NYT Crossword Answers August 19 2023

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NYT Crossword Clues

Clue Solution
Excuse me while I light my ___ (Bob Marley lyric) SPLIFF
Theater backers? SCRIMS
Ho-hum PROSAIC
11-sided coin informally LOONIE
Damn right! HELLYEAH
Not learned INNATE
Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first fourth and fifth letters EMCEE
Ball game BOCCE
Very much in HOT
Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor for two RIAS
Broadcast alternative CABLE
Labor demand? PUSH
Numbers after a no. EXT
The Swedish Sphinx GARBO
Uncanny EERIE
Coupons e.g. MONEYSAVERS
Embellish something unnecessarily GILDTHELILY
Baby MOLLYCODDLE
Asian appetizer SATAY
Locale of van Goghs The Bedroom paintings ARLES
Ones calling the shots in brief? MDS
Ending with cyclo- TRON
Harsh lighting? ARSON
Acquiescent MEEK
Routine ACT
Component of a Zoom call VIDEO
Dig say FANCY
Tough cookies TOOBAD
Bronze finish maybe SPRAYTAN
Foolish UNWISE
Skeptical look SIDEEYE
Takes a little hair off perhaps SINGES
Minimal MEREST
Basketball e.g. SPHERE
Get ready as concrete PREMIX
Meme creature LOLCAT
Key chain ISLES
She played Bonnie in 1967s Bonnie and Clyde FAYE
Giant syllable FIE
Common golf mistake SLICE
It might receive scoops CONE
The anchorman in Anchorman RON
Rushed INAHURRY
Cell division MITOSIS
Boil SEETHE
Permit required of old jazz musicians CABARETCARD
Preoccupations HOBBYHORSES
They come full circle CLOSEDLOOPS
Risk for people with braces CANDY
Keys partner PEELE
Word after good or by GOLLY
Weariness vice and want in Voltaires Candide EVILS
Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored MILAN
___ Ehrenreich Han Solos portrayer in Solo A Star Wars Story ALDEN
Knock yourself out! GOTOTOWN
1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio MARCONI
Level STATUS
One getting schooled MENTEE
Goes radioactive? DECAYS
N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the Terminator movies SKYNET
Seconds AIDES
Supposed subject of Taylor Swifts Dear John MAYER
Potters product VASE
Fall behind in the end FADE
Popular BIG
Swish miss? RIM

Daily NYT Crossword Facts

Here are some interesting facts about today’s crossword:

  • Largest clue: Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first fourth and fifth letters
  • Smallest clue: Baby
  • Total number of clues: 66
  • Total number of solutions: 66
  • Average clue length: 22.91 characters
  • Clues with numbers: 3
  • Longest solution: MONEYSAVERS
  • Shortest solution: HOT
  • Number of unique solutions: 66
  • Percentage of clues that are questions: 9.09%
  • Clue with the most vowels: Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first fourth and fifth letters
  • Clue with the most consonants: Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first fourth and fifth letters
  • Most frequent word in the clues: in

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