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NYT Crossword - January 03, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 03, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 03, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

1A: "1. Marten's fur"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artist's brush made of sable hairs
  • Similar words include: coal black, sable's hair pencil, ebony
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SABLE

2A: "6. Cudgel"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  • Similar words include: golf-club, nightclub, night club
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLUB

3A: "10. Neat"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
  • Similar words include: shipshape, well-kept, garnish
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRIM

4A: "14. Swiftly, to a poet"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that at full speed; with great haste
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMAIN

5A: "15. Singer Coolidge"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITA

6A: "16. Decorate anew"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
  • Similar words include: reconstruct, make over, remake
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REDO

7A: "17. Make merry"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KICKUPONESHEELS

8A: "20. Native"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  • Similar words include: implicit in, constitutional, built-in
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INHERENT

9A: "21. Mollifies"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: relief, rest, Emergency Alert System
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EASES

10A: "22. Bridge ace Culbertson"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELY

11A: "23. Hit hard"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sing loudly and forcefully
  • Similar words include: belt, belt out
  • Opposite of: unbelt, unbelted
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BELTED

12A: "25. Reserved; retiring"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  • Similar words include: humble, mild, meek
  • Opposite of: immodest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MODEST

13A: "29. Frolics"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an easy victory
  • Similar words include: tomboy, frisk, caper
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROMPS

14A: "30. Incite"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABET

15A: "31. Avian perch"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
  • Similar words include: aery, eyry, eyrie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AERIE

16A: "32. Delight"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the emotion of great happiness
  • Similar words include: delight, joyousness, rejoice
  • Opposite of: sorrow, sadden
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JOY

17A: "35. Carouse"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOWONESWILDOATS

18A: "39. Fla.'s ___ Largo"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
  • Similar words include: winder, samara, Florida key
  • Opposite of: atonality
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEY

19A: "40. Adlai's running mate: 1956"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTES

20A: "41. Sacrament"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • Similar words include: religious rite, ritual
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITE

21A: "42. Admitted"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have ownership or possession of
  • Similar words include: have, own, possess
  • Opposite of: unowned
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OWNED

22A: "43. Kind of car or game"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
  • Similar words include: sitting room, living room, front room
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARLOR

23A: "45. Run at full speed"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
  • Similar words include: vocation, calling, life history
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAREER

24A: "47. Range of vision"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
  • Similar words include: cognizance, sight
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEN

25A: "48. Wall decoration"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
  • Similar words include: tapestry
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARRAS

26A: "49. Deter from doing"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that turn away from by persuasion
  • Similar words include: deter
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DISSUADE

27A: "54. Go on a spree"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAINTTHETOWNRED

28A: "57. Stolen goods"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that valuable goods
  • Similar words include: dirty money, booty, prize
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SWAG

29A: "58. Artifice"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • Similar words include: artifice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUSE

30A: "59. Moved gradually"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that advance slowly, as if by inches
  • Similar words include: inch, butt on, adjoin
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDGED

31A: "60. Other"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSE

32A: "61. Long-billed bird"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IBIS

33A: "62. Spacious"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an associate who shares a room with you
  • Similar words include: roommate, roomie, spacious
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROOMY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (43 clues)

1D: "1. "The Square Egg" author"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that british writer of short stories (1870-1916)
  • Similar words include: H. H. Munro, rice beer, sake
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAKI

2D: "2. Ugandan exile"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMIN

3D: "3. Famed organist-composer"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that german baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
  • Similar words include: Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BACH

4D: "4. Comparable to"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a similar kind; ,
  • Similar words include: ilk, care, alike
  • Opposite of: dislike, unalike
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIKE

5D: "5. Acclimates"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURES

6D: "6. Close friend"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • Similar words include: buddy, sidekick, pal
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRONY

7D: "7. Fuzz"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LINT

8D: "8. Western Amerind"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UTE

9D: "9. Kind of relief"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
  • Similar words include: BA, Bachelor of Arts, Ba
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAS

10D: "10. Gives medical aid to"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: kickshaw, process, deal
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREATS

11D: "11. Singer Della"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REESE

12D: "12. Dawdled"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that run disconnected or idle
  • Similar words include: stagnate, idle, slug
  • Opposite of: run, work
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDLED

13D: "13. Sphagnum, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOSS

14D: "18. Animal's skin"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  • Similar words include: rain cats and dogs, pour, bombard
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PELT

15D: "19. Succored"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give help or assistance; be of service
  • Similar words include: serve, aid, facilitate
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HELPED

16D: "23. Writer Pasternak"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BORIS

17D: "24. Writer Ludwig"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EMIL

18D: "25. Mummer's cover-up"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
  • Similar words include: dissemble, masquerade, cloak
  • Opposite of: unmask
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MASK

19D: "26. A double-reed"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  • Similar words include: hautbois, hautboy
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OBOE

20D: "27. Moist"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wet with dew
  • Similar words include: bedewed
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEWY

21D: "28. D.D.E.'s command"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETO

22D: "29. Tied the knot again"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REWED

23D: "31. Daisylike flower"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASTER

24D: "32. Lockup"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  • Similar words include: incarcerate, jailhouse, poky
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JAIL

25D: "33. Lyricist Harbach"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTTO

26D: "34. North Sea feeder"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YSER

27D: "36. Most recent"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
  • Similar words include: newfangled, unexampled, novel
  • Opposite of: worn, old
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEWEST

28D: "37. Anglo-Saxon laborer"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESNE

29D: "38. Bruin great"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that canadian hockey player (born 1948)
  • Similar words include: Robert Orr, Bobby Orr
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORR

30D: "42. Mandarin or Temple"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
  • Similar words include: orangish, Orange River, orange tree
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORANGE

31D: "43. Jalapa coin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
  • Similar words include: Uruguayan peso, Colombian peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PESO

32D: "44. Rebuttal"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • Similar words include: serve, reply, solution
  • Opposite of: question
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANSWER

33D: "45. Swimmer's stroke"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very slow movement
  • Similar words include: cringe, Australian crawl, cower
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRAWL

34D: "46. Costa Rican statesman"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
  • Similar words include: aria
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARIAS

35D: "47. Predatory birds"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
  • Similar words include: kite, kit out, kit up
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KITES

36D: "48. Cathedral's projection"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
  • Similar words include: apsis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APSE

37D: "49. An Arnaz"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DESI

38D: "50. Cause the ruin of"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
  • Similar words include: loosen, unwrap, unmake
  • Opposite of: wrap, make
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNDO

39D: "51. Jason's ship"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARGO

40D: "52. Consider"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • Similar words include: take for, view as, hold
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEEM

41D: "53. Small whirlpool"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
  • Similar words include: purl, twist, whirl
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDDY

42D: "55. Prefix with corn or pod"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRI

43D: "56. Focal point"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HUB

Puzzle Stats

33 Across
43 Down
76 Total

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January 19, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, January 19, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

January 19, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions

January 19, 2024 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Bladderball players, historically 4
2A 5. "OMG, stop!" 3
3A 8. Certain city guide 6
4A 14. Leaving a participle dangling in English class, say 4
5A 15. Words after a long day 10
6A 17. World capital since 1971 4
7A 18. Displays of villainous delight 10
8A 19. "Yeah, yeah, I get it" 4
9A 20. Hog calls 5
10A 21. Vibrating part of some instruments 4
11A 22. Honda model 3
12A 23. Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site 3
13A 24. Sorry 3
14A 26. Fixed a short in, perhaps 7
15A 28. Bed material 5
16A 32. Flash of inspiration 9
17A 35. Cheery greetings 5
18A 37. Takes home 4
19A 38. "Open wide" 5
20A 40. Liniment, e.g. 4
21A 41. Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Overstory" 5
22A 43. Not be bothered by something 9
23A 45. Some Deco pieces 5
24A 47. What makes a drink alcoholic 7
25A 48. "Yipes!" 3
26A 50. Word with heat or devil 3
27A 51. Launchpad for many comics, in brief 3
28A 52. Rev counter 4
29A 56. What U.P.S. routes tend to avoid 5
30A 58. "Pronto!" 4
31A 59. Break in? 10
32A 61. Cat or cow, in yoga 4
33A 62. "Ish" 10
34A 63. God in the Marvel Universe 4
35A 64. Brews 6
36A 65. Umami enhancer 3
37A 66. Breakout group? 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. Bladderball players, historically"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ELIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. "OMG, stop!""

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: TMI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Certain city guide"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: BUSMAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Leaving a participle dangling in English class, say"

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: NONO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Words after a long day"

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: HOMEATLAST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. World capital since 1971"

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 the capital and chief port of qatar
  • Words that mean the same thing: El Beda, capital of Qatar, Bida
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DOHA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Displays of villainous delight"

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: EVILLAUGHS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. "Yeah, yeah, I get it""

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: OKOK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Hog calls"

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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
  • Words that mean the same thing: oink, grunt, squeal
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OINKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Vibrating part of some instruments"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
  • Words that mean the same thing: reed instrument, beating-reed instrument, Walter Reed
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Honda model"

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 display of bad temper
  • Words that mean the same thing: fit out, burst, correspond
  • The opposite would be: disagree, unfit
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site"

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: PRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Sorry"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
  • Words that mean the same thing: pitiful, sorry, deplorable
  • The opposite would be: glad
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Fixed a short in, perhaps"

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 provide with new wiring
  • Words that mean the same thing: rewire
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REWIRED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Bed material"

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 protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MULCH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Flash of inspiration"

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: AHAMOMENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Cheery greetings"

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: HIHOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Takes home"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
  • Words that mean the same thing: cyberspace, network, net income
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. "Open wide""

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: SAYAH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Liniment, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
  • Words that mean the same thing: ointment, unction, unguent
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BALM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Overstory""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  • Words that mean the same thing: tree diagram, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, shoetree
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TREES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Not be bothered by something"

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: LETITRIDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Some Deco pieces"

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: ERTES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. What makes a drink alcoholic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
  • Words that mean the same thing: grain alcohol, fermentation alcohol, ethyl alcohol
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ETHANOL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. "Yipes!""

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: ACK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Word with heat or devil"

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 column of light (as from a beacon)
  • Words that mean the same thing: shaft, shaft of light, irradiation
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Launchpad for many comics, 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: SNL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Rev counter"

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 measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
  • Words that mean the same thing: tachometer
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TACH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. What U.P.S. routes tend to avoid"

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 location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
  • Words that mean the same thing: left field, left hand, left wing
  • The opposite would be: right
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEFTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. "Pronto!""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: STAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Break in?"

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: STAYCATION

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Cat or cow, in yoga"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: POSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. "Ish""

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: KINDASORTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. God in the Marvel Universe"

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) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
  • Words that mean the same thing: are, ar
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Brews"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a steep place (as on a hill)
  • Words that mean the same thing: absorb, steep, plunge
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEEPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Umami enhancer"

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 white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in chinese cooking
  • Words that mean the same thing: monosodium glutamate
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MSG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Breakout group?"

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 subdivision of a larger religious group
  • Words that mean the same thing: religious sect, religious order, faction
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SECT

    Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - January 19, 2024 Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Words after a tirade 9
2D 2. "Well, well, well!" 10
3D 3. Needing P.R. help, say 10
4D 4. Saturate 4
5D 5. They're proven to be true 8
6D 6. What a star signs 9
7D 7. "Let's do this!" 4
8D 8. Christmas wreath material 6
9D 9. Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame 3
10D 10. Symbol on a score 4
11D 11. Good speller? 4
12D 12. New York stadium eponym 4
13D 13. Psychotherapist's concern, in brief 4
14D 16. Antlered animals 4
15D 23. Anti's antithesis 3
16D 25. Cry that might accompany a forehead slap 3
17D 27. "Ready!" 5
18D 29. Galactic scale? 5
19D 30. Mom-and-pop shop : David :: ___ : Goliath 10
20D 31. "Not ready!" 10
21D 33. Time to drop the ball, in brief 3
22D 34. Fried side dish 9
23D 36. Certain credibility assessment 9
24D 39. Got hitched? 8
25D 42. Domain of the god Triton 3
26D 44. "Follow ___ Fair Sun" (Thomas Campion poem) 3
27D 46. Top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz 6
28D 49. Kind of diet that might include an egg fast 4
29D 52. Judgmental sounds 4
30D 53. On the job 4
31D 54. Prop for Willy Wonka 4
32D 55. Mr. ___ 4
33D 57. Like cheddar, but not brie 4
34D 58. They're equipped for treatments 4
35D 60. Limit 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. Words after a tirade"

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: ENDOFRANT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "Well, well, well!""

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: LOOKIEHERE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Needing P.R. help, 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: INHOTWATER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Saturate"

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 process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
  • Words that mean the same thing: intoxicate, overcharge, surcharge
  • The opposite would be: undercharge
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SOAK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. They're proven to be true"

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 proposition deducible from basic postulates
  • Words that mean the same thing: theorem
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THEOREMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. What a star signs"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: MOVIEDEAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Let's do this!""

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: IMIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Christmas wreath material"

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

    The answer is: BALSAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame"

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

    The answer is: UTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Symbol on a score"

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 (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
  • Words that mean the same thing: blot, daub, dim
  • The opposite would be: focus
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Good speller?"

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: MAGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. New York stadium eponym"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that united states tennis player who was the first black to win united states and english singles championships (1943-1993)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Psychotherapist's concern, in brief"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
  • Words that mean the same thing: posttraumatic stress disorder
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PTSD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Antlered animals"

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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
  • Words that mean the same thing: elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Anti's antithesis"

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 an athlete who plays for pay
  • Words that mean the same thing: professional
  • The opposite would be: amateur, con
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PRO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Cry that might accompany a forehead slap"

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: DUH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. "Ready!""

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: IMSET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Galactic scale?"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in libra
  • Words that mean the same thing: Libra the Scales, Balance, Libra the Balance
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIBRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Mom-and-pop shop : David :: ___ : Goliath"

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: CHAINSTORE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "Not ready!""

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: HOLDONASEC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Time to drop the ball, 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: NYE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Fried side dish"

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: TATERTOTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Certain credibility assessment"

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: SMELLTEST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Got hitched?"

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: HITASNAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Domain of the god Triton"

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 26 Down: "44. "Follow ___ Fair Sun" (Thomas Campion poem)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: THY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz"

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: SCLASS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Kind of diet that might include an egg fast"

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: KETO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "52. Judgmental sounds"

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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
  • Words that mean the same thing: tut, tut-tut, tsk
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TSKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "53. On the job"

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: ATIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "54. Prop for Willy Wonka"

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

    The answer is: CANE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "55. Mr. ___"

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: HYDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "57. Like cheddar, but not brie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: FIRM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "58. They're equipped for treatments"

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

    The answer is: SPAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Limit"

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 tight-fitting headdress
  • Words that mean the same thing: hood, crest, crown
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 49 68.1%
Short Answer 14 19.4%
History 2 2.8%
Geography 2 2.8%
Literature 2 2.8%
Food & Drink 2 2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 35
Total Clues 72
Average Answer Length 5.3 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 10 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 5 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: August 28, 2025 at 05:20 AM

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