NYT Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Crossword Clues Hints with Answers

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 13, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

NYT Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Pathetic. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SAD

  Possible Answer : distressing, sad, sorry, lamentable, deplorable, pitiful

  Possible Opposite Answer : glad




• The clue is 4. Sound hoarse. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RASP

  Possible Answer : rasp, wood_file, rasping




• The clue is 8. 1992 novel set in 1920s Harlem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JAZZ

  Possible Answer : bed, get_laid, screw, nothingness, have_sex, hump, bonk, sleep_with, have_it_away, make_out, have_a_go_at_it, get_it_on, malarkey, wind, eff, lie_with, have_intercourse, love, bang, know, idle_words, fuck, malarky, be_intimate, roll_in_the_hay, do_it, make_love, have_it_off, sleep_together, jazz




• The clue is 12. Walk heavily. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PLOD

  Possible Answer : slog, plod, footslog, trudge, plodding, pad, tramp




• The clue is 14. Concur with by repeating. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ECHO

  Possible Answer : repeat, reverberation, reverberate, sound_reflection, recall, echo, replication, Echo, ring, resound




• The clue is 15. Covered veranda often equipped with a ceiling fan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LANAI

  Possible Answer : Lanai, lanai, Lanai_Island




• The clue is 16. Exude, as confidence. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OOZE

  Possible Answer : seepage, transude, oozing, exudate, slime, gook, goo, ooze_out, goop, sludge, guck, gunk, seep, exude, muck, ooze




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

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

  The answer: THUS

  Possible Answer : olibanum, thence, thusly, therefore, frankincense, gum_olibanum, hence, so, thus




• The clue is 18. Take in or take on. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADOPT

  Possible Answer : espouse, take_over, borrow, follow, take_in, sweep_up, assume, take_on, acquire, dramatize, embrace, dramatise, adopt, take_up, take




• The clue is 19. 1970 novel exploring racism's effect on a young girl's self-esteem. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: THEBLUESTEYE




• The clue is 22. One who dies for a cause. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARTYR

  Possible Answer : sufferer, martyrise, martyrize, martyr




• The clue is 23. Home for a queen. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIVE

  Possible Answer : beehive, hive




• The clue is 24. Modernizing prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer : neo




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

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

  The answer: ESS

  Possible Answer : Es, E, atomic_number_99, einsteinium




• The clue is 28. Like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," key-wise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ING




• The clue is 30. 1981 novel about the interplay of privilege and poverty in a Caribbean romance. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TARBABY




• The clue is 32. No later than. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNTIL




• The clue is 34. Deep-dish pizza chain, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UNOS




• The clue is 35. 1977 novel whose title references a lyrical Old Testament book. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: SONGOFSOLOMON




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

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

  The answer: LEND

  Possible Answer : add, bring, bestow, impart, contribute, loan, lend

  Possible Opposite Answer : borrow




• The clue is 41. Collaborations like those on "Ella and Louis". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DUETS

  Possible Answer : duette, duo, dyad, pas_de_deux, twain, twosome, pair, span, yoke, couple, duad, brace, couplet, distich, duet




• The clue is 42. 1987 Pulitzer-winning novel about the haunting of a formerly enslaved family's home. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BELOVED

  Possible Answer : honey, darling, dearest, dear, beloved, love




• The clue is 46. Traitor. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: RAT

  Possible Answer : skunk, shit, betrayer, denounce, scab, shop, fink, squealer, grass, rotter, scum_bag, blabber, crumb, bum, dirty_dog, give_away, so-and-so, snitch, lowlife, rat, stag, puke, tell_on, git, stinkpot, strikebreaker, betray, blackleg, informer, stinker




• The clue is 47. It might welcome you home. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAT

  Possible Answer : tangle, entangle, mat_up, matting, lusterlessness, gym_mat, matt-up, flat, mat, felt_up, Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, matted, lustrelessness, matte, matt, snarl, flatness, matte_up, MAT, felt

  Possible Opposite Answer : disentangle, unsnarl




• The clue is 50. Backdrop for a shooting star. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SKY

  Possible Answer : sky, pitch, flip, toss




• The clue is 51. Folk wisdom. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LORE

  Possible Answer : lore, traditional_knowledge




• The clue is 53. "Burning" feeling. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DESIRE

  Possible Answer : want, trust, desire, hope




• The clue is 55. Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: TONIMORRISON




• The clue is 57. Clean up, as software. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEBUG

  Possible Answer : debug




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

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

  The answer: FASO




• The clue is 61. Sound of a fall. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THUD

  Possible Answer : scrunch, clunk, clump, thud, thump, thumping, crump




• The clue is 62. Shooting stars, some believe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMENS

  Possible Answer : auspicate, prognostic, presage, prodigy, bode, foretell, foreshadow, forecast, portend, prognostication, prefigure, portent, betoken, prognosticate, predict, augur, omen




• The clue is 63. Cache for cash. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TILL

  Possible Answer : till, boulder_clay, cashbox, trough, money_box, public_treasury




• The clue is 64. Effortlessness. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EASE

  Possible Answer : relief, repose, rest, allay, relaxation, ease, easiness, informality, alleviate, still, comfort, simpleness, facilitate, relieve, simplicity

  Possible Opposite Answer : difficulty




• The clue is 65. 1973 novel set in "the Bottom," a neighborhood slated to be demolished for a golf course. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SULA

  Possible Answer : genus_Sula, Sula




• The clue is 66. ___ gin fizz. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SLOE

  Possible Answer : Alleghany_plum, Prunus_spinosa, Allegheny_plum, sloe, blackthorn, Prunus_alleghaniensis




• The clue is 67. For each. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PER

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Request in the weight room. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SPOTME

• The clue is 2. Kauai goodbyes. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALOHAS

  Possible Answer: aloha, ciao

• The clue is 3. Earth-moving machines, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOZERS

  Possible Answer: dozer, bulldozer

• The clue is 4. Pick up again, as a book. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: RETURNTO

• The clue is 5. Muscle misery. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ACHE

  Possible Answer: yearn, suffer, ache, yen, languish, smart, pine, hurt, aching

• The clue is 6. "Pipe down!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SHUSH

  Possible Answer: shush

• The clue is 7. Sticky note. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POSTIT

• The clue is 8. Green gemstone. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JADE

  Possible Answer: wear_upon, jade, weary, loose_woman, outwear, nag, pall, plug, hack, strumpet, jade-green, adulteress, tire_out, fornicatress, slut, wear_down, fag_out, trollop, fatigue, tire, wear, jadestone, fag, hussy, jade_green, wear_out

  Possible Opposite Answer : refresh

• The clue is 9. "That's ___-brainer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANO

  Possible Answer: Abu_Nidal_Organization, Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims, Fatah-RC, Arab_Revolutionary_Brigades, Black_September, ANO, Fatah_Revolutionary_Council

• The clue is 10. Heat in the microwave. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZAP

  Possible Answer: atomise, zap, atomize, microwave, micro-cook, vaporize, nuke

• The clue is 11. Photo retoucher's focus, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZIT

  Possible Answer: zit, hickey, pimple

• The clue is 13. Something that can be racked up. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DEBT

  Possible Answer: debt

• The clue is 15. Coat of paint. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAYER

  Possible Answer: level, layer, bed, stratum

• The clue is 20. Telling tall tales. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LYING

  Possible Answer: lie, consist, lying, lie_in, prevarication, rest, fabrication, dwell, lie_down

  Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand

• The clue is 21. #bestfriends4___. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVA

• The clue is 24. iPod model. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NANO

• The clue is 25. Black, poetically. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EBON

  Possible Answer: ebon, ebony

• The clue is 26. Pained cries. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OYS

• The clue is 29. Looping animation file. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GIF

• The clue is 31. Mooches, as a cigarette. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BUMS

  Possible Answer: bum_around, tail_end, skunk, posterior, bum_about, loafer, tooshie, sponge, prat, tail, rear, ass, seat, do-nothing, arse_about, rotter, cadge, scum_bag, rear_end, crumb, can, hobo, loll, bum, derriere, arse, dirty_dog, hind_end, mooch, rump, keister, layabout, behind, buttocks, buns, so-and-so, butt, grub, tramp, hindquarters, loaf, lowlife, rat, lounge_about, puke, fanny, idler, git, backside, stern, fuck_off, nates, waste_one's_time, loll_around, fundament, tush, lounge_around, stinkpot, frig_around, stinker, arse_around, bottom

