XWordHint Crossword Answers October 07, 2026 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (37 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (35 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "No seats" sign	3
2A	4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood	5
3A	9. ___-famous (reel popular?)	5
4A	14. LOL lite	3
5A	15. Come again	5
6A	16. Curry complements	5
7A	17. Call to cruisers, for short	3
8A	18. Well-manored men?	5
9A	19. Some concert refuse	5
10A	20. Staunchly loyal	8
11A	22. Solo for a soprano	4
12A	23. Wrecks beyond repair	6
13A	24. Popular date night	8
14A	28. Event-planning platform	5
15A	29. Big blare	3
16A	30. "I do"	3
17A	31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River	4
18A	32. "Been there, done that"	7
19A	36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones	13
20A	40. Cut back a bit	7
21A	41. Protein source	4
22A	43. "That's infuriating!"	3
23A	46. B.C. neighbor	3
24A	47. Kid's comeback	5
25A	48. Macs and wellies, e.g.	8
26A	51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them	6
27A	52. Spots that may need clearing up	4
28A	53. Aquaman's domain	8
29A	55. Brought into being	5
30A	57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs	5
31A	58. In Rio, janeiro starts it	3
32A	59. Mislead	5
33A	60. Expression de gratitude	5
34A	61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner	3
35A	62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire	5
36A	63. Serious schleps	5
37A	64. Lush	3

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. "No seats" sign"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SRO

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2A: "4. Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
• Similar words include: musical theme, base, composition
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: THEME

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3A: "9. ___-famous (reel popular?)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INSTA

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4A: "14. LOL lite"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: HEH

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5A: "15. Come again"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that happen or occur again
• Similar words include: go back, repeat, fall back
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RECUR

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6A: "16. Curry complements"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ROTIS

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7A: "17. Call to cruisers, for short"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: APB

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8A: "18. Well-manored men?"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• Similar words include: earl
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EARLS

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9A: "19. Some concert refuse"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
• Similar words include: ticket stub, counterfoil, butt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STUBS

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10A: "20. Staunchly loyal"

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: TRUEBLUE

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11A: "22. Solo for a soprano"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ARIA

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12A: "23. Wrecks beyond repair"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the whole amount
• Similar words include: total, sum up, tally
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TOTALS

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13A: "24. Popular date night"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Similar words include: Sat, Sabbatum
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SATURDAY

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14A: "28. Event-planning platform"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVITE

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15A: "29. Big blare"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a loud harsh or strident noise
• Similar words include: ruction, clamor, blare
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DIN

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16A: "30. "I do""

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an affirmative
• Opposite of: no
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YES

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17A: "31. Team with a stadium on the Ohio River"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Similar words include: Marxist, Red River, bolshie
• Opposite of: gain

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Answer: REDS

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18A: "32. "Been there, done that""

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TRIEDIT

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19A: "36. React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones"

13 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: DOADOUBLETAKE

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20A: "40. Cut back a bit"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
• Similar words include: lop, trim back, cut down
• Opposite of: untrimmed

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Answer: TRIMMED

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21A: "41. Protein source"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• Similar words include: gist, pith, heart and soul
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MEAT

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22A: "43. "That's infuriating!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: GRR

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23A: "46. B.C. neighbor"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ALB

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24A: "47. Kid's comeback"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARESO

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25A: "48. Macs and wellies, e.g."

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: RAINGEAR

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26A: "51. Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an elevated geological formation
• Similar words include: swill, incline, side
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SLOPES

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27A: "52. Spots that may need clearing up"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ACNE

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28A: "53. Aquaman's domain"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that according to legend, an island in the atlantic ocean that plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ATLANTIS

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29A: "55. Brought into being"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make children
• Similar words include: generate, sire, beget
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: BEGAT

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30A: "57. Like the descendants of some dinosaurs"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pertaining to or characteristic of birds
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AVIAN

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31A: "58. In Rio, janeiro starts it"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
• Similar words include: Abu Nidal Organization, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ANO

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32A: "59. Mislead"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LIETO

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33A: "60. Expression de gratitude"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MERCI

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34A: "61. Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
• Similar words include: B.Th.U., British thermal unit
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: BTU

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35A: "62. Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ENRON

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36A: "63. Serious schleps"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• Similar words include: trek
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TREKS

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37A: "64. Lush"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chronic drinker
• Similar words include: drunk, drunkard, rummy
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SOT

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Break to pieces	7
2D	2. Gently scolded	8
3D	3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"	8
4D	4. Knob on an amplifier	6
5D	5. Becomes good as new	5
6D	6. Silk shade	4
7D	7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures	5
8D	8. IV sites	3
9D	9. Collecting org.	3
10D	10. E-cigarette claim	5
11D	11. Durable	6
12D	12. Shin guards protect them	6
13D	13. Some chemistry lab procedures	6
14D	21. Vexes	6
15D	25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube	5
16D	26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over"	5
17D	27. Peck or parsec	4
18D	32. Patterned fabric	5
19D	33. Afro-Cuban dance	5
20D	34. Big name in cloud services	3
21D	35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show	6
22D	37. Regalia for some queens	4
23D	38. Monitor closely, with "on"	8
24D	39. Slowly get familiar with	8
25D	42. Chuck	7
26D	43. Pinup icon Betty	6
27D	44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps	6
28D	45. Close lookalike	6
29D	47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"	6
30D	49. Real swell	5
31D	50. All-night party attendee	5
32D	51. In need of tightening, maybe	5
33D	54. Start to fade	4
34D	56. Trucker's measure	3
35D	57. Paycheck fig.	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Break to pieces"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that break into many pieces
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SHATTER

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2D: "2. Gently scolded"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that take to task
• Similar words include: admonish, reprove
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: REPROVED

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3D: "3. Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!""

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: OHBUTIDO

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4D: "4. Knob on an amplifier"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the pitch range of the highest female voice
• Similar words include: double, ternary, two-fold
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TREBLE

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5D: "5. Becomes good as new"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that heal or recover
• Similar words include: mend, heal, bring around
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HEALS

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6D: "6. Silk shade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a very light brown
• Similar words include: beige
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ECRU

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7D: "7. Stereotypically uncooperative creatures"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• Similar words include: mule, scuff
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MULES

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8D: "8. IV sites"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
• Similar words include: Er, emergency room, erbium
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ERS

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9D: "9. Collecting org."

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
• Similar words include: Internal Revenue Service
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRS

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10D: "10. E-cigarette claim"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NOTAR

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11D: "11. Durable"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
• Similar words include: stalwart, uncompromising, inflexible
• Opposite of: compromising

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Answer: STURDY

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12D: "12. Shin guards protect them"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
• Similar words include: shinbone, tibia, shin bone
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TIBIAE

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13D: "13. Some chemistry lab procedures"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an appraisal of the state of affairs
• Similar words include: try, attempt, check
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ASSAYS

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14D: "21. Vexes"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EATSAT

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15D: "25. Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ADELE

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16D: "26. Helped through a rough patch, with "over""

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rise or move forward
• Similar words include: tide, surge
• Opposite of: ebb

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Answer: TIDED

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17D: "27. Peck or parsec"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• Similar words include: whole, social unit, building block
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: UNIT

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18D: "32. Patterned fabric"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TOILE

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19D: "33. Afro-Cuban dance"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
• Similar words include: rhumba
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RUMBA

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20D: "34. Big name in cloud services"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IBM

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21D: "35. Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: TAMRON

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22D: "37. Regalia for some queens"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• Similar words include: drag out, embroil, tangle
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DRAG

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23D: "38. Monitor closely, with "on""

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: KEEPTABS

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24D: "39. Slowly get familiar with"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: EASEINTO

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25D: "42. Chuck"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: TOSSOUT

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26D: "43. Pinup icon Betty"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GRABLE

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27D: "44. Arrive out of breath, perhaps"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RACEIN

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28D: "45. Close lookalike"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
• Similar words include: bell ringer, clone, toller
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: RINGER

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29D: "47. Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill""

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ALANIS

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30D: "49. Real swell"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: NEATO

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31D: "50. All-night party attendee"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a participant in a rave dancing party
• Similar words include: ranter
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RAVER

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32D: "51. In need of tightening, maybe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
• Similar words include: abate, quagmire, morass
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SLACK

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33D: "54. Start to fade"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hoop that covers a wheel
• Similar words include: wear upon, wear out, outwear
• Opposite of: interest, refresh

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Answer: TIRE

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34D: "56. Trucker's measure"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Similar words include: long ton, short ton, net ton
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TON

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35D: "57. Paycheck fig."

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMT

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

37 Across Clues

35 Down Clues

72 Total Clues

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Last updated: October 07, 2026 at 10:25 AM

September 20, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword September 20, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. A little bit of everything?	4
2A	5. Growth in an aquatic bloom	4
3A	9. The "A" of the ABC Islands	5
4A	14. Shoestring	4
5A	15. Hit, as with snowballs	4
6A	16. Drink slowly	5
7A	17. Verbal disapproval of a boy king?	9
8A	19. Beyond repair	5
9A	20. Not together	5
10A	21. Participate in a playground "contest"	5
11A	23. U.F.O. pilots	3
12A	24. Call again	6
13A	26. Fragrant conifer	5
14A	28. Food for a sturdy Chinese dog?	12
15A	33. Accolades presented in Nashville, for short	4
16A	36. Expression of contempt	3
17A	37. Hurl	5
18A	38. Megan Thee Stallion's "___ Girl Summer"	3
19A	39. Ushered out	7
20A	42. Pen tip	3
21A	43. Lack of joie de vivre	5
22A	45. Common "wardrobe malfunction"	3
23A	46. Puts two and two together, e.g.	4
24A	47. Conference call for Mazda's marketing team?	12
25A	51. Less tanned, say	5
26A	52. Revenue minus costs	6
27A	56. Prefix with chemistry	3
28A	58. Shake an Etch A Sketch, say	5
29A	61. Actress Kaley	5
30A	62. Put two and two together, e.g.	5
31A	64. Glutes developed while dancing at the Moulin Rouge?	9
32A	66. Martial art with bamboo swords	5
33A	67. Jar toppers	4
34A	68. Tropical root vegetable	4
35A	69. Consumed	5
36A	70. Animated princess voiced by Idina Menzel	4
37A	71. Staked, as a vampire	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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

Clue 1 Across: "1. A little bit of everything?"

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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
• Words that mean the same thing: particle, speck, molecule
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Growth in an aquatic bloom"

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 primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
• Words that mean the same thing: algae
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. The "A" of the ABC Islands"

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

  The answer is: ARUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Shoestring"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Hit, as with snowballs"

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 dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• Words that mean the same thing: fur, hide, bombard
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Drink slowly"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SIPON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Verbal disapproval of a boy king?"

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: TUTTUTTUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Beyond repair"

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 destroyed or killed
• Words that mean the same thing: gone, done for
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAPUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Not together"

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 remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
• Words that mean the same thing: aside, asunder, obscure
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Participate in a playground "contest""

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 fixed look with eyes open wide
• Words that mean the same thing: gaze
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. U.F.O. pilots"

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Call again"

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: REDIAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Fragrant conifer"

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 14 Across: "28. Food for a sturdy Chinese dog?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: CHOWCHOWCHOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Accolades presented in Nashville, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Expression of contempt"

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: BAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Hurl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
• Words that mean the same thing: heft up, billow, puff
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Megan Thee Stallion's "___ Girl Summer""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
• Words that mean the same thing: live, blistering, raging
• The opposite would be: cold
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Ushered out"

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: LEDAWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. Pen tip"

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 writing point of a pen
• Words that mean the same thing: pecker, neb, bill
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Lack of joie de vivre"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the feeling of being bored by something tedious
• Words that mean the same thing: tedium, boredom
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENNUI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Common "wardrobe malfunction""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
• Words that mean the same thing: snag, pull, countercurrent
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Puts two and two together, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: tote up, hyperkinetic syndrome, supply
• The opposite would be: subtract, take away
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Conference call for Mazda's marketing team?"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ZOOMZOOMZOOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Less tanned, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that very light colored; highly diluted with white
• Words that mean the same thing: pallid, sick, wan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PALER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Revenue minus costs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
• Words that mean the same thing: net profit, net, profits
• The opposite would be: lose
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROFIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Prefix with chemistry"

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: BIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Shake an Etch A Sketch, say"

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 remove from memory or existence
• Words that mean the same thing: delete, score out, efface
• The opposite would be: record
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Actress Kaley"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CUOCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Put two and two together, e.g."

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 manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
• Words that mean the same thing: phrasal idiom, artistic style, accent
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "64. Glutes developed while dancing at the Moulin Rouge?"

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: CANCANCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Martial art with bamboo swords"

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: KENDO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Jar toppers"

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 folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
• Words that mean the same thing: chapeau, eyelid, hat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Tropical root vegetable"

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 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
• Words that mean the same thing: edda, taro plant, dalo
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Consumed"

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 take in solid food
• Words that mean the same thing: corrode, eat on, feed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EATEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "70. Animated princess voiced by Idina Menzel"

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: ELSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "71. Staked, as a vampire"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SLEW

