November 19, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 19, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Ignorance, perhaps	5
2A	6. 76ers, on scoreboards	3
3A	9. Chump	3
4A	12. File accompanying many a download	6
5A	13. They turn on machines	4
6A	14. Fort Myers-to-Orlando dir.	3
7A	15. Photo from a drone	6
8A	16. Aesthete's collection, maybe	8
9A	18. *Creator of 55-Across	8
10A	20. *Co-host of 55-Across	6
11A	21. MADD ad, e.g., in brief	3
12A	22. Commercial ploy	5
13A	24. Noted "retiree" of '03	3
14A	25. Groundwork of a plant manager?	7
15A	27. Shipshape	4
16A	30. *Group of six given for free on 55-Across	5
17A	33. Country that has no rivers: Abbr.	3
18A	34. Memorable hurricane of 2017	4
19A	35. Something there's almost no point to?	4
20A	36. Peaceful, rustic scene	5
21A	38. Tilt	4
22A	39. Set, in French	4
23A	40. Triton's domain, in Greek myth	3
24A	41. *Co-host of 55-Across	5
25A	42. Go postal	4
26A	43. Online endorsements	7
27A	46. ___ Speedwagon	3
28A	48. Put forward	5
29A	49. Long-running TV series set in Las Vegas	3
30A	52. *Bad place to land on 55-Across	6
31A	55. *It debuted on 1/6/1975	8
32A	57. Not completely crazy, as a plan	8
33A	59. Fade, as a fad	6
34A	60. Geisha's accessory	3
35A	61. Ace	4
36A	62. Tabasco, en México	6
37A	63. Upscale hotel amenity	3
38A	64. Afore	3
39A	65. Unreliable	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. Ignorance, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state of extreme happiness
• Words that mean the same thing: seventh heaven, walking on air, blissfulness
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. 76ers, on scoreboards"

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 21st letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Chump"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: play out, fool, blackjack
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. File accompanying many a download"

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: README

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. They turn on machines"

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 subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: sprocket, cog
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. Fort Myers-to-Orlando dir."

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 compass point that is midway between north and northeast
• Words that mean the same thing: nor'-nor'-east, north northeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "15. Photo from a drone"

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 pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
• Words that mean the same thing: airy, antenna, forward pass
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AERIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "16. Aesthete's collection, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARTBOOKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. *Creator of 55-Across"

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: MRVGRFFN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. *Co-host of 55-Across"

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: VNNWHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. MADD ad, e.g., in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Commercial ploy"

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: TIEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Noted "retiree" of '03"

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: SST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Groundwork of a plant manager?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEDBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "27. Shipshape"

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 receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
• Words that mean the same thing: straighten out, healthy, straighten
• The opposite would be: untidy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. *Group of six given for free on 55-Across"

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: RSTLN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Country that has no rivers: Abbr."

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

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: UAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Memorable hurricane of 2017"

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Something there's almost no point to?"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Peaceful, rustic scene"

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 episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
• Words that mean the same thing: bucolic, idyl, pastoral
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDYLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Tilt"

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 property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
• Words that mean the same thing: slant, tend, be given
• The opposite would be: fat, rich
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Set, in French"

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: FIXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Triton's domain, in Greek myth"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. *Co-host of 55-Across"

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: PTSJK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. Go postal"

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 catching an object with the hands
• Words that mean the same thing: gingersnap, shoot, crack
• The opposite would be: inelasticity
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Online endorsements"

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: UPVOTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. ___ Speedwagon"

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: REO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Put forward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: put forward, deposit, fix
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Long-running TV series set in Las Vegas"

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: CSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. *Bad place to land on 55-Across"

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: BNKRPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. *It debuted on 1/6/1975"

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: WHLFFRTN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Not completely crazy, as a plan"

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 capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
• Words that mean the same thing: executable, workable, viable
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEASIBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "59. Fade, as a fad"

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: DIEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "60. Geisha's accessory"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: devotee, winnow, rooter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Ace"

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 horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• Words that mean the same thing: pick up, peg, pass with flying colors
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Tabasco, en México"

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: ESTADO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "63. Upscale hotel amenity"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, health spa, watering place
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "64. Afore"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "65. Unreliable"

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 inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
• Words that mean the same thing: wobbly, precarious, rickety
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAKY

  Great job if you got it right!

