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NYT Crossword - January 01, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Monday, January 01, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 01, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (35 clues)

1A: "1. Jezebel's deity"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient semitic peoples; the hebrews considered baal a false god
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAAL

2A: "5. Capers"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

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

3A: "10. Labyrinth"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
  • Similar words include: snarl, labyrinth, tangle
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MAZE

4A: "14. County site of Sugarloaf Mountain"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELKO

5A: "15. Antarctic cape"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADARE

6A: "16. E.P.A. calls this a pesticide"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
  • Similar words include: axillary, wing-shaped, aliform
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALAR

7A: "17. Did a Little job"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that imitate uncritically and in every aspect
  • Similar words include: ape, caricature
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APED

8A: "18. G. Burn's hot companion"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a roll of tobacco for smoking
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CIGAR

9A: "19. Capital of Latvia"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a port city on the gulf of riga that is the capital and largest city of latvia; formerly a member of the hanseatic league
  • Similar words include: capital of Latvia
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RIGA

10A: "20. Period fondly remembered now"

14 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THEGAYNINETIES

11A: "23. Less unreasonable"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
  • Similar words include: sane, reasonable
  • Opposite of: insane
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SANER

12A: "24. Gnarl"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a tight cluster of people or things
  • Similar words include: gnarl, international nautical mile, grayback
  • Opposite of: unravel, unknot
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KNOT

13A: "25. ___ over a new leaf"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a circular segment of a curve
  • Similar words include: turn of events, bend, routine
  • Opposite of: unbend
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TURN

14A: "29. Film cutter"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
  • Similar words include: editor program, editor in chief
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDITOR

15A: "33. Place where nobody stops on a dime"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • Similar words include: hatful, passel, quite a little
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MINT

16A: "37. Elbow follower"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
  • Similar words include: elbow room, way, board
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROOM

17A: "39. Juliet's emotion"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMORE

18A: "40. Difference between 20 and 57 Across"

15 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONEHUNDREDYEARS

19A: "43. Celestial hunter"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (greek mythology) a giant boeotian hunter who pursued the pleiades and was eventually slain by artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  • Similar words include: Hunter
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORION

20A: "44. Another Jan. 1 delight (see 32 Down)"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: allay, repose, alleviate
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EASE

21A: "45. R.b.i., e.g."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STAT

22A: "46. Mislead"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that be false to; be dishonest with
  • Similar words include: deceive, lead on, cozen
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DELUDE

23A: "48. Part of concrete"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
  • Similar words include: moxie, backbone, Baroness Dudevant
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAND

24A: "50. Dispatched"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that 100 senti equal 1 kroon in estonia
  • Similar words include: broadcast, institutionalise, institutionalize
  • Opposite of: unsent
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SENT

25A: "52. "Sesame Street" grouch"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
  • Similar words include: Academy Award
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OSCAR

26A: "57. Event on Jan. 1, 1990"

14 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STARTOFADECADE

27A: "62. Bridge"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the complete duration of something
  • Similar words include: sweep, duo, twain
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAN

28A: "63. Fatuous"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that devoid of intelligence
  • Similar words include: fatuous, asinine, mindless
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INANE

29A: "64. Solemnly declare"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  • Similar words include: verify, affirm, assert
  • Opposite of: disavow
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AVOW

30A: "65. " ... bearded like the ___": Shak."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARD

31A: "66. Isabel was one"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REINA

32A: "67. Fen footing"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  • Similar words include: morass, bog down, muck
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MIRE

33A: "68. Fruit drinks"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  • Similar words include: fruit drink, ade
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADES

34A: "69. A component of liquor"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTER

35A: "70. Present for a Me. lad"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
  • Similar words include: sledge, sleigh
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SLED

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (41 clues)

1D: "1. Defeats"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a united states youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
  • Similar words include: overreach, vanquish, shell
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEATS

2D: "2. Beta predecessor"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 1st letter of the greek alphabet
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALPHA

3D: "3. "Fits a dull fighter and ___ guest": Shak."

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AKEEN

4D: "4. Elks congregate here"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that english physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
  • Similar words include: indian lodge, order, auberge
  • Opposite of: dislodge
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LODGE

5D: "5. Like James Bond"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that full of zest or vigor
  • Similar words include: robust, blue, naughty
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RACY

6D: "6. Valhalla V.I.P."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ODIN

7D: "7. Crèche characters"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
  • Similar words include: Wise Men, magus
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MAGI

8D: "8. Dido"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that acting like a clown or buffoon
  • Similar words include: caper, clowning, antic
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PRANK

9D: "9. Calm"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not agitated; without losing self-possession
  • Similar words include: tranquil, unagitated, calm
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SERENE

10D: "10. Some Canadian provinces, with "The""

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the collective name for the canadian provinces of new brunswick and nova scotia and prince edward island
  • Similar words include: Maritime Provinces, Canadian Maritime Provinces
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MARITIMES

11D: "11. "It's a Sin to Tell ___""

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALIE

12D: "12. Parts of slaloms"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
  • Similar words include: zig, zigzag, zag
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ZAGS

13D: "13. Epoch"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Similar words include: earned run average, epoch, geological era
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ERA

14D: "21. Tate offering"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  • Similar words include: artistry, prowess, artistic creation
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ART

15D: "22. Tomorrow's preceder"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the present time or age
  • Similar words include: nowadays, now
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TODAY

16D: "26. Samovar"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: URN

17D: "27. Took a taxi"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
  • Similar words include: tantalize, drive, depend on
  • Opposite of: walk
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RODE

18D: "28. Mrs. Helmer and Mrs. Charles"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NORAS

19D: "30. Exactly"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOAT

20D: "31. Odd, in Ayr"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORRA

21D: "32. What workers enjoy on Jan. 1"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something left after other parts have been taken away
  • Similar words include: balance, catch one's breath, stay
  • Opposite of: change, be active
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REST

22D: "33. Disposition"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  • Similar words include: temper, mode, humour
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOOD

23D: "34. Concerning"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INRE

24D: "35. Diamond developed in Brooklyn"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEIL

25D: "36. How many assemble at Times Square on New Year's Eve?"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
  • Similar words include: grand, thousand, thou
  • Pattern: _________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THOUSANDS

26D: "38. Big butte"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that flat tableland with steep edges
  • Similar words include: table
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MESA

27D: "41. Beneath"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that located below or beneath something else
  • Similar words include: nether, below
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNDER

28D: "42. Retreat"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the habitation of wild animals
  • Similar words include: hideaway, hideout, lair
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEN

29D: "47. All"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that uncastrated adult male horse
  • Similar words include: stallion, total, integral
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENTIRE

30D: "49. Bambi's mom"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
  • Similar words include: Energy, Energy Department, Department of Energy
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DOE

31D: "51. Inflections"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the quality of a person's voice
  • Similar words include: pure tone, feeling, spirit
  • Opposite of: atonicity
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TONES

32D: "53. Certain snow jobs"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme
  • Similar words include: nobble, diddle, cozenage
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SCAMS

33D: "54. Carp"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
  • Similar words include: chicane, quiddity, quibble
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAVIL

34D: "55. Emulate Gaspar"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that love intensely
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ADORE

35D: "56. Emulate Zsa Zsa"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REWED

36D: "57. W.W. I plane"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPAD

37D: "58. Darnel"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
  • Similar words include: darnel, cheat, bearded darnel
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TARE

38D: "59. ___ accompli"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FAIT

39D: "60. British queen or princess"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANNE

40D: "61. Expensive"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
  • Similar words include: honey, heartfelt, high-priced
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEAR

41D: "62. Health resort"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
  • Similar words include: watering place, watering hole, resort hotel
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SPA

Puzzle Stats

35 Across
41 Down
76 Total

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Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 73 (31 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

July 23, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions

July 23, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Missing school 6
2A 7. Cousin of a lark 7
3A 14. Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" 6
4A 15. Literally, "empty orchestra" 7
5A 16. "Spare me your lame reasons!" 14
6A 18. Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave. 3
7A 19. "Chicago ___" (NBC drama) 3
8A 20. With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers 3
9A 21. Compound with a fruity scent 5
10A 24. See 20-Across 3
11A 26. Roman emperor who wrote "Meditations" 14
12A 32. Waiting for a pitch 5
13A 33. Siesta, e.g. 3
14A 34. Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L." 3
15A 35. Pull an all-nighter 4
16A 36. Expand 4
17A 38. Giggle 4
18A 39. Be laid up in bed 3
19A 40. Call to a lamb 3
20A 41. Garden plant also called stonecrop 5
21A 42. Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley 14
22A 46. Equipment hauled by a roadie 3
23A 47. Course covering axons and dendrites, for short 5
24A 48. Maple product 3
25A 50. Chinese zodiac creature for 2019 3
26A 51. Consumer safety org. 3
27A 54. 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle 14
28A 59. So far 7
29A 60. Getting some shut-eye 6
30A 61. Composer Bizet 7
31A 62. Alternatives to Ho Hos 6

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Missing school"

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 go away or leave
  • Words that mean the same thing: remove, abstracted, missing
  • The opposite would be: present
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ABSENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Cousin of a lark"

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 small amount of liquid food
  • Words that mean the same thing: eat up, withdraw, immerse
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SWALLOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races""

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: DOODAH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Literally, "empty orchestra""

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

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 5 Across: "16. "Spare me your lame reasons!""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: EXCUSESEXCUSES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave."

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: NYC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. "Chicago ___" (NBC drama)"

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 master's degree in education
  • Words that mean the same thing: Master of Education
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  • Words that mean the same thing: red ink, flushed, Red River
  • The opposite would be: gain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Compound with a fruity scent"

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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ESTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. See 20-Across"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
  • Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DYE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Roman emperor who wrote "Meditations""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MARCUSAURELIUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "32. Waiting for a pitch"

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: ATBAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "33. Siesta, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "34. Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L.""

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: CHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Pull an all-nighter"

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 crowd or pack to capacity
  • Words that mean the same thing: ram, swot up, get up
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CRAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Expand"

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 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
  • Words that mean the same thing: produce, maturate, mature
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GROW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Giggle"

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: HEHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. Be laid up in bed"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
  • Words that mean the same thing: trouble, pain, garlic
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Call to a lamb"

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

    The answer is: BAA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Garden plant also called stonecrop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various plants of the genus sedum
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEDUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WALRUSMUSTACHE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Equipment hauled by a roadie"

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 basic unit of electric current adopted under the systeme international d'unites
  • Words that mean the same thing: adenylic acid, adenosine monophosphate, A
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "47. Course covering axons and dendrites, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NEURO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Maple product"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
  • Words that mean the same thing: saphead, tire, blackjack
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "50. Chinese zodiac creature for 2019"

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 domestic swine
  • Words that mean the same thing: sloven, copper, devour
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PIG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Consumer safety org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a federal agency in the department of health and human services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
  • Words that mean the same thing: Food and Drug Administration
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FDA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: JUSTTHETWOOFUS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. So far"

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: UPTONOW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Getting some shut-eye"

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 in a state of sleep
  • Words that mean the same thing: at peace, numb, at rest
  • The opposite would be: awake
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASLEEP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "61. Composer Bizet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that christian martyr; patron saint of england; hero of the legend of saint george and the dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
  • Words that mean the same thing: George II, George, St. George
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GEORGES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. Alternatives to Ho Hos"

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 songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
  • Words that mean the same thing: yodel, warble, descant
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: YODELS

    Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - July 23, 2019 Answers

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Mideast's Gulf of ___ 4
2D 2. Squarish 4
3D 3. Necessity for achieving one's goals? 10
4D 4. Ending with "umich." or "upenn." 3
5D 5. Rapper Lil ___ X 3
6D 6. Topics for book clubs 6
7D 7. Slated events, in brief 4
8D 8. Material for Icarus' wings 3
9D 9. Circle segment 3
10D 10. Branch of the Olympics? 6
11D 11. Misplace 4
12D 12. Gave the go-ahead 4
13D 13. Anderson who directed "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 3
14D 17. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) 4
15D 22. Rip-off 4
16D 23. Famed child ruler, informally 3
17D 24. Compete in Pictionary 4
18D 25. "You betcha!" 3
19D 26. Colorful parrot 5
20D 27. Some heart chambers 5
21D 28. Card game with suits of four different colors 3
22D 29. Caffeinated summer drink 10
23D 30. "You betcha!" 5
24D 31. Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp] 5
25D 36. [Oh. My. God!] 4
26D 37. Piece of siege equipment 3
27D 38. Get wind of 4
28D 40. Wander here and there, with "around" 3
29D 41. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character) 3
30D 43. Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team 6
31D 44. Meter or liter 4
32D 45. Mall cop's transport 6
33D 48. Apartment building V.I.P., in slang 4
34D 49. Regarding 4
35D 50. Benches along an aisle 4
36D 52. "Hamilton" climax 4
37D 53. Nile biters 4
38D 54. Put a cork in it! 3
39D 55. "Star Trek" spinoff series: Abbr. 3
40D 56. It's groundbreaking 3
41D 57. Spanish for "bear" 3
42D 58. Timeworn 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. Mideast's Gulf of ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Squarish"

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 resembling a box in rectangularity
  • Words that mean the same thing: box-shaped, boxlike
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BOXY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Necessity for achieving one's goals?"

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: SOCCERBALL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Ending with "umich." or "upenn.""

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: EDU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Rapper Lil ___ X"

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 silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
  • Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 11, Na, sodium
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Topics for book clubs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  • Words that mean the same thing: stem, theme, root word
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: THEMES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Slated events, in brief"

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: SKED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Material for Icarus' wings"

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 of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
  • Words that mean the same thing: rise, climb, mount
  • The opposite would be: wane
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WAX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Circle segment"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  • Words that mean the same thing: curve, discharge, arch
  • The 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 10 Down: "10. Branch of the Olympics?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
  • Words that mean the same thing: laurel wreath, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAUREL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Misplace"

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 fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • Words that mean the same thing: misplace, suffer, turn a loss
  • The opposite would be: find, gain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Gave the go-ahead"

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: OKED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Anderson who directed "The Grand Budapest Hotel""

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: WES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Rip-off"

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 fraudulent business scheme
  • Words that mean the same thing: victimize, cozenage, gip
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SCAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Famed child ruler, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
  • Words that mean the same thing: tsk, tut-tut
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Compete in Pictionary"

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 gully that is shallower than a ravine
  • Words that mean the same thing: absorb, withdraw, disembowel
  • The opposite would be: repel, deposit
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DRAW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. "You betcha!""

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: YEP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Colorful parrot"

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 long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of central america and south america; among the largest and showiest of parrots
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MACAW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Some heart chambers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
  • Words that mean the same thing: atrium
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ATRIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Card game with suits of four different colors"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: UNO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Caffeinated summer drink"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ICEDCOFFEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. "You betcha!""

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: UHHUH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp]"

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: SEEME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. [Oh. My. God!]"

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 short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
  • Words that mean the same thing: heave, puff, pant
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GASP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Piece of siege equipment"

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 most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
  • Words that mean the same thing: ram down, cram, Aries the Ram
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Get wind of"

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 perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  • Words that mean the same thing: get wind, pick up, listen
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HEAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Wander here and there, with "around""

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 person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
  • Words that mean the same thing: lowlife, tail end, behind
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BUM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character)"

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: STU

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
  • Words that mean the same thing: bird of prey, raptorial bird
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAPTOR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Meter or liter"

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 division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  • Words that mean the same thing: building block, whole, unit of measurement
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: UNIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Mall cop's transport"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment
  • Words that mean the same thing: Segway HT, Segway Human Transporter
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEGWAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Apartment building V.I.P., in slang"

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: SUPE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Regarding"

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: ASTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Benches along an aisle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
  • Words that mean the same thing: pew, 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: PEWS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. "Hamilton" climax"

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 prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
  • Words that mean the same thing: affaire d'honneur
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DUEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Nile biters"

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
  • Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian cobra, asp, Vipera aspis
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASPS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "54. Put a cork in it!"

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 large bottle with a narrow mouth
  • Words that mean the same thing: put away, lag, put behind bars
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JUG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "55. "Star Trek" spinoff series: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: TNG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "56. It's groundbreaking"

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 tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. Spanish for "bear""

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: OSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "58. Timeworn"

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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
  • Words that mean the same thing: older, previous, sometime
  • The opposite would be: new, young
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OLD

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 37 50.7%
Short Answer 25 34.2%
Sports 4 5.5%
Food & Drink 2 2.7%
History 1 1.4%
Abbreviation 1 1.4%
Music 1 1.4%
Literature 1 1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 31
Down Clues 42
Total Clues 73
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 14 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: October 01, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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