April 09, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, April 09, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.4 letters

NYT Friday Crossword Across Clues - April 09, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. [scoff]	4
2A	5. Break some ground	3
3A	8. Feature of The New York Review of Books	5
4A	13. Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first	4
5A	14. "It is impossible to love and to be ___": Francis Bacon	4
6A	15. Daft	5
7A	16. Be above pettiness	15
8A	19. Superpower of Cyclops in the "X-Men" films	7
9A	20. Mrs., in Madrid	3
10A	21. "___ más!"	3
11A	22. Part of many a gas station	4
12A	23. What happens when two people miss each other a lot?	8
13A	25. Big Mac ingredient	12
14A	28. Like a bad signal	4
15A	29. Cargo area	3
16A	30. Eye, slangily	6
17A	34. Amazon ___	3
18A	35. Meme animals	7
19A	37. When doubled, a 2010s dance	3
20A	38. Caribbean capital	6
21A	40. Little laugh	3
22A	41. Precursor to a big flop?	4
23A	42. Newly single and ready to mingle	12
24A	45. Last bunch to board, typically	8
25A	48. Sheets often come in it	4
26A	49. Sports org. for the Colorado Eagles and Texas Stars	3
27A	50. Red side, for short	3
28A	51. The world's wealthiest family	7
29A	54. Quick swim in freezing cold water	15
30A	57. U.S. Open tennis champion of 2018 and 2020	5
31A	58. Harold ___, Manhattan Project scientist	4
32A	59. Hoot	4
33A	60. Fix up	5
34A	61. Stock holder?	3
35A	62. Actress Niecy on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	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. [scoff]"

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: PFFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Break some ground"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the site of an archeological exploration
• Words that mean the same thing: drudge, grind, fag
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Feature of The New York Review of Books"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an analytic or interpretive literary composition
• Words that mean the same thing: try, test, examine
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESSAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALAI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "It is impossible to love and to be ___": Francis Bacon"

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 way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: overbold, knowing, smart
• The opposite would be: foolish
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Daft"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NUTSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Be above pettiness"

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: TAKETHEHIGHROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Superpower of Cyclops in the "X-Men" films"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: EYEBEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Mrs., in Madrid"

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: SRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. "___ más!""

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: UNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Part of many a gas station"

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 area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market place, marketplace, market
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. What happens when two people miss each other a lot?"

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: PHONETAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Big Mac ingredient"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SPECIALSAUCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Like a bad signal"

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 wanting in physical strength
• Words that mean the same thing: faint, infirm, washy
• The opposite would be: strong
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. Cargo area"

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 indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
• Words that mean the same thing: bay tree, embayment, alcove
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Eye, slangily"

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 viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
• Words that mean the same thing: Peeping Tom, voyeur
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEEPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Amazon ___"

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

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Meme animals"

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: LOLCATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. When doubled, a 2010s dance"

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: NAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Caribbean capital"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital of the bahamas
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of the Bahamas
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASSAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Little laugh"

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: HEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Precursor to a big flop?"

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 three-tone chadic language
• Words that mean the same thing: Yamaltu, Pidlimdi
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. Newly single and ready to mingle"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: ONTHEREBOUND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. Last bunch to board, typically"

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 something that can be relied on when needed
• Words that mean the same thing: standby, understudy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STANDBYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Sheets often come in it"

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

  The answer is: REAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "49. Sports org. for the Colorado Eagles and Texas Stars"

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: AHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Red side, 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 the younger of two major political parties in the united states; gop is an acronym for grand old party
• Words that mean the same thing: Republican Party
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. The world's wealthiest family"

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 english composer (1902-1983)
• Words that mean the same thing: Walton, Sir William Turner Walton, Ernest Walton
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WALTONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Quick swim in freezing cold water"

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: POLARBEARPLUNGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. U.S. Open tennis champion of 2018 and 2020"

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 port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OSAKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "58. Harold ___, Manhattan Project scientist"

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 united states chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
• Words that mean the same thing: Harold Clayton Urey, Harold Urey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UREY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Hoot"

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 public act of violence by an unruly mob
• Words that mean the same thing: debauch, roister, wow
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Fix up"

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: REHAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. Stock holder?"

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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
• Words that mean the same thing: playpen, write, penitentiary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Actress Niecy on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
• Words that mean the same thing: Ogden Nash
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NASH

  Great job if you got it right!

April 09, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dome	4
2D	2. Severely criticize	4
3D	3. Impossible Foods products	9
4D	4. Put into a ponytail, e.g.	7
5D	5. Per ___	4
6D	6. "Eh, give or take"	3
7D	7. Performer with a single fan?	6
8D	8. Heightens	8
9D	9. América del ___	3
10D	10. Opposite of svelte	5
11D	11. Something held for a stretch	5
12D	12. "'Sup, dude"	5
13D	14. Hit 1991 film starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss	12
14D	17. Hatcher who told Seinfeld "And by the way, they're real ... and they're spectacular!"	4
15D	18. Treatment option offering communal support	12
16D	23. Freudian concerns	7
17D	24. Shoebox spec	3
18D	25. ___ song	4
19D	26. Enrique ___ Nieto, 2012-18 Mexican president	4
20D	27. Staples Center team, on scoreboards	3
21D	31. William Henry Harrison's cause of death, after just 31 days in office	9
22D	32. Pull down	4
23D	33. Do a parent's bedtime activity	4
24D	35. Territory-expanding move	8
25D	36. ___ Lingus	3
26D	39. Start of some sequel titles	3
27D	41. Perfectly, as in cooking	7
28D	43. Ballyhoo	6
29D	44. Class ring?	4
30D	45. Flavor	5
31D	46. "___ Winter Sundays" (Robert Hayden poem)	5
32D	47. Deity with 99 names	5
33D	51. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter	4
34D	52. CURE and CARE, e.g.	4
35D	53. N.B.A. star Curry	4
36D	55. Kamala Harris's college sorority, for short	3
37D	56. Make, as in math	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. Dome"

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 liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
• Words that mean the same thing: crown, poll
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Severely criticize"

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

  The answer is: FLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Impossible Foods products"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FAKEMEATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Put into a ponytail, e.g."

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 device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
• Words that mean the same thing: pullback
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIEBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Per ___"

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: DIEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. "Eh, give or take""

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: ISH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Performer with a single fan?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
• Words that mean the same thing: geisha girl
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEISHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Heightens"

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 make better or more attractive
• Words that mean the same thing: heighten, raise, enhance
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENHANCES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. América del ___"

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 port in southern lebanon on the mediterranean sea; formerly a major phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Words that mean the same thing: Tyre
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Opposite of svelte"

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 strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
• Words that mean the same thing: stalwart, sturdy, portly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Something held for a stretch"

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 12 Down: "12. "'Sup, dude""

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: YODOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Hit 1991 film starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WHATABOUTBOB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Hatcher who told Seinfeld "And by the way, they're real ... and they're spectacular!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: TERI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Treatment option offering communal support"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: GROUPTHERAPY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Freudian concerns"

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 that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
• Words that mean the same thing: head, brain, nous
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PSYCHES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Shoebox spec"

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: EEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. ___ song"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, vagabond, ramble
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Enrique ___ Nieto, 2012-18 Mexican president"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Staples Center team, on scoreboards"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. William Henry Harrison's cause of death, after just 31 days in office"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PNEUMONIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Pull down"

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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• Words that mean the same thing: garner, realize, pull in
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EARN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Do a parent's bedtime activity"

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 something that is read
• Words that mean the same thing: register, translate, understand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: READ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Territory-expanding move"

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: LANDGRAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. ___ Lingus"

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: AER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Start of some sequel titles"

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: Word, Logos, boy
• 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 27 Down: "41. Perfectly, as in cooking"

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: TOATURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Ballyhoo"

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: HYPEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Class ring?"

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 hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
• Words that mean the same thing: campana, Vanessa Bell, bell shape
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Flavor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SAPOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. "___ Winter Sundays" (Robert Hayden poem)"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Deity with 99 names"

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

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "51. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Words that mean the same thing: jenny wren, Sir Christopher Wren
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WREN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "52. CURE and CARE, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
• Words that mean the same thing: NGO, nongovernmental organization
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NGOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. N.B.A. star Curry"

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 (old testament) third son of adam and eve; given by god in place of the murdered abel
• Words that mean the same thing: Set
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Kamala Harris's college sorority, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: AKA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. Make, as in math"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	59.7%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.9%
Literature	2	2.8%
Sports	2	2.8%
Geography	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	2	2.8%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Science/Technology	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.4 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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November 27, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, November 27, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (31 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.5 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword November 27, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Act the cynic, maybe	5
2A	6. Embarks on a newly righteous path	7
3A	13. Felt off	5
4A	14. "This is no laughing matter!"	9
5A	16. Operative	15
6A	18. Realizes	4
7A	19. Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief	3
8A	20. Kitchen extension?	4
9A	21. Soirée invitee	3
10A	22. Big gun, you might say	5
11A	24. Brilliant display	5
12A	25. Small boat of East Asia	6
13A	27. Draft letters	3
14A	29. Spot early on?	3
15A	30. Gardening practice that minimizes the need for water	11
16A	34. The book of numbers	11
17A	36. Low member of a marine ecosystem	11
18A	38. Symbol on an ancient sarcophagus	3
19A	41. People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate light	3
20A	42. More like mud	6
21A	44. Savage	5
22A	46. Something out standing in its field	5
23A	49. Head of Hogwarts?	3
24A	50. Bit of hunting gear, for short	4
25A	51. Today preceder	3
26A	52. It started smoking again in 2021	4
27A	53. "You can come out now"	15
28A	58. Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth	9
29A	59. Collage application	5
30A	60. Dangerous place for a leak	7
31A	61. Put up	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. Act the cynic, maybe"

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 showing your contempt by derision
• Words that mean the same thing: flout, jeering, barrack
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOFF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Embarks on a newly righteous path"

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 turn away from sin or do penitence
• Words that mean the same thing: atone, regret, rue
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REPENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "13. Felt off"

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 be ill or unwell
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, pain, trouble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. "This is no laughing matter!""

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: BESERIOUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. Operative"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNDERCOVERAGENT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Realizes"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: clear, web, network
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief"

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: OSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Kitchen extension?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Soirée invitee"

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: AMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Big gun, you might say"

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: BICEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "24. Brilliant display"

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 strong flame that burns brightly
• Words that mean the same thing: blazing, hell, blaze 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: BLAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "25. Small boat of East Asia"

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 an asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAMPAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Draft letters"

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: IPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Spot early on?"

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: puppy, whelp
• The 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 15 Across: "30. Gardening practice that minimizes the need for water"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: XERISCAPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. The book of numbers"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "36. Low member of a marine ecosystem"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
• The word looks like this: ___________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZOOPLANKTON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Symbol on an ancient sarcophagus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate light"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new 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: UTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. More like mud"

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 leaking out slowly
• Words that mean the same thing: seeping, oozing, oozy
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OOZIER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Savage"

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

  The answer is: BEAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Something out standing in its field"

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 material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
• Words that mean the same thing: husk, stubble, shuck
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "49. Head of Hogwarts?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a toilet in britain
• Words that mean the same thing: W.C., closet, water closet
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "50. Bit of hunting gear, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
• Words that mean the same thing: camouflage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. Today preceder"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: Army, America, U.S.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. It started smoking again in 2021"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ETNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. "You can come out now""

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: THECOASTISCLEAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "58. Those tending to the fallen warriors called einherjar, in myth"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (norse mythology) one of the maidens of odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to valhalla
• Words that mean the same thing: Valkyrie
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VALKYRIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Collage application"

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 mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
• Words that mean the same thing: glue, spread, library paste
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PASTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "60. Dangerous place for a leak"

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: GASLINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Put up"

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 place one's stake
• 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: ANTED

  Great job if you got it right!

November 27, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Hot spots	6
2D	2. Channel owned by HBO	7
3D	3. Prompting nostalgia, say	8
4D	4. Schedule listings	4
5D	5. Who famously offered this speaking advice: "Be sincere, be brief, be seated," in brief	3
6D	6. Variety offering	5
7D	7. Sri Lanka-to-Singapore dir.	3
8D	8. ___ curiam (by the court)	3
9D	9. Reconstruction, e.g.	3
10D	10. Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter	5
11D	11. Maneuver in dancing or football	6
12D	12. He wrote "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak"	6
13D	14. Anjou alternative	4
14D	15. Rather inclined	5
15D	17. It welcomes change	8
16D	22. Rescue	7
17D	23. England's Middleton, younger sister of Kate	5
18D	24. The world's most-visited city (20+ million travelers annually)	7
19D	26. 5-Down, e.g., in brief	4
20D	28. Self-playing instruments	8
21D	31. Deals	5
22D	32. Tool with an eye	3
23D	33. Jazz great Stan	4
24D	35. One might determine fertility	8
25D	37. Newborn	7
26D	38. Where "Lost" could be found	5
27D	39. Foe of Popeye	6
28D	40. Emmy-winning actress Adlon	6
29D	43. Didn't just tee-hee	6
30D	45. Hits hard	5
31D	47. One in a one-on-one session	5
32D	48. Unchanged	4
33D	52. Vivacity	4
34D	54. Castor ___ (old cartoon character)	3
35D	55. Lennox of R&B	3
36D	56. Vice principle	3
37D	57. Book reviewer?	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. Hot spots"

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 finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
• Words that mean the same thing: sauna, sweat room
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAUNAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Channel owned by HBO"

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: CINEMAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Prompting nostalgia, say"

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: OLDTIMEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Schedule listings"

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 fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
• Words that mean the same thing: tip, bung, fee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Who famously offered this speaking advice: "Be sincere, be brief, be seated," 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 32nd president of the united states; elected four times; instituted new deal to counter the great depression and led country during world war ii (1882-1945)
• Words that mean the same thing: Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FDR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Variety offering"

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 variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
• Words that mean the same thing: review
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REVUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sri Lanka-to-Singapore dir."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
• Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ curiam (by the court)"

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

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

  The answer is: PER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Reconstruction, e.g."

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: epoch, earned run average, geological era
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter"

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

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

  The answer is: NIGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Maneuver in dancing or football"

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: TOETAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. He wrote "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak""

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

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

  The answer is: SUNTZU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Anjou alternative"

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

  The answer is: BOSC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "15. Rather inclined"

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 steep place (as on a hill)
• Words that mean the same thing: usurious, unconscionable, soak up
• The opposite would be: gradual
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "17. It welcomes change"

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

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

  The answer is: COINSLOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Rescue"

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

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

  The answer is: BAILOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "23. England's Middleton, younger sister of Kate"

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

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

  The answer is: PIPPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "24. The world's most-visited city (20+ million travelers annually)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city and chief port of thailand; a leading city in southeastern asia; noted for buddhist architecture
• Words that mean the same thing: Krung Thep, capital of Thailand
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BANGKOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. 5-Down, e.g., in brief"

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: PREZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Self-playing instruments"

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 mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
• Words that mean the same thing: player piano, Pianola, mechanical piano
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIANOLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Deals"

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 brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: deal, thieve, make 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: COPES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Tool with an eye"

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 pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: AWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Jazz great Stan"

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

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

  The answer is: GETZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. One might determine fertility"

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

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Newborn"

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 baby from birth to four weeks
• Words that mean the same thing: newborn baby, newborn infant, newborn
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEONATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Where "Lost" could be found"

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: ABCTV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Foe of Popeye"

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: SEAHAG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Emmy-winning actress Adlon"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: PAMELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. Didn't just tee-hee"

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 make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
• Words that mean the same thing: howl, wail, ululate
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROARED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Hits hard"

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 hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
• Words that mean the same thing: drogue, air sock, bop
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOCKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. One in a one-on-one session"

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

  The answer is: TUTEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "48. Unchanged"

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: ASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Vivacity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Words that mean the same thing: ardor, zeal, flair
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Castor ___ (old cartoon character)"

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: OYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. Lennox of R&B"

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: ARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Vice principle"

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: drop the ball, transgress, sine
• The 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: "57. Book reviewer?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	42	61.8%
Short Answer	13	19.1%
History	5	7.4%
Geography	3	4.4%
Literature	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.5 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 Saturday, 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: September 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM