July 20, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (33 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2019

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.6 letters

Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword July 20, 2019

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Junk dealers?	8
2A	9. Ghost buster, of a sort	6
3A	15. Fix without doctoring	8
4A	16. Many a magnet has one	6
5A	17. Thought accompanying a light bulb	8
6A	18. Like speakeasies and fridges, at times	6
7A	19. One may be copped	4
8A	20. "Bandleader" with a 1967 #1 album	9
9A	22. Dr. ___	3
10A	24. On the ___	3
11A	25. Go with the wind?	4
12A	27. '	4
13A	28. Big times	4
14A	30. Man's name that's an alphabet run	3
15A	31. The Panthers of the A.C.C.	4
16A	32. Commonplace	5
17A	33. Passes, slangily	3
18A	34. Comment of complete contentment	15
19A	37. ___ A. Bank (men's clothier since 1905)	3
20A	38. Man's name that means "the king"	5
21A	39. Last word in many company names	4
22A	40. Tidbit for an echidna	3
23A	41. Tone-___	4
24A	42. Of very poor quality, in modern slang	4
25A	43. Old Model M's and Model T-6s	4
26A	45. Blues group?: Abbr.	3
27A	46. It's truly inspired	3
28A	47. Offerings from Friskies	9
29A	50. Gradually cut off (from)	4
30A	54. 1962 John Wayne film	6
31A	55. Hit list	8
32A	57. Handle, of a sort	6
33A	58. Descended upon, as mosquitoes might	8
34A	59. "Another Bud, bud!"	6
35A	60. Comic con, e.g.	8

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. Junk dealers?"

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: SPAMBOTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "9. Ghost buster, of a sort"

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: PACMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "15. Fix without doctoring"

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: HOMECURE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "16. Many a magnet has one"

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: USHAPE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "17. Thought accompanying a light bulb"

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: OHIGETIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "18. Like speakeasies and fridges, at times"

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 search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
• Words that mean the same thing: raid, bust, foray 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: RAIDED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. One may be copped"

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 humble request for help from someone in authority
• Words that mean the same thing: supplication
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PLEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. "Bandleader" with a 1967 #1 album"

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

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: SGTPEPPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "22. Dr. ___"

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: DRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "24. On the ___"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: scat, getaway, scarper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "25. Go with the wind?"

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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Words that mean the same thing: canvass, sheet, cruise
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAIL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. '"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
• Words that mean the same thing: metrical unit, infantry, fundament
• The opposite would be: head
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "28. Big times"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ERAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Man's name that's an alphabet run"

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: STU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. The Panthers of the A.C.C."

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 british playwright who created the fictional character sweeney todd (1799-1855)
• Words that mean the same thing: Second Earl of Chatham, Pitt the Elder, William Pitt
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PITT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "32. Commonplace"

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 repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
• Words that mean the same thing: hackneyed, tired, old-hat
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "33. Passes, slangily"

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: TIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "34. Comment of complete contentment"

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: AHTHISISTHELIFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. ___ A. Bank (men's clothier since 1905)"

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: JOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Man's name that means "the king""

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: ELROY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Last word in many company names"

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

  The answer is: SONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. Tidbit for an echidna"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "41. Tone-___"

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 people who have severe hearing impairments
• Words that mean the same thing: deafen, indifferent
• The opposite would be: hearing
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEAF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "42. Of very poor quality, in modern slang"

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: JANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "43. Old Model M's and Model T-6s"

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: REOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "45. Blues group?: Abbr."

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: DNC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "46. It's truly inspired"

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 overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
• Words that mean the same thing: reverence, veneration, fear
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AWE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "47. Offerings from Friskies"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: CATTREATS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "50. Gradually cut off (from)"

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 gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
• Words that mean the same thing: ablactate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "54. 1962 John Wayne film"

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: HATARI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "55. Hit list"

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: TOPFORTY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "57. Handle, of a sort"

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: USERID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "58. Descended upon, as mosquitoes might"

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: ATEALIVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "59. "Another Bud, bud!""

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: BEERME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "60. Comic con, e.g."

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: NERDFEST

  Great job if you got it right!

