August 14, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, August 14, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - August 14, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Noted work in which many different positions are discussed	9
2A	10. Teen spirit, perhaps	5
3A	15. Up to one's old tricks	9
4A	16. You might sleep on it	5
5A	17. Coffee order similar to a latte	9
6A	18. Title lyric before "ba-doop" in a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit	5
7A	19. Comic McKinnon	4
8A	20. Get ready to battle in court	8
9A	22. Cat pose and crane pose, e.g.	6
10A	25. Loses one's temper	6
11A	27. Hit after hit for a rock band?	8
12A	31. Spiritual force	3
13A	32. Parodies	8
14A	33. Other ___	4
15A	34. Choices for Negroni cocktails	4
16A	35. Thelma and Louise, e.g.	3
17A	36. Fancy serving platter at a sushi restaurant	4
18A	37. Mad	4
19A	38. "Wheel of Fortune" spin on either side of "ONE MILLION"	8
20A	40. Something to raise a glass for	3
21A	41. Continues doggedly, with "on"	8
22A	42. Dominated	6
23A	44. Having one on the way, slangily	6
24A	48. Final act	8
25A	52. French term of endearment that literally means "cabbage"	4
26A	53. Agenda for a vet visit, maybe	5
27A	54. Student financial aid option	9
28A	57. Chilling	5
29A	58. Bombshell	9
30A	59. "Who ___ you?"	5
31A	60. "Be polite!," in a way	9

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. Noted work in which many different positions are discussed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (hinduism) an ancient sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with hindu law
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAMASUTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "10. Teen spirit, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANGST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Up to one's old tricks"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ATITAGAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. You might sleep on it"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Coffee order similar to a latte"

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: FLATWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Title lyric before "ba-doop" in a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHOOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Comic McKinnon"

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: KATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Get ready to battle in court"

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: LAWYERUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Cat pose and crane pose, e.g."

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 (hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
• Words that mean the same thing: asana
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASANAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "25. Loses one's temper"

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 start abruptly
• Words that mean the same thing: combust, ignite, recrudesce
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERUPTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. Hit after hit for a rock band?"

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 the sound made by beating a drum
• Words that mean the same thing: rataplan, rub-a-dub
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUMBEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "31. Spiritual force"

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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
• Words that mean the same thing: qi, ki, ch'i
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. Parodies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• Words that mean the same thing: parody, burlesque, put-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: LAMPOONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. Other ___"

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: THAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Choices for Negroni cocktails"

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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
• Words that mean the same thing: cotton gin, snare, knock rummy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Thelma and Louise, e.g."

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 two items of the same kind
• Words that mean the same thing: duet, twosome, pair
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Fancy serving platter at a sushi restaurant"

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 small vessel for travel on water
• Words that mean the same thing: gravy holder, sauceboat, gravy 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: BOAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Mad"

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 informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
• Words that mean the same thing: nuts, haywire, barmy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. "Wheel of Fortune" spin on either side of "ONE MILLION""

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 someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
• Words that mean the same thing: ruin, smash, break
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANKRUPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Something to raise a glass for"

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Continues doggedly, with "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 an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
• Words that mean the same thing: soldier
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOLDIERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Dominated"

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 raise in a relief
• Words that mean the same thing: emboss, stamp, boss
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOSSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Having one on the way, slangily"

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: PREGGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Final act"

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: SWANSONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "52. French term of endearment that literally means "cabbage""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the imperial dynasty of china from 1122 to 221 bc; notable for the rise of confucianism and taoism
• Words that mean the same thing: Zhou, Chou dynasty, cabbage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Agenda for a vet visit, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of firing a projectile
• Words that mean the same thing: stroke, gibe, stab
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Student financial aid option"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PELLGRANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Chilling"

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 the supernatural; mysterious
• Words that mean the same thing: eery
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "58. Bombshell"

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: EYEOPENER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. "Who ___ you?""

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: need, call for, enquire
• 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: ASKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. "Be polite!," in a way"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DONTSTARE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - August 14, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "A Hunger Artist" writer	5
2D	2. One for the road?	5
3D	3. Chicago Auto Show debut of 1989	5
4D	4. Emilia vis-à-vis Desdemona, in "Othello"	9
5D	5. Caught	3
6D	6. "Eww!"	3
7D	7. Be just behind	4
8D	8. Former U.S. poet laureate Dove	4
9D	9. From scratch	4
10D	10. Not just suggest	6
11D	11. His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly	5
12D	12. Words with friends on one's phone, say	9
13D	13. "Enough already!"	8
14D	14. Opposite of bottled	3
15D	21. Green lights in D.C.	4
16D	23. Sets, as a security system	4
17D	24. "Heyo"	3
18D	26. Do something wrong	3
19D	28. Kind of verb in grammar	5
20D	29. Headed	5
21D	30. Mushroom eaten in ramen	5
22D	32. It takes years and years to complete	9
23D	33. Upper-level security clearance status	9
24D	34. Some wet weather attire	8
25D	36. One singer of "Dear Theodosia" in "Hamilton"	4
26D	37. Cream quantity	3
27D	38. Some might be sculpted, informally	4
28D	39. Serve as an agent (for)	3
29D	41. Picked up	6
30D	43. "Gymnopédies" composer	5
31D	45. Modern-day home of the Ashanti empire	5
32D	46. Toast, with "a"	5
33D	47. Bizarre	5
34D	49. ___ page	4
35D	50. "So Sick" hitmaker of 2006	4
36D	51. ___ Oaks, neighborhood in eastern Queens	4
37D	53. Word before god or devil	3
38D	55. Fate	3
39D	56. Alternative to a 2-Down, today	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. "A Hunger Artist" writer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that czech novelist who wrote in german about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
• Words that mean the same thing: Franz Kafka
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAFKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. One for the road?"

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 (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Words that mean the same thing: map collection, telamon, book of maps
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Chicago Auto Show debut of 1989"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MIATA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Emilia vis-à-vis Desdemona, in "Othello""

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 someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• Words that mean the same thing: attender, co-occurrence, resultant
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTENDANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Caught"

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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: determine, discover, see to 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: SAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Eww!""

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: UGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Be just behind"

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 posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
• Words that mean the same thing: shadow, go after, can
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Former U.S. poet laureate Dove"

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: RITA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. From scratch"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Not just suggest"

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 state categorically
• Words that mean the same thing: affirm, swan, swear
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASSERT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly"

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 indian statesman and leader with gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the republic of india from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964)
• Words that mean the same thing: Jawaharlal Nehru
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEHRU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Words with friends on one's phone, say"

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: GROUPCHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Enough already!""

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: STOPTHAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Opposite of bottled"

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 sound made by a gentle blow
• Words that mean the same thing: exploit, pink, tapdance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Green lights in D.C."

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Sets, as a security system"

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: build up, blazonry, weapon
• The opposite would be: disarm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. "Heyo""

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 small amount of liquid food
• Words that mean the same thing: swallow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Do something wrong"

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 estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: sine, transgress, wickedness
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Kind of verb in grammar"

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 auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
• Words that mean the same thing: modal auxiliary, average, modal auxiliary verb
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MODAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Headed"

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 line determining the limits of an area
• Words that mean the same thing: border, restrain, stick
• The opposite would be: untie, unbind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Mushroom eaten in ramen"

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: ENOKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. It takes years and years to complete"

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: LIFESWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Upper-level security clearance status"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TOPSECRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Some wet weather attire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
• Words that mean the same thing: gumshoe, golosh, rubber
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GALOSHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. One singer of "Dear Theodosia" in "Hamilton""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that seed vessel having hooks or prickles
• Words that mean the same thing: Aaron Burr, bur
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Cream quantity"

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 light touch or stroke
• Words that mean the same thing: splash, splatter, pat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Some might be sculpted, informally"

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 alternative names for the body of a human being
• Words that mean the same thing: figure, form, flesh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. Serve as an agent (for)"

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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
• Words that mean the same thing: repp
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Picked up"

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 perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
• Words that mean the same thing: smell out, smell, perceived
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SENSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. "Gymnopédies" composer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that french composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925)
• Words that mean the same thing: Erik Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SATIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Modern-day home of the Ashanti empire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic in west africa on the gulf of guinea
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GHANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "46. Toast, with "a""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. Bizarre"

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 conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
• Words that mean the same thing: flaky, freaky, bizarre
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. ___ page"

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: OPED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. "So Sick" hitmaker of 2006"

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: NEYO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. ___ Oaks, neighborhood in eastern Queens"

