December 19, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.9 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle December 19, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Club fee / "Hell no!"	11
2A	5. Nurse back to health	5
3A	10. Longtime music label inits.	3
4A	13. Strip	5
5A	14. Hoth, in the "Star Wars" universe	9
6A	16. Share a take	5
7A	17. Executive's perk, maybe / It might fit in a tight spot	21
8A	18. "Sh" or "wr"	7
9A	20. Full of difficulties	6
10A	21. Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis	4
11A	22. George Sand, for one	5
12A	25. George Sand, par exemple	3
13A	26. Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie	4
14A	27. Bring into harmony	4
15A	28. Humdinger	5
16A	30. Ping-Pong do-over	3
17A	32. Floor type	4
18A	34. Some Hollywood technology, for short	3
19A	35. Place with hot stones	3
20A	38. Alison ___, author of "Fun Home"	7
21A	40. QVC alternative	3
22A	41. Filmer Kilmer	3
23A	42. ___ water (trendy drink)	4
24A	43. Prepared for bad news, perhaps	3
25A	45. Longtime M.L.B. second baseman Chase	5
26A	47. Smacks hard / Types	11
27A	49. Film director Harold / Pours	11
28A	53. Mac platform	3
29A	54. Flattens	5
30A	55. Best Picture of 2012	4
31A	56. "I'm in a hurry!"	6
32A	58. Theater fare	7
33A	60. Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares	9
34A	63. "Jeez!"	5
35A	64. Unveiling	9
36A	65. Like English bogs	5
37A	66. Director Craven	3
38A	67. Owner of Words With Friends	5
39A	68. Facility	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. Club fee / "Hell no!""

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: COVER/NEVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Nurse back to health"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Longtime music label inits."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Strip"

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 the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
• Words that mean the same thing: belt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Hoth, in the "Star Wars" universe"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: ICEPLANET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Share a take"

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 be in accord; be in agreement
• Words that mean the same thing: concord, correspond, check
• The opposite would be: disagree
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Executive's perk, maybe / It might fit in a tight spot"

Quick Info: This answer has 21 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: COMPANYCAR/COMPACTCAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. "Sh" or "wr""

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 two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
• Words that mean the same thing: digram
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIGRAPH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Full of difficulties"

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 bristling with perplexities
• Words that mean the same thing: prickly, briery, spiny
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THORNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Words that mean the same thing: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IRAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. George Sand, for one"

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 name that has been assumed temporarily
• Words that mean the same thing: a.k.a., false name, also known as
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. George Sand, par exemple"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie"

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

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: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. Bring into harmony"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
• Words that mean the same thing: synchronize, synchronise
• The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Humdinger"

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 an outstanding example of its kind
• Words that mean the same thing: beauty
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEAUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Ping-Pong do-over"

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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
• Words that mean the same thing: have, allow, permit
• The opposite would be: forbid, prevent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Floor type"

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 18 Across: "34. Some Hollywood technology, for short"

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

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: CGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Place with hot stones"

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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
• Words that mean the same thing: health spa, watering hole, health club
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Alison ___, author of "Fun Home""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: BECHDEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. QVC alternative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HSN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Filmer Kilmer"

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

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: VAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. ___ water (trendy drink)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that 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 24 Across: "43. Prepared for bad news, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: sit down, sit around, model
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "45. Longtime M.L.B. second baseman Chase"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UTLEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Smacks hard / Types"

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: SWATS/SORTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Film director Harold / Pours"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: RAMIS/RAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Mac platform"

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: OSX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Flattens"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
• Words that mean the same thing: KO, kayo, knockout
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAYOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "55. Best Picture of 2012"

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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "56. "I'm in a hurry!""

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: NOTIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "58. Theater fare"

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 corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
• Words that mean the same thing: Zea mays everta
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POPCORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares"

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: STATELINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. "Jeez!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OHMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. Unveiling"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FIRSTLOOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "65. Like English bogs"

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

  The answer is: PEATY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "66. Director Craven"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "67. Owner of Words With Friends"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZYNGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "68. Facility"

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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
• Words that mean the same thing: simplicity, facilitate, comfort
• The opposite would be: difficulty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword December 19, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dale Evans, for one / Zooey Deschanel TV series	15
2D	2. Author Mario ___ Llosa	6
3D	3. Ceaseless	7
4D	4. Relative of an ostrich	4
5D	5. To a great degree	6
6D	6. Prefix with tourist	3
7D	7. Put a border on	3
8D	8. Datebook listings: Abbr.	5
9D	9. Uninspired	4
10D	10. Horn in (on)	8
11D	11. Glares sourly at, in modern lingo	8
12D	12. Humble response to a compliment	4
13D	13. Hawkins of "Li'l Abner"	5
14D	15. "Volunteers?" / Play's start	13
15D	19. Baby blue, e.g.	6
16D	23. Obstructing / On paper	17
17D	24. Battery fill	4
18D	28. Composer Bartók	4
19D	29. Word before Pan, Man or can	3
20D	31. Owner of StubHub	4
21D	33. Not as much	6
22D	35. Popular crime show spinoff, informally	3
23D	36. Baby's bottom?	8
24D	37. They're at the top of their game	8
25D	39. ___ Nostra	4
26D	44. Inspirational passage?	7
27D	46. Takes off	5
28D	48. Brown v. Board of Education city	6
29D	50. Things that bakeries make but don't sell	6
30D	51. Move / Unappreciative person	15
31D	52. Boyo	5
32D	54. ___ green	5
33D	56. "Avoid watching this at the office," briefly	4
34D	57. "This Is Us" co-star Chrissy	4
35D	59. Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex	4
36D	61. Chemistry particle	3
37D	62. Holiday drink	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. Dale Evans, for one / Zooey Deschanel TV series"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: COWGIRL/NEWGIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Author Mario ___ Llosa"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that brazilian statesman who ruled brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
• Words that mean the same thing: Getulio Dornelles Vargas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VARGAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Ceaseless"

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 continuing forever or indefinitely
• Words that mean the same thing: aeonian, eonian, unceasing
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETERNAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Relative of an ostrich"

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 fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
• Words that mean the same thing: Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, Rhea americana
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. To a great degree"

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 to an ample degree or in an ample manner
• Words that mean the same thing: lavishly, amply, extravagantly
• The opposite would be: meagerly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RICHLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Prefix with tourist"

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: ECO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Put a border on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• Words that mean the same thing: ahem
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Datebook listings: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: APPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Uninspired"

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 pompous or pretentious talk or writing
• Words that mean the same thing: bombast, fustian, claptrap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Horn in (on)"

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 advance beyond the usual limit
• Words that mean the same thing: entrench, trench, infringe
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENCROACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Glares sourly at, in modern lingo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MEANMUGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Humble response to a compliment"

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: ITRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Hawkins of "Li'l Abner""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SADIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. "Volunteers?" / Play's start"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: ANYONE/ACTONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Baby blue, e.g."

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

  The answer is: PASTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Obstructing / On paper"

Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: INTHEWAY/INTHEORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Battery fill"

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 water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
• Words that mean the same thing: caustic, sulfurous, acrid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Composer Bartók"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Word before Pan, Man or can"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
• Words that mean the same thing: put up, tin can, canister
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Owner of StubHub"

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: EBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "33. Not as much"

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: LESSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Popular crime show spinoff, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SVU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Baby's bottom?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PATOOTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. They're at the top of their game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLSTARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Nostra"

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: COSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Inspirational passage?"

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 membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
• Words that mean the same thing: windpipe
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRACHEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Takes off"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an opening that permits escape or release
• Words that mean the same thing: issue, croak, buy the farm
• The opposite would be: enter, be born
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EXITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "48. Brown v. Board of Education city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the state of kansas; located in eastern kansas on the kansas river
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Kansas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOPEKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "50. Things that bakeries make but don't sell"

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 any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: odour, scent, olfactory property
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AROMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "51. Move / Unappreciative person"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIGRATE/INGRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Boyo"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
• Words that mean the same thing: laddie, sonny boy, lad
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SONNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. ___ green"

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 united states circus clown (1898-1979)
• Words that mean the same thing: Grace Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Emmett Kelly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KELLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. "Avoid watching this at the office," briefly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NSFW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. "This Is Us" co-star Chrissy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: METZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex"

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 head of the roman catholic church
• Words that mean the same thing: Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, Alexander Pope
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Chemistry particle"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Holiday drink"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: peg
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	60.5%
Short Answer	11	14.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	7	9.2%
Movies/Film	3	3.9%
Music	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	21 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

NYT Tuesday Crossword Across Clues - September 21, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. A founding member of the Avengers	4
2A	5. Primary	4
3A	9. Like many high-end watches	5
4A	14. Nurse's ___	4
5A	15. Seaweed wrapped around sushi	4
6A	16. British pop singer Lewis	5
7A	17. Advocate for U2's frontman?	15
8A	20. Shot from a needle	5
9A	21. The "fact" that bulls get angry when they see the color red, e.g.	4
10A	22. No-win situations?	4
11A	23. Next of ___	3
12A	25. Subject of a famous 1937 disappearance	7
13A	27. Swing of a bowler's arm?	12
14A	32. Blood-typing system	3
15A	33. Wine often served with 15-Across	4
16A	34. Accompaniment for many a hymn	5
17A	38. Gyro holder	4
18A	40. Deadly African snake	5
19A	43. Fish often served "meunière"	4
20A	44. Rudder's locale	5
21A	46. Cloud of melancholy	4
22A	48. Average fellow	3
23A	49. A little tied up at the moment?	12
24A	53. Defeat via invasion	7
25A	56. Emerson's "___ to Beauty"	3
26A	57. Give up arguing	4
27A	58. Many an opera villain	4
28A	61. Olympic great Jesse	5
29A	65. Attire for gym period?	15
30A	68. Some wedding guests	5
31A	69. Org. for seniors	4
32A	70. Largest member of the dolphin family	4
33A	71. Professional soccer player with the most goals for a single club (Barcelona)	5
34A	72. Jewish rite	4
35A	73. ___ et Chandon	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. A founding member of the Avengers"

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 (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Primary"

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 curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
• Words that mean the same thing: prankish, implike, puckish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Like many high-end watches"

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 natives or inhabitants of switzerland
• Words that mean the same thing: Swiss people
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Nurse's ___"

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 officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• Words that mean the same thing: aide-de-camp, adjutant, auxiliary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Seaweed wrapped around sushi"

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: NORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. British pop singer Lewis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Advocate for U2's frontman?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PROBONOATTORNEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Shot from a needle"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SERUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. The "fact" that bulls get angry when they see the color red, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MYTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. No-win situations?"

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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
• Words that mean the same thing: link, association, wed
• The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Next of ___"

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 person having kinship with another or others
• Words that mean the same thing: consanguineal, tribe, clan
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Subject of a famous 1937 disappearance"

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 first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the pacific (1898-1937)
• Words that mean the same thing: Amelia Earhart
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARHART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Swing of a bowler's arm?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: MOVETOSTRIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Blood-typing system"

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 dark-skinned member of a race of people living in australia when europeans arrived
• Words that mean the same thing: Aboriginal, Australian Aborigine, native Australian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Wine often served with 15-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a reason for wanting something done
• Words that mean the same thing: interest, saki, rice beer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Accompaniment for many a hymn"

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 fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
• Words that mean the same thing: pipe organ, electric organ, Hammond organ
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORGAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Gyro holder"

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 usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
• Words that mean the same thing: pocket bread
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "40. Deadly African snake"

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 arboreal snake of central and southern africa whose bite is often fatal
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Fish often served "meunière""

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 underside of footwear or a golf club
• Words that mean the same thing: only, resole, exclusive
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Rudder's locale"

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 rear part of a ship
• Words that mean the same thing: severe, Isaac Stern, tooshie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "46. Cloud of melancholy"

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 sudden numbing dread
• Words that mean the same thing: scare, drape, die
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "48. Average fellow"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. A little tied up at the moment?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: MOTIONDENIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "53. Defeat via invasion"

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 too much production or more than expected
• Words that mean the same thing: well over, infest, overflow
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVERRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. Emerson's "___ to Beauty""

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Give up arguing"

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 geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
• Words that mean the same thing: undermine, spelunk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "58. Many an opera villain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the lowest part of the musical range
• Words that mean the same thing: sea bass, bass part, basso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "61. Olympic great Jesse"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states athlete and black american whose success in the 1936 olympic games in berlin outraged hitler (1913-1980)
• Words that mean the same thing: James Cleveland Owens, Robert Owen, Jesse Owens
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Attire for gym period?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLASSACTIONSUIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "68. Some wedding guests"

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 sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
• Words that mean the same thing: auntie, aunt, aunty
• The opposite would be: uncle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "69. Org. for seniors"

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 association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
• Words that mean the same thing: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "70. Largest member of the dolphin family"

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

  The answer is: ORCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "71. Professional soccer player with the most goals for a single club (Barcelona)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MESSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "72. Jewish rite"

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 jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
• Words that mean the same thing: Briss, Berith, Brith
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "73. ___ et Chandon"

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: MOET

  Great job if you got it right!

September 21, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Selects, as for a position	4
2D	2. Bring on for a position	4
3D	3. Musk, e.g.	4
4D	4. Sharp talking-to	6
5D	5. ___ Taylor, longtime name in women's fashion	3
6D	6. Chamber	4
7D	7. Unhinged, in slang	4
8D	8. Follower of pinch or switch	6
9D	9. ___-pitch	3
10D	10. Brand of caramel candy	8
11D	11. Ancient Greek region on the Aegean	5
12D	12. Mocking smile	5
13D	13. Biblical verb with "thou"	5
14D	18. Neglects to mention	5
15D	19. Tom yung goong or tom kha kai cuisine	4
16D	24. Author/activist Chomsky	4
17D	26. Classic Hollywood studio	3
18D	27. Rand McNally's business	4
19D	28. Final words?	4
20D	29. November exhortation	4
21D	30. Reggae relative	3
22D	31. Presto or allegro	5
23D	35. Berry touted as a "superfood"	4
24D	36. Gel ingredient	4
25D	37. Lawyer, for a defendant, typically	4
26D	39. Airplane passengers might battle over them	8
27D	41. Blackball	3
28D	42. Global shoe retailer	4
29D	45. Neither's partner	3
30D	47. Enticed	5
31D	50. Heavy weight for a musician to bear?	4
32D	51. How many people get around town	6
33D	52. Successor to Brown as California governor	6
34D	53. Philosopher with a "razor"	5
35D	54. Really care about	5
36D	55. Onetime Supreme Court justice Charles ___ Hughes	5
37D	59. The sun, for one	4
38D	60. Rival of Alexa	4
39D	62. Currency launched on 1/1/1999	4
40D	63. City on the French Riviera	4
41D	64. "Immediately!"	4
42D	66. Some fed. assistance	3
43D	67. Covert ___	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. Selects, as for a position"

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 (military) signal to turn the lights out
• Words that mean the same thing: intercept, lights-out, pink
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Bring on for a position"

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 newly hired employee
• Words that mean the same thing: rent, lease, engage
• The opposite would be: fire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Musk, 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 any property detected by the olfactory system
• Words that mean the same thing: smell, olfactory perception, odour
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sharp talking-to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an act or expression of criticism and censure
• Words that mean the same thing: call on the carpet, berate, rag
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBUKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Taylor, longtime name in women's fashion"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Chamber"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
• Words that mean the same thing: elbow room, board, way
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Unhinged, in slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Follower of pinch or switch"

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 (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
• Words that mean the same thing: batsman, slugger, striker
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HITTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. ___-pitch"

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: SLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Brand of caramel candy"

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: WERTHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Ancient Greek region on the Aegean"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that region of western asia minor colonized by ancient greeks
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Mocking smile"

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 facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• Words that mean the same thing: leer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNEER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Biblical verb with "thou""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAYST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Neglects to mention"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: overlook, exclude, pretermit
• The opposite would be: include, attend to
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Tom yung goong or tom kha kai cuisine"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of thailand
• Words that mean the same thing: Tai, Siamese, Central Thai
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Author/activist Chomsky"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Classic Hollywood studio"

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

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: RKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Rand McNally's business"

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 diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
• Words that mean the same thing: mathematical function, map, single-valued function
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Final words?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
• Words that mean the same thing: obituary, necrology
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. November exhortation"

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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
• Words that mean the same thing: right to vote, voting, suffrage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Reggae relative"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Presto or allegro"

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 (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
• Words that mean the same thing: pace, pacing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEMPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Berry touted as a "superfood""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GOJI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Gel 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 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 25 Down: "37. Lawyer, for a defendant, typically"

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 condition requiring relief
• Words that mean the same thing: demand, take, require
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Airplane passengers might battle over them"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a support for the arm
• Words that mean the same thing: armrest
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMRESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Blackball"

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 decree that prohibits something
• Words that mean the same thing: shun, ostracize, censor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Global shoe retailer"

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: ALDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. Neither's partner"

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: NOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Enticed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Heavy weight for a musician to bear?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the lowest brass wind instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: bass horn, sousaphone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. How many people get around town"

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: INACAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Successor to Brown as California governor"

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: NEWSOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Philosopher with a "razor""

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 english scholastic philosopher and assumed author of occam's razor (1285-1349)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ockham, William of Occam, William of Ockham
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Really care about"

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 numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
• Words that mean the same thing: measure, evaluate, economic value
• The opposite would be: disrespect, disesteem
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Onetime Supreme Court justice Charles ___ Hughes"

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 anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin e (1882-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Sir Arthur John Evans, Arthur Evans, Herbert McLean Evans
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. The sun, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• Words that mean the same thing: virtuoso, principal, adept
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "60. Rival of Alexa"

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: SIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Currency launched on 1/1/1999"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. City on the French Riviera"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: skillful, dainty, courteous
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "64. "Immediately!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "66. Some fed. assistance"

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: SSI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "67. Covert ___"

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 (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	10	12.8%
History	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 14, 2025 at 08:20 PM