Tuesday NYT Crossword Answers: August 20, 2024 – Hints, Clues, and Solutions

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Tuesday NYT Crossword Answers: August 20, 2024 

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Largest city in Nebraska. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OMAHA

  Possible Answer : Omaha, Maha




• The clue is 6. "Excuse me …". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AHEM

  Possible Answer : ahem, hem




• The clue is 10. Letters on old Soviet rockets. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CCCP




• The clue is 14. Eschew the subway, say. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CABIT




• The clue is 15. Boo. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: JEER

  Possible Answer : scoffing, mockery, barrack, jeering, jeer, gibe, flout, scoff




• The clue is 16. Surrounding glow. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AURA

  Possible Answer : nimbus, aura, gloriole, halo, aureole, atmosphere, air, glory




• The clue is 17. Superscript by a brand name. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: TRADEMARKSYMBOL




• The clue is 20. Ballpark fig.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : EST, Eastern_Time, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 21. Losing line in tic-tac-toe. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OXO




• The clue is 22. Major in mass communication?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: POPE

  Possible Answer : Bishop_of_Rome, pontiff, Roman_Catholic_Pope, Catholic_Pope, Pope, Alexander_Pope, pope, Vicar_of_Christ, Holy_Father




• The clue is 23. "Won't Get Fooled Again" rockers. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: THEWHO




• The clue is 26. The "F" of FTW. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FOR




• The clue is 27. Actress Wray of "King Kong". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FAY

  Possible Answer : faery, faerie, fairy, sprite, fay




• The clue is 30. Fighter jet's landing spot. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AIRFORCEBASE




• The clue is 34. Neighbor of an Uzbek. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAJIK

  Possible Answer : Tajik, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tajiki, Republic_of_Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tajikistan




• The clue is 37. Longtime Heat coach Spoelstra. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ERIK




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

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

  The answer: IRKS

  Possible Answer : gall, irk




• The clue is 39. Singer with the albums "21," "25" and "30". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ADELE




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

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

  The answer: LEE

  Possible Answer : Gypsy_Rose_Lee, Lee_Yuen_Kam, Robert_Edward_Lee, Lee, Rose_Louise_Hovick, Richard_Henry_Lee, Robert_E._Lee, Henry_Lee, lee_side, Shelton_Jackson_Lee, Spike_Lee, Bruce_Lee, Tsung_Dao_Lee, lee, leeward, downwind, Lighthorse_Harry_Lee

  Possible Opposite Answer : windward




• The clue is 41. Man of Marseilles. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HOMME




• The clue is 42. Not doing much. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IDLE

  Possible Answer : wild, tick_over, loose, out_of_work, unused, idle, unwarranted, light, stagnate, slug, baseless, unfounded, jobless, laze, groundless, dead

  Possible Opposite Answer : run, busy, work




• The clue is 43. ___ ring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOOD

  Possible Answer : modality, humour, temper, humor, mood, climate, mode




• The clue is 44. Areas for altars. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: APSES

  Possible Answer : apse, apsis




• The clue is 45. Investment banking giant. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: GOLDMANSACHS




• The clue is 48. Lead-in to "-hoo". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ANY

  Possible Answer : whatever, any, whatsoever




• The clue is 49. Apple platform. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IOS

  Possible Answer : Io




• The clue is 50. Extended period of inactivity. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: LAYOFF

  Possible Answer : layoff




• The clue is 54. Final opponent in a video game level. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BOSS

  Possible Answer : party_boss, Bos, political_boss, foreman, genus_Bos, stamp, hirer, honcho, knob, brag, boss, chief, gaffer, emboss




• The clue is 56. With 57-Down, lacking in variety. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ONE

  Possible Answer : unmatchable, peerless, unrivalled, i, unitary, unrivaled, ace, single, I, 1, matchless, one_and_only, unmatched, ane, nonpareil, unity, one




• The clue is 58. Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo ___ Turk". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ALA

