January 12, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (35 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - January 12, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Fungus-filled, maybe	7
2A	8. E.R. V.I.P.s	3
3A	11. "___ homo"	4
4A	15. "Insecure" actress	7
5A	16. Alley ___ (flashy basketball play)	3
6A	17. Cowboy's pal	4
7A	18. Hard deposit in a bladder	11
8A	20. Bone-dry	4
9A	21. Dine	3
10A	22. Queen's realm?	9
11A	24. They aren't what they appear to be	5
12A	27. Boxer's cry	3
13A	28. Base on balls	4
14A	29. Legislation often resulting from compromise	14
15A	34. Placid	4
16A	35. Norm: Abbr.	3
17A	36. Word in an alumnae directory, maybe	3
18A	37. Adage on the impermanence of suffering ... or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46- and 61-Across	16
19A	43. Bit in a horse's mouth?	3
20A	44. Shade	3
21A	45. Coat in winter	4
22A	46. N.F.L. signal caller	14
23A	51. "Not to mention ..."	4
24A	52. Take a stab	3
25A	53. "Well, alrighty ..."	5
26A	56. Spots for idols	9
27A	59. Timeline unit	3
28A	60. Ben & Jerry's alternative	4
29A	61. Jiffy	11
30A	66. Santa's coat?	4
31A	67. Novelist Rand	3
32A	68. Vague comment akin to "More than you might think"	7
33A	69. Burden	4
34A	70. Disreputable newspaper	3
35A	71. Jane Pauley and Rachel Maddow	7

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. Fungus-filled, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: MILDEWY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. E.R. V.I.P.s"

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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (md is the current symbol for mendelevium but mv was formerly the symbol)
• Words that mean the same thing: physician, doctor, Maryland
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. "___ homo""

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: ECCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. "Insecure" actress"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ISSARAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Alley ___ (flashy basketball play)"

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: OOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cowboy's pal"

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: PARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. Hard deposit in a bladder"

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: KIDNEYSTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Bone-dry"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: desiccate, desiccated, waterless
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Dine"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: eat on, rust, wipe out
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Queen's realm?"

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: ANTCOLONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. They aren't what they appear to be"

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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• Words that mean the same thing: shammer, assume, dissemble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Boxer's cry"

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: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Base on balls"

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 traveling by foot
• Words that mean the same thing: take the air, base on balls, walking
• The opposite would be: ride
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Legislation often resulting from compromise"

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: BIPARTISANBILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Placid"

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 steadiness of mind under stress
• Words that mean the same thing: cool off, steady, composure
• The opposite would be: agitate, stormy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Norm: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
• Words that mean the same thing: sexually transmitted disease, VD, Cupid's itch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Word in an alumnae directory, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Adage on the impermanence of suffering ... or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46- and 61-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: THISTOOSHALLPASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Bit in a horse's mouth?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Shade"

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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: chromaticity, imbue
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Coat in winter"

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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
• Words that mean the same thing: rhyme, frost, hoar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. N.F.L. signal caller"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: PROQUARTERBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. "Not to mention ...""

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

  The answer is: PLUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "52. Take a stab"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: effort, sample, examine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. "Well, alrighty ...""

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: OKNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "56. Spots for idols"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a support or foundation
• Words that mean the same thing: plinth, footstall, pedestal
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEDESTALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "59. Timeline unit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run 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: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Ben & Jerry's alternative"

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: EDYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Jiffy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRIEFMOMENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Santa's coat?"

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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
• Words that mean the same thing: lampblack, smut, crock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Novelist Rand"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: AYN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. Vague comment akin to "More than you might think""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ITSALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. Burden"

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 an onerous or difficult concern
• Words that mean the same thing: load, encumbrance, incumbrance
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. Disreputable newspaper"

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 small piece of cloth or paper
• Words that mean the same thing: get at, rile, tantalise
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. Jane Pauley and Rachel Maddow"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TVHOSTS

  Great job if you got it right!

January 12, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hard lemonade brand	5
2D	2. Thomas in the Basketball Hall of Fame	5
3D	3. Paper you take to go on a trip?	6
4D	4. "Dapper" guy	3
5D	5. "Able was I ___ I saw Elba"	3
6D	6. "No ___!" (or its response)	3
7D	7. "Without question"	3
8D	8. Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery body	8
9D	9. Terse caution	4
10D	10. Building detail	4
11D	11. Govt. testing site for air and water quality	6
12D	12. Area between Virginia and Georgia	8
13D	13. Small creases, as in foil	8
14D	14. Small whirlpool	4
15D	19. Causing the lips to pucker	4
16D	23. The "O" of B.Y.O.B.	3
17D	25. They get dropped for emphasis	4
18D	26. Tiff	4
19D	27. Under ___ (brand of athletic wear)	6
20D	30. Greeting in Honolulu	5
21D	31. Like the sky on cloudless nights	6
22D	32. Do some improv	5
23D	33. "___ Miz"	3
24D	37. Number one, as on a chart	3
25D	38. Complained about ad nauseam	8
26D	39. "Should have listened to me!"	8
27D	40. Accepting that one can't do better	8
28D	41. "Wow, that's 2 funny!"	4
29D	42. Little kiss	4
30D	47. Expeditions by knights	6
31D	48. ___ Intrepid (N.Y.C. carrier museum)	3
32D	49. Gaelic language	4
33D	50. Protests during an anthem, say	6
34D	54. "... but I could be wrong"	5
35D	55. Bulb units	5
36D	56. Córdoba : Nicaragua :: ___ : Cuba	4
37D	57. Transport up a bunny slope	4
38D	58. Maisie Williams's role on "Game of Thrones"	4
39D	62. In good physical shape	3
40D	63. V.J. employer, once	3
41D	64. ___Kosh B'gosh	3
42D	65. Iconic Andy Warhol subject	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. Hard lemonade brand"

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 device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
• Words that mean the same thing: microphone, mike
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIKES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Thomas in the Basketball Hall of Fame"

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: ISIAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Paper you take to go on a trip?"

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: LSDTAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Dapper" guy"

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: DAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Able was I ___ I saw Elba""

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "No ___!" (or its response)"

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 how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: right smart, means, 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: WAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Without question""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an affirmative
• The opposite would be: no
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery body"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
• Words that mean the same thing: horse-head, horsehead, dollarfish
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOONFISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Terse caution"

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: DONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Building detail"

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 detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
• Words that mean the same thing: specification
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Govt. testing site for air and water quality"

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: EPALAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Area between Virginia and Georgia"

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 the area of the states of north carolina and south carolina
• Words that mean the same thing: Carolinas
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAROLINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Small creases, as in foil"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: scrunch up, crisp, rumple
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRINKLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Small whirlpool"

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 founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
• Words that mean the same thing: twist, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, whirlpool
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Causing the lips to pucker"

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 woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
• Words that mean the same thing: cyprian, tangy, working girl
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. The "O" of B.Y.O.B."

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

  The answer is: OWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. They get dropped for emphasis"

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: MICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Tiff"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: patter, skewer, ptyalise
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Under ___ (brand of athletic wear)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
• Words that mean the same thing: armor
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMOUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Greeting in Honolulu"

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 acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
• Words that mean the same thing: ciao
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Like the sky on cloudless nights"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that abounding with or resembling stars
• The opposite would be: starless
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Do some improv"

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: ADLIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. "___ Miz""

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 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 24 Down: "37. Number one, as on a chart"

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 upper part of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: top of the inning, superlative, pass
• The opposite would be: bottom
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Complained about ad nauseam"

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: HARPEDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. "Should have listened to me!""

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: ITOLDYOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Accepting that one can't do better"

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 a gradual sinking to a lower level
• Words that mean the same thing: finalize, go down, square up
• The opposite would be: float
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETTLING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. "Wow, that's 2 funny!""

