LA Times Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Crossword Clues Answers - Solution Blog

LA Times Crosswords: August 13, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is Desert hill shaped by wind. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: dune

  
  

  Possible Answer: sand_dune, dune




• The clue is __ bene. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: nota

  
  



• The clue is Tax deadline month. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: april

  
  

  Possible Answer: Apr, April




• The clue is Breakfast chain that serves stacks. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ihop

  
  



• The clue is Gem with milky iridescence. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: opal

  
  

  Possible Answer: opal




• The clue is Ecological community. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: biome

  
  

  Possible Answer: biome




• The clue is Daughter of Katie Holmes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: suri

  
  



• The clue is Fictional sleuth Wolfe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: nero

  
  

  Possible Answer: Nero, Lucius_Domitius_Ahenobarbus, Nero_Claudius_Caesar_Drusus_Germanicus




• The clue is Conked out. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: slept

  
  

  Possible Answer: sleep, kip, log_Z's, catch_some_Z's, slumber

  Possible Opposite Answer: wake




• The clue is Be too afraid to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: chickenoutof

  
  



• The clue is Restaurateur Matsuhisa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: nobu

  
  



• The clue is Red Sox div.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: aleast

  
  



• The clue is Add extra protection. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: beefupsecurity

  
  



• The clue is Walks quickly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: legsit

  
  



• The clue is Arterial blockage. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: clot

  
  

  Possible Answer: curdle, clabber, coagulate, coagulum, clot, clog

  Possible Opposite Answer: homogenize




• The clue is House mem.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: rep

  
  

  Possible Answer: repp, rep




• The clue is Doesn't stick the landing, say. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: errs

  
  

  Possible Answer: drift, mistake, err, slip, stray




• The clue is Tennis great Shriver. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: pam

  
  



• The clue is Pirelli product. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: tire

  
  

  Possible Answer: outwear, wear_out, fag, exhaust, play_out, jade, wear_down, tire, pall, bore, fatigue, wear, run_down, wear_upon, fag_out, weary, tire_out, sap, tyre

  Possible Opposite Answer: refresh, interest




• The clue is Responded to a growling stomach. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ate

  
  

  Possible Answer: corrode, eat_on, rust, Ate, wipe_out, eat_up, use_up, deplete, eat, run_through, consume, feed, exhaust




• The clue is Superstar. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: idol

  
  

  Possible Answer: perfection, idol, god, graven_image, beau_ideal, matinee_idol, paragon




• The clue is Plato's hometown. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: athens

  
  

  Possible Answer: Greek_capital, Athinai, capital_of_Greece, Athens




• The clue is Ask leading questions. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)

  The answer: fishforanswers

  
  



• The clue is "That's true about me". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: yesiam

  
  



• The clue is Wee bit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: whit

  
  

  Possible Answer: smidge, tittle, whit, iota, smidgin, smidgeon, shred, smidgen, scintilla




• The clue is Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)

  The answer: stockoptions

  
  



• The clue is "__ luck!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: lotsa

  
  



• The clue is Verdi tragedy. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: aida

  
  



• The clue is Water repellent?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: moat

  
  

  Possible Answer: fosse, moat




• The clue is Easy-to-read font. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: arial

  
  



• The clue is Word with bed or engine. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: twin

  
  

  Possible Answer: Twin, matching, Gemini, mate, pair, twin, parallel, counterpart, Twin_Falls, similitude, twinned, duplicate, couple, match




• The clue is Podcaster Klein. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ezra

  
  

  Possible Answer: Ezra, Book_of_Ezra




• The clue is 1983 Streisand title role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: yentl

  
  



• The clue is Some video game inhabitants. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: sims

  
  



• The clue is Quakers, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: sect

  
  

  Possible Answer: religious_order, sect, religious_sect, faction

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is Ultimate equipment that weighs 175 grams. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: disc

  
  

  Possible Answer: record, saucer, magnetic_disc, disk, platter, magnetic_disk, disc, phonograph_record, phonograph_recording




• The clue is "Not happening". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: uhuh

  
  



• The clue is Wrap for a tobiko maki roll. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: nori

  
  



• The clue is Magnificence. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: epicness

  
  



• The clue is Only. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: nonebut

  
  



• The clue is Bare one's soul. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: openup

  
  



• The clue is Root in Hawaiian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: taro

  
  

  Possible Answer: taro_plant, dasheen, cocoyam, dalo, taro, eddo, edda, Colocasia_esculenta, taro_root




• The clue is Baseball family name. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: alou

  
  



• The clue is Big name in vodka. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: absolut

  
  



• The clue is Steal. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: pilfer

  
  

  Possible Answer: abstract, pilfer, purloin, hook, cabbage, pinch, sneak, snarf, filch, lift, swipe, nobble




• The clue is Filling in a tobiko maki roll. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: roe

  
  

  Possible Answer: hard_roe, roe




• The clue is Little scamp. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: imp

  
  

  Possible Answer: hob, rascal, pixy, rapscallion, pixie, gremlin, scalawag, scamp, monkey, scallywag, brownie, imp, elf




• The clue is "__ that sink in". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: let

  
  

  Possible Answer: permit, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Army_of_the_Pure, allow, LET, lease, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, net_ball, Army_of_the_Righteous, let, have, rent, Lashkar-e-Taiba, get, countenance

  Possible Opposite Answer: forbid, disallow, prevent




• The clue is Nobel Peace Prize winner Annan. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: kofi

  
  



• The clue is Filled tortilla. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: taco

  
  

  Possible Answer: taco, greaser, wetback




• The clue is Better ventilated. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: airier

  
  

  Possible Answer: visionary, windy, ethereal, Laputan, aeriform, impractical, aery, aired, airy, aerial




• The clue is Rears, at sea. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: sterns

  
  

  Possible Answer: fanny, ass, derriere, Stern, rear, stern, quarter, poop, buns, rump, bottom, hindquarters, Isaac_Stern, prat, rear_end, arse, tush, bum, can, tail, hind_end, keister, buttocks, fundament, seat, after_part, tail_end, butt, behind, nates, backside, tooshie, posterior




• The clue is Hunts and pecks on a keyboard. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: types

  
  

  Possible Answer: eccentric, character, typewrite, typecast, case, type

  Possible Opposite Answer: antitype




• The clue is Wodehouse character Wooster. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: bertie

  
  



• The clue is Door to the street. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: egress

  
  

  Possible Answer: come_forth, egression, emersion, emergence, come_out, issue, egress, go_forth, emerge

  Possible Opposite Answer: ingress, immersion




• The clue is Teatro alla __: Milan opera house. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: scala

  
  



• The clue is Horror movie street. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: elm

  
  

  Possible Answer: elm_tree, elmwood, elm




• The clue is Like shade trees. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: leafy

  
  

  Possible Answer: leafy

  Possible Opposite Answer: leafless




• The clue is "__ favor": "please," in Spanish. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: por

  
  



• The clue is What are a-changin', in a Dylan song. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: thetimes

  
  



• The clue is "Possibly not even that". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ifatall

  
  



• The clue is "__ arigato": Japanese "thank you very much". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: domo

  
  



• The clue is Fireplace accessories. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ashpans

  
  



• The clue is Foolish one. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: twit

  
  

  Possible Answer: twirp, twit, razz, rag, taunt, tease, twerp, ride, taunting, bait, cod, rally, tantalize, tantalise




• The clue is Show derision to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: hissat

  
  



• The clue is Ego of "SNL". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: nwodim

  
  



• The clue is Movie musical starring Judi Dench and Idris Elba. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: cats

  
  

  Possible Answer: purge, vomit_up, bozo, true_cat, cat-o'-nine-tails, retch, computerized_axial_tomography, computed_axial_tomography, sick, CT, quat, big_cat, disgorge, khat, Caterpillar, honk, be_sick, cat, computed_tomography, CAT, guy, cast, upchuck, hombre, kat, regurgitate, computerized_tomography, regorge, spew, throw_up, puke, African_tea, Arabian_tea, chuck, barf, qat, vomit, spue

  Possible Opposite Answer: keep_down




• The clue is Fuzzy fruit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: kiwi

  
  

  Possible Answer: kiwi_vine, Actinidia_deliciosa, kiwi, New_Zealander, kiwi_fruit, Chinese_gooseberry, Actinidia_chinensis, Kiwi, apteryx




• The clue is Seep. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ooze

  
  

  Possible Answer: oozing, seepage, muck, ooze_out, goo, exudate, ooze, gook, goop, exude, gunk, slime, sludge, guck, transude, seep




• The clue is Rat (on). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: narc

  
  

  Possible Answer: narc, nark, narcotics_agent




• The clue is Win shares in basketball, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: stat

  
  



• The clue is Put down, as sod. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: lay

  
  

  Possible Answer: pose, lie_down, put_down, place, laic, secular, ballad, lie, repose, rest, lay, position, set, dwell, lie_in, put, consist

  Possible Opposite Answer: stand, arise




• The clue is Mine deposit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ore

  
  

  Possible Answer: ore




• The clue is Tuna container. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: tin

  
  

  Possible Answer: cannister, put_up, can, atomic_number_50, Sn, canister, tin_can, tin

April 11, 2024 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 80 (37 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle April 11, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Slicing and dicing, say	15
2A	5. Training unit	3
3A	8. Share of the supply	6
4A	14. Italian for "year"	4
5A	15. ___ word	3
6A	16. Lacking the wherewithal	6
7A	17. Head-scratchers?	4
8A	18. Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintings	10
9A	20. Pricey basketball tickets	14
10A	22. Ending with fluor- or chlor-	3
11A	23. Serious ___ (popular cooking blog)	4
12A	24. Some baby shower gifts	7
13A	26. Self images?	3
14A	28. Modern scanning target	6
15A	30. Something to take when you're in the dark	4
16A	34. Abandoned	8
17A	38. Rare	6
18A	40. Not in one's head, say	5
19A	41. Alternative to a handshake	3
20A	43. Vintner's concern	5
21A	44. With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle	6
22A	46. See 44-Across	8
23A	48. Take a hit	4
24A	49. Good hosts make them	6
25A	51. "This is Me ... Now" singer, familiarly	3
26A	52. Head-scratchers	7
27A	57. "Jaws" menace	14
28A	60. Commonly mined material that's relatively rare in Earth's crust (about 2 p.p.m.)	3
29A	62. Lender you shouldn't trust	5
30A	63. Whales and alligators might be seen on them	10
31A	66. Celebration in the worship of Bacchus	4
32A	67. Like stubble	6
33A	68. Comedian ___ Martin	3
34A	69. Spill	4
35A	70. Valuable property	15
36A	71. Choice for a round	3
37A	72. Institution with galleries in Liverpool and Cornwall	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. Slicing and dicing, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FOODPREPARATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Training unit"

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

  The answer is: REP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Share of the supply"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
• Words that mean the same thing: ration out
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Italian for "year""

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: ANNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ word"

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: INA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Lacking the wherewithal"

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 (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
• Words that mean the same thing: ineffective, ineffectual
• The opposite would be: able
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNABLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Head-scratchers?"

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 wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
• Words that mean the same thing: dirt ball, louse, bird louse
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintings"

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: OLIVETREES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Pricey basketball tickets"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: COURTSIDESEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Ending with fluor- or chlor-"

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: IDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Serious ___ (popular cooking blog)"

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 informal terms for a meal
• Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, wipe out, eat
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Some baby shower gifts"

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: ONESIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Self images?"

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 state in the rocky mountains
• Words that mean the same thing: Gem State, Idaho, id
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Modern scanning target"

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 innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic 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: RETINA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Something to take when you're in the dark"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: knife thrust, knife, shot
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Abandoned"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
• Words that mean the same thing: forsake, abandon, desert
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FORSAKEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. Rare"

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 deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
• Words that mean the same thing: just, barely, scarcely
• The opposite would be: abundant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCARCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "40. Not in one's head, 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 using the voice; not silently
• Words that mean the same thing: loud, loudly, out loud
• The opposite would be: softly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALOUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Alternative to a handshake"

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: DAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Vintner's concern"

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 acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
• Words that mean the same thing: senescent, senescence, age
• The opposite would be: rejuvenate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle"

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 something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
• Words that mean the same thing: clandestine, arcanum, private
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SECRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. See 44-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of passing from one state or place to the next
• Words that mean the same thing: transit, transition, musical passage
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASSAGES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Take a hit"

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 puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOKE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Good hosts make them"

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 formally making a person known to another or to the public
• Words that mean the same thing: introduction, presentation, intro
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTROS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. "This is Me ... Now" singer, familiarly"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: JLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. Head-scratchers"

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 something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
• Words that mean the same thing: mystery, secret, riddle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENIGMAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "57. "Jaws" menace"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MANEATINGSHARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "60. Commonly mined material that's relatively rare in Earth's crust (about 2 p.p.m.)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "62. Lender you shouldn't trust"

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 elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHARK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Whales and alligators might be seen on them"

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: POLOSHIRTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "66. Celebration in the worship of Bacchus"

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 any act of immoderate indulgence
• Words that mean the same thing: riot, saturnalia, debauchery
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "67. Like stubble"

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 of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
• Words that mean the same thing: vulgar, uncouth, harsh
• The opposite would be: fine
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COARSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "68. Comedian ___ Martin"

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: MAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "69. Spill"

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 wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
• Words that mean the same thing: swill, treacle, glop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "70. Valuable property"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PRIMEREALESTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "71. Choice for a round"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "72. Institution with galleries in Liverpool and Cornwall"

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 united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
• Words that mean the same thing: Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle April 11, 2024

