December 02, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (38 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, December 02, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (38 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle December 02, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Thwack	4
2A	5. Bow ties, e.g.	5
3A	10. Dollar alternative	4
4A	14. Like chocolate mousse	4
5A	15. Puckish	5
6A	16. Lunar plain	4
7A	17. Circadian rhythm regulator	13
8A	19. Heaps	4
9A	20. Tech executive, for short	3
10A	21. Labor leader Dolores Huerta or astronaut Ellen Ochoa	6
11A	23. Representative Bowman, the first male member of "The Squad"	6
12A	26. H.S. course that might have a unit on the Harlem Renaissance	11
13A	28. Singer Tori	4
14A	29. Mendelssohn work in E flat major, and others	6
15A	31. Make definite, informally	3
16A	32. Mojito ingredient	4
17A	33. Rejections	4
18A	34. Scepter topper	3
19A	36. Does dirty	7
20A	38. Word before oil or water	7
21A	42. Use a 56-Across	3
22A	43. "Sure, sure"	4
23A	45. Delicate textile	4
24A	46. Presidential nickname	3
25A	48. Ticks off	6
26A	50. Open ___	4
27A	51. Performance artist portraying male characters	8
28A	53. Agree	6
29A	55. Hawaii is famous for them	9
30A	56. Boat propeller	3
31A	57. Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer	4
32A	58. One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	10
33A	65. Like texting during a conversation, to some	4
34A	66. Ancient Greek marketplace	5
35A	67. Refer to	4
36A	68. Symbol of Russia	4
37A	69. "Copy that"	5
38A	70. Checkup, e.g.	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. Thwack"

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

  The answer is: SWAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Bow ties, e.g."

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 dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
• Words that mean the same thing: alimentary paste
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Dollar alternative"

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: AVIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Like chocolate mousse"

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 people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
• Words that mean the same thing: fertile, plenteous, fat
• The opposite would be: poor, lean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Puckish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; ; - john mason brown
• Words that mean the same thing: elvish, elfish, elflike
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELFIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Lunar plain"

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 female equine animal
• Words that mean the same thing: maria, female horse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Circadian rhythm regulator"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: INTERNALCLOCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Heaps"

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 9 Across: "20. Tech executive, 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 federation of north american industrial unions that merged with the american federation of labor in 1955
• Words that mean the same thing: Congress of Industrial Organizations
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Labor leader Dolores Huerta or astronaut Ellen Ochoa"

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: LATINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Representative Bowman, the first male member of "The Squad""

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: JAMAAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. H.S. course that might have a unit on the Harlem Renaissance"

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: AMERICANLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Singer Tori"

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 a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Mendelssohn work in E flat major, and others"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: ogdoad, octad, VIII
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Make definite, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
• Words that mean the same thing: ice-skating rink, chicken feed, methamphetamine
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Mojito ingredient"

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

  The answer is: MINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Rejections"

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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 102, no, nobelium
• 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: NOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Scepter topper"

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

  The answer is: ORB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. Does dirty"

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 reveal unintentionally
• Words that mean the same thing: deceive, tell on, give away
• The opposite would be: undeceive
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BETRAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Word before oil or water"

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 solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINERAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Use a 56-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
• Words that mean the same thing: rowing, dustup, quarrel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. "Sure, sure""

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: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Delicate textile"

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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
• Words that mean the same thing: enlace, spike, lacing
• The opposite would be: untwine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Presidential nickname"

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: ABE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Ticks off"

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

  The answer is: ANGERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Open ___"

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: weapons system, coat of arms, limb
• 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 27 Across: "51. Performance artist portraying male characters"

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: DRAGKING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Agree"

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: SAYYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Hawaii is famous for them"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
• Words that mean the same thing: volcano, vent
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLCANOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Boat propeller"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
• Words that mean the same thing: salt shaker
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALTSHAKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Like texting during a conversation, to some"

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 socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: lowbred, uncivil, bad-mannered
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Ancient Greek marketplace"

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 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in israel
• Words that mean the same thing: public square
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGORA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Refer to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
• Words that mean the same thing: quote, refer, credit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Symbol of Russia"

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 massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, yield, endure
• The opposite would be: bull
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. "Copy that""

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 make mention of
• Words that mean the same thing: observe, note, take note
• The opposite would be: ignore
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "70. Checkup, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
• Words that mean the same thing: test, examination
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle December 02, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hindu honorific	3
2D	2. Success	3
3D	3. One may be tough to follow	3
4D	4. Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flag	9
5D	5. Australia, once	11
6D	6. Every last one	3
7D	7. West Coast air hub, for short	3
8D	8. First X or O	3
9D	9. Tarsal adornment	6
10D	10. Violin family name	5
11D	11. Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius	14
12D	12. 1996 hit for Alanis Morissette	6
13D	13. House mate?	6
14D	18. Narrow inlet	3
15D	22. Basis of some insurance fraud	5
16D	23. Place to hang a mezuzah	4
17D	24. Bestie in Bordeaux	4
18D	25. Largest French-speaking city in North America	14
19D	26. Consumed	3
20D	27. German physician who coined the term "animal magnetism"	6
21D	30. Vouch (for), in a way	6
22D	35. Something that's impossible to run by yourself	9
23D	37. Still up, say	5
24D	39. "A pity, really"	8
25D	40. Peak	4
26D	41. Word often confused with "fewer"	4
27D	44. Plead	3
28D	46. Too, for one	6
29D	47. Shoe with decorative perforations	6
30D	49. Leaf producer	6
31D	52. Hopeless case	5
32D	54. Contented sigh	3
33D	59. Earlier	3
34D	60. Park place?	3
35D	61. L'ora della siesta, maybe	3
36D	62. "Parent-approved" cereal	3
37D	63. GPS approximation	3
38D	64. "Stand" band, 1989	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. Hindu honorific"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Success"

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 victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: winnings, pull ahead, bring home the bacon
• The opposite would be: losings, lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. One may be tough to follow"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: turn, routine, dissemble
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flag"

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: THECASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Australia, once"

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: PENALCOLONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Every last one"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: entirely, altogether, wholly
• The opposite would be: some, partly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. West Coast air hub, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SFO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. First X or O"

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 local and habitual twitching especially in the face
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tarsal adornment"

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 shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: ankle bracelet, anklets, bobbysock
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANKLET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Violin family name"

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 italian violin maker in cremona; taught the craft to guarneri and stradivari (1596-1684)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nicolo Amati, Nicola Amati
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMATI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius"

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: VATICANLIBRARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. 1996 hit for Alanis Morissette"

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 humorously sarcastic or mocking
• Words that mean the same thing: wry, ironical, dry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRONIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. House mate?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SENATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Narrow inlet"

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: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Basis of some insurance fraud"

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 malicious burning to destroy property
• Words that mean the same thing: fire-raising, incendiarism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Place to hang a mezuzah"

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 upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: JAMB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Bestie in Bordeaux"

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

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• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Largest French-speaking city in North America"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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!
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  The answer is: MONTREALCANADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Consumed"

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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, run through, eat on
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. German physician who coined the term "animal magnetism""

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 austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
• Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: MESMER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Vouch (for), in a way"

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 sign jointly
• Words that mean the same thing: co-sign
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: COSIGN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Something that's impossible to run by yourself"

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: RELAYRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Still up, say"

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 stop sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: arouse, wake, waken
• The opposite would be: asleep, fall asleep
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. "A pity, really""

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: ITSSOSAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Peak"

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 highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• Words that mean the same thing: top, summit, tiptop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Word often confused with "fewer""

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 (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
• Words that mean the same thing: to a lesser extent
• The opposite would be: more
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: LESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "44. Plead"

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 call upon in supplication; entreat
• Words that mean the same thing: solicit, tap, implore
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Too, for one"

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 word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ADVERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Shoe with decorative perforations"

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 thick and heavy shoe
• Words that mean the same thing: work shoe, brogan, clodhopper
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "49. Leaf producer"

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 seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in march and april)
• Words that mean the same thing: Nisan
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NISSAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Hopeless case"

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 person in desperate straits; someone doomed
• Words that mean the same thing: toast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: GONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Contented sigh"

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: ooh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "59. Earlier"

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 gone by; or in the past
• Words that mean the same thing: agone
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "60. Park place?"

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

  The answer is: LOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "61. L'ora della siesta, 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: TRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "62. "Parent-approved" cereal"

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: KIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. GPS approximation"

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

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "64. "Stand" band, 1989"

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 recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: paradoxical sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	65.8%
Short Answer	20	26.3%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	38
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.

Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM

NY Times Crossword Answers July 15, 2020 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 15, 2020

Published on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 15 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (43)

Clue #1: 1. ___ rock (Queen's onetime musical style)

4-letter answer Answer: GLAM

Clue #2: 5. Start of many volcano names

5-letter answer Answer: MOUNT

Word Help: Synonyms: mountain, go_up, get_on
Antonyms: wane, hop_out

Clue #3: 10. Line at an airport

4-letter answer Answer: CABS

Word Help: Synonyms: taxicab, cabriolet, cab

Clue #4: 14. Mustang, e.g.

4-letter answer Answer: AUTO

Word Help: Synonyms: automobile, car, machine

Clue #5: 15. A bug might produce one

5-letter answer Answer: ERROR

Word Help: Synonyms: erroneousness, mistake, fault

Clue #6: 16. "Now!"

4-letter answer Answer: ASAP

Word Help: Synonyms: ASAP

Clue #7: 17. Place

4-letter answer Answer: LIEU

Word Help: Synonyms: place, stead, lieu

Clue #8: 18. Charlie follower

5-letter answer Answer: DELTA

Word Help: Synonyms: delta

Clue #9: 19. It might send you to the moon

4-letter answer Answer: NASA

Word Help: Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration

Clue #10: 20. Tennis player with a Career Golden Slam (winning all four majors and an Olympic gold)

6-letter answer Answer: AGASSI

Clue #11: 22. Digitize, as a document

6-letter answer Answer: SCANIN

Clue #12: 24. Hangs tight

7-letter answer Answer: SITSPAT

Clue #13: 26. Military formation

7-letter answer Answer: PHALANX

Word Help: Synonyms: phalanx

Clue #14: 27. Facility

4-letter answer Answer: EASE

Word Help: Synonyms: ease, still, simpleness
Antonyms: difficulty

Clue #15: 28. Pointy features on Vulcans and elves

4-letter answer Answer: EARS

Word Help: Synonyms: capitulum, pinna, ear

Clue #16: 29. Info on a flight board, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ETD

Word Help: Synonyms: ETD, explosive_trace_detection

Clue #17: 32. Text of gratitude

3-letter answer Answer: THX

Clue #18: 33. Pitcher's asset

3-letter answer Answer: ARM

Word Help: Synonyms: sleeve, subdivision, branch
Antonyms: disarm

Clue #19: 34. They're often stored in towers

3-letter answer Answer: CDS

Word Help: Synonyms: certificate_of_deposit, Cd, CD

Clue #20: 37. Commercial district in Tokyo known as a fashion center

7-letter answer Answer: SHIBUYA

Clue #21: 39. Actress Kristen of the "Twilight Saga" series

7-letter answer Answer: STEWART

Word Help: Synonyms: Jimmy_Stewart, James_Maitland_Stewart, Stewart

Clue #22: 41. Off-white shade

5-letter answer Answer: PEARL

Word Help: Synonyms: bone, drop, bead

Clue #23: 42. "Can't you see, people are trying to work!"

3-letter answer Answer: SHH

Clue #24: 44. British sailor, in slang

5-letter answer Answer: LIMEY

Word Help: Synonyms: John_Bull, limey

Clue #25: 45. Film ratings org.

4-letter answer Answer: MPAA

Clue #26: 46. Lead-in to boy or follower of yoo

3-letter answer Answer: HOO

Clue #27: 47. Big skiing destination

4-letter answer Answer: ALPS

Word Help: Synonyms: alp, Alps, the_Alps

Clue #28: 48. Actor Schreiber

4-letter answer Answer: LIEV

Clue #29: 49. ___ commentary

5-letter answer Answer: COLOR

Word Help: Synonyms: people_of_color, colouring, coloring
Antonyms: discolor, colorlessness

Clue #30: 51. "___ we forget"

4-letter answer Answer: LEST

Word Help: Synonyms: l, fifty, 50

Clue #31: 53. Food also known as ladies' fingers

4-letter answer Answer: OKRA

Word Help: Synonyms: gumbo, okra_plant, okra

Clue #32: 54. O'Connor's successor on the Supreme Court

5-letter answer Answer: ALITO

Clue #33: 55. Things drawn with compasses

4-letter answer Answer: ARCS

Word Help: Synonyms: arch, spark, discharge

Clue #34: 56. Yak

3-letter answer Answer: GAB

Word Help: Synonyms: chit-chat, gossip, chit_chat

Clue #35: 57. Informal "yes"

7-letter answer Answer: INDEEDY

Clue #36: 59. L x w x h

3-letter answer Answer: VOL

Clue #37: 60. ___ B. Wells, co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P.