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: LMAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Little kiss"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: wad, deal, pot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Expeditions by knights"

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 search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
• Words that mean the same thing: request, bay, bespeak
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: QUESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. ___ Intrepid (N.Y.C. carrier museum)"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: US, United States of America, USA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Gaelic language"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several related languages of the celts in ireland and scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Goidelic, Gaelic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Protests during an anthem, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that supporting yourself on your knees
• Words that mean the same thing: kneeling, kneel
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNEELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. "... but I could be wrong""

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: ORNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Bulb units"

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 english poet and theologian (1674-1748)
• Words that mean the same thing: Isaac Watts, W, watt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WATTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Córdoba : Nicaragua :: ___ : Cuba"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
• Words that mean the same thing: Mexican peso, Guinea-Bissau peso, Chilean peso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Transport up a bunny slope"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TBAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Maisie Williams's role on "Game of Thrones""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. In good physical shape"

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

  The answer is: FIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. V.J. employer, once"

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: MTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. ___Kosh B'gosh"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "65. Iconic Andy Warhol subject"

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 an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
• Words that mean the same thing: monoamine oxidase, Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	63.6%
Short Answer	20	26.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 letters

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February 11, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (29 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, February 11, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (29 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

February 11, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Words to a skeptic	15
2A	16. What friendly opponents may do	15
3A	17. Subject of the so-called "surgeon's photograph" of 1934	15
4A	18. Squad leader?	3
5A	19. Cinemax competitor	3
6A	20. Judicial ratings grp.	3
7A	21. Terra's Greek counterpart	4
8A	22. British territory in the Atlantic	7
9A	27. Pioneering automaker	4
10A	28. Handmade signs?	8
11A	29. "En ___!"	5
12A	30. Language spoken along the Mekong	3
13A	31. Account	4
14A	32. Collectible print, in brief	5
15A	33. Morale booster	3
16A	34. Certain list recipient	5
17A	35. Bailiwick	4
18A	36. Big ___	3
19A	37. Philosopher Diderot	5
20A	38. High point of the Old Testament, for short	8
21A	40. Blues Hall-of-Famer James	4
22A	41. [How horrible!]	7
23A	42. Word of regret	4
24A	43. Down	3
25A	44. Mo. for watching the Perseid meteor shower	3
26A	45. Fade away	3
27A	48. Gives an earful	15
28A	54. Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respect	15
29A	55. Implicatively	15

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. Words to a skeptic"

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: YEOFLITTLEFAITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "16. What friendly opponents may do"

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: AGREETODISAGREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "17. Subject of the so-called "surgeon's photograph" of 1934"

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: LOCHNESSMONSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "18. Squad leader?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "19. Cinemax competitor"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: TMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "20. Judicial ratings grp."

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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "21. Terra's Greek counterpart"

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: Gaea, 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: GAIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "22. British territory in the Atlantic"

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 group of islands in the atlantic off the carolina coast; british colony; a popular resort
• Words that mean the same thing: Bermudas
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERMUDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "27. Pioneering automaker"

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: BENZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "28. Handmade signs?"

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 motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: gesture, motion, gesticulate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GESTURES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "29. "En ___!""

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: GARDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "30. Language spoken along the Mekong"

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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Account"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• Words that mean the same thing: tarradiddle, taradiddle, story
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Collectible print, in brief"

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: LITHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Morale booster"

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 victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: bring home the bacon, winnings, gain ground
• The opposite would be: fall back, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Certain list recipient"

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: St. Nick, Father Christmas, Kriss Kringle
• The 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 17 Across: "35. Bailiwick"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a 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: sphere, arena, expanse
• The 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 18 Across: "36. Big ___"

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 mountain or tall 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: BEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Philosopher Diderot"

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: DENIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. High point of the Old Testament, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: MTARARAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Blues Hall-of-Famer James"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. [How horrible!]"

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 an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
• Words that mean the same thing: throb, thrill, frisson
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHUDDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Word of regret"

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
• Words that mean the same thing: unfortunately, regrettably, unluckily
• The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. 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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: feed, eat on, use up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Mo. for watching the Perseid meteor shower"

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

  The answer is: AUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Fade away"

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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• Words that mean the same thing: snuff it, dice, give out
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Gives an earful"

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: READSTHERIOTACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respect"

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: ISNOTHINGSACRED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Implicatively"

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: BETWEENTHELINES

  Great job if you got it right!

February 11, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Notable founding of 1701	4
2D	2. Impediments to teamwork	4
3D	3. Tolkien creatures	4
4D	4. "Yuck!"	3
5D	5. Gradually slowing, in music	8
6D	6. Inventory	7
7D	7. Lover of Italian opera	5
8D	8. Field stats	3
9D	9. Food named for a world capital (but pronounced differently)	8
10D	10. 1962 pop hit with a rhyming title	7
11D	11. Some unauthorized drawings	6
12D	12. Justice Dept. bigwigs	3
13D	13. N.Y.C.'s first subway line	3
14D	14. Buttonless garment	3
15D	15. Singer with a 2018 Grammy for Best R&B Album	3
16D	21. ___ Richter, contemporary artist whose painting "Abstraktes Bild (599)" sold at auction for a record-setting $46.3 million dollars	7
17D	23. The X-Men, for example	7
18D	24. Muse for Galileo	6
19D	25. Muscles strengthened by push-ups, informally	5
20D	26. Offshore	4
21D	27. Flat-bottomed riverboat	6
22D	28. Flash	5
23D	29. Circumference	5
24D	32. Hasty getaways	4
25D	33. Become harder to bear	8
26D	34. Give oneself something to aim for	8
27D	36. "Just try to be calm ..."	7
28D	37. Reynolds's co-star in 1981's "The Cannonball Run"	7
29D	39. Carol opener	6
30D	42. Exclamation of exasperation	5
31D	45. Exclamation of disappointment	4
32D	46. Big name in frozen confections	4
33D	47. Some terminal info, for short	4
34D	48. Piece of BBQ	3
35D	49. Amarillo-to-Dallas dir.	3
36D	50. Creature without ears that uses vibrations to "hear"	3
37D	51. Company that introduced Saran Wrap	3
38D	52. Tolkien creature	3
39D	53. Onetime cable giant acquired by AT&T in 1999	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. Notable founding of 1701"

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: Elihu Yale, Yale University
• The 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 2 Down: "2. Impediments to teamwork"

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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Tolkien creatures"

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: ORCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Yuck!""

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: FEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Gradually slowing, in music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LENTANDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Inventory"

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 specify individually
• Words that mean the same thing: recite, itemise, enumerate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITEMIZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Lover of Italian opera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOSCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Field stats"

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: TDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Food named for a world capital (but pronounced differently)"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: LIMABEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. 1962 pop hit with a rhyming title"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ESOBESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Some unauthorized drawings"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FANART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Justice Dept. bigwigs"

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 soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
• Words that mean the same thing: silver, atomic number 47, Ag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. N.Y.C.'s first subway line"

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: IRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Buttonless garment"

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, tee up, football tee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Singer with a 2018 Grammy for Best R&B Album"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. ___ Richter, contemporary artist whose painting "Abstraktes Bild (599)" sold at auction for a record-setting $46.3 million dollars"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: GERHARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. The X-Men, for example"

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 (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
• Words that mean the same thing: mutant, sport, variation
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUTANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Muse for Galileo"

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 (greek mythology) the muse of astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Venus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. Muscles strengthened by push-ups, informally"

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: DELTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Offshore"

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 in the direction of the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Flat-bottomed riverboat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BATEAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Flash"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a momentary flash of light
• Words that mean the same thing: flicker, glisten, glitter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "29. Circumference"

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 distance around a person's body
• Words that mean the same thing: cinch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIRTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "32. Hasty getaways"

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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: escape, run, scarper
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Become harder to bear"

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: WEARTHIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "34. Give oneself something to aim for"

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: SETAGOAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "36. "Just try to be calm ...""

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 draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, suspire, take a breath
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREATHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "37. Reynolds's co-star in 1981's "The Cannonball Run""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: DELUISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. Carol opener"

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: ADESTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "42. Exclamation of exasperation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AARGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Exclamation of disappointment"

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: tinker's dam, shucks, mend
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Big name in frozen confections"

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: ICEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Some terminal info, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
• Words that mean the same thing: explosive trace detection, ETD
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Piece of BBQ"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: make fun, ridicule, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Amarillo-to-Dallas dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Creature without ears that uses vibrations to "hear""

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "51. Company that introduced Saran Wrap"

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: DOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "52. Tolkien creature"

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: ENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "53. Onetime cable giant acquired by AT&T in 1999"

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: TCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	37	54.4%
Short Answer	19	27.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.4%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%
Music	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	29
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM