January 23, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (38 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

January 23, 2020 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Concerning vision	6
2A	7. Info for a car service pickup, in brief	3
3A	10. Drain	3
4A	13. Estado south of Arizona	6
5A	14. Glamping site, maybe	4
6A	16. Madagascar, par exemple	3
7A	17. It's needed for a push-up, informally	6
8A	18. So	4
9A	19. JFK alternative	3
10A	20. Proudly dresses like Bill Nye or Pee-wee Herman?	14
11A	23. Like some doors	5
12A	24. Pivot point	4
13A	25. Silo filler, for short	4
14A	27. Bellyache	4
15A	28. Roughage source	4
16A	29. What you feel "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie"	5
17A	30. Layer	3
18A	31. Mideast diplomat's request, when itching to be challenged?	11
19A	33. Genesis craft	3
20A	34. Inc., abroad	3
21A	35. Premier internet connection?	11
22A	41. Many an I.R.S. worker	3
23A	44. Half of a 1960s folk-rock group	5
24A	45. ___ avis	4
25A	46. Bogus	4
26A	47. Fast pace	4
27A	48. European Union member, to natives	4
28A	49. Ali who retired undefeated	5
29A	50. Liberate Louis XIV's palace?	14
30A	53. Pan Am rival	3
31A	54. Fries, e.g.	4
32A	55. Foundation for a home on a bayou	6
33A	56. Have	3
34A	57. Boggle the mind	4
35A	58. Locale for Ernst and Young	6
36A	59. Vote heard on the floor ... and at the end of 20-, 31-, 35- and 50-Across?	3
37A	60. Short albums, for short	3
38A	61. Some "Toy Story"-themed toys, informally	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. Concerning vision"

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 combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
• Words that mean the same thing: visual, optical, opthalmic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCULAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "7. Info for a car service pickup, in brief"

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

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Drain"

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: run down, tire, tomfool
• The 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 4 Across: "13. Estado south of Arizona"

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 ground snakes
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Sonora
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SONORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Glamping site, maybe"

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 circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YURT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Madagascar, par exemple"

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: ILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. It's needed for a push-up, informally"

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: TRICEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. So"

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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. JFK alternative"

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: LGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Proudly dresses like Bill Nye or Pee-wee Herman?"

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: ROCKSTHEBOWTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Like some doors"

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: INOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Pivot point"

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 straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• Words that mean the same thing: axis vertebra, axis of rotation, bloc
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Silo filler, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic 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: ICBM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Bellyache"

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 lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
• Words that mean the same thing: cavil, chicane
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Roughage source"

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 broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "29. What you feel "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie""

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: AMORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "30. Layer"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "31. Mideast diplomat's request, when itching to be challenged?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GIMMEASINAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "33. Genesis craft"

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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
• Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "34. Inc., abroad"

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: LTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "35. Premier internet connection?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: THEGOODWIFI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Many an I.R.S. worker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Half of a 1960s folk-rock group"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mommy, Mama, mammy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. ___ avis"

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: RARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Bogus"

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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• Words that mean the same thing: imposter, dissemble, fictive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Fast pace"

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 metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
• Words that mean the same thing: trot, cartridge clip, nip off
• The opposite would be: unclip
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "48. European Union member, to natives"

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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "49. Ali who retired undefeated"

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: LAILA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Liberate Louis XIV's palace?"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FREEVERSAILLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "53. Pan Am rival"

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: TWA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "54. Fries, e.g."

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 place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
• Words that mean the same thing: position, side of meat, incline
• The opposite would be: top
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "55. Foundation for a home on a bayou"

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 column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
• Words that mean the same thing: stiltbird, Himantopus stilt, Australian stilt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STILTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "56. Have"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: use up, consume, deplete
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "57. Boggle the mind"

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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
• Words that mean the same thing: bedaze, daze, sandbag
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "58. Locale for Ernst and Young"

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 assembly possessing high legislative powers
• Words that mean the same thing: US Senate, U.S. Senate, United States Senate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "59. Vote heard on the floor ... and at the end of 20-, 31-, 35- and 50-Across?"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "60. Short albums, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "61. Some "Toy Story"-themed toys, informally"

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: TREXES

  Great job if you got it right!

January 23, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Source of material for a feather duster	7
2D	2. Astronomical rings	7
3D	3. Start-up worth a billion dollars, in a modern coinage	7
4D	4. What brakes shouldn't do	6
5D	5. "Give it ___"	5
6D	6. Mesmerized	4
7D	7. It may involve dilation	7
8D	8. Wind power generator	7
9D	9. Odysseus' faithful dog	5
10D	10. Element of some chips	7
11D	11. Something with an "x" factor?	7
12D	12. What a shooter may shoot	3
13D	15. Pull	3
14D	21. Perniciousness	4
15D	22. Retiring	5
16D	26. Soong ___-ling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek	3
17D	28. Anti-apartheid activist Steve	4
18D	29. Wine center near Turin	4
19D	31. Large: Fr.	4
20D	32. Lead-in for Romeo	4
21D	33. Wide open	5
22D	35. Premium network	3
23D	36. How you might meet someone	7
24D	37. Land on the Persian Gulf	7
25D	38. Desiccated	7
26D	39. Overpopulated, mazy districts	7
27D	40. Angers	4
28D	41. "Simmer down!"	7
29D	42. Something for an artist to have on hand	7
30D	43. Piles up	7
31D	46. Like tears	6
32D	48. Online party request	5
33D	49. Engine capacity unit	5
34D	51. Powerful Scrabble tile	3
35D	52. Second person?: Abbr.	4
36D	53. Word with garden or party	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. Source of material for a feather duster"

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 person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
• Words that mean the same thing: Struthio camelus
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSTRICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Astronomical rings"

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 outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
• Words that mean the same thing: Saint Elmo's fire, aureole, Saint Elmo's light
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORONAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Start-up worth a billion dollars, in a modern coinage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNICORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. What brakes shouldn't do"

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 jail in a local police station
• Words that mean the same thing: locking
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCKUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Give it ___""

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: AREST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Mesmerized"

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 feeling great rapture or delight
• Words that mean the same thing: rapturous, rhapsodic, ecstatic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. It may involve dilation"

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: EYEEXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Wind power generator"

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 rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TURBINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Odysseus' faithful dog"

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 ancient city in southeastern greece; dominated the peloponnese in the 7th century bc
• Words that mean the same thing: Argo
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Element of some chips"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
• Words that mean the same thing: Si, atomic number 14
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILICON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Something with an "x" factor?"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALGEBRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. What a shooter may shoot"

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 seed of a pea plant used for food
• Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Pull"

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 act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
• Words that mean the same thing: towage
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "21. Perniciousness"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: injury, hurt, impairment
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Retiring"

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 people who are fearful and cautious
• Words that mean the same thing: cautious, faint, unsure
• The opposite would be: confident, bold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIMID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "26. Soong ___-ling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek"

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 japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits
• Words that mean the same thing: Prunus mume, Japanese apricot
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "28. Anti-apartheid activist Steve"

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: BIKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Wine center near Turin"

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: ASTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "31. Large: Fr."

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: GROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "32. Lead-in for Romeo"

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: ALFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Wide open"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (christian theology) the love of god or christ for mankind
• Words that mean the same thing: agape love, gaping, love feast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Premium network"

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: TMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. How you might meet someone"

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 equally distant from the extremes
• Words that mean the same thing: center, midway, middle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALFWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Land on the Persian Gulf"

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 the domain controlled by an emir
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Desiccated"

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: DRIEDUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Overpopulated, mazy districts"

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 united states writer and poet (1905-1989)
• Words that mean the same thing: Warren, Earl Warren, warren
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARRENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Angers"

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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Words that mean the same thing: ire, anger, wrath
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. "Simmer down!""

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: CHILLAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Something for an artist to have on hand"

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 the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
• Words that mean the same thing: pallette, pallet
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Piles 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 collect or gather
• Words that mean the same thing: roll up, cumulate, pile 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: AMASSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Like tears"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
• Words that mean the same thing: saline 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: SALINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Online party request"

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: EVITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. Engine capacity unit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
• Words that mean the same thing: cubic decimeter, l, litre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Powerful Scrabble tile"

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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
• Words that mean the same thing: Es, atomic number 99, einsteinium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Second person?: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ASST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Word with garden or party"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
• Words that mean the same thing: Camellia sinensis, teatime, afternoon tea
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	64.9%
Short Answer	17	23.0%
Abbreviation	2	2.7%
History	2	2.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.7%
Music	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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August 11, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle August 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Bulldozed	5
2A	6. Construction details, informally	5
3A	11. Loop in secretly, in a way	3
4A	14. Rumor starter	5
5A	15. Item in a quiver	5
6A	16. "I figured it out!"	3
7A	17. Popular shooter in the Old West	15
8A	20. Angsty music genre	3
9A	21. Bounds ... or partner of bounds	5
10A	22. Nothing, to Nero	5
11A	23. Railways not on street level	3
12A	24. Serious break in relations	4
13A	25. Puts one's own slant on the past	15
14A	33. One of the Coen brothers	5
15A	34. One feeding off others	5
16A	35. "___ is me!"	3
17A	36. Baker who sang "My Funny Valentine"	4
18A	37. Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across	5
19A	38. Captain's spot	4
20A	39. ___ Lingus	3
21A	40. Opponents	5
22A	41. 2008 sci-fi Pixar hit	5
23A	42. W.W. I leader	15
24A	45. Composition of some mountain forests	4
25A	46. Connections, informally	3
26A	47. Wolf pack vessel in W.W. II	5
27A	49. Bird bills	5
28A	52. Producer of lines at airports, for short	3
29A	55. Vietnamese noodle salads	15
30A	58. "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" rapper	3
31A	59. Pocketbook portmanteau	5
32A	60. Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel, with "The"	5
33A	61. Captains' cries	3
34A	62. Things that spheres lack	5
35A	63. Outset	5

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Bulldozed"

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 tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: raze, demolished, rase
• The opposite would be: raise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAZED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Construction details, informally"

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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• Words that mean the same thing: specification, glasses, spec
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Loop in secretly, in a way"

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: BCC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Rumor starter"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IHEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Item in a quiver"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mark to indicate a direction or relation
• Words that mean the same thing: pointer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. "I figured it out!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Popular shooter in the Old West"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: DERRINGERPISTOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Angsty music genre"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: EMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Bounds ... or partner of bounds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
• Words that mean the same thing: jump off, leap, bounce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Nothing, to Nero"

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 (latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIHIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Railways not on street level"

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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
• Words that mean the same thing: EL, altitude, ALT
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Serious break in relations"

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 gap between cloud masses
• Words that mean the same thing: falling out, breach, rupture
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Puts one's own slant on the past"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: REWRITESHISTORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. One of the Coen brothers"

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: ETHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. One feeding off others"

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 carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
• Words that mean the same thing: sponger, bleed, bloodsucker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEECH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. "___ is me!""

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 misery resulting from affliction
• Words that mean the same thing: woefulness, suffering
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Baker who sang "My Funny Valentine""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: CHET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EIEIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Captain's spot"

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 steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. ___ Lingus"

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: AER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Opponents"

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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
• Words that mean the same thing: anti
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. 2008 sci-fi Pixar hit"

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: WALLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. W.W. I leader"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PRESIDENTWILSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Composition of some mountain forests"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that nonresinous wood of a fir tree
• Words that mean the same thing: true fir, fir tree, fir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Connections, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: in, inch, In
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Wolf pack vessel in W.W. II"

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: UBOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Bird bills"

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 beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
• Words that mean the same thing: schnozzle, honker, pecker
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Producer of lines at airports, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
• Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security 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: TSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Vietnamese noodle salads"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: VERMICELLIBOWLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" rapper"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, even, evening
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Pocketbook portmanteau"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MURSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel, with "The""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person of subnormal intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: changeling, retard, cretin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Captains' cries"

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: AYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Things that spheres lack"

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 boundary of a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: butt on, boundary, butt against
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Outset"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GETGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 11, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. The Haunted Mansion or Splash Mountain, at Disneyland	4
2D	2. [Pardon me!]	4
3D	3. Goose egg	4
4D	4. Large part of an elephant	3
5D	5. Teach through repetition	7
6D	6. Multigenerational story	4
7D	7. Get ready, in brief	4
8D	8. Messes up	4
9D	9. Steal, in slang	3
10D	10. Coarsely ill-mannered	7
11D	11. They get wetter as they dry	10
12D	12. Fifth-most-common Korean surname, after Kim, Lee, Park and Jung	4
13D	13. Get on the line	4
14D	18. Where the baby bird gets the worm	4
15D	19. Sort through, as evidence	4
16D	23. The "E" of Q.E.D.	4
17D	24. The "R" of P.R.	4
18D	25. Opening of many a serial drama episode	5
19D	26. Old anesthetic	5
20D	27. Whys and ___	10
21D	28. Superior group	5
22D	29. Welcome at the front door, say	5
23D	30. Bank job	5
24D	31. Viking who was the first ruler of Normandy	5
25D	32. "Heel" of the Arabian Peninsula	5
26D	37. Things trimmed at a salon	4
27D	38. Dutch artist Frans	4
28D	40. TV broadcast slot	7
29D	41. Hits the jackpot	7
30D	43. King's country in "The King and I"	4
31D	44. Collaborative online reference	4
32D	47. Pigmented part of the eye	4
33D	48. Group of like things	4
34D	49. The Titanic's undoing	4
35D	50. "What ___?" (store clerk's query)	4
36D	51. Things sold by the yard?	4
37D	52. Nincompoop	4
38D	53. Long, hard work	4
39D	54. Regarding, in a memo	4
40D	56. Real mouthful?	3
41D	57. Reverential poem	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. The Haunted Mansion or Splash Mountain, at Disneyland"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• Words that mean the same thing: hinge upon, twit, rag
• The opposite would be: walk
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. [Pardon me!]"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: hem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Goose egg"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: zero point, nada, nothing
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Large part of an elephant"

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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
• Words that mean the same thing: capitulum, pinna, spike
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Teach through repetition"

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: DRILLIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Multigenerational story"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Get ready, in brief"

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 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
• Words that mean the same thing: preparation, homework
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PREP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Messes up"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: mistake, stray, slip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Steal, in slang"

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 uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Words that mean the same thing: glom, pick up, nail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Coarsely ill-mannered"

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 ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: loutish, piggish, boorish
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWINISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. They get wetter as they dry"

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: BATHTOWELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Fifth-most-common Korean surname, after Kim, Lee, Park and Jung"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: CHOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Get on the line"

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 telephone connection
• Words that mean the same thing: ring, call option, vociferation
• The opposite would be: put option
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Where the baby bird gets the worm"

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 structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• Words that mean the same thing: draw close, snuggle, nuzzle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Sort through, as evidence"

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 move as if through a sieve
• Words that mean the same thing: strain, sieve
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. The "E" of Q.E.D."

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: ERAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. The "R" of P.R."

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 law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
• Words that mean the same thing: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO Act, anti-racketeering law
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Opening of many a serial drama episode"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
• Words that mean the same thing: recapitulate, recapitulation, retread
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RECAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Old anesthetic"

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 fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
• Words that mean the same thing: aether, divinyl ether, quintessence
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETHER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Whys and ___"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
• Words that mean the same thing: why, wherefore
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHEREFORES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Superior group"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
• Words that mean the same thing: elect, elite group
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "29. Welcome at the front door, say"

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: SEEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Bank job"

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 act of stealing
• Words that mean the same thing: holdup, burglarise, stickup
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Viking who was the first ruler of Normandy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that norse chieftain who became the first duke of normandy (860-931)
• Words that mean the same thing: Hrolf, Rolf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "32. "Heel" of the Arabian Peninsula"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic on the southwestern shores of the arabian peninsula on the indian ocean; formed in 1990
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Yemen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Things trimmed at a salon"

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

  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Dutch artist Frans"

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 dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
• Words that mean the same thing: Frans Hals
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. TV broadcast slot"

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: AIRTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Hits the jackpot"

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: WINSBIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. King's country in "The King and I""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a country of southeastern asia that extends southward along the isthmus of kra to the malay peninsula
• Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Thailand, Thailand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Collaborative online reference"

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: WIKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Pigmented part of the eye"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Group of like things"

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 large gathering of people of a particular type
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEVY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. The Titanic's undoing"

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 large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
• Words that mean the same thing: iceberg, Alban Berg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. "What ___?" (store clerk's query)"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. Things sold by the yard?"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Nincompoop"

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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
• Words that mean the same thing: tease, razz, rally
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "53. Long, hard work"

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 work doggedly or persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: swig, plod, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "54. Regarding, in a memo"

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: ASTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "56. Real mouthful?"

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 food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
• Words that mean the same thing: quid, chew, wad
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "57. Reverential poem"

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!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	54	71.1%
Short Answer	11	14.5%
Geography	3	3.9%
Literature	3	3.9%
History	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 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 moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 23, 2025 at 08:48 AM