November 27, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (37 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, November 27, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

November 27, 2020 Friday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. ___ others	5
2A	6. Supermarket chain inits.	3
3A	9. Shortly, for short	4
4A	13. Part of a fireplace set	5
5A	14. Onetime court figure	4
6A	15. Lacking vivacity	4
7A	16. Classic British rock group	10
8A	18. Vivacity	4
9A	19. Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation	9
10A	20. Response to an air offensive?	5
11A	21. Alternative to mushrooms	3
12A	22. Confused	6
13A	24. Still has feelings (for)	13
14A	29. Singer Grande	6
15A	30. Thanksgiving dinner preference	3
16A	31. ___ Ren of "Star Wars"	4
17A	34. Imparts	5
18A	35. Part of H.R.H.	3
19A	36. 1000 in the military	5
20A	37. Wise guys?	4
21A	38. Be sociable	3
22A	39. Heavenly halo	6
23A	40. Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce	13
24A	43. Prime	6
25A	44. Word that may or may not be a contraction	3
26A	45. Chihuahua is a Mexican one	5
27A	46. Attire for some traditional dancing	9
28A	52. "Me neither"	4
29A	53. "Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!"	10
30A	54. Having moved on from	4
31A	55. Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings	4
32A	56. ___ lines	5
33A	57. Word that may or may not be a contraction	4
34A	58. Underground org. in N.Y.C.	3
35A	59. Famed Miami golf resort	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. ___ others"

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: AMONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Supermarket chain inits."

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 most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts
• Words that mean the same thing: immunoglobulin A
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Shortly, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that as soon as possible
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Part of a fireplace set"

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 fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
• Words that mean the same thing: stove poker, poker game, fire hook
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POKER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Onetime court figure"

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 person who lacks good judgment
• Words that mean the same thing: frivol away, put one over, dupe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Lacking vivacity"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that make dull in appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: ho-hum, muffled, irksome
• The opposite would be: sharp, sharpen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Classic British rock group"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an ancient megalithic monument in southern england; probably used for ritual purposes
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STONEHENGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. 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 quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
• Words that mean the same thing: animation, vivification, spiritedness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BRIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "19. Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EEKAMOUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "20. Response to an air offensive?"

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 short high tone produced as a signal or warning
• Words that mean the same thing: beep
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLEEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Alternative to mushrooms"

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

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "22. Confused"

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 propel through the air
• Words that mean the same thing: confuse, project, have
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THROWN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Still has feelings (for)"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: CARRIESATORCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Singer Grande"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that city in tunisia
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARIANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Thanksgiving dinner preference"

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 human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
• Words that mean the same thing: ramification, peg, pegleg
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. ___ Ren of "Star Wars""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: KYLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Imparts"

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 bestow a quality on
• Words that mean the same thing: loan, lend, impart
• The opposite would be: borrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LENDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Part of H.R.H."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "36. 1000 in the military"

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: TENAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "37. Wise guys?"

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 (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
• Words that mean the same thing: magus, Wise Men
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAGI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. Be sociable"

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 commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
• Words that mean the same thing: integrate, commixture, blend
• The opposite would be: segregate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "39. Heavenly halo"

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 outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
• Words that mean the same thing: St. Elmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORONA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "40. Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: BANANASFOSTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "43. Prime"

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 pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• Words that mean the same thing: choose, take, pick 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: SELECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "44. Word that may or may not be a contraction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• Words that mean the same thing: inauspicious, ailment, complaint
• The opposite would be: well
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Chihuahua is a Mexican one"

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 territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
• Words that mean the same thing: commonwealth, country, posit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. Attire for some traditional dancing"

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: HULASKIRT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. "Me neither""

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: NORI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "53. "Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!""

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: BILLTHECAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. Having moved on from"

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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• Words that mean the same thing: concluded, terminated, complete
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings"

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

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "56. ___ lines"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an opposing military force
• Words that mean the same thing: opposition, foe, foeman
• 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: ENEMY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "57. Word that may or may not be a contraction"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
• Words that mean the same thing: exist, follow, represent
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "58. Underground org. in N.Y.C."