November 19, 2020 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Round things?	5
2D	2. Baby bug	5
3D	3. "Understood, man"	4
4D	4. Spruce (up)	7
5D	5. Shot that's within your reach?	6
6D	6. ___ favor	3
7D	7. "Love It or List It" channel	4
8D	8. Amazon IDs	5
9D	9. Apt anagram of WINTER'S O'S	9
10D	10. Egyptian key of life	4
11D	11. Roach or termite	4
12D	12. A.D.A.-compliance option	4
13D	13. What you might cry when trying to answer the six starred clues?	13
14D	17. Like many homes along bayous	8
15D	19. Gave to, as answers	3
16D	23. Actor McDonough	4
17D	25. Some accommodations on long-distance trains	8
18D	26. Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated	3
19D	28. Key of Pachelbel's Canon: Abbr.	4
20D	29. Jerk move?	4
21D	30. Zebras	4
22D	31. Turn in a popular game show	4
23D	32. City that rhymes with "Rosanna" in a #1 George Strait country hit	9
24D	36. Sch. in Ames	3
25D	37. Johnny who made his film debut in "A Nightmare on Elm Street"	4
26D	41. Aquarium denizen	7
27D	44. ___Kosh B'gosh	3
28D	45. Little waves, in Spain	6
29D	47. Offer a thought	5
30D	49. Speak with a deep, hoarse voice	5
31D	50. Room opposite the kitchen on a Clue board	5
32D	51. Nuts about	4
33D	52. People who are tight, in modern lingo	4
34D	53. ___ tide	4
35D	54. One way to the top	4
36D	56. Cheese in moussaka	4
37D	58. "No ___ can live forever": Martin Luther King Jr.	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. Round things?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: beer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Baby bug"

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 immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LARVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Understood, man""

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: IDIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Spruce (up)"

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: SMARTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Shot that's within your reach?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SELFIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ favor"

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: POR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Love It or List It" channel"

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: HGTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Amazon IDs"

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: ISBNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Apt anagram of WINTER'S O'S"

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: SNOWTIRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Egyptian key of 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: ANKH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Roach or termite"

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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Words that mean the same thing: gadfly, pesterer, blighter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. A.D.A.-compliance option"

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 inclined surface connecting two levels
• Words that mean the same thing: Allium tricoccum, incline, storm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. What you might cry when trying to answer the six starred clues?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CANIBUYAVOWEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Like many homes along bayous"

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: ONSTILTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Gave to, as answers"

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 federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: course, Federal, feed
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Actor McDonough"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Some accommodations on long-distance trains"

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 rester who is sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: crosstie, slumberer, sleeper goby
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLEEPERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated"

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: DEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Key of Pachelbel's Canon: 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: DMAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Jerk move?"

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 an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
• Words that mean the same thing: jerk, Yankee-Doodle, Yankee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Zebras"

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 (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• Words that mean the same thing: referee, ref
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Turn in a popular game show"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
• Words that mean the same thing: reel, whirl, twist
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. City that rhymes with "Rosanna" in a #1 George Strait country hit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a town in northeast texas adjacent to texarkana, arkansas
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXARKANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Sch. in Ames"

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: ISU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Johnny who made his film debut in "A Nightmare on Elm Street""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Aquarium denizen"

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: PETFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. ___Kosh B'gosh"

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: OSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Little waves, in Spain"

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 diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in portuguese to indicate nasalization
• Words that mean the same thing: tilde
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TILDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Offer a thought"

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 express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
• Words that mean the same thing: sound off, suppose, think
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Speak with a deep, hoarse voice"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• Words that mean the same thing: go, murmur, choke
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Room opposite the kitchen on a Clue board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a detailed critical inspection
• Words that mean the same thing: field of study, canvass, subject
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Nuts about"

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: INTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. People who are tight, in modern lingo"

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: BFFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. ___ tide"

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 less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
• Words that mean the same thing: neap tide
• The opposite would be: springtide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. One way to the top"

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: TBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Cheese in moussaka"

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: FETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. "No ___ can live forever": Martin Luther King Jr."

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: lie down, Trygve Lie, prevarication
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	67.1%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Geography	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

September 19, 2020 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. It's often made along with a birthday cake	4
2A	5. Freshen, as a drink	5
3A	10. Interruption	3
4A	13. Smart relative?	4
5A	14. Titular woman of classical music	5
6A	15. They go around in circles	4
7A	16. Kraken, for one	10
8A	18. Wedding ring	4
9A	19. "Don't you worry"	9
10A	20. Commanded	4
11A	21. Russian letter in the spelling of "tsar"	3
12A	22. ___ blaster (weapon for Emperor Zurg)	3
13A	23. Ran rapidly	6
14A	25. Contents of a certain pouch	3
15A	26. Fresh	4
16A	28. Org. concerned with choppers	3
17A	29. "Whoa now, let's think about this for a minute"	13
18A	32. Shot required for international travel	13
19A	33. Collection of precious texts	13
20A	34. Classic couples' retreat?	3
21A	35. Symbols of hope during the American and French Revolutions	4
22A	36. Where many connections are made	3
23A	37. Angkor Wat, for one	6
24A	39. ___ publica	3
25A	40. Prune	3
26A	43. Blockhead	4
27A	44. Miserable	9
28A	47. Kind of bean on the Big Island	4
29A	48. On one's way out, say	10
30A	49. Meany of fiction	4
31A	50. Georgia who played Georgette on 1970s TV	5
32A	51. Admits, with "up"	4
33A	52. This, that or the other	3
34A	53. Beauty	5
35A	54. Treatment during "sandal season," informally	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. It's often made along with a birthday cake"

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 specific feeling of desire
• Words that mean the same thing: compliments, care, regard
• The opposite would be: begrudge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Freshen, as a drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOPUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Interruption"

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 conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
• Words that mean the same thing: opening, spread, interruption
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Smart relative?"

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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: hurt, yearn, aching
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Titular woman of classical music"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ELISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. They go around in circles"

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 subordinate who performs an important but routine function
• Words that mean the same thing: cog, sprocket
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Kraken, for one"

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: SEAMONSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Wedding ring"

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: HORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. "Don't you worry""

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: NEVERFEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Commanded"

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 chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
• Words that mean the same thing: conjure, beseech, entreat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Russian letter in the spelling of "tsar""

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: TSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. ___ blaster (weapon for Emperor Zurg)"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "23. Ran rapidly"

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 move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
• Words that mean the same thing: flutter, dash, scud
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Contents of a certain pouch"

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: ROO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "26. Fresh"

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 characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
• Words that mean the same thing: saucy, irreverent, impertinent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "28. Org. concerned with choppers"

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 enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
• Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "29. "Whoa now, let's think about this for a minute""

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: DONTBESOHASTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Shot required for international travel"

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: PASSPORTPHOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Collection of precious texts"

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: RAREBOOKSTORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Classic couples' retreat?"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Symbols of hope during the American and French Revolutions"

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

  The answer is: ELMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "36. Where many connections are made"

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 central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "37. Angkor Wat, for one"

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 place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
• Words that mean the same thing: synagogue, tabernacle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEMPLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "39. ___ publica"

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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 75, rhenium, reticuloendothelial system
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "40. Prune"

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 cut off from a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: crop, sever, prune
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Blockhead"

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 person who is not very bright
• Words that mean the same thing: pudden-head, pillock, stupe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOLT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "44. Miserable"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that worn and broken down by hard use
• Words that mean the same thing: flea-bitten, creaky, run-down
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOEBEGONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Kind of bean on the Big Island"

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: KONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "48. On one's way out, say"

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: HALFASLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "49. Meany of fiction"

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 welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "50. Georgia who played Georgette on 1970s TV"

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: ENGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "51. Admits, with "up""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: own, have, possess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "52. This, that or the other"

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 34 Across: "53. Beauty"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
• Words that mean the same thing: drop, bead, bone
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "54. Treatment during "sandal season," informally"

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: PEDI

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - September 19, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "That ___ so bad!"	5
2D	2. Freezable products sold in pouches	5
3D	3. Paradoxically, a close one might be hair-raising	5
4D	4. Blood pigment	4
5D	5. Staff you wouldn't want to employ?	11
6D	6. Colleague of Kent and Lane at the Daily Planet	5
7D	7. Pocket that isn't full of rye?	4
8D	8. Kind of ID	4
9D	9. So says	3
10D	10. Opposite of kitsch	9
11D	11. Went along with	8
12D	12. TV "FYI," of a sort	3
13D	15. Get burnt	4
14D	17. Three-star picture?	10
15D	20. Historic sites in Hot Springs, Ark.	10
16D	23. Blow it	11
17D	24. Follower of Martin Luther King Jr.	3
18D	25. Thorny subject	4
19D	26. Free coffee, wellness programs, local discounts, etc.	5
20D	27. Some quotes: Abbr.	4
21D	29. Campaign contributions that are given anonymously	9
22D	30. [There you have it!]	4
23D	31. Choice between two options	4
24D	32. Streamline, maybe	8
25D	33. Double-crosser	3
26D	38. Something avoided by a person with teleophobia	4
27D	39. Send elsewhere (to)	5
28D	40. "Camelot" composer	5
29D	41. Upright	5
30D	42. Product whose name comes from the Greek for "digestion"	5
31D	44. Wax off?	4
32D	45. Eldest sister in Chekhov's "Three Sisters"	4
33D	46. Unlikely serving at a Michelin-starred restaurant	4
34D	47. Roadside initials	3
35D	48. Like the latest, in the past	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. "That ___ so bad!""

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: WASNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Freezable products sold in pouches"

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 decorate with frosting
• Words that mean the same thing: frost, ice
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Paradoxically, a close one might be hair-raising"

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 act of removing hair with a razor
• Words that mean the same thing: trim, shaving, plane
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Blood pigment"

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 complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
• Words that mean the same thing: haemitin, haem, protoheme
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Staff you wouldn't want to employ?"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TENFOOTPOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Colleague of Kent and Lane at the Daily Planet"

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: OLSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Pocket that isn't full of rye?"

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 usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket bread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Kind of ID"

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 who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, drug user, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. So says"

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: PER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Opposite of kitsch"

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: GOODTASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Went along with"

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: AGREEDTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. TV "FYI," of a sort"

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 protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
• Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Get burnt"

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 charred substance
• Words that mean the same thing: charwoman, cleaning lady, coal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Three-star picture?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ORIONSBELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Historic sites in Hot Springs, Ark."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
• Words that mean the same thing: bagnio, bathhouse, bathing machine
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATHHOUSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Blow it"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DROPTHEBALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Follower of Martin Luther King Jr."

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 time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
• Words that mean the same thing: 24-hour interval, solar day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
• The opposite would be: night
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Thorny subject"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: surface, ascend, come up
• The opposite would be: turn in, go to bed
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Free coffee, wellness programs, local discounts, etc."

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 incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Words that mean the same thing: gain vigor, perk, percolate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Some quotes: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 Standard Time, EST, Eastern 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: ESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Campaign contributions that are given anonymously"

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: DARKMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "30. [There you have it!]"

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 deep prolonged loud noise
• Words that mean the same thing: roar, thunder, windfall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "31. Choice between two options"

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: AORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Streamline, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAREDOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Double-crosser"

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 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: strikebreaker, skunk, shit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Something avoided by a person with teleophobia"

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 series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
• Words that mean the same thing: project, architectural plan, contrive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Send elsewhere (to)"

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 make reference to
• Words that mean the same thing: look up, relate, advert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. "Camelot" composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states composer (born in austria) who collaborated with lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
• Words that mean the same thing: Frederick Loewe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOEWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Upright"

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: ONEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Product whose name comes from the Greek for "digestion""

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 pepsi cola is a trademarked cola
• Words that mean the same thing: Pepsi Cola
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEPSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Wax off?"

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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Words that mean the same thing: decline, ebb, ebbing
• The opposite would be: wax
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Eldest sister in Chekhov's "Three Sisters""

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: OLGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Unlikely serving at a Michelin-starred restaurant"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: mush, treacle, slop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Roadside initials"

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: KOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Like the latest, in the past"

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 informed about the latest trends
• Words that mean the same thing: hip to, hip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	47	67.1%
Short Answer	16	22.9%
Music	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.3 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 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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