June 18, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (29 clues)
• Down Clues (41 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Friday, June 18, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 70 (29 Across, 41 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.7 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle June 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Bill Bryson book subtitled "Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail"	15
2A	16. Give a scolding	15
3A	17. Show whose logo replaces an "o" with a diamond ring	15
4A	18. Actress Rowlands	4
5A	19. Look after	4
6A	20. Head for a cow, horse or lion?	3
7A	21. Book often stored horizontally	5
8A	23. Put a strain on	3
9A	24. Short jazz riff	4
10A	25. Johnny with 10 World Series of Poker bracelets	4
11A	26. Reading area	3
12A	27. Spoils	6
13A	29. Mother of the four winds, in myth	3
14A	30. Cut off the back	8
15A	32. High-risk game	15
16A	37. Many national anthems	8
17A	38. "Errare humanum ___"	3
18A	39. "Whatever works"	6
19A	42. Indifferent remark	3
20A	43. Hurdle for a future atty.	4
21A	44. Something you're not likely to fork out?	4
22A	45. Seventh word of the Gettysburg Address	3
23A	46. Home to the Imam Ali Mosque, built in the seventh century	5
24A	47. ___ Reactor (Iron Man's power source)	3
25A	48. Weathered, say	4
26A	50. "Je t'___"	4
27A	51. Products of Under Armour and Nike	15
28A	56. "Could you give more detail?"	15
29A	57. Certain summer attire	15

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. Bill Bryson book subtitled "Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail""

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: AWALKINTHEWOODS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "16. Give a scolding"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: CALLONTHECARPET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "17. Show whose logo replaces an "o" with a diamond ring"

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: THEBACHELORETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "18. Actress Rowlands"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: GENA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "19. Look after"

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 that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
• Words that mean the same thing: thinker, take care, creative thinker
• The opposite would be: forget
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MIND

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "20. Head for a cow, horse or lion?"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
• Words that mean the same thing: ocean
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "21. Book often stored horizontally"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
• Words that mean the same thing: atlas vertebra, map collection, telamon
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATLAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "23. Put a strain on"

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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• Words that mean the same thing: assess, task, revenue enhancement
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "24. Short jazz riff"

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 salt deposit that animals regularly lick
• Words that mean the same thing: puzzle out, work, clobber
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LICK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "25. Johnny with 10 World Series of Poker bracelets"

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: CHAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "26. Reading area"

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 habitation of wild animals
• Words that mean the same thing: lair, hideout, hideaway
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "27. Spoils"

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 state of being contaminated
• Words that mean the same thing: contamination, cloud, defile
• The opposite would be: disinfect
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TAINTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Mother of the four winds, in myth"

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 (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "30. Cut off the back"

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: BEEFLOIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. High-risk game"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: RUSSIANROULETTE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "37. Many national anthems"

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: WARSONGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "38. "Errare humanum ___""

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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
• Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "39. "Whatever works""

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: IMEASY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "42. Indifferent remark"

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: MEH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "43. Hurdle for a future atty."

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: LSAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "44. Something you're not likely to fork out?"

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 liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SOUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "45. Seventh word of the Gettysburg Address"

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: OUR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "46. Home to the Imam Ali Mosque, built in the seventh century"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the second largest city in iraq; an oil port in southern iraq
• Words that mean the same thing: Basia
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BASRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "47. ___ Reactor (Iron Man's power source)"

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

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

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "48. Weathered, say"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be dressed in
• Words that mean the same thing: wear down, hold out, bust
• The opposite would be: refresh, new
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WORN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "50. "Je t'___""

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: AIME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "51. Products of Under Armour and Nike"

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: ATHLETICAPPAREL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "56. "Could you give more detail?""

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: CARETOELABORATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Certain summer attire"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SLEEVELESSDRESS

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword June 18, 2021

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Enter the picture?	3
2D	2. Muted trumpet sound	3
3D	3. Pub container	8
4D	4. Claim to fame for Freeport, Me.	6
5D	5. Zen riddles	5
6D	6. People who built the Qhapaq Ñan, or "Royal Road," which stretched roughly 3,700 miles	4
7D	7. High degree	3
8D	8. 1960s spy series	15
9D	9. Path an electron may take moving in a constant magnetic field	5
10D	10. Nobel Prize subj.	4
11D	11. City section	4
12D	12. Lucky strike	3
13D	13. Gets on a mailing list, say	6
14D	14. Pick up	6
15D	15. Hearty dinner entrees	6
16D	21. Big name in laptops	4
17D	22. Grand	4
18D	23. Much of Gen Alpha, now	5
19D	24. Train route	4
20D	26. Hon	5
21D	27. Unsparing response to a complaint	5
22D	28. Isn't 100%	4
23D	30. Slant	4
24D	31. Not a company person?	5
25D	33. Substitute	4
26D	34. Mosaic tiles	8
27D	35. Romanov V.I.P.	4
28D	36. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman	4
29D	39. Jason who played Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter films	6
30D	40. Plaything for a Greek god	6
31D	41. Trump is named in it	6
32D	43. Delilah player in 1949's "Samson and Delilah"	6
33D	45. Large bay window projecting from a wall	5
34D	46. Two-legged stand	5
35D	48. Cable channel owned by AMC Networks	4
36D	49. Great Plains people	4
37D	50. Police dept. alerts	4
38D	52. Rebecca ___ Crumpler, first African-American female physician in the U.S.	3
39D	53. Small cells	3
40D	54. Org. that administers the G.R.E.	3
41D	55. French article	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. Enter the picture?"

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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Words that mean the same thing: work, human action, do
• The opposite would be: refrain
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Muted trumpet sound"

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: WAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Pub container"

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: ALEGLASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Claim to fame for Freeport, Me."

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: LLBEAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Zen riddles"

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 paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in zen buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: koan
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KOANS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. People who built the Qhapaq Ñan, or "Royal Road," which stretched roughly 3,700 miles"

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 ruler of the incas (or a member of his family)
• Words that mean the same thing: Incan, Inka
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INCA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. High degree"

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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
• Words that mean the same thing: n-th
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. 1960s spy series"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: THEMANFROMUNCLE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Path an electron may take moving in a constant magnetic field"

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 curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
• Words that mean the same thing: whorl, volute, coil
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELIX

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Nobel Prize subj."

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: ECON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. City section"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
• Words that mean the same thing: Aaron Montgomery Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WARD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Lucky strike"

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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Gets on a mailing list, say"

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: OPTSIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "14. Pick up"

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 discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
• Words that mean the same thing: notice, find, discover
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DETECT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "15. Hearty dinner entrees"

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 slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
• Words that mean the same thing: steak
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Big name in laptops"

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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Grand"

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 cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Words that mean the same thing: yard, G, 1000
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: THOU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Much of Gen Alpha, now"

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 time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
• Words that mean the same thing: teen, teenager, stripling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. Train route"

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 formation of people or things one beside another
• Words that mean the same thing: production line, cable, transmission line
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "26. Hon"

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 a special loved one
• Words that mean the same thing: pet, favourite, ducky
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DEARY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "27. Unsparing response to a complaint"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
• Words that mean the same thing: roughneck, sturdy, rugged
• The opposite would be: tender
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOUGH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "28. Isn't 100%"

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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, pain, garlic
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "30. Slant"

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 partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• Words that mean the same thing: diagonal, preconception, prejudice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BIAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "31. Not a company person?"

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 avoids the company or assistance of others
• Words that mean the same thing: lone hand, lone wolf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LONER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "33. Substitute"

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 an equal exchange
• Words that mean the same thing: switch, barter, trade
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "34. Mosaic tiles"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
• Words that mean the same thing: tessera
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: TESSERAE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "35. Romanov V.I.P."

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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
• Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TSAR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "36. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman"

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: ETTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "39. Jason who played Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter films"

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

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that (old testament) the second patriarch; son of abraham and sarah who was offered by abraham as a sacrifice to god; father of jacob and esau
• Words that mean the same thing: Isaac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ISAACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "40. Plaything for a Greek god"

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 human being
• Words that mean the same thing: soul, person, deadly
• The opposite would be: immortal
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: MORTAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "41. Trump is named in it"

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 card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
• Words that mean the same thing: five hundred
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EUCHRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "43. Delilah player in 1949's "Samson and Delilah""

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: LAMARR

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "45. Large bay window projecting from a wall"

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 projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
• Words that mean the same thing: oriel window
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ORIEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "46. Two-legged stand"

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: BIPOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. Cable channel owned by AMC Networks"

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: WETV

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "49. Great Plains people"

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

Here's how to solve it:

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

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "50. Police dept. alerts"

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: APBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "52. Rebecca ___ Crumpler, first African-American female physician in the U.S."

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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
• Words that mean the same thing: Robert E. Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Robert Edward Lee
• The opposite would be: windward
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "53. Small cells"

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 associate degree in applied science
• Words that mean the same thing: Associate in Arts, aa, AA
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "54. Org. that administers the G.R.E."

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: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "55. French article"

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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
• Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LES

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	65.7%
Short Answer	15	21.4%
Literature	2	2.9%
Celebrity/Entertainment	2	2.9%
Sports	2	2.9%
History	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	29
Down Clues	41
Total Clues	70
Average Answer Length	5.7 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 Friday, 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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Last Updated: September 16, 2025 at 08:22 PM