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - September 20, 2022 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Spot for some sacraments	5
2D	2. Neutral tone	5
3D	3. Group of eight	5
4D	4. Standards for measuring	7
5D	5. Like the name Bell for the inventor of the telephone	3
6D	6. "It's a date!"	4
7D	7. Overabundance	4
8D	8. Email action with a paper clip icon	6
9D	9. Tried to find a reason	8
10D	10. Coastal inlet	3
11D	11. Advantage, so to speak	9
12D	12. Boxing match	4
13D	13. Uninvited picnic guests	4
14D	18. Four-letter member of the Four Corners	4
15D	22. ___ Speedwagon	3
16D	25. Brain section	4
17D	27. Part of 10-J-Q-K-A	3
18D	29. Stack of bills	3
19D	30. Bracelet dangler	5
20D	31. "The Art of Love" poet	4
21D	32. Productions of Spider-Man	4
22D	33. French word in many bistro names	4
23D	34. Lead-in to syllabic or chromatic	4
24D	35. Not even once	9
25D	39. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" role	8
26D	40. Musical set in Oz, with "The"	3
27D	41. Per person	4
28D	44. Thurman of "The Producers"	3
29D	46. Dollars and cents, e.g.	7
30D	48. Anthem contraction	3
31D	49. All-seeing being	6
32D	50. Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down	4
33D	53. Central	5
34D	54. "You've got a friend in me"	5
35D	55. As of yet	5
36D	56. Go 10+ miles in a triathlon, say	4
37D	57. "The faintest" thing	4
38D	59. Take to the seas	4
39D	60. Termini	4
40D	63. Praiseful poem	3
41D	65. Local produce 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. Spot for some sacraments"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the table in christian churches where communion is given
• Words that mean the same thing: Lord's table, communion table
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALTAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Neutral tone"

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

  The answer is: TAUPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Group of eight"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Words that mean the same thing: octonary, eighter from Decatur, 8
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OCTAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Standards for measuring"

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 the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
• Words that mean the same thing: metric unit, metric function, prosody
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: METRICS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Like the name Bell for the inventor of the telephone"

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: tending, given, minded
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "It's a date!""

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

  The answer is: LETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Overabundance"

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 the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
• Words that mean the same thing: gorge, gormandize, binge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GLUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Email action with a paper clip icon"

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 cause to be attached
• Words that mean the same thing: impound, bind, bond
• The opposite would be: detach
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTACH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Tried to find a reason"

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: ASKEDWHY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Coastal inlet"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Advantage, so to speak"

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: UPPERHAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Boxing match"

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 (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
• Words that mean the same thing: binge, tear, turn
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Uninvited picnic guests"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire, ant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Four-letter member of the Four Corners"

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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
• Words that mean the same thing: Mormon State, UT, 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 15 Down: "22. ___ Speedwagon"

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: REO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Brain section"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Part of 10-J-Q-K-A"

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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: sweep through, super, breeze through
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Stack of bills"

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 mass of soft material
• Words that mean the same thing: mickle, pack, great deal
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. Bracelet dangler"

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 attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
• Words that mean the same thing: beguile, influence, enamour
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. "The Art of Love" 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 21 Down: "32. Productions of Spider-Man"

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 intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
• Words that mean the same thing: net, network, entanglement
• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: WEBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. French word in many bistro names"

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

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• The word looks like this: ____
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  The answer is: CHEZ

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Clue 23 Down: "34. Lead-in to syllabic or chromatic"

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

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• This could be something that an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
• Words that mean the same thing: mononucleosis, kissing disease, glandular fever
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: MONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Not even once"

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

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• The word looks like this: _________
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  The answer is: ATNOPOINT

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Clue 25 Down: "39. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" role"

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

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

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Clue 26 Down: "40. Musical set in Oz, with "The""

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 someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• Words that mean the same thing: genius, superstar, mavin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: WIZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Per person"

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

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

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Clue 28 Down: "44. Thurman of "The Producers""

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

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• This could be something that a benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Uma
• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: UMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Dollars and cents, e.g."

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

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• This could be something that a quantity of money
• Words that mean the same thing: amount, sum of money, amount of money
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AMOUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Anthem contraction"

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

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• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: OER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. All-seeing being"

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

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• This could be something that an authoritative person who divines the future
• Words that mean the same thing: prophesier, seer, vaticinator
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ORACLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Central"

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

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• This could be something that having or localized centrally at a focus
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: FOCAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. "You've got a friend in me""

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

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. As of yet"

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

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Go 10+ miles in a triathlon, say"

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 motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
• Words that mean the same thing: wheel, pedal, motorcycle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "The faintest" thing"

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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: thought, musical theme, theme
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Take to the seas"

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 piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: navigate, sheet, cruise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Termini"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: end, last, terminate
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "63. Praiseful poem"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "65. Local produce org."

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: CSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	13	16.7%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
History	2	2.6%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.8 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: September 07, 2025 at 08:23 AM