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 narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. Word before god or devil"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Fate"

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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• Words that mean the same thing: mass, circumstances, mess
• The 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 39 Down: "56. Alternative to a 2-Down, today"

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 navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
• Words that mean the same thing: Global Positioning System
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	74.3%
Short Answer	13	18.6%
History	2	2.9%
Literature	1	1.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 21, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Up there	4
2A	5. Legal org.	3
3A	8. Tree pose discipline	4
4A	12. Actress Watson	4
5A	13. Like some stuffed toys	5
6A	15. Two in a row?	4
7A	16. Complain	4
8A	17. Lofty features of many nice hotels	5
9A	18. Bryce Canyon's state	4
10A	19. Innate response to a threatening situation	13
11A	22. Chimney components	5
12A	23. Entertain	5
13A	24. Ante up for participation	9
14A	28. The "P" of P.B.R.	5
15A	31. Apple picker?	3
16A	32. Channel for politics	5
17A	36. Cause for much boasting	3
18A	37. Some races	7
19A	40. Cancel	3
20A	41. "No ___, Bob!"	4
21A	43. "Thus …"	5
22A	44. Ship's front	4
23A	45. Potato-and-pea pastry	6
24A	47. Deeps	6
25A	49. AC/DC album after "Highway to Hell"	11
26A	53. Bantu language with click consonants	5
27A	55. Worst possible soccer score	3
28A	56. They take advantage	5
29A	59. Mardi Gras king	3
30A	60. Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first	7
31A	63. Nosh on	3
32A	64. Verb that sounds like its second letter	3
33A	65. Soviet satellite launched in 1957	7
34A	66. Adjudicate	3
35A	67. "OK!"	3
36A	68. Early Jurassic, e.g.	5
37A	69. Word with safe or same	3

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. Up there"

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 lofty level or position or degree
• Words that mean the same thing: high school, richly, highschool
• The opposite would be: low spirits, low
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HIGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Legal org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Tree pose discipline"

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 hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Actress Watson"

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: EMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Like some stuffed toys"

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 fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
• Words that mean the same thing: lush, lucullan, plushy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Two in a row?"

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 an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• Words that mean the same thing: oar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Complain"

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 utterance expressing pain or disapproval
• Words that mean the same thing: groan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Lofty features of many nice hotels"

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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
• Words that mean the same thing: atrium
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Bryce Canyon's state"

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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive State
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UTAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Innate response to a threatening situation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIGHTORFLIGHT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Chimney components"

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 flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
• Words that mean the same thing: flue, fluke, flue pipe
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Entertain"

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 occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
• Words that mean the same thing: disport, divert
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Ante up for participation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PAYTOPLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. The "P" of P.B.R."

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: PABST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Apple picker?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Channel for politics"

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: CSPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Cause for much boasting"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self, self-importance
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Some races"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quick run
• Words that mean the same thing: dash, sprint
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRINTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Cancel"

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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• Words that mean the same thing: ax
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. "No ___, Bob!""

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: PROB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. "Thus …""

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: ANDSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Ship's front"

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 front part of a vessel or aircraft
• Words that mean the same thing: bow, stem, fore
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Potato-and-pea pastry"

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 small turnover of indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Deeps"

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 large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: sea, ocean
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCEANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. AC/DC album after "Highway to Hell""

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: BACKINBLACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "53. Bantu language with click consonants"

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 member of the negroid people of southern south 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: XHOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "55. Worst possible soccer score"

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

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. They take advantage"

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

  The answer is: USERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Mardi Gras king"

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

  The answer is: REX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TAKEANL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Nosh on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. Verb that sounds like its second letter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: embody, equal, ar
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Soviet satellite launched in 1957"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a russian artificial satellite
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPUTNIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Adjudicate"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: sample, render, adjudicate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. "OK!""

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 affirmative
• The opposite would be: no
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "68. Early Jurassic, 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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: date of reference, era
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPOCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "69. Word with safe or same"

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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
• Words that mean the same thing: sexual practice, turn on, excite
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEX

  Great job if you got it right!

