NYT Friday, August 16, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints here

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 16, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

NYT Friday, August 16, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints 

Across Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Locale for car chases in "Goldfinger" and "Quantum of Solace". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALPS

  Possible Answer : the_Alps, alp, Alps




• The clue is 5. Spiced tea. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CHAI




• The clue is 9. Slowly depletes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SAPS

  Possible Answer : run_down, exhaust, saphead, fool, sap, muggins, blackjack, play_out, cosh, tire, tomfool




• The clue is 13. Not fully value. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SELLSHORT




• The clue is 15. Skedaddle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SPLIT

  Possible Answer : cleave, snag, burst, break_open, separate, stock_split, part, split_up, disunited, divide, disconnected, tear, rip, dissever, carve_up, schism, break_up, rent, break, rive, split, fragmented, Split

  Possible Opposite Answer : unite




• The clue is 16. "More to come ...". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: STAYTUNED




• The clue is 17. Hunter on screen. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HOLLY

  Possible Answer : holly, Buddy_Holly, Charles_Hardin_Holley, Holly




• The clue is 18. English cathedral city. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ELY




• The clue is 19. Container for the Ten Commandments. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ARK

  Possible Answer : Ark_of_the_Covenant, Ark, ark




• The clue is 20. Libby offerings. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: EBOOKS




• The clue is 22. Connects. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: TIESIN




• The clue is 24. More spirited. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SPUNKIER




• The clue is 26. Meals that traditionally include four cups of wine. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SEDERS

  Possible Answer : Passover_supper, Seder




• The clue is 27. Round up. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HERD

  Possible Answer : crowd, ruck, herd




• The clue is 28. The "code" in Walter Isaacson's best-selling 2021 book "The Code Breaker". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DNA

  Possible Answer : DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid




• The clue is 29. Hosts. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MCS

  Possible Answer : megacycle, megacycle_per_second, MHz, megahertz, Mc




• The clue is 30. Where lines may be drawn in the sand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ZENGARDEN




• The clue is 32. Something to do "criss-cross applesauce". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SIT

  Possible Answer : model, pose, seat, posture, sit_down, sit, baby-sit, ride, sit_around

  Possible Opposite Answer : stand, arise




• The clue is 33. Expeditions, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FORDS

  Possible Answer : fording, Ford_Madox_Ford, Ford, crossing, Gerald_R._Ford, Gerald_Ford, Ford_Hermann_Hueffer, Henry_Ford_II, John_Ford, Edsel_Bryant_Ford, Henry_Ford, Gerald_Rudolph_Ford, President_Ford, ford




• The clue is 34. It's inspired. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: AIR

  Possible Answer : aerate, broadcast, transmit, gentle_wind, tune, beam, publicise, air_out, zephyr, line, aura, aviation, breeze, atmosphere, melodic_line, ventilate, melodic_phrase, melody, airwave, publicize, send, air_travel, air, vent, bare, strain




• The clue is 35. Some facilities. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: MENSROOMS




• The clue is 37. Low point: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MIN

  Possible Answer : Taiwanese, Min, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Min_dialect, min, minute




• The clue is 38. Some 3.5 million quotations were gathered for it, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OED

  Possible Answer : Oxford_English_Dictionary, OED, O.E.D.




• The clue is 39. Italian menu word. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALLA




• The clue is 40. Had a hankering. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LONGED

  Possible Answer : yearn, long, hanker




• The clue is 43. One known to disappear during work. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: MAGICIAN

  Possible Answer : magician, prestidigitator, thaumaturgist, conjuror, illusionist, wizard, sorcerer, thaumaturge, necromancer, conjurer




• The clue is 45. Marked down. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ONSALE




• The clue is 46. Trust. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BANKON




• The clue is 47. Tube travelers?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OVA

  Possible Answer : ovum, egg_cell




• The clue is 48. Unchanging. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer : countersink, Seth, do, set_up, fixed, set, Set, determined, limit, ready, localize, sic, plant, lay_out, determine, readiness, localise, go_down, put, prepare, jell, typeset, band, bent, specify, dress, coiffure, primed, rigid, situated, laid, mark, hardened, rig, position, place, pose, fix, circle, fructify, gear_up, arrange, curing, correct, placed, define, congeal, adjust, stage_set, coiffe, fit, go_under, exercise_set, dictated, coif, lot, hardening, located, lay, solidifying, solidification

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 49. Cheese also known as French Gruyère. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: COMTE

  Possible Answer : Isidore_Auguste_Marie_Francois_Comte, Comte, Auguste_Comte




• The clue is 50. That's an order!. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: DIRECTIVE

  Possible Answer : directive, guiding, directional, directing




• The clue is 53. Forestall. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AVERT

  Possible Answer : ward_off, obviate, fend_off, forefend, stave_off, debar, avert, avoid, turn_away, deflect, head_off, forfend




• The clue is 54. Add exaggerated details to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: EMBROIDER

  Possible Answer : dramatise, dramatize, blow_up, embellish, broider, aggrandise, lard, embroider, aggrandize, pad




• The clue is 55. Coin once known as the "piece of eight". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PESO

  Possible Answer : Colombian_peso, Dominican_peso, peso, Chilean_peso, Mexican_peso, Cuban_peso, Philippine_peso, Uruguayan_peso, Guinea-Bissau_peso




• The clue is 56. "Chain Reaction" singer, 1985. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ROSS

  Possible Answer : Sir_Ronald_Ross, Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, James_Clark_Ross, Ross, Nellie_Ross, Betsy_Griscom_Ross, Sir_John_Ross, John_Ross, Betsy_Ross, Sir_James_Clark_Ross




• The clue is 57. Mugful on a desk, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PENS

  Possible Answer : pen, playpen, indite, write, penitentiary, compose

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Good stuff. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ASSETS

  Possible Answer: plus, asset, assets

  Possible Opposite Answer : liability

• The clue is 2. Leave undisturbed. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LETLIE

• The clue is 3. Was psychologically manipulative. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: PLAYEDMINDGAMES

• The clue is 4. Arch. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SLY

  Possible Answer: dodgy, foxy, sly, slick, knavish, guileful, crafty, tricksy, tricky, wily, cunning

• The clue is 5. Cranks (out). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: CHURNS

  Possible Answer: boil, butter_churn, churn, moil, roil

• The clue is 6. Toot one's own horn?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HONK

  Possible Answer: blare, be_sick, cronk, vomit_up, retch, honk, throw_up, beep, purge, regurgitate, cast, claxon, spew, chuck, spue, upchuck, disgorge, sick, vomit, regorge, toot, puke, cat, barf

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 7. Amount to. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ARE

  Possible Answer: follow, personify, cost, make_up, ar, embody, exist, live, be, constitute, comprise, represent, are, equal

  Possible Opposite Answer : differ

• The clue is 8. "Can't say for certain". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ITDEPENDS

• The clue is 9. Startle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SPOOK

  Possible Answer: spook, shade, weirdo, ghost, weirdie, wraith, creep, weirdy, spectre, specter

• The clue is 10. "But seriously ...". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ALLKIDDINGASIDE

• The clue is 11. Czech brew. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: PILSENER

  Possible Answer: Pilsener, Pilsner

• The clue is 12. Cluttered quarters. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: STY

  Possible Answer: sty, eye_infection, stye, pigpen, pigsty, hordeolum

• The clue is 14. Things found in a well. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: STAIRS

  Possible Answer: stair, step, stairs, steps

• The clue is 15. Showrunner Rhimes. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SHONDA

• The clue is 21. Small towns. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BURGS

  Possible Answer: burg

• The clue is 23. Broken-off branches. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SECTS

  Possible Answer: religious_order, religious_sect, faction, sect

• The clue is 24. Artist Cindy known for her photographic self-portraits. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SHERMAN

  Possible Answer: William_Tecumseh_Sherman, Mount_Sherman, Sherman, Roger_Sherman

• The clue is 25. Skedaddled. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RAN

  Possible Answer: break_away, race, draw, move, guide, feed, track_down, persist, unravel, head_for_the_hills, turn_tail, work, extend, hunt_down, run_away, range, campaign, consort, hunt, play, scarper, course, escape, die_hard, black_market, flow, take_to_the_woods, lam, carry, lead, ladder, endure, melt, execute, function, incline, pass, tend, melt_down, operate, run_for, run, be_given, fly_the_coop, bleed, bunk, go, prevail, hightail_it, ply, scat, lean

  Possible Opposite Answer : idle, malfunction

• The clue is 30. Film character who asks "Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: ZOOLANDER

• The clue is 31. Comes down. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: RAINS

  Possible Answer: rain_down, rainwater, rainfall, pelting, rain

• The clue is 32. [I won't repeat myself in this note]. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SEEABOVE

• The clue is 33. Leaf. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FOLIO

  Possible Answer: pagination, folio, paging, leaf, page_number

• The clue is 35. Million ___ March (political event of 2000). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: MOM

  Possible Answer: mammy, mom, mummy, mama, mum, ma, momma, mamma, mommy

• The clue is 36. Clatter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: RACKET

  Possible Answer: revel, whoop_it_up, jollify, noise, fraudulent_scheme, racket, make_whoopie, make_happy, make_merry, racquet, dissonance, illegitimate_enterprise, wassail

• The clue is 37. Most densely populated country in Europe. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: MONACO

  Possible Answer: Principality_of_Monaco, Monaco

• The clue is 40. Buffs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: LOVERS

  Possible Answer: lover, buff, fan, devotee

• The clue is 41. Number of sides for a hendecagon. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ELEVEN

  Possible Answer: XI, football_team, 11, xi, eleven

• The clue is 42. Puts off. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: DETERS

  Possible Answer: dissuade, discourage, deter

  Possible Opposite Answer : persuade

• The clue is 44. Wordless part of many songs. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: INTRO

  Possible Answer: intro, presentation, introduction

• The clue is 47. Components of imperial regalia. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ORBS

  Possible Answer: eyeball, revolve, globe, orb, orbit, ball

• The clue is 49. Limit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: CAP

  Possible Answer: hood, roof, ceiling, jacket, chapiter, capital, detonating_device, crest, crownwork, jacket_crown, pileus, crown, detonator, cap

• The clue is 51. Text qualifier. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: IMO

  Possible Answer: IMO, International_Maritime_Organization

• The clue is 52. Word with felt or hot. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TIP

  Possible Answer: crest, slant, gratuity, wind, point, tip, tiptoe, fee, hint, crown, angle, confidential_information, lead, pourboire, steer, baksheesh, tap, bakshish, tip_off, tippytoe, topple, top, tumble, peak, bung, summit, bakshis, lean, tilt, backsheesh

July 29, 2024 - Crosswords

Crosswords - July 29, 2024

Welcome to NYT Puzzle and answers. The New York Times Crossword is one of the most popular puzzles. Here are the clues and answers for today's puzzle:

Break down the NYT Crosswords: July 29, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. U.S. public health org. - Show Answer
  

  CDC

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: CDC, Center_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention



• 4. Impressively done, as a job - Show Answer
  

  BANGUP

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 10. To and ___ - Show Answer
  

  FRO

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 13. 2016 Summer Olympics host, informally - Show Answer
  

  RIO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Rio, Rio_de_Janeiro



• 14. Break free - Show Answer
  

  ESCAPE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: leak, run, scarper, miss, evasion, lam, run_away, escape, outflow, escapism, safety_valve, take_to_the_woods, dodging, scat, turn_tail, escape_cock, hightail_it, flight, leakage, get_off, bunk, fly_the_coop, break_away, head_for_the_hills, relief_valve, elude, escape_valve, get_away, get_by, get_out, break_loose



• 15. Language that's mutually intelligible with Thai - Show Answer
  

  LAO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Laotian, Lao



• 16. Cry from someone who has finally had it - Show Answer
  

  ENOUGHISENOUGH

  (14 letters)

  
  


• 19. Wriggly sea creatures - Show Answer
  

  EELS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: eel



• 20. "Monday Night Football" channel - Show Answer
  

  ESPN

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 21. Mount Olympus ruler - Show Answer
  

  ZEUS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Zeus, genus_Zeus



• 22. Fuss over one's appearance - Show Answer
  

  PREEN

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: congratulate, primp, plume, dress, preen



• 24. "It's in my ___" ("I was made for this") - Show Answer
  

  DNA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: DNA, deoxyribonucleic_acid, desoxyribonucleic_acid



• 26. Sarcastic non-apology - Show Answer
  

  SORRYNOTSORRY

  (13 letters)

  
  


• 32. The "veni" in "Veni, vidi, vici" - Show Answer
  

  ICAME

  (5 letters)

  
  


• 33. Heavens - Show Answer
  

  SKIES

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: flip, sky, ski, toss, pitch



• 35. Sheep : flock :: cow : ___ - Show Answer
  

  HERD

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: ruck, crowd, herd



• 38. Comic Silverman - Show Answer
  

  SARAH

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Sarah



• 40. Drain - Show Answer
  

  SAP

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: saphead, play_out, tomfool, cosh, run_down, muggins, fool, exhaust, tire, blackjack, sap



• 41. Wedding ceremony words - Show Answer
  

  IDO

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Ido



• 42. Solar energy collector - Show Answer
  

  PANEL

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: venire, jury, gore, dialog_box, instrument_panel, empanel, impanel, control_board, board, panel, control_panel



• 43. Pod vegetable in gumbo - Show Answer
  

  OKRA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: okra, lady's-finger, gumbo, Abelmoschus_esculentus, Hibiscus_esculentus, okra_plant



• 44. Fracas - Show Answer
  

  MELEE

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: melee, battle_royal, scrimmage



• 46. Religion of the Quran - Show Answer
  

  ISLAM

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism



• 48. Perennial optimist's motto - Show Answer
  

  NEVERSAYNEVER

  (13 letters)

  
  


• 53. Bard's "before" - Show Answer
  

  ERE

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 54. Pain relief brand - Show Answer
  

  ALEVE

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Aflaxen, naproxen_sodium, Aleve, Anaprox



• 55. Quick drive around town - Show Answer
  

  SPIN

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: birl, whirl, spin, reel, gyrate, twist, spin_around, twisting, twirl, spin_out, tailspin



• 58. Agent ___ Scully of "The X-Files" - Show Answer
  

  DANA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Danu, Dana



• 62. Cain's nephew in Genesis - Show Answer
  

  ENOS

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 63. Way to make incremental progress - Show Answer
  

  LITTLEBYLITTLE

  (14 letters)

  
  


• 66. Polished off - Show Answer
  

  ATE

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: deplete, use_up, corrode, rust, wipe_out, eat, feed, eat_on, eat_up, run_through, exhaust, Ate, consume



• 67. "Yes, cap'n!" - Show Answer
  

  AYESIR

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 68. Actress Mendes - Show Answer
  

  EVA

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 69. "Pow!" - Show Answer
  

  BAM

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Bam, bang, bam, blast, clap, eruption



• 70. Strike out - Show Answer
  

  DELETE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: blue-pencil, erase, edit, delete, cancel

  Antonyms: record



• 71. State that's home to Rehoboth Beach: Abbr. - Show Answer
  

  DEL

  (3 letters)

  
  

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Gives the heebie-jeebies, with "out" - Show Answer
  

  CREEPS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: crawling, cringe, weirdie, crawl, creeping, weirdy, fawn, creeps, pussyfoot, sneak, mouse, creep, spook, weirdo, cower, grovel



• 2. Spanish for "money" - Show Answer
  

  DINERO

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: pelf, lettuce, bread, scratch, cabbage, dough, sugar, lucre, loot, moolah, dinero, shekels, gelt, wampum, kale, lolly, clams, boodle, simoleons



• 3. Where beers can be found at a tailgate party - Show Answer
  

  COOLER

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: ice_chest, coolheaded, tank, nerveless, cooler, cool

  Antonyms: warm



• 4. Implore - Show Answer
  

  BEG

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: beg, solicit, implore, pray, tap



• 5. Tennis champ Arthur - Show Answer
  

  ASHE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Arthur_Ashe, Arthur_Robert_Ashe, Ashe



• 6. Police procedural that premiered in 2003 - Show Answer
  

  NCIS

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 7. [Oh, no!] - Show Answer
  

  GASP

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: puff, pant, heave, gasp



• 8. Flips on its head - Show Answer
  

  UPENDS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: upend



• 9. Something brought out with a restaurant check - Show Answer
  

  PEN

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: indite, write, pen, compose, playpen, penitentiary



• 10. Chimney duct - Show Answer
  

  FLUE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: flue, labial_pipe, fluke, flue_pipe



• 11. Big name in pasta sauce - Show Answer
  

  RAGU

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 12. Audibly reacts to fireworks - Show Answer
  

  OOHS

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: aah, ooh



• 17. Log-in requirement - Show Answer
  

  USERID

  (6 letters)

  
  


• 18. Missouri's ___ Mountains - Show Answer
  

  OZARK

  (5 letters)

  
  


• 23. Home of MoMA, for short - Show Answer
  

  NYC

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 25. Nibble between meals - Show Answer
  

  NOSH

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: nosh, snack



• 27. Apollo mission org. - Show Answer
  

  NASA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration



• 28. Muscat residents - Show Answer
  

  OMANIS

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Omani



• 29. Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize - Show Answer
  

  TERESA

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Teresa, Agnes_Gonxha_Bojaxhiu, Theresa, Mother_Theresa, Mother_Teresa



• 30. Contest of continental conquest? - Show Answer
  

  RISK

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: risk_of_exposure, adventure, danger, take_chances, risk_of_infection, peril, endangerment, put_on_the_line, chance, jeopardy, run_a_risk, gamble, lay_on_the_line, risk, hazard, take_a_chance



• 31. 2024, e.g. - Show Answer
  

  YEAR

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: yr, year, class, twelvemonth



• 34. Relaxing getaway - Show Answer
  

  SPA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: health_club, spa, watering_hole, resort_hotel, watering_place, health_spa



• 35. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew ___ …": Hamlet - Show Answer
  

  HIM

  (3 letters)

  
  


• 36. Biblical land west of Nod - Show Answer
  

  EDEN

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Eden, paradise, Garden_of_Eden, Shangri-la, heaven, promised_land, nirvana



• 37. Actor's assignment - Show Answer
  

  ROLE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: theatrical_role, office, part, function, persona, role, use, character, purpose



• 39. Any member of NATO, to another - Show Answer
  

  ALLY

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: friend, ally

  Antonyms: foe



• 42. Colleague - Show Answer
  

  PEER

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: equal, match, peer, compeer



• 43. Popular brunch order - Show Answer
  

  OMELET

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: omelette, omelet



• 45. ___ planner (occupation) - Show Answer
  

  EVENT

  (5 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: outcome, case, result, event, issue, effect, consequence, upshot



• 47. Actress de Armas - Show Answer
  

  ANA

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Ana, ana



• 49. Overnight flight - Show Answer
  

  REDEYE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: redeye_flight, redeye



• 50. Recapped a frustrating day at work, maybe - Show Answer
  

  VENTED

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: vented, ventilate, air_out, give_vent, vent, air



• 51. Develop over time - Show Answer
  

  EVOLVE

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: germinate, acquire, develop, evolve



• 52. Close again, as an envelope - Show Answer
  

  RESEAL

  (6 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: reseal



• 55. Chunk of concrete - Show Answer
  

  SLAB

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: slab



• 56. Gyro bread - Show Answer
  

  PITA

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: pocket_bread, pita



• 57. Tabloid couple - Show Answer
  

  ITEM

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: particular, token, item, point, detail



• 59. Cain's brother in Genesis - Show Answer
  

  ABEL

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: Niels_Henrik_Abel, Abel, Niels_Abel



• 60. Nasdaq alternative - Show Answer
  

  NYSE

  (4 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: N._Y._Stock_Exchange, big_board, New_York_Stock_Exchange, NYSE



• 61. Landed (on) - Show Answer
  

  ALIT

  (4 letters)

  
  


• 64. Wee chap - Show Answer
  

  LAD

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: feller, chap, lad, blighter, cuss, fellow, bloke, laddie, sonny, gent, fella, cub, sonny_boy



• 65. Fury - Show Answer
  

  IRE

  (3 letters)

  
  

  Synonyms: choler, anger, ire, wrath, ira

November 16, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (39 clues)
• Down Clues (42 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 81 (39 Across, 42 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 16, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Key above Caps Lock	3
2A	4. Depletes, as of energy	4
3A	8. Goes on the offensive	7
4A	15. Suffix with expert	3
5A	16. "___ the case!"	4
6A	17. Many an evergreen	7
7A	18. With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across	8
8A	20. Sometimes it's "not an option"	7
9A	21. Stella ___ (beer)	6
10A	22. Sculler's tool	3
11A	23. ___ score (400 to 1600)	3
12A	24. Prefix with bot	4
13A	25. Author of "The Bell Jar" (1963)	11
14A	30. Sending a Slack message, say	5
15A	32. Secure, as a boat	4
16A	33. NPR host Cornish	5
17A	34. "___ away!" ("Hit me!")	3
18A	35. Paths of lobs	4
19A	37. Actress Mirren	5
20A	38. Author of "Black Beauty" (1877)	10
21A	41. Sealy competitor	5
22A	43. Bit of fishing equipment	4
23A	44. Many a college prof	3
24A	47. Difficult tooth for a dentist to fill	5
25A	48. Help (out)	4
26A	50. Mystical energy fields	5
27A	52. Author of "Wuthering Heights" (1847)	11
28A	55. Slugger Sammy in the 1998 home run chase	4
29A	56. Bit of fishing equipment	3
30A	57. Prey for a barracuda	3
31A	58. "You don't even want to know"	6
32A	60. Question of apathy	7
33A	63. See 18-Across	8
34A	65. Guaranteed	7
35A	66. Met highlight	4
36A	67. Earn the most votes, say	3
37A	68. Abhors	7
38A	69. Some August births	4
39A	70. Inc., abroad	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. Key above Caps Lock"

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 bill in a restaurant
• Words that mean the same thing: check, pill, tabloid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Depletes, as of energy"

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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Words that mean the same thing: tomfool, blackjack, sap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Goes on the offensive"

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 (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
• Words that mean the same thing: attempt, flack, set on
• The opposite would be: defend
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTACKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "15. Suffix with expert"

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: ISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "16. "___ the case!""

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: IMON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Many an evergreen"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: FIRTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "18. With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: THATSALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Sometimes it's "not an option""

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an act that fails
• Words that mean the same thing: nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser
• The opposite would be: achiever, success
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAILURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. Stella ___ (beer)"

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 former province of northern france near the english channel (between picardy and flanders)
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARTOIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "22. Sculler's tool"

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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "23. ___ score (400 to 1600)"

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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
• Words that mean the same thing: sit, posture, sit around
• The opposite would be: stand, arise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "24. Prefix with bot"

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: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Author of "The Bell Jar" (1963)"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SYLVIAPLATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Sending a Slack message, say"

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: IMING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Secure, as a boat"

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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
• Words that mean the same thing: tie up, berth, moorland
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "33. NPR host Cornish"

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: AUDIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. "___ away!" ("Hit me!")"

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 inquire about
• Words that mean the same thing: require, take, need
• The opposite would be: obviate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Paths of lobs"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: arch, arc, electric discharge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Actress Mirren"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of zeus and leda who was abducted by paris; the greek army sailed to troy to get her back which resulted in the trojan war
• Words that mean the same thing: Helen of Troy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Author of "Black Beauty" (1877)"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ANNASEWELL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "41. Sealy competitor"

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: SERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "43. Bit of fishing equipment"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: REEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "44. Many a college prof"

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

  The answer is: PHD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. Difficult tooth for a dentist to fill"

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 grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
• Words that mean the same thing: grinder
• The opposite would be: molecular
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOLAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Help (out)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• Words that mean the same thing: bond, bail bond
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Mystical energy fields"

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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• Words that mean the same thing: glory, gloriole, air
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AURAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Author of "Wuthering Heights" (1847)"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: EMILYBRONTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "55. Slugger Sammy in the 1998 home run chase"

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: SOSA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "56. Bit of fishing equipment"

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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: sack up, nett, internet
• The opposite would be: gross
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "57. Prey for a barracuda"

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 31 Across: "58. "You don't even want to know""

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: ITSBAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Question of apathy"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DOICARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "63. See 18-Across"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SHEWROTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "65. Guaranteed"

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 make certain of
• Words that mean the same thing: check, ascertain, see to 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: ENSURED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "66. Met highlight"

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

  The answer is: ARIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "67. Earn the most votes, say"

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 victory (as in a race or other competition)
• Words that mean the same thing: bring home the bacon, succeed, profits
• The opposite would be: lose, fall back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "68. Abhors"

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 dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• Words that mean the same thing: detest, hate
• The opposite would be: love
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETESTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Across: "69. Some August births"

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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
• Words that mean the same thing: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Across: "70. Inc., abroad"

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: LTD

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword November 16, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Fairy queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"	7
2D	2. Hindu retreats	7
3D	3. Many a character in Kerouac's "On the Road"	7
4D	4. Enthusiastic Spanish approval	4
5D	5. Collect in volume	5
6D	6. One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically	3
7D	7. Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief	3
8D	8. Secret relationship	6
9D	9. Small crown	5
10D	10. El ___ (nickname for the Mexican national soccer team)	3
11D	11. Falcons, on a scoreboard	3
12D	12. Vigorous campaign	7
13D	13. Protein in horns and hair	7
14D	14. Keep one's anger at a low boil	6
15D	19. Yogi Bear or Fred Flintstone	4
16D	22. Egg: Prefix	3
17D	26. It often has a gym and pool	4
18D	27. The "1" in a 15-1 record	4
19D	28. Dish associated with the Valencia region of Spain	6
20D	29. Slow period	4
21D	31. Overhead support for interstate signs	6
22D	36. Tiny messenger	3
23D	37. ___-haw	3
24D	38. Asia's ___ Sea	4
25D	39. Popular name for an Irish girl	4
26D	40. Swollen mark	4
27D	41. "Can't say who"	7
28D	42. Snooty	7
29D	44. N.F.L. all-star game	7
30D	45. Makes an enthusiastic attempt	7
31D	46. Wrong turn in a maze	7
32D	47. Repaired	6
33D	48. American Kennel Club list	6
34D	49. Former Time Warner partner	3
35D	51. Leningrad's land, for short	4
36D	53. Visorless cap	5
37D	54. Letters heard after "cow," "pig" and "horse"	5
38D	59. "___ the night before Christmas ..."	4
39D	61. Chalk one up?	3
40D	62. Horace's "___ Poetica"	3
41D	63. Narrator of "On the Road"	3
42D	64. Charlemagne's domain: Abbr.	3

Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!

Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!

Clue 1 Down: "1. Fairy queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream""

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 white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
• Words that mean the same thing: titanium dioxide, titanic oxide, titanium oxide
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TITANIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Hindu retreats"

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 place of religious retreat modeled after the indian ashram
• Words that mean the same thing: ashram
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASHRAMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Many a character in Kerouac's "On the Road""

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 member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
• Words that mean the same thing: beat
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEATNIK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Enthusiastic Spanish approval"

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: SISI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Collect in volume"

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 collect or gather
• Words that mean the same thing: cumulate, hoard, pile 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: AMASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person active in party politics
• Words that mean the same thing: political leader, politician, politico
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SNL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Secret relationship"

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 vaguely specified concern
• Words that mean the same thing: intimacy, involvement, affaire
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFFAIR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Small crown"

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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIARA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. El ___ (nickname for the Mexican national soccer team)"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: TRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Falcons, on a scoreboard"

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: ATL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Vigorous campaign"

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 series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• Words that mean the same thing: fight, effort, cause
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CRUSADE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Protein in horns and hair"

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 fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
• Words that mean the same thing: ceratin
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KERATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Keep one's anger at a low boil"

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 be noisy with activity
• Words that mean the same thing: roll, buzz, hum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEETHE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "19. Yogi Bear or Fred Flintstone"

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 film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
• Words that mean the same thing: cartoon, animated cartoon
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "22. Egg: Prefix"

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: OVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. It often has a gym and pool"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: YMCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. The "1" in a 15-1 record"

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 something that is lost
• Words that mean the same thing: passing, release, red ink
• 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: LOSS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Dish associated with the Valencia region of Spain"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PAELLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Slow period"

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 pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
• Words that mean the same thing: still, quiet, calm down
• The opposite would be: agitate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Overhead support for interstate signs"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: gauntry
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GANTRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "36. Tiny messenger"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
• Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "37. ___-haw"

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: HEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Asia's ___ Sea"

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: ARAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "39. Popular name for an Irish girl"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Swollen mark"

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 raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
• Words that mean the same thing: whip, weal, strap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WELT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. "Can't say who""

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 human being
• Words that mean the same thing: mortal, somebody, individual
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOMEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Snooty"

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 someone who believes in rule by an elite group
• The opposite would be: egalitarian
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELITIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. N.F.L. all-star game"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: PROBOWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Makes an enthusiastic attempt"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: HASATIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. Wrong turn in a maze"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DEADEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "47. Repaired"

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 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• Words that mean the same thing: mend, fix, heal
• The opposite would be: break
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MENDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "48. American Kennel Club list"

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 special variety of domesticated animals within a species
• Words that mean the same thing: stock, cover, breed
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BREEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "49. Former Time Warner partner"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: AOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "51. Leningrad's land, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
• Words that mean the same thing: Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USSR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "53. Visorless cap"

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 cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BERET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "54. Letters heard after "cow," "pig" and "horse""

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: EIEIO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. "___ the night before Christmas ...""

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: TWAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "61. Chalk one up?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• Words that mean the same thing: clue, pool stick, discriminative stimulus
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "62. Horace's "___ Poetica""

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 colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 18, Arkansas, AR
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. Narrator of "On the Road""

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: SAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. Charlemagne's domain: Abbr."

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

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	50	61.7%
Short Answer	18	22.2%
Celebrity/Entertainment	5	6.2%
Abbreviation	2	2.5%
Literature	1	1.2%
Movies/Film	1	1.2%
Sports	1	1.2%
Food & Drink	1	1.2%
Geography	1	1.2%
History	1	1.2%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	39
Down Clues	42
Total Clues	81
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	11 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

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

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Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 05:37 PM