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "Nurse Jackie" star	5
2D	2. Something that can be red or white, but not blue	5
3D	3. When theatrical special effects happen, one hopes	5
4D	4. Workhorses	5
5D	5. Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater	3
6D	6. Draft status	8
7D	7. Settled up	4
8D	8. French translation of the Spanish "calle"	3
9D	9. Alternatives to blinds	5
10D	10. ___ VanDerveer, coach who holds the record for the most wins in college basketball history (1,200+)	4
11D	11. "Pfft"	4
12D	12. Chorus for los toreadores	4
13D	13. Platform for playing Kirby's Adventure	3
14D	19. Place to take shots	4
15D	21. Diatribe	6
16D	25. "There's something in the pantry!"	3
17D	27. Prosecution figs.	3
18D	29. Not right (for)	5
19D	30. N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy, for one	4
20D	31. What has degrees in math?	4
21D	32. Common Photoshop target	4
22D	33. Appeals to	4
23D	34. Like lightning	4
24D	35. Product made from vegetable oil	4
25D	36. Be awesome, informally	4
26D	37. 100%, so to speak	4
27D	39. Crème de ___ (liqueur)	6
28D	42. Kind of leave or guidance	8
29D	45. 'Fore	3
30D	47. Author Joe Hill, vis-à-vis Stephen King	3
31D	50. Terse denial	4
32D	51. Walter's meth-dealing partner on "Breaking Bad"	5
33D	53. Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo	5
34D	54. "The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs	5
35D	55. Insider language	5
36D	56. Verb akin to "Zoom"	5
37D	57. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" location	4
38D	58. Jai ___	4
39D	59. Average	4
40D	61. Name found in "affirmation"	4
41D	63. Doctor sought for a checkup, in brief	3
42D	64. ___ Honor	3
43D	65. "Capeesh?"	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. "Nurse Jackie" star"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a genus of falconidae
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Falco
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FALCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Something that can be red or white, but not blue"

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 the bulb of an onion plant
• Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. When theatrical special effects happen, one hopes"

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: ONCUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Workhorses"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who acts and gets things done
• Words that mean the same thing: worker, actor, doer
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater"

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 former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Draft status"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that join the military
• Words that mean the same thing: draft, enlist, engage
• The opposite would be: discharge
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENLISTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Settled up"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
• Words that mean the same thing: devote, pay, make up
• The opposite would be: default, unpaid
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. French translation of the Spanish "calle""

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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
• Words that mean the same thing: Ruta graveolens, repent, sorrow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Alternatives to blinds"

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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
• Words that mean the same thing: ante
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ VanDerveer, coach who holds the record for the most wins in college basketball history (1,200+)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. "Pfft""

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: IBET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Chorus for los toreadores"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Platform for playing Kirby's Adventure"

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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• Words that mean the same thing: Cornhusker State, NE, northeastward
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Place to take shots"

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 blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
• Words that mean the same thing: mineral vein, nervure, venous blood vessel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Diatribe"

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 speech of violent denunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: broadside, philippic
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIRADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. "There's something in the pantry!""

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: EEK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Prosecution figs."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
• Words that mean the same thing: DA, district attorney, coney
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "29. Not right (for)"

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 not elegant or graceful in expression
• Words that mean the same thing: awkward, cumbersome, clumsy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INAPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "30. N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy, for one"

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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. What has degrees in math?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
• Words that mean the same thing: trigonometry, clean-cut, trim
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Common Photoshop target"

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 inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACNE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Appeals to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that call upon in supplication; entreat
• Words that mean the same thing: implore, pray, beg
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Like lightning"

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 abstaining from food
• Words that mean the same thing: dissolute, degraded, firm
• The opposite would be: slow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Product made from vegetable oil"

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 spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• Words that mean the same thing: margarine, margarin, oleomargarine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Be awesome, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
• Words that mean the same thing: sway, tilt, shake
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROCK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. 100%, so to speak"

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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
• Words that mean the same thing: surely, sure as shooting, trusted
• The opposite would be: uncertain, unsure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Crème de ___ (liqueur)"

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: CASSIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Kind of leave or guidance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
• Words that mean the same thing: maternal, paternal
• The opposite would be: filial
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARENTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. 'Fore"

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: TIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. Author Joe Hill, vis-à-vis Stephen King"

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 male human offspring
• Words that mean the same thing: Logos, boy, Word
• The opposite would be: girl, daughter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "50. Terse denial"

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: NOTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Walter's meth-dealing partner on "Breaking Bad""

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: JESSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo"

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 mental representation of some haunting experience
• Words that mean the same thing: ghostwrite, touch, trace
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GHOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. "The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs"

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: MARLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Insider language"

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 characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
• Words that mean the same thing: lingo, patois, vernacular
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Verb akin to "Zoom""

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: SKYPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "57. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" location"

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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: tie up, moorland, berth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "58. Jai ___"

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: ALAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "59. Average"

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 standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
• Words that mean the same thing: average
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Name found in "affirmation""

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: IRMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Doctor sought for a checkup, 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 person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
• Words that mean the same thing: phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, caregiver
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PCP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. ___ Honor"

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: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "65. "Capeesh?""

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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
• Words that mean the same thing: project, get a line, run across
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	70.0%
Short Answer	17	21.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.0%
History	2	2.5%
Science/Technology	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	80
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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

Last Updated: August 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM