Monday, June 18, 2012 | NYT crossword clues with answers - Blog

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: June 18, 2012

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. Piquancy -
  

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

  ZEST

  
  

  Possible Answer : zest, piquancy, spice, spice_up, gusto, piquance, zestfulness, relish, nip, tang, piquantness, tanginess



• 5. Feel in one's ___ -
  

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

  GUT

  
  

  Possible Answer : bowel, intestine, catgut, gut



• 8. Sycophants, slangily -
  

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

  KISSUPS

  
  


• 15. 1/12 of a ruler -
  

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

  INCH

  
  

  Possible Answer : edge, inch, column_inch, in



• 16. Durham sch. -
  

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

  UNH

  
  


• 17. South Pacific region -
  

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

  OCEANIA

  
  

  Possible Answer : Oceanica, Oceania



• 18. Nebraska tribe -
  

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

  OTOE

  
  

  Possible Answer : Otoe, Oto



• 19. "___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit) -
  

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

  ESO

  
  


• 20. 1970 song with the lyric "Whisper words of wisdom" -
  

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

  LETITBE

  
  


• 21. 1965 song with the lyric "Isn't he a bit like you and me?" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  NOWHEREMAN

  
  


• 24. Wealthy Brits -
  

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

  NOBS

  
  

  Possible Answer : toff, nob



• 25. Fictitious -
  

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

  UNREAL

  
  

  Possible Answer : insubstantial, unreal, artificial, unsubstantial

  Possible Opposite: real, substantial, natural



• 26. Chow down -
  

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

  EAT

  
  

  Possible Answer : eat_up, run_through, feed, wipe_out, use_up, eat_on, consume, corrode, eat, exhaust, rust, deplete



• 28. 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word

  GOLDENSLUMBERS

  
  


• 33. Common people -
  

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

  FOLK

  
  

  Possible Answer : family, sept, folks, common_people, phratry, folk, kinsfolk, tribe, family_line, folk_music, kinfolk, ethnic_music



• 34. Lament loudly -
  

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

  WAIL

  
  

  Possible Answer : ululate, pule, yaup, lamentation, mewl, yawl, roar, howl, lament, wail, whimper, plaint



• 35. Sick -
  

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

  ILL

  
  

  Possible Answer : sick, poorly, complaint, ailment, inauspicious, ominous, badly, ill

  Possible Opposite: well



• 37. Singer DiFranco -
  

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

  ANI

  
  

  Possible Answer : ani



• 38. 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (8 letters) word

  MICHELLE

  
  


• 42. Low island -
  

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

  CAY

  
  

  Possible Answer : Florida_key, cay, key



• 43. Election mo. -
  

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

  NOV

  
  

  Possible Answer : Nov, November



• 44. "Am ___ late?" -
  

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

  ITOO

  
  


• 45. Heredity unit -
  

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

  GENE

  
  

  Possible Answer : factor, gene, cistron



• 46. 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (14 letters) word

  WECANWORKITOUT

  
  


• 52. Bear: Sp. -
  

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

  OSO

  
  


• 53. Nebraska neighbor -
  

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

  KANSAS

  
  

  Possible Answer : Kansas_River, KS, Kaw_River, Kansa, Kansas, Sunflower_State



• 54. McCarthy-era attorney Roy -
  

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

  COHN

  
  

  Possible Answer : Cohn, Ferdinand_Julius_Cohn



• 57. 1968 song with the lyric "We all want to change the world" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  REVOLUTION

  
  

  Possible Answer : rotation, revolution, gyration



• 61. 1968 song with the lyric "Remember to let her into your heart" -
  

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

  HEYJUDE

  
  


• 64. Suffix with zinc -
  

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

  ITE

  
  


• 65. "Amos 'n' ___" -
  

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

  ANDY

  
  


• 66. Candid, as a photo -
  

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

  UNPOSED

  
  

  Possible Answer : unposed

  Possible Opposite: posed



• 67. Pecan or cashew -
  

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

  NUT

  
  

  Possible Answer : bollock, Nut, testis, testicle, ball, freak, junkie, addict, egg, crank, fruitcake, nut, junky, en, crackpot, orchis, nut_case, screwball, ballock



• 68. Some HDTV screens -
  

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

  LCDS

  
  

  Possible Answer : liquid_crystal_display, LCD



• 69. Slip-ups -
  

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

  BOOBOOS

  
  


• 70. Car rte. displayer -
  

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

  GPS

  
  

  Possible Answer : GPS, Global_Positioning_System



• 71. Comfort -
  

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

  EASE

  
  

  Possible Answer : facilitate, relaxation, comfort, relieve, alleviate, allay, ease, simplicity, informality, rest, repose, still, easiness, relief, simpleness

  Possible Opposite: difficulty

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Jewish homeland -
  

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

  ZION

  
  

  Possible Answer: Yisrael, Israel, Sion, Utopia, Zion, State_of_Israel

• 2. Inner: Prefix -
  

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

  ENTO

  
  
• 3. Garbage boat -
  

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

  SCOW

  
  

  Possible Answer: scow

• 4. One of filmdom's Avengers -
  

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

  THEHULK

  
  
• 5. "C'est la ___" -
  

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

  GUERRE

  
  
• 6. Invisible -
  

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

  UNSEEN

  
  

  Possible Answer: unseen, spiritual_world, unobserved, spiritual_domain

• 7. Cartoonist Nast -
  

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

  THOMAS

  
  

  Possible Answer: Lowell_Thomas, Seth_Thomas, Thomas_the_doubting_Apostle, Thomas, Norman_Thomas, Lowell_Jackson_Thomas, Dylan_Thomas, Dylan_Marlais_Thomas, Norman_Mattoon_Thomas, Saint_Thomas, doubting_Thomas, St._Thomas

• 8. German cathedral city -
  

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

  KOLN

  
  

  Possible Answer: Cologne, Koln

• 9. Cold cube -
  

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

  ICE

  
  

  Possible Answer: ICE, frosting, ice-skating_rink, internal-combustion_engine, shabu, chicken_feed, methamphetamine, icing, trash, deoxyephedrine, chalk, frost, Methedrine, frappe, crank, water_ice, glass, ice_rink, meth, sparkler, ice, methamphetamine_hydrochloride

• 10. Sink, as the sun -
  

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

  SET

  
  

  Possible Answer: mark, located, Set, fixed, solidification, curing, countersink, primed, solidifying, exercise_set, rig, prepare, localise, coiffure, placed, define, lay_out, specify, Seth, ready, band, laid, arrange, localize, jell, position, situated, do, put, fix, hardened, set_up, rigid, typeset, fructify, sic, coif, hardening, adjust, lot, determine, coiffe, dictated, place, correct, determined, go_down, gear_up, go_under, plant, fit, readiness, circle, pose, limit, lay, set, dress, congeal, stage_set, bent

  Possible Opposite: rise

• 11. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g. -
  

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

  SAINTE

  
  
• 12. "Do ___ others ..." -
  

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

  UNTO

  
  
• 13. Mr. ___ (soft drink) -
  

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

  PIBB

  
  
• 14. Mailing encls. -
  

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

  SAES

  
  
• 22. Conclusion -
  

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

  END

  
  

  Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal

  Possible Opposite: beginning, begin

• 23. "For ___ know ..." -
  

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

  ALLWE

  
  
• 26. Disney's "___ and the Detectives" -
  

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

  EMIL

  
  
• 27. Up to the task -
  

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

  ABLE

  
  

  Possible Answer: capable, able-bodied, able

  Possible Opposite: unable

• 28. First Moody Blues hit -
  

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

  GONOW

  
  
• 29. Martini garnish -
  

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

  OLIVE

  
  

  Possible Answer: olive, Olea_europaea, European_olive_tree

• 30. Delta competitor: Abbr. -
  

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

  UAL

  
  
• 31. Houston sch. -
  

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

  RICEU

  
  
• 32. Bias -
  

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

  SLANT

  
  

  Possible Answer: cant, angle, slant, rake, pitch, cant_over, lean, tilt, weight, tip

• 33. Enthusiast -
  

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

  FAN

  
  

  Possible Answer: sports_fan, rooter, winnow, buff, devotee, lover, fan

• 36. Soapmaking stuff -
  

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

  LYE

  
  

  Possible Answer: lye

• 38. Unaccounted-for G.I.'s -
  

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

  MIAS

  
  
• 39. "Pay ___ mind" -
  

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

  ITNO

  
  
• 40. Mooer -
  

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

  COW

  
  

  Possible Answer: overawe, moo-cow, cow

• 41. Physicist with a law -
  

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

  HOOKE

  
  

  Possible Answer: Robert_Hooke, Hooke

• 45. Lose freshness -
  

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

  GOSTALE

  
  
• 47. Scam -
  

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

  CONJOB

  
  
• 48. Stark ___ mad -
  

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

  RAVING

  
  

  Possible Answer: spout, raving, rant, gush, mouth_off, jabber, ravingly, rave, rabbit_on

• 49. Get tense and hard, as a muscle -
  

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

  KNOTUP

  
  
• 50. Archipelago bits -
  

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

  ISLETS

  
  

  Possible Answer: islet, isle

• 51. Letter after sigma -
  

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

  TAU

  
  

  Possible Answer: tau

• 54. Common bait fish -
  

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

  CHUB

  
  

  Possible Answer: chub, Leuciscus_cephalus

• 55. Wine: Prefix -
  

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

  OENO

  
  
• 56. Syringe, for short -
  

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

  HYPO

  
  

  Possible Answer: hypo, hypodermic_syringe, sodium_thiosulfate, hypodermic, sodium_thiosulphate

• 57. Cherry and ruby -
  

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

  REDS

  
  

  Possible Answer: red_ink, Marxist, Red, redness, Bolshevik, bolshy, red, Red_River, loss, bolshie

  Possible Opposite: gain

• 58. Ancient Peruvian -
  

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

  INCA

  
  

  Possible Answer: Inka, Incan, Inca

• 59. Bookies give them -
  

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

  ODDS

  
  

  Possible Answer: betting_odds, odds

• 60. Big Board inits. -
  

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

  NYSE

  
  

  Possible Answer: N._Y._Stock_Exchange, New_York_Stock_Exchange, big_board, NYSE

• 62. Troop-entertaining grp. -
  

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

  USO

  
  
• 63. "In excelsis ___" -
  

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

  DEO

  
  

June 06, 2024 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: Thursday, June 06, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword June 06, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Apparatus used in CPR training, informally	5
2A	6. Word that looks like an alternative to "tisn't"?	4
3A	10. Prep for a major renovation, say	3
4A	13. Kind of acid	5
5A	14. Beanpole material, often	4
6A	15. Strike one!	4
7A	16. Colorful grain	10
8A	18. Dept. of Labor division	4
9A	19. Services at a megachurch?	13
10A	21. Wishful words	5
11A	22. ___ Valley, "the garden of France"	5
12A	23. Bug specialist, briefly	5
13A	26. Resells on game day, say	6
14A	28. List in a fancy witchcraft guide?	13
15A	32. Lead-in to sphere	3
16A	33. Liqueur whose name translates as "bitter" in Italian	5
17A	34. Second sight, for short	3
18A	37. What a tentative quarterback throws?	13
19A	42. Historical setting sought in "Everything Is Illuminated"	6
20A	43. "The most important architect of our age," according to Vanity Fair	5
21A	44. Fall in winter	5
22A	45. One managing moguls	5
23A	48. Long letters sent to the wrong person?	13
24A	52. Cut and paste, e.g.	4
25A	53. "The old me is gone" ... or what happened between the first and second parts of 19-, 28-, 37- and 48-Across?	10
26A	56. Wine dregs	4
27A	57. Cardinal point?	4
28A	58. Very beginning	5
29A	59. Acid	3
30A	60. Slips	4
31A	61. Name on a poster for 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons"	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Apparatus used in CPR training, informally"

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: DEFIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Word that looks like an alternative to "tisn't"?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: prig, snob, snoot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Prep for a major renovation, say"

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 part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• Words that mean the same thing: bowel, intestine, catgut
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Kind of acid"

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 radical -nh2
• Words that mean the same thing: amino group, aminic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Beanpole material, often"

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 stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Words that mean the same thing: lambaste, lambast, flog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Strike one!"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: vex, mystify, puzzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Colorful grain"

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: PURPLERICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Dept. of Labor division"

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

  The answer is: OSHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Services at a megachurch?"

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: MASSIVEMASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Wishful words"

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: IHOPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. ___ Valley, "the garden of France""

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 the longest french river; rises in the massif central and flows north and west to the atlantic ocean
• Words that mean the same thing: Loire River
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Bug specialist, briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Resells on game day, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the skin that covers the top of the head
• Words that mean the same thing: scalp
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. List in a fancy witchcraft guide?"

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: CURSIVECURSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Lead-in to sphere"

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: EXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Liqueur whose name translates as "bitter" in Italian"

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: AMARO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Second sight, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
• Words that mean the same thing: clairvoyance, E.S.P., 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 18 Across: "37. What a tentative quarterback throws?"

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: PASSIVEPASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Historical setting sought in "Everything Is Illuminated""

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: SHTETL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. "The most important architect of our age," according to Vanity Fair"

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: GEHRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Fall in winter"

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 partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. One managing moguls"

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

  The answer is: SKIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Long letters sent to the wrong person?"

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: MISSIVEMISSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Cut and paste, 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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: edit out, redact, delete
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. "The old me is gone" ... or what happened between the first and second parts of 19-, 28-, 37- and 48-Across?"

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: IVECHANGED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Wine dregs"

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 sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
• Words that mean the same thing: Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Tsung Dao 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: LEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Cardinal point?"

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 beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
• Words that mean the same thing: nib, nozzle, peck
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Very beginning"

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: GETGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Acid"

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Slips"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: err, mistake, drift
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Name on a poster for 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons""

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: ORSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle June 06, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fist bump	3
2D	2. Bird with vestigial wings	3
3D	3. Like some handshakes	4
4D	4. Following the buddy system, say	7
5D	5. Ballet company that premiered "Swan Lake"	7
6D	6. Makeshift money	5
7D	7. Art style associated with Henri Rousseau	5
8D	8. Back then	4
9D	9. Abound	4
10D	10. Occasion to share dirt	10
11D	11. Ballpark figures	6
12D	12. Kid	5
13D	15. Traditional Mexican stew	6
14D	17. That, in Spanish	3
15D	20. "Too bad!"	4
16D	23. Cryophobe's fear	3
17D	24. Gala garb	3
18D	25. Foretold	10
19D	26. "Why not?!"	4
20D	27. Sorghum, e.g.	4
21D	29. Boundless	4
22D	30. Expressionist painter Nolde	4
23D	31. Cleveland hoopster, familiarly	3
24D	35. Spanish 101 verb	3
25D	36. College department that might pay students to be test subjects: Abbr.	3
26D	38. Experiments seen in "Oppenheimer"	6
27D	39. Org. seeking alien life	4
28D	40. Way back when	7
29D	41. Like a Zen garden vis-à-vis a zoo	7
30D	42. Some sandals	6
31D	44. "If you ___ what The Rock is cooking!" (old W.W.E. catchphrase)	5
32D	45. Defame	5
33D	46. Shoes, slangily	5
34D	47. Sorta	3
35D	49. Have good chemistry (with)	4
36D	50. Sometime	4
37D	51. Airman's superiors: Abbr.	4
38D	54. Something a barb can hurt	3
39D	55. Oxford figure	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. Fist bump"

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: DAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bird with vestigial wings"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Like some handshakes"

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 members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
• Words that mean the same thing: truehearted, loyal, fast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Following the buddy system, say"

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: INPAIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Ballet company that premiered "Swan Lake""

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: BOLSHOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Makeshift money"

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 certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Art style associated with Henri Rousseau"

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 marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
• Words that mean the same thing: primitive, uninitiated, naif
• The opposite would be: sophisticated
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Back then"

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 on one occasion
• Words that mean the same thing: one time, erstwhile, in one case
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Abound"

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 be teeming, be abuzz
• Words that mean the same thing: stream, pullulate, 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: TEEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Occasion to share dirt"

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: GOSSIPSESH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ballpark figures"

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 irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Words that mean the same thing: doorkeeper, James Ussher, James Usher
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Kid"

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 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
• Words that mean the same thing: twit, rally, fluff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Traditional Mexican stew"

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: POSOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. That, in Spanish"

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: ESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. "Too bad!""

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: regrettably, unluckily, unfortunately
• The opposite would be: fortunately, luckily
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Cryophobe's fear"

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 water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: shabu, glass, chalk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Gala garb"

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 semiformal evening dress for men
• Words that mean the same thing: black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Foretold"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
• Words that mean the same thing: preach, vaticinate, prophesy
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROPHESIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. "Why not?!""

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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
• Words that mean the same thing: indisputable, for sure, sure as shooting
• The opposite would be: uncertain, unsure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Sorghum, 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 the yield from plants in a single growing season
• Words that mean the same thing: craw, trim, pasture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Boundless"

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 unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
• Words that mean the same thing: huge, immense, Brobdingnagian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. Expressionist painter Nolde"

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: EMIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Cleveland hoopster, familiarly"

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: CAV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Spanish 101 verb"

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: SER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. College department that might pay students to be test subjects: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Experiments seen in "Oppenheimer""

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: ATESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Org. seeking alien life"

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: SETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Way back when"

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: AGESAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Like a Zen garden vis-à-vis a zoo"

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 not agitated; without losing self-possession
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquil, calm, unagitated
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERENER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Some sandals"

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 small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
• Words that mean the same thing: slither, swoop, glide
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. "If you ___ what The Rock is cooking!" (old W.W.E. catchphrase)"

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 the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
• Words that mean the same thing: olfactory perception, spirit, sense
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Defame"

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 slanderous defamation
• Words that mean the same thing: smirch, cytologic smear, stain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Shoes, slangily"

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 act of delivering a blow with the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: complain, kick back, plain
• The opposite would be: cheer
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KICKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Sorta"

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 35 Down: "49. Have good chemistry (with)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
• Words that mean the same thing: vibration
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Sometime"

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 at any time
• Words that mean the same thing: of all time, always, e'er
• The opposite would be: never
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. Airman's superiors: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SGTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Something a barb can hurt"

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

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. Oxford figure"

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 spanish gentleman or nobleman
• Words that mean the same thing: get into, put on, wear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DON

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	72.9%
Short Answer	13	18.6%
Abbreviation	4	5.7%
Sports	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.2 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: August 25, 2025 at 06:34 AM