  Possible Answer : ala




• The clue is 59. Best Picture winner of 1965 ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THESOUNDOFMUSIC




• The clue is 64. Chef's creation. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MEAL

  Possible Answer : repast, meal




• The clue is 65. "Sure, sure ...". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: IBET




• The clue is 66. Kick out. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EVICT

  Possible Answer : evict, force_out




• The clue is 67. Greek founder of Stoicism. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ZENO

  Possible Answer : Zeno_of_Elea, Zeno_of_Citium, Zeno




• The clue is 68. Stun with a jolt. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASE




• The clue is 69. Things on a to-do list. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TASKS

  Possible Answer : job, labor, chore, project, undertaking, task, tax

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Set of white pawns in chess, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OCTET

  Possible Answer: eightsome, VIII, octette, octad, eighter, eight, 8, octet, ogdoad, octonary, eighter_from_Decatur

• The clue is 2. Everglades ecosystem. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MARSH

  Possible Answer: Reginald_Marsh, Marsh, marsh, fenland, marshland, Ngaio_Marsh, fen

• The clue is 3. Subside. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ABATE

  Possible Answer: die_away, abate, slake, slack_off, let_up, slack

• The clue is 4. Put out of sight. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HID

  Possible Answer: blot_out, obscure, hide, cover, obliterate, enshroud, conceal, hide_out, shroud, veil

  Possible Opposite Answer : show

• The clue is 5. Had a ball ... a meatball, that is. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ATE

  Possible Answer: use_up, feed, rust, Ate, eat, corrode, run_through, wipe_out, consume, eat_up, eat_on, deplete, exhaust

• The clue is 6. Warrior in the "Iliad". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: AJAX

  Possible Answer: Ajax

• The clue is 7. Sub sandwich. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HERO

  Possible Answer: poor_boy, zep, Cuban_sandwich, bomber, Hero_of_Alexandria, wedge, grinder, Heron, submarine, hero_sandwich, submarine_sandwich, paladin, Hero, torpedo, sub, fighter, champion, hoagy, hero, hoagie, Italian_sandwich

• The clue is 8. "A spider!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: EEK

• The clue is 9. Logical "Star Trek" character. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MRSPOCK

• The clue is 10. Setting for "Wet Hot American Summer". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CAMP

  Possible Answer: camp_out, campy, refugee_camp, tent, clique, cantonment, summer_camp, camp_down, camp, bivouac, encampment, coterie, ingroup, inner_circle, pack, encamp

• The clue is 11. Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: CUBEFARMS

• The clue is 12. ___-Magnon man. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CRO

  Possible Answer: cathode-ray_oscilloscope, oscilloscope, CRO, scope

• The clue is 13. Bud. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: PAL

  Possible Answer: brother, sidekick, pal, crony, chum, pal_up, chum_up, buddy

• The clue is 18. Tie at the dock. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MOOR

  Possible Answer: berth, moor, Moor, moorland, wharf, tie_up

• The clue is 19. Days long ago. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YORE

  Possible Answer: yore

• The clue is 24. Cried loudly. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: WAILED

  Possible Answer: yaup, mewl, howl, ululate, wail, yawl, roar, pule, whimper

• The clue is 25. Take to the trail. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HIKE

  Possible Answer: boost, tramp, wage_increase, hiking, rise, wage_hike, cost_increase, salary_increase, hike, raise, hike_up

• The clue is 26. Curly-haired friend of Charlie Brown. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FRIEDA

• The clue is 28. "I'm here if you have questions!". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ASKME

• The clue is 29. Green lights. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: YESES

  Possible Answer: yes

  Possible Opposite Answer : no

• The clue is 31. Certain convicted criminals. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FELONS

  Possible Answer: outlaw, whitlow, malefactor, crook, criminal, felon

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

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

  The answer: OREOS

  Possible Answer: oreo, oreo_cookie

• The clue is 33. Tissue sample test. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: BIOPSY

  Possible Answer: biopsy

• The clue is 34. Evergreen forest that covers much of Canada. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TAIGA

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

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

  The answer: ADDON

• The clue is 36. Item in a classic guessing contest. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: JELLYBEAN

• The clue is 41. "LOL". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: HAHA

• The clue is 43. Iconic outfit for a noted chairman. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MAOSUIT

• The clue is 46. Japanese soup flavoring. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MISO

  Possible Answer: miso

• The clue is 47. Staff leader?. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: CLEF

  Possible Answer: clef

• The clue is 51. "Wonderwall" group. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OASIS

  Possible Answer: haven, oasis

• The clue is 52. Movie, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FLICK

  Possible Answer: motion_picture, flip, thumb, movie, flicker, picture, pic, film, moving_picture, click, snap, leaf, flick, motion-picture_show, ruffle, riffle, moving-picture_show, jerk, riff, picture_show

• The clue is 53. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own ___": Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: FACTS

  Possible Answer: fact

• The clue is 55. 1952 Winter Olympics host. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: OSLO

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania

• The clue is 56. Poems of praise. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: ODES

  Possible Answer: ode

• The clue is 57. See 56-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NOTE

  Possible Answer: promissory_note, banknote, Federal_Reserve_note, tone, annotation, bank_bill, billet, banker's_bill, bank_note, note_of_hand, notation, mention, greenback, remark, take_note, notice, bill, musical_note, observe, short_letter, preeminence, mark, note, take_down, line, eminence, government_note, distinction

  Possible Opposite Answer : ignore

• The clue is 59. Celebrity gossip website. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: TMZ

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

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

  The answer: HEE

• The clue is 61. Org. associated with the John Tesh instrumental "Roundball Rock". Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: NBA

• The clue is 62. Got together. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: MET

  Possible Answer: forgather, take_on, adjoin, play, meet, foregather, run_into, fulfil, encounter, match, fill, come_across, run_across, conform_to, get_together, cope_with, touch, suffer, fit, fulfill, see, assemble, satisfy, converge, contact, gather, receive

  Possible Opposite Answer : diverge

• The clue is 63. 2019 March Madness champs, for short. Can you find the Answer?

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

  The answer: UVA

August 15, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, August 15, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

August 15, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Fast-food pork sandwich	5
2A	6. Fail badly at the box office	4
3A	10. $20 dispensers	4
4A	14. Madison Square Garden, e.g.	5
5A	15. Minor hurt, in kidspeak	4
6A	16. "Dagnabbit!"	4
7A	17. Footwear giant headquartered in Boston, Mass.	10
8A	19. Hit 2021 film based on a Frank Herbert novel	4
9A	20. Give a hoot	4
10A	21. App customer	4
11A	22. TV, print, radio, etc.	5
12A	23. Parenthetical remarks	6
13A	25. Fait accompli	8
14A	27. Ex-Marine, e.g., informally	3
15A	28. Sounds of contented pleasure	3
16A	30. Do some threadwork	3
17A	31. Civil Rights ___ of 1964	3
18A	32. Places of bliss	5
19A	34. Easter flower	4
20A	36. Cry to a birthing mother	4
21A	37. Ump's call after a first pitch … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across	9
22A	40. Actress Ward	4
23A	43. Fencing blade	4
24A	44. The "Aeneid" and "The Faerie Queene," for two	5
25A	48. Not get any younger	3
26A	49. Raggedy ___ (doll)	3
27A	50. Certain lap dog, informally	3
28A	52. Quick snooze	3
29A	53. Downward dog, for one	8
30A	56. Scribble absentmindedly	6
31A	58. Portly	5
32A	59. Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club"	4
33A	61. The "S" of A.S.A.P.	4
34A	62. Global center of Shia Islam	4
35A	63. Group of notes that often sounds sad	10
36A	65. Gossip, so to speak	4
37A	66. Work on, as an essay	4
38A	67. Like the sound of a creaky basement door	5
39A	68. Makes a choice	4
40A	69. Golf ball holders	4
41A	70. "Pointer" for giving presentations	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Fast-food pork sandwich"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MCRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Fail badly at the box office"

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 explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: bomb calorimeter, flush it, bombard
• The opposite would be: pass
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. $20 dispensers"

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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
• Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller machine, atm, automated teller machine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Madison Square Garden, 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 a particular environment or walk of life
• Words that mean the same thing: field, orbit, domain
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Minor hurt, in kidspeak"

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: OWIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "Dagnabbit!""