3-letter answer Answer: IDA

Word Help: Synonyms: International_Development_Association, IDA

Clue #38: 61. Western range

7-letter answer Answer: SIERRAS

Word Help: Synonyms: sierra, Scomberomorus_sierra

Clue #39: 62. Kerfuffle

3-letter answer Answer: ADO

Word Help: Synonyms: hustle, bustle, flurry

Clue #40: 63. Little part of a big wheel

3-letter answer Answer: COG

Word Help: Synonyms: sprocket, cog

Clue #41: 64. Grants may come out of it

3-letter answer Answer: ATM

Word Help: Synonyms: cash_dispenser, asynchronous_transfer_mode, cash_machine

Clue #42: 65. The youngest host in its history is Drew Barrymore (age 7): Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #43: 66. Lepidopterist's need

3-letter answer Answer: NET

Word Help: Synonyms: mesh, network, meshing
Antonyms: gross

Across Clues and Answers (43)

Clue #1: 1. Fancy balls

5-letter answer Answer: GALAS

Word Help: Synonyms: jamboree, blowout, gala_affair

Clue #2: 2. Video game character with an "L" on his hat

5-letter answer Answer: LUIGI

Clue #3: 3. Bugged no end

5-letter answer Answer: ATEAT

Clue #4: 4. Often-chocolaty dessert

6-letter answer Answer: MOUSSE

Word Help: Synonyms: hair_mousse, gel, mousse

Clue #5: 5. Avoiding the press

8-letter answer Answer: MEDIASHY

Clue #6: 6. Division of the Danish krone

3-letter answer Answer: ORE

Word Help: Synonyms: ore

Clue #7: 7. Surfer's destination?

3-letter answer Answer: URL

Word Help: Synonyms: uniform_resource_locator, URL, universal_resource_locator

Clue #8: 8. "Let's ___"

3-letter answer Answer: NOT

Word Help: Synonyms: not, non

Clue #9: 9. Creative works made of recyclable parts

8-letter answer Answer: TRASHART

Clue #10: 10. Some shortcuts for ships

6-letter answer Answer: CANALS

Word Help: Synonyms: canal, canalise, channel

Clue #11: 11. Body position in yoga

5-letter answer Answer: ASANA

Word Help: Synonyms: asana

Clue #12: 12. Great ___ National Park

5-letter answer Answer: BASIN

Word Help: Synonyms: basinful, drainage_basin, washbasin

Clue #13: 13. Brand of figure-shaping underwear

5-letter answer Answer: SPANX

Clue #14: 21. Spreader of frosting or plaster

7-letter answer Answer: SPATULA

Word Help: Synonyms: spatula

Clue #15: 23. ___ Soprano (Edie Falco role)

7-letter answer Answer: CARMELA

Clue #16: 25. Alternative to five-card draw

11-letter answer Answer: TEXASHOLDEM

Clue #17: 26. Toys that can be dangerous

11-letter answer Answer: PEASHOOTERS

Clue #18: 29. Madrid's country, in the Olympics: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: ESP

Word Help: Synonyms: E.S.P., extrasensory_perception, clairvoyance

Clue #19: 30. Popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera

9-letter answer Answer: THEMIKADO

Clue #20: 31. Accessory that's good for changing times?

9-letter answer Answer: DIAPERBAG

Clue #21: 34. Mobile home?

9-letter answer Answer: CAMPERVAN

Clue #22: 35. Business casual, e.g.

9-letter answer Answer: DRESSCODE

Clue #23: 36. Where hogs go wild?

3-letter answer Answer: STY

Word Help: Synonyms: pigpen, pigsty, sty

Clue #24: 38. Cheer at an opera house

5-letter answer Answer: BRAVA

Clue #25: 40. Author Cather

5-letter answer Answer: WILLA

Clue #26: 43. More pious ... or more moth-eaten

6-letter answer Answer: HOLIER

Word Help: Synonyms: holy
Antonyms: unholy

Clue #27: 48. What you need to solve sudoku

5-letter answer Answer: LOGIC

Word Help: Synonyms: system_of_logic, logic, logical_system

Clue #28: 49. "Ixnay!"

5-letter answer Answer: CANIT

Clue #29: 50. Sometime adversary of Godzilla

5-letter answer Answer: RODAN

Clue #30: 52. Letter-shaped opening for a bolt

5-letter answer Answer: TSLOT

Clue #31: 57. Middle of many metaphors

3-letter answer Answer: ISA

Clue #32: 58. Fashion monogram

3-letter answer Answer: YSL

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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