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Monday, December 30, 2024

27443 Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: December 30, 2024

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

Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times
Mon Dec 30, 2024 NY Times


Across Clues with Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Brainy. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SMART

    Possible Answer : impudent, sassy, hurt, impertinent, smarting, overbold, chic, fresh, saucy, smartness, ache, bright, voguish, wise, smart

    Possible Opposite Answer : stupid


  • The clue is 6. Wacky. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZANY

    Possible Answer : clownish, silly, zany, goof, goofy, whacky, goofball, wacky, twat, cuckoo, clownlike, cockamamy, sappy, goose, buffoonish, bozo, jackass, fathead, cockamamie


  • The clue is 10. Desktop computer that might run Sonoma or Sequoia. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMAC


  • The clue is 14. Choir member. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TENOR

    Possible Answer : tenor, tenor_voice, strain


  • The clue is 15. Writer Wiesel. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELIE


  • The clue is 16. Forbidden. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NOGO


  • The clue is 17. Waiter's imperative after bringing food. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ENJOY

    Possible Answer : savour, delight, revel, relish, love, bask, enjoy, savor

    Possible Opposite Answer : suffer


  • The clue is 18. Flower that reflects yellow when held under one's chin. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BUTTERCUP

    Possible Answer : butter-flower, butterflower, buttercup, crowfoot, kingcup, goldcup


  • The clue is 20. It might have a twist or hole. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PLOT

    Possible Answer : plot_of_land, plot, patch, diagram, plot_of_ground, secret_plan, game, plat


  • The clue is 21. What a sleeve covers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ARM

    Possible Answer : weapon, branch, weapon_system, build_up, fortify, limb, gird, sleeve, subdivision, arm

    Possible Opposite Answer : disarm


  • The clue is 22. "Don't worry about me!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: IMOKAY


  • The clue is 23. Primitive timer. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOURGLASS

    Possible Answer : hourglass


  • The clue is 26. Surface for doing exercises. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MAT

    Possible Answer : lustrelessness, felt_up, matt-up, entangle, flat, matte_up, Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, lusterlessness, MAT, mat_up, gym_mat, felt, matt, matting, matte, mat, snarl, flatness, tangle, matted

    Possible Opposite Answer : unsnarl, disentangle


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

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

    The answer: ORBS

    Possible Answer : eyeball, globe, orbit, ball, orb, revolve


  • The clue is 28. Going out romantically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ONADATE


  • The clue is 32. #1 pal. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BESTIE


  • The clue is 35. Language suffix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ESE

    Possible Answer : ESE, east_southeast


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

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

    The answer: SIRE

    Possible Answer : father, get, engender, mother, bring_forth, generate, sire, beget, forefather


  • The clue is 37. Music genre prefix. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALT

    Possible Answer : altitude, EL, ALT, elevation


  • The clue is 38. N.F.L. all-star game. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PROBOWL


  • The clue is 41. Texter's reaction to a joke. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOL


  • The clue is 42. Some beers. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALES

    Possible Answer : ale


  • The clue is 44. Bathroom fixture. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TUB

    Possible Answer : vat, tub, bathtub, tubful, bath, bathing_tub


  • The clue is 45. Clinks a glass and gives a speech to. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOASTS

    Possible Answer : toast, drink, pledge, crispen, goner, crisp, wassail, salute


  • The clue is 47. Indian pastries with savory fillings. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAMOSAS

    Possible Answer : samosa


  • The clue is 49. Obnoxious person, informally. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TOOL

    Possible Answer : instrument, pecker, peter, prick, putz, creature, joyride, puppet, tool, shaft, cock, dick, tool_around


  • The clue is 50. "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: CAT

    Possible Answer : cast, cat-o'-nine-tails, honk, guy, Arabian_tea, hombre, throw_up, big_cat, retch, African_tea, vomit, regurgitate, Caterpillar, barf, CAT, sick, regorge, upchuck, disgorge, vomit_up, spew, spue, be_sick, computed_axial_tomography, qat, computerized_tomography, cat, bozo, khat, quat, computed_tomography, kat, true_cat, computerized_axial_tomography, puke, purge, chuck, CT

    Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down


  • The clue is 51. Place for policy wonks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: THINKTANK


  • The clue is 56. Huge to-dos. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SCENES

    Possible Answer : fit, scenery, panorama, setting, view, vista, prospect, tantrum, conniption, shot, aspect, picture, scene


  • The clue is 59. "Sounds good!". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YES

    Possible Answer : yes

    Possible Opposite Answer : no


  • The clue is 60. Norse god of war and death. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ODIN

    Possible Answer : Odin


  • The clue is 61. Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HOLDWATER


  • The clue is 63. Grammarian's concern. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: USAGE

    Possible Answer : use, employment, usage, custom, exercise, utilization, usance, utilisation


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

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

    The answer: ILLS

    Possible Answer : ill, complaint, ailment


  • The clue is 65. Number of planets before Pluto was demoted. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NINE

    Possible Answer : ix, IX, nine, 9, ball_club, club, ennead, baseball_club, nine-spot, niner, Nina_from_Carolina


  • The clue is 66. Food item that might come with lox. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAGEL

    Possible Answer : beigel, bagel


  • The clue is 67. El ___, Tex.. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: PASO


  • The clue is 68. Exhausted, metaphorically. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: DEAD

    Possible Answer : beat, all_in, perfectly, numb, drained, bushed, deadened, idle, utterly, utter, absolutely, short, suddenly, abruptly, dead, stagnant

    Possible Opposite Answer : live, alive, living


  • The clue is 69. Put forth, as effort. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EXERT

    Possible Answer : exert, maintain, exercise, wield

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Down Clues and Answers:

  • The clue is 1. Basketball star Curry. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEPH

  • The clue is 2. ___ Park, location of Edison's first major laboratory. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MENLO

  • The clue is 3. Type of pear. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ANJOU

    Possible Answer: Anjou, anjou

  • The clue is 4. Plant affliction that's below ground. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ROOTROT

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

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

    The answer: TRY

    Possible Answer: attempt, try_out, adjudicate, try_on, try, endeavour, hear, render, assay, test, prove, effort, examine, stress, endeavor, sample, judge, strain, taste, essay, seek

  • The clue is 6. Creatures that are actually black with white stripes. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ZEBRAS

    Possible Answer: zebra

  • The clue is 7. What grads become. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALUMS

    Possible Answer: potash_alum, graduate, grad, ammonia_alum, ammonium_alum, alum, alumnus, potassium_alum, alumna

  • The clue is 8. Tiny complaint. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NIT

    Possible Answer: nit

  • The clue is 9. Abominable Snowman. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: YETI

    Possible Answer: abominable_snowman, yeti

  • The clue is 10. Advances. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: INROADS

    Possible Answer: inroad

  • The clue is 11. Shirley Temple and Virgin Bloody Mary, for two. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: MOCKTAILS

  • The clue is 12. H2O, in Mexico. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: AGUA

    Possible Answer: agua_toad, Bufo_marinus, agua

  • The clue is 13. "I understand you". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COPY

    Possible Answer: copy, written_matter, replicate, imitate, simulate, re-create, transcript

  • The clue is 19. Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EMMA

  • The clue is 21. Canadian province that's home to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALBERTA

    Possible Answer: Alberta

  • The clue is 24. Grasp tightly. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: GRIP

    Possible Answer: hold, spellbind, grasp, handgrip, bag, fascinate, transfix, traveling_bag, grapple, clutch, clutches, adhesive_friction, travelling_bag, grip, hairgrip, clench, suitcase, traction, bobby_pin, clasp, handle

  • The clue is 25. Meh. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOSO

  • The clue is 29. Units of force. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NEWTONS

    Possible Answer: newton, N, Newton, Sir_Isaac_Newton, Isaac_Newton

  • The clue is 30. Gait faster than a walk but slower than a canter. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TROT

    Possible Answer: trot, pony, crib, jog, clip, lope, Trotskyist, Trotskyite, Trot

  • The clue is 31. Snakelike fish. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EELS

    Possible Answer: eel

  • The clue is 32. Sheep sounds. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: BAAS

    Possible Answer: baas, blat, blate, baa, bleat

  • The clue is 33. "Enchanted" girl in a Gail Carson Levine book. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ELLA

  • The clue is 34. Biomedical building blocks. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEMCELLS

  • The clue is 35. Recede, as the tide. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: EBB

    Possible Answer: ebb_down, ebb_out, reflux, ebbing, ebb, ebb_away, ebb_off, wane

    Possible Opposite Answer : tide

  • The clue is 39. Remove from office. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: OUST

    Possible Answer: drum_out, oust, throw_out, expel, kick_out, boot_out

  • The clue is 40. Cry made while pointing. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: LOOK

    Possible Answer: looking_at, take_care, depend, expect, feeling, spirit, wait, search, front, look, reckon, tone, see, await, flavour, expression, looking, attend, aspect, flavor, facial_expression, seem, face, smell, bet, feel, appear, calculate, count

    Possible Opposite Answer : back

  • The clue is 43. No-goodnik. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SOANDSO

  • The clue is 46. Jazz combo instrument. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ALTOSAX

  • The clue is 48. Dish served from a crockpot. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: STEW

    Possible Answer: sweat, swither, grizzle, stew, fret, lather, grudge, brood

  • The clue is 49. In stacks, like a wedding cake. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIERED

    Possible Answer: tiered

  • The clue is 52. Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: HYENA

    Possible Answer: hyena, hyaena

  • The clue is 53. "The early bird gets the worm," for one. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: ADAGE

    Possible Answer: adage, proverb, saw, byword

  • The clue is 54. Landlocked African country. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: NIGER

    Possible Answer: Republic_of_Niger, Niger, Niger_River

  • The clue is 55. Prepared to propose. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: KNELT

    Possible Answer: kneel

  • The clue is 56. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SHIP

    Possible Answer: embark, send, ship, transport

    Possible Opposite Answer : disembark

  • The clue is 57. Pepsi or Coke. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: COLA

    Possible Answer: Cola, genus_Cola, Colon, dope, Aspinwall, Costa_Rican_colon, colon, El_Salvadoran_colon, cola

  • The clue is 58. Contents of a 23-Across. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: SAND

    Possible Answer: guts, backbone, Baroness_Dudevant, gumption, Sand, sandpaper, Amandine_Aurore_Lucie_Dupin, moxie, sand, grit, George_Sand



  • The clue is 62. "How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic). Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: TIE

    Possible Answer: link_up, draw, bind, standoff, attach, affiliation, wed, tie, marry, sleeper, tie-up, necktie, splice, tie_beam, link, crosstie, bond, linkup, connect, railroad_tie, association, tie-in

    Possible Opposite Answer : untie, disconnect

  • The clue is 63. Purple yam common in Filipino cooking. Can you find the Answer?

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

    The answer: UBE

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NYT Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Crossword Clues Hints with Answers

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 13, 2024

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Date: Friday, August 27, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

August 27, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions

August 27, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. What takes a licking and keeps on sticking? 5
2A 6. Bars that close 4
3A 10. Sandpaper specification 4
4A 14. Choreographer who posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 5
5A 15. Scores 4
6A 16. Greek goddess who could turn water into wine 4
7A 17. Stargazer's need 10
8A 19. Chef Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking" 4
9A 20. Hookups for a camera? 8
10A 21. Over the hill, with "up" 6
11A 23. Something you might flip over 3
12A 24. Rock on the edge 6
13A 25. What can follow "+/-" 13
14A 30. Not just in one's head 5
15A 31. You might get a date from it 4
16A 32. Objects of stargazers' gazes 4
17A 35. "So," in Italian 4
18A 36. Shopping ___ 5
19A 37. Mandate 4
20A 38. Follow 4
21A 39. Unit of measure in a tongue twister 4
22A 40. Product whose name comes from the French for "without caffeine" 5
23A 41. "As long as we're on the subject ..." 13
24A 44. "Daniel in the Lions' Den" painter, 1615 6
25A 45. A new beginning? 3
26A 46. Fundamental particles 6
27A 47. Sings to the rafters 8
28A 52. Preface to sharing one's P.O.V. 4
29A 53. "Hmm ... really?" 10
30A 55. Vegetable related to garlic 4
31A 56. Bread whose name derives from the Sanskrit for "bread" 4
32A 57. Chemistry lab compound 5
33A 58. Certain tax write-off 4
34A 59. San Francisco-based candy brand 4
35A 60. Missing funds 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. What takes a licking and keeps on sticking?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the distinctive form in which a thing is made
  • Words that mean the same thing: stomp, pigeonhole, stereotype
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STAMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Bars that close"

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 closing section of a musical composition
  • Words that mean the same thing: finale
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CODA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Sandpaper specification"

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 hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
  • Words that mean the same thing: gumption, guts, gritrock
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Choreographer who posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014"

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 united states choreographer noted for his use of african elements (born in 1931)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Alvin Ailey
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AILEY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Scores"

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 sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
  • Words that mean the same thing: Aten
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ATON

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Greek goddess who could turn water into wine"

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: OENO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Stargazer's need"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: CLEARSKIES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Chef Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: EDNA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Hookups for a camera?"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SEXTAPES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Over the hill, with "up""

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 clean with some chemical process
  • Words that mean the same thing: rinse, water-washed, wash out
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WASHED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Something you might flip over"

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
  • Words that mean the same thing: matting, gym mat, lusterlessness
  • The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Rock on the edge"

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 plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
  • Words that mean the same thing: seesaw, teeter-totter, tilting board
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TEETER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. What can follow "+/-""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: MARGINOFERROR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Not just in one's head"

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 using the voice; not silently
  • Words that mean the same thing: loudly, loud, out loud
  • The opposite would be: softly
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ALOUD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. You might get a date from it"

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 inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
  • Words that mean the same thing: ribbon, handle, medallion
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PALM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Objects of stargazers' gazes"

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 the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
  • Words that mean the same thing: ball, eyeball, orbit
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORBS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. "So," in Italian"

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: COSI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Shopping ___"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
  • Words that mean the same thing: fling
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPREE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Mandate"

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 legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
  • Words that mean the same thing: edict, rescript, decree
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FIAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Follow"

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 paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
  • Words that mean the same thing: mind, regard, paying attention
  • The opposite would be: inattentiveness
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HEED

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Unit of measure in a tongue twister"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • Words that mean the same thing: nag, raft, smack
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PECK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Product whose name comes from the French for "without caffeine""

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: SANKA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. "As long as we're on the subject ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: BEFOREIFORGET

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. "Daniel in the Lions' Den" painter, 1615"

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 prolific flemish baroque painter; knighted by the english king charles i (1577-1640)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Peter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RUBENS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. A new beginning?"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NEO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "46. Fundamental particles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any particle that obeys bose-einstein statistics but not the pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
  • Words that mean the same thing: boson
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BOSONS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "47. Sings to the rafters"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BELTSOUT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Preface to sharing one's P.O.V."

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: IMHO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. "Hmm ... really?""

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: OHISTHATSO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Vegetable related to garlic"

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 plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild allium ampeloprasum
  • Words that mean the same thing: Allium porrum, scallion
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LEEK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. Bread whose name derives from the Sanskrit for "bread""

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: ROTI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Chemistry lab compound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ESTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Certain tax write-off"

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 that is lost
  • Words that mean the same thing: exit, going, red ink
  • The opposite would be: gain
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LOSS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. San Francisco-based candy brand"

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • Words that mean the same thing: fancy, go through, get wind
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Missing funds"

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 location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  • Words that mean the same thing: poor, suddenly, short-change
  • The opposite would be: tall, long
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SHORT

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword August 27, 2021

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Ink containers 4
2D 2. Mahjong piece 4
3D 3. Middle child on ABC's "Modern Family" 4
4D 4. Supermarket section 4
5D 5. The only remaining wonder of the ancient world, for one 7
6D 6. Stuck-up couples at weddings? 11
7D 7. Company that makes moving walkways 4
8D 8. First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music" 3
9D 9. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" 8
10D 10. Crosses a line 10
11D 11. Don't be misled by this 10
12D 12. Kind of circle 5
13D 13. Resident of Nintendo's Mushroom Kingdom 4
14D 18. Run from here to there? 4
15D 22. ___ Lingus 3
16D 24. Brain power 11
17D 25. It's calculated relative to the speed of sound 4
18D 26. Ingredient in the skin-care aisle 4
19D 27. View from the Oval Office 10
20D 28. Tourists' reading 10
21D 29. Ludicrous display 5
22D 33. Make a turnover, say 4
23D 34. Turnovers, e.g. 4
24D 36. Logos on Little League uniforms 8
25D 40. Applies a salve to 7
26D 42. Swamp 3
27D 43. Bowler material 4
28D 44. "Oh, I am fortune's fool!" speaker 5
29D 46. Send an invoice 4
30D 47. Take the bait 4
31D 48. Bit of ceremonial attire 4
32D 49. Name that has left/right symmetry 4
33D 50. ___ ID 4
34D 51. Civil offense 4
35D 54. Tool that makes the sound "scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" 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. Ink containers"

