November 13, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 13, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

November 13, 2021 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Maker of the Karma quadcopter drone	5
2A	6. East Timor's capital	4
3A	10. Call to a mate	4
4A	14. Like white-eyes and wheatears	5
5A	15. River that's a letter off from 20-Across	4
6A	16. Default result, maybe	4
7A	17. Chilling	5
8A	18. Capital whose name means "smoky bay," referencing the steam from its hot springs	9
9A	20. Sea that's a letter off from 15-Across	4
10A	21. Hockey star Patrick	4
11A	22. ___-friendly (ecolabel)	5
12A	23. Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo sales	14
13A	26. Stadium refrain	6
14A	27. Palme d'Or field	4
15A	28. Groups with lots of issues to talk through	11
16A	31. Not-so-big shot	3
17A	34. Needing to be charged	4
18A	35. Donnie ___, title role for Jake Gyllenhaal	5
19A	36. "Slick"	4
20A	37. Monitor of a tap	3
21A	38. Activity with a drawing of names	11
22A	40. Car music player button	4
23A	41. Epitome	6
24A	42. Something good eaters "join"	14
25A	47. Passages in a long story?	5
26A	48. ___ Parker (handbag retailer)	4
27A	49. Suddenly show (up)	4
28A	51. "Ah, yes, of course ..."	9
29A	53. Director Sam	5
30A	54. Lead-in to medicine	4
31A	55. Savory sauce made with chocolate	4
32A	56. Most likely, in a text	5
33A	57. Home of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque	4
34A	58. Got rid of	4
35A	59. Collection of brains	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!

Clue 1 Across: "1. Maker of the Karma quadcopter drone"

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: GOPRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. East Timor's capital"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: DILI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Call to a mate"

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: GDAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Like white-eyes and wheatears"

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

  The answer is: AVIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. River that's a letter off from 20-Across"

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: URAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Default result, maybe"

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: REPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Chilling"

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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Capital whose name means "smoky bay," referencing the steam from its hot springs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and chief port of iceland on the southwestern coast of iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Iceland
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REYKJAVIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Sea that's a letter off from 15-Across"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Hockey star Patrick"

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: KANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. ___-friendly (ecolabel)"

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 colorless gas (o3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OZONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Netflix series that caused a 2017 surge in Eggo sales"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: STRANGERTHINGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Stadium refrain"

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: OLEOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Palme d'Or field"

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: CINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Groups with lots of issues to talk through"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEBATETEAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Not-so-big shot"

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 computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
• Words that mean the same thing: BB shot, BB, electronic bulletin board
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Needing to be charged"

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 people who are no longer living
• Words that mean the same thing: perfectly, all in, suddenly
• The opposite would be: alive, living
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Donnie ___, title role for Jake Gyllenhaal"

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: DARKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. "Slick""

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 clean or organized
• Words that mean the same thing: slap-up, great, corking
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Monitor of a tap"

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 (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Words that mean the same thing: snoop, sight, stag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Activity with a drawing of names"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SECRETSANTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Car music player button"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
• Words that mean the same thing: essay, look for, try
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Epitome"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
• Words that mean the same thing: elevation, altitude, stature
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Something good eaters "join""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: CLEANPLATECLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Passages in a long story?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• Words that mean the same thing: Granville Stanley Hall, manse, entrance hall
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. ___ Parker (handbag retailer)"

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: EDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Suddenly show (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 the yield from plants in a single growing season
• Words that mean the same thing: browse, snip, cut 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: CROP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. "Ah, yes, of course ...""

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: IREMEMBER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Director Sam"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RAIMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Lead-in to medicine"

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: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Savory sauce made with chocolate"

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 molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: jetty, counterspy, seawall
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Most likely, in a text"

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: PROBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Home of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque"

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 strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Got rid of"

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 chop or split with an ax
• Words that mean the same thing: ax, axe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Collection of brains"

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 faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the large magellanic cloud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword November 13, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Mother (and wife!) of Uranus	4
2D	2. Stay out for too long?	9
3D	3. Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The"	9
4D	4. Reading, for instance	8
5D	5. With 39-Down, "Wait!"	3
6D	6. "Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article	5
7D	7. Nobel-winning daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie	5
8D	8. What bakers might do their level best to make?	9
9D	9. Sort	3
10D	10. "Prego" preceder	6
11D	11. County that's home to Plymouth, England	5
12D	12. Mocking, maybe	5
13D	13. Joins	5
14D	19. Heads	5
15D	21. Heavily engaged (in)	8
16D	24. ___-country	3
17D	25. Chalamet of 2021's "Dune"	8
18D	26. 9-to-5, e.g.	4
19D	29. You might take the bait from one	9
20D	30. Foul up	3
21D	31. Eponym of Israel's largest airport	9
22D	32. Scented products that cause underwater "explosions"	9
23D	33. "Don't wait!"	4
24D	36. You might have a file for this	8
25D	38. Word with talking or horse	5
26D	39. See 5-Down	3
27D	40. Shade of pink	6
28D	42. Casual pants material	5
29D	43. 2019 Super Bowl loser, for short	5
30D	44. Lead role in "The Vampire Diaries"	5
31D	45. First person to appear simultaneously on the American and British covers of Vogue (Oct. 2021)	5
32D	46. Played out	5
33D	50. Site of a famous tilt in European history	4
34D	52. Sport with a big pay-per-view audience, in brief	3
35D	53. Spinning inits.	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. Mother (and wife!) of Uranus"

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) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Gaia, Ge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Stay out for too long?"

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

  The answer is: OVERSLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The""

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: PIRATEBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Reading, for instance"

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 line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
• Words that mean the same thing: sandbag, railway, railway system
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAILROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. With 39-Down, "Wait!""

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: unity, ace, ane
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article"

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: DURAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Nobel-winning daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie"

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: IRENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. What bakers might do their level best to make?"

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: LAYERCAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sort"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ILK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Prego" preceder"

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: GRAZIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. County that's home to Plymouth, England"

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 county in southwestern england
• Words that mean the same thing: Devonshire
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEVON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Mocking, maybe"

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 imitate uncritically and in every aspect
• Words that mean the same thing: caricature, ape
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Joins"

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 fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
• Words that mean the same thing: twain, couplet, duad
• The opposite would be: unyoke
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Heads"

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 united states artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jasper Johns, john, Gospel According to John
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOHNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Heavily engaged (in)"

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: KNEEDEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. ___-country"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Chalamet of 2021's "Dune""

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: TIMOTHEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. 9-to-5, 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 likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
• Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. You might take the bait from one"

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: TACKLEBOX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Foul up"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: drift, slip, stray
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Eponym of Israel's largest airport"

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: BENGURION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Scented products that cause underwater "explosions""

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: BATHBOMBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. "Don't wait!""

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: STAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. You might have a file for this"

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: NAILCARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Word with talking or horse"

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 general conscious awareness
• Words that mean the same thing: sensory faculty, smell, mother wit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. See 5-Down"

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 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
• Words that mean the same thing: second, Securities and Exchange Commission, unsweet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Shade of pink"

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 of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
• Words that mean the same thing: pink-orange, Salmon River, pinkish-orange
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Casual pants 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 trousers made with chino cloth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHINO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. 2019 Super Bowl loser, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: LARAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "44. Lead role in "The Vampire Diaries""

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: ELENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. First person to appear simultaneously on the American and British covers of Vogue (Oct. 2021)"

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: ADELE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Played out"

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 lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
• Words that mean the same thing: sap, fag out, trite
• The opposite would be: interest, rested
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Site of a famous tilt in European history"

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 city in tuscany; site of the famous leaning tower
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Sport with a big pay-per-view audience, in brief"

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

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: MMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Spinning inits."

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 rate of revolution of a motor
• Words that mean the same thing: revolutions per minute, rev
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RPM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	75.7%
Short Answer	7	10.0%
Geography	4	5.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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: September 13, 2025 at 06:42 PM

XWordHint Crossword Answers March 06, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

Master today's NYT crossword with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun. Perfect for crossword lovers who want that satisfying "aha!" moment.

