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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 14, 2025

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
27458 Tue Jan 14, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints


Across Clues with Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Ruling from a tennis line judge. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSIN


  • The clue is 6. Spelled-out chant at the World Cup. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USA

    Possible Answer : America, US_Army, US, U._S._Army, USA, U.S.A., U.S., Army, United_States, United_States_of_America, the_States, United_States_Army


  • The clue is 9. Home for Shrek. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SWAMP

    Possible Answer : drench, flood, swamp, deluge, inundate, swampland


  • The clue is 14. For the first time. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEWLY

    Possible Answer : new, fresh, newly, freshly


  • The clue is 15. ___ Beta Kappa. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PHI

    Possible Answer : phi


  • The clue is 16. Signature Caitlin Clark shot, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THREE

    Possible Answer : tierce, triad, tercet, ternary, III, trine, iii, triplet, trio, threesome, ternion, deuce-ace, trinity, leash, trey, 3, troika, three, terzetto


  • The clue is 17. One in charge of a sting operation?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BEEKEEPER

    Possible Answer : beekeeper, apiculturist, apiarist


  • The clue is 19. Vessel in a slip. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YACHT

    Possible Answer : yacht, racing_yacht


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

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

    The answer: ONES

    Possible Answer : ace, I, one, 1, single, unity


  • The clue is 21. It locks locks into place. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GEL

    Possible Answer : mousse, colloidal_gel, gelatin, gel


  • The clue is 22. Lead-in to rock or weekly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALT

    Possible Answer : ALT, EL, elevation, altitude


  • The clue is 23. Like a birthday candle prior to your making a wish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LIT

    Possible Answer : well-lighted, lit, get_down, perch, illuminate, light, illume, unhorse, get_off, light_up, lighted, fall, illumine, illuminated, fire_up, alight, literature, ignite, dismount

    Possible Opposite Answer : unlighted, extinguish


  • The clue is 24. Absolute champion. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: WORLDBEATER


  • The clue is 29. Head off. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEPART

    Possible Answer : sidetrack, take_leave, set_forth, take_off, go_away, digress, deviate, set_out, start, pull_up_stakes, go, depart, part, vary, quit, start_out, straggle, diverge, leave, set_off

    Possible Opposite Answer : conform, stay, come


  • The clue is 31. Make good as new. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: RESTORE

    Possible Answer : restore, bushel, restitute, rejuvenate, mend, reestablish, doctor, furbish_up, reinstate, touch_on, repair, fix, reconstruct, regenerate

    Possible Opposite Answer : break


  • The clue is 32. Cheer after a gooooooal!. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OLE


  • The clue is 33. Poorly behaved child. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BRAT

    Possible Answer : holy_terror, little_terror, bratwurst, brat, terror


  • The clue is 35. Parks who sparked a bus boycott. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROSA

    Possible Answer : Rosa, genus_Rosa


  • The clue is 36. Publicity hound. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ATTENTIONSEEKER


  • The clue is 40. News of an alien landing, probably. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOAX

    Possible Answer : humbug, put-on, play_a_joke_on, dupery, fraudulence, fraud, pull_someone's_leg, hoax


  • The clue is 41. "Milk's favorite cookie" brand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OREO

    Possible Answer : oreo_cookie, oreo


  • The clue is 42. Barnyard sound. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAA


  • The clue is 43. Challenge for a person drawing lots?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARTTEST


  • The clue is 45. Piece of equipment seen at the Paralympics. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SITSKI


  • The clue is 48. Person often flirting with disaster. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: STORMCHASER


  • The clue is 51. Response in the game of Battleship. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HIT

    Possible Answer : strike, come_to, dispatch, tally, impinge_on, reach, polish_off, off, shoot, bump_off, gain, run_into, smash, murder, remove, collision, score, smasher, stumble, collide_with, slay, pip, hit, arrive_at, make, hitting, attain, rack_up, bang, striking

    Possible Opposite Answer : miss


  • The clue is 52. Org. that helped phase out CFCs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EPA

    Possible Answer : Environmental_Protection_Agency, EPA


  • The clue is 53. Jost's "S.N.L." Weekend Update co-host. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CHE


  • The clue is 54. Hardy and Petty. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOMS

    Possible Answer : tomcat, Tom, tom, Uncle_Tom, tom_turkey, gobbler, turkey_cock


  • The clue is 55. Friend of Flower and Thumper. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAMBI


  • The clue is 58. Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: QUIDDITCH


  • The clue is 60. Handbill. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLIER

    Possible Answer : broadsheet, aviator, handbill, aeronaut, flyer, bill, broadside, flier, airman, throwaway, circular


  • The clue is 61. Chilly remark?. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BRR


  • The clue is 62. Home of the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IDAHO

    Possible Answer : Gem_State, Idaho, ID


  • The clue is 63. Bit of snow. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: FLAKE

    Possible Answer : bit, flake, eccentric, geek, peel, oddball, chip, snowflake, eccentric_person, peel_off, fleck, scrap, flake_off


  • The clue is 64. Posed. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAT

    Possible Answer : posture, baby-sit, Saturday, sit_around, model, Sabbatum, sit, ride, pose, Sat, sit_down, seat

    Possible Opposite Answer : arise, stand


  • The clue is 65. Question after a joke bombs. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GETIT


Down Clues and Answers:
  • The clue is 1. Emphasized, textwise. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INBOLD

  • The clue is 2. Like the yellow polka dot bikini, in a 1960 #1 novelty song. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TEENIE

  • The clue is 3. Popular Thanksgiving item. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: SWEETPOTATO

  • The clue is 4. Types. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ILKS

    Possible Answer: ilk, like

  • The clue is 5. Scientific Bill. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NYE

  • The clue is 6. Word before deck or hand. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UPPER

    Possible Answer: upper, speed, upper_berth, amphetamine, pep_pill

  • The clue is 7. Prominent part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHELL

    Possible Answer: cuticle, shell, beat_out, beat, casing, trounce, racing_shell, shield, case, plate, eggshell, vanquish, carapace, husk, crush, scale, blast

  • The clue is 8. The "A" of A/C. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AIR

    Possible Answer: melodic_phrase, atmosphere, tune, bare, aura, aerate, transmit, publicise, gentle_wind, air, ventilate, melodic_line, melody, zephyr, air_out, beam, strain, air_travel, publicize, line, airwave, send, aviation, broadcast, vent, breeze

  • The clue is 9. Choices at salons. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STYLES

    Possible Answer: dash, fashion, flair, way, panache, expressive_style, manner, stylus, trend, vogue, title, elan, mode, style

  • The clue is 10. "I like this so much!". Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: WHATATREAT

  • The clue is 11. ___ de Triomphe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARC

    Possible Answer: bow, arch, electric_arc, spark, curve, discharge, arc, electric_discharge

  • The clue is 12. "I wasn't impressed". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MEH

  • The clue is 13. Rescue animal, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PET

    Possible Answer: favorite, positron_emission_tomography, deary, ducky, favored, best-loved, preferent, dearie, favourite, preferred, darling, pet, PET

  • The clue is 18. Quadruple award achievement, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EGOT

  • The clue is 22. Supports illegally, in a way. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ABETS

    Possible Answer: abet

  • The clue is 24. Small brown songbird. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: WREN

    Possible Answer: jenny_wren, Wren, wren, Sir_Christopher_Wren

  • The clue is 25. Liquid-Plumr alternative. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DRANO

  • The clue is 26. Attempted. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

    The answer: TOOKASHOTAT

  • The clue is 27. Gaelic language. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ERSE

    Possible Answer: Goidelic, Erse, Gaelic

  • The clue is 28. Back end. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: REAR

    Possible Answer: buns, tail_end, prat, ass, back, arse, nurture, buttocks, can, bottom, rear_end, lift, bring_up, derriere, rise, stern, rear, hindquarters, seat, keister, tail, tooshie, parent, put_up, erect, rearward, hind_end, behind, bum, fundament, posterior, back_end, raise, set_up, nates, tush, butt, rump, rise_up, fanny, backside

    Possible Opposite Answer : front, head, level

  • The clue is 30. TV host who got asked a lot of questions. Can you find the Answer?

    Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

    The answer: ALEXTREBEK

  • The clue is 33. Labor day event. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BIRTH

    Possible Answer: birth, giving_birth, nascency, nativity, deliver, have, give_birth, nascence, bear, birthing, parentage, parturition

    Possible Opposite Answer : death

  • The clue is 34. Pseudonym in a landmark legal case. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROE

    Possible Answer: roe, hard_roe

  • The clue is 36. Cries of understanding. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AHAS

  • The clue is 37. Cause for a lawsuit. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TORT

    Possible Answer: tort, civil_wrong

  • The clue is 38. "Vissi d'arte" opera. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOSCA

  • The clue is 39. Qatari leader. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMIR

    Possible Answer: emeer, emir, ameer, amir

  • The clue is 44. Enemy of the Rebel Alliance. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMPIRE

    Possible Answer: empire, Empire, imperium, conglomerate

  • The clue is 45. Tournament ranking. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SEED

    Possible Answer: source, semen, germ, cum, ejaculate, seeded_player, seminal_fluid, come, seed, sow

  • The clue is 46. Korean fermented cabbage. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KIMCHI

  • The clue is 47. Remark while fanning oneself, maybe. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ITSHOT

  • The clue is 49. Integra maker. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ACURA

  • The clue is 50. Polo, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHIRT

    Possible Answer: shirt

  • The clue is 54. It washes a shore. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIDE

    Possible Answer: tide, surge, lunar_time_period

    Possible Opposite Answer : ebb

  • The clue is 55. Closest pal, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BFF

  • The clue is 56. Not just some. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALL

    Possible Answer: totally, entirely, altogether, all, completely, wholly, whole

    Possible Opposite Answer : partly, some

  • The clue is 57. Hamm of soccer fame. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MIA

  • The clue is 58. Ones trying not to be sacked, in brief. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: QBS

  • The clue is 59. Fossil hunters' project. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DIG

    Possible Answer: excavation, grok, excavate, grasp, barb, gibe, dig_out, jab, drudge, slam, get_the_picture, savvy, dig, cut_into, travail, comprehend, poke, dig_up, delve, stab, turn_over, shot, moil, shaft, toil, grind, fag, prod, compass, labour, archeological_site, digging, labor, hollow, apprehend, jibe

Friday, August 9, 2024

Thursday, January 06, 2000 NYT crosswords clues with answers hints

Thursday, January 06, 2000 | NYT crossword clues answers - Blogs

The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.

Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 06, 2000

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

Down Clues and Answers:

  • 1. Funny-car fuel -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    NITRO

  • 2. Name on jetliners, once -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    USAIR

  • 3. Dizzy Gillespie's genre -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    BEBOP

    Possible Answer: bebop, bop

  • 4. Does a slow burn -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    SEETHES

    Possible Answer: boil, seethe, buzz, hum, roll

  • 5. Cause of some knocking -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (8 letters)

    GINRUMMY

  • 6. Santa ___ winds -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (3 letters)

    ANA

    Possible Answer: ana, Ana

  • 7. Knowing when to be silent, e.g. -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    TACT

    Possible Answer: tact, tactfulness

    Possible Opposite Answer : tactlessness

  • 8. ___ Island National Monument -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    ELLIS

    Possible Answer: Elli

  • 9. Makes roads slippery, say -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (6 letters)

    SLEETS

    Possible Answer: sleet

  • 10. To the extent that -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    ASFARAS

  • 11. Defeat -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (9 letters)

    CHECKMATE

    Possible Answer: mate, checkmate

  • 12. Fine fur -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    MINK

    Possible Answer: mink_coat, mink

  • 13. Pulls the plug on -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    ENDS

    Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal

    Possible Opposite Answer : beginning, begin

  • 18. Quaint dance -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    REEL

    Possible Answer: whirl, lurch, reel, careen, spin_around, Virginia_reel, swag, spin, stagger, Scottish_reel, gyrate, bobbin, keel, spool

  • 22. Namely -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    TOWIT

  • 24. Bygone voting bloc, with "the" -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    SOUTH

    Possible Answer: southward, S, to_the_south, Confederate_States, Dixie, due_south, Dixieland, south, in_the_south, South, Confederacy, Confederate_States_of_America

    Possible Opposite Answer : north

  • 27. Make music, in a way -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    STRUM

    Possible Answer: thrum, strum

  • 29. 1950's-60's NBC star -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    PAAR

  • 30. Lowlife -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    SCUM

    Possible Answer: trash, scum

  • 31. Off-color -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    LEWD

    Possible Answer: libidinous, lewd, lustful, salacious, obscene, raunchy, lascivious

  • 32. "I cannot tell ___" -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    ALIE

  • 33. Pitch off the road -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (9 letters)

    BILLBOARD

    Possible Answer: billboard, hoarding

  • 35. Believe it! -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    TENET

    Possible Answer: dogma, tenet

  • 38. Pioneers of a 365-day calendar -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    MAYAS

    Possible Answer: Maya, Mayan, Mayas, Mayan_language

  • 39. Draws -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (8 letters)

    ATTRACTS

    Possible Answer: pull, draw, pull_in, attract, draw_in, appeal

    Possible Opposite Answer : repel

  • 42. Tennis star Hingis -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    MARTINA

  • 44. Big catalog company expense -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (7 letters)

    POSTAGE

    Possible Answer: postage_stamp, postage, stamp

  • 46. "Friends," e.g. -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (6 letters)

    SITCOM

    Possible Answer: sitcom, situation_comedy

  • 48. It might be bleeped out -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    OATH

    Possible Answer: cuss, swearword, curse, expletive, curse_word, swearing, oath

  • 50. Kind of jacket -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    NEHRU

    Possible Answer: Jawaharlal_Nehru, Nehru

  • 52. Make a pass at -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    HITON

  • 53. Pop's John -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    ELTON

  • 54. Singer Taylor ___ -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (5 letters)

    DAYNE

  • 55. Teletubbies and others -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    FADS

    Possible Answer: fad, craze, furore, cult, rage, furor

  • 56. Nondairy spread -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    OLEO

    Possible Answer: oleomargarine, margarine, marge, oleo, margarin

  • 57. Ice cream purchase -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (4 letters)

    PINT

    Possible Answer: dry_pint, pint

  • 61. Little piggy -

    Looking for the answer? Here is a hint. It is a word with (3 letters)

    TOE

    Possible Answer: toenail, toe

Friday, September 19, 2025

February 23, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

February 23, 2021 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. "Stat!" 4
2A 5. Long, loose dress 6
3A 11. "___ NewsHour" 3
4A 14. Lady ___, anthem singer at Biden's inauguration 4
5A 15. Like the first "d" in "Wednesday" 6
6A 16. Ad ___ 3
7A 17. Leader of an oil-rich land, maybe 4
8A 18. *Seat for the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros 10
9A 20. T, in a sorority 3
10A 22. Poem of tribute 3
11A 23. "Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme) 4
12A 24. *Devotee of Jerry Garcia's band 8
13A 28. Pants measurement 5
14A 29. Craftsperson 7
15A 30. Bride-to-be 7
16A 32. Honeybunch? 4
17A 33. Makes plenty angry 6
18A 35. Map abbr. until 1991 3
19A 36. *"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" singer/composer 9
20A 39. Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short 3
21A 42. Submit 6
22A 43. Delays no more 4
23A 47. Canadian city whose name consists of two consecutive boys' names 7
24A 49. "Hot" place for a cat in theater 7
25A 51. Attribute 5
26A 52. *Decisive defeat 8
27A 53. Word after wild or rolled 4
28A 54. I 3
29A 56. Key near Caps Lock 3
30A 57. One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues? 10
31A 61. Life is a long one 4
32A 64. Lanai strings 3
33A 65. "The ___ Show" (best-selling album of 2002) 6
34A 66. County name in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania 4
35A 67. To be, in Spanish 3
36A 68. Like some truck trailers 6
37A 69. Stash 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. "Stat!""

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

    The answer is: ASAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Long, loose dress"

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 woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the near east
  • Words that mean the same thing: kaftan
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CAFTAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. "___ NewsHour""

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 solution containing a phosphate buffer
  • Words that mean the same thing: petabit, PB, phosphate buffer solution
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Lady ___, anthem singer at Biden's inauguration"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that mentally or physically infirm with age
  • Words that mean the same thing: senile, doddery, wild
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GAGA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Like the first "d" in "Wednesday""

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 marked by absence of sound
  • Words that mean the same thing: soundless, mute, understood
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SILENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Ad ___"

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: HOC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Leader of an oil-rich land, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
  • Words that mean the same thing: emeer, ameer, amir
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EMIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. *Seat for the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros"

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: IRONTHRONE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. T, in a sorority"

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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Poem of tribute"

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

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 11 Across: "23. "Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme)"

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: ONUP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. *Devotee of Jerry Garcia's band"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DEADHEAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Pants measurement"

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 narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
  • Words that mean the same thing: shank, waistline
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WAIST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Craftsperson"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  • Words that mean the same thing: artificer, craftsman, journeyman
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARTISAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Bride-to-be"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a woman who is engaged to be married
  • Words that mean the same thing: bride-to-be
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIANCEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Honeybunch?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
  • Words that mean the same thing: equal, be, comprise
  • 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: BEES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Makes plenty angry"

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

    The answer is: STEAMS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Map abbr. until 1991"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SSR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. *"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" singer/composer"

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: ELTONJOHN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: OKC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Submit"

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: SENDIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Delays no more"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ACTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Canadian city whose name consists of two consecutive boys' names"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the largest city in southern alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for alberta and most of western canada
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CALGARY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. "Hot" place for a cat in theater"

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: TINROOF

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Attribute"

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

    The answer is: TRAIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. *Decisive defeat"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a town in central belgium where in 1815 napoleon met his final defeat
  • Words that mean the same thing: Battle of Waterloo
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WATERLOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Word after wild or rolled"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
  • Words that mean the same thing: oat
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. I"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
  • Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Key near Caps Lock"

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 bill in a restaurant
  • Words that mean the same thing: check, tab key, tablet
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TAB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: POTTYMOUTH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Life is a long one"

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 word or expression used for some particular thing
  • Words that mean the same thing: full term, terminal figure, terminus
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TERM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Lanai strings"

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 small guitar having four strings
  • Words that mean the same thing: ukulele
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: UKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. "The ___ Show" (best-selling album of 2002)"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: EMINEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. County name in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
  • Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. To be, in Spanish"

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: SER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Like some truck trailers"

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 an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
  • Words that mean the same thing: in tandem, tandem bicycle, bicycle-built-for-two
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TANDEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Stash"

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

    The answer is: STOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 23, 2021

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. What a tot might indicate by holding up fingers 3
2D 2. Dr. Seuss' ___-I-am 3
3D 3. Stir up 7
4D 4. Heaven 8
5D 5. CBS forensic series 3
6D 6. Space shuttle supply 3
7D 7. Inundate 5
8D 8. Be in charge of, as a bar 4
9D 9. Kick in seed money 4
10D 10. Last in a mathematical series 3
11D 11. Subject that teaches the varying "ch" sounds of "cheap," "chaos" and "charade" 7
12D 12. Add-ons 7
13D 13. King's rod 7
14D 19. Speckled horse 4
15D 21. Speech fillers 3
16D 24. Little bit, as of cream 3
17D 25. Before, in poetry 3
18D 26. Day for an egg hunt 6
19D 27. Lover of Cleopatra 6
20D 28. Laundry 4
21D 30. Tex-Mex dish served in a soft tortilla 6
22D 31. "Just leave the job to me" 6
23D 34. Last part 3
24D 37. Exam for a future D.A. 4
25D 38. Does voice work for a documentary, say 8
26D 39. Creature that might squirt ink and use tools 7
27D 40. Activity done while reading a screen 7
28D 41. Apt anagram of RATTLE + C 7
29D 44. Late-night rival of Kimmel and Fallon 7
30D 45. Exceedingly 3
31D 46. Hub NW of LAX 3
32D 48. Heart 4
33D 50. Court divider 3
34D 52. Concern for a medic 5
35D 54. Actress Watson of the "Harry Potter" films 4
36D 55. Enter 4
37D 58. Although 3
38D 59. Shirt named for its shape 3
39D 60. "I dunno ..." 3
40D 62. ___ Grande 3
41D 63. Kitten's sound 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. What a tot might indicate by holding up fingers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that how long something has existed
  • Words that mean the same thing: senesce, long time, eld
  • 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 2 Down: "2. Dr. Seuss' ___-I-am"

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 guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
  • Words that mean the same thing: surface-to-air missile
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Stir up"

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 try to stir up public opinion
  • Words that mean the same thing: shift, rouse, push
  • The opposite would be: calm
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AGITATE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Heaven"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: PARADISE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. CBS forensic series"

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: CSI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Space shuttle supply"

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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
  • Words that mean the same thing: aviation, aerate, air travel
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Inundate"

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 the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  • Words that mean the same thing: swamp, floodlight, inundation
  • The opposite would be: ebbtide
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FLOOD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Be in charge of, as a bar"

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 have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  • Words that mean the same thing: be given, run, lean
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TEND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Kick in seed money"

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

    The answer is: ANTE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Last in a mathematical series"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NTH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Subject that teaches the varying "ch" sounds of "cheap," "chaos" and "charade""

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 teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PHONICS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Add-ons"

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 anything that tends to arouse
  • Words that mean the same thing: incentive, fillip, bonus
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BONUSES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. King's rod"

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 imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
  • Words that mean the same thing: sceptre, verge, wand
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCEPTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Speckled horse"

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 soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Speech fillers"

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: UHS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Little bit, as of cream"

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 light touch or stroke
  • Words that mean the same thing: splatter, tap, splash
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DAB

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Before, in poetry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ERE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Day for an egg hunt"

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 christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
  • Words that mean the same thing: easterly, east wind
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EASTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Lover of Cleopatra"

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 roman general under julius caesar in the gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the egyptian queen cleopatra; they were defeated by octavian at actium (83-30 bc)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ANTONY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Laundry"

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 thin coat of water-base paint
  • Words that mean the same thing: lap, slipstream, wash out
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Tex-Mex dish served in a soft tortilla"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: FAJITA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. "Just leave the job to me""

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: IMONIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Last part"

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 either extremity of something that has length
  • Words that mean the same thing: oddment, death, remainder
  • The opposite would be: beginning, begin
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: END

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Exam for a future D.A."

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: LSAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Does voice work for a documentary, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that provide commentary for a film, for example
  • Words that mean the same thing: narrate, recite, recount
  • The word looks like this: ________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NARRATES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Creature that might squirt ink and use tools"

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 tentacles of octopus prepared as food
  • Words that mean the same thing: devilfish
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OCTOPUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Activity done while reading a screen"

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 singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: KARAOKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Apt anagram of RATTLE + C"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
  • Words that mean the same thing: clack, brattle
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CLATTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Late-night rival of Kimmel and Fallon"

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 butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract
  • Words that mean the same thing: Colbert butter
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: COLBERT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Exceedingly"

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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  • Words that mean the same thing: also, excessively, overly
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Hub NW of LAX"

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: SFO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Heart"

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 central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • Words that mean the same thing: essence, sum, inwardness
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GIST

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Court divider"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
  • Words that mean the same thing: clear, earnings, nett
  • The opposite would be: gross
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Concern for a medic"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
  • Words that mean the same thing: roll, lift, twine
  • The opposite would be: unwind
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WOUND

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Actress Watson of the "Harry Potter" films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: EMMA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Enter"

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: GOIN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Although"

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 up to the present time
  • Words that mean the same thing: even, withal, nevertheless
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Shirt named for its shape"

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

    The answer is: TEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. "I dunno ...""

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: HMM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. ___ Grande"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
  • Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Kitten's sound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: MEW

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 44 56.4%
Short Answer 23 29.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment 4 5.1%
Abbreviation 2 2.6%
Literature 1 1.3%
Geography 1 1.3%
Music 1 1.3%
Science/Technology 1 1.3%
Food & Drink 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 19, 2025 at 08:27 AM