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

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

  The answer: UNDO

  Possible Answer: untie, unmake, unwrap, undo, loosen

  Possible Opposite Answer : make, wrap

• The clue is 33. Mind-altering drug. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LSD

  Possible Answer: LSD, lysergic_acid_diethylamide

• The clue is 35. Pursue. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SEEK

  Possible Answer: attempt, try, seek, search, essay, look_for, assay

• The clue is 36. Just. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONLY

  Possible Answer: simply, alone, lonesome, just, but, lone, only_if, exclusively, solitary, sole, only, merely, entirely, only_when, solely

• The clue is 37. Your and my. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OUR

• The clue is 38. Top billing. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: LEADROLE

• The clue is 39. Furry swimmer. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OTTER

  Possible Answer: otter

• The clue is 40. Scale units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LBS

  Possible Answer: lb, pound

• The clue is 43. YouTube journals, essentially. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: VLOGS

• The clue is 44. Very long time. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EON

  Possible Answer: eon, aeon

• The clue is 45. Heaps of windblown snow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DRIFTS

  Possible Answer: vagabond, impetus, drift, err, be_adrift, trend, ramble, range, cast, stray, purport, impulsion, gallery, tramp, wander, rove, movement, heading, swan, blow, float, freewheel, roam, roll

• The clue is 47. Unfortunate incident. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISHAP

  Possible Answer: mishap, bad_luck, misadventure, mischance

• The clue is 48. Make excited. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AROUSE

  Possible Answer: excite, wake_up, evoke, put_forward, arouse, energise, waken, come_alive, raise, conjure_up, wind_up, enkindle, stimulate, elicit, sex, wake, bring_up, invoke, brace, awake, turn_on, kindle, provoke, stir, call_forth, energize, awaken, rouse, conjure, call_down, fire, perk_up

  Possible Opposite Answer : fall_asleep, de-energize, de-energise, sedate, cause_to_sleep

• The clue is 49. Sensitive to the touch. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TENDER

  Possible Answer: offer, attendant, pinnace, tender, affectionate, legal_tender, crank, supply_ship, tippy, tenderize, warm, untoughened, cranky, sensitive, cutter, raw, tenderise, fond, sore, bid, lovesome, attender, ship's_boat, stamp

  Possible Opposite Answer : tough

• The clue is 52. One might begin "Hope this finds you well". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMAIL

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

  Possible Opposite Answer : snail_mail

• The clue is 54. Construction area. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: SITE

  Possible Answer: site, web_site, land_site, internet_site, website, situation, place, locate

• The clue is 55. "Chicken of the sea". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TUNA

  Possible Answer: tuna_fish, Anguilla_sucklandii, Opuntia_tuna, tuna, tunny

• The clue is 56. World capital on the same latitude as Tallinn and Stockholm. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: Oslo, capital_of_Norway, Christiania

• The clue is 57. Half of cuatro. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: DOS

  Possible Answer: exercise, perform, State_Department, arrange, make, State, set, manage, DoS, make_out, practice, get_along, Doctor_of_Osteopathy, disk_operating_system, United_States_Department_of_State, brawl, dress, fare, serve, coiffure, suffice, coiffe, do, Department_of_State, DO, act, doh, cause, bash, ut, execute, come, DOS, practise, behave, answer, coif

  Possible Opposite Answer : unmake

• The clue is 58. Australia's tallest bird. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EMU

  Possible Answer: emu, Dromaius_novaehollandiae, Emu_novaehollandiae, electromagnetic_unit

• The clue is 59. "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BEL

  Possible Answer: B, Bel

April 13, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (41 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle April 13, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Ending with walk or run	3
2A	4. Grape group	5
3A	9. Exude irrepressibly	4
4A	13. Poppable muscle, informally	3
5A	14. Popular Japanese brew	5
6A	15. Experts	4
7A	16. Scorpion's stinger	4
8A	18. Ikea department	5
9A	19. Polo of "The Fosters"	4
10A	20. "Don't worry"	5
11A	22. Less soaked	5
12A	24. .com alternative	3
13A	25. Lose	8
14A	27. "Already?"	6
15A	29. Likely answer to "Who wants ice cream?"	3
16A	30. Festival, in Arabic	3
17A	31. Awe and Tay, for two	5
18A	32. One to tip	6
19A	34. Breading for tonkatsu	5
20A	35. Tortilla dough	4
21A	36. Bring stress or agitation to	3
22A	37. ___ large	4
23A	41. South American capital with the world's longest urban gondola	5
24A	44. Nuclear codes?	6
25A	46. Zero out	5
26A	47. Plead	3
27A	48. Therein lies the rub!	3
28A	49. Bit of metadata	6
29A	51. Wet weather wear	8
30A	53. Poet's sphere	3
31A	54. Coverer	5
32A	56. Portion	5
33A	57. Word with sitter or steps	4
34A	59. Good name for a black cat with white feet	5
35A	61. Commander, in Arabic	4
36A	62. Mt. Fuji setting	4
37A	63. 1990s TV nerd	5
38A	64. Is that what ewe said?	3
39A	65. Uber-enthusiast	4
40A	66. Part of a child's bedtime ritual	5
41A	67. Stale	3

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. Ending with walk or run"

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: ONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Grape group"

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 grouping of a number of similar things
• Words that mean the same thing: crowd, clump, crew
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUNCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Exude irrepressibly"

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 thick, viscous matter
• Words that mean the same thing: exudate, exude, goo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Poppable muscle, informally"

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: PEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Popular Japanese brew"

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: ASAHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Experts"

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

  The answer is: PROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Scorpion's stinger"

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 posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: trail, give chase, fundament
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Ikea department"

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 decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
• Words that mean the same thing: interior decoration
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Polo of "The Fosters""

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: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. "Don't worry""

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: ITSOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Less soaked"

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 substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
• Words that mean the same thing: dry, dryer, wry
• The opposite would be: wet, sweet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. .com alternative"

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: ORG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Lose"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that place (something) where one cannot find it again
• Words that mean the same thing: lose, mislay
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISPLACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. "Already?""

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: SOSOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Likely answer to "Who wants ice cream?""

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 an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Festival, in Arabic"

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: EID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Awe and Tay, for two"

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 long narrow inlet of the sea in scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
• Words that mean the same thing: loch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. One to tip"

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 person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
• Words that mean the same thing: host, waiter
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Breading for tonkatsu"

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: PANKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "35. Tortilla dough"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent group of closely related chadic languages spoken in the area between the biu-mandara and east chadic languages
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "36. Bring stress or agitation to"

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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• Words that mean the same thing: disturb, annoy, puzzle
• The opposite would be: reassure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "37. ___ large"

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 (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
• Words that mean the same thing: judicial writ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. South American capital with the world's longest urban gondola"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LAPAZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Nuclear codes?"

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 the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full dna sequence of an organism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Zero 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 device for resetting instruments or controls
• Words that mean the same thing: readjust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Plead"

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 call upon in supplication; entreat
• Words that mean the same thing: solicit, pray, tap
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Therein lies the rub!"

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

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Bit of metadata"

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: GEOTAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. Wet weather wear"

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 waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
• Words that mean the same thing: galosh, golosh, arctic
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALOSHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Poet's sphere"

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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
• Words that mean the same thing: revolve, orbit, eyeball
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Coverer"

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 material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
• Words that mean the same thing: newspaper publisher, theme, composition
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Portion"

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 assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
• Words that mean the same thing: plowshare, percentage, contribution
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Word with sitter or steps"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: spoil, infant, cocker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. Good name for a black cat with white feet"

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 hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
• Words that mean the same thing: bonk, bop, drogue
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "61. Commander, in Arabic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: ameer, emeer, amir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "62. Mt. Fuji setting"

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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "63. 1990s TV nerd"

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: URKEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "64. Is that what ewe said?"