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (34 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (34 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. First impression of a new video game?	11
2A	12. After-afterthought, for short	3
3A	15. Drone's image	11
4A	16. Choler	3
5A	17. "We should grab a meal sometime"	11
6A	18. Snaps	3
7A	19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking	4
8A	20. Many Snapchats, informally	4
9A	21. Unfolds, with "out"	5
10A	23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II	3
11A	24. Command+F, on a Mac	4
12A	25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels	4
13A	26. Reached the top of one's game	6
14A	28. Grain that once fed the Roman army	5
15A	29. Heroic tale of romance	4
16A	30. Seeing someone wealthier, say	8
17A	32. Worker involved in firings?	6
18A	34. Montenegrin, e.g.	6
19A	35. You can't cut through it	8
20A	37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020	4
21A	38. Fiery spirit	5
22A	39. Sylvan	6
23A	41. The Green Hornet's sidekick	4
24A	42. "___ have guessed?!"	4
25A	43. "Uh-huh!"	3
26A	46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam"	5
27A	48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation	4
28A	49. Relinquish	4
29A	50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight	3
30A	51. Eschewing modesty, say	11
31A	54. Home security inits. since 1874	3
32A	55. Summer confection	11
33A	56. "Hard pass"	3
34A	57. Digital deals for young people?	11

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. First impression of a new video game?"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STARTBUTTON

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "12. After-afterthought, for short"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PPS

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3A: "15. Drone's image"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AERIALPHOTO

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4A: "16. Choler"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Similar words include: wrath, ira, anger
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: IRE

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5A: "17. "We should grab a meal sometime""

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LETSDOLUNCH

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6A: "18. Snaps"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
• Similar words include: pyx chest, pix chest, pyx
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PIX

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7A: "19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Similar words include: horn, detusk, ivory
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TUSK

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8A: "20. Many Snapchats, informally"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VIDS

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9A: "21. Unfolds, with "out""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Similar words include: open, unfold, spread out
• Opposite of: fold, close

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OPENS

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10A: "23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Similar words include: sleuth, espy, snoop
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPY

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11A: "24. Command+F, on a Mac"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a productive insight
• Similar words include: ascertain, feel, regain
• Opposite of: lose

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FIND

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12A: "25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer whose novels portray middle-class jewish life (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROTH

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13A: "26. Reached the top of one's game"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
• Similar words include: sickly, unwell, ailing
• Opposite of: bottom out

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PEAKED

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14A: "28. Grain that once fed the Roman army"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FARRO

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15A: "29. Heroic tale of romance"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GEST

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16A: "30. Seeing someone wealthier, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DATINGUP

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17A: "32. Worker involved in firings?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
• Similar words include: mess around, monkey, tinker
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: POTTER

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18A: "34. Montenegrin, e.g."

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inhabitant of the balkan peninsula
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BALKAN

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19A: "35. You can't cut through it"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CULDESAC

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20A: "37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: XMEN

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21A: "38. Fiery spirit"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Similar words include: fervor, ardour, fervidness
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARDOR

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22A: "39. Sylvan"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that covered with growing trees and bushes etc
• Opposite of: unwooded
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WOODED

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23A: "41. The Green Hornet's sidekick"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: KATO

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24A: "42. "___ have guessed?!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHOD

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25A: "43. "Uh-huh!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: YEP

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26A: "46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states civil rights worker in mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
• Similar words include: Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVERS

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27A: "48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sleigh, sledge
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SLED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

28A: "49. Relinquish"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Similar words include: yield, grant, concede
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CEDE

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29A: "50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PIE

Remember this word for future puzzles!

30A: "51. Eschewing modesty, say"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LIVINGLARGE

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31A: "54. Home security inits. since 1874"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADT

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32A: "55. Summer confection"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ICECREAMBAR

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33A: "56. "Hard pass""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NAH

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34A: "57. Digital deals for young people?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PINKYSWEARS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. NH4NO3 and others	5
2D	2. Get set to drive	5
3D	3. Bohemian	5
4D	4. Consideration in setting insurance rates	4
5D	5. Just a ___	3
6D	6. Emits a stream of hot air	9
7D	7. Satellite transmission path	6
8D	8. Hit the ground loudly	7
9D	9. Hyperbolic amount of work	4
10D	10. Unscripted, for short?	3
11D	11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley"	4
12D	12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards	9
13D	13. Publisher's order	8
14D	14. Pleasurable place to do business?	7
15D	22. Made the fool	7
16D	24. Grow progressively more rancid	6
17D	26. Lab access point?	7
18D	27. Trifling bit	3
19D	28. Made a scene, say	6
20D	29. Some yellowish canines	9
21D	31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?	9
22D	32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular	8
23D	33. Like some emotions and recruits	3
24D	35. One might frequently be buttered up	7
25D	36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals"	7
26D	40. Annual award for short stories	6
27D	43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)	5
28D	44. Exiled character in "King Lear"	5
29D	45. Age-mates	5
30D	47. Little mistake	4
31D	48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson	4
32D	49. Cost in total, with "to"	4
33D	52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)	3
34D	53. "It's the ___!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. NH₄NO₃ and others"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Similar words include: saltiness, table salt, common salt
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SALTS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2D: "2. Get set to drive"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TEEUP

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3D: "3. Bohemian"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ARTSY

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4D: "4. Consideration in setting insurance rates"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• Similar words include: chance, risk of exposure, adventure
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RISK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

5D: "5. Just a ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slight amount or degree of difference
• Similar words include: shade
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAD

Remember this word for future puzzles!

6D: "6. Emits a stream of hot air"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that orate verbosely and windily
• Similar words include: bloviate
• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: BLOVIATES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

7D: "7. Satellite transmission path"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a transmission from earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UPLINK

Remember this word for future puzzles!

8D: "8. Hit the ground loudly"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a dull sound
• Similar words include: thump, thud, scrunch
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: THUDDED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

9D: "9. Hyperbolic amount of work"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: long ton, rafts, short ton
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TONS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

10D: "10. Unscripted, for short?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: OTC

Remember this word for future puzzles!

11D: "11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOHO

Remember this word for future puzzles!

12D: "12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PIPEORGAN

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13D: "13. Publisher's order"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRINTRUN

Remember this word for future puzzles!

14D: "14. Pleasurable place to do business?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEXSHOP

Remember this word for future puzzles!

15D: "22. Made the fool"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dress or decorate showily or gaudily
• Similar words include: prank
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PRANKED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

16D: "24. Grow progressively more rancid"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
• Similar words include: suppurating sore, maturate, suppurate
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FESTER

Remember this word for future puzzles!

17D: "26. Lab access point?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PETDOOR

Remember this word for future puzzles!

18D: "27. Trifling bit"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light touch or stroke
• Similar words include: splatter, tap, swob
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DAB

Remember this word for future puzzles!

19D: "28. Made a scene, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a film or photograph of something
• Similar words include: take, film, shoot
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FILMED

Remember this word for future puzzles!

20D: "29. Some yellowish canines"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: GOLDTEETH

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21D: "31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TAXDODGES

Remember this word for future puzzles!

22D: "32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PURAVIDA

Remember this word for future puzzles!

23D: "33. Like some emotions and recruits"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for nakedness
• Similar words include: stark naked, sore, in the altogether
• Opposite of: cooked

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Answer: RAW

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24D: "35. One might frequently be buttered up"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CAKEPAN

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25D: "36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals""

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: COWLICK

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26D: "40. Annual award for short stories"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OHENRY

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27D: "43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YERBA

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28D: "44. Exiled character in "King Lear""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDGAR

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29D: "45. Age-mates"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Similar words include: equal, peer, match
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEERS

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30D: "47. Little mistake"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
• Similar words include: sideslip, eluding, luxate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLIP

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31D: "48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SVEN

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32D: "49. Cost in total, with "to""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
• Similar words include: make out, amount, do
• Opposite of: leave, go

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Answer: CAME

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33D: "52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICI

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34D: "53. "It's the ___!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
• Similar words include: natural law, practice of law, law of nature
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAW

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Today's Puzzle Stats

34 Across Clues

34 Down Clues

68 Total Clues

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