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NYT Crossword - January 03, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 03, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 03, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

1A: "1. Marten's fur"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artist's brush made of sable hairs
  • Similar words include: jet black, sable brush, ebony
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SABLE

2A: "6. Cudgel"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  • Similar words include: cabaret, guild, social club
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLUB

3A: "10. Neat"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
  • Similar words include: bring down, lop, tailored
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRIM

4A: "14. Swiftly, to a poet"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that at full speed; with great haste
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMAIN

5A: "15. Singer Coolidge"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITA

6A: "16. Decorate anew"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
  • Similar words include: remake, remodel, reconstruct
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REDO

7A: "17. Make merry"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KICKUPONESHEELS

8A: "20. Native"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  • Similar words include: inbuilt, implicit in, constitutional
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INHERENT

9A: "21. Mollifies"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: ease, simplicity, informality
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EASES

10A: "22. Bridge ace Culbertson"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELY

11A: "23. Hit hard"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sing loudly and forcefully
  • Similar words include: belt, belt out
  • Opposite of: unbelted, unbelt
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BELTED

12A: "25. Reserved; retiring"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  • Similar words include: small, pocket-sized, small-scale
  • Opposite of: immodest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MODEST

13A: "29. Frolics"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an easy victory
  • Similar words include: romp, lark about, run around
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROMPS

14A: "30. Incite"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABET

15A: "31. Avian perch"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
  • Similar words include: aery, eyry, eyrie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AERIE

16A: "32. Delight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the emotion of great happiness
  • Similar words include: joyousness, joyfulness, rejoice
  • Opposite of: sadden, sorrow
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JOY

17A: "35. Carouse"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOWONESWILDOATS

18A: "39. Fla.'s ___ Largo"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

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

19A: "40. Adlai's running mate: 1956"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTES

20A: "41. Sacrament"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • Similar words include: ritual, religious rite
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITE

21A: "42. Admitted"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have ownership or possession of
  • Similar words include: have, possess, own
  • Opposite of: unowned
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OWNED

22A: "43. Kind of car or game"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
  • Similar words include: living-room, sitting room, front room
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARLOR

23A: "45. Run at full speed"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
  • Similar words include: calling, life history, vocation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAREER

24A: "47. Range of vision"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
  • Similar words include: sight, cognizance
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEN

25A: "48. Wall decoration"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
  • Similar words include: tapestry
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARRAS

26A: "49. Deter from doing"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that turn away from by persuasion
  • Similar words include: deter
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DISSUADE

27A: "54. Go on a spree"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAINTTHETOWNRED

28A: "57. Stolen goods"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that valuable goods
  • Similar words include: careen, reel, plunder
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SWAG

29A: "58. Artifice"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • Similar words include: artifice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUSE

30A: "59. Moved gradually"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that advance slowly, as if by inches
  • Similar words include: butt on, border, stinging
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDGED

31A: "60. Other"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSE

32A: "61. Long-billed bird"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IBIS

33A: "62. Spacious"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an associate who shares a room with you
  • Similar words include: spacious, roomie, roommate
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROOMY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (43 clues)

1D: "1. "The Square Egg" author"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that british writer of short stories (1870-1916)
  • Similar words include: H. H. Munro, Munro, Hector Hugh Munro
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAKI

2D: "2. Ugandan exile"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMIN

3D: "3. Famed organist-composer"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that german baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
  • Similar words include: Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BACH

4D: "4. Comparable to"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a similar kind; ,
  • Similar words include: wish, the likes of, ilk
  • Opposite of: dislike, unlike
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIKE

5D: "5. Acclimates"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURES

6D: "6. Close friend"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • Similar words include: chum, pal, brother
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRONY

7D: "7. Fuzz"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LINT

8D: "8. Western Amerind"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UTE

9D: "9. Kind of relief"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
  • Similar words include: Bachelor of Arts, BA, AB
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAS

10D: "10. Gives medical aid to"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: plow, delicacy, care for
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREATS

11D: "11. Singer Della"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REESE

12D: "12. Dawdled"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that run disconnected or idle
  • Similar words include: laze, slug, tick over
  • Opposite of: work, run
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDLED

13D: "13. Sphagnum, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOSS

14D: "18. Animal's skin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  • Similar words include: pepper, bombard, fur
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PELT

15D: "19. Succored"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give help or assistance; be of service
  • Similar words include: help oneself, facilitate, assist
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HELPED

16D: "23. Writer Pasternak"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BORIS

17D: "24. Writer Ludwig"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EMIL

18D: "25. Mummer's cover-up"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
  • Similar words include: masquerade, dissemble, masque
  • Opposite of: unmask
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MASK

19D: "26. A double-reed"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  • Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OBOE

20D: "27. Moist"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wet with dew
  • Similar words include: bedewed
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEWY

21D: "28. D.D.E.'s command"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETO

22D: "29. Tied the knot again"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REWED

23D: "31. Daisylike flower"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASTER

24D: "32. Lockup"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of 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)
  • Similar words include: lag, slammer, incarcerate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JAIL

25D: "33. Lyricist Harbach"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTTO

26D: "34. North Sea feeder"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YSER

27D: "36. Most recent"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
  • Similar words include: novel, Modern, new
  • Opposite of: old, worn
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEWEST

28D: "37. Anglo-Saxon laborer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESNE

29D: "38. Bruin great"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that canadian hockey player (born 1948)
  • Similar words include: Robert Orr, Bobby Orr
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORR

30D: "42. Mandarin or Temple"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
  • Similar words include: orange tree, orangeness, orangish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORANGE

31D: "43. Jalapa coin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
  • Similar words include: Philippine peso, Uruguayan peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PESO

32D: "44. Rebuttal"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • Similar words include: solvent, solution, reply
  • Opposite of: question
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANSWER

33D: "45. Swimmer's stroke"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very slow movement
  • Similar words include: cringe, Australian crawl, creeping
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRAWL

34D: "46. Costa Rican statesman"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
  • Similar words include: aria
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARIAS

35D: "47. Predatory birds"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
  • Similar words include: kit out, kite, kit up
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KITES

36D: "48. Cathedral's projection"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
  • Similar words include: apsis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APSE

37D: "49. An Arnaz"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DESI

38D: "50. Cause the ruin of"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
  • Similar words include: unmake, loosen, untie
  • Opposite of: make, wrap
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNDO

39D: "51. Jason's ship"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARGO

40D: "52. Consider"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • Similar words include: hold, view as, take for
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEEM

41D: "53. Small whirlpool"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
  • Similar words include: twist, purl, whirlpool
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDDY

42D: "55. Prefix with corn or pod"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRI

43D: "56. Focal point"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HUB

Puzzle Stats

33 Across
43 Down
76 Total

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

May 21, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 21, 2024

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Hit a serve past 4
2A 5. Ballet dancer's bend 4
3A 9. Lightens (up) 5
4A 14. Word after golden or slide 4
5A 15. Often-discarded part of a fruit 4
6A 16. Canonized person 5
7A 17. Cheat sheets 9
8A 19. Post-panel sesh 5
9A 20. Male cat 3
10A 21. Big name in public opinion research 3
11A 23. It might be poked 3
12A 24. Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-Down 3
13A 27. Fruit also known as calabash 11
14A 31. "Yeah, I suppose" 7
15A 33. Soup kitchen utensils 6
16A 34. Stare open-mouthed 4
17A 35. Target, as a wide receiver 6
18A 38. Outbuilding for many a historic home 13
19A 43. Millennial's successor, informally 6
20A 44. Tennis do-overs 4
21A 46. "That's pretty nifty!" 6
22A 49. Fashion house whose logo features Medusa 7
23A 52. Counterpart to a landline 11
24A 55. Appreciative text 3
25A 56. Schedule abbr. 3
26A 57. Middle name for Alec Baldwin and Carly Jepsen 3
27A 58. Go the other way 3
28A 60. Indian royals 5
29A 63. Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be? 9
30A 68. Pageant topper 5
31A 69. Often-discarded part of a fruit 4
32A 70. Inactive 4
33A 71. One-___ bandit 5
34A 72. Biblical pronoun 4
35A 73. Nonnegotiable thing 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. Hit a serve past"

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 succeed at easily
  • Words that mean the same thing: sweep through, breeze through, nail
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Ballet dancer's bend"

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: PLIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Lightens (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Words that mean the same thing: comfort, informality, allay
  • The opposite would be: difficulty
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EASES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Word after golden or slide"

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 principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  • Words that mean the same thing: ruler, predominate, harness
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RULE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Often-discarded part of a fruit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Canonized person"

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 has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
  • Words that mean the same thing: canonize, ideal, enshrine
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAINT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Cheat sheets"

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: CRIBNOTES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Post-panel sesh"

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: QANDA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Male cat"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
  • Words that mean the same thing: tomcat, Uncle Tom, gobbler
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Big name in public opinion research"

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 long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
  • Words that mean the same thing: church bench
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. It might be poked"

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 activities that are enjoyable or amusing
  • Words that mean the same thing: playfulness, merriment, play
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FUN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-Down"

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: UGH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Fruit also known as calabash"

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: BOTTLEGOURD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. "Yeah, I suppose""

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: GUESSSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Soup kitchen utensils"

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 spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
  • Words that mean the same thing: lade, laden, ladle
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LADLES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Stare open-mouthed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an expression of openmouthed astonishment
  • Words that mean the same thing: goggle, yawn, gawp
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GAPE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Target, as a wide receiver"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: PASSTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Outbuilding for many a historic home"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: CARRIAGEHOUSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Millennial's successor, informally"

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: GENZER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Tennis do-overs"

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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
  • Words that mean the same thing: permit, Army of the Righteous, have
  • The opposite would be: prevent, forbid
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. "That's pretty nifty!""

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: OHNEAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "49. Fashion house whose logo features Medusa"

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 italian fashion designer (1946-1997)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Gianni Versace
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VERSACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "52. Counterpart to a landline"

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: MOBILEPHONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. Appreciative text"

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: THX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Schedule abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ETA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Middle name for Alec Baldwin and Carly Jepsen"

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: RAE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. Go the other way"

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 angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
  • Words that mean the same thing: zig, zigzag
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ZAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Indian royals"

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 prince or king in india
  • Words that mean the same thing: rajah, raja, Raja
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAJAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "63. Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be?"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BABYPROOF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "68. Pageant topper"

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TIARA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "69. Often-discarded part of a fruit"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • Words that mean the same thing: shank, stem turn, root
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "70. Inactive"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
  • Words that mean the same thing: slug, light, groundless
  • The opposite would be: busy, work
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IDLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "71. One-___ bandit"

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 prepare oneself for a military confrontation
  • Words that mean the same thing: gird, arm, fortify
  • The opposite would be: unarmed, disarm
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARMED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "72. Biblical pronoun"

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: THEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "73. Nonnegotiable thing"

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 condition requiring relief
  • Words that mean the same thing: pauperization, call for, pauperism
  • The opposite would be: obviate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NEED

    Great job if you got it right!

May 21, 2024 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Airplane's path on a flight map, often 3
2D 2. Junkyard dog 3
3D 3. Roth of "Inglourious Basterds" 3
4D 4. Red scare? 4
5D 5. Sneak previews 6
6D 6. Happening, in modern parlance 3
7D 7. Bumbling 5
8D 8. Old car make named for Henry Ford's son 5
9D 9. Abbr. on a lawyer's business card 3
10D 10. Highly rated, as a bond 3
11D 11. Iniquitous 6
12D 12. Stick it out 6
13D 13. Array at a farmer's market 6
14D 18. Noggins 4
15D 22. Language in which "w" can be a vowel 5
16D 24. Australian boot brand 3
17D 25. Green dip, familiarly 4
18D 26. Purifying filter acronym 4
19D 28. November birthstone 5
20D 29. One purring in Peru 4
21D 30. Nonalcoholic beer brand 6
22D 32. Composer Rachmaninoff 6
23D 36. Ripen 3
24D 37. Kind of motor used in robotics 5
25D 39. Down-to-earth 4
26D 40. Lead-in to mingle or mezzo 5
27D 41. Ticket assignment 4
28D 42. Cut quite a figure? 4
29D 45. Something a prenatal ultrasound can determine 3
30D 46. Mafia code of silence 6
31D 47. Windbag's output 6
32D 48. Classic video game with the catchphrase "He's on fire!" 6
33D 50. Biological catalyst 6
34D 51. Collect what's been sown 4
35D 53. "Blue Ribbon" brewer 5
36D 54. Toffee bar brand since 1928 5
37D 59. Beam 4
38D 61. "What ___ the odds?" 3
39D 62. Down in the dumps 3
40D 64. Wax producer 3
41D 65. Shelley's "To a Skylark," for one 3
42D 66. World Cup chant 3
43D 67. Put quarters in, as a meter 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. Airplane's path on a flight map, often"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  • Words that mean the same thing: spark, electric arc, curve
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Junkyard dog"

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 inferior dog or one of mixed breed
  • Words that mean the same thing: mutt, mongrel
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Roth of "Inglourious Basterds""

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: ELI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Red scare?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the state of owing something (especially money)
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DEBT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sneak previews"

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: PROMOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Happening, in modern parlance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the humanistic study of a body of literature
  • Words that mean the same thing: fall, alight, light
  • The opposite would be: extinguish, unlighted
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Bumbling"

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 not elegant or graceful in expression
  • Words that mean the same thing: cumbersome, ill-chosen, feckless
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INEPT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Old car make named for Henry Ford's son"

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: EDSEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Abbr. on a lawyer's business card"

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 title of respect for a member of the english gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
  • Words that mean the same thing: Esquire
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESQ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Highly rated, as a bond"

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 aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
  • Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AAA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Iniquitous"

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 characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
  • Words that mean the same thing: wicked, extraordinary, ungodly
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SINFUL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Stick it out"

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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  • Words that mean the same thing: support, abide, tolerate
  • The opposite would be: enjoy
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ENDURE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Array at a farmer's market"

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 support or foundation
  • Words that mean the same thing: stall, support, resist
  • The opposite would be: yield, sit
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STANDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Noggins"

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 informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
  • Words that mean the same thing: toff, nob
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NOBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Language in which "w" can be a vowel"

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 native or resident of wales
  • Words that mean the same thing: welch, Cymric, Cambrian
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WELSH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Australian boot brand"

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: UGG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Green dip, familiarly"

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: GUAC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Purifying filter acronym"

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: HEPA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. November birthstone"

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 yellow quartz
  • Words that mean the same thing: tan, false topaz, common topaz
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOPAZ

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. One purring in Peru"

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: GATO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Nonalcoholic beer brand"

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: ODOULS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Composer Rachmaninoff"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SERGEI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Ripen"

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 how long something has existed
  • Words that mean the same thing: years, long time, get on
  • 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 24 Down: "37. Kind of motor used in robotics"

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 control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
  • Words that mean the same thing: servosystem, servomechanism, servomechanical
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SERVO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Down-to-earth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any rational or irrational number
  • Words that mean the same thing: real number, existent, genuine
  • The opposite would be: unreal, insubstantial
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Lead-in to mingle or mezzo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that place in a grave or tomb
  • Words that mean the same thing: entomb, lay to rest, bury
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Ticket assignment"

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 space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
  • Words that mean the same thing: tush, fundament, backside
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Cut quite a figure?"

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 make an etching of
  • Words that mean the same thing: engrave
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ETCH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Something a prenatal ultrasound can determine"

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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
  • Words that mean the same thing: sexual urge, turn on, arouse
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Mafia code of silence"

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 code of silence practiced by the mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OMERTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Windbag's output"

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: HOTAIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Classic video game with the catchphrase "He's on fire!""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: NBAJAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Biological catalyst"

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 any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ENZYME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Collect what's been sown"

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 gather, as of natural products
  • Words that mean the same thing: draw, harvest, glean
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: REAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. "Blue Ribbon" brewer"

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: PABST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Toffee bar brand since 1928"

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 low evergreen shrub of the family ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
  • Words that mean the same thing: heathland
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HEATH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. Beam"

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 facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
  • Words that mean the same thing: smiling, grinning, smile
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. "What ___ the odds?""

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 a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
  • Words that mean the same thing: equal, represent, make up
  • The opposite would be: differ
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Down in the dumps"

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 experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
  • Words that mean the same thing: lamentable, sorry, distressing
  • 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 40 Down: "64. Wax producer"

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 41 Down: "65. Shelley's "To a Skylark," for one"

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

    The answer is: ODE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "66. World Cup chant"

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: OLE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "67. Put quarters in, as a meter"

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 any federal law-enforcement officer
  • Words that mean the same thing: feed in, Federal Reserve, give
  • The opposite would be: starve
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FED

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 51 65.4%
Short Answer 21 26.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.6%
Abbreviation 2 2.6%
Music 1 1.3%
Sports 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 35
Down Clues 43
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.7 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
  • Most clues today are about general knowledge
  • The average word today has about 4 letters
  • Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
  • Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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: August 25, 2025 at 03:23 PM

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