July 20, 2019 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Prime directive?	4
2D	2. Nebula Award winner Frederik	4
3D	3. Guy's gal	4
4D	4. Pioneering thrash metal band with its own music festival, Gigantour	8
5D	5. Dating letters	3
6D	6. Commencement	6
7D	7. Class in which kids may learn about sin?	4
8D	8. Best-selling game with a hexagonal board	15
9D	9. College area of study with no application required?	8
10D	10. On the double	4
11D	11. Contents of a bowl or a pot	5
12D	12. Complained loudly and publicly	10
13D	13. Kir and Campari, for two	9
14D	14. Stark family member on "Game of Thrones"	3
15D	21. What the U.S. and Canadian dollars had, roughly, in the early 2010s	6
16D	23. Made looser or tighter, in a way	6
17D	26. Opulence	4
18D	27. Is perfect, clothing-wise	10
19D	29. It's got its ups and downs	6
20D	31. Mobile home?	9
21D	32. Capital on the Balkan Peninsula	6
22D	34. Barely open	4
23D	35. It's going downhill	8
24D	36. Not a team player	8
25D	42. Often-reddish quartz	6
26D	44. 1990s' ___ Report	5
27D	48. Crop	4
28D	49. Something brought to a supermarket	4
29D	51. City on a lake of the same name	4
30D	52. Off-road rides, for short	4
31D	53. Vote in the Security Council	4
32D	54. Nucleus	3
33D	56. Something everyone's doing	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. Prime directive?"

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 mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
• Words that mean the same thing: rat, browse, tell on
• The opposite would be: boycott
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Nebula Award winner Frederik"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: POHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Guy's gal"

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: AMIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Pioneering thrash metal band with its own music festival, Gigantour"

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

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: MEGADETH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Dating letters"

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 of the period before the common era; preferred by some writers who are not christians
• Words that mean the same thing: B.C.E.
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BCE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Commencement"

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 the time at which something is supposed to begin
• Words that mean the same thing: beginning, offset, first
• The opposite would be: middle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OUTSET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Class in which kids may learn about sin?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
• Words that mean the same thing: clean-cut, trim, trigonometry
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Best-selling game with a hexagonal board"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SETTLERSOFCATAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. College area of study with no application required?"

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: PUREMATH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. On the double"

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

  The answer is: ASAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Contents of a bowl or a pot"

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 strips of potato fried in deep fat
• Words that mean the same thing: splintering, nick, come off
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CHIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Complained loudly and publicly"

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: MADEASTINK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Kir and Campari, for two"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
• Words that mean the same thing: aperitif
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APERITIFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Stark family member on "Game of Thrones""

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: NED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. What the U.S. and Canadian dollars had, roughly, in the early 2010s"

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 (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
• Words that mean the same thing: para, parity bit, conservation of parity
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARITY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "23. Made looser or tighter, in a way"

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 tie again or anew
• Words that mean the same thing: retie
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RETIED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Opulence"

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 elegant and sumptuous
• Words that mean the same thing: de luxe, deluxe
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LUXE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Is perfect, clothing-wise"

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: FITSTOATEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. It's got its ups and downs"

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 plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
• Words that mean the same thing: totter, teeter-totter, tilting board
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEESAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "31. Mobile home?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: PHONECASE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "32. Capital on the Balkan Peninsula"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TIRANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "34. Barely open"

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

  The answer is: AJAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "35. It's going downhill"

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: SLEDRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Not a team player"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LONEWOLF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "42. Often-reddish quartz"

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 an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JASPER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "44. 1990s' ___ Report"

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 rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
• Words that mean the same thing: Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr, Starkey
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "48. Crop"

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 arrangement or appearance
• Words that mean the same thing: clip, trimness, dress
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRIM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "49. Something brought to a supermarket"

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 capacious bag or basket
• Words that mean the same thing: lug, carryall, tug
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "51. City on a lake of the same name"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Off-road rides, for short"

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: ATVS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. Vote in the Security Council"

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: NYET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Nucleus"

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 central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "56. Something everyone's doing"

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 interest followed with exaggerated zeal
• Words that mean the same thing: rage, furore, cult
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	67.6%
Short Answer	10	14.7%
Music	2	2.9%
Abbreviation	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
Geography	2	2.9%
Movies/Film	1	1.5%
History	1	1.5%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.5%
Food & Drink	1	1.5%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	33
Total Clues	68
Average Answer Length	5.6 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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May 01, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (35 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, May 01, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 4.7 letters

Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword May 01, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Frequent San Francisco weather phenomenon	3
2A	4. Greek "S"	5
3A	9. "Buckle up! It's the ___"	3
4A	12. Rower's implement	3
5A	13. Corporate grind	7
6A	15. Drink hidden in "tea leaves"	3
7A	16. Univ. that retired Shaq's #33	3
8A	17. Opens, as an awards show envelope	7
9A	18. Sticky part of a tree frog	3
10A	19. Cry in a checkers game	6
11A	21. Against the direction of a gust	6
12A	23. Shot in the dark	4
13A	24. Cow's sound	3
14A	27. This clue's number divided by three	4
15A	28. Aquatic migration sometimes aided by a fabricated ladder	9
16A	31. "The ___ on the Train" (2015 best-selling novel)	4
17A	34. Internet pioneer with a purple logo	5
18A	35. Handled the tunes at a party, say	4
19A	39. Shirks	6
20A	41. Bit of udon or ramen	6
21A	43. Ballroom dance in 4/4 time	7
22A	45. Platform at the center of a fashion show	7
23A	46. "Casual" workday: Abbr.	3
24A	47. "Got milk?" and "I'm lovin' it," for two	7
25A	49. Crew-necked shirt, informally	3
26A	50. Got a good look at	4
27A	52. Fair/foul caller	3
28A	53. Command that may be accompanied by a "whoosh" sound	4
29A	54. Core-building exercise that starts on all fours	9
30A	59. "Same here"	7
31A	62. "Shoot over a message sometime"	7
32A	66. Food purveyors	7
33A	67. Sculptures made at the beach, say	7
34A	68. Bun worn high on the head	7
35A	69. Native (to)	7

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. Frequent San Francisco weather phenomenon"

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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: mist, murk, obscure
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "4. Greek "S""

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 18th letter of the greek alphabet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIGMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "9. "Buckle up! It's 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 the collection of rules imposed by authority
• Words that mean the same thing: practice of law, police force, constabulary
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "12. Rower's implement"

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 5 Across: "13. Corporate grind"

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: RATRACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Drink hidden in "tea leaves""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Univ. that retired Shaq's #33"

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: LSU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. Opens, as an awards show envelope"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that break the seal of
• Words that mean the same thing: unseal
• The opposite would be: seal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UNSEALS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Sticky part of a tree frog"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that one of the digits of the foot
• Words that mean the same thing: toenail
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Cry in a checkers game"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: KINGME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "21. Against the direction of a gust"

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 towards the side exposed to wind
• Words that mean the same thing: weather, against the wind, into the wind
• The opposite would be: windward, downwind
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UPWIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Shot in the dark"

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 sudden sharp feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: poke, dig, jab
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Cow's sound"

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 sound made by a cow or bull
• Words that mean the same thing: low
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. This clue's number divided by three"

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 cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• Words that mean the same thing: IX, 9, club
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "28. Aquatic migration sometimes aided by a fabricated ladder"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: SALMONRUN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "31. "The ___ on the Train" (2015 best-selling novel)"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a young woman
• Words that mean the same thing: miss, lady friend, daughter
• The opposite would be: male child, boy
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GIRL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "34. Internet pioneer with a purple logo"

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 person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
• Words that mean the same thing: hick, rube, hayseed
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAHOO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "35. Handled the tunes at a party, say"

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 comment on music to be played
• Words that mean the same thing: disk-jockey, disc-jockey, DJ
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DJED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "39. Shirks"

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 stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
• Words that mean the same thing: keep off, forefend, fend off
• The opposite would be: confront, validate
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AVOIDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "41. Bit of udon or ramen"

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 ribbonlike strip of pasta
• Words that mean the same thing: attic, bonce, bean
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOODLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "43. Ballroom dance in 4/4 time"

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 ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
• Words that mean the same thing: fox-trot
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOXTROT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Platform at the center of a fashion show"

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 narrow platform extending out into an auditorium
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CATWALK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. "Casual" workday: Abbr."

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
• Words that mean the same thing: Friday
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. "Got milk?" and "I'm lovin' it," for two"

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 a favorite saying of a sect or political group
• Words that mean the same thing: shibboleth, motto, catchword
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLOGANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "49. Crew-necked shirt, informally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the starting place for each hole on a golf course
• Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, golf tee, football tee
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. Got a good look at"

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 27 Across: "52. Fair/foul caller"

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 official at a baseball game
• Words that mean the same thing: umpire
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UMP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. Command that may be accompanied by a "whoosh" sound"

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 cause to go somewhere
• Words that mean the same thing: transmit, mail, direct
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "54. Core-building exercise that starts on all fours"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: BEARCRAWL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "59. "Same here""

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: SOHAVEI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "62. "Shoot over a message sometime""

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: EMAILME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "66. Food purveyors"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
• Words that mean the same thing: grocer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GROCERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "67. Sculptures made at the beach, say"

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: SANDART

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "68. Bun worn high on the head"

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 headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOPKNOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "69. Native (to)"

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 disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
• Words that mean the same thing: endemic disease, endemical, autochthonic
• The opposite would be: cosmopolitan, epidemic
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ENDEMIC

  Great job if you got it right!

May 01, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Kind of music that may feature a mandolin	4
2D	2. Rest spot for a camel	5
3D	3. Pig's sound	5
4D	4. Clearheaded	4
5D	5. "___ a bird! ___ a plane! ___ Superman!"	3
6D	6. Future Ph.D.'s test	3
7D	7. Goat's bleat	3
8D	8. Org. supporting individual rights	4
9D	9. "Veni, vidi, vici" language	5
10D	10. Without company	5
11D	11. Unwanted plant in a garden	4
12D	13. Afro-Cuban ballroom dance	5
13D	14. College sports channel	5
14D	20. Psychologically manipulated, in a way	6
15D	22. Skylight, e.g.	6
16D	24. Hybrid fighting sport, for short	3
17D	25. "I'm intrigued!"	3
18D	26. Musician Yoko	3
19D	29. Disinfectant spray brand	5
20D	30. Investigative reporter Farrow	5
21D	31. Social blunder	5
22D	32. Soap that's said to be "99 44/100% pure"	5
23D	33. Renée Zellweger's role in "Chicago"	5
24D	36. Matchmaking site with a "Willing to Convert" profile option	5
25D	37. Comic DeGeneres	5
26D	38. Faked out, in hockey	5
27D	40. Jekyll and Pepper, for two: Abbr.	3
28D	42. Play periods after the buzzer, informally	3
29D	44. Many a Times Square visitor	7
30D	45. Kind of salad made with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil	7
31D	48. Detroit-based truck maker	3
32D	51. Arizona athlete, for short	5
33D	53. Slip and ___	5
34D	55. Balanced	4
35D	56. Prefix with dynamic	4
36D	57. "___ for All Seasons"	4
37D	58. Magician's stick	4
38D	59. Lowish mil. rank	3
39D	60. Gold, in Granada	3
40D	61. Little jump	3
41D	63. On the ___ (fleeing)	3
42D	64. Radiologist's scan, for short	3
43D	65. And so on: 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. Kind of music that may feature a mandolin"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that people in general (often used in the plural)
• Words that mean the same thing: sept, kinfolk, folk music
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOLK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Rest spot for a camel"

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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
• Words that mean the same thing: haven
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OASIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pig's sound"

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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
• Words that mean the same thing: oink
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GRUNT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Clearheaded"

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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: reasonable
• The opposite would be: insane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "___ a bird! ___ a plane! ___ Superman!""

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 branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
• Words that mean the same thing: IT, information technology
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Future Ph.D.'s test"

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: GRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Goat's bleat"

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: MAA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Org. supporting individual rights"

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: ACLU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. "Veni, vidi, vici" language"

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 any dialect of the language of ancient rome
• Words that mean the same thing: Romance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Without company"

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 isolated from others
• Words that mean the same thing: lone, solely, lonely
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Unwanted plant in a garden"

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 any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
• Words that mean the same thing: grass, mourning band, sens
• The opposite would be: cultivated plant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WEED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "13. Afro-Cuban ballroom dance"

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 syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
• Words that mean the same thing: rhumba
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RUMBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. College sports channel"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ESPNU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. Psychologically manipulated, in a way"

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: GASLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Skylight, e.g."

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 framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
• Words that mean the same thing: windowpane
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WINDOW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Hybrid fighting sport, for short"

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: MMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "25. "I'm intrigued!""

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OOH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "26. Musician Yoko"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
• Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. Disinfectant spray brand"

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 clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LYSOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Investigative reporter Farrow"

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: RONAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. Social blunder"

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 socially awkward or tactless act
• Words that mean the same thing: faux pas, slip, solecism
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAFFE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Soap that's said to be "99 44/100% pure""

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 hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Words that mean the same thing: off-white, bone, tusk
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IVORY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Renée Zellweger's role in "Chicago""

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: ROXIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "36. Matchmaking site with a "Willing to Convert" profile option"

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: JDATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "37. Comic DeGeneres"

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: ELLEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "38. Faked out, in hockey"

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: DEKED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "40. Jekyll and Pepper, for two: Abbr."

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: DRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Play periods after the buzzer, informally"

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: OTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "44. Many a Times Square visitor"

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 someone who travels for pleasure
• Words that mean the same thing: holidaymaker, tourer
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOURIST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Kind of salad made with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil"

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: CAPRESE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "48. Detroit-based truck maker"

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: GMC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "51. Arizona athlete, for short"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: DBACK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "53. Slip and ___"

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 small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
• Words that mean the same thing: glide, coast, slip
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "55. Balanced"

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 latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
• Words that mean the same thing: eventide, tied, fifty-fifty
• The opposite would be: uneven, odd
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EVEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "56. Prefix with dynamic"

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: AERO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "57. "___ for All Seasons""

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: AMAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "58. Magician's stick"

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 rod used by a magician or water diviner
• Words that mean the same thing: scepter, sceptre, verge
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WAND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "59. Lowish mil. rank"

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: SGT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "60. Gold, in Granada"

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: ORO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "61. Little jump"

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 act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• Words that mean the same thing: hop-skip, record hop, skip
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "63. On the ___ (fleeing)"

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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
• Words that mean the same thing: run away, hightail it, scarper
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "64. Radiologist's scan, 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 the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
• Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "65. And so on: Abbr."

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: ETC

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	45	57.7%
Short Answer	18	23.1%
Abbreviation	5	6.4%
Sports	3	3.8%
Food & Drink	2	2.6%
Music	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	35
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	78
Average Answer Length	4.7 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	9 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 06:28 PM