July 03, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (33 clues)
• Down Clues (36 clues)
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• Complete Puzzle Statistics
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 69 (33 Across, 36 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - July 03, 2019 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Medal of Honor recipient	4
2A	5. Leonardo's "The Last Supper," e.g.	5
3A	10. Go ___ (lose it)	3
4A	13. Sunburn cause	10
5A	15. Part of the eye that a fish doesn't have	3
6A	16. Verse ender in "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"	14
7A	18. "Me too," formally	5
8A	19. Color of most Solo cups	3
9A	20. Great Plains tribe	4
10A	21. Magnavox competitor	3
11A	23. Strokes in miniature golf	5
12A	24. Things to keep tabs on	7
13A	28. Scottish Highlander	4
14A	29. Old-time actress Le Gallienne	3
15A	30. Trapped	9
16A	33. Firecracker that doesn't go off	3
17A	34. Thumbs-down	6
18A	35. "That's just ter-r-rible!"	3
19A	37. Go-between	9
20A	39. Under the weather	3
21A	40. Kept a bead on	4
22A	41. Give the right	7
23A	43. When dinner may be served	5
24A	45. "Of course!"	3
25A	46. "Coming ___" (store sign)	4
26A	47. Early Chinese dynasty	3
27A	50. Symbol of resistance	5
28A	54. "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down	14
29A	57. The works	3
30A	58. Sold off, as assets	10
31A	59. Key chess piece, in Spain	3
32A	60. "True"	5
33A	61. The "m" in the equation "F = ma"	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. Medal of Honor recipient"

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 man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
• Words that mean the same thing: champion, bomber, zep
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Leonardo's "The Last Supper," e.g."

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 painting that is applied to a wall surface
• Words that mean the same thing: wall painting
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MURAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Go ___ (lose it)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
• Words that mean the same thing: emulator, aper, copycat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Sunburn cause"

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: UVEXPOSURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Part of the eye that a fish doesn't have"

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 either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
• Words that mean the same thing: chapeau, hat, palpebra
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Verse ender in "My Country, 'Tis of Thee""

Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert 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: LETFREEDOMRING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. "Me too," formally"

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: ASDOI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Color of most Solo cups"

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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
• Words that mean the same thing: bolshy, ruddy, cherry
• The opposite would be: gain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Great Plains tribe"

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 siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Magnavox competitor"

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: RCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Strokes in miniature golf"

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 hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
• Words that mean the same thing: putting, putt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUTTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Things to keep tabs on"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small book usually having a paper cover
• Words that mean the same thing: leaflet, folder, brochure
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOLDERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Scottish Highlander"

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 gaelic-speaking celt in ireland or scotland or the isle of man
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "29. Old-time actress Le Gallienne"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EVA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "30. Trapped"

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: INACORNER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. Firecracker that doesn't go off"

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 someone who is unsuccessful
• Words that mean the same thing: turkey, misfire, flop
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DUD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Thumbs-down"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NOVOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. "That's just ter-r-rible!""

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 cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• Words that mean the same thing: bird, hiss, Bronx cheer
• The opposite would be: applaud
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Go-between"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
• Words that mean the same thing: wholesaler, jobber, interlocutor
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIDDLEMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. Under the weather"

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

  The answer is: ILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Kept a bead on"

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 having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
• Words that mean the same thing: eyeball, eye
• The opposite would be: eyeless
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EYED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "41. Give the right"

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 give the right to
• Words that mean the same thing: title, ennoble, gentle
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENTITLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. When dinner may be served"

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: ATSIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "45. "Of course!""

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: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "46. "Coming ___" (store sign)"

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 in the near future
• Words that mean the same thing: shortly, presently, before long
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "47. Early Chinese dynasty"

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 any of several imperial dynasties of china ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556
• Words that mean the same thing: Wei dynasty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "50. Symbol of resistance"

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 ending of a series or sequence; --revelation
• Words that mean the same thing: Z
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMEGA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "54. "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: FINGERSCROSSED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. The works"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: wholly, altogether, completely
• The opposite would be: partly, some
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Sold off, as assets"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
• Words that mean the same thing: pay off, knock off, neutralise
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIQUIDATED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Key chess piece, in Spain"

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: REY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. "True""

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: ITSSO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. The "m" in the equation "F = ma""

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 property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• Words that mean the same thing: aggregate, raft, people
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 03, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Dance with a lot of hip movement	4
2D	2. Nights when kids have a hard time falling asleep	4
3D	3. No longer active: Abbr.	4
4D	4. Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis	6
5D	5. "The Simpsons" bartender	3
6D	6. Pusher's customer	4
7D	7. Inconsiderate	4
8D	8. Half of a celebrity couple with J.Lo starting in 2017	4
9D	9. Moon lander, for short	3
10D	10. Somewhat	10
11D	11. Cab alternative?	5
12D	12. Beats by a small margin	5
13D	14. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistic	10
14D	17. City in which Joan of Arc died	5
15D	22. Matthew ___, English poet who wrote "Dover Beach"	6
16D	23. 2010s NBC drama that revolved around three generations of a family	10
17D	24. What banks look to when setting interest rates, with "the"	3
18D	25. Egg	4
19D	26. "Men not allowed"	10
20D	27. Hold on to	4
21D	28. Did very well on the test	6
22D	31. Command to Rover	4
23D	32. Kaiser ___	4
24D	36. Shout after a score, maybe	3
25D	38. Like a phone down to 1%	5
26D	42. 2001 Sean Penn movie	6
27D	43. To the same extent	5
28D	44. Fabric with a repeated design	5
29D	47. Certiorari, e.g.	4
30D	48. Bar members: Abbr.	4
31D	49. Places for post-op patients	4
32D	51. "Cómo ___?"	4
33D	52. Thousands of dollars, in slang	4
34D	53. Throws in	4
35D	55. 2010's "The Book of ___"	3
36D	56. Where Ipanema Beach is	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. Dance with a lot of hip movement"

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 polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
• Words that mean the same thing: Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HULA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nights when kids have a hard time falling asleep"

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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
• Words that mean the same thing: eve, evening, eventide
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. No longer active: 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: RETD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in southern england to the northwest of london; site of oxford university
• Words that mean the same thing: Oxford University
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OXFORD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "The Simpsons" bartender"

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: MOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Pusher's customer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, drug user, substance abuser
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Inconsiderate"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that socially incorrect in behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: underbred, raw, crude
• The opposite would be: civil
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Half of a celebrity couple with J.Lo starting in 2017"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AROD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Moon lander, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
• Words that mean the same thing: lunar module, lunar excursion module
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Somewhat"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ALITTLEBIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Cab alternative?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for burgundies and champagnes
• Words that mean the same thing: Pinot grape
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PINOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Beats by a small margin"

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: march, sharpness, abut
• The 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 13 Down: "14. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistic"

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: PRICEINDEX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "17. City in which Joan of Arc died"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ROUEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Matthew ___, English poet who wrote "Dover Beach""

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 english poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
• Words that mean the same thing: Matthew Arnold, Benedict Arnold
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARNOLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. 2010s NBC drama that revolved around three generations of a family"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the state of being a parent
• Words that mean the same thing: parentage
• The word looks like this: __________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARENTHOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "24. What banks look to when setting interest rates, with "the""

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 any federal law-enforcement officer
• Words that mean the same thing: Federal Reserve System, fertilise, feed
• The opposite would be: starve
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "25. Egg"

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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
• Words that mean the same thing: egg cell
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OVUM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "26. "Men not allowed""

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: LADIESONLY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "27. Hold on to"

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 (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
• Words that mean the same thing: pull through, economize, save 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: SAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "28. Did very well on the test"

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: GOTANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Command to Rover"

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 thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
• Words that mean the same thing: cum, descend, total
• The opposite would be: go, leave
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "32. Kaiser ___"

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 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Words that mean the same thing: ringlet, coil, flap
• The opposite would be: unwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROLL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Shout after a score, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: OLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Like a phone down to 1%"

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 the time when something ends
• Words that mean the same thing: go bad, go, pop off
• The opposite would be: birth, nascent
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DYING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "42. 2001 Sean Penn movie"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: IAMSAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "43. To the same extent"

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: ASFAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "44. Fabric with a repeated design"

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: TOILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "47. Certiorari, 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 (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
• Words that mean the same thing: judicial writ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WRIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "48. Bar members: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a title of respect for a member of the english gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
• Words that mean the same thing: Esquire, Esq
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ESQS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "49. Places for post-op patients"

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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
• Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit, ICU
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ICUS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. "Cómo ___?""

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: ESTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "52. Thousands of dollars, in slang"

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 unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
• Words that mean the same thing: g, g-force, gee
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "53. Throws in"

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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
• Words that mean the same thing: tot up, MBD, total
• The opposite would be: take away, subtract
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "55. 2010's "The Book of ___""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ELI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "56. Where Ipanema Beach is"

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 the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	43	62.3%
Short Answer	15	21.7%
Abbreviation	3	4.3%
Geography	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
History	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	33
Down Clues	36
Total Clues	69
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 letters

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• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
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December 07, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.9 letters

December 07, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Truck weigh station unit	3
2A	4. Enter one's password	5
3A	9. Contents of an hourglass	4
4A	13. Boston's Mass. ___	3
5A	14. Birth announcement units	6
6A	16. Charlie's Angels, e.g.	4
7A	17. 'Tis the season: Abbr.	3
8A	18. One remedy for a hangover, supposedly	11
9A	20. Place to attach a surfboard leash	5
10A	22. Big ___ (cheapo's opposite)	7
11A	23. Place to pick up a pepperoni pie, perhaps	10
12A	27. Card in Uno or action on Spotify	4
13A	29. Actress Glazer of "Broad City"	5
14A	30. U.F.C. sport	3
15A	33. Popeye's Olive ___	3
16A	34. Thorny part of a rose	4
17A	35. Listens to	5
18A	37. Close follower of the "horse race"	15
19A	41. Poker-faced	5
20A	42. "Oh, OK"	4
21A	43. Sinister fish in "The Little Mermaid"	3
22A	44. Reactions to stepping on Legos, say	3
23A	45. Late-night coffee order	5
24A	47. What's stronger than "might"	4
25A	48. Aircraft that's 1% full?	10
26A	51. Farm measure	7
27A	54. Astronomer Hubble	5
28A	57. Some Xmas card attire ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across	11
29A	61. Keats's "To Autumn," e.g.	3
30A	62. Worry	4
31A	63. Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo	6
32A	64. "Oedipus ___"	3
33A	65. Snafu	4
34A	66. Snapple cap fodder	5
35A	67. Kit ___ bar	3

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. Truck weigh station unit"

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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
• Words that mean the same thing: gross ton, long ton, net ton
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Enter one's password"

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: LOGIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. Contents of an hourglass"

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 loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
• Words that mean the same thing: Baroness Dudevant, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, George Sand
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Boston's Mass. ___"

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: AVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. Birth announcement units"

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 unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
• Words that mean the same thing: apothecaries' ounce, ounce, oz.
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUNCES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Charlie's Angels, 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 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• Words that mean the same thing: triple, triad, threesome
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. 'Tis the season: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the last (12th) month of the year
• Words that mean the same thing: celestial latitude, declination, December
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "18. One remedy for a hangover, supposedly"

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: PICKLEJUICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. Place to attach a surfboard leash"

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 gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
• Words that mean the same thing: articulatio talocruralis, ankle joint, mortise joint
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANKLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Big ___ (cheapo's opposite)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that english poet and critic (1909-1995)
• Words that mean the same thing: scattergood, expender, spendthrift
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPENDER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. Place to pick up a pepperoni pie, perhaps"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PIZZAJOINT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Card in Uno or action on Spotify"

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 gait in which steps and hops alternate
• Words that mean the same thing: skim, skitter, cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Actress Glazer of "Broad City""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ILANA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. U.F.C. sport"

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Popeye's Olive ___"

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: OYL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Thorny part of a rose"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• Words that mean the same thing: fore, halt, radical
• The 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 17 Across: "35. Listens to"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
• Words that mean the same thing: see, listen, take heed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "37. Close follower of the "horse race""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POLITICALJUNKIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "41. Poker-faced"

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 abounding in rocks or stones
• Words that mean the same thing: obdurate, bouldery, bouldered
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "42. "Oh, OK""

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 21 Across: "43. Sinister fish in "The Little Mermaid""

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 the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "44. Reactions to stepping on Legos, say"

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: OWS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "45. Late-night coffee order"

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 coffee with the caffeine removed
• Words that mean the same thing: decaffeinated coffee
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DECAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. What's stronger than "might""

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 capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - george meredith
• Words that mean the same thing: leave, volition, testament
• The opposite would be: disinherit
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WILL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Aircraft that's 1% full?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PRIVATEJET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "51. Farm measure"

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 an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
• Words that mean the same thing: land area
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACREAGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "54. Astronomer Hubble"

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 king of northumbria who was converted to christianity (585-633)
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDWIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "57. Some Xmas card attire ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across"

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: MATCHINGPJS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "61. Keats's "To Autumn," e.g."

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

  The answer is: ODE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "62. Worry"

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 agitation resulting from active worry
• Words that mean the same thing: niggle, gall, eat into
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "63. Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo"

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: TIPOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "64. "Oedipus ___""

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 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!

Clue 33 Across: "65. Snafu"

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 state of confusion and disorderliness
• Words that mean the same thing: quite a little, messiness, kettle of fish
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "66. Snapple cap fodder"

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 piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
• Words that mean the same thing: fact
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FACTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "67. Kit ___ bar"

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 leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: Arabian tea, African tea, cat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

December 07, 2021 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Self-congratulatory cry	4
2D	2. Have a bun in the ___	4
3D	3. Aid for sleeping on a plane	10
4D	4. Singer/actress Jennifer	5
5D	5. "Yes, madame!"	3
6D	6. Big inits. in protein powder	3
7D	7. "Gross!"	3
8D	8. Half ___ (wrestling hold)	6
9D	9. Fall guys?	8
10D	10. Like Death Valley	4
11D	11. Pleasant French city?	4
12D	12. Go-getter	4
13D	15. Filter that gives photos a vintage look	5
14D	19. Biden White House press secretary Psaki	3
15D	21. Sass	3
16D	24. Pasta popular on "The Sopranos"	4
17D	25. Smart ___	4
18D	26. Birthplace of Rastafarianism	7
19D	27. Absorbs, as with bread	4
20D	28. Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years	5
21D	31. Iconic encouragement from Tim Gunn on "Project Runway"	10
22D	32. The Little Mermaid	5
23D	34. Teen's bedroom, stereotypically	3
24D	35. Peach or periwinkle	3
25D	36. Vend	4
26D	38. Checks out	8
27D	39. Challenge for a future atty.	4
28D	40. Spanish boss, with "el"	4
29D	45. 8 or 9, but not 10	5
30D	46. Were it possible that	6
31D	47. Get hitched	3
32D	49. When doubled, enthusiastic	3
33D	50. Jokes around	5
34D	51. Radio switch	4
35D	52. Safekeeping	4
36D	53. Google Maps might provide several of them: Abbr.	4
37D	55. Starting place for an inventor	4
38D	56. In the on-deck circle, say	4
39D	58. 4.0 is an excellent one	3
40D	59. African American or Asian American, e.g., for short	3
41D	60. Stick (out)	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. Self-congratulatory cry"

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: TADA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Have a bun in the ___"

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

  The answer is: OVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Aid for sleeping on a plane"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: NECKPILLOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Singer/actress Jennifer"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LOPEZ

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Yes, madame!""

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 6 Down: "6. Big inits. in protein powder"

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: GNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. "Gross!""

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: ICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Half ___ (wrestling hold)"

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 english admiral who defeated the french fleets of napoleon but was mortally wounded at trafalgar (1758-1805)
• Words that mean the same thing: Admiral Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Lord Nelson
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NELSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Fall guys?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: STUNTMEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Like Death Valley"

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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
• Words that mean the same thing: desiccate, waterless, desiccated
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Pleasant French city?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in southeastern france on the mediterranean; the leading resort on the french riviera
• Words that mean the same thing: overnice, prissy, courteous
• The opposite would be: nasty
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NICE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Go-getter"

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 person who acts and gets things done
• Words that mean the same thing: actor, worker
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DOER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "15. Filter that gives photos a vintage look"

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 shade of brown with a tinge of red
• Words that mean the same thing: burnt sienna, genus Sepia, mahogany
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEPIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "19. Biden White House press secretary Psaki"

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: JEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Sass"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• Words that mean the same thing: back talk, sass, rim
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Pasta popular on "The Sopranos""

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 medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ZITI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. Smart ___"

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: ALEC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Birthplace of Rastafarianism"

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 country on the island of jamaica; became independent of england in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JAMAICA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "27. Absorbs, as with bread"

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 piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: dowse, soak through, standard operating procedure
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "28. Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a city in central japan on southern honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of japan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KYOTO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Iconic encouragement from Tim Gunn on "Project Runway""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: MAKEITWORK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. The Little Mermaid"

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: ARIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "34. Teen's bedroom, stereotypically"

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 infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
• Words that mean the same thing: stye, hordeolum, pigsty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Peach or periwinkle"

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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
• Words that mean the same thing: imbue, chromaticity
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Vend"

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 activity of persuading someone to buy
• Words that mean the same thing: trade, betray, deal
• The opposite would be: buy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Checks out"

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 look over carefully
• Words that mean the same thing: scrutinise, audit, visit
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INSPECTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "39. Challenge for a future atty."

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: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "40. Spanish boss, with "el""

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: JEFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "45. 8 or 9, but not 10"

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 one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
• Words that mean the same thing: fingerbreadth, figure, finger's breadth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DIGIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "46. Were it possible that"

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: EVENIF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "47. Get hitched"

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 fourth day of the week; the third working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Midweek, hook up with, conjoin
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. When doubled, enthusiastic"

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: RAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Jokes around"

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 humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
• Words that mean the same thing: jocularity, jape, gag
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. Radio switch"

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: AMFM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Safekeeping"

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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: give care, precaution, handle
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Google Maps might provide several of them: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: RTES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "55. Starting place for an inventor"

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 the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
• Words that mean the same thing: melodic theme, estimate, mind
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "56. In the on-deck circle, say"

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 immediately following in time or order
• Words that mean the same thing: future, following, side by side
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEXT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. 4.0 is an excellent one"

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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
• Words that mean the same thing: grade point average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. African American or Asian American, e.g., for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: POC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Stick (out)"

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 something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
• Words that mean the same thing: gibbosity, protuberance, jutting
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	48	63.2%
Short Answer	19	25.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	3	3.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
Sports	1	1.3%
History	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	4.9 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Tuesday, 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 13, 2025 at 08:23 AM