March 12, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.3 letters

March 12, 2020 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Card game with melds	7
2A	8. Divulged	7
3A	15. Scrubbed	7
4A	16. Wonder Woman, for one	7
5A	17. Part 1 of a story attributed to 34-Across	7
6A	18. Elevate, redundantly	7
7A	19. Bed of roses?	4
8A	20. Fortitude	4
9A	21. Sellout abbr.	3
10A	22. Institution founded by Benjamin Franklin, in brief	5
11A	24. Part 2 of the story	9
12A	26. It adds punch to punch	3
13A	27. Goes back and forth (with)	5
14A	29. Nast of publishing	5
15A	30. Foie ___	4
16A	32. "___ better be good!"	3
17A	33. Barnyard bleat	3
18A	34. Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle	15
19A	40. Unwelcoming	3
20A	41. Show of approval	3
21A	42. Subject of a 1960 expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary	4
22A	43. Yoga pose	5
23A	46. Sainted 11th-century pope	5
24A	48. Feeling of a frosty wind	3
25A	49. End of the story	9
26A	51. Montana mining city	5
27A	53. Mister, abroad	3
28A	54. One of the only remaining "people's republics"	4
29A	55. A whole bunch	4
30A	56. Sneaky critters	7
31A	58. Like this puzzle's story, in length	7
32A	61. Dub, say	7
33A	62. One being dubbed	7
34A	63. Confirm, as an email address	7
35A	64. "No making changes now"	7

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. Card game with melds"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
• Words that mean the same thing: basket rummy, meld
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CANASTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "8. Divulged"

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 cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
• Words that mean the same thing: splatter, talk, shed
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPILLED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Scrubbed"

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 terminate before completion
• Words that mean the same thing: abort
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABORTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Wonder Woman, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the main good female character in a work of fiction
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEROINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Part 1 of a story attributed to 34-Across"

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: FORSALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Elevate, redundantly"

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: RAISEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Bed of roses?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being covered with unclean things
• Words that mean the same thing: stain, dirty, begrime
• The opposite would be: clean
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Fortitude"

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 fortitude and determination
• Words that mean the same thing: sand, backbone, moxie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Sellout abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Institution founded by Benjamin Franklin, in brief"

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: UPENN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Part 2 of the story"

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: BABYSHOES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. It adds punch to punch"

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 liquor distilled from fermented molasses
• Words that mean the same thing: rummy, peculiar, singular
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Goes back and forth (with)"

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 various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
• Words that mean the same thing: spar, sparring
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Nast of publishing"

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: CONDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Foie ___"

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: GRAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. "___ better be good!""

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: ITD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Barnyard bleat"

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: MAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERNESTHEMINGWAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Unwelcoming"

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 devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
• Words that mean the same thing: wintry, frigid, polar
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Show of approval"

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

  The answer is: NOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "42. Subject of a 1960 expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary"

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

  The answer is: YETI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Yoga pose"

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

  The answer is: ASANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Sainted 11th-century pope"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LEOIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "48. Feeling of a frosty wind"

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 small drink of liquor
• Words that mean the same thing: chilliness, flavor, savor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. End of the story"

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: NEVERWORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Montana mining city"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUTTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Mister, abroad"

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: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. One of the only remaining "people's republics""

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 mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
• Words that mean the same thing: Lao, Laotian, Lao People's Democratic Republic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. A whole bunch"

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 number or amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scores, lots, long ton
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Sneaky critters"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
• Words that mean the same thing: weasel
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEASELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Like this puzzle's story, in length"

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: SIXWORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "61. Dub, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that give the right to
• Words that mean the same thing: gentle, ennoble, title
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTITLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "62. One being dubbed"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KNEELER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "63. Confirm, as an email address"

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: REENTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "64. "No making changes now""

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: ITSDONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle March 12, 2020

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Shortening in a coffee order	3
2D	2. ___ group (hospital classification)	3
3D	3. Leif Ericson, for one	8
4D	4. Burning desire?	5
5D	5. Sullies	6
6D	6. Let the cat out of the bag	4
7D	7. Gator's tail?	3
8D	8. Alternative to a fence	6
9D	9. Like some smoky Scotch	5
10D	10. Biometric ID method	8
11D	11. Article in El Mundo	3
12D	12. Surmounts	6
13D	13. Accustomed	6
14D	14. Oust	6
15D	20. People found in rows	9
16D	22. Push	4
17D	23. Sign of cat love	4
18D	24. Cat hate	4
19D	25. "Stardust" composer Carmichael	5
20D	28. ___ party	4
21D	31. It flows to the harbor of Le Havre	5
22D	33. The south of France, with "le"	4
23D	35. 1991 sequel to "Gone With the Wind"	8
24D	36. Part of the DreamWorks logo	4
25D	37. Struck out on one's own	8
26D	38. Squabbling	4
27D	39. Cry of pain	4
28D	43. Echo, e.g.	6
29D	44. Unfazed	6
30D	45. Do loop-the-loops, maybe	6
31D	46. Not so fast?	6
32D	47. Popular new holidays gifts of 2001	6
33D	50. Hit 2008 Pixar film	5
34D	52. Single	5
35D	55. Limo window feature	4
36D	57. Opposite of purity	3
37D	58. Take to the hills?	3
38D	59. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"	3
39D	60. "Dr." with the 2011 hit "I Need a Doctor"	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. Shortening in a coffee order"

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: CAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ group (hospital classification)"

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

  The answer is: ABO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Leif Ericson, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of norway
• Words that mean the same thing: Norse, Norwegian
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NORSEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Burning desire?"

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 malicious burning to destroy property
• Words that mean the same thing: incendiarism, fire-raising
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Sullies"

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 soiled or discolored appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: maculate, mark, blot
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Let the cat out of the bag"

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 swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
• Words that mean the same thing: distinguish, secern, say
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Gator's tail?"

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 sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
• Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Alternative to a fence"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
• Words that mean the same thing: shrub, bush
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHRUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Like some smoky Scotch"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PEATY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Biometric ID method"

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: IRISSCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Article in El Mundo"

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: LOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Surmounts"

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: LIESON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Accustomed"

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 made tough by habitual exposure; ; - robert lynd; - v.s.pritchett
• Words that mean the same thing: inured, hardened
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENURED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Oust"

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 force to leave (an office)
• Words that mean the same thing: swear, depone, force 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: DEPOSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. People found in rows"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who takes care of a garden
• Words that mean the same thing: nurseryman, gardener
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GARDENERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Push"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an instinctive motive
• Words that mean the same thing: itch, press, pep up
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: URGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. Sign of cat love"

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 low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
• Words that mean the same thing: whizz, make vibrant sounds, whir
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PURR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. Cat hate"

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 vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
• Words that mean the same thing: bathe, tub, bathroom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "25. "Stardust" composer Carmichael"

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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: bomber, poor boy, grinder
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOAGY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. ___ party"

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 feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• Words that mean the same thing: sympathize with, compassionate, compassion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. It flows to the harbor of Le Havre"

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 french river that flows through the heart of paris and then northward into the english channel
• Words that mean the same thing: Seine River
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. The south of France, with "le""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the southern part of france
• Words that mean the same thing: musical instrument digital interface
• The opposite would be: maxi
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. 1991 sequel to "Gone With the Wind""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SCARLETT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Part of the DreamWorks logo"

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 natural satellite of the earth
• Words that mean the same thing: lunation, synodic month, moonshine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Struck out on one's own"

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: WENTSOLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Squabbling"

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: ATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Cry of pain"

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: YIPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Echo, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
• Words that mean the same thing: solution, solvent, resolve
• The opposite would be: question
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANSWER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Unfazed"

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 not agitated; without losing self-possession
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquil, calm, unagitated
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Do loop-the-loops, maybe"

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 operate an airplane
• Words that mean the same thing: pilot, fly
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVIATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Not so fast?"

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 not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
• Words that mean the same thing: light, lax, informal
• The opposite would be: affixed, tight
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOOSER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Popular new holidays gifts of 2001"

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: XBOXES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Hit 2008 Pixar film"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: WALLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Single"

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 of someone who has not been married
• Words that mean the same thing: unwedded
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNWED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Limo window feature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
• Words that mean the same thing: tone, tinge, tinct
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. Opposite of purity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that estrangement from god
• Words that mean the same thing: sinning, drop the ball, transgress
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Take to the hills?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars""

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: REN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. "Dr." with the 2011 hit "I Need a Doctor""

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	52	70.3%
Short Answer	14	18.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.1%
Sports	1	1.4%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.3 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!

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

Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

June 18, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Cosmic force	5
2A	6. Start to come apart	4
3A	10. Line in an expense report: Abbr.	4
4A	14. Company whose business rarely goes off without a hitch	5
5A	15. Prefix with -nautics	4
6A	16. Biblical preposition	4
7A	17. Possible cause of a 61-Across	10
8A	19. Vega, for one	4
9A	20. Offering at a pier restaurant	6
10A	21. Bit of unfinished business	8
11A	23. Dog tag owners, in brief	3
12A	25. Brita competitor	3
13A	26. Hogwash	8
14A	31. Celebrity chef Gordon ___	6
15A	34. Remember this!	5
16A	35. Bunch of romantics?	5
17A	37. ___ the line	3
18A	38. Ones on cases: Abbr.	4
19A	39. [Ugh, we've been stuck here for an hour ...]	18
20A	40. Veal ___ (informal dish)	4
21A	41. Terminate	3
22A	42. Game of chance	5
23A	43. Rocky Mountain city once home to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company	5
24A	44. Producer of Hot Wheels	6
25A	46. Polish, e.g.	8
26A	48. Bonehead	3
27A	49. Padre's hermano	3
28A	50. Group working with an anchor	8
29A	55. Goes off the wall	6
30A	60. Loads	4
31A	61. Situation depicted at 39-Across	10
32A	63. Bog	4
33A	64. Grain location	4
34A	65. One of the McMahons of WWE	5
35A	66. Cries of faux terror	4
36A	67. Bulldogs' home	4
37A	68. Basketball game	5

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. Cosmic force"

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 (hinduism and buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KARMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Start to come apart"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a noisy fight
• Words that mean the same thing: fret, disturbance, affray
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Line in an expense report: Abbr."

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: MISC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Company whose business rarely goes off without a hitch"

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: UHAUL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Prefix with -nautics"

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: AERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Biblical preposition"

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: UNTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Possible cause of a 61-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
• Words that mean the same thing: chokepoint, constriction
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOTTLENECK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Vega, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Offering at a pier restaurant"

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 marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
• Words that mean the same thing: huitre
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OYSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Bit of unfinished business"

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: LOOSEEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Dog tag owners, 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 unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
• Words that mean the same thing: Gb, gilbert, GI
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Brita competitor"

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: PUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Hogwash"

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 empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
• Words that mean the same thing: nothingness, idle words, malarky
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALARKEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Celebrity chef Gordon ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RAMSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "34. Remember this!"

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 siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALAMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "35. Bunch of romantics?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
• Words that mean the same thing: blush wine, pink wine, rose wine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROSES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. ___ the line"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Ones on cases: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. [Ugh, we've been stuck here for an hour ...]"

Quick Info: This answer has 18 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: CARVANSEMITRUCKBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Veal ___ (informal dish)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Terminate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Game of chance"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
• Words that mean the same thing: beano, bingo, keno
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOTTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Rocky Mountain city once home to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BUTTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Producer of Hot Wheels"

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: MATTEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. Polish, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or inhabitant of europe
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUROPEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Bonehead"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: clod, goon, gawk
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. Padre's hermano"

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: TIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "50. Group working with an anchor"

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: NEWSTEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Goes off the wall"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
• Words that mean the same thing: freak, lusus naturae, nut
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FREAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Loads"

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: ALOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Situation depicted at 39-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TRAFFICJAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "63. Bog"

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 soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Words that mean the same thing: morass, entangle, slack
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. Grain location"

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

  The answer is: SILO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. One of the McMahons of WWE"

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: SHANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Cries of faux terror"

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: EEKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Bulldogs' home"

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 university in connecticut
• Words that mean the same thing: Yale University, Elihu Yale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Basketball game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
• Words that mean the same thing: knight, buck, gymnastic horse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HORSE

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - June 18, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. "___ and the Two Strings" (2016 animated film)	4
2D	2. Call for all hands on deck?	4
3D	3. Cry sometimes made with a snap of the fingers	4
4D	4. A little of this, a little of that	4
5D	5. Brisk, musically	7
6D	6. Cooler	3
7D	7. Show evidence of shock	4
8D	8. West Coast gas brand	4
9D	9. "Oh ___!" (song from Lennon's "Imagine" album)	4
10D	10. The Getty, for one	6
11D	11. Bad place for a 61-Across	10
12D	12. Lee known for his cameos	4
13D	13. Parachute part	4
14D	18. ___ the Red	4
15D	22. Places for baths	4
16D	24. Minor role in many a Shakespeare play	7
17D	26. ___ President	5
18D	27. One setting an alarm, maybe	5
19D	28. What a 61-Across might make you	10
20D	29. Alarm clock settings, for short	3
21D	30. California's ___ Valley	8
22D	31. Visual puzzle	5
23D	32. Blood line	5
24D	33. Arab Spring nation	5
25D	36. Had a bad at-bat	9
26D	39. Winter air	5
27D	40. Small part of a pound	3
28D	42. Remaining	4
29D	43. Uncivilized	7
30D	45. Preferences	6
31D	47. Expound (on)	4
32D	50. "You ___ it"	4
33D	51. Writer Wiesel	4
34D	52. Place to order handmade goods	4
35D	53. "Brava!" elicitor	4
36D	54. The world's largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet)	4
37D	56. Delta follower	4
38D	57. Cracked open	4
39D	58. Neighbor of Nebr.	4
40D	59. Mr. ___ ("Peter Pan" character)	4
41D	62. One of "them"	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. "___ and the Two Strings" (2016 animated film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KUBO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Call for all hands on deck?"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AHOY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Cry sometimes made with a snap of the fingers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
• Words that mean the same thing: give away, strikebreaker, shit
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. A little of this, a little of that"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
• Words that mean the same thing: cur, mongrel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUTT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Brisk, musically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALLEGRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Cooler"

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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
• Words that mean the same thing: devotee, rooter, buff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Show evidence of shock"

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 roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Words that mean the same thing: Scottish reel, keel, stagger
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. West Coast gas brand"

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 (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Oh ___!" (song from Lennon's "Imagine" album)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: YOKO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. The Getty, for one"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MUSEUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Bad place for a 61-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: interstate highway
• The opposite would be: intrastate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTERSTATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Lee known for his cameos"

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: STAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Parachute part"

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 line made of twisted fibers or threads
• Words that mean the same thing: corduroy, electric cord
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ the Red"

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: ERIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Places for baths"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SPAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Minor role in many a Shakespeare play"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
• Words that mean the same thing: retainer, handmaiden, handmaid
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERVANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. ___ President"

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 woman of refinement
• Words that mean the same thing: brothel keeper, lady, dame
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. One setting an alarm, maybe"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. What a 61-Across might make you"

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: LATETOWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Alarm clock settings, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
• Words that mean the same thing: Master of Arts, AM, americium
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. California's ___ Valley"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a series of waterfalls in yosemite national park in california; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year
• Words that mean the same thing: Yosemite Falls
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YOSEMITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Visual puzzle"

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 puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REBUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Blood line"

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 large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AORTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "33. Arab Spring nation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a republic on the southwestern shores of the arabian peninsula on the indian ocean; formed in 1990
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Yemen
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Had a bad at-bat"

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: STRUCKOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Winter air"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
• Words that mean the same thing: Christmas carol
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAROL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Small part of a pound"

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 young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
• Words that mean the same thing: whelp, puppy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Remaining"

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 location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
• Words that mean the same thing: depart, odd, pull up stakes
• The opposite would be: disinherit, right
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Uncivilized"

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 ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: neanderthal, oafish, neandertal
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOORISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Preferences"

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 sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
• Words that mean the same thing: savour, mouthful, try
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TASTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Expound (on)"

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 berber living in northern morocco
• Words that mean the same thing: Riffian, flick, leaf
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "50. "You ___ it""

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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
• Words that mean the same thing: epithet, list, distinguish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Writer Wiesel"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. Place to order handmade goods"

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: ETSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. "Brava!" elicitor"

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

  The answer is: ARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. The world's largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet)"

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 public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• Words that mean the same thing: shopping mall, shopping center, center
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Delta follower"

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 repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
• Words that mean the same thing: repeat, sound reflection, reverberation
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECHO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Cracked open"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Neighbor of Nebr."

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: KANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. Mr. ___ ("Peter Pan" character)"

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: SMEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "62. One of "them""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
• Words that mean the same thing: enemy, foeman, opposition
• The opposite would be: friend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	56	71.8%
Short Answer	9	11.5%
Abbreviation	3	3.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Sports	2	2.6%
Music	2	2.6%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	18 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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