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January 26, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Published on Friday, January 26, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 26, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1A: "1. Life-jacket stuffing"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
  • Similar words include: white silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra, vegetable silk
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KAPOK

2A: "6. Respond to an S O S"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  • Similar words include: facilitate, assistance, service
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HELP

3A: "10. How wild ones run"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  • Similar words include: murderously, possessed, demoniacal
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMOK

4A: "14. Solo"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that isolated from others
  • Similar words include: solo, only, solitary
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALONE

5A: "15. Kind of code"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
  • Similar words include: arena, expanse, region
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AREA

6A: "16. Tidal wave"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person who evokes boredom
  • Similar words include: eagre, assume, carry
  • Opposite of: interest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BORE

7A: "17. Prepares potatoes, in a way"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  • Similar words include: Sir Tim Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RICES

8A: "18. Religious lore"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HIEROLOGY

9A: "20. Jaunty"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  • Similar words include: dapper, spruce, raffish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RAKISH

10A: "22. G. O'Hara's pop song: 1918"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KKKKATY

11A: "23. Milton's serpent monster"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELLOPS

12A: "25. Down a comestible"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that take in solid food
  • Similar words include: exhaust, consume, rust
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EAT

13A: "26. Naïve"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
  • Similar words include: uncultured, uncultivated, ingenuous
  • Opposite of: disingenuous, artful
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARTLESS

14A: "28. Tried for lofty goals"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  • Similar words include: aim, shoot for, draw a bead on
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASPIRED

15A: "32. Where to borrow bks."

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIB

16A: "33. Manila measures"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large quantity of written matter
  • Similar words include: ream
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REAMS

17A: "35. Eight-ball material"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  • Similar words include: pearl, off-white, tusk
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IVORY

18A: "36. Conductor Buketoff"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IGOR

19A: "38. Hungarian "cubist""

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUBIK

20A: "40. French magazine"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELLE

21A: "41. Angry fan"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BOOER

22A: "43. Long-eared S.A. rodents"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that hindu god of death; opposite of kama
  • Similar words include: Mara, mara, Dolichotis patagonum
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MARAS

23A: "45. Celtic Neptune"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the sea personified; father of manannan; corresponds to welsh llyr
  • Similar words include: Lir
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LER

24A: "46. Annoying"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - edmund burke; ; - mark twain
  • Similar words include: boring, dull, tedious
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IRKSOME

25A: "48. Tyrannize"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • Similar words include: crush, suppress, persecute
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OPPRESS

26A: "50. Piper's due"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that remunerates
  • Similar words include: give, devote, bear
  • Opposite of: default
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAY

27A: "51. Like some bills"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that without payment
  • Similar words include: amateur, recreational, volunteer
  • Opposite of: paid
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNPAID

28A: "52. Coincide in part"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
  • Similar words include: intersection, convergence, lap
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OVERLAP

29A: "55. Mail suits"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that protective covering made of metal and used in combat
  • Similar words include: armour, armor
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARMORS

30A: "58. Typical Tyson triumphs"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  • Similar words include: beauty, sweetheart, kayo
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KNOCKOUTS

31A: "60. Carroll's "slithy ___""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOVES

32A: "61. Moola"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that informal terms for money
  • Similar words include: shekels, moolah, dough
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: GELT

33A: "62. Deer: Ger."

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REHE

34A: "63. "While memory holds ___ ... ": Shak."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASEAT

35A: "64. Bikini tops"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
  • Similar words include: bra, brassiere, bandeau
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRAS

36A: "65. Limned"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that united states actor (born in ireland); father of georgiana emma barrymore (1827-1862)
  • Similar words include: draw off, trace, take in
  • Opposite of: push, repel
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DREW

37A: "66. Kin of wimps"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
  • Similar words include: nerd, dweeb, swot
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NERDS

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (37 clues)

1D: "1. Bassist Gary ___"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KARR

2D: "2. Suffix for margin or Saturn"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALIA

3D: "3. Soft-cover volume"

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that your personal financial means
  • Similar words include: pocket book, purse, handbag
  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: POCKETBOOK

4D: "4. Oona or Tip"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONEILL

5D: "5. "Big Red Bus" author"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KESSLER

6D: "6. Gotcha!"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HAH

7D: "7. Actors Estrada and Rhodes"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERIKS

8D: "8. Amaryllis family member"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
  • Similar words include: Allium porrum, scallion
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LEEK

9D: "9. Inventor of celluloid"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that place temporarily
  • Similar words include: park
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARKES

10D: "10. ___ absolute (construction oft used by Caesar)"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
  • Similar words include: ablative case
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABLATIVE

11D: "11. Debatable"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
  • Similar words include: arguable, deliberate, debatable
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOOT

12D: "12. Bacchic party"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any act of immoderate indulgence
  • Similar words include: splurge, debauch, debauchery
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORGY

13D: "13. Lock's buddy"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

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

14D: "19. Giraffe's cousin"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
  • Similar words include: Okapia johnstoni
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OKAPI

15D: "21. Fire extinguisher"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HOSER

16D: "24. Psalm, to a prêtre"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PSAUME

17D: "26. Ironclad defense, usually"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
  • Similar words include: exculpation, excuse, self-justification
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALIBI

18D: "27. Harshness"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something hard to endure
  • Similar words include: asperity, grimness, severeness
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIGOR

19D: "28. " ... arms/Are strong ___ bands": Longfellow"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASIRON

20D: "29. Reinvested in C.D.'s, e.g."

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROLLEDOVER

21D: "30. Novelist Gardner et al."

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERLES

22D: "31. Cloth colorers"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone whose job is to dye cloth
  • Similar words include: dyer
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DYERS

23D: "34. President of Gabon: 1961-67"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a master's degree in business
  • Similar words include: Master in Business Administration, Master in Business
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MBA

24D: "37. Social payment"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
  • Similar words include: respectfulness, prise, value
  • Opposite of: disesteem, disrespect
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RESPECTS

25D: "39. Greek letter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 10th letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KAPPA

26D: "42. "Masters Without Slaves" author"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROARK

27D: "44. Frugal"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a resident of sparta
  • Similar words include: severe, ascetic, ascetical
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPARTAN

28D: "47. Petruchio, to Kate"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MYLORD

29D: "49. Having cracks and crevices"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIMOSE

30D: "51. Kaufman's "___ Down Staircase""

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UPTHE

31D: "52. Lollapalooza"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in operation or operational
  • Similar words include: unrivalled, unitary, i
  • Opposite of: off
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONER

32D: "53. Palm or sole"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: VOLA

33D: "54. Violinist Leopold"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AUER

34D: "56. Peruse"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something that is read
  • Similar words include: translate, register, learn
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: READ

35D: "57. J.F.K. speedsters"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SSTS

36D: "58. U.S.S.R. security police"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formerly the predominant security police organization of soviet russia
  • Similar words include: Soviet KGB, Committee for State Security
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KGB

37D: "59. Stitch"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • Similar words include: run up, stitch, tailor
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SEW

Puzzle Stats

37 Across
37 Down
74 Total

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Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

July 21, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle July 21, 2020

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. "___ and ye shall receive" 3
2A 4. Badminton court fixtures 4
3A 8. Like bread used for stuffing, often 5
4A 13. Anderson Cooper's channel 3
5A 14. "Law & Order: SVU" co-star 4
6A 15. Used an old phone 6
7A 16. 20-20, e.g. 8
8A 18. "That's great to hear!" 6
9A 19. Command to a dog 5
10A 20. Spice in pumpkin pie 4
11A 22. Thur. follower 3
12A 23. "20/20," e.g. 12
13A 27. Dillydally 6
14A 30. Cleanup hitter's attribute 5
15A 31. "Gross!" 3
16A 32. Frugal sort 5
17A 35. Standing tall 5
18A 38. Party pooper 4
19A 40. 20:20, e.g. 5
20A 42. Litter box emanation 4
21A 43. Enjoy thoroughly 5
22A 45. Nickname for Alexandra 5
23A 47. "Made in the ___" 3
24A 48. Zones 5
25A 50. ___ Dumpty 6
26A 52. 20/20, e.g. 12
27A 56. Suffix meaning "sort of" 3
28A 57. Parts of some seniors' financial plans, for short 4
29A 58. Popular hair coloring technique 5
30A 62. Like an old-fashioned clock 6
31A 65. 2020, e.g. 8
32A 67. Chinese noodle dish 6
33A 68. One of the four Gospels 4
34A 69. Hit the slopes 3
35A 70. Classic Pittsburgh mill product 5
36A 71. Reach across 4
37A 72. Point value of a "Z" in Scrabble 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. "___ and ye shall receive""

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 inquire about
  • Words that mean the same thing: involve, require, demand
  • The opposite would be: obviate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Badminton court fixtures"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Like bread used for stuffing, often"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that urinate, of cattle and horses
  • Words that mean the same thing: cold, dusty, moth-eaten
  • The opposite would be: fresh
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Anderson Cooper's channel"

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: CNN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "Law & Order: SVU" co-star"

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: ICET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Used an old phone"

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 operate a dial to select a telephone number
  • Words that mean the same thing: dial
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DIALED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. 20-20, e.g."

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: TIESCORE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "That's great to hear!""

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: IMGLAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Command to a dog"

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 express in speech
  • Words that mean the same thing: address, utter, mouth
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPEAK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Spice in pumpkin pie"

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 (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
  • Words that mean the same thing: macebearer, Chemical Mace, macer
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Thur. follower"

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 sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
  • Words that mean the same thing: Friday
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FRI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. "20/20," e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: NEWSMAGAZINE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Dillydally"

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 take one's time; proceed slowly
  • Words that mean the same thing: dally, linger, fall back
  • The opposite would be: rush
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DAWDLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Cleanup hitter's attribute"

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 possession of controlling influence
  • Words that mean the same thing: mightiness, tycoon, top executive
  • The opposite would be: inability, powerlessness
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: POWER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. "Gross!""

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: UGH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Frugal sort"

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 someone who saves something from danger or violence
  • Words that mean the same thing: rescuer, recoverer
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAVER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Standing tall"

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 construct, build, or erect
  • Words that mean the same thing: tumid, vertical, rear
  • The opposite would be: unerect, level
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERECT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Party pooper"

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 phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
  • Words that mean the same thing: sweep up, drag out, drag on
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DRAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. 20:20, e.g."

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 relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
  • Words that mean the same thing: proportion
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RATIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Litter box emanation"

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 property detected by the olfactory system
  • Words that mean the same thing: olfactory property, odour, aroma
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ODOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Enjoy thoroughly"

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: EATUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Nickname for Alexandra"

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: SASHA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. "Made in the ___""

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: America, U.S.A., U. S. Army
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Zones"

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 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: area, country, 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: AREAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. ___ Dumpty"

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: HUMPTY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. 20/20, e.g."

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: VISUALACUITY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Suffix meaning "sort of""

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: ISH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Parts of some seniors' financial plans, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
  • Words that mean the same thing: Provos, anger, Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IRAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Popular hair coloring technique"

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: OMBRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Like an old-fashioned clock"

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 something having the property of being analogous to something else
  • Words that mean the same thing: parallel, linear, analogue
  • The opposite would be: digital
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANALOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. 2020, e.g."

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: LEAPYEAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Chinese noodle dish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: LOMEIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. One of the four Gospels"

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 (new testament) the apostle closely associated with st. paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third gospel
  • Words that mean the same thing: Gospel According to Luke, Saint Luke, Gospel of Luke
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LUKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "69. Hit the slopes"

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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "70. Classic Pittsburgh mill product"

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 alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
  • Words that mean the same thing: sword, blade, nerve
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "71. Reach across"

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 complete duration of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: duo, duad, dyad
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "72. Point value of a "Z" in Scrabble"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  • Words that mean the same thing: ten-spot, tenner, X
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TEN

    Great job if you got it right!

July 21, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Circus routines 4
2D 2. Quick scissors cut 4
3D 3. Place to play spoons 4
4D 4. Things with Thomas Jefferson's image 7
5D 5. Prefix with system 3
6D 6. Contract specifics 5
7D 7. Prepare rice, perhaps 5
8D 8. Kind of card in a smartphone 3
9D 9. Part of a garment with instructions on care 3
10D 10. Raring to go 10
11D 11. Get down pat 5
12D 12. ___ Redmayne, Oscar winner for "The Theory of Everything" 5
13D 15. Dora the Explorer's cousin 5
14D 17. Beach bucketful 4
15D 21. Calf-length pants 6
16D 24. Have on 4
17D 25. Leave wide-eyed 3
18D 26. Worst possible mark on a test 4
19D 27. "C'mon, man!" 4
20D 28. Taj Express destination city 4
21D 29. Comment made while shaking the head 10
22D 33. Where Jacqueline Kennedy went to college 6
23D 34. Pilot's announcement, in brief 3
24D 36. "That'll ___ you!" 4
25D 37. Airplane seat attachment 4
26D 39. Spiritual guide 4
27D 41. "Didn't expect to see you here!" 4
28D 44. Stir-fry tidbit 3
29D 46. Device for reproducing one's signature 7
30D 49. Set straight 5
31D 51. "Well, I declare!" 4
32D 52. Lab containers 5
33D 53. "This ___ a test" 5
34D 54. What a help center gets lots of 5
35D 55. Deplete 5
36D 59. Top-of-the-line 4
37D 60. Tool by a golf bunker 4
38D 61. Andrews of "Dancing With the Stars" 4
39D 63. Martial arts master Bruce 3
40D 64. Tankful or tankerful 3
41D 66. Lead-in to an alias 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. Circus routines"

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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
  • Words that mean the same thing: behave, represent, work
  • The opposite would be: refrain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Quick scissors cut"

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 small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  • Words that mean the same thing: nip off, crop, clipping
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SNIP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Place to play spoons"

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 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  • Words that mean the same thing: stifle, articulatio genus, genu
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KNEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Things with Thomas Jefferson's image"

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 hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
  • Words that mean the same thing: nickel, atomic number 28, nickel note
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NICKELS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Prefix with system"

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: ECO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Contract specifics"

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 status with respect to the relations between people or groups
  • Words that mean the same thing: terminus, full term, footing
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TERMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Prepare rice, perhaps"

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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
  • Words that mean the same thing: steamer, steam clean
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Kind of card in a smartphone"

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: SIM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Part of a garment with instructions on care"

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 label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: give chase, go after, shred
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Raring to go"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ALLFIREDUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Get down pat"

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 gain knowledge or skills
  • Words that mean the same thing: memorize, determine, get word
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEARN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. ___ Redmayne, Oscar winner for "The Theory of Everything""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EDDIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Dora the Explorer's cousin"

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: DIEGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Beach bucketful"

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 loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
  • Words that mean the same thing: backbone, George Sand, guts
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Calf-length pants"

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 an island (part of campania) in the bay of naples in southern italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery
  • Words that mean the same thing: Capri
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CAPRIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Have on"

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 impairment resulting from long use
  • Words that mean the same thing: fall apart, don, vesture
  • The opposite would be: refresh
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WEAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Leave wide-eyed"

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 overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  • Words that mean the same thing: reverence, fear, veneration
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AWE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Worst possible mark on a test"

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 quantity of no importance
  • Words that mean the same thing: zero in, zip, nought
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ZERO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. "C'mon, man!""

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 informal form of address for a man
  • Words that mean the same thing: fop, beau, fashion plate
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DUDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Taj Express destination city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AGRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Comment made while shaking the head"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: WHATASHAME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Where Jacqueline Kennedy went to college"

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: VASSAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Pilot's announcement, in brief"

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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
  • Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ETA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "That'll ___ you!""

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 total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
  • Words that mean the same thing: price, toll, be
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Airplane seat attachment"

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 open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TRAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Spiritual guide"

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 hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GURU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. "Didn't expect to see you here!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OHHI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Stir-fry tidbit"

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 seed of a pea plant used for food
  • Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Device for reproducing one's signature"

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: AUTOPEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Set straight"

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 place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
  • Words that mean the same thing: array, coordinate, aline
  • The opposite would be: skew
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ALIGN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. "Well, I declare!""

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: MYMY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Lab containers"

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 small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
  • Words that mean the same thing: ampule, ampoule, ampul
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VIALS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. "This ___ a test""

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: ISNOT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. What a help center gets lots of"

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 telephone connection
  • Words that mean the same thing: outcry, hollo, prognosticate
  • The opposite would be: put option
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CALLS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Deplete"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: USEUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Top-of-the-line"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the supreme effort one can make
  • Words that mean the same thing: practiced, comfortably, effective
  • The opposite would be: badly, ill
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BEST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "60. Tool by a golf bunker"

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
  • Words that mean the same thing: crease, rakehell, blood
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Andrews of "Dancing With the Stars""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "63. Martial arts master Bruce"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Spike Lee, lee side, Tsung Dao Lee
  • The opposite would be: windward
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "64. Tankful or tankerful"

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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
  • Words that mean the same thing: vegetable oil, crude oil, oil color
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "66. Lead-in to an alias"

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: AKA

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 55 70.5%
Short Answer 17 21.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.6%
Abbreviation 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%
Movies/Film 1 1.3%
Geography 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 12 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 Tuesday, 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!

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Last Updated: September 23, 2025 at 06:30 PM

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