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: DRAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Footwear giant headquartered in Boston, Mass."

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: NEWBALANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Hit 2021 film based on a Frank Herbert novel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
• Words that mean the same thing: sand dune
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Give a hoot"

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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: concern, charge, like
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. App customer"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: substance abuser, exploiter, drug user
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. TV, print, radio, etc."

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 means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
• Words that mean the same thing: culture medium, spiritualist, mass medium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Parenthetical remarks"

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 line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
• Words that mean the same thing: excursus, aside, divagation
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASIDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Fait accompli"

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: DONEDEAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Ex-Marine, e.g., informally"

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 who practices veterinary medicine
• Words that mean the same thing: ex-serviceman, veteran, veterinarian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Sounds of contented pleasure"

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: AHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Do some threadwork"

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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
• Words that mean the same thing: sew together, run up, stitch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Civil Rights ___ of 1964"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: deed, number, bit
• 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: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "32. Places of bliss"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
• Words that mean the same thing: Garden of Eden, promised land, nirvana
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Easter flower"

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 liliaceous plant of the genus lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Cry to a birthing mother"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of applying force in order to move something away
• Words that mean the same thing: force, drive, promote
• The opposite would be: pull
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. Ump's call after a first pitch … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STRIKEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Actress Ward"

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: SELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Fencing blade"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. The "Aeneid" and "The Faerie Queene," for two"

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 long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• Words that mean the same thing: epos, epic, epic poem
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Not get any younger"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that how long something has existed
• Words that mean the same thing: senesce, historic period, maturate
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Raggedy ___ (doll)"

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: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Certain lap dog, informally"

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 disparaging term for a british person
• Words that mean the same thing: pommy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Quick snooze"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: snooze, sleep, short sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Downward dog, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOGAPOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Scribble absentmindedly"

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 aimless drawing
• Words that mean the same thing: scribble, scrabble
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Portly"

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 strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: portly, sturdy, hardy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club""

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 wife or mistress of zeus and mother of apollo and artemis in ancient mythology; called latona in roman mythology
• Words that mean the same thing: Latona
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. The "S" of A.S.A.P."

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 in the near future
• Words that mean the same thing: presently, shortly, before long
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Global center of Shia Islam"

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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Group of notes that often sounds sad"

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: MINORCHORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Gossip, so to speak"

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 part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
• Words that mean the same thing: soil, crap, poop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Work on, as an essay"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: cut, edit out, delete
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Like the sound of a creaky basement door"

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

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Makes a choice"

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

  The answer is: OPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Across: "69. Golf ball holders"

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

  The answer is: TEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Across: "70. "Pointer" for giving presentations"

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 acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
• Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LASER

  Great job if you got it right!

August 15, 2022 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Counterpart of a "she-shed"	7
2D	2. Folded, as paper	7
3D	3. Overhaul, as an article	7
4D	4. Under the covers	5
5D	5. What did ewe say?	3
6D	6. Snakes that strangle	4
7D	7. Possessed	5
8D	8. Super-quick snooze	10
9D	9. "Busy" insect	3
10D	10. Did some summing	5
11D	11. Canadian P.M. Justin	7
12D	12. Fiends	7
13D	13. Kind of technology in some modern military aircraft	7
14D	18. Rich with vegetation	4
15D	22. Kitten's cry	3
16D	24. Either "E" of ESE	4
17D	26. R&B singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You"	4
18D	29. Toy that attaches to a garden hose	10
19D	33. Top-secret government org.	3
20D	35. 1950s prez	3
21D	36. Liveliness	3
22D	38. Nevada gambling city	4
23D	39. Dory's friend, in a Pixar film	4
24D	40. Commits at the altar	7
25D	41. Narcissist's "journey"	7
26D	42. Works made of toy bricks	7
27D	45. Not alfresco	7
28D	46. One of about 53 in a typical Oreo cookie	7
29D	47. Hardly a penny pincher	7
30D	49. Like the name Rob Banks, for a criminal	3
31D	51. Bad smell	4
32D	54. Mothers' sisters	5
33D	55. "___, meenie, miney, mo"	5
34D	57. Irish surname that anagrams to A SHOE	5
35D	60. Young 'uns	4
36D	63. Was introduced to	3
37D	64. Sheet of an animated cartoon	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. Counterpart of a "she-shed""

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: MANCAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Folded, as paper"

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 make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
• Words that mean the same thing: crease, rake, wrinkle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CREASED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Overhaul, as an article"

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 something that has been written again
• Words that mean the same thing: revision, rescript
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REWRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Under the covers"

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: INBED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What did ewe say?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Snakes that strangle"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: feather boa, boa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Possessed"

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 have ownership or possession of
• Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, own
• The opposite would be: unowned
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Super-quick snooze"

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: MICROSLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Busy" insect"

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 any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Did some summing"

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 make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
• Words that mean the same thing: contribute, tally, bestow
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Canadian P.M. Justin"

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: TRUDEAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Fiends"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an insane person
• Words that mean the same thing: madman, maniac, lunatic
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MANIACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Kind of technology in some modern military aircraft"

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 avoiding detection by moving carefully
• Words that mean the same thing: stealing
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEALTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Rich with vegetation"

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 person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
• Words that mean the same thing: succulent, profuse, souse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Kitten's cry"

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 sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
• Words that mean the same thing: miaul, sea mew, miaou
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Either "E" of ESE"

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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
• Words that mean the same thing: eastern United States, due east, eastward
• The opposite would be: west
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. R&B singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NEYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Toy that attaches to a garden hose"

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: SLIPNSLIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "33. Top-secret government org."

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 states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "35. 1950s prez"

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 united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
• Words that mean the same thing: President Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "36. Liveliness"

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 liveliness and energy
• Words that mean the same thing: ginger, peppiness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "38. Nevada gambling 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 western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "39. Dory's friend, in a Pixar film"

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: NEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Commits at the altar"

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: SAYSIDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Narcissist's "journey""

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 act in a way that attracts attention
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGOTRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Works made of toy bricks"

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: LEGOART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. Not alfresco"

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 within a building
• Words that mean the same thing: inside
• The opposite would be: outside, outdoors
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDOORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. One of about 53 in a typical Oreo cookie"

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 unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
• Words that mean the same thing: gram calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALORIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Hardly a penny pincher"

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 english poet and critic (1909-1995)
• Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Spender, scattergood, spendthrift
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPENDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Like the name Rob Banks, for a criminal"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: liable, clever, apposite
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Bad smell"

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: smell, odour, olfactory sensation
• The 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 32 Down: "54. Mothers' sisters"

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 sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
• Words that mean the same thing: auntie, aunt, aunty
• The opposite would be: uncle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. "___, meenie, miney, mo""

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: EENIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Irish surname that anagrams to A SHOE"

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: OSHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "60. Young 'uns"

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 amount (especially of a drink)
• Words that mean the same thing: yearling, tally, toddler
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "63. Was introduced to"

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 come together
• Words that mean the same thing: run across, see, touch
• The opposite would be: diverge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "64. Sheet of an animated cartoon"

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: CEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	69.2%
Short Answer	17	21.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	41
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.9 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 Monday, 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 08, 2025 at 01:43 AM