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NYT Crossword - January 05, 1990 | XWordHint

Published on Friday, January 05, 1990 • Daily puzzle hints • Crossword clues © The New York Times

Master the NYT crossword from January 05, 1990 with our expert hint system. We provide synonyms, antonyms, and strategic clues to help you solve without spoiling the fun.

Puzzle Difficulty: Challenging

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

Across Clues - Strategic Hints (38 clues)

1A: "1. U.S. soprano Gluck"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALMA

2A: "5. A Spaniard's home is his ___"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CASA

3A: "9. Kimono sash"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
  • Similar words include: obeah
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OBI

4A: "12. Brag"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that speaking of yourself in superlatives
  • Similar words include: shoot a line, swash, blow
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BOAST

5A: "14. Rara ___"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AVIS

6A: "15. Change"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a circular segment of a curve
  • Similar words include: round, crook, work
  • Opposite of: unbend
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TURN

7A: "16. In trouble"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: UPTHECREEK

8A: "18. Of the ear"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that of or relating to near the ear
  • Similar words include: auricular
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OTIC

9A: "19. Golfer's cheapest purchase"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • Similar words include: teeing ground, tee up, football tee
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TEE

10A: "20. Strap"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
  • Similar words include: lash, G-string, flip-flop
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: THONG

11A: "21. Regional animal and plant life"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that all the plant and animal life of a particular region
  • Similar words include: biology
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BIOTA

12A: "22. Up and ___ (active)"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that carry out or perform an action
  • Similar words include: make out, arrange, practice
  • Opposite of: unmake
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DOING

13A: "23. Ego"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that your consciousness of your own identity
  • Similar words include: ego
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SELF

14A: "24. Circa"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that in the area or vicinity
  • Similar words include: or so, close to, some
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AROUND

15A: "27. Warehouse"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
  • Similar words include: transshipment center, storage, storehouse
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ENTREPOT

16A: "31. Unaspirated consonant"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LENE

17A: "32. Boy singer of the 30's"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BREEN

18A: "33. A Tai language"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
  • Similar words include: Laotian
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LAO

19A: "34. Pugilist"

7 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who fights (or is fighting)
  • Similar words include: fighter, combatant, scrapper
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BATTLER

20A: "37. Estate manager"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
  • Similar words include: keeper, shop steward, flight attendant
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STEWARD

21A: "39. Berliner's "Alas!""

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ACH

22A: "40. "The Girl ___ Behind Me," Colonial song"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ILEFT

23A: "42. ___ tea"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that decorate with frosting
  • Similar words include: frost, ice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ICED

24A: "43. More hot and humid"

8 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
  • Similar words include: turned on, ruttish, horny
  • Pattern: ________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STEAMIER

25A: "45. Human beings, e.g."

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an animal with two feet
  • Similar words include: biped
  • Pattern: ______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BIPEDS

26A: "47. Drones"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
  • Similar words include: be, live, comprise
  • Opposite of: differ
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BEES

27A: "48. Poem by Cynewulf"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELENE

28A: "50. Lithuanians, e.g."

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BALTS

29A: "52. E.r.a., r.b.i., etc."

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STATS

30A: "53. So, in Glasgow"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAE

31A: "56. Thrill for the Met set"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that an elaborate song for solo voice
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARIA

32A: "57. Extemporaneously"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OFFTHECUFF

33A: "59. Carry on"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  • Similar words include: blah, spout, ranting
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: RANT

34A: "60. ___ Centre, Minn."

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the algonquian people formerly living in wisconsin in the fox river valley and on the shores of green bay
  • Similar words include: Sac
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SAUK

35A: "61. Negotiate"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that something considered choice to eat
  • Similar words include: cover, care for, handle
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TREAT

36A: "62. Cuttlefish exudation"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INK

37A: "63. Spindle"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AXLE

38A: "64. Hockey great's family"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

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

Down Clues - Strategic Hints (40 clues)

1D: "1. Border on"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  • Similar words include: edge, butt on, adjoin
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ABUT

2D: "2. ___ de Vega"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a slow pace of running
  • Similar words include: canter, trot, jog
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LOPE

3D: "3. One of a pair"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  • Similar words include: Ilex paraguariensis, checkmate, married person
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: MATE

4D: "4. Tough, elastic wood"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
  • Similar words include: ash tree
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASH

5D: "5. "Gigi" star"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CARON

6D: "6. Nemesis"

7 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that someone who takes vengeance
  • Similar words include: retaliator
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AVENGER

7D: "7. Victory, to Hans"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SIEG

8D: "8. Request"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that inquire about
  • Similar words include: take, need, call for
  • Opposite of: obviate
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ASK

9D: "9. Inappropriate"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OUTOFPLACE

10D: "10. Englishman, for short"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a native or inhabitant of great britain
  • Similar words include: Britisher, britt, Briton
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BRIT

11D: "11. Quechuan"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
  • Similar words include: Inka, Incan
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INCA

12D: "13. Wyo.'s ___ Range"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a member of the large western branch of sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
  • Similar words include: Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TETON

13D: "15. Sheer fabric"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TOILE

14D: "17. Reproved"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that censure severely or angrily
  • Similar words include: call down, chew up, scold
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CHID

15D: "21. He wrote "Games People Play""

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the capital of switzerland; located in western switzerland
  • Similar words include: Bern, capital of Switzerland
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BERNE

16D: "22. MacDonald-Eddy specialty"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that two items of the same kind
  • Similar words include: distich, dyad, pas de deux
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: DUET

17D: "23. Galley word"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: STET

18D: "24. Aubades"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ALBAS

19D: "25. Respond to a stimulus"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that show a response or a reaction to something
  • Similar words include: respond, oppose
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: REACT

20D: "26. Out of order"

10 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: __________
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ONTHEBLINK

21D: "28. Raven's haven"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
  • Similar words include: nestle, snuggle, draw close
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: NEST

22D: "29. Propelled a gig"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OARED

23D: "30. Lincoln's in-laws"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
  • Similar words include: Sir Alexander Robertus Todd, Sweeney Todd, Lord Todd
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: TODDS

24D: "32. Jane Fonda's Oscar-winning role: 1971"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BREE

25D: "35. Citrus fruits"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • Similar words include: calcium oxide, birdlime, slaked lime
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LIMES

26D: "36. Ancient site of Olympia"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ELIS

27D: "38. Dry the dishes"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the act of rubbing or wiping
  • Similar words include: pass over, rub
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: WIPE

28D: "41. Peevish"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that nervous and unable to relax
  • Similar words include: itchy, querulous, antsy
  • Pattern: _______
Click to reveal answer
Answer: FRETFUL

29D: "44. Aged: Lat. abbr."

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AETAT

30D: "45. One of the March girls"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the 2nd letter of the hebrew alphabet
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BETH

31D: "46. Map part"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
  • Similar words include: insert, gusset
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: INSET

32D: "49. Jewish potato pancake"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
  • Similar words include: potato pancake
  • Pattern: _____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: LATKE

33D: "50. Italian seaport"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that capital city of the apulia region on the adriatic coast
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: BARI

34D: "51. Irish isle"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: ARAN

35D: "52. Tunisian seaport"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that the second largest city in tunisia; located in eastern tunisia near a phosphate region
  • Similar words include: Safaqis
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SFAX

36D: "53. Plaintiff"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a man who courts a woman
  • Similar words include: wooer, petitioner, suitor
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: SUER

37D: "54. Distantly"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: AFAR

38D: "55. Newts"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
  • Similar words include: eft
  • Pattern: ____
Click to reveal answer
Answer: EFTS

39D: "57. Spanish she-bear"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: OSA

40D: "58. ___-Magnon"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

  • Think of something that electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
  • Similar words include: scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, oscilloscope
  • Pattern: ___
Click to reveal answer
Answer: CRO

Puzzle Stats

38 Across
40 Down
78 Total

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May 10, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.8 letters

May 10, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions

May 10, 2023 Wednesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions

No. Clue Letters
1A 1. Toot one's own horn 4
2A 5. Opposite of "sans" 4
3A 9. Crime lord strangled by Princess Leia 5
4A 14. Tibetan monk 4
5A 15. Home of the Sphinx 4
6A 16. Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela 5
7A 17. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor? 9
8A 19. They're found around castles 5
9A 20. 1992 role for Robin Williams or 2019 role for Will Smith 5
10A 21. [I'm right here!] 4
11A 23. Three-way intersection 3
12A 24. Side dish with ribs 4
13A 27. Mystical mixtures 7
14A 29. Scorpio and Cancer? 13
15A 33. Therapists' org. 3
16A 34. Close up tight 4
17A 35. Taqueria topping 5
18A 38. Thomas who won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature 4
19A 40. Critical resource harvested in "Dune" 5
20A 43. Southern pronoun 4
21A 44. Outer boundaries 5
22A 46. Tupperware lid sound 4
23A 48. Onetime Saturn S.U.V. 3
24A 49. Sagittarius and Orion? 13
25A 53. Entourage 7
26A 55. Something to perform tricks with 4
27A 56. Low stat for a top pitcher 3
28A 57. Small complaints 4
29A 59. Modern lead-in to squat 5
30A 63. Telegraph pioneer Samuel 5
31A 65. Pegasus? 9
32A 68. Change with the situation 5
33A 69. "___ Enchanted" (2004 film) 4
34A 70. Many a textbook 4
35A 71. Famed diarist Samuel 5
36A 72. Study, e.g. 4
37A 73. Wonderstruck 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. Toot one's own horn"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an instance of boastful talk
  • Words that mean the same thing: vaporing, gasconade, tout
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BRAG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Opposite of "sans""

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: AVEC

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Crime lord strangled by Princess Leia"

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: JABBA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Tibetan monk"

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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
  • Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: LAMA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Home of the Sphinx"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an ancient egyptian city on the west bank of the nile opposite cairo; site of three great pyramids and the sphinx
  • Words that mean the same thing: El Giza, Gizeh
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GIZA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela"

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: IDRIS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor?"

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 bear too much
  • Words that mean the same thing: overbear, bear down
  • The word looks like this: _________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: OVERBEARS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. They're found around castles"

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 ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
  • Words that mean the same thing: fosse, moat
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MOATS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. 1992 role for Robin Williams or 2019 role for Will Smith"

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 (islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the koran and believed by muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
  • Words that mean the same thing: jinnee, djinni, djinny
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GENIE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. [I'm right here!]"

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 utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
  • Words that mean the same thing: hem
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AHEM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Three-way intersection"

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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • Words that mean the same thing: golf tee, football tee, tee 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: TEE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Side dish with ribs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that basically shredded cabbage
  • Words that mean the same thing: coleslaw
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLAW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "27. Mystical mixtures"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
  • Words that mean the same thing: philosophers' stone, elixir, philosopher's stone
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELIXIRS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Scorpio and Cancer?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
  • Words that mean the same thing: red worm, nightcrawler, earthworm
  • The word looks like this: _____________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NIGHTCRAWLERS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Therapists' org."

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

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Close up tight"

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 fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
  • Words that mean the same thing: sealskin, seal of approval, sealing wax
  • The opposite would be: unseal
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SEAL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Taqueria topping"

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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SALSA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "38. Thomas who won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that united states educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Mann, Horace Mann
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MANN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "40. Critical resource harvested in "Dune""

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 aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
  • Words that mean the same thing: spicery, spiciness, spice 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: SPICE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Southern pronoun"

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: YALL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Outer boundaries"

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

    The answer is: EDGES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "46. Tupperware lid sound"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
  • Words that mean the same thing: belch, burping, bubble
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BURP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "48. Onetime Saturn S.U.V."

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: VUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "49. Sagittarius and Orion?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SHOOTINGSTARS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "53. Entourage"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that the group following and attending to some important person
  • Words that mean the same thing: suite, entourage, cortege
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RETINUE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "55. Something to perform tricks with"

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: YOYO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "56. Low stat for a top pitcher"

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

    The answer is: ERA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Small complaints"

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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
  • Words that mean the same thing: nit
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NITS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "59. Modern lead-in to squat"

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: CYBER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "63. Telegraph pioneer Samuel"

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 telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
  • Words that mean the same thing: international Morse code, Samuel Morse, Morse code
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: MORSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "65. Pegasus?"

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: HIGHHORSE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "68. Change with the situation"

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 make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  • Words that mean the same thing: adjust, conform, accommodate
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADAPT

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "69. "___ Enchanted" (2004 film)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: ELLA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "70. Many a textbook"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "71. Famed diarist Samuel"

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 english diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in england (1633-1703)
  • Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Pepys
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: PEPYS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "72. Study, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
  • Words that mean the same thing: way, board, elbow room
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ROOM

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "73. Wonderstruck"

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 inspire awe in
  • Words that mean the same thing: awe, awful, awestruck
  • The opposite would be: unawed
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AWED

    Great job if you got it right!

May 10, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide

No. Clue Letters
1D 1. Modern journal 4
2D 2. Rapturous review 4
3D 3. "Preach it!" 4
4D 4. Obtrusively showy 6
5D 5. A growing number? 3
6D 6. By way of 3
7D 7. Journalist Klein who co-founded Vox 4
8D 8. First nut listed on a can of Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts 6
9D 9. Pries open 7
10D 10. Trouble 3
11D 11. World capital 50 miles from Vienna 10
12D 12. Risky dog to own 5
13D 13. Foolish sorts 5
14D 18. They go through loops 5
15D 22. Right-angle shape 3
16D 25. Good hole cards in Texas hold 'em 4
17D 26. It's filled, and may be filling 4
18D 28. It sees right through you 4
19D 29. Be specific about, in a way 4
20D 30. Magic Keyboard go-with 4
21D 31. Genre for N.W.A and Ice-T 10
22D 32. Defensive line? 5
23D 36. Offensive line? 4
24D 37. Pub choices 4
25D 39. Classic soft drink brand 4
26D 41. Big Apple educational syst. 4
27D 42. "And so … " 4
28D 45. 154 Shakespeare works 7
29D 47. Intimidate, in a way, with "out" 5
30D 50. Avignon affirmative 3
31D 51. Tie to a post, say 6
32D 52. Tundra, for one 6
33D 53. Lay out in a new pattern 5
34D 54. Wear away 5
35D 58. Bulk storage area 4
36D 60. Forehead 4
37D 61. She's found in "She loves me not" 4
38D 62. Cattail, e.g. 4
39D 64. John le Carré figure 3
40D 66. Day-___ 3
41D 67. ___ radio 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. Modern journal"

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 shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
  • Words that mean the same thing: web log
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BLOG

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Rapturous review"

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 dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
  • Words that mean the same thing: gush, spout, mouth off
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: RAVE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. "Preach it!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
  • Words that mean the same thing: Amon, Amun
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AMEN

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Obtrusively showy"

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 tastelessly showy
  • Words that mean the same thing: brassy, flash, tawdry
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: GARISH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. A growing number?"

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 how long something has existed
  • Words that mean the same thing: maturate, old age, historic period
  • The opposite would be: rejuvenate
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: AGE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. By way of"

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: VIA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Journalist Klein who co-founded Vox"

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 jewish priest and scribe sent by the persian king to restore jewish law and worship in jerusalem
  • Words that mean the same thing: Book of Ezra
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: EZRA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. First nut listed on a can of Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts"

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 tropical american evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
  • Words that mean the same thing: cashew nut, Anacardium occidentale, cashew tree
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: CASHEW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Pries open"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
  • Words that mean the same thing: prise, jimmy, jemmy
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: JIMMIES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Trouble"

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 rapid active commotion
  • Words that mean the same thing: stir, fuss, bustle
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ADO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. World capital 50 miles from Vienna"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that capital and largest city of slovakia
  • Words that mean the same thing: Pozsony, Pressburg, capital of Slovakia
  • The word looks like this: __________
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BRATISLAVA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Risky dog to own"

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

    The answer is: BITER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Foolish sorts"

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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • Words that mean the same thing: rear end, fucking, roll in the hay
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ASSES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. They go through loops"

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 endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
  • Words that mean the same thing: bang, smash, bash
  • The opposite would be: unbelt
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BELTS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Right-angle shape"

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 extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ELL

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "25. Good hole cards in Texas hold 'em"

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

    The answer is: ACES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. It's filled, and may be filling"

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 cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
  • Words that mean the same thing: wind, wrapper, envelop
  • The opposite would be: unwrap, unwind
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: WRAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. It sees right through you"

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: XRAY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Be specific about, 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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
  • Words that mean the same thing: diagnose, epithet, figure
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: NAME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Magic Keyboard go-with"

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: IPAD

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Genre for N.W.A and Ice-T"

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: GANGSTARAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Defensive line?"

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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
  • Words that mean the same thing: self-justification, excuse, exculpation
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ALIBI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "36. Offensive line?"

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 (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
  • Words that mean the same thing: smirch, blot, spot
  • The opposite would be: focus
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SLUR

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Pub choices"

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

    The answer is: ALES

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Classic soft drink brand"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: NEHI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "41. Big Apple educational syst."

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: CUNY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "42. "And so … ""

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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERGO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "45. 154 Shakespeare works"

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
  • Words that mean the same thing: sonnet
  • The word looks like this: _______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SONNETS

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Intimidate, in a way, with "out""

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: PSYCH

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "50. Avignon affirmative"

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: OUI

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "51. Tie to a post, say"

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 restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
  • Words that mean the same thing: lead, leash
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TETHER

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "52. Tundra, for one"

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 industrial city of japan in southern honshu
  • The word looks like this: ______
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: TOYOTA

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Lay out in a new pattern"

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: REMAP

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "54. Wear away"

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 become ground down or deteriorate
  • Words that mean the same thing: gnaw, eat at, eat away
  • The word looks like this: _____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: ERODE

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "58. Bulk storage area"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

    The answer is: SILO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "60. Forehead"

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 part of the face above the eyes
  • Words that mean the same thing: eyebrow, supercilium, forehead
  • The word looks like this: ____
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: BROW

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "61. She's found in "She loves me not""

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: ESME

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "62. Cattail, e.g."

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

Here's how to solve it:

  • This could be something that tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
  • Words that mean the same thing: reed instrument, Walter Reed, John Reed
  • The 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 39 Down: "64. John le Carré figure"

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 (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
  • Words that mean the same thing: sight, spot, sleuth
  • The word looks like this: ___
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: SPY

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "66. Day-___"

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: GLO

    Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "67. ___ radio"

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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
  • Words that mean the same thing: ham it up, jambon, overplay
  • The opposite would be: underact
  • Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
  • Ready for the answer? Click here!

    The answer is: HAM

    Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category Number of Clues Percentage
General Knowledge 59 75.6%
Short Answer 11 14.1%
History 3 3.8%
Food & Drink 2 2.6%
Movies/Film 1 1.3%
Literature 1 1.3%
Geography 1 1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric Value
Across Clues 37
Down Clues 41
Total Clues 78
Average Answer Length 4.8 letters
Shortest Answer 3 letters
Longest Answer 13 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

  • Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
  • Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
  • When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
  • Today is Wednesday, 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 02, 2025 at 02:21 PM

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