December 03, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

December 03, 2019 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Bart who was the first Super Bowl M.V.P.	5
2A	6. In a funk	3
3A	9. Evita who was played by Madonna	5
4A	14. Civil rights leader Williams, who was an associate of Martin Luther King Jr.	5
5A	15. Piece of fiction	3
6A	16. Intent look	5
7A	17. Started the kitty	5
8A	18. Pebble in one's shoe, e.g.	9
9A	20. *Inclination to follow the majority	12
10A	22. Sign of a theatrical hit	3
11A	23. Lead-in to "la-la"	3
12A	24. "Couldn't care less"	3
13A	25. Liturgical vestment	3
14A	28. Wonderland cake words	5
15A	30. News anchor Holt	6
16A	32. *Phones inadvertently	9
17A	36. Mother of Prince Harry	5
18A	37. Not worth ___ (valueless)	4
19A	38. Hazards on the links	5
20A	40. Prison at sea	4
21A	41. ___ Island Red (chicken)	5
22A	43. *Boy Scout handbook topic	9
23A	45. League of Nations city	6
24A	47. Soak one's bib	5
25A	48. Sounds of hesitation	3
26A	49. "Six-pack" muscles	3
27A	51. Bit of body art	3
28A	52. Comics bark	3
29A	55. *One upstaging a star, say	12
30A	58. On and on and on ...	9
31A	61. One of two on some wedding cakes	5
32A	62. With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues	5
33A	63. Greeting in old Rome	3
34A	64. See 62-Across	5
35A	65. No longer in dreamland	5
36A	66. Barbie's beau	3
37A	67. V-formation flier	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. Bart who was the first Super Bowl M.V.P."

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 rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
• Words that mean the same thing: Richard Starkey, Starkey, Ringo Starr
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. In a funk"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Words that mean the same thing: lamentable, distressing, sorry
• The opposite would be: glad
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Evita who was played by Madonna"

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 argentine soldier who became president of argentina (1895-1974)
• Words that mean the same thing: Juan Domingo Peron
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Civil rights leader Williams, who was an associate of Martin Luther King Jr."

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 minor hebrew prophet (8th century bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Hosea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Piece of fiction"

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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Words that mean the same thing: rest, consist, Trygve Lie
• The opposite would be: arise, stand
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Intent look"

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 fixed look with eyes open wide
• Words that mean the same thing: gaze
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Started the kitty"

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 place one's stake
• 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: ANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Pebble in one's shoe, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
• Words that mean the same thing: pain in the neck, pain, pain in the ass
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANNOYANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. *Inclination to follow the majority"

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: HERDINSTINCT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Sign of a theatrical hit"

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: SRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Lead-in to "la-la""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: aah
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. "Couldn't care less""

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Liturgical vestment"

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 white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Wonderland cake words"

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: EATME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. News anchor Holt"

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: LESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. *Phones inadvertently"

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: BUTTDIALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Mother of Prince Harry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english aristocrat who was the first wife of prince charles; her death in an automobile accident in paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)
• Words that mean the same thing: Princess Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Not worth ___ (valueless)"

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: ASOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Hazards on the links"

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 device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
• Words that mean the same thing: hole, bunker, pin down
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Prison at sea"

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 two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. ___ Island Red (chicken)"

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: RHODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. *Boy Scout handbook topic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KNOTTYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. League of Nations city"

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 a city in southwestern switzerland at the western end of lake geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
• Words that mean the same thing: Genf, Holland gin, Geneve
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GENEVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Soak one's bib"

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 pretentious or silly talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: boloney, slobber, baloney
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DROOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Sounds of hesitation"

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 trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 68, Er, emergency room
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. "Six-pack" muscles"

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 a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
• Words that mean the same thing: AB, abdominal, ab
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Bit of body art"

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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• Words that mean the same thing: sleaze, intertwine, cheapness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Comics bark"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. *One upstaging a star, say"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert 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: SCENESTEALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. On and on and on ..."

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: ADNAUSEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. One of two on some wedding cakes"

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 woman who has recently been married
• Words that mean the same thing: Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
• Words that mean the same thing: articulation, spokesperson, representative
• The opposite would be: devoice
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Greeting in old Rome"

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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. See 62-Across"

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 theatrical performer
• Words that mean the same thing: worker, doer, player
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. No longer in dreamland"

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 stop sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: come alive, wake, alive
• The opposite would be: asleep, fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Barbie's beau"

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 37 Across: "67. V-formation flier"

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 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• Words that mean the same thing: bozo, goof, twat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

December 03, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Persian rulers	5
2D	2. Skin care product	5
3D	3. N.L. pennant winner in 2005 and A.L. pennant winner in 2017 and 2019	5
4D	4. Marsh plant	4
5D	5. Commercial that might have a jingle	7
6D	6. Punctuation that may mean "or"	9
7D	7. Nonstandard negative	4
8D	8. Bib overalls material	5
9D	9. Pumped up, so to speak	7
10D	10. Florida, e.g., to the French	4
11D	11. Took to one's heels	3
12D	12. "The Lord of the Rings" fiend	3
13D	13. Born, in Bordeaux	3
14D	19. Like Nash's lama	4
15D	21. Cry in a game of tag	5
16D	25. Arcade game pioneer	5
17D	26. Leader on view in Red Square	5
18D	27. Fort ___, North Carolina	5
19D	28. Chopin exercise	5
20D	29. Serengeti antelope	5
21D	31. Seeress of ancient Greece	5
22D	32. Erie Canal craft	5
23D	33. Helper at a wedding	5
24D	34. Tweety and Sylvester, for two	5
25D	35. Guys who fish or hunt, say	9
26D	39. Ermine, by another name	5
27D	42. One fleeing a flood, perhaps	7
28D	44. Common promotional giveaway	7
29D	46. $5 bills, slangily	4
30D	50. Go furtively	5
31D	52. Bush 43 Supreme Court appointee	5
32D	53. Second chances, casually	5
33D	54. "___ Jacques"	5
34D	55. Give the ax	4
35D	56. Rain gutter site	4
36D	57. With the bow, musically	4
37D	58. "Selma" director DuVernay	3
38D	59. Wall Street index, with "the"	3
39D	60. Long of 2004's "Alfie"	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. Persian rulers"

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 title for the former hereditary monarch of iran
• Words that mean the same thing: Shah, Shah of Iran
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Skin care product"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. N.L. pennant winner in 2005 and A.L. pennant winner in 2017 and 2019"

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: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Marsh plant"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: vibrating reed, reed instrument, Walter Reed
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Commercial that might have a jingle"

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: RADIOAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Punctuation that may mean "or""

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: SLASHMARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Nonstandard negative"

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: AINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Bib overalls material"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
• Words that mean the same thing: jean, dungaree, blue jean
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pumped up, so to speak"

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: PSYCHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Florida, e.g., to the French"

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: ETAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Took to one's heels"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: ladder, hunt, scat
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "The Lord of the Rings" fiend"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Born, in Bordeaux"

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

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Like Nash's lama"

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: ONEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Cry in a game of tag"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOTIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Arcade game pioneer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Leader on view in Red Square"

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 russian founder of the bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the ussr (1870-1924)
• Words that mean the same thing: Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Nikolai Lenin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Fort ___, North Carolina"

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 confederate general during the american civil war who was defeated by grant in the battle of chattanooga (1817-1876)
• Words that mean the same thing: Braxton Bragg
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Chopin exercise"

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 short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Serengeti antelope"

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 either of two large african antelopes of the genus taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Seeress of ancient Greece"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a woman who tells fortunes
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIBYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Erie Canal craft"

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 flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
• Words that mean the same thing: hoy, thrust ahead, push forward
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Helper at a wedding"

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 irish prelate who deduced from the bible that creation occurred in the year 4004 bc (1581-1656)
• Words that mean the same thing: show, James Ussher, Ussher
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Tweety and Sylvester, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
• Words that mean the same thing: cartoon, toon, animated cartoon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Guys who fish or hunt, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who engages in sports
• Words that mean the same thing: sportswoman, sportsman, sport
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPORTSMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Ermine, by another name"

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 ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped 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: STOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. One fleeing a flood, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVACUEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Common promotional giveaway"

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: TOTEBAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. $5 bills, slangily"

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: ABES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Go furtively"

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 who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: stoolpigeon, snitcher, snarf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Bush 43 Supreme Court appointee"

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: ALITO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "53. Second chances, casually"

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 do over, as of (part of) a house
• Words that mean the same thing: refashion, remodel, remake
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REDOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "54. "___ Jacques""

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: FRERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Give the ax"

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 bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
• Words that mean the same thing: hammock, net, release
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Rain gutter site"

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: EAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. With the bow, musically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. "Selma" director DuVernay"

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: AVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Wall Street index, with "the""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Long of 2004's "Alfie""

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: NIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.3%
History	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Literature	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 28, 2025 at 02:37 PM

December 01, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (31 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, December 01, 2023

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (35 Across, 31 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - December 01, 2023 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Hardly a quick read	4
2A	5. Boom box contents?	3
3A	8. Medieval lockup	4
4A	12. Well versed in	4
5A	13. Fly "away!"	4
6A	14. Big metal manufacturer	5
7A	16. Engage in scrambling or bouldering	9
8A	18. Coruscate	5
9A	19. Experience euphoria	10
10A	21. Chinese dynasty in which gunpowder was invented	4
11A	22. Shape of some desks	3
12A	23. Green house?	3
13A	24. Never	7
14A	26. Light-sensitive cells	4
15A	28. Lead-in to gender	3
16A	30. Tower of London figure	6
17A	31. Sarcastic expression of gratitude	11
18A	34. Massive step forward, so to speak	11
19A	35. They're inclined to help beginners	11
20A	36. Playground retort	6
21A	37. "Long," in Hawaiian	3
22A	38. Shouts of joy	4
23A	42. Bringing in, as a sail	7
24A	44. Spa treatment, for short	3
25A	46. Exemplary individual	3
26A	47. Third of the peerage ranks	4
27A	48. Youngest White House resident since John F. Kennedy Jr.	10
28A	51. Didn't go out, maybe	5
29A	53. Feature of many a documentary	9
30A	54. Not as open	5
31A	55. "Gotcha"	4
32A	56. Inclination	4
33A	57. Some hydrating skin-care products	4
34A	58. Identifiers of a sort: Abbr.	3
35A	59. Unchanged	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. Hardly a quick read"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Boom box contents?"

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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
• Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Medieval lockup"

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 correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Words that mean the same thing: lag, remand, clink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Well versed in"

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: UPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Fly "away!""

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 drive away by crying `shoo!'
• Words that mean the same thing: shoo off, shoo away
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "14. Big metal manufacturer"

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: ALCOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Engage in scrambling or bouldering"

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: ROCKCLIMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Coruscate"

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 an appearance of reflected light
• Words that mean the same thing: glisten, gleaming, lambency
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Experience euphoria"

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: FLOATONAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Chinese dynasty in which gunpowder was invented"

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 tart spicy quality
• Words that mean the same thing: black rockweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Shape of some desks"

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 an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Green house?"

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 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: asynchronous transfer mode, automatic teller, cash dispenser
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Never"

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: NOTONCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Light-sensitive cells"

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 implement made of metal or wood
• Words that mean the same thing: perch, pole, rod cell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Lead-in to gender"

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 alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Ci, Commonwealth of Independent States, curie
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Tower of London figure"

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 officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the british monarch
• Words that mean the same thing: beefeater, yeoman of the guard
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEOMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. Sarcastic expression of gratitude"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THANKSAHEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Massive step forward, so to speak"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: QUANTUMLEAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. They're inclined to help beginners"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BUNNYSLOPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Playground retort"

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: ARETOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "37. "Long," in Hawaiian"

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: LOA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "38. Shouts of joy"

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 branch of the tai languages
• Words that mean the same thing: Yay
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Bringing in, as a sail"

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 lower and bring partially inboard
• Words that mean the same thing: reef
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEFING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Spa treatment, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that considerate and solicitous care
• Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TLC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Exemplary individual"

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 art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
• Words that mean the same thing: precious stone, stone, gemstone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Third of the peerage ranks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. Youngest White House resident since John F. Kennedy Jr."

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: SASHAOBAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Didn't go out, maybe"

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: ATEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. Feature of many a documentary"

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: VOICEOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Not as open"

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 lacking self-confidence
• Words that mean the same thing: unsure, shy, timid
• The opposite would be: confident
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHYER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. "Gotcha""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. Inclination"

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 relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
• Words that mean the same thing: bent-grass, bend, twist
• The opposite would be: straighten, unbend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Some hydrating skin-care products"

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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Words that mean the same thing: serum, blood serum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Identifiers of a sort: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: nobelium, No, atomic number 102
• The opposite would be: yes
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Unchanged"

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: ASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle December 01, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. One hoping to catch a break	6
2D	2. Program started under Kennedy	6
3D	3. Lose momentum	6
4D	4. Paul who sang with Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka on the 1963 album "3 Great Guys"	4
5D	5. Roughly a quarter of Girl Scout cookie sales	9
6D	6. Danish restaurant with "Best Restaurant in the World" accolades	4
7D	7. ___ Heath, U.S. women's soccer star	5
8D	8. Comedic bit	3
9D	9. A real piece of cake	10
10D	10. Flow chart?	8
11D	11. Upper bound at a bank	7
12D	13. Narrow landforms prevalent in Zion National Park	11
13D	15. California-based biotechnology giant	5
14D	17. Windy City commuters' inits.	3
15D	20. Landmark in Madrid, Oslo or Brussels	11
16D	25. [Snicker]	5
17D	27. High roller?	10
18D	29. Where sockets are found	5
19D	32. City in the Red River delta	5
20D	33. Blended products	9
21D	34. Reality show whose cast appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down"	8
22D	35. They require inspiration	7
23D	36. Disciplines	5
24D	39. Some nectar sources	6
25D	40. Like the Mocha coffee bean	6
26D	41. Really hurts	6
27D	43. First name in California politics	5
28D	45. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa	3
29D	49. Decent	4
30D	50. "Bubbles" in a drink	4
31D	52. New Deal-era org.	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. One hoping to catch a break"

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 someone who engages in surfboarding
• Words that mean the same thing: surfboarder
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Program started under Kennedy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of zeus and leto; twin brother of artemis
• Words that mean the same thing: Phoebus Apollo, Phoebus
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APOLLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Lose momentum"

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: GOCOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Paul who sang with Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka on the 1963 album "3 Great Guys""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Roughly a quarter of Girl Scout cookie sales"

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: THINMINTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Danish restaurant with "Best Restaurant in the World" accolades"

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 acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ Heath, U.S. women's soccer star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states economist (1918-2002)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Tobin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOBIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Comedic bit"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: laugh, quip, suffocate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. A real piece of cake"

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: ALLTOOEASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Flow chart?"

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: OCEANMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Upper bound at a bank"

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: LOANCAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Narrow landforms prevalent in Zion National Park"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLOTCANYONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. California-based biotechnology giant"

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: AMGEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Windy City commuters' inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Landmark in Madrid, Oslo or Brussels"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ROYALPALACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. [Snicker]"

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: TEHEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. High roller?"

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: STUNTFLIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Where sockets are found"

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

  The answer is: SKULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "32. City in the Red River delta"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HANOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "33. Blended products"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
• Words that mean the same thing: smoothy, charmer, sweet talker
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOOTHIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Reality show whose cast appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down""

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. They require inspiration"

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 the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
• Words that mean the same thing: intimation, breathing time, hint
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Disciplines"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: arena, country, 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: AREAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. Some nectar sources"

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 tropical american plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
• Words that mean the same thing: century plant, agave, American 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: AGAVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Like the Mocha coffee bean"

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

  The answer is: YEMENI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Really hurts"

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 kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
• Words that mean the same thing: smarting, smartness, hurt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. First name in California politics"

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: GAVIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa"

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: COE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "49. Decent"

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: SOSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. "Bubbles" in a drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: BOBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. New Deal-era org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	69.7%
Short Answer	8	12.1%
History	3	4.5%
Abbreviation	2	3.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	3.0%
Music	2	3.0%
Geography	2	3.0%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	31
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: August 29, 2025 at 07:20 AM