November 28, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 28, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle November 28, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Move to a later date, say	10
2A	11. ___ noche (tonight: Sp.)	4
3A	15. "Any interest in doing this?"	10
4A	16. Wolverine, for example	4
5A	17. '80s work wear with shoulder pads	10
6A	18. Kind of tense	4
7A	19. Originator of parody ads for 5-hour Empathy and Tylenol BM, in brief	3
8A	20. Better ___	4
9A	21. Author Donna who wrote "The Secret History"	5
10A	22. What you might test the waters with	3
11A	23. Ink absorber	7
12A	25. "Them's the rules"	9
13A	28. Firm requirement, for short?	3
14A	29. Style guide?	9
15A	30. Juice (up)	4
16A	31. Really dig	5
17A	32. Extra in "The Lord of the Rings"	3
18A	33. Takes care of the rough spots, in a way	5
19A	34. 4-Down, for CBS	4
20A	35. Alters, as a pop singer's voice	9
21A	37. Something you might describe as touch-and-go?	3
22A	38. Show of self-sorrow	9
23A	39. Library workspaces	7
24A	41. Arthur with two Emmys and a Tony	3
25A	42. "Middlemarch" novelist, 1871	5
26A	43. Nos. representing years' worth of letters	4
27A	45. Mo. that the Anglo-Saxons called Winterfylleth	3
28A	48. Household organizers	4
29A	49. Says too much	10
30A	52. Previously	4
31A	53. Official drink of Puerto Rico	10
32A	54. Recognized	4
33A	55. One who passes the bar?	10

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. Move to a later date, say"

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: TIMETRAVEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. ___ noche (tonight: Sp.)"

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: ESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. "Any interest in doing this?""

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: AREYOUGAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Wolverine, for example"

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: XMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. '80s work wear with shoulder pads"

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: POWERSUITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Kind of tense"

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 time that has elapsed
• Words that mean the same thing: retiring, yesteryear, preceding
• The opposite would be: present, future
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Originator of parody ads for 5-hour Empathy and Tylenol BM, 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 8 Across: "20. Better ___"

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: THAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Author Donna who wrote "The Secret History""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: TARTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. What you might test the waters with"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Ink absorber"

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 absorbent paper used to dry ink
• Words that mean the same thing: blotting paper, charge sheet, rap sheet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLOTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. "Them's the rules""

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: FAIRSFAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Firm requirement, for short?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a master's degree in business
• Words that mean the same thing: Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Style guide?"

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: DRESSCODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Juice (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Really dig"

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 inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
• Words that mean the same thing: dig into, examine, investigation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Extra in "The Lord of the Rings""

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Takes care of the rough spots, in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
• Words that mean the same thing: Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, litoral, guts
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. 4-Down, for CBS"

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 company emblem or device
• Words that mean the same thing: logotype
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. Alters, as a pop singer's voice"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AUTOTUNES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Something you might describe as touch-and-go?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Show of self-sorrow"

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: PITYPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "39. Library workspaces"

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 french surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
• Words that mean the same thing: Alexis Carrel, stall, Carrel
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARRELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "41. Arthur with two Emmys and a Tony"

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: BEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "42. "Middlemarch" novelist, 1871"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that british poet (born in the united states) who won the nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
• Words that mean the same thing: George Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "43. Nos. representing years' worth of letters"

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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: GPA, grade point average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "45. Mo. that the Anglo-Saxons called Winterfylleth"

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 month following september and preceding november
• Words that mean the same thing: October
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "48. Household organizers"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: BIN, binful, bank identification number
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "49. Says too much"

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: OVERSHARES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "52. Previously"

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

  The answer is: ONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "53. Official drink of Puerto Rico"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: PINACOLADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "54. Recognized"

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 perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• Words that mean the same thing: ensure, come across, take care
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "55. One who passes the bar?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a total abstainer
• Words that mean the same thing: teetotalist, teetotaller
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEETOTALER

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - November 28, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Designates	4
2D	2. Shellfish have lots of this	4
3D	3. Little cry	4
4D	4. See 34-Across	3
5D	5. Fabled beneficiary of a nap	8
6D	6. Running backs and defensive ends	7
7D	7. Líquido vital	4
8D	8. Given to self-reflection?	4
9D	9. Triage pro	3
10D	10. "___ Enfants du Paradis" (classic W.W. II-era film)	3
11D	11. An American in Paris, say	5
12D	12. Capital invested by experts	10
13D	13. They're on the tip of your tongue	9
14D	14. Some pest control products	8
15D	21. Blue Jays or Raptors, for short	3
16D	22. '90s exercise fad	5
17D	23. One of a pair of interrogators	6
18D	24. "Not gonna ___"	3
19D	25. Fabled beneficiary of a kiss	10
20D	26. Ones who watch sports for a living?	6
21D	27. Beer purchase in a large bottle, informally	5
22D	29. Write	9
23D	30. Air traveler in early winter	5
24D	31. Study pills	8
25D	33. It can't miss	8
26D	35. Afflict	3
27D	36. Ingredient added to a Bloody Mary	7
28D	38. ___ name	3
29D	40. Nevada senator Jacky	5
30D	43. Good name for a biology teacher?	4
31D	44. Boob, on the Tube	4
32D	45. Like some contracts and contraceptives	4
33D	46. Opposite of annex	4
34D	47. Onetime title for Bulgaria's Simeon II, the last person to use it	4
35D	49. Go (for)	3
36D	50. Go (for)	3
37D	51. Like	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. Designates"

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 (military) signal to turn the lights out
• Words that mean the same thing: dab, solicit, tip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Shellfish have lots of this"

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 heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• Words that mean the same thing: Fe, cast-iron, smoothing iron
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Little cry"

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 cry weakly or softly
• Words that mean the same thing: pule, wail, whimper
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. See 34-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of sight
• Words that mean the same thing: optic, middle, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Fabled beneficiary of a nap"

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 usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except australia and antarctica
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TORTOISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Running backs and defensive ends"

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 (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
• Words that mean the same thing: rusher
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUSHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Líquido vital"

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 largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
• Words that mean the same thing: agua toad, Bufo marinus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Given to self-reflection?"

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 characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
• Words that mean the same thing: egotistical, bootless, sleeveless
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Triage pro"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "___ Enfants du Paradis" (classic W.W. II-era film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: LE, lupus erythematosus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. An American in Paris, say"

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 person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
• Words that mean the same thing: expatriate, exile
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Capital invested by experts"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard 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: SMARTMONEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. They're on the tip of your tongue"

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 an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
• Words that mean the same thing: gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTEBUDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Some pest control products"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANTTRAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Blue Jays or Raptors, 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 prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. '90s exercise fad"

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: TAEBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. One of a pair of interrogators"

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: BADCOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. "Not gonna ___""

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

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Fabled beneficiary of a kiss"

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: FROGPRINCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Ones who watch sports for a living?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
• Words that mean the same thing: spotter, talent scout, pathfinder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Beer purchase in a large bottle, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
• Words that mean the same thing: 40, xl, twoscore
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Write"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: DROPALINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Air traveler in early winter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
• Words that mean the same thing: Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, St. Nick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Study pills"

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 an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
• Words that mean the same thing: placebo
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLACEBOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. It can't miss"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SURESHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "35. Afflict"

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: pain, garlic, trouble
• The 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 27 Down: "36. Ingredient added to a Bloody Mary"

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 a mexican state on the gulf of campeche
• Words that mean the same thing: red pepper, Tabasco sauce
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TABASCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "38. ___ name"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: darling, preferred, favorite
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "40. Nevada senator Jacky"

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: ROSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Good name for a biology teacher?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• Words that mean the same thing: cistron, factor
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Boob, on the Tube"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• Words that mean the same thing: rump, keister, fanny
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Like some contracts and contraceptives"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, viva voce, viva
• The opposite would be: anal, aboral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. Opposite of annex"

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 give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Words that mean the same thing: give up, yield, concede
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Onetime title for Bulgaria's Simeon II, the last person to use it"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Go (for)"

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 select as an alternative over another
• Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Go (for)"

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 compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• Words that mean the same thing: compete, contend
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. Like"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	65.7%
Short Answer	14	20.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Literature	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.5 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

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• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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September 18, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, September 18, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword September 18, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. The I.R.S.'s 1040, e.g.	4
2A	5. Literature and music, for two	4
3A	9. Change as needed to fit in	5
4A	14. Solo at the Met	4
5A	15. Place for a cruise ship to stop	4
6A	16. Schlep	5
7A	17. Blabber continuously	15
8A	20. Icy wet stuff	5
9A	21. Actress Dunham	4
10A	22. Actor Danny or Stubby of old Hollywood	4
11A	23. Utah city that shares its name with a biblical kingdom	4
12A	25. Burn the midnight oil, student-style	4
13A	27. Harmlessly deceive	13
14A	32. George Harrison's "All Those Years ___"	3
15A	34. 1983 Peace Nobelist Walesa	4
16A	35. City leader	5
17A	36. Window or door component	4
18A	38. "Cheers!," in Stockholm	5
19A	41. Bandleader Puente	4
20A	42. Language related to Inuit	5
21A	44. ___ of the tongue	4
22A	46. Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor	3
23A	47. Be cause for serious concern, say	13
24A	51. New Haven university	4
25A	52. End-of-list abbr.	4
26A	53. Witch's concoction	4
27A	56. At any time	4
28A	58. Cedar Rapids native	5
29A	62. Broadcast booth analysis … or a hint to 17-, 27- and 47-Across	15
30A	65. Toyota sedan	5
31A	66. Giant-screen film format	4
32A	67. Start of many a fairy tale	4
33A	68. Something you haven't been able to do on planes since 2000	5
34A	69. Complain loudly and at length	4
35A	70. Event suffix similar to "-Con"	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. The I.R.S.'s 1040, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
• Words that mean the same thing: physical body, bod, anatomy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Literature and music, for two"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: humanities, artwork, fine art
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Change as needed to fit in"

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 make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: accommodate, conform, adjust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Solo at the Met"

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

  The answer is: ARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Place for a cruise ship to stop"

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 place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
• Words that mean the same thing: porthole, embrasure, port wine
• The opposite would be: starboard
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Schlep"

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 the act of carrying something
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, convey, impart
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Blabber continuously"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TALKABLUESTREAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Icy wet stuff"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Actress Dunham"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a russian river in siberia; flows northward into the laptev sea
• Words that mean the same thing: Lena River
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Actor Danny or Stubby of old Hollywood"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: KAYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Utah city that shares its name with a biblical kingdom"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Burn the midnight oil, student-style"

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 crowd or pack to capacity
• Words that mean the same thing: chock up, bone, jampack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Harmlessly deceive"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TELLAWHITELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. George Harrison's "All Those Years ___""

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. 1983 Peace Nobelist Walesa"

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 man with strong sexual desires
• Words that mean the same thing: letch, satyr, lecher
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. City leader"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the head of a city government
• Words that mean the same thing: city manager
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Window or door component"

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 upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. "Cheers!," in Stockholm"

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: SKOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Bandleader Puente"

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 yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to german occupation during world war ii and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: Marshal Tito, Josip Broz
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Language related to Inuit"

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 member of the people inhabiting the aleutian islands and southwestern alaska
• Words that mean the same thing: Aleutian
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALEUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. ___ of the tongue"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, gaucherie, drop away
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: sodium, Na, atomic number 11
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Be cause for serious concern, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAISEAREDFLAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. New Haven university"

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 university in connecticut
• Words that mean the same thing: Yale University, Elihu Yale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. End-of-list abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Witch's concoction"

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 drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
• Words that mean the same thing: brewage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. At any time"

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

  The answer is: EVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Cedar Rapids native"

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

  The answer is: IOWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Broadcast booth analysis … or a hint to 17-, 27- and 47-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COLORCOMMENTARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Toyota sedan"

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: CAMRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Giant-screen film format"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IMAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Start of many a fairy tale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Something you haven't been able to do on planes since 2000"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
• Words that mean the same thing: fastball, smoking, green goddess
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "69. Complain loudly and at length"

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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
• Words that mean the same thing: rave, bombast, ranting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "70. Event suffix similar to "-Con""

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: FEST

  Great job if you got it right!

September 18, 2023 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Minnesota ___ (pool shark in "The Hustler")	4
2D	2. Not written	4
3D	3. Rub the wrong way	4
4D	4. "What are you gonna do about it?!"	6
5D	5. Police alert, for short	3
6D	6. Temporary price reduction to drive sales	8
7D	7. "Indeed, so it is"	4
8D	8. Foul odor	6
9D	9. Have a part in a play	3
10D	10. Turkey drumstick, but not the breast, e.g.	8
11D	11. Tiler's measurement	4
12D	12. "Eat, ___, Love" (2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir)	4
13D	13. Young 'un	4
14D	18. Ring-shaped coral island	5
15D	19. Wraparound garment of India	4
16D	24. Beverages that can be pale or stout	4
17D	26. Source of after-hours cash, for short	3
18D	27. Marisa who won an Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny"	5
19D	28. "___ Line Is It Anyway?"	5
20D	29. In a recumbent position	5
21D	30. Greek letter, or a tiny bit	4
22D	31. God of romantic love	4
23D	32. Cracked open a little	4
24D	33. Inaugural celebration	4
25D	37. Time-wasting labor	8
26D	39. City council member	8
27D	40. Elevator in London	4
28D	43. Darjeeling or Earl Grey	3
29D	45. Ordinary	5
30D	48. Actor Guinness	4
31D	49. "Au ___" ("Until we meet again")	6
32D	50. Many	6
33D	53. Loops in surreptitiously	4
34D	54. Give in to wanderlust	4
35D	55. "Tickle Me" Muppet	4
36D	57. Jane Austen novel that inspired "Clueless"	4
37D	59. Taper off	4
38D	60. Curved trajectories	4
39D	61. Russian refusal	4
40D	63. Deli bread option	3
41D	64. Office contact no.	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. Minnesota ___ (pool shark in "The Hustler")"

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 soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
• Words that mean the same thing: plump, fatten out, plump out
• The opposite would be: leanness
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Not written"

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 examination conducted by spoken communication
• Words that mean the same thing: viva voce, oral exam, viva
• The opposite would be: aboral, anal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Rub the wrong way"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: bother, gravel, get at
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "What are you gonna do about it?!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAKEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Police alert, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Temporary price reduction to drive sales"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
• Words that mean the same thing: push back
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLLBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Indeed, so it is""

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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
• Words that mean the same thing: dependable, honest, on-key
• The opposite would be: false, untruthful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Foul odor"

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 distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: fetor, malodour, reek
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Have a part in a play"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: behave, pretend, human action
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Turkey drumstick, but not the breast, e.g."

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: DARKMEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Tiler's measurement"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: orbit, surface area, country
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Eat, ___, Love" (2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir)"

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 address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
• Words that mean the same thing: beg, implore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Young 'un"

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 native of yorkshire
• Words that mean the same thing: tike, barbarian, youngster
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TYKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Ring-shaped coral island"

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 consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Wraparound garment of India"

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 dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
• Words that mean the same thing: saree
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Beverages that can be pale or stout"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Source of after-hours cash, 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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller machine, automated teller, asynchronous transfer mode
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Marisa who won an Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOMEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. "___ Line Is It Anyway?""

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: WHOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. In a recumbent position"

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 deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, consist, prevarication
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Greek letter, or a tiny bit"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, smidge, whit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. God of romantic love"

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: physical attraction, concupiscence, sexual desire
• The 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 23 Down: "32. Cracked open a little"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Inaugural celebration"

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 gay festivity
• Words that mean the same thing: jamboree, blowout, gala affair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Time-wasting labor"

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 active work of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: make-work
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUSYWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. City council member"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALDERMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Elevator in London"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of giving temporary assistance
• Words that mean the same thing: repeal, face-lift, purloin
• The opposite would be: lower, fall
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Darjeeling or Earl Grey"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, Camellia sinensis, teatime
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Ordinary"

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 extensive tract of level open land
• Words that mean the same thing: manifestly, kvetch, unvarnished
• The opposite would be: cheer, fancy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Actor Guinness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. "Au ___" ("Until we meet again")"

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: REVOIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Many"

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: ALOTOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Loops in surreptitiously"

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: BCCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Give in to wanderlust"

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 about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• Words that mean the same thing: rove, vagabond, cast
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Tickle Me" Muppet"

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: ELMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Jane Austen novel that inspired "Clueless""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Taper off"

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

  The answer is: WANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Curved trajectories"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: discharge, electric discharge, bow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Russian refusal"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Deli bread option"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seed of the cereal grass
• Words that mean the same thing: rye whiskey, rye whisky, Secale cereale
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. Office contact no."

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: EXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	72.4%
Short Answer	6	7.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
Geography	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
History	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: August 30, 2025 at 06:45 PM