December 06, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 79 (37 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle December 06, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Vaccine units, in brief	3
2A	4. Villainous	3
3A	7. Common wood for shoe trees	5
4A	12. Sweetie	3
5A	13. Cause for a food recall, maybe	5
6A	16. 20 Questions category	6
7A	18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa"	9
8A	20. Chew out	6
9A	21. Lit-___	4
10A	22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P.	9
11A	24. "Obviously!"	7
12A	27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill	4
13A	28. U.S.O. audience	3
14A	29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer	11
15A	31. Apt rhyme for "cake"	4
16A	32. But nevertheless	3
17A	33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore"	4
18A	34. Bulb unit	5
19A	35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out"	10
20A	39. Some computing platforms	5
21A	42. 12	4
22A	43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle	3
23A	46. Beauty supply giant	4
24A	47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us"	11
25A	51. Iconic flight pattern	3
26A	52. Qatari leader	4
27A	53. Hardest to pin down, say	7
28A	54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics	9
29A	57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible"	4
30A	58. Japanese soy sauce	6
31A	59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright	9
32A	63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia	6
33A	64. Sudden forward thrust	5
34A	65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth	3
35A	66. Olympic stickers?	5
36A	67. 'Fros and fades	3
37A	68. Org. with a cryptologic museum	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. Vaccine units, in brief"

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 metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
• Words that mean the same thing: ml, cubic centimetre, milliliter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Villainous"

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 that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
• Words that mean the same thing: forged, spoilt, sorry
• The opposite would be: goodness, unregretful
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "7. Common wood for shoe trees"

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 any of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
• Words that mean the same thing: true cedar, cedarwood, cedar 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: CEDAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Sweetie"

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: HON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "13. Cause for a food recall, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert 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: ECOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. 20 Questions category"

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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Words that mean the same thing: creature, carnal, fauna
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANIMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. The Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: INAGARTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Chew out"

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 censure severely or angrily
• Words that mean the same thing: lambaste, reproof, lambast
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Lit-___"

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: CRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P."

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: IDABWELLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. "Obviously!""

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: WELLDUH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Wetland wader with a down-curved bill"

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 wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. U.S.O. audience"

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 unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Words that mean the same thing: Gb, G.I., Gi
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.

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: ADALOVELACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Apt rhyme for "cake""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BAKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. But nevertheless"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. "… ___ not in Kansas anymore""

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 have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: personify, exist, embody
• 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: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Bulb unit"

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 unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
• Words that mean the same thing: lm
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "35. Portrayer of the nurse Marta Cabrera in "Knives Out""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ANADEARMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Some computing platforms"

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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
• Words that mean the same thing: desk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DESKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. 12"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the middle of the day
• Words that mean the same thing: twelve noon, high noon, noonday
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. When doubled, a popular logic puzzle"

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 range of what one can know or understand
• Words that mean the same thing: cognizance, sight
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Beauty supply giant"

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: ULTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Director of the miniseries "When They See Us""

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: AVADUVERNAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Iconic flight pattern"

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: VEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Qatari leader"

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 independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
• Words that mean the same thing: amir, ameer, emeer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EMIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Hardest to pin down, say"

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: EELIEST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "Girl in Progress" star with a line of cosmetics"

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: EVAMENDES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. "Oh yeah, that sounds *super* plausible""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Japanese soy sauce"

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: TAMARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright"

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: EVEENSLER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Universal, Paramount or Columbia"

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 workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
• Words that mean the same thing: studio apartment
• The opposite would be: location
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STUDIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Sudden forward thrust"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of moving forward suddenly
• Words that mean the same thing: lurch, thrust, straight thrust
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Bellicose humanoid of Middle-earth"

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: ORC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Olympic stickers?"

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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
• Words that mean the same thing: epee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EPEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. 'Fros and fades"

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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
• Words that mean the same thing: arrange, fare, dress
• The opposite would be: unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Org. with a cryptologic museum"

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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
• Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NSA

  Great job if you got it right!

December 06, 2022 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Letter before psi	3
2D	2. Yield	7
3D	3. Greet with a "grr"	7
4D	4. Shellackings	9
5D	5. Crossword direction: Abbr.	3
6D	6. Punctuation in a web address	3
7D	7. One hailed in the streets	6
8D	8. Celeb gossip show	5
9D	9. Potentially catastrophic	4
10D	10. Blend	7
11D	11. Rodential, say	7
12D	14. Floral garland	3
13D	15. International cricket powerhouse	5
14D	17. Diminish	6
15D	19. Fish or mushroom feature	4
16D	23. Epitome of simplicity	3
17D	24. Custom	3
18D	25. Eye layer	4
19D	26. What sheepdogs do	4
20D	30. Wrangler alternative	3
21D	31. Clear plates, say	3
22D	34. Pool divisions	9
23D	35. Alias inits.	3
24D	36. "This matters to me how?"	3
25D	37. Dissolute man, from the French	4
26D	38. Take up a new residence	4
27D	39. Covers for a king or queen?	6
28D	40. Bring to a new level	7
29D	41. Make R-rated, say	7
30D	43. Use, as a prayer mat	7
31D	44. Occasions for egg-hunting	7
32D	45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J.	3
33D	47. OB/GYN tests, informally	6
34D	48. Short film?	3
35D	49. Dizzy	5
36D	50. Chest bumps?	4
37D	52. Full of creepy vibes	5
38D	55. Assembled	4
39D	56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly	3
40D	60. Terminus	3
41D	61. Id's counterpart	3
42D	62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S.	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. Letter before psi"

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, khi, ki
• The 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 2 Down: "2. Yield"

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 admit (to a wrongdoing)
• Words that mean the same thing: cede, yield, profess
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CONCEDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Greet with a "grr""

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: SNARLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Shellackings"

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: BEATDOWNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Crossword direction: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Punctuation in a web address"

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 very small circular shape
• Words that mean the same thing: Zen, acid, Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. One hailed in the streets"

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: CABBIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Celeb gossip show"

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: ENEWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Potentially catastrophic"

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 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - g.c.marshall
• Words that mean the same thing: horrific, fearsome, direful
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Blend"

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 an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
• Words that mean the same thing: dental amalgam
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMALGAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Rodential, say"

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

  The answer is: RATLIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "14. Floral garland"

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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
• Words that mean the same thing: wreath, leu, coronal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. International cricket powerhouse"

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 republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1947
• Words that mean the same thing: Bharat, Republic of India
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INDIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Diminish"

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 decrease in size, extent, or range
• Words that mean the same thing: minify, diminish, subside
• The opposite would be: increase
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LESSEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Fish or mushroom feature"

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 british imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
• Words that mean the same thing: branchia, lamella
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Epitome of simplicity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: ABC's, ABCs, first rudiment
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Custom"

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 how something is done or how it happens
• Words that mean the same thing: manner, mode, path
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Eye layer"

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 part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. What sheepdogs do"

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 group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• Words that mean the same thing: crowd, ruck
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Wrangler alternative"

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Shelton Jackson Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Clear plates, say"

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 vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
• Words that mean the same thing: passenger vehicle, double-decker, charabanc
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Pool divisions"

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: LANELINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. Alias inits."

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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. "This matters to me how?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Dissolute man, from the French"

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 dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: rake, profligate, rakehell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Take up a new residence"

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 act of deciding to do something
• Words that mean the same thing: actuate, make a motion, impress
• The opposite would be: stay in place, stand still
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Covers for a king or queen?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
• Words that mean the same thing: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUVETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Bring to a new level"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• Words that mean the same thing: raise, advance, upgrade
• The opposite would be: lower, demote
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEVATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "41. Make R-rated, say"

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: STEAMUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Use, as a prayer mat"

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: KNEELON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Occasions for egg-hunting"

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 christian celebration of the resurrection of christ; celebrated on the sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
• Words that mean the same thing: easterly, easter, Easter
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EASTERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Competitor of WaPo and W.S.J."

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: NYT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "47. OB/GYN tests, informally"

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 thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
• Words that mean the same thing: amniocentesis, amnion, amniotic sac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMNIOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "48. Short film?"

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: VID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "49. Dizzy"

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: AREEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "50. Chest bumps?"

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 support resembling the rib of an animal
• Words that mean the same thing: roast, laugh at, blackguard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "52. Full of creepy vibes"

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 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 38 Down: "55. Assembled"

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 give certain properties to something
• Words that mean the same thing: attain, prepare, pee-pee
• The opposite would be: break, unmake
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "56. Crime show spinoff, familiarly"

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 40 Down: "60. Terminus"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: cease, close, goal
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "61. Id's counterpart"

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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
• Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, self, egotism
• The 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 42 Down: "62. Second-oldest record label in the U.S."

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	57.0%
Short Answer	23	29.1%
Food & Drink	2	2.5%
History	2	2.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	79
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 06:27 PM

May 22, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
• Related Crossword Solutions

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, May 22, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - May 22, 2020 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Proverbs and the like	10
2A	11. Upscale hotel amenities	4
3A	15. The U.S.S.R., to Reagan	10
4A	16. Opposite of slack	4
5A	17. All over the place	10
6A	18. What Zeus trapped Typhon under, in myth	4
7A	19. Ena in "Bambi," e.g.	3
8A	20. Free	9
9A	22. Like some bad next-door neighbors	4
10A	25. Cause to recall?	5
11A	26. Instrumental that might accompany a blooper reel	9
12A	30. Natural flavorer of Scotch	4
13A	32. Cure-all	6
14A	33. When doubled, enthusiastic	3
15A	35. Love is sometimes compared to one	4
16A	37. Idiosyncrasy	3
17A	38. Internet user's aid	7
18A	41. Calculating sort, in brief	3
19A	42. Eliciting an "Eww!"	4
20A	44. Middle of Q3 on co. reports	3
21A	45. Noted surname among 1973 Yale Law graduates	6
22A	47. Where Warren Buffett sells an annual lunch date for charity	4
23A	49. Soul group that did the soundtrack for "Car Wash"	9
24A	51. Vast quantity	5
25A	53. Herald	4
26A	54. Island shelters?	9
27A	57. Shakespeare's "poor venomous fool"	3
28A	60. Not to mention?	4
29A	61. Dogmatic sorts	10
30A	65. Cheaper option of a tech device, maybe	4
31A	66. Vibe	10
32A	67. Sharp quality	4
33A	68. High light?	10

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. Proverbs and the like"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FOLKWISDOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "11. Upscale hotel amenities"

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

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. The U.S.S.R., to Reagan"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVILEMPIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Opposite of slack"

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 pulled or drawn tight
• Words that mean the same thing: tight
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. All over the place"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that widely circulated or diffused
• Words that mean the same thing: far-flung
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIDESPREAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. What Zeus trapped Typhon under, in myth"

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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
• Words that mean the same thing: Mt Etna, Mount Etna, bunsen burner
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Ena in "Bambi," 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 the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
• Words that mean the same thing: Energy Department, Department of Energy, Energy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Free"

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: ATLIBERTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Like some bad next-door neighbors"

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 offensively curious or inquisitive
• Words that mean the same thing: nosey, prying, snoopy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "25. Cause to recall?"

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: ECOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Instrumental that might accompany a blooper reel"

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: YAKETYSAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "30. Natural flavorer of Scotch"

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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "32. Cure-all"

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 sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
• Words that mean the same thing: philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIXIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "33. When doubled, enthusiastic"

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: RAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. Love is sometimes compared to one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
• Words that mean the same thing: do drugs, dose
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. Idiosyncrasy"

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

  The answer is: TIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Internet user's aid"

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: SITEMAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. Calculating sort, in brief"

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 accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
• Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Eliciting an "Eww!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that soft and sticky
• Words that mean the same thing: lousy, gooey, stinky
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Middle of Q3 on co. reports"

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 month following july and preceding september
• Words that mean the same thing: August
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. Noted surname among 1973 Yale Law graduates"

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: RODHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "47. Where Warren Buffett sells an annual lunch date for charity"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: EBAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Soul group that did the soundtrack for "Car Wash""

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: ROSEROYCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "51. Vast quantity"

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

  The answer is: OCEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Herald"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a sign of something about to happen
• Words that mean the same thing: foretell, auspicate, Muscat and Oman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "54. Island shelters?"

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: TAXHAVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. Shakespeare's "poor venomous fool""

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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
• Words that mean the same thing: Naja haje, asp viper, Egyptian cobra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Not to mention?"

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 prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• Words that mean the same thing: take out, miss, 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: OMIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Dogmatic sorts"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an advocate of some ideology
• Words that mean the same thing: ideologue, ideologist
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEOLOGUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "65. Cheaper option of a tech device, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a very short skirt
• Words that mean the same thing: miniskirt
• The opposite would be: midi
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MINI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Vibe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a particular environment or surrounding influence
• Words that mean the same thing: atm, ambiance, ambience
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATMOSPHERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Sharp quality"

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 boundary of a surface
• Words that mean the same thing: butt, march, butt 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: EDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. High light?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOONDAYSUN

  Great job if you got it right!

May 22, 2020 Friday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Select ___	3
2D	2. Who wrote "Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace"	4
3D	3. Venice Film Festival locale	4
4D	4. Sheet by a bed, perhaps	7
5D	5. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Unseld	3
6D	6. Small handful	3
7D	7. They'll surely be mist	6
8D	8. Losing effort	4
9D	9. Speaking engagement?	8
10D	10. Battlefield cry	5
11D	11. Girded	7
12D	12. Androcentric social system	10
13D	13. Ena in "Bambi," e.g.	4
14D	14. Not go anywhere	4
15D	21. Awesome song, in modern slang	3
16D	23. Singer Williams of the Temptations	4
17D	24. Classic source of damask	5
18D	26. Appropriately named brand of coolers	4
19D	27. Title literary character who exclaims "How puzzling all these changes are!"	5
20D	28. Relative of karate	10
21D	29. "All systems ___!"	5
22D	31. "Me Against the World" rapper	5
23D	34. ___ pants	5
24D	36. Up (for)	4
25D	39. Sought help from	8
26D	40. Something opened in hot water	4
27D	43. Marina frequenter, informally	7
28D	46. Jack ___, Alec Baldwin's "30 Rock" role	7
29D	48. ___ high	3
30D	50. "Already?"	6
31D	52. Like some kites	5
32D	54. A lot to read	4
33D	55. During	4
34D	56. Name that's 53-Across backward	4
35D	58. Doesn't settle in advance, say	4
36D	59. Country where Quechua and Aymara are spoken	4
37D	62. Tab that's paid for illegally?	3
38D	63. German grandparent	3
39D	64. Cotton, starting in 2015: Abbr.	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. Select ___"

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

  The answer is: FEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Who wrote "Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace""

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 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 3 Down: "3. Venice Film Festival locale"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Sheet by a bed, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KLEENEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Unseld"

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: WES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Small handful"

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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: scalawag, scallywag, monkey
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. They'll surely be mist"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
• Words that mean the same thing: sprayer, spray, atomiser
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPRAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Losing effort"

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 prescribed selection of foods
• Words that mean the same thing: dieting
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Speaking engagement?"

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: ORALEXAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Battlefield cry"

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 any of several old world herbs of the genus medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: trefoil, medick, medical officer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MEDIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Girded"

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 get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
• Words that mean the same thing: steel, nerve
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEELED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Androcentric social system"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
• Words that mean the same thing: patriarchate
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATRIARCHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Ena in "Bambi," 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 the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
• Words that mean the same thing: auntie, 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: AUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Not go anywhere"

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 continuing or remaining in a place or state
• Words that mean the same thing: outride, appease, stoppage
• The opposite would be: move, change
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Awesome song, in modern slang"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Bureau of Prisons, bash, bebop
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Singer Williams of the Temptations"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Classic source of damask"

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 asian republic in the middle east at the east end of the mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Syrian Arab Republic
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYRIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Appropriately named brand of coolers"

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 large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
• Words that mean the same thing: abominable snowman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Title literary character who exclaims "How puzzling all these changes are!""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Relative of karate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KICKBOXING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "29. "All systems ___!""

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: AREGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. "Me Against the World" rapper"

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: TUPAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. ___ pants"

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 living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a muslim household
• Words that mean the same thing: hareem, seraglio, serail
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAREM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Up (for)"

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 contest with rules to determine a winner
• Words that mean the same thing: biz, gritty, halt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Sought help from"

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: TURNEDTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Something opened in hot water"

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 tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
• Words that mean the same thing: stoma, rivet, concentrate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Marina frequenter, informally"

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: YACHTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "46. Jack ___, Alec Baldwin's "30 Rock" role"

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: DONAGHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. ___ high"

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
• Words that mean the same thing: yeah
• 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: YEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. "Already?""

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: SOSOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "52. Like some kites"

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

  The answer is: AVIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. A lot to read"

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 (usually) large and scholarly book
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. During"

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: AMID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Name that's 53-Across backward"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: NEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Doesn't settle in advance, 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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• Words that mean the same thing: process, Eugene Sue, litigate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "59. Country where Quechua and Aymara are spoken"

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 republic in western south america; achieved independence from spain in 1821; was the heart of the inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Peru
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "62. Tab that's paid for illegally?"

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 a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "63. German grandparent"

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: OPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "64. Cotton, starting in 2015: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	51	70.8%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
History	4	5.6%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.3 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM