January 11, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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

Date: Monday, January 11, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle January 11, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Periodically sold fast-food item	5
2A	6. What melting ice cream cones do	4
3A	10. Swindle	4
4A	14. Actress Donovan of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"	5
5A	15. "Othello" villain	4
6A	16. House in Mexico	4
7A	17. Less risky	5
8A	18. Cast celebration at the end of filming	9
9A	20. Feelers	8
10A	22. Frozen expanse	6
11A	23. Olive ___ (Popeye's sweetie)	3
12A	24. It can be used for welcoming or wrestling	3
13A	25. Charged particle	3
14A	26. Souvenirs from Havana	11
15A	31. Loosen, as laces	5
16A	32. CPR performer	3
17A	33. Occupants of kennels	4
18A	37. Subjects in which women have traditionally been underrepresented, for short	4
19A	38. Letters between thetas and kappas	5
20A	40. Human rights attorney Clooney	4
21A	41. FX network's "___ of Anarchy"	4
22A	42. Mediterranean, e.g.	3
23A	43. Prenatal test, for short	5
24A	44. Going from nightspot to nightspot	11
25A	47. Soccer star Hamm	3
26A	50. Buffoon	3
27A	51. "___ you serious?"	3
28A	52. Worker just for a summer, maybe	6
29A	54. Source of healthful fat and fiber	8
30A	59. Certain online board for discussion of a topic	9
31A	61. Like an angle less than 90°	5
32A	62. Old Russian ruler	4
33A	63. Brontë's "Jane ___"	4
34A	64. Ethical	5
35A	65. Divisions of tennis matches	4
36A	66. Rocker Lou	4
37A	67. Popular vodka brand, for short	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. Periodically sold fast-food item"

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: MCRIB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. What melting ice cream cones do"

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 flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: drip mold, drip mould, dripping
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Swindle"

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 fraudulent business scheme
• Words that mean the same thing: gip, swindle, short-change
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Actress Donovan of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)
• Words that mean the same thing: enzyme-linked-immunosorbent serologic assay
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELISA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. "Othello" villain"

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 villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering 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: IAGO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. House in Mexico"

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: CASA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Less risky"

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 free from danger or the risk of harm
• Words that mean the same thing: good, dependable, safe
• The opposite would be: dangerous, out
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAFER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. Cast celebration at the end of filming"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: WRAPPARTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Feelers"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
• Words that mean the same thing: feeler, aerial, transmitting aerial
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTENNAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Frozen expanse"

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 vast treeless plain in the arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TUNDRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Olive ___ (Popeye's sweetie)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. It can be used for welcoming or wrestling"

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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• Words that mean the same thing: snarl, matting, gym mat
• The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Charged particle"

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

  The answer is: ION

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "26. Souvenirs from Havana"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: CUBANCIGARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Loosen, as laces"

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 undo the ties of
• Words that mean the same thing: undo, unbrace, unlace
• The opposite would be: tie
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNTIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. CPR performer"

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: EMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Occupants of kennels"

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 member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
• Words that mean the same thing: detent, track, weenie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Subjects in which women have traditionally been underrepresented, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• Words that mean the same thing: stem turn, stanch, base
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Letters between thetas and kappas"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: scintilla, whit, smidge
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "40. Human rights attorney Clooney"

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: AMAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. FX network's "___ of Anarchy""

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

  The answer is: SONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Mediterranean, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Prenatal test, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
• Words that mean the same thing: amniocentesis
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AMNIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Going from nightspot to nightspot"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CLUBHOPPING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Soccer star Hamm"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: MIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Buffoon"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. "___ you serious?""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "52. Worker just for a summer, maybe"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a british term)
• Words that mean the same thing: houseman, interne, medical intern
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTERN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Source of healthful fat and fiber"

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 the seed of flax used as a source of oil
• Words that mean the same thing: linseed
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FLAXSEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. Certain online board for discussion of a topic"

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: SUBREDDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "61. Like an angle less than 90°"

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 mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
• Words that mean the same thing: ague, piercing, discriminating
• The opposite would be: obtuse, chronic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACUTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Old Russian ruler"

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. Brontë's "Jane ___""

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 shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Eyre
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "64. Ethical"

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 the significance of a story or event
• Words that mean the same thing: lesson
• The opposite would be: immoral
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MORAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "65. Divisions of tennis matches"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: lay out, coif, rig
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "66. Rocker Lou"

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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
• Words that mean the same thing: vibrating reed, John Reed, reed instrument
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "67. Popular vodka brand, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: STOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword January 11, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Flat-topped hill	4
2D	2. Extended family	4
3D	3. Break in relations	4
4D	4. "Understood"	4
5D	5. Without exception ... as in dry counties?	7
6D	6. Hindu festival of lights	6
7D	7. Hard to find	4
8D	8. Supermarket chain that's big in small towns	3
9D	9. Breakfast treats from a toaster	8
10D	10. Read over	4
11D	11. Rap's ___ B	5
12D	12. Member of a major-league team with a name that's out of this world?	5
13D	13. Like an early Central American civilization	5
14D	19. "Nobody ___ Baby in a corner" (line from "Dirty Dancing")	4
15D	21. Big Apple inits.	3
16D	24. One of a baby's first words	4
17D	26. Talk a blue streak?	4
18D	27. "Do ___ others ..."	4
19D	28. Vitamin also known as PABA	4
20D	29. Goals	4
21D	30. Do better than average, gradewise	5
22D	33. Like a just-used towel	4
23D	34. Hilton alternative	4
24D	35. Profit	4
25D	36. Trudge	4
26D	38. Bahamian or Fijian	8
27D	39. Egg: Fr.	4
28D	43. Ways to earn college credits while in H.S.	7
29D	44. Part of a reactor	4
30D	45. Stopped	6
31D	46. 60 minuti	3
32D	47. Sprays	5
33D	48. Occupied	5
34D	49. Chance for a hit	5
35D	53. Blunders	4
36D	54. Command to a cannoneer	4
37D	55. Edinburgh native	4
38D	56. Continental currency	4
39D	57. And others: Abbr.	4
40D	58. Where you might find the starts of 18-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across	4
41D	60. Easter egg colorer	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. Flat-topped hill"

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 flat tableland with steep edges
• Words that mean the same thing: table
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Extended family"

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 group of people related by blood or marriage
• Words that mean the same thing: kinship group, kin group, kindred
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Break in relations"

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 gap between cloud masses
• Words that mean the same thing: rupture, falling out, breach
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. "Understood""

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Without exception ... as in dry counties?"

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: BARNONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Hindu festival of lights"

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: DIWALI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Hard to find"

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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
• Words that mean the same thing: rarefied, rarified, uncommon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Supermarket chain that's big in small towns"

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 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 9 Down: "9. Breakfast treats from a toaster"

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: POPTARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Read over"

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 act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Words that mean the same thing: read, skim, glance over
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Rap's ___ B"

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: CARDI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Member of a major-league team with a name that's out of this world?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ASTRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Like an early Central American civilization"

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 member of an american indian people of yucatan and belize and guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between ad 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
• Words that mean the same thing: Maya, Mayan language
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAYAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. "Nobody ___ Baby in a corner" (line from "Dirty Dancing")"

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 option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• Words that mean the same thing: position, assign, set up
• The opposite would be: divest, call option
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Big Apple inits."

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: NYC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. One of a baby's first words"

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 informal terms for a mother
• Words that mean the same thing: mammy, mamma, ma
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Talk a blue streak?"

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 persistently annoying person
• Words that mean the same thing: pesterer, imprecate, fella
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. "Do ___ others ...""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: UNTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Vitamin also known as PABA"

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: BTEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Goals"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• Words that mean the same thing: propose, aim, intent
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Do better than average, gradewise"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: GETAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "33. Like a just-used towel"

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 slight wetness
• Words that mean the same thing: moistness, dampish, dull
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DAMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Hilton alternative"

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: OMNI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Profit"

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 quantity that is added
• Words that mean the same thing: put on, take in, increase
• The opposite would be: lose, fall back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Trudge"

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 work doggedly or persistently
• Words that mean the same thing: plod, keep one's nose to the grindstone, slug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Bahamian or Fijian"

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 an inhabitant of an island
• Words that mean the same thing: island-dweller
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ISLANDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Egg: 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: OEUF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "43. Ways to earn college credits while in H.S."

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: APEXAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Part of a reactor"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small group of indispensable persons or things
• Words that mean the same thing: gist, Congress of Racial Equality, inwardness
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Stopped"

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 cause to stop
• Words that mean the same thing: stop, stanch, hold
• The opposite would be: start
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HALTED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. 60 minuti"

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 mouth or mouthlike opening
• Words that mean the same thing: Os, oculus sinister, bone
• The 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 32 Down: "47. Sprays"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a thin fog with condensation near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: befog, haze over, obnubilate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MISTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. Occupied"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: INUSE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Chance for a hit"

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: ATBAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "53. Blunders"

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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
• Words that mean the same thing: stray, err, slip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Command to a cannoneer"

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 event of something burning (often destructive)
• Words that mean the same thing: flack, evoke, fervency
• The opposite would be: hire
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FIRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Edinburgh native"

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 native or inhabitant of scotland
• Words that mean the same thing: Scotsman, Scotchman
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. Continental currency"

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 basic monetary unit of most members of the european union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve european nations (germany, france, belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, italy, spain, portugal, ireland, greece, austria, finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EURO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "57. And others: 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: ETAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "58. Where you might find the starts of 18-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
• Words that mean the same thing: delicatessen, food shop
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Easter egg colorer"

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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
• Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYE

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	70.5%
Short Answer	11	14.1%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.1%
Abbreviation	4	5.1%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Movies/Film	1	1.3%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 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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January 19, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

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

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

January 19, 2023 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Close ones	4
2A	5. Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army	4
3A	9. "Killer" members of a pod	5
4A	14. Party in a biblical swindle	4
5A	15. Get the ball rolling, in a way	4
6A	16. Not on the dot	5
7A	17. Kinderklaviers	9
8A	19. Weird Al Yankovic's "Amish Paradise," for one	5
9A	20. Postseason game played in Phoenix	10
10A	21. Volleyball maneuver	3
11A	23. Pamper	4
12A	24. Tests	5
13A	26. Wipe out	6
14A	28. Favorably inclined toward	3
15A	30. "That's nice!"	3
16A	31. Holiday hit by Eartha Kitt	9
17A	32. Trusted supporter	8
18A	35. Buddhist scripture	5
19A	38. Bring down, informally	4
20A	39. Non-PC?	3
21A	41. "Despacito" singer Fonsi	4
22A	43. Step in a mathematical proof	5
23A	46. Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazz	8
24A	49. Keeps out	4
25A	51. "Son of," in Arabic	3
26A	52. A founding member of 5-Across	3
27A	53. Want	6
28A	55. Audibly blown away	5
29A	57. All-you-can-eat venues with elbows and bow ties	9
30A	58. Guru's honorific	3
31A	60. Extensive	5
32A	62. Ready to pour	5
33A	64. It may have a down side	9
34A	67. Clip component	5
35A	68. Traveled to another country	10
36A	69. Cornfield formation	4
37A	70. Unit associated with waves	5
38A	71. Places to rest or sleep	4
39A	72. Skilled climber in the logo of Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park	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. Close ones"

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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Words that mean the same thing: chum up, sidekick, pal 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: PALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Group in which Iceland is the only member without an army"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security
• Words that mean the same thing: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NATO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. "Killer" members of a pod"

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 predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• Words that mean the same thing: sea wolf, killer, orca
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORCAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Party in a biblical swindle"

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 (old testament) the eldest son of isaac who would have inherited the covenant that god made with abraham and that abraham passed on to isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother jacob for a mess of pottage
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESAU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Get the ball rolling, in a way"

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 round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
• Words that mean the same thing: arena, bowlful, bowling ball
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Not on the dot"

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 after the expected or usual time; delayed
• Words that mean the same thing: belated, late
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TARDY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Kinderklaviers"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: TOYPIANOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Weird Al Yankovic's "Amish Paradise," 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 composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• Words that mean the same thing: pasquinade, parody, sendup
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPOOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Postseason game played in Phoenix"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIESTABOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Volleyball maneuver"

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: exercise set, go under, arrange
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Pamper"

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 very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• Words that mean the same thing: coddle, indulge, mollycoddle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Tests"

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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
• Words that mean the same thing: adjudicate, try out, test
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "26. Wipe out"

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 be in contradiction with
• Words that mean the same thing: neutralize, neutralise, belie
• The opposite would be: affirm
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEGATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "28. Favorably inclined toward"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an athlete who plays for pay
• Words that mean the same thing: professional
• The opposite would be: con, anti
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PRO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. "That's nice!""

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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
• Words that mean the same thing: 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: AAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. Holiday hit by Eartha Kitt"

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: SANTABABY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "32. Trusted supporter"

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 someone who assists in a plot
• Words that mean the same thing: partner in crime, collaborator, confederate
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HENCHMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Buddhist scripture"

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 rule or aphorism in sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUTRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "38. Bring down, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a visual presentation showing how something works
• Words that mean the same thing: exhibit, demonstrate, present
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Non-PC?"

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 waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• Words that mean the same thing: macintosh, mackintosh, mack
• The 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 21 Across: "41. "Despacito" singer Fonsi"

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: LUIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Step in a mathematical proof"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
• Words that mean the same thing: flowering glume
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Dixieland or bebop vis-à-vis jazz"

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: SUBGENRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Keeps out"

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 gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
• Words that mean the same thing: parallel bars, bar, prevention
• The opposite would be: unbar
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "51. "Son of," in Arabic"

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 container; usually has a lid
• Words that mean the same thing: binful, ABA transit number, bank identification number
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "52. A founding member of 5-Across"

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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
• Words that mean the same thing: Army, United States of America, U.S.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: USA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "53. Want"

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 an acute insufficiency
• Words that mean the same thing: shortage, paucity, famine
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEARTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Audibly blown away"

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: AGASP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. All-you-can-eat venues with elbows and bow ties"

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: PASTABARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Guru's honorific"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "60. Extensive"

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 slang term for a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: all-encompassing, all-embracing, all-inclusive
• The opposite would be: narrow
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "62. Ready to pour"

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: ONTAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "64. It may have a down side"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
• Words that mean the same thing: moving staircase, moving stairway, escalator clause
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESCALATOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "67. Clip component"

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 place where some action occurs
• Words that mean the same thing: vista, panorama, view
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCENE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "68. Traveled to another country"

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

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: WENTABROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "69. Cornfield formation"

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 complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
• Words that mean the same thing: snarl, labyrinth, tangle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "70. Unit associated with waves"

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 unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
• Words that mean the same thing: cps, cycle, cycle per second
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERTZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "71. Places to rest or sleep"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: hideaway, lair, hideout
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "72. Skilled climber in the logo of Italy's Gran Paradiso National Park"

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 wild goat of mountain areas of eurasia and northern africa having large recurved horns
• Words that mean the same thing: Capra ibex
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IBEX

  Great job if you got it right!

January 19, 2023 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Favored	3
2D	2. Starting on	4
3D	3. "I'm all ears"	9
4D	4. Tiptop	5
5D	5. Timberwolves, e.g.	7
6D	6. Multinational financial services firm	3
7D	7. Ducks, in poker	4
8D	8. Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley	6
9D	9. 2021's Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record	3
10D	10. Rhyming competition	9
11D	11. Adriatic coast resident	5
12D	12. Brick material	5
13D	13. "Resident Alien" channel	4
14D	18. Pistons great Thomas	5
15D	22. Some leafy greens?	4
16D	25. Make-believe	4
17D	27. Bearded grazer	3
18D	28. High degree	3
19D	29. Tackle part	4
20D	33. One in a skirmish	9
21D	34. Lil ___ X	3
22D	36. Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle	9
23D	37. Clears (out)	4
24D	40. Isla de la Juventud locale	4
25D	42. ___ change (profound transformation)	3
26D	44. Damage	3
27D	45. M.M.A. finale?	4
28D	47. Home run specialists, slangily	7
29D	48. Log feature	5
30D	50. Canny	6
31D	53. Word after circle or square	5
32D	54. Compound in pheromones	5
33D	56. "Ditto here"	5
34D	57. Like V.I.P. accommodations	4
35D	59. Palm reader's lead-in	4
36D	61. Enjoy a bit of downtime	4
37D	63. Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid	3
38D	65. ___ Newsroom (daily newscast)	3
39D	66. Short-armed "Toy Story" character	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. Favored"

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 domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
• Words that mean the same thing: favorite, ducky, positron emission tomography
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Starting on"

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: ASOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "I'm all ears""

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: LAYITONME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Tiptop"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
• Words that mean the same thing: tops, passing, first-rate
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Timberwolves, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NBATEAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Multinational financial services firm"

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: AON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Ducks, in poker"

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 or a numeral representing this number
• Words that mean the same thing: deuce, 2, II
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TWOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley"

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: OLSENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. 2021's Illinois vs. Penn State football game featured nine of these, an N.C.A.A. record"

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

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: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Rhyming competition"

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: RAPBATTLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Adriatic coast resident"

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 member of the slavic people living in croatia
• Words that mean the same thing: Croatian
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Brick material"

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 clay from which adobe bricks are made
• Words that mean the same thing: adobe brick
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADOBE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. "Resident Alien" channel"

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: SYFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. Pistons great Thomas"

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: ISIAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Some leafy greens?"

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

  The answer is: TEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Make-believe"

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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• Words that mean the same thing: pretended, role player, put on
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "27. Bearded grazer"

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 large african antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
• Words that mean the same thing: wildebeest
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. High degree"

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 doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
• Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Tackle part"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
• Words that mean the same thing: careen, lurch, Scottish reel
• The 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 20 Down: "33. One in a skirmish"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who fights (or is fighting)
• Words that mean the same thing: scrapper, fighter, battler
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMBATANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "34. Lil ___ X"

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 silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 11, sodium, Na
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle"

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: RUNUPATAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. Clears (out)"

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 affected manners intended to impress others
• Words that mean the same thing: transmit, air travel, gentle wind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "40. Isla de la Juventud locale"

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 communist state in the caribbean on the island of cuba
• Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Cuba
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. ___ change (profound transformation)"

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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. Damage"

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 month following february and preceding april
• Words that mean the same thing: defect, deflower, mutilate
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "45. M.M.A. finale?"

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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
• Words that mean the same thing: fine art, artistic production, nontextual matter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "47. Home run specialists, slangily"

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: BIGBATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "48. Log feature"

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 something twisted and tight and swollen
• Words that mean the same thing: knot, mutter, grumble
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GNARL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Canny"

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 marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
• Words that mean the same thing: astute, sharp, calculative
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHREWD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Word after circle or square"

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 artistic form of nonverbal communication
• Words that mean the same thing: saltation, terpsichore, dancing
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DANCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Compound in pheromones"

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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. "Ditto here""

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: SOAMI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "57. Like V.I.P. accommodations"

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 elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
• Words that mean the same thing: swish, classy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "59. Palm reader's lead-in"

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: ISEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "61. Enjoy a bit of downtime"

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 light fitful sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: drowse, snooze
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "63. Candy originally marketed as a smoking cessation aid"

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: PEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "65. ___ Newsroom (daily newscast)"

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: CNN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "66. Short-armed "Toy Story" character"

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 male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
• Words that mean the same thing: male monarch, king
• The opposite would be: queen, female monarch
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: REX

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	55	70.5%
Short Answer	16	20.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%
Science/Technology	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	10 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 medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 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 04, 2025 at 07:38 PM