September 21, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fashion line	3
2D	2. Jaunty words upon departing	5
3D	3. App with an envelope logo	5
4D	4. Emotional inhibitions	7
5D	5. A cappella part, say	4
6D	6. Odom's "Hamilton" role	4
7D	7. "Like that'd ever happen"	4
8D	8. "Oh, stop it, fellas"	7
9D	9. Sworn statements	5
10D	10. Whence subway air	5
11D	11. Debris left by a phoenix	3
12D	13. Sucker	5
13D	14. Kosher : Judaism :: ___ : Islam	5
14D	20. Some races	5
15D	21. Apple desktops	5
16D	25. Migratory seabird	4
17D	26. "Metamorphosis" poet	4
18D	27. Rollerballs, e.g.	4
19D	28. Hypes (up)	4
20D	29. City that's home to the Taj Mahal	4
21D	30. Big sound producers of the 1980s	9
22D	33. Ones providing cheep trills?	9
23D	34. Part of a neural connection	4
24D	35. The "-spel" of "gospel," etymologically	4
25D	38. Musician Anderson .___	4
26D	39. Wrench or gouge	4
27D	42. Feathery accessories	4
28D	44. Bench press muscles, informally	4
29D	46. Improvises during a jazz performance	5
30D	48. Waterproof sealant	5
31D	50. Patronize a tattoo parlor	5
32D	51. Abuela's grandchild	5
33D	52. Noir's counterpart in a game of les échecs	5
34D	53. Super-vision?	4
35D	54. Roll call call	4
36D	57. Like blue lobsters	4
37D	58. River with a mythical ferryman	4
38D	61. Copy	3
39D	62. Disease research org.	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. Fashion line"

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 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 2 Down: "2. Jaunty words upon departing"

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: IMOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. App with an envelope logo"

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: GMAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Emotional inhibitions"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HANGUPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. A cappella part, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
• Words that mean the same thing: countertenor, contralto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Odom's "Hamilton" role"

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 seed vessel having hooks or prickles
• Words that mean the same thing: bur, Aaron Burr
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BURR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Like that'd ever happen""

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: ASIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Oh, stop it, fellas""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOUGUYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Sworn statements"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
• Words that mean the same thing: expletive, swearing, curse word
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OATHS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Whence subway air"

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 frame of iron bars to hold a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, grating, rankle
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Debris left by a phoenix"

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

  The answer is: ASH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Sucker"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• Words that mean the same thing: fall guy, soft touch, mark
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Kosher : Judaism :: ___ : Islam"

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 (islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Some races"

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 form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
• Words that mean the same thing: heating system, rut, heat
• The opposite would be: coldness, anestrus
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Apple desktops"

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: IMACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Migratory seabird"

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 small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "Metamorphosis" poet"

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 roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
• Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Rollerballs, 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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: playpen, pen, penitentiary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Hypes (up)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that liveliness and energy
• Words that mean the same thing: pep, peppiness, ginger
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. City that's home to the Taj Mahal"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AGRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Big sound producers of the 1980s"

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: BOOMBOXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Ones providing cheep trills?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
• Words that mean the same thing: parrakeet, parroket, paraquet
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARAKEETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Part of a neural connection"

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 long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
• Words that mean the same thing: axone
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AXON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. The "-spel" of "gospel," etymologically"

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 information about recent and important events
• Words that mean the same thing: intelligence, news show, news program
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Musician Anderson .___"

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: PAAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Wrench or gouge"

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 implement used in the practice of a vocation
• Words that mean the same thing: dick, shaft, instrument
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. Feathery accessories"

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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
• Words that mean the same thing: boa, feather boa
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Bench press muscles, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either of two large muscles of the chest
• Words that mean the same thing: pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PECS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Improvises during a jazz performance"

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 singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Words that mean the same thing: fly the coop, turn tail, head for the hills
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Waterproof sealant"

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 waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
• Words that mean the same thing: calk, caulking
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAULK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Patronize a tattoo parlor"

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: INKUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Abuela's grandchild"

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: NIETO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Noir's counterpart in a game of les échecs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLANC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Super-vision?"

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: XRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. Roll call call"

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 present location; this place
• Words that mean the same thing: Hera, hither
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Like blue lobsters"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: uncommon, rarefied, rarified
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. River with a mythical ferryman"

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 (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
• Words that mean the same thing: River Styx
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STYX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Copy"

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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: caricature, emulator, aper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "62. Disease research org."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
• Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIH

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	15	19.7%
Geography	4	5.3%
Music	2	2.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, 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 07, 2025 at 07:37 AM