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NYT Crossword Answers for today, September 24, 2024

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Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Bread served with baba ghanouj. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PITA

  Possible Answer : pocket_bread, pita




• The clue is 5. Consent (to). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ACCEDE

  Possible Answer : accede, enter, give_in, defer, acquiesce, submit, bow, assent

  Possible Opposite Answer : dissent




• The clue is 11. Symbol in the sky above Gotham City. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: BAT

  Possible Answer : at-bat, flutter, lick, clobber, cricket_bat, bat, chiropteran, squash_racket, cream, thrash, drub, squash_racquet




• The clue is 14. Reddit Q&As. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMAS




• The clue is 15. Like the Bosporus, notably. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: NARROW

  Possible Answer : specify, constringe, narrow, minute, specialize, constrict, contract, narrow_down, specialise, pin_down, nail_down, peg_down, narrow-minded

  Possible Opposite Answer : diversify, wide, widen, broad-minded




• The clue is 16. Zendaya's role on "Euphoria". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RUE

  Possible Answer : sorrow, ruefulness, Ruta_graveolens, regret, herb_of_grace, rue, repent




• The clue is 17. Washington post?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: VALLEYFORGE




• The clue is 19. Sampled a beet, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ATE

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




• The clue is 20. Comedy club host. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EMCEE

  Possible Answer : master_of_ceremonies, emcee, host, compere




• The clue is 21. Lengthen with unnecessary material, as a speech. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PAD

  Possible Answer : domiciliation, diggings, aggrandise, inkpad, tramp, launchpad, bolster, lard, digs, launching_pad, inking_pad, dramatise, footslog, embellish, slog, tablet, embroider, blow_up, plod, fill_out, trudge, launch_pad, pad_of_paper, launch_area, stamp_pad, lodgings, aggrandize, pad, dramatize




• The clue is 22. Molecule bit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ATOM

  Possible Answer : speck, mote, atom, corpuscle, particle, molecule




• The clue is 23. State trees of Massachusetts. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ELMS

  Possible Answer : elm, elm_tree, elmwood




• The clue is 26. Hair removal brand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NAIR




• The clue is 28. London lad. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CHAP

  Possible Answer : chap, bloke, fissure, crevice, gent, fella, crack, cranny, feller, lad, blighter, cuss, fellow




• The clue is 31. San Francisco examiner?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: FORTYNINER




• The clue is 36. Was out in front. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LED

  Possible Answer : conduce, conduct, light-emitting_diode, extend, LED, lead, run, precede, leave, guide, result, head, chair, go, take, top, direct, pass, contribute, moderate

  Possible Opposite Answer : follow




• The clue is 37. Nickname for dad. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PAPA

  Possible Answer : dad, pop, pa, pappa, papa, dada, daddy




• The clue is 38. What tahini is made from. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SESAME

  Possible Answer : sesame, benny, benne, Sesamum_indicum, benni




• The clue is 39. Walker who wrote "The Color Purple". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ALICE




• The clue is 41. [Not my typo]. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SIC

  Possible Answer : set, sic




• The clue is 43. Pie variety whose pronunciation inspires debate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PECAN

  Possible Answer : pecan_tree, pecan, Carya_illinoinsis, Carya_illinoensis




• The clue is 44. Comes down as a wintry mix. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SLEETS

  Possible Answer : sleet




• The clue is 46. Road crew's supply. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SALT

  Possible Answer : Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks, saltiness, SALT, common_salt, salinity, salt, table_salt




• The clue is 48. Single or double. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: HIT

  Possible Answer : bang, attain, score, smasher, dispatch, polish_off, striking, smash, collision, make, off, stumble, arrive_at, run_into, gain, come_to, hitting, impinge_on, tally, bump_off, rack_up, remove, pip, hit, reach, murder, slay, shoot, collide_with, strike

  Possible Opposite Answer : miss




• The clue is 49. Boston herald?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: PAULREVERE




• The clue is 51. Beltway bigwigs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: POLS

  Possible Answer : politico, politician, pol, political_leader




• The clue is 52. What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LAVA

  Possible Answer : lava




• The clue is 53. Facts and figures. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: DATA

  Possible Answer : data, datum, information, data_point




• The clue is 55. Signals on set. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CUES

  Possible Answer : discriminative_stimulus, pool_cue, clew, remind, cue_stick, clue, cue, prompt, pool_stick




• The clue is 58. ___-warrior (certain activist). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ECO




• The clue is 60. Surveys. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SCANS

  Possible Answer : skim, run_down, CAT_scan, read, scan, rake, glance_over




• The clue is 64. One of 20 quadrillion worldwide, per a recent estimate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : emmet, pismire, ant




• The clue is 65. Kansas City star?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: TRAVISKELCE




• The clue is 68. Item in a tailor's kit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PIN

  Possible Answer : oarlock, stick, flag, fall, pin, peg, trap, immobilize, pin_tumbler, PIN_number, rowlock, personal_identification_number, bowling_pin, thole, tholepin, PIN, immobilise, pivot

  Possible Opposite Answer : unpin




• The clue is 69. Untapped, as potential. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LATENT

  Possible Answer : latent




• The clue is 70. Derrière. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: REAR

  Possible Answer : tush, lift, set_up, fundament, prat, put_up, seat, erect, keister, derriere, behind, buttocks, bum, rump, back, tooshie, backside, posterior, rear, rear_end, hindquarters, bottom, butt, parent, buns, tail_end, bring_up, arse, ass, back_end, raise, rise, stern, fanny, can, tail, nurture, nates, rise_up, hind_end, rearward

  Possible Opposite Answer : head, level, front




• The clue is 71. Southwest forecast, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ETA

  Possible Answer : eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom, Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, ETA




• The clue is 72. Personnel in vestments. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: CLERGY

  Possible Answer : clergy

  Possible Opposite Answer : laity




• The clue is 73. Evidence of healing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SCAB

  Possible Answer : strikebreaker, scab, rat, blackleg, fink

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Smooth over, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PAVE

  Possible Answer: pave

• The clue is 2. Muslim leader. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IMAM

  Possible Answer: imaum, imam

• The clue is 3. Bathroom powder. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TALC

  Possible Answer: talc, talcum

• The clue is 4. What someone counting sheep wishes to be. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ASLEEP

  Possible Answer: deceased, numb, departed, at_rest, at_peace, asleep, benumbed, gone

  Possible Opposite Answer : awake

• The clue is 5. Choice for the indifferent. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANY

  Possible Answer: whatever, any, whatsoever

• The clue is 6. Half-___ (coffee order). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: CAF

• The clue is 7. Trim, as a photo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CROP

  Possible Answer: lop, pasture, crop, range, work, dress, harvest, trim, cut_back, clip, browse, craw, prune, cultivate, snip, graze

• The clue is 8. Like a drive in the woods?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ERRANT

  Possible Answer: errant

• The clue is 9. Hot summer period named for the constellation Sirius. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: DOGDAYS

• The clue is 10. Doe : deer :: ___ : sheep. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EWE

  Possible Answer: ewe, Ewe

• The clue is 11. Nanny's nightmare. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BRAT

  Possible Answer: brat, little_terror, terror, holy_terror, bratwurst

• The clue is 12. Bronco or Beetle, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AUTO

  Possible Answer: auto, motorcar, machine, automobile, car

• The clue is 13. Overflow (with). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TEEM

  Possible Answer: teem, pour, pullulate, stream, swarm

• The clue is 18. Fish that can swim backward. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EEL

  Possible Answer: eel

• The clue is 22. Greet the day. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARISE

  Possible Answer: go_up, rise, come_up, spring_up, develop, originate, grow, bob_up, get_up, uprise, lift, turn_out, arise, stand_up, rise_up, rebel, move_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : turn_in, go_to_bed, fall, sit_down

• The clue is 24. R.I.S.D. grad's degree. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MFA

  Possible Answer: Master_of_Fine_Arts, MFA

• The clue is 25. Absorbs, with "up". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SOPS

  Possible Answer: sop, SOP, douse, drench, souse, standard_operating_procedure, standard_procedure, sops, soak_through, soak, dowse, standing_operating_procedure

• The clue is 27. Bumbling. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: INEPT

  Possible Answer: clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, awkward, tactless, inept, feckless, ill-chosen

• The clue is 28. Necklace fastener. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CLASP

  Possible Answer: clench, hold, clutches, clutch, clasp, grip, buckle, brooch, grasp

  Possible Opposite Answer : unbuckle, unclasp

• The clue is 29. Very, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HELLA

• The clue is 30. "Bye-bye," to Bonaparte. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ADIEU

  Possible Answer: good_day, au_revoir, auf_wiedersehen, adieu, bye-bye, goodbye, so_long, cheerio, sayonara, adios, good-bye, good-by, bye, goodby, arrivederci

• The clue is 32. Hike. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RAISE

  Possible Answer: ascent, arouse, enhance, lift, climb, set_up, hike, elicit, salary_increase, put_up, erect, fire, promote, advance, upgrade, leaven, evoke, wage_hike, farm, prove, stir, put_forward, rear, enkindle, provoke, parent, conjure_up, acclivity, bring_up, conjure, produce, kick_upstairs, recruit, call_forth, levy, heave, upraise, heighten, kindle, resurrect, wage_increase, elevate, call_down, raise, rise, grow, get_up, invoke, nurture

  Possible Opposite Answer : demote, level, lower, descent

• The clue is 33. Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: NACHO

  Possible Answer: nacho

• The clue is 34. Part of an online thread. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: EMAIL

  Possible Answer: email, electronic_mail, netmail, e-mail

  Possible Opposite Answer : snail_mail

• The clue is 35. Uses Airbnb or Vrbo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RENTS

  Possible Answer: split, rip, charter, take, tear, lease, snag, economic_rent, let, engage, hire, rent

• The clue is 37. World Heritage Site in Jordan. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PETRA

• The clue is 40. Prison divisions. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CELLS

  Possible Answer: cadre, prison_cell, jail_cell, cell, electric_cell, cellular_telephone, cellphone, mobile_phone, cubicle, cellular_phone

• The clue is 42. One way to pay. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CARD

  Possible Answer: card, wit, carte, visiting_card, posting, bill, placard, circuit_board, batting_order, add-in, tease, circuit_card, identity_card, poster, carte_du_jour, bill_of_fare, lineup, scorecard, wag, calling_card, menu, notice, plug-in, board

• The clue is 45. Multiple. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SEVERAL

  Possible Answer: respective, various, several

• The clue is 47. Grazing land. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: LEA

  Possible Answer: pasture, grazing_land, pastureland, lea, ley

• The clue is 50. Clear out. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: VACATE

  Possible Answer: resign, vacate, renounce, lift, revoke, overturn, abandon, annul, countermand, repeal, rescind, empty, give_up, reverse

• The clue is 51. Hoosier hoopers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: PACERS

  Possible Answer: pacer, pacesetter, pacemaker

• The clue is 54. [Shaking my head]. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TSK

  Possible Answer: tut-tut, tut, tsk

• The clue is 55. Item of apparel for Zorro or Dracula. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CAPE

  Possible Answer: mantle, cape, ness

• The clue is 56. Condo, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: UNIT

  Possible Answer: unit_of_measurement, whole, building_block, social_unit, unit

• The clue is 57. Sicilian volcano. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ETNA

  Possible Answer: Mount_Etna, Mt_Etna, bunsen_burner, bunsen, Etna, etna

• The clue is 59. Concluded. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OVER

  Possible Answer: complete, o'er, all_over, ended, terminated, concluded, over

• The clue is 61. Smart ___ (wiseacre). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALEC

• The clue is 62. Org. for the SEC and ACC. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NCAA

• The clue is 63. Belgrade native. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SERB

  Possible Answer: Serb, Serbian

• The clue is 65. Extra attention, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TLC

  Possible Answer: TLC, tender_loving_care

• The clue is 66. Gerund suffix. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ING

• The clue is 67. Total dump. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: eye_infection, stye, sty, hordeolum, pigpen, pigsty

September 21, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 21, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