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 enclosed space
  • Words that mean the same thing: pocket, pouch, Sac
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SACS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Mahjong piece"

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 flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
  • Words that mean the same thing: roofing tile
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Middle child on ABC's "Modern Family""

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: ALEX

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Supermarket section"

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 flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  • Words that mean the same thing: center, heart, kernel
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. The only remaining wonder of the ancient world, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
  • Words that mean the same thing: Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PYRAMID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Stuck-up couples at weddings?"

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: CAKETOPPERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Company that makes moving walkways"

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 united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Elisha Graves Otis, genus 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 8 Down: "8. First word in a classic song from "The Sound of Music""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
  • Words that mean the same thing: Energy Department, Energy, Department of Energy
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: DOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Hey, I'm talking to you!""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ANSWERME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Crosses a line"

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: GOESTOOFAR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Don't be misled by this"

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: REDHERRING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Kind of circle"

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 located inward; - leonard bernstein; - david denby; - a.r.gurney,jr.
  • Words that mean the same thing: intimate, privileged, interior
  • The opposite would be: outer
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: INNER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Resident of Nintendo's Mushroom Kingdom"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
  • Words that mean the same thing: batrachian, frog, salientian
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Run from here to there?"

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 complete duration of something
  • Words that mean the same thing: pair, distich, twain
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. ___ 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 16 Down: "24. Brain power"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
  • Words that mean the same thing: psychokinesis
  • The word looks like this: ___________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TELEKINESIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. It's calculated relative to the speed of sound"

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 austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Ernst Mach
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MACH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Ingredient in the skin-care aisle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ALOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. View from the Oval Office"

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 any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
  • Words that mean the same thing: rose, rosebush
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROSEBUSHES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Tourists' reading"

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 something that offers basic information or instruction
  • Words that mean the same thing: guidebook, guide
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GUIDEBOOKS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. Ludicrous display"

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 comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  • Words that mean the same thing: farce comedy, travesty, forcemeat
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FARCE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Make a turnover, say"

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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
  • Words that mean the same thing: broil
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BAKE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Turnovers, e.g."

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: STAT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Logos on Little League uniforms"

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 someone who supports or champions something
  • Words that mean the same thing: patronize, presenter, patron
  • The opposite would be: boycott
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPONSORS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Applies a salve to"

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 give moral or emotional strength to
  • Words that mean the same thing: solace, comfort, soothe
  • The opposite would be: irritate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SOOTHES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. Swamp"

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 100 fen equal 1 yuan in china
  • Words that mean the same thing: marshland, marsh, fenland
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: FEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Bowler material"

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 fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
  • Words that mean the same thing: experience, finger, felt 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: FELT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. "Oh, I am fortune's fool!" speaker"

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

    The answer is: ROMEO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Send an invoice"

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 statute in draft before it becomes law
  • Words that mean the same thing: government note, pecker, visor
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BILL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Take the bait"

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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
  • Words that mean the same thing: pungency, sharpness, 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: BITE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Bit of ceremonial attire"

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 framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
  • Words that mean the same thing: waistcloth, window sash, waistband
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SASH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Name that has left/right symmetry"

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: OTTO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. ___ ID"

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 makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
  • Words that mean the same thing: substance abuser, drug user, exploiter
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: USER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Civil offense"

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) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  • Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TORT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Tool that makes the sound "scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit""

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

    The answer is: HOE

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 59 84.3%
Short Answer 5 7.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment 2 2.9%
History 2 2.9%
Geography 1 1.4%
Music 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 35
Down Clues 35
Total Clues 70
Average Answer Length 5.5 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is 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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Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 09:42 AM

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