bow-wow, barker, pooch



• 9. "Conversely …," in a text - Show Answer
  

  OTOH

  (4 letters)



• 10. Not to - Show Answer
  

  FRO

  (3 letters)



• 11. It doesn't stay hot for long - Show Answer
  

  FAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: fad, rage, furore, furor, craze, cult



• 13. Keeps at - Show Answer
  

  NAGS

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: plug, jade, scold, common_scold, hen-peck, nag, hack, peck, nagger, scolder



• 14. Lots - Show Answer
  

  ATON

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Aten, Aton



• 20. Remedies for missed turns - Show Answer
  

  UEYS

  (4 letters)



• 22. Native Coloradans - Show Answer
  

  UTES

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: Ute



• 25. Insurer with an avian mascot - Show Answer
  

  AFLAC

  (5 letters)



• 26. Take care of - Show Answer
  

  SEETO

  (5 letters)



• 27. Real mess - Show Answer
  

  SNAFU

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: snafu, fucked-up



• 29. Rhyme of 21-Across, but not a homophone of 43-Across - Show Answer
  

  THROW

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: cast_off, hurl, shake_off, make, bemuse, hold, give, shed, confuse, fuddle, cast, thrust, confound, befuddle, bewilder, fox, discombobulate, drop, switch, flip, throw_off, stroke, have, cam_stroke, throw, project, bedevil, throw_away, contrive



• 31. Leader who wrote "The Discovery of India" - Show Answer
  

  NEHRU

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Jawaharlal_Nehru, Nehru



• 32. Totally shifted the momentum of - Show Answer
  

  SWUNG

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: sway, swing, swing_over, drop, sweep, swing_out, get_around, dangle



• 33. "Hoo-boy!" - Show Answer
  

  YEESH

  (5 letters)



• 36. Exclamation of understanding - Show Answer
  

  OHH

  (3 letters)



• 37. Subj. taught by Fulbright scholars - Show Answer
  

  ENG

  (3 letters)



• 43. Clothing, colloquially - Show Answer
  

  THREADS

  (7 letters)

  Synonyms: screw_thread, string, meander, togs, yarn, weave, thread, wander, wind, train_of_thought, threads, ribbon, duds, draw



• 44. Serious workplace problem, for short - Show Answer
  

  HRISSUE

  (7 letters)



• 47. "Puh-lease!" - Show Answer
  

  GODNO

  (5 letters)



• 50. Leaves out - Show Answer
  

  OMITS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: pretermit, leave_off, omit, miss, except, take_out, overlook, exclude, neglect, leave_out, drop, overleap

  Antonyms: attend_to, include



• 52. Island country that's 24 hours ahead of its closest neighbor - Show Answer
  

  SAMOA

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Samoa_i_Sisifo, Independent_State_of_Samoa, Samoa, Samoan_Islands, Western_Samoa



• 53. Apply, as sunscreen - Show Answer
  

  RUBON

  (5 letters)



• 54. Brownish pear - Show Answer
  

  BOSC

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: bosc



• 55. "Once more ___ the breach" - Show Answer
  

  UNTO

  (4 letters)



• 56. Communicate like a Sphynx - Show Answer
  

  MEOW

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: meow, miaul, miaow, miaou, mew



• 57. Give for a time - Show Answer
  

  LEND

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: contribute, impart, add, lend, bestow, loan, bring

  Antonyms: borrow



• 58. "___ is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day": Gabriel García Márquez - Show Answer
  

  FAME

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: celebrity, fame, renown

  Antonyms: infamy



• 59. Leopard's spot - Show Answer
  

  LAIR

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: den, lair



• 60. Place - Show Answer
  

  LIEU

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: position, place, stead, lieu



• 61. Memo line - Show Answer
  

  INRE

  (4 letters)