February 10, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (38 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

February 10, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Sharp bend	6
2A	7. Tipping point?	3
3A	10. Intro course?	3
4A	13. "Fa-a-ancy!"	6
5A	14. Heap praise on	8
6A	16. Home of the Boston Mountains	6
7A	17. Polite Spanish assent	8
8A	18. Online fad	4
9A	19. Pricing word	4
10A	21. Just the worst, in slang	5
11A	22. "The time for diplomacy has passed"	6
12A	24. Women's soccer and gymnastics powerhouse	3
13A	25. "___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album")	3
14A	26. Treatment plants?	5
15A	28. Letters of qualification	3
16A	31. Sweet sign-off	4
17A	32. Trees sacred to Hecate	4
18A	33. Prey for a heron	4
19A	34. ___ Poovie ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." character)	6
20A	36. Sounds from a pond at night	6
21A	38. French agreements	4
22A	39. Stone with "fire" and "water" varieties	4
23A	43. "Ish"	4
24A	44. Unspecified ordinal	3
25A	45. Travelocity spokescreature	5
26A	46. Make a pick	3
27A	47. Bird found in the mud?	3
28A	49. Pea, e.g.	6
29A	51. "Death of a Salesman" surname	5
30A	53. It may turn slowly in a horror movie	4
31A	54. Denny's competitor	4
32A	58. "What a pity"	8
33A	60. Liken	6
34A	62. Attend to details ... or a hint to entering six Down answers in this puzzle	8
35A	63. Applies, as lotion	6
36A	64. [Some of us are trying to watch the movie here!]	3
37A	65. "Success!"	3
38A	66. Trickled	6

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. Sharp bend"

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 angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOGLEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Tipping point?"

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 vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
• Words that mean the same thing: bump around, jolt, shake up
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Intro course?"

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: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. "Fa-a-ancy!""

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: OOLALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Heap praise on"

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: GUSHOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Home of the Boston Mountains"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area of low mountains in northwestern arkansas and southeastern missouri and northeastern oklahoma
• Words that mean the same thing: Ozark Plateau, Ozark Mountains
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OZARKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Polite Spanish assent"

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: SISENORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Online fad"

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 cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Pricing word"

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 (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
• Words that mean the same thing: from each one, to each one, for each one
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Just the worst, in slang"

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: SUCKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. "The time for diplomacy has passed""

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: ITSWAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Women's soccer and gymnastics powerhouse"

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: United States, America, the States
• The 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 13 Across: "25. "___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album")"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Treatment plants?"

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 purgative made from the leaves of aloe
• Words that mean the same thing: bitter aloes, aloe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Letters of qualification"

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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Sweet sign-off"

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: XOXO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Trees sacred to Hecate"

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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• Words that mean the same thing: yew
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. Prey for a heron"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Words that mean the same thing: toad frog, frog, anuran
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. ___ Poovie ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." character)"

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: LOUANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Sounds from a pond at night"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• Words that mean the same thing: perish, mutter, snuff it
• The opposite would be: be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. French agreements"

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: OUIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Stone with "fire" and "water" varieties"

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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. "Ish""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ORSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Unspecified ordinal"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Travelocity spokescreature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• Words that mean the same thing: dwarf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Make a pick"

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: prefer, choose
• The 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 27 Across: "47. Bird found in the mud?"

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 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
• Words that mean the same thing: electromagnetic unit, Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Pea, e.g."

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 erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family leguminosae
• Words that mean the same thing: leguminous 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: LEGUME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "51. "Death of a Salesman" surname"

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: LOMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. It may turn slowly in a horror movie"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a circular rounded projection or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: boss, node, thickening
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Denny's competitor"

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: IHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. "What a pity""

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: THATSSAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Liken"

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 consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
• Words that mean the same thing: match, liken, equalize
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EQUATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Attend to details ... or a hint to entering six Down answers in this puzzle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOTTHEIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Applies, as lotion"

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: RUBSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. [Some of us are trying to watch the movie here!]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. "Success!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "66. Trickled"

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 pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Words that mean the same thing: seep, ooze
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEPED

  Great job if you got it right!

February 10, 2022 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Destine for failure	4
2D	2. Trickle	4
3D	3. Rock genre for Roxy Music	4
4D	4. Southern border city in a Larry McMurtry title	11
5D	5. Game measured by its number of points	3
6D	6. Elements No. 7, 8, 9 and 10, e.g.	5
7D	7. Certain martial arts takedown	9
8D	8. Word after bad or hard	3
9D	9. ___ monkey	6
10D	10. Trendy brunch order	12
11D	11. Benefit	4
12D	12. Really hope	4
13D	14. Proportionate size for some model trains	6
14D	15. It's a lot to carry	4
15D	20. Online status	4
16D	23. 1982 film set in a mainframe	4
17D	25. "It's not hard to guess how this will end"	12
18D	27. Key to a quick exit?	3
19D	29. Shark species with the largest brain-to-body ratio	4
20D	30. Some E.R. cases	3
21D	31. Strike	4
22D	33. Underwater weapon-launching apparatus	11
23D	34. Horror star Chaney	3
24D	35. Stop start?	3
25D	37. 2003 cult film known as the "'Citizen Kane' of bad movies," with "The"	4
26D	40. Spotty pattern	9
27D	41. Modifies	6
28D	42. Kind of block	4
29D	45. Afraid to commit, say	6
30D	48. Actor Bomer of "Magic Mike"	4
31D	50. Gets a ride, in a way	5
32D	51. '65 Ford debuts	4
33D	52. "Me! Pick me!"	4
34D	55. Locking mechanism	4
35D	56. Great Plains tribe	4
36D	57. Await a ruling	4
37D	59. "Isn't that obvious?"	3
38D	61. "___ es eso?"	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. Destine for failure"

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 unpleasant or disastrous destiny
• Words that mean the same thing: fate, destine, designate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Trickle"

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

  The answer is: OOZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Rock genre for Roxy Music"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GLAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Southern border city in a Larry McMurtry title"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAREDOTEXAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Game measured by its number of points"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
• Words that mean the same thing: wapiti, Cervus elaphus canadensis, red deer
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Elements No. 7, 8, 9 and 10, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
• Words that mean the same thing: accelerator, gasolene, flatulency
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GASES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Certain martial arts takedown"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: JUDOTHROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Word after bad or hard"

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

  The answer is: ASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ monkey"

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 of southern asia; used in medical research
• Words that mean the same thing: rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHESUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Trendy brunch order"

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: AVOCADOTOAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Benefit"

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 incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
• Words that mean the same thing: fringe benefit, perquisite, pick up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Really hope"

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

  The answer is: PRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Proportionate size for some model trains"

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: GSCALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. It's a lot to carry"

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

  The answer is: ONUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Online status"

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 not present; having left
• Words that mean the same thing: out, forth, off
• The opposite would be: home
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. 1982 film set in a mainframe"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TRON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. "It's not hard to guess how this will end""

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: YOUDOTHEMATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Key to a quick exit?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Shark species with the largest brain-to-body ratio"

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 powerful mackerel shark of the atlantic and pacific
• Words that mean the same thing: mako shark
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Some E.R. cases"

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 doctor's degree in optometry
• Words that mean the same thing: Doctor of Optometry, OD, oculus dexter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Strike"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: XOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Underwater weapon-launching apparatus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TORPEDOTUBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Horror star Chaney"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Stop start?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that negation of a word or group of words
• Words that mean the same thing: not
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. 2003 cult film known as the "'Citizen Kane' of bad movies," with "The""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: elbow room, board, way
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Spotty pattern"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POLKADOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Modifies"

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 sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
• Words that mean the same thing: reparation, meliorate, improve
• The opposite would be: worsen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Kind of block"

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 child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
• Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Afraid to commit, say"

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: GUNSHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Actor Bomer of "Magic Mike""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
• Words that mean the same thing: matte, mat, flatness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MATT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Gets a ride, in a way"

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: UBERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. '65 Ford debuts"

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: LTDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. "Me! Pick me!""

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: OHOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Locking mechanism"

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 fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Great Plains tribe"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Await a ruling"

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: PEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. "Isn't that obvious?""

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: consider, ascertain, come across
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. "___ es eso?""

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: QUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	64.5%
Short Answer	13	17.1%
Movies/Film	4	5.3%
Geography	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Music	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Thursday, 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 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM

July 06, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 06, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale	4
2A	5. Actress Sonia	5
3A	10. Range for yodelers	4
4A	14. "Ailment" for the heart	4
5A	15. Appeared in syndication, say	5
6A	16. Yowl	4
7A	17. Fad item of the 1990s	10
8A	19. Creatures that can be both pets and pests	4
9A	20. Fig. with two hyphens	3
10A	21. Hallucinatory experience	4
11A	22. Jaguar spot, for example	5
12A	23. Worker with books, for short	3
13A	25. Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light	6
14A	28. Big name in shampoo	5
15A	30. Country band, for short?	5
16A	31. It requires a tap to get started	3
17A	34. Santa ___, Calif.	4
18A	35. Big hot dog?	10
19A	37. Land on Lake Victoria	6
20A	39. Gave for a while	6
21A	40. Certain Kentucky racer	10
22A	44. Small-arms runner of years past?	4
23A	45. Poetic preposition	3
24A	46. Land bridge between Africa and Asia	5
25A	47. Welling up	5
26A	48. Recovers from a bender, with "up"	6
27A	49. Key that works to exit but not enter	3
28A	50. Habitually	5
29A	53. Touchdown figs.	4
30A	55. Smidge	3
31A	58. There's a bridge near the top of it	4
32A	59. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle	10
33A	62. Something stored in an upright position on a plane	4
34A	63. Person with talent	5
35A	64. 50-50	4
36A	65. Gumbo ingredient	4
37A	66. Many indoor tennis facilities have them	5
38A	67. Super	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale"

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 small worthless amount
• Words that mean the same thing: jak, tar, shit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Actress Sonia"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient city in northern portugal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Range for yodelers"

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 large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: alp, the Alps
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "Ailment" for the heart"

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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
• Words that mean the same thing: yen, languish, suffer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Appeared in syndication, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that broadcast again, as of a film
• Words that mean the same thing: rebroadcast, rerun
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RERAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Yowl"

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 cry of sorrow and grief
• Words that mean the same thing: mewl, plaint, roar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Fad item of the 1990s"

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: BEANIEBABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Creatures that can be both pets and pests"

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 any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Words that mean the same thing: black eye, mouse, shiner
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Fig. with two hyphens"

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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Hallucinatory experience"

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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
• Words that mean the same thing: turn on, activate, get off
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Jaguar spot, for example"

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: CARAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Worker with books, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light"

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: RAYBAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Big name in shampoo"

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: PRELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Country band, for short?"

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: THEUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. It requires a tap to get started"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Santa ___, Calif."

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 large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Rosa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Big hot dog?"

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: SHOWBOATER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Land on Lake Victoria"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a landlocked republic in eastern africa; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1962
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Uganda
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGANDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Gave for a while"

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: LENTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Certain Kentucky racer"

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: DERBYHORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Small-arms runner of years past?"

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: TREX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Poetic preposition"

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: ERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Land bridge between Africa and Asia"

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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Desert, Mount Sinai
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Welling up"

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 with eyes full of tears
• Words that mean the same thing: teary-eyed, watery-eyed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Recovers from a bender, with "up""

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 cause to become sober
• Words that mean the same thing: sober, sober up
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOBERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Key that works to exit but not enter"

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: ESC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Habitually"

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 many times at short intervals
• Words that mean the same thing: a great deal, oft, ofttimes
• The opposite would be: infrequently, rarely
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OFTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Touchdown figs."

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 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: ETA, eta, 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: ETAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Smidge"

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 slight amount or degree of difference
• Words that mean the same thing: shade
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. There's a bridge near the top of it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
• Words that mean the same thing: horn in, intrude, olfactory organ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle"

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: MAGICTRICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. Something stored in an upright position on a plane"

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 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 34 Across: "63. Person with talent"

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 active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
• Words that mean the same thing: broker, agentive role, federal agent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. 50-50"

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 latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: tied, still, fifty-fifty
• The opposite would be: odd, uneven
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Gumbo ingredient"

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 long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• Words that mean the same thing: lady's-finger, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OKRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Many indoor tennis facilities have them"

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 concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
• Words that mean the same thing: bonce, bean, domed stadium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOMES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Super"