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: MTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "59. Famed Miami golf resort"

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: DORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

November 27, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Feature of Notre-Dame supported by flying buttresses	4
2D	2. Speck	4
3D	3. "Enough! I get it!"	4
4D	4. "99 Luftballons" singer	4
5D	5. 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating	8
6D	6. Discoveries of Michael Faraday	4
7D	7. Type-A type	8
8D	8. Blond in a bar?	3
9D	9. Spot removers	10
10D	10. "Hmm ... all right, I'm in!"	10
11D	11. Common character in "The Far Side"	5
12D	12. Make a splash	4
13D	14. Longstanding disputes	5
14D	17. Old Testament prophet	5
15D	20. Chill response	3
16D	23. Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson	3
17D	24. Zero on the Beaufort scale	4
18D	25. Sphere	4
19D	26. Page seen in a wedding album	10
20D	27. Michelin offering	10
21D	28. Echo responder	5
22D	32. Part of a track	4
23D	33. Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez	4
24D	35. Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn't	8
25D	36. Structure near a bed?	8
26D	38. Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally	3
27D	39. Harpist's home key	5
28D	41. Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham	3
29D	42. Perches for houseplants	5
30D	43. Pilot's place	5
31D	45. Blanket that won't keep you warm?	4
32D	47. Big cosmetics chain	4
33D	48. It's a numbers game	4
34D	49. Cake topper	4
35D	50. Hindu deity of virtue	4
36D	51. Equivalent of "cya" in a text	4
37D	53. [Just like that!]	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. Feature of Notre-Dame supported by flying buttresses"

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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
• Words that mean the same thing: apsis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Speck"

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 (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
• Words that mean the same thing: speck, corpuscle, atom
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Enough! I get it!""

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: OKOK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "99 Luftballons" singer"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• Words that mean the same thing: imp, pixie, pixy
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GREMLINS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Discoveries of Michael Faraday"

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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
• Words that mean the same thing: ion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Type-A type"

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: GOGETTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Blond in a bar?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Spot removers"

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: ADBLOCKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "Hmm ... all right, I'm in!""

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: SUREWHYNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Common character in "The Far Side""

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 person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
• Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, foreign, outlander
• The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Make a splash"

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 noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
• Words that mean the same thing: plump, plonk, plunk
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Longstanding disputes"

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 bitter quarrel between two parties
• Words that mean the same thing: feud
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEUDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. Old Testament prophet"

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 minor hebrew prophet (8th century bc)
• Words that mean the same thing: Book of Hosea
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOSEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Chill response"

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: BRR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• Words that mean the same thing: squealer, hogg, grunter
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. Zero on the Beaufort scale"

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 steadiness of mind under stress
• Words that mean the same thing: tranquil, sedate, quiet
• The opposite would be: agitate, discomposure
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CALM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Sphere"

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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: country, surface area, arena
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. Page seen in a wedding album"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: RINGBEARER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Michelin offering"

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: RADIALTIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Echo responder"

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: ALEXA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Part of a track"

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

  The answer is: LANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez"

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: OMAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn't"

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: HINTHINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Structure near a bed?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shed for storing tools
• Words that mean the same thing: toolhouse
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOOLSHED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: mackintosh, mack, macintosh
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Harpist's home key"

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: CFLAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham"

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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Perches for houseplants"

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 united states operatic soprano (born in 1929)
• Words that mean the same thing: Belle Miriam Silverman, Beverly Sills, sill
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. Pilot's place"

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 kitchen appliance used for cooking food
• Words that mean the same thing: stave, stave in, range
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "45. Blanket that won't keep you warm?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• Words that mean the same thing: hoodwink, lead by the nose, Charles Percy 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: SNOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Big cosmetics chain"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ULTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. It's a numbers game"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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, lotto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Cake topper"

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 being nine more than ninety
• Words that mean the same thing: ninety-nine, 99, ic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "50. Hindu deity of virtue"

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 avatar of vishnu whose name is synonymous with god; any of three incarnations: ramachandra or parashurama or balarama
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "51. Equivalent of "cya" in a text"

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: TTYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. [Just like that!]"

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 ancient city in southeastern iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
• Words that mean the same thing: bang, blast, eruption
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	49	68.1%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	4.2%
Geography	2	2.8%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Music	1	1.4%
Food & Drink	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	37
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (38 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, August 06, 2020

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 77 (39 Across, 38 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

August 06, 2020 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. K follower	4
2A	5. Run for it!	4
3A	9. Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue	8
4A	13. One with a title	5
5A	14. Purloin	5
6A	15. TV host with the memoir "Born a Crime"	4
7A	16. "Hoarders" network	5
8A	17. Novelist Walker	5
9A	18. Major-___	4
10A	19. Political party founded in 1966	16
11A	22. Oh, it's nothing	3
12A	23. Perimeter of a billiards table	5
13A	24. Devil dog	8
14A	26. Speakeasy, by another name	8
15A	29. "Bye-bye"	6
16A	30. Mailroom stamp: Abbr.	4
17A	31. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)	4
18A	33. T-shirt choices, for short	3
19A	34. Shortly before the events of the New Testament	5
20A	36. Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West	4
21A	38. "Praise be to ___"	5
22A	42. Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic	3
23A	44. Up votes	4
24A	46. Woman's name that means "violet"	4
25A	47. Pushes to the side	6
26A	50. Like the Kardashians' heritage	8
27A	52. Sole proprietorship?	8
28A	54. They might help you get a grip	5
29A	55. Little downtime	3
30A	56. Saying "You've never looked better," maybe	16
31A	60. Chorus at an arena de fútbol	4
32A	62. Time off	5
33A	63. Inland's opposite	5
34A	64. Sage	4
35A	65. Hard hit, in baseball lingo	5
36A	66. Wear in ancient Rome	5
37A	67. Many a country road	8
38A	68. Brand of "anti-aging" products	4
39A	69. Fr. religious figures	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. K 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 an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Words that mean the same thing: market, market place, marketplace
• The 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 2 Across: "5. Run for 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 space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, keister, posterior
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue"

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: EGGWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. One with a title"

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 (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
• Words that mean the same thing: proprietor, possessor
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Purloin"

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 make off with belongings of others
• Words that mean the same thing: abstract, swipe, pinch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FILCH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. TV host with the memoir "Born a Crime""

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 hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of noah and the flood is told in the book of genesis
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. "Hoarders" network"

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: AANDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Novelist Walker"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ALICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Major-___"

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: DOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Political party founded in 1966"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: THEBLACKPANTHERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Oh, it's nothing"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: goose egg, nix, nada
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Perimeter of a billiards table"

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 bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
• Words that mean the same thing: track, train, vilify
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Devil dog"

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: USMARINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Speakeasy, by another name"

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: BLINDPIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "29. "Bye-bye""

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: SOLONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "30. Mailroom stamp: 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: RECD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "31. ___ vez (again, in Spanish)"

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: OTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "33. T-shirt choices, 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: SML

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "34. Shortly before the events of the New Testament"

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: ONEBC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "36. Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West"

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: EARP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "38. "Praise be to ___""

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 22 Across: "42. Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic"

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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
• Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Up votes"

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 affirmative
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The opposite would be: nay
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "46. Woman's name that means "violet""

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: IONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Pushes to the side"

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 passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
• Words that mean the same thing: bypass, electrical shunt, shunt
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHUNTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Like the Kardashians' heritage"

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 armenia
• Words that mean the same thing: Armenian language, Armenian alphabet
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARMENIAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Sole proprietorship?"

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: SHOESHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. They might help you get a grip"

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 various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
• Words that mean the same thing: pair of tongs
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TONGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Little downtime"

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 of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: catnap, cat sleep, short sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Saying "You've never looked better," maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: TELLINGAWHITELIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Chorus at an arena de fútbol"

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: OLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Time 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 the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
• Words that mean the same thing: leave-taking, give, go away
• The opposite would be: arrive, enter
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Inland's opposite"

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 shore of a sea or ocean
• Words that mean the same thing: slide, seashore, seacoast
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COAST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Sage"

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 way of doing or being
• Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Samuel Wise, fresh, impertinent
• 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 35 Across: "65. Hard hit, in baseball lingo"

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 (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
• Words that mean the same thing: lining, ocean liner, line drive
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Wear in ancient Rome"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
• Words that mean the same thing: adventitia, tunica
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Many a country road"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
• Words that mean the same thing: blacktopping
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BLACKTOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "68. Brand of "anti-aging" products"

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: OLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "69. Fr. religious figures"

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: STES

  Great job if you got it right!

NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - August 06, 2020 Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. [blown kiss]	4
2D	2. Author of "Interview With the Vampire"	8
3D	3. Old Glory	15
4D	4. Hesitant to act	6
5D	5. What a foul mouth is full of?	4
6D	6. Counselor to Job	5
7D	7. Get into	6
8D	8. Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963	7
9D	9. Terminus	3
10D	10. "I'll be right behind you"	6
11D	11. Main Las Vegas industry	6
12D	12. Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019	9
13D	13. Clif Bar bit	3
14D	14. MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees	7
15D	20. Prime Cuts and T-Bonz brand	4
16D	21. Actress Hayek	5
17D	25. It might prevent an overload of the power grid	15
18D	26. Compadre	3
19D	27. ___ Wiseman, director of "Total Recall"	3
20D	28. With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme	4
21D	32. See 28-Down	4
22D	35. Is allowed to, quaintly	5
23D	37. Significant other	7
24D	39. DC reporter	8
25D	40. Carrier to Tokyo	3
26D	41. Chick magnet?	3
27D	43. Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme	7
28D	45. Air apparent?	4
29D	47. Gene with a large 'stache of films?	6
30D	48. "Fingers crossed!"	6
31D	49. Cirque du ___	6
32D	51. Passes	6
33D	52. "Grimms' Fairy Tales" heroine	9
34D	53. Starter course?	5
35D	57. Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith	4
36D	58. Goddess often depicted holding an ankh	4
37D	59. And so on: Abbr.	3
38D	61. Mo. when Oktoberfest starts	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. [blown kiss]"

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: MWAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Author of "Interview With the Vampire""

Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ANNERICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Old Glory"

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: REDWHITEANDBLUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Hesitant to act"

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 timid by nature or revealing timidity
• Words that mean the same thing: fearful, timorous
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TREPID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. What a foul mouth is full of?"

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 mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
• Words that mean the same thing: silt 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: SILT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Counselor to Job"

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: ELIHU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Get into"

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 right to enter
• Words that mean the same thing: approach, get at, accession
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACCESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963"

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 vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks
• Words that mean the same thing: thermos flask, thermos bottle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THERMOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Terminus"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. "I'll be right behind you""

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: GOONIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Main Las Vegas industry"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
• Words that mean the same thing: back, stake, play
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: BLACKHOLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Clif Bar bit"

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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees"

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: FANSITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "20. Prime Cuts and T-Bonz brand"

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: ALPO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Actress Hayek"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SALMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. It might prevent an overload of the power grid"

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: ROLLINGBLACKOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Compadre"

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: BRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. ___ Wiseman, director of "Total Recall""

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: LEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

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 neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• Words that mean the same thing: grizzly, white-haired, grey
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. See 28-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 a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: region, expanse, arena
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "35. Is allowed to, quaintly"

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: CANST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Significant other"

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's partner in marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: cooperator, married person, better half
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARTNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "39. DC reporter"

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: LOISLANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "40. Carrier to Tokyo"

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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Chick magnet?"

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 adult female chicken
• Words that mean the same thing: biddy
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle's theme"

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 the hero of william shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTHELLO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. Air apparent?"

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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
• Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Gene with a large 'stache of films?"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert 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: SHALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. "Fingers crossed!""

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: HOPESO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Cirque du ___"

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: SOLEIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Passes"

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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
• Words that mean the same thing: act out, ordain, enact
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. "Grimms' Fairy Tales" heroine"

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: SNOWWHITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Starter course?"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: PLANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: IVEY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "58. Goddess often depicted holding an ankh"

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 egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
• Words that mean the same thing: ISI, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "59. And so on: Abbr."

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "61. Mo. when Oktoberfest starts"

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

  The answer is: SEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	71.4%
Short Answer	8	10.4%
Celebrity/Entertainment	6	7.8%
Abbreviation	3	3.9%
Literature	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Geography	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	38
Total Clues	77
Average Answer Length	5.6 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	16 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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