October 23, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (34 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (36 Across, 34 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 23, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Questions of surprise?	7
2A	8. Certain native of the Mideast	7
3A	15. Like cranks	7
4A	16. Indian spice mixes	7
5A	17. Duraflame product	7
6A	18. Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline	7
7A	19. Contents of some wells	3
8A	20. Literally, "one who is sent off"	7
9A	22. ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader	3
10A	23. Pass it on!	4
11A	25. Law school subject	6
12A	26. What's mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe	3
13A	27. A host of, in brief	5
14A	29. "Stronger With ___ Tear," 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige	4
15A	30. Fail badly	4
16A	31. Words of acceptance	6
17A	33. "Is this such a good idea?"	7
18A	35. Request from a host	4
19A	37. Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr.	4
20A	38. Pippi Longstocking feature	7
21A	41. Things on the heads of some outlaws	6
22A	45. Controvert	4
23A	46. Dix minus un	4
24A	48. Pass through D.C.?	5
25A	49. ___ and ran	3
26A	50. L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the"	6
27A	52. Get	4
28A	53. Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe	3
29A	54. They've got to hand it to you	7
30A	56. ___-tip (beef cut)	3
31A	57. Quickly and soon	7
32A	59. Headliner	7
33A	61. "Oh, that's good!"	7
34A	62. Sunblock blocks it	7
35A	63. Manor house attendant	7
36A	64. Some charges for animal lovers	7

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. Questions of surprise?"

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: POPQUIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Certain native of the Mideast"

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: EMIRATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Like cranks"

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 annoyed and irritable
• Words that mean the same thing: ill-tempered, grumpy, crabbed
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROUCHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Indian spice mixes"

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: MASALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Duraflame product"

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: FIRELOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline"

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: OILGLUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Contents of some wells"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Literally, "one who is sent off""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
• Words that mean the same thing: Apostelic Father
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOSTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian spiritual leader"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "23. Pass it on!"

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 knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
• Words that mean the same thing: traditional knowledge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Law school subject"

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 motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
• Words that mean the same thing: moral philosophy, ethical code, morals
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. What's mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
• Words that mean the same thing: cannister, can, put 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: TIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. A host of, in brief"

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: MCING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. "Stronger With ___ Tear," 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Words that mean the same thing: for each one, apiece, from each one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Fail badly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
• Words that mean the same thing: army tank, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Words of acceptance"

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: SOBEIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "Is this such a good idea?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOIDARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Request from a host"

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: RSVP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Where I-25 meets I-40: 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: NMEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Pippi Longstocking feature"

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

  The answer is: PIGTAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Things on the heads of some outlaws"

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 property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
• Words that mean the same thing: Leontyne Price, cost, Price
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRICES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Controvert"

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 declare untrue; contradict
• Words that mean the same thing: abnegate, refuse, traverse
• The opposite would be: admit, allow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Dix minus un"

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: NEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Pass through D.C.?"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: reenact, act out, ordain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. ___ and ran"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: eat up, feed, rust
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with "the""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITCLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Get"

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 get the meaning of something
• Words that mean the same thing: comprehend, apprehend, get the picture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Duds at an awards ceremony, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that semiformal evening dress for men
• Words that mean the same thing: dinner jacket, tuxedo, black tie
• The 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 29 Across: "54. They've got to hand it to you"

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 someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
• Words that mean the same thing: trader, bargainer, monger
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEALERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. ___-tip (beef cut)"

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: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Quickly and soon"

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: INAWINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Headliner"

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: LEADACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. "Oh, that's good!""

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: NICEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Sunblock blocks it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UVLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Manor house attendant"

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: GATEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Some charges for animal lovers"

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: PETFEES

  Great job if you got it right!

October 23, 2021 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Standard Disney fare	7
2D	2. River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon	7
3D	3. BBQ specialty	7
4D	4. "Por ___?"	3
5D	5. First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles	4
6D	6. [knock on wood]	5
7D	7. Baby-to-be	6
8D	8. Face of the internet?	8
9D	9. Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo	9
10D	10. Some vacation getaways	5
11D	11. Low-quality paper	3
12D	12. Likely M.V.P. candidate	7
13D	13. Bullish	7
14D	14. Cry of ineptitude	6
15D	21. Popular baitfish	4
16D	24. Potential topic to discuss in science class?	6
17D	28. Meat	4
18D	30. Strenuous	6
19D	32. Rabbit ears	9
20D	34. "Wot's dat over ___?"	4
21D	36. Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert	8
22D	38. Flower in the nightshade family	7
23D	39. Rounded, say	7
24D	40. Quiet period	4
25D	42. Charge for some truckers	7
26D	43. Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French	7
27D	44. One of the Lesser Antilles	7
28D	45. Kind of pool	6
29D	47. Go from E to F	6
30D	50. Challenge for a language learner	5
31D	51. Musical equivalent of two whole notes	5
32D	55. What halophobia is the fear of	4
33D	58. Baby	3
34D	60. "What's the ___?"	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. Standard Disney fare"

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: PGFILMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a south american river 1,500 miles long; flows into the south atlantic
• Words that mean the same thing: Orinoco 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: ORINOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. BBQ specialty"

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: PORKRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Por ___?""

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: QUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A. titles"

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: UCLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. [knock on wood]"

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 7 Down: "7. Baby-to-be"

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 (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
• Words that mean the same thing: fertilized ovum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZYGOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Face of the internet?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMOTICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Online marketing giant with a primate in its logo"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAILCHIMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Some vacation getaways"

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 small island
• Words that mean the same thing: islet, isle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Low-quality paper"

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 small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: lambast, annoy, call on the carpet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Likely M.V.P. candidate"

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: ALLSTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Bullish"

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 colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAURINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Cry of ineptitude"

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: ISTINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Popular baitfish"

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 bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of atlantic coast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Potential topic to discuss in science class?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
• Words that mean the same thing: vigor, vim, muscularity
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENERGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Meat"

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 the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• Words that mean the same thing: essence, effect, center
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "30. Strenuous"

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 levy a tax on
• Words that mean the same thing: onerous, tax, task
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAXING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. Rabbit ears"

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: TVANTENNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. "Wot's dat over ___?""

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: DERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert"

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: PIECAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Flower in the nightshade family"

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 of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Petunia
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETUNIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Rounded, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INEXACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Quiet period"

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 pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquillise, quieten, calm down
• The opposite would be: agitate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Charge for some truckers"

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 work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
• Words that mean the same thing: carting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Drawing of the body without its skin, from the French"

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: ECORCHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. One of the Lesser Antilles"

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: STKITTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Kind of pool"

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 use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
• Words that mean the same thing: see, go steady, geological dating
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DATING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Go from E to F"

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: FUELUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Challenge for a language learner"

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 manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
• Words that mean the same thing: idiomatic expression, phrase, artistic style
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Musical equivalent of two whole notes"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a diacritical mark (u-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. What halophobia is the fear of"

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 compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Words that mean the same thing: saltiness, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, common salt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "58. Baby"

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 short time
• Words that mean the same thing: itty-bitty, weensy, teentsy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. "What's the ___?""

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: DIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	9	12.9%
Music	3	4.3%
History	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	34
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Saturday, 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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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, July 07, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle July 07, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Opening in a magic act	4
2A	5. Some nasty repartee	5
3A	10. Does a hit on	4
4A	14. Bread: Ger.	4
5A	15. Accustom	5
6A	16. ___ of mandamus	4
7A	17. 1967 James Bond film	15
8A	20. Yawn, for wanting guests to leave	6
9A	21. Locale for a talking snake	4
10A	22. Pro who calls the shots?	3
11A	23. Ready to retire, say	6
12A	24. Sister of Thalia and Urania	5
13A	26. Bankruptcy cause	5
14A	29. Takes to task	6
15A	32. Apt word hidden in "Cleopatra's prop"	3
16A	35. Kentucky ___ (sister race of the Kentucky Derby)	4
17A	37. Fly-fisher's catch	5
18A	38. Randomized clinical trial	15
19A	42. Surgical tool with an acronymic name	5
20A	43. Langston Hughes poem	4
21A	44. Census datum	3
22A	45. Hosts	6
23A	47. Ferret look-alike	5
24A	50. Something politicians and professors do	5
25A	52. Weak, as an excuse	6
26A	56. Chicago trains	3
27A	58. "Do the ___"	4
28A	60. Comprehension	6
29A	61. One who's maybe too virtuous	15
30A	64. Stick	4
31A	65. Occupied	5
32A	66. Northern terminus of I-79	4
33A	67. Crocheter's purchase	4
34A	68. Does a prewash task	5
35A	69. Rackets	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. Opening in a magic act"

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: ABRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Some nasty repartee"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• Words that mean the same thing: jibe, shot, dig
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Does a hit on"

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 kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Words that mean the same thing: bump off, slay, dispatch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Bread: Ger."

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: BROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Accustom"

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 cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
• Words that mean the same thing: indurate, harden
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. ___ of mandamus"

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 (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
• Words that mean the same thing: judicial writ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. 1967 James Bond film"

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

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: YOUONLYLIVELIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Yawn, for wanting guests to leave"

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 any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
• Words that mean the same thing: signalise, signaling, bespeak
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Locale for a talking snake"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: heaven, nirvana, promised land
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Pro who calls the shots?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
• Words that mean the same thing: ex-serviceman, veteran, veterinary surgeon
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Ready to retire, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that ready to fall asleep
• Words that mean the same thing: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Sister of Thalia and Urania"

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 mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Bankruptcy cause"

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 owing something (especially money)
• Words that mean the same thing: debt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEBTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Takes to task"

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 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• Words that mean the same thing: call on the carpet, reprimand, remonstrate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOLDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Apt word hidden in "Cleopatra's prop""

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: asp viper, Naja haje, Egyptian cobra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Kentucky ___ (sister race of the Kentucky Derby)"

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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• Words that mean the same thing: oak tree, oak
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Fly-fisher's catch"

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 flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TROUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Randomized clinical trial"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLINDBLINDSTUDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Surgical tool with an acronymic 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 an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Langston Hughes poem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Census datum"

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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
• Words that mean the same thing: turn on, gender, sexual practice
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Hosts"

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 person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
• Words that mean the same thing: master of ceremonies, compere, emcee
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMCEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Ferret look-alike"

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 ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Something politicians and professors do"

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

  The answer is: ORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Weak, as an excuse"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
• Words that mean the same thing: tenuous, fragile, onionskin
• The opposite would be: convincing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLIMSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Chicago trains"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, elevated, el
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. "Do the ___""

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 science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
• Words that mean the same thing: mathematics, maths
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Comprehension"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
• Words that mean the same thing: ingestion, consumption, intake
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPTAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. One who's maybe too virtuous"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOODYSHOESSHOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "64. Stick"

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 cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
• Words that mean the same thing: paste, gum, mucilage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Occupied"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Northern terminus of I-79"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Crocheter's purchase"

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 act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
• Words that mean the same thing: narration, recital, thread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Does a prewash task"

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 category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• Words that mean the same thing: sort, form, class
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Rackets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a loud harsh or strident noise
• Words that mean the same thing: cacophony, din, ruction
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword July 07, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hell, to Dante	5
2D	2. Oven option	5
3D	3. It might make you blush	5
4D	4. Made amends (for)	6
5D	5. Actor Thornton	8
6D	6. Lead-in to how or hoo	3
7D	7. Straight line	4
8D	8. Ring bearer	5
9D	9. Cuts off	6
10D	10. Fly-by-night?	3
11D	11. Not serious	9
12D	12. Quitting time, for many	4
13D	13. Put back in	4
14D	18. Part of the body covered by a mullet	4
15D	19. Passes	6
16D	25. ___ reform (political issue)	4
17D	27. Anklebones	4
18D	28. Some amateur theater productions	5
19D	30. "Yo, ___!"	4
20D	31. River on which Greek deities swore their oaths	4
21D	32. Meeting all the job requirements	4
22D	33. Event for poets	4
23D	34. Peruvian cocktail	9
24D	36. Impertinent one	4
25D	39. Not once, in poems	4
26D	40. Very handsome, as a beau	6
27D	41. Stupid, incompetent ones	8
28D	46. Balance	6
29D	48. "The Sound of Music" backdrop	4
30D	49. Gave 10%	6
31D	51. Prefix with centric	5
32D	53. Many a Cook Islander	5
33D	54. Tangle	5
34D	55. Hoped-for responses to proposals	5
35D	56. Like most French toast and challah	4
36D	57. "Damn Yankees" vixen	4
37D	59. 11 or 12, say, but not 13	4
38D	62. Retreat	3
39D	63. Around figure?: Abbr.	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. Hell, to Dante"

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 bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Words that mean the same thing: abysm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABYSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Oven option"

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 cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
• Words that mean the same thing: broiling, grilling, oven broil
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. It might make you blush"

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 makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• Words that mean the same thing: paint, blusher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Made amends (for)"

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

  The answer is: ATONED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Actor Thornton"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BILLYBOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Lead-in to how or hoo"

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 one or some or every or all without specification
• Words that mean the same thing: whatever, whatsoever
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Straight line"

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 principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: harness, formula, linguistic rule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RULE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Ring bearer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Cuts off"

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 set or keep apart
• Words that mean the same thing: lop, sever, break 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: SEVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Fly-by-night?"

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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
• Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of Minerva, bird of night
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Not serious"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that not serious in content or attitude or behavior
• The opposite would be: serious
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRIVOLOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Quitting time, for many"

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

  The answer is: FIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Put back in"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Part of the body covered by a mullet"

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 back side of the neck
• Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Passes"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: ordain, enact, reenact
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. ___ reform (political issue)"

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 (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
• Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Anklebones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
• Words that mean the same thing: scree, anklebone, astragalus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Some amateur theater productions"

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 short theatrical episode
• Words that mean the same thing: skit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. "Yo, ___!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an informal form of address for a man
• Words that mean the same thing: gallant, fellow, fop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. River on which Greek deities swore their oaths"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
• Words that mean the same thing: River Styx
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Meeting all the job requirements"

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

  The answer is: ABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Event for poets"

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 winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
• Words that mean the same thing: sweep, bang, jibe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Peruvian cocktail"

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: PISCOSOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Impertinent one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
• Words that mean the same thing: snoot, snob, prig
• The 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 25 Down: "39. Not once, in poems"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• Words that mean the same thing: nee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Very handsome, as a beau"

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 dreamy in mood or nature
• Words that mean the same thing: languorous, lackadaisical, woolgathering
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DREAMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Stupid, incompetent ones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a stupid incompetent person
• Words that mean the same thing: half-wit, dimwit, nitwit
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOOFUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Balance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. "The Sound of Music" backdrop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: the Alps, alp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Gave 10%"

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

  The answer is: TITHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Prefix with centric"

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: ETHNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Many a Cook Islander"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. Tangle"

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

  The answer is: SKEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Hoped-for responses to proposals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yes
• The opposite would be: no
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YESES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Like most French toast and challah"

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: EGGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "Damn Yankees" vixen"

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: LOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. 11 or 12, say, but not 13"

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 period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
• Words that mean the same thing: time of day, minute, 60 minutes
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Retreat"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: hideaway, hideout, lair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Around figure?: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	60	81.1%
Short Answer	7	9.5%
Literature	2	2.7%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is 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: September 08, 2025 at 09:38 PM