April 24, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, April 24, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 66 (29 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - April 24, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Haberdashery accessory	7
2A	8. Round measures	6
3A	14. Homer with one R.B.I., in baseball lingo	8
4A	16. Certain spuds	6
5A	17. Clearheaded	8
6A	18. Swear at	6
7A	19. That's so irritating!	4
8A	20. Speed up	8
9A	22. Demesne	6
10A	25. Actress Fisher	4
11A	27. The night before on the day after, maybe	4
12A	28. Whom basilicas are often named after: Abbr.	3
13A	31. Carried the day	3
14A	32. Dine quickly	14
15A	36. Tree that's among the oldest known life forms on earth (4,800+ years)	15
16A	37. They have little respect for brand names	14
17A	38. Reuters competitor	3
18A	39. "Better ___ ..."	3
19A	40. What a person in trouble -- or performing on stage -- wants	4
20A	41. Boll weevil, for one	4
21A	43. Unwanted crowd sounds	6
22A	46. Kind of hickory	8
23A	49. Hebrew for "father"	4
24A	53. Island governed by three different countries	6
25A	54. Center of a maze	8
26A	57. Apothegms	6
27A	58. Thou, for one	8
28A	59. Things that are declared	6
29A	60. Pippi Longstocking types	7

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. Haberdashery accessory"

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: TIETACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Round measures"

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 the distance around a person's body
• Words that mean the same thing: cinch, girth
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIRTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "14. Homer with one R.B.I., in baseball lingo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SOLOSHOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Certain spuds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Idaho, Gem State, ID
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDAHOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Clearheaded"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ALLTHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Swear at"

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 wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
• Words that mean the same thing: damn, maledict, imprecate
• The opposite would be: bless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEDAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. That's so irritating!"

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 red eruption of the skin
• Words that mean the same thing: roseola, heady, blizzard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Speed up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that speed up the progress of; facilitate
• Words that mean the same thing: hasten
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXPEDITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Demesne"

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 everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
• Words that mean the same thing: land, landed estate, estate of the realm
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "25. Actress Fisher"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ISLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. The night before on the day after, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hazy or indistinct representation
• Words that mean the same thing: smear, smudge, glaze over
• The opposite would be: focus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Whom basilicas are often named after: Abbr."

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: STS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "31. Carried the day"

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 basic unit of money in south korea
• Words that mean the same thing: win, gain, succeed
• The opposite would be: fail, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Dine quickly"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: GRABABITETOEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "36. Tree that's among the oldest known life forms on earth (4,800+ years)"

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: BRISTLECONEPINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. They have little respect for brand names"

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: CATTLERUSTLERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Reuters competitor"

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: UPI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. "Better ___ ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that up to the present time
• Words that mean the same thing: still, notwithstanding, even so
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. What a person in trouble -- or performing on stage -- wants"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
• Words that mean the same thing: pass on, pass, paw
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Boll weevil, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• Words that mean the same thing: gadfly, blighter, plague
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Unwanted crowd sounds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
• Words that mean the same thing: Bronx cheer, hiss, sibilation
• The opposite would be: applaud
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HISSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Kind of hickory"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that north american hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
• Words that mean the same thing: shellbark hickory, shellbark, Carya ovata
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAGBARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Hebrew for "father""

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: ABBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "53. Island governed by three different countries"

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 3rd largest island in the world; in the western pacific to the north of java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the malay archipelago
• Words that mean the same thing: Kalimantan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BORNEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "54. Center of a maze"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by theseus
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINOTAUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Apothegms"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: proverb, byword, saw
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. Thou, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the use of an archaic expression
• Words that mean the same thing: archaicism
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCHAISM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "59. Things that are declared"

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 the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
• Words that mean the same thing: John Major, major league, John Roy Major
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAJORS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "60. Pippi Longstocking types"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
• Words that mean the same thing: romp, tomboy, hoyden
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOMBOYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle April 24, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Crimean War leader	4
2D	2. Joe Hardy's girlfriend in the Hardy Boys books	4
3D	3. Wings	4
4D	4. How die-hard defenders may hold out	9
5D	5. Volcanic ___	3
6D	6. Castro comrade	3
7D	7. Locale of the 2018 Winter Olympics	5
8D	8. Mock	4
9D	9. Pointed out, in a way	4
10D	10. Sides of Pac-Man's mouth, essentially	5
11D	11. "Huh!"	10
12D	12. Things of interest to house buyers?	9
13D	13. 1040 fig.	3
14D	15. Actual wording	4
15D	21. Some trattoria preparations	6
16D	23. Without hitting someone over the head, say	6
17D	24. Historic destination in County Kerry, Ireland	6
18D	26. Relative of a blind, in poker	4
19D	27. Colonial rule in India	10
20D	29. ___ place (part of a decimal)	6
21D	30. Inscribed pillars	6
22D	32. Fanta product	9
23D	33. Name that's an anagram of THE BAR	6
24D	34. Place with drips, for short	3
25D	35. Prepares for the bar?	9
26D	36. Certain bra spec	4
27D	42. One of the letters of NATO, in the NATO alphabet	5
28D	44. Destructive 2017 hurricane	4
29D	45. Go around	5
30D	47. Actor Will of "The Waltons"	4
31D	48. Head honcho	4
32D	50. Actor Scott of "Happy Days"	4
33D	51. Packed	4
34D	52. Assets for QBs	4
35D	53. "Pow!"	3
36D	55. Sarge, for one	3
37D	56. Unit in a calculation of power	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. Crimean War leader"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: tzar, czar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Joe Hardy's girlfriend in the Hardy Boys books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Wings"

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

  The answer is: ELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. How die-hard defenders may hold out"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOTHELAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Volcanic ___"

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 residue that remains when something is burned
• Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Castro comrade"

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: CHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Locale of the 2018 Winter Olympics"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an asian peninsula (off manchuria) separating the yellow sea and the sea of japan; the korean name is dae-han-min-gook or han-gook
• Words that mean the same thing: Han-Gook, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Korean Peninsula
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Mock"

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 an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• Words that mean the same thing: correspond, jibe, check
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pointed out, in a way"

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: IDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Sides of Pac-Man's mouth, essentially"

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 length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Words that mean the same thing: r, radius, wheel spoke
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Huh!""

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: THATSWEIRD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Things of interest to house buyers?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HOMELOANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. 1040 fig."

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: SSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Actual wording"

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 words of something written
• Words that mean the same thing: textbook, textual matter, schoolbook
• The opposite would be: trade edition
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Some trattoria preparations"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and parmesan cheese in olive oil
• Words that mean the same thing: pesto
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PESTOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Without hitting someone over the head, say"

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

  The answer is: SUBTLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Historic destination in County Kerry, Ireland"

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: TRALEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Relative of a blind, in poker"

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

  The answer is: ANTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Colonial rule in India"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BRITISHRAJ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. ___ place (part of a decimal)"

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 tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
• Words that mean the same thing: tenth, one-tenth, ten percent
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TENTHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Inscribed pillars"

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 the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
• Words that mean the same thing: stele, stela
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STELAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Fanta product"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GRAPESODA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Name that's an anagram of THE BAR"

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: BERTHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Place with drips, 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 a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "35. Prepares for the bar?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OPENSATAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "36. Certain bra spec"

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: BCUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. One of the letters of NATO, in the NATO alphabet"

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 ballroom dance of latin-american origin
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TANGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Destructive 2017 hurricane"

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Go around"

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 cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
• Words that mean the same thing: environ, dodge, 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: SKIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Actor Will of "The Waltons""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: GEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Head honcho"

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 person who exercises control over workers
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Bos, knob, honcho
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Actor Scott of "Happy Days""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: BAIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Packed"

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 keep busy with
• Words that mean the same thing: meddlesome, officious, engaged
• The opposite would be: idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Assets for QBs"

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 weapons considered collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: weaponry, sleeve, weapon
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. "Pow!""

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 ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
• Words that mean the same thing: bang, clap, blast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Sarge, for one"

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: NCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Unit in a calculation of power"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
• Words that mean the same thing: Georg Simon Ohm
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OHM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	74.2%
Short Answer	9	13.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.5%
Abbreviation	2	3.0%
History	1	1.5%
Literature	1	1.5%
Sports	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	29
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	66
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
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• Down Clues (40 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, November 25, 2019

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword November 25, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Very bottom	5
2A	6. [OMG!]	4
3A	10. Super Mario Bros. console, for short	3
4A	13. ___ trump (bridge bid)	5
5A	14. Killer whales	5
6A	16. Be ___ loss for words	3
7A	17. Reason to raid the fridge	11
8A	19. Biol. or chem.	3
9A	20. What a pun rarely evokes	5
10A	21. Restrained, as a dog	7
11A	23. "Shucks!," only stronger	4
12A	25. Iranian currency	4
13A	27. Easy camera setting	4
14A	28. Regret	3
15A	29. No longer astray	11
16A	32. Tony winner Menzel	5
17A	34. In pieces	5
18A	35. Batter's grip-enhancing goo	7
19A	38. Encourages	7
20A	42. Romanced, in a way	5
21A	44. "Keen!"	5
22A	45. 1986 Keith Haring antidrug mural	11
23A	50. Muscles used in pull-ups, informally	3
24A	51. Greeting in Granada	4
25A	52. Bitter part of an orange	4
26A	53. "Oh, man!"	4
27A	54. The "A" of D.J.I.A.	7
28A	57. Tore into	5
29A	59. T. ___ (fearsome dino)	3
30A	60. Gab	11
31A	64. 3-D medical test	3
32A	65. John depicted in the biopic "Rocketman"	5
33A	66. Tiny pond plants	5
34A	67. Conscription org.	3
35A	68. Garage sale caveat	4
36A	69. Wanting others' attention and approval	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. Very bottom"

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 extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: low-water mark
• The opposite would be: zenith
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NADIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. [OMG!]"

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 short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
• Words that mean the same thing: puff, heave, 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 3 Across: "10. Super Mario Bros. console, 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 a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: neon, atomic number 10, NE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. ___ trump (bridge bid)"

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: ONENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Killer whales"

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 predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: sea wolf, Orcinus orca, grampus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Be ___ loss for words"

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: ATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Reason to raid the fridge"

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: SNACKATTACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Biol. or chem."

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: SCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. What a pun rarely evokes"

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 sound of laughing
• Words that mean the same thing: gag, express mirth, express joy
• The opposite would be: cry
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Restrained, as a dog"

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 fasten with a rope
• Words that mean the same thing: leash, rope
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEASHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. "Shucks!," only stronger"

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 something of little value
• Words that mean the same thing: shit, all-fired, maledict
• The opposite would be: bless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Iranian currency"

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 basic unit of money in yemen; equal to 100 fils
• Words that mean the same thing: Yemeni rial, Iranian rial, Omani rial
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Easy camera setting"

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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Words that mean the same thing: motorcar, car, automobile
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Regret"

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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: repent, sorrow, regret
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. No longer astray"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: BACKONTRACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Tony winner Menzel"

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: IDINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. In pieces"

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 remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
• Words that mean the same thing: isolated, aside, obscure
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Batter's grip-enhancing goo"

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: PINETAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Encourages"

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: SPURSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Romanced, in a way"

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 treat to wine
• Words that mean the same thing: acquire, win, come through
• The opposite would be: lose, fall back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. "Keen!""

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: NEATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. 1986 Keith Haring antidrug mural"

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: CRACKISWACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "50. Muscles used in pull-ups, 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 a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
• Words that mean the same thing: bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Greeting in Granada"

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: HOLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. Bitter part of an orange"

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 soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
• Words that mean the same thing: meat, essence, center
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. "Oh, man!""

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: GOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. The "A" of D.J.I.A."

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 statistic describing the location of a distribution
• Words that mean the same thing: middling, mediocre, median
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVERAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Tore into"

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: HADAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. T. ___ (fearsome dino)"

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 male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Words that mean the same thing: male monarch, king
• The opposite would be: queen, female monarch
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Gab"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: YACKETYYACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. 3-D medical test"

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 use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "65. John depicted in the biopic "Rocketman""

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: ELTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "66. Tiny pond plants"

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 primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: alga
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALGAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Conscription 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 an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
• Words that mean the same thing: USSS, Secret Service, United States Secret Service
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Garage sale caveat"

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: ASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Wanting others' attention and approval"

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 needy people collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: destitute, impoverished, indigent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEEDY

  Great job if you got it right!

November 25, 2019 Monday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr.	3
2D	2. ___ Arbor, Mich.	3
3D	3. Poker player's request	8
4D	4. Like an ancient Andean civilization	5
5D	5. Streaming media device	4
6D	6. Like Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"	6
7D	7. Guggenheim holdings	3
8D	8. Distinctively shelled bivalves	8
9D	9. Walk nervously back and forth	4
10D	10. New Hampshire's second-largest city	6
11D	11. And so on, and so on, for short	6
12D	12. Assented	6
13D	15. Reggae relative	3
14D	18. Taj Mahal city	4
15D	22. French philosopher Jean-Paul	6
16D	23. Insipid one	4
17D	24. Car with a four-ring logo	4
18D	26. Letters before an alias	3
19D	29. Hand-dyeing technique	5
20D	30. 40 winks	3
21D	31. Prominent part of an elephant	5
22D	33. Part of many a showcase on "The Price Is Right"	6
23D	36. Singer/songwriter DiFranco	3
24D	37. Abides by, as rules	8
25D	39. Throw a monkey wrench into	8
26D	40. Singer Redding	4
27D	41. Bite between meals	4
28D	43. Hwy. infraction after a night at the bar, maybe	3
29D	45. Bracelet items	6
30D	46. NASA's Spirit and Opportunity	6
31D	47. De Tocqueville who wrote "Democracy in America"	6
32D	48. City often considered the birthplace of democracy	6
33D	49. F.D.R.'s fireside event	4
34D	53. ___ King, morning TV personality	5
35D	55. "Yes, captain!"	3
36D	56. Big bash	4
37D	58. Actress Cannon	4
38D	61. Japanese pond fish	3
39D	62. Two-timing sort	3
40D	63. Word after skeleton or answer	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. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ Arbor, Mich."

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: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Poker player's request"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEALMEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Like an ancient Andean civilization"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the quechuan people living in the cuzco valley in peru
• Words that mean the same thing: Inca, Inka
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Streaming media device"

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: ROKU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Like Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein""

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 extinct east germanic language of the ancient goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the bible by bishop ulfilas
• Words that mean the same thing: Gothic architecture, black letter, mediaeval
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOTHIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Guggenheim holdings"

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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
• Words that mean the same thing: prowess, artwork, fine art
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Distinctively shelled bivalves"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
• Words that mean the same thing: crenation, scallop, scollop
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCALLOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Walk nervously back and forth"

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 rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• Words that mean the same thing: tempo, tread, step
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. New Hampshire's second-largest city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NASHUA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. And so on, and so on, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ETCETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Assented"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAIDOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Reggae relative"

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: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Taj Mahal city"

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 a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. French philosopher Jean-Paul"

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 french writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jean-Paul Sartre
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SARTRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Insipid one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: trickle, drip mould, drip mold
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Car with a four-ring logo"

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: AUDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Letters before an alias"

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Hand-dyeing technique"

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 dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. 40 winks"

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: short sleep, pile, Napoleon
• The 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 21 Down: "31. Prominent part of an elephant"

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 main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
• Words that mean the same thing: automobile trunk, body, tree trunk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRUNK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Part of many a showcase on "The Price Is Right""

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: NEWCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Singer/songwriter DiFranco"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that black tropical american cuckoo
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Abides by, as rules"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
• Words that mean the same thing: esteem, observe, prize
• The opposite would be: disesteem, disrespect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RESPECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Throw a monkey wrench into"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
• Words that mean the same thing: counteract, weaken, subvert
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SABOTAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Singer Redding"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Otis, Elisha Graves Otis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Bite between meals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (yiddish) a snack or light meal
• Words that mean the same thing: snack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Hwy. infraction after a night at the bar, maybe"

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: DWI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Bracelet items"

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 attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
• Words that mean the same thing: enamor, magic spell, charm
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. NASA's Spirit and Opportunity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
• Words that mean the same thing: rover, bird of passage, roamer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROVERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. De Tocqueville who wrote "Democracy in America""

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: ALEXIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. City often considered the birthplace of democracy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of greece; named after athena (its patron goddess)
• Words that mean the same thing: Athinai, Greek capital, capital of Greece
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATHENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "49. F.D.R.'s fireside event"

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 informal conversation
• Words that mean the same thing: confabulate, chew the fat, schmooze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. ___ King, morning TV personality"

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: GAYLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. "Yes, captain!""

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: AYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Big bash"

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 gay festivity
• Words that mean the same thing: jamboree, gala affair, blowout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Actress Cannon"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: DYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Japanese pond fish"

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: KOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Two-timing sort"

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 someone who is morally reprehensible
• Words that mean the same thing: hound, dog, heel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Word after skeleton or answer"

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 metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
• Words that mean the same thing: Florida key, headstone, keystone
• The opposite would be: atonality
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	60.5%
Short Answer	17	22.4%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Geography	3	3.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
History	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	36
Down Clues	40
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 28, 2025 at 06:26 PM