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 precisely as stated
• Words that mean the same thing: rattling, real, identical
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle July 06, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Much of sparring	4
2D	2. Best four-of-a-kind	4
3D	3. "Seems likely …"	10
4D	4. Knowledge	3
5D	5. ___ Rabbit	4
6D	6. New beginning	7
7D	7. Plains people	7
8D	8. Be a chatterbox	3
9D	9. Whichever	3
10D	10. "Gosh dang it!"	5
11D	11. Den	4
12D	12. Typesetting unit	4
13D	13. Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii	4
14D	18. Editorial slant?: Abbr.	4
15D	22. Vessel that may be portaged	5
16D	24. Next-best option	5
17D	26. Certain evergreen	3
18D	27. Singer Michael known as the "King of Christmas"	5
19D	28. Fuddy-duddy	5
20D	29. ___ Rabbit	5
21D	31. Tempting, as an offer	10
22D	32. ___ Rabbit	5
23D	33. Kind of vote	5
24D	35. Term of address in colonial India	5
25D	36. Pot seeds?	5
26D	38. Hoover rival	5
27D	41. The Chiffons' "___ Fine Day"	3
28D	42. It's a beauty in its setting	7
29D	43. ___ Chapel	7
30D	47. What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver	4
31D	48. "Buh-bye!"	5
32D	50. Not sucked in by	4
33D	51. Go off in two directions	4
34D	52. Leader overthrown by a revolution	4
35D	54. Takes steps	4
36D	56. Big name in PCs	4
37D	57. Fashion inits.	4
38D	59. Hopping ___	3
39D	60. What "syne" means in "Auld Lang Syne"	3
40D	61. Increase the speed of	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. Much of sparring"

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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• Words that mean the same thing: poking, jabbing, jab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Best four-of-a-kind"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: superstar, pass with flying colors, angiotensin converting enzyme
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Seems likely …""

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: CHANCESARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Knowledge"

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 range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: sight, cognizance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Rabbit"

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: BRER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. New beginning"

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 after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
• Words that mean the same thing: Renascence, conversion, spiritual rebirth
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBIRTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Plains people"

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 a member of a tribe of plains indians formerly inhabiting eastern colorado and wyoming (now living in oklahoma and wyoming)
• Words that mean the same thing: Arapahoe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAPAHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Be a chatterbox"

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 light informal conversation for social occasions
• Words that mean the same thing: chin wagging, yak, causerie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Whichever"

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 one or some or every or all without specification
• Words that mean the same thing: whatever, whatsoever
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Gosh dang it!""

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: AWMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Den"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: den
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Typesetting unit"

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 eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: pica em, em, genus Pica
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii"

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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Words that mean the same thing: sledge, sleigh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Editorial slant?: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ITAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Vessel that may be portaged"

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 small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Next-best option"

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: PLANB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Certain evergreen"

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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Singer Michael known as the "King of Christmas""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BUBLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Fuddy-duddy"

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 person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
• Words that mean the same thing: puritan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. ___ Rabbit"

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: ROGER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Tempting, as an offer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
• The opposite would be: unattractive, repulsive
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTRACTIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. ___ Rabbit"

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 disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
• Words that mean the same thing: Saint Peter, pecker, putz
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PETER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Kind of vote"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person authorized to act for another
• Words that mean the same thing: procurator, placeholder
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROXY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Term of address in colonial India"

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 formerly a term of respect for important white europeans in colonial india; used after the name
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAHIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Pot seeds?"

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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• Words that mean the same thing: ante
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Hoover rival"

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: DYSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. The Chiffons' "___ Fine Day""

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: 1, I, ane
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. It's a beauty in its setting"

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: RAREGEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. ___ Chapel"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SISTINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that trying something to find out about it
• Words that mean the same thing: psychometric test, try, essay
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. "Buh-bye!""

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: SEEYA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Not sucked in by"

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: ONTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Go off in two directions"

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 cutlery used for serving and eating food
• Words that mean the same thing: branch, crotch, ramify
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Leader overthrown by a revolution"

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

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Takes 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 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: deed, turn, dissemble
• 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 36 Down: "56. Big name in PCs"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. Fashion inits."

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: DKNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Hopping ___"

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 roused to anger; - mark twain
• Words that mean the same thing: unrestrained, unhinged, brainsick
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. What "syne" means in "Auld Lang Syne""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Increase the speed of"

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

  The answer is: REV

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	59	75.6%
Short Answer	12	15.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.8%
Geography	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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!

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Last Updated: September 08, 2025 at 10:19 PM