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NYT Crossword - January 03, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Wednesday, January 03, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 03, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Moderate

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (33 clues)

1A: "1. Marten's fur"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an artist's brush made of sable hairs
  • Similar words include: jet black, sable brush, ebony
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SABLE

2A: "6. Cudgel"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  • Similar words include: cabaret, guild, social club
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CLUB

3A: "10. Neat"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a state of arrangement or appearance
  • Similar words include: bring down, lop, tailored
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRIM

4A: "14. Swiftly, to a poet"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that at full speed; with great haste
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMAIN

5A: "15. Singer Coolidge"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITA

6A: "16. Decorate anew"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that do over, as of (part of) a house
  • Similar words include: remake, remodel, reconstruct
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REDO

7A: "17. Make merry"

15 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KICKUPONESHEELS

8A: "20. Native"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  • Similar words include: inbuilt, implicit in, constitutional
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INHERENT

9A: "21. Mollifies"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Similar words include: ease, simplicity, informality
  • Opposite of: difficulty
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EASES

10A: "22. Bridge ace Culbertson"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELY

11A: "23. Hit hard"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that sing loudly and forcefully
  • Similar words include: belt, belt out
  • Opposite of: unbelted, unbelt
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BELTED

12A: "25. Reserved; retiring"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  • Similar words include: small, pocket-sized, small-scale
  • Opposite of: immodest
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MODEST

13A: "29. Frolics"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an easy victory
  • Similar words include: romp, lark about, run around
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROMPS

14A: "30. Incite"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABET

15A: "31. Avian perch"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
  • Similar words include: aery, eyry, eyrie
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AERIE

16A: "32. Delight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the emotion of great happiness
  • Similar words include: joyousness, joyfulness, rejoice
  • Opposite of: sadden, sorrow
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JOY

17A: "35. Carouse"

15 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SOWONESWILDOATS

18A: "39. Fla.'s ___ Largo"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
  • Similar words include: paint, name, central
  • Opposite of: atonality
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEY

19A: "40. Adlai's running mate: 1956"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESTES

20A: "41. Sacrament"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
  • Similar words include: ritual, religious rite
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RITE

21A: "42. Admitted"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that have ownership or possession of
  • Similar words include: have, possess, own
  • Opposite of: unowned
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OWNED

22A: "43. Kind of car or game"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
  • Similar words include: living-room, sitting room, front room
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PARLOR

23A: "45. Run at full speed"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the particular occupation for which you are trained
  • Similar words include: calling, life history, vocation
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CAREER

24A: "47. Range of vision"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that range of what one can know or understand
  • Similar words include: sight, cognizance
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KEN

25A: "48. Wall decoration"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
  • Similar words include: tapestry
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARRAS

26A: "49. Deter from doing"

8 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that turn away from by persuasion
  • Similar words include: deter
  • Opposite of: persuade
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DISSUADE

27A: "54. Go on a spree"

15 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _______________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PAINTTHETOWNRED

28A: "57. Stolen goods"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that valuable goods
  • Similar words include: careen, reel, plunder
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SWAG

29A: "58. Artifice"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
  • Similar words include: artifice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RUSE

30A: "59. Moved gradually"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that advance slowly, as if by inches
  • Similar words include: butt on, border, stinging
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDGED

31A: "60. Other"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELSE

32A: "61. Long-billed bird"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IBIS

33A: "62. Spacious"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an associate who shares a room with you
  • Similar words include: spacious, roomie, roommate
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ROOMY

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (43 clues)

1D: "1. "The Square Egg" author"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that british writer of short stories (1870-1916)
  • Similar words include: H. H. Munro, Munro, Hector Hugh Munro
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAKI

2D: "2. Ugandan exile"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AMIN

3D: "3. Famed organist-composer"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that german baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
  • Similar words include: Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BACH

4D: "4. Comparable to"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a similar kind; ,
  • Similar words include: wish, the likes of, ilk
  • Opposite of: dislike, unlike
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIKE

5D: "5. Acclimates"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENURES

6D: "6. Close friend"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • Similar words include: chum, pal, brother
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRONY

7D: "7. Fuzz"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LINT

8D: "8. Western Amerind"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UTE

9D: "9. Kind of relief"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
  • Similar words include: Bachelor of Arts, BA, AB
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BAS

10D: "10. Gives medical aid to"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: plow, delicacy, care for
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREATS

11D: "11. Singer Della"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REESE

12D: "12. Dawdled"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that run disconnected or idle
  • Similar words include: laze, slug, tick over
  • Opposite of: work, run
Click to reveal answer
Answer: IDLED

13D: "13. Sphagnum, e.g."

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MOSS

14D: "18. Animal's skin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  • Similar words include: pepper, bombard, fur
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PELT

15D: "19. Succored"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that give help or assistance; be of service
  • Similar words include: help oneself, facilitate, assist
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HELPED

16D: "23. Writer Pasternak"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BORIS

17D: "24. Writer Ludwig"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EMIL

18D: "25. Mummer's cover-up"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a covering to disguise or conceal the face
  • Similar words include: masquerade, dissemble, masque
  • Opposite of: unmask
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MASK

19D: "26. A double-reed"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
  • Similar words include: hautboy, hautbois
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OBOE

20D: "27. Moist"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that wet with dew
  • Similar words include: bedewed
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEWY

21D: "28. D.D.E.'s command"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ETO

22D: "29. Tied the knot again"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REWED

23D: "31. Daisylike flower"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus aster with showy daisylike flowers
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASTER

24D: "32. Lockup"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  • Similar words include: lag, slammer, incarcerate
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: JAIL

25D: "33. Lyricist Harbach"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTTO

26D: "34. North Sea feeder"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: YSER

27D: "36. Most recent"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
  • Similar words include: novel, Modern, new
  • Opposite of: old, worn
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEWEST

28D: "37. Anglo-Saxon laborer"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ESNE

29D: "38. Bruin great"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that canadian hockey player (born 1948)
  • Similar words include: Robert Orr, Bobby Orr
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORR

30D: "42. Mandarin or Temple"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
  • Similar words include: orange tree, orangeness, orangish
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ORANGE

31D: "43. Jalapa coin"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the basic unit of money in uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
  • Similar words include: Philippine peso, Uruguayan peso, Guinea-Bissau peso
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: PESO

32D: "44. Rebuttal"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • Similar words include: solvent, solution, reply
  • Opposite of: question
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ANSWER

33D: "45. Swimmer's stroke"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a very slow movement
  • Similar words include: cringe, Australian crawl, creeping
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRAWL

34D: "46. Costa Rican statesman"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
  • Similar words include: aria
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARIAS

35D: "47. Predatory birds"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
  • Similar words include: kit out, kite, kit up
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: KITES

36D: "48. Cathedral's projection"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
  • Similar words include: apsis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: APSE

37D: "49. An Arnaz"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DESI

38D: "50. Cause the ruin of"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
  • Similar words include: unmake, loosen, untie
  • Opposite of: make, wrap
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UNDO

39D: "51. Jason's ship"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARGO

40D: "52. Consider"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • Similar words include: hold, view as, take for
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DEEM

41D: "53. Small whirlpool"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that founder of christian science in 1866 (1821-1910)
  • Similar words include: twist, purl, whirlpool
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EDDY

42D: "55. Prefix with corn or pod"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TRI

43D: "56. Focal point"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: HUB

Puzzle Stats

33 Across
43 Down
76 Total

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, January 03, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (33 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

January 03, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions

January 03, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. "First, do no ___" (physician's maxim) 4
2A 5. Claim on some food packaging 5
3A 10. Simplicity 4
4A 14. Cookie often dipped in milk 4
5A 15. Barclays Center in Brooklyn, for one 5
6A 16. Ending with Insta- 4
7A 17. Telepathic sort 10
8A 19. Halliwell of the Spice Girls 4
9A 20. Makeup mogul Lauder 5
10A 21. Determines the money needed to get out of jail 8
11A 23. Affirmative response to "Shall we dance?" 7
12A 26. Greek letter that one might expect to come last 4
13A 27. Embedded spy awaiting a mission 12
14A 32. Minor-league level 3
15A 35. With 59-Across, "Madam Secretary" star 3
16A 36. Curbside coin collector 5
17A 37. Scattered here, there and everywhere 15
18A 42. Animal that dances ballet in "Fantasia" 5
19A 43. Apple mobile devices run on it 3
20A 44. Locale for clouds 3
21A 45. "Quit arguing, kids!" 12
22A 50. Cuatro + cuatro 4
23A 51. 1988 Best Picture winner starring Dustin Hoffman 7
24A 55. People who "sow" evil 8
25A 59. See 35-Across 5
26A 60. Antioxidant-rich berry 4
27A 61. Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters 10
28A 64. Dryer fuzz 4
29A 65. "Ciao" in Chihuahua 5
30A 66. Singer India.___ 4
31A 67. Border 4
32A 68. H. Ross ___, candidate of 1992 and 1996 5
33A 69. Banana skin 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. "First, do no ___" (physician's maxim)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: impairment, trauma, injury
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HARM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Claim on some food packaging"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NOMSG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Simplicity"

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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  • Words that mean the same thing: repose, relieve, simpleness
  • The opposite would be: difficulty
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EASE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Cookie often dipped in milk"

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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
  • Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OREO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Barclays Center in Brooklyn, for one"

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 particular environment or walk of life
  • Words that mean the same thing: domain, scene of action, area
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARENA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Ending with Insta-"

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 metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
  • Words that mean the same thing: Hans C. J. Gram, gm, g
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GRAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Telepathic sort"

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: MINDREADER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Halliwell of the Spice Girls"

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: GERI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Makeup mogul Lauder"

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: ESTEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Determines the money needed to get out of jail"

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: SETSBAIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Affirmative response to "Shall we dance?""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: YESLETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "26. Greek letter that one might expect to come last"

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 6th letter of the greek 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: ZETA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Embedded spy awaiting a mission"

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: SLEEPERAGENT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "32. Minor-league level"

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 aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
  • Words that mean the same thing: abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AAA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "35. With 59-Across, "Madam Secretary" star"

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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
  • Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, teatime, afternoon tea
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TEA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "36. Curbside coin collector"

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 basic unit of length adopted under the systeme international d'unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
  • Words that mean the same thing: m, cadence, metre
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: METER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "37. Scattered here, there and everywhere"

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: ALLOVERTHEPLACE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "42. Animal that dances ballet in "Fantasia""

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 an ancient numidian town in northwestern africa adjoining present-day annaba in northeastern algeria
  • Words that mean the same thing: Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus, river horse
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HIPPO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. Apple mobile devices run on it"

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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
  • Words that mean the same thing: Io
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: IOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "44. Locale for clouds"

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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
  • Words that mean the same thing: toss, flip, pitch
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SKY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "45. "Quit arguing, kids!""

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: STOPITYOUTWO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "50. Cuatro + cuatro"

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: OCHO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. 1988 Best Picture winner starring Dustin Hoffman"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: RAINMAN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "55. People who "sow" evil"

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: BADSEEDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "59. See 35-Across"

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: LEONI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "60. Antioxidant-rich berry"

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: ACAI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "61. Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters"

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: GUTFEELING

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. Dryer fuzz"

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 fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LINT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. "Ciao" in Chihuahua"

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 farewell remark
  • Words that mean the same thing: adieu, goodby, good day
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADIOS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Singer India.___"

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: ARIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Border"

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 the boundary of a surface
  • Words that mean the same thing: butt, butt against, border
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EDGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. H. Ross ___, candidate of 1992 and 1996"

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: PEROT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. Banana skin"

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 british politician (1788-1850)
  • Words that mean the same thing: uncase, peel off, undress
  • The opposite would be: dress
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword January 03, 2022

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Invitingly warm and cozy 5
2D 2. Come up, as issues 5
3D 3. Amounts on Monopoly cards 5
4D 4. X and Y, for Tesla 6
5D 5. Scottish refusal 3
6D 6. Pop star Rita 3
7D 7. Doc's prescriptions 4
8D 8. "Gesundheit!" elicitor 6
9D 9. Hose holder, or a kind of snake 6
10D 10. Breakfast roll with another breakfast staple added in 8
11D 11. Locale 4
12D 12. Dress in India 4
13D 13. Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar 4
14D 18. Highlight ___ (sports compilation) 4
15D 22. "Forever" purchase 5
16D 24. Head: Fr. 4
17D 25. Clairvoyant sort 4
18D 28. Outdoor furniture setting 5
19D 29. Sched. listings at JFK or LAX 4
20D 30. Long part of a giraffe 4
21D 31. Card above deuce 4
22D 32. Oohs and ___ 4
23D 33. Landed, as on a wire 4
24D 34. Fido fare, maybe 4
25D 38. Night, to day 8
26D 39. Soprano or alto 5
27D 40. 60 minutes 4
28D 41. This: Sp. 4
29D 46. Something to "mind" at a British train station 6
30D 47. "What's up, my man?!" 6
31D 48. ___ E. Coyote 4
32D 49. Up and back, in a pool 6
33D 52. Wavy-patterned fabric 5
34D 53. Photographer Leibovitz 5
35D 54. ___ Barker, fashion photographer and reality TV judge 5
36D 55. Bundle of hay 4
37D 56. You'll trip on it if you drop it 4
38D 57. "Shoot!" 4
39D 58. Commotion 4
40D 62. Rock's ___ Fighters 3
41D 63. Ballpark guess: Abbr. 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. Invitingly warm and cozy"

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 having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
  • Words that mean the same thing: homelike, homy, homely
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOMEY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Come up, as issues"

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 come into existence; take on form or shape
  • Words that mean the same thing: spring up, get up, rise up
  • The opposite would be: turn in, sit down
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ARISE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Amounts on Monopoly cards"

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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
  • Words that mean the same thing: engage, economic rent, rent
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RENTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. X and Y, for Tesla"

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 hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  • Words that mean the same thing: good example, manikin, mannequin
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MODELS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Scottish refusal"

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: NAE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Pop star Rita"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
  • Words that mean the same thing: operating system, os, atomic number 76
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ORA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Doc's prescriptions"

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 master's degree in education
  • Words that mean the same thing: MEd, Master of Education
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MEDS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. "Gesundheit!" elicitor"

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 symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
  • Words that mean the same thing: sneezing, sternutation
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SNEEZE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Hose holder, or a kind of snake"

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 band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
  • Words that mean the same thing: supporter
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GARTER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Breakfast roll with another breakfast staple added in"

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: EGGBAGEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Locale"

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: domain, field, surface area
  • The 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 12 Down: "12. Dress in India"

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 dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
  • Words that mean the same thing: saree
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SARI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: EMIL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Highlight ___ (sports compilation)"

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

    The answer is: REEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. "Forever" purchase"

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 distinctive form in which a thing is made
  • Words that mean the same thing: cast, postage, tender
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STAMP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Head: Fr."

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: TETE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Clairvoyant sort"

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 with unusual powers of foresight
  • Words that mean the same thing: vaticinator, prophesier, visionary
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Outdoor furniture setting"

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 usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
  • Words that mean the same thing: terrace
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PATIO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Sched. listings at JFK or LAX"

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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
  • Words that mean the same thing: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, eta
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ETAS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Long part of a giraffe"

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 part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
  • Words that mean the same thing: make out, cervix, neck opening
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NECK

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Card above deuce"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • Words that mean the same thing: trine, trio, III
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TREY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Oohs and ___"

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
  • Words that mean the same thing: aah, ooh
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AAHS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Landed, as on a wire"

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: ALIT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "34. Fido fare, maybe"

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: ALPO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Night, to day"

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 word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
  • Words that mean the same thing: reverse, opponent, paired
  • The opposite would be: synonym, alternate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OPPOSITE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "39. Soprano or alto"

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 distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
  • Words that mean the same thing: spokesperson, vocalism, phonation
  • The opposite would be: devoice
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: VOICE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. 60 minutes"

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 period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
  • Words that mean the same thing: minute, time of day, 60 minutes
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HOUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "41. This: Sp."

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: ESTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "46. Something to "mind" at a British train station"

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: THEGAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "47. "What's up, my man?!""

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: YODUDE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. ___ E. Coyote"

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 use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • Words that mean the same thing: shenanigan, guile, chicanery
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WILE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Up and back, in a pool"

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: ONELAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Wavy-patterned fabric"

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 silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
  • Words that mean the same thing: watered, watered-silk
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOIRE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Photographer Leibovitz"

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: ANNIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "54. ___ Barker, fashion photographer and reality TV judge"

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: NIGEL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "55. Bundle of hay"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a large bundle bound for storage or transport
  • Words that mean the same thing: Basle, Basel
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BALE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. You'll trip on it if you drop 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 any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
  • Words that mean the same thing: dose, acidic, vitriolic
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ACID

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. "Shoot!""

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: DANG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Commotion"

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 prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
  • Words that mean the same thing: excite, shift, fuss
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: STIR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. Rock's ___ Fighters"

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: FOO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Ballpark guess: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
  • Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EST

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 59 79.7%
Short Answer 5 6.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment 5 6.8%
Food & Drink 1 1.4%
Geography 1 1.4%
History 1 1.4%
Sports 1 1.4%
Abbreviation 1 1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 33
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 74
Average Answer Length 5.1 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Monday, 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 12, 2025 at 06:44 PM

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