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 the cry made by sheep
• Words that mean the same thing: bleat, blate, blat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "65. Uber-enthusiast"

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 carnival performer who does disgusting acts
• Words that mean the same thing: oddball, flake, eccentric
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "66. Part of a child's bedtime ritual"

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

  The answer is: STORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "67. Stale"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• Words that mean the same thing: one-time, sometime, erstwhile
• The opposite would be: young, new
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle April 13, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "That's good" thinking	8
2D	2. "That's good thinking!"	8
3D	3. Cutter	8
4D	4. Rotten	3
5D	5. Something heard secondhand?	6
6D	6. Mother-of-pearl	5
7D	7. "Parasite" actor Woo-shik	4
8D	8. Adds to the team, so to speak	7
9D	9. Go (for)	3
10D	10. Cookie-flavored cereal	6
11D	11. Fictional character partially inspired by Mexican folklore	5
12D	12. Provide digital approval	5
13D	17. Apt rhyme for chop and crop	3
14D	21. Artist who said "A line is a dot that went for a walk"	4
15D	23. Breaker	4
16D	26. The "A" of A.Q.I.	3
17D	28. Exhibited	5
18D	31. Hardly strict	3
19D	33. One to tip	5
20D	34. Candy once marketed as a smoking cessation aid	3
21D	36. Big tub	3
22D	38. One name for the game depicted in this puzzle	8
23D	39. Like Rome starting in the first century B.C.	8
24D	40. Promo	8
25D	42. "Rush!"	4
26D	43. Perseus' horse	7
27D	44. Mousse alternative	3
28D	45. Bigwigs may have big ones	4
29D	46. Actress Margot of "Bombshell"	6
30D	47. Carnival hypeman	6
31D	49. Case of emergency?	5
32D	50. Clear	5
33D	51. Geico "spokeslizard"	5
34D	52. "Nevertheless, ___ persisted"	3
35D	55. Dessert wine	4
36D	58. Himalayan ox	3
37D	60. Foxy	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. "That's good" thinking"

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 optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
• The opposite would be: pessimism
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPTIMISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. "That's good thinking!""

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: NEATIDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Cutter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
• Words that mean the same thing: scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors hold
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCISSORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Rotten"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: big, spoilt, sorry
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Something heard secondhand?"

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: USEDCD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Mother-of-pearl"

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 iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
• Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Parasite" actor Woo-shik"

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: CHOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Adds to the team, so to speak"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HIRESON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Go (for)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Cookie-flavored cereal"

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: OREOOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Fictional character partially inspired by Mexican folklore"

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: ZORRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Provide digital approval"

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: ESIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "17. Apt rhyme for chop and crop"

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 cut off from a whole
• Words that mean the same thing: crop, dress, clip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Artist who said "A line is a dot that went for a walk""

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 swiss painter influenced by kandinsky (1879-1940)
• Words that mean the same thing: Paul Klee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KLEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "23. Breaker"

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 lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Words that mean the same thing: John Rock, tilt, stone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. The "A" of A.Q.I."

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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
• Words that mean the same thing: aviation, beam, transmit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Exhibited"

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 give an exhibition of to an interested audience
• Words that mean the same thing: express, evidence, show
• The opposite would be: disprove, hide
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "31. Hardly strict"

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 lacking in rigor or strictness
• Words that mean the same thing: slack, loose
• The opposite would be: tense
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. One to tip"

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 manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
• Words that mean the same thing: man, gentleman, valet de chambre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "34. Candy once marketed as a smoking cessation aid"

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: PEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Big tub"

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 tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
• Words that mean the same thing: ad valorem tax, value-added tax, tub
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. One name for the game depicted in this puzzle"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Like Rome starting in the first century B.C."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small tufted beard worn by emperor napoleon iii
• Words that mean the same thing: imperial beard, regal, purple
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMPERIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Promo"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: TEASERAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. "Rush!""

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "43. Perseus' horse"

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 (greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain medusa; was tamed by bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by athena; as the flying horse of the muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEGASUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Mousse alternative"

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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
• Words that mean the same thing: mousse, colloidal gel, gelatin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Bigwigs may have big ones"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self, egotism, ego
• The 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 29 Down: "46. Actress Margot of "Bombshell""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ROBBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Carnival hypeman"

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 someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
• Words that mean the same thing: bow-wow, pooch, doggie
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Case of emergency?"

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: GOBAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Clear"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: efface, wipe out, rub out
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Geico "spokeslizard""

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 any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GECKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. "Nevertheless, ___ persisted""

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: SHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Dessert wine"

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

  The answer is: PORT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Himalayan ox"

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 large long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: yack, gab, Bos grunniens
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Foxy"

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 marked by skill in deception
• Words that mean the same thing: guileful, cunning, slick
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	64.1%
Short Answer	22	28.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Sports	2	2.6%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	8 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 at 05:17 PM