NYT Monday Crossword Across Clues - September 21, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Musical pieces for one instrument	5
2A	6. Enthusiastic	4
3A	10. Shoot out	4
4A	14. Literary heroine who cries "Curiouser and curiouser!"	5
5A	15. Apex predator of the ocean	4
6A	16. Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children's story	4
7A	17. Time to watch boxing on TV	10
8A	19. Vases	4
9A	20. To the greatest extent	6
10A	21. "Hmm, I'm intrigued ..."	3
11A	23. .	3
12A	24. Like getting a $2 bill in change	4
13A	25. Gulped	3
14A	28. Modern request to attend	5
15A	30. One rushing in to save the day	11
16A	33. Mess up	5
17A	37. "___ your price!"	4
18A	38. One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives"	4
19A	39. Tears out of the ground	7
20A	41. Ingratiates	7
21A	43. Noggin	4
22A	44. ___ at hand	4
23A	46. It's on the plus side	5
24A	47. It makes your pupils constrict	11
25A	50. Hawaiian kind of porch	5
26A	51. Floral wreath	3
27A	52. Stay in touch?	4
28A	56. Venusians and Martians, in brief	3
29A	57. Motion accompanying the words "There, there"	3
30A	60. Martial art with a belt system	6
31A	62. Carry	4
32A	64. "Precisely!"	10
33A	67. Greek counterpart of Cupid	4
34A	68. Citrus fruit that won't win any beauty contests?	4
35A	69. First-stringers	5
36A	70. Snakes spawned by Medusa's blood, in Greek myth	4
37A	71. Requests	4
38A	72. Carried	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. Musical pieces for one instrument"

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 any activity that is performed alone without assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: solo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Enthusiastic"

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 funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• Words that mean the same thing: lancinating, incisive, dandy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Shoot out"

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 expel (gases or odors)
• Words that mean the same thing: breathe, give off, utter
• The opposite would be: absorb
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Literary heroine who cries "Curiouser and curiouser!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Apex predator of the ocean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: killer, grampus, Orcinus orca
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children's story"

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 informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mom, momma, mum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Time to watch boxing on TV"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIGHTNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Vases"

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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
• Words that mean the same thing: urn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. To the greatest extent"

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: EVERSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "Hmm, I'm intrigued ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. ."

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 very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: constellate, dust, Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Like getting a $2 bill in change"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Gulped"

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: run through, eat on, eat
• The 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 14 Across: "28. Modern request to attend"

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: EVITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. One rushing in to save the day"

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: WHITEKNIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Mess up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an embarrassing mistake
• Words that mean the same thing: bloomer, foul-up, muff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. "___ your price!""

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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Words that mean the same thing: nominate, key out, describe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. One of the housewives on "Desperate Housewives""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Tears out of the ground"

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 move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
• Words that mean the same thing: uproot, deracinate, extirpate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPROOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Ingratiates"

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 make attractive or lovable
• Words that mean the same thing: endear
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Noggin"

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 any of various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: bonce, bean plant, noodle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. ___ at hand"

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 move towards
• Words that mean the same thing: go up, penny-pinching, skinny
• The opposite would be: far
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. It's on the plus side"

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 useful or valuable quality
• Words that mean the same thing: plus
• The opposite would be: liability
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. It makes your pupils constrict"

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: BRIGHTLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Hawaiian kind of porch"

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 island of central hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
• Words that mean the same thing: Lanai Island
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LANAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Floral wreath"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: leu, wreath, garland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Stay in touch?"

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 intuitive awareness; or
• Words that mean the same thing: find, finger, look
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. Venusians and Martians, in brief"

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Motion accompanying the words "There, there""

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: slick, rap, glib
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Martial art with a belt system"

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 traditional japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KARATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Carry"

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 capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: tote bag, holdall, tug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. "Precisely!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: QUITERIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Greek counterpart of Cupid"

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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
• Words that mean the same thing: sexual desire, physical attraction, concupiscence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Citrus fruit that won't win any beauty contests?"

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 large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• Words that mean the same thing: tangelo, ugli fruit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. First-stringers"

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: ATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Snakes spawned by Medusa's blood, in Greek myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Vipera aspis, Naja haje, asp
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Requests"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: involve, necessitate, demand
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "72. Carried"

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 be born
• Words that mean the same thing: pay, take over, hold
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORNE

  Great job if you got it right!

September 21, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Less risky	5
2D	2. Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins	5
3D	3. Large hybrid cat	5
4D	4. Brownish-yellow	5
5D	5. Goes down, as the sun on the horizon	4
6D	6. Kind of pond in a Japanese garden	3
7D	7. Small work unit	3
8D	8. Sound in a long, empty hallway	4
9D	9. Alliance HQ'd in Brussels	4
10D	10. Bird in Liberty Mutual ads	3
11D	11. Annual New Orleans celebration	9
12D	12. Paradoxical response to a door knock	9
13D	13. Pepsi Challenge, for one	9
14D	18. Witness to the first rainbow in the Bible	4
15D	22. Rooster's mate	3
16D	26. Glittery addition to a Christmas tree	6
17D	27. Info on an airport monitor, for short	3
18D	29. Emanations to be picked up	5
19D	30. Repeated question from an owl?	3
20D	31. Come out	6
21D	32. When doubled, a popular number puzzle	3
22D	33. Foamy drink invented in Taiwan	9
23D	34. Ones "standing by" in an infomercial	9
24D	35. Railroad station	9
25D	36. Cuban line dance	5
26D	40. Explosive stuff	3
27D	42. Slangy pronoun	3
28D	45. Be sick	3
29D	48. Au courant	3
30D	49. Walk in the woods	4
31D	52. ___-Lay (corn chip maker)	5
32D	53. Enthusiastic	5
33D	54. ___ Hunt, role for Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible"	5
34D	55. "I've got this"	5
35D	58. Water color	4
36D	59. Harbor boats	4
37D	61. Horse developed in the desert	4
38D	63. Curve in the road	3
39D	65. Kind	3
40D	66. "My country, ___ of thee ..."	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. Less risky"

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 free from danger or the risk of harm
• Words that mean the same thing: safe, secure, dependable
• The opposite would be: out, dangerous
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins"

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: OLIVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Large hybrid cat"

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 offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Brownish-yellow"

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 any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
• Words that mean the same thing: ocher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCHRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Goes down, as the sun on the horizon"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: countersink, localize, circle
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Kind of pond in a Japanese garden"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Small work unit"

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 cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Sound in a long, empty hallway"

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

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Alliance HQ'd in Brussels"

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 international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Words that mean the same thing: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bird in Liberty Mutual ads"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Annual New Orleans celebration"

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: MARDIGRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Paradoxical response to a door knock"

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: IMNOTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Pepsi Challenge, for one"

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: TASTETEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Witness to the first rainbow in the Bible"

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 hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rooster's mate"

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

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Glittery addition to a Christmas tree"

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

  The answer is: TINSEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Info on an airport monitor, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
• Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Emanations to be picked up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
• Words that mean the same thing: vibraharp, vibration, vibe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIBES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Repeated question from an owl?"

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 united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
• Words that mean the same thing: World Health Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Come out"

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 come out into view, as from concealment
• Words that mean the same thing: egress, come out, come forth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMERGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. When doubled, a popular number puzzle"

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 range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Foamy drink invented in Taiwan"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: BUBBLETEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Ones "standing by" in an infomercial"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
• Words that mean the same thing: manipulator, operator, wheeler dealer
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPERATORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Railroad station"

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: TRAINSTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Cuban line dance"

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

  The answer is: CONGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Explosive stuff"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Slangy pronoun"

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 digital tape recording of sound
• Words that mean the same thing: digital audiotape
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Be sick"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: trouble, garlic, pain
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Au courant"

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

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• This could be something that either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• Words that mean the same thing: pelvic girdle, hep, pelvic arch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Walk in the woods"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: boost, raise, hiking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: HIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. ___-Lay (corn chip maker)"

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!
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  The answer is: FRITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Enthusiastic"

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 high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
• Words that mean the same thing: aegir, tidal bore, bore
• The opposite would be: uneager
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: EAGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. ___ Hunt, role for Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible""

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. "I've got this""

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

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• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: LETME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Water color"

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 shade of blue tinged with green
• Words that mean the same thing: greenish blue, cobalt blue, turquoise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AQUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Harbor boats"

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

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• This could be something that a sudden abrupt pull
• Words that mean the same thing: push, tugboat, tug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. Horse developed in the desert"

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 a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. Curve in the road"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: E, atomic number 99, einsteinium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "65. Kind"

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 kind of person
• Words that mean the same thing: like
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "66. "My country, ___ of thee ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Words that mean the same thing: Ti, atomic number 22, titanium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	67.9%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
History	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 Monday, 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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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM