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- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (41 clues)
- Down Clues (38 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, November 11, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 79 (41 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle November 11, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Launch party? | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Horrify | 6 |
| 3A | 11. ___ school | 4 |
| 4A | 15. Higher bet | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Popular paper flower variety | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Are awesome | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Are awesome | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Doesn't stay in any one place too long | 6 |
| 9A | 20. Writer ___ Weijun Wang | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Environmentally friendly opening | 3 |
| 11A | 22. What jigsaw puzzle pieces do | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Breaking point? | 8 |
| 13A | 25. Set of books that may have an invented language | 13 |
| 14A | 28. Milk source | 5 |
| 15A | 29. "One heart," "two hearts," "three hearts," etc. | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Chef's creation | 4 |
| 17A | 33. The Big Easy, by another nickname | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Puffin, for one | 3 |
| 19A | 35. Wraps that might have sauce on them | 6 |
| 20A | 37. Introspective question | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Noun phrase that's present perfect indicative? | 8 |
| 22A | 41. M.L.B. All-Star Anderson | 3 |
| 23A | 42. Slightly burned | 6 |
| 24A | 44. Content of some pads | 3 |
| 25A | 45. Owl's sound | 4 |
| 26A | 46. She used the Force multiple times in "The Last Jedi" | 4 |
| 27A | 47. They help you find your routes | 4 |
| 28A | 49. Luxurious and expensive | 5 |
| 29A | 50. Film technique for revealing a character's psychological state | 13 |
| 30A | 53. Attraction for a bargain hunter | 8 |
| 31A | 56. Baby cheetah | 3 |
| 32A | 57. Sportscaster Adams who hosted "Good Morning Football" | 3 |
| 33A | 58. Neutrogena competitor | 4 |
| 34A | 59. Hindi or Hebrew | 6 |
| 35A | 61. Ritual pile | 4 |
| 36A | 62. Big name in streaming | 4 |
| 37A | 63. Stomach | 6 |
| 38A | 64. Word with image or language | 4 |
| 39A | 65. Castle fortress | 4 |
| 40A | 66. Empty ___ | 6 |
| 41A | 67. Bit of trickery | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Launch party?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
- Words that mean the same thing: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NASA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Horrify"
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 strike with disgust or revulsion
- Words that mean the same thing: shock, horrify, appal
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APPALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. ___ school"
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 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Words that mean the same thing: homework, preparation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PREP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. Higher bet"
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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- Words that mean the same thing: all over, ended, o'er
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Popular paper flower variety"
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 any of several plants of or developed from the species dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of mexico and central america and colombia
- Words that mean the same thing: Dahlia pinnata
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAHLIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Are awesome"
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 principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: ruler, dominate, dominion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RULE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Are awesome"
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 lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- Words that mean the same thing: rock candy, rock music, rock'n'roll
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Doesn't stay in any one place too long"
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 force that moves something along
- Words that mean the same thing: freewheel, err, vagabond
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRIFTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Writer ___ Weijun Wang"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Environmentally friendly opening"
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!
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The answer is: ECO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. What jigsaw puzzle pieces do"
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 display of bad temper
- Words that mean the same thing: correspond, jibe, fit out
- The opposite would be: unfit, disagree
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Breaking point?"
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!
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The answer is: RESTSTOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Set of books that may have an invented language"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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!
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The answer is: FANTASYSERIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Milk source"
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 mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
- Words that mean the same thing: bag
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UDDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. "One heart," "two hearts," "three hearts," etc."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: press, call, tender
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Chef's creation"
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 list of dishes available at a restaurant
- Words that mean the same thing: computer menu, card, bill of fare
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MENU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. The Big Easy, by another nickname"
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!
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The answer is: NOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Puffin, for one"
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 black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Wraps that might have sauce on them"
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 garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- Words that mean the same thing: proscenium, forestage, apron
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APRONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Introspective question"
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 united states federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
- Words that mean the same thing: Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Noun phrase that's present perfect indicative?"
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!
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The answer is: WISHLIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. M.L.B. All-Star Anderson"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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!
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The answer is: TIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Slightly burned"
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 burn superficially or lightly
- Words that mean the same thing: swinge, let the cat out of the bag, singe
- The opposite would be: keep quiet
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Content of some pads"
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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Owl's sound"
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!
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The answer is: WHOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. She used the Force multiple times in "The Last Jedi""
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!
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The answer is: LEIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "47. They help you find your routes"
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 diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- Words that mean the same thing: mapping, mathematical function, represent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Luxurious and expensive"
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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- Words that mean the same thing: chicness, chic, flash
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWANK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "50. Film technique for revealing a character's psychological state"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DREAMSEQUENCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Attraction for a bargain hunter"
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!
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The answer is: YARDSALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. Baby cheetah"
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 awkward and inexperienced youth
- Words that mean the same thing: sonny, lad, rookie
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Sportscaster Adams who hosted "Good Morning Football""
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!
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The answer is: KAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Neutrogena competitor"
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!
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The answer is: OLAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "59. Hindi or Hebrew"
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 mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- Words that mean the same thing: glossa, clapper, natural language
- The opposite would be: artificial language
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONGUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. Ritual pile"
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 wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
- Words that mean the same thing: funeral pyre
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PYRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. Big name in streaming"
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!
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The answer is: ROKU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "63. Stomach"
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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- Words that mean the same thing: live, hold up, survive
- The opposite would be: enjoy
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENDURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "64. Word with image or language"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- Words that mean the same thing: dead body, organic structure, eubstance
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BODY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "65. Castle fortress"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the financial means whereby one lives
- Words that mean the same thing: preserve, go along, bread and butter
- The opposite would be: let, lose
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Across: "66. Empty ___"
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 someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- Words that mean the same thing: squatter, homesteader
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NESTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 41 Across: "67. Bit of trickery"
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 deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- Words that mean the same thing: artifice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword November 11, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. "You bought it? It's yours" | 9 |
| 2D | 2. Option for high-temperature cooking | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Dance section of a 33-Across brass-band parade | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Chamber oriented so that those who face it also face Jerusalem | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Ethiopia's capital, informally | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Wild ride? | 8 |
| 7D | 7. The Sixers, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 8D | 8. ___ Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's loyal butler | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Pop bottles, perhaps | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Creamy South Asian drink | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Event for journalists, informally | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Reddish brown | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Muppet known for singing duets with "Sesame Street" guests | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Easter confection | 4 |
| 15D | 22. A ways away | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Entice | 5 |
| 17D | 26. "A true warrior, like ___, shows his strength in hot water" (Chinese proverb) | 3 |
| 18D | 27. Adherent to the Five K's | 4 |
| 19D | 31. Pass words? | 10 |
| 20D | 32. Many factory workers carry them | 10 |
| 21D | 34. Mutual ___ | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Big ___ ("the moon and the stars," e.g.) | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Blended style of facial makeup | 9 |
| 24D | 38. Dresses in | 5 |
| 25D | 39. They can be red or read | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Hit HBO show whose main character worked at the nonprofit We Got Y'all | 8 |
| 27D | 43. Cry to a horse | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Big inits. in sports theater | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Actress Jena of 2001's "Donnie Darko" | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Atonement for a mistake | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Go in (for) | 3 |
| 32D | 51. Not drunk? | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Part of LGBTQ+ | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Pennsylvania city or county | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Sunburn soother | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Tend to a Zen garden, say | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Stomach | 3 |
| 38D | 61. Popular beer, informally | 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. "You bought it? It's yours""
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!
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The answer is: NOREFUNDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Option for high-temperature cooking"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVOCADOOIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Dance section of a 33-Across brass-band parade"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECONDLINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Chamber oriented so that those who face it also face Jerusalem"
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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Ethiopia's capital, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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!
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The answer is: ADDIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Wild ride?"
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!
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The answer is: PARTYBUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. The Sixers, on scoreboards"
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 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. ___ Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's loyal butler"
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 king of wessex; defeated the vikings and encouraged writing in english (849-899)
- Words that mean the same thing: Alfred the Great
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALFRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Pop bottles, perhaps"
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 metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
- Words that mean the same thing: liter, cubic decimetre, litre
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LITERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Creamy South Asian drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Event for journalists, informally"
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!
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The answer is: PRESSER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Reddish brown"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- Words that mean the same thing: rust-brown, corrode, rust fungus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUST
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Muppet known for singing duets with "Sesame Street" guests"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ELMO
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Clue 14 Down: "14. Easter confection"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the short weak cry of a young bird
- Words that mean the same thing: chirrup, cheep, chirp
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PEEP
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Clue 15 Down: "22. A ways away"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by tutsi and to institute hutu control again
- Words that mean the same thing: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces
- The opposite would be: near
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The answer is: FAR
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Entice"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that dispose or incline or entice to
- Words that mean the same thing: entice, charm, invite
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TEMPT
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Clue 17 Down: "26. "A true warrior, like ___, shows his strength in hot water" (Chinese proverb)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, teatime, afternoon tea
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TEA
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Adherent to the Five K's"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an adherent of sikhism
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SIKH
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Pass words?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: NOTHANKYOU
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Many factory workers carry them"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: UNIONCARDS
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Clue 21 Down: "34. Mutual ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: economic aid, financial aid, help
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AID
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Big ___ ("the moon and the stars," e.g.)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: require, take, call for
- The opposite would be: obviate
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The answer is: ASK
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Blended style of facial makeup"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: SMOKEYEYE
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Dresses in"
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 impairment resulting from long use
- Words that mean the same thing: wear out, wearable, fall apart
- The opposite would be: refresh
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The answer is: WEARS
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Clue 25 Down: "39. They can be red or read"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- Words that mean the same thing: mouth, lip, rim
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LIPS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Hit HBO show whose main character worked at the nonprofit We Got Y'all"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
- Words that mean the same thing: unsafe
- The opposite would be: secure
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The answer is: INSECURE
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Cry to a horse"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: GIDDYUP
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Big inits. in sports theater"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WWE
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Actress Jena of 2001's "Donnie Darko""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that english scholar remembered for his chronology of shakespeare's plays and his editions of shakespeare and dryden (1741-1812)
- Words that mean the same thing: Edmond Malone, Edmund Malone
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MALONE
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Atonement for a mistake"
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 sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- Words that mean the same thing: ameliorate, rectify, better
- The opposite would be: worsen
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The answer is: AMENDS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Go in (for)"
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 large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: fill in, hero sandwich, bomber
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUB
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Not drunk?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that take in solid food
- Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, consume, eat up
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: EATEN
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Part of LGBTQ+"
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 offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- Words that mean the same thing: rummy, funny, foil
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: QUEER
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Pennsylvania city or county"
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 the english royal house (a branch of the plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
- Words that mean the same thing: House of York
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YORK
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Sunburn soother"
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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ALOE
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Tend to a Zen garden, 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 a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Words that mean the same thing: profligate, glance over, rip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAKE
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Clue 37 Down: "60. Stomach"
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 part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
- Words that mean the same thing: catgut, intestine, bowel
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUT
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Clue 38 Down: "61. Popular beer, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PBR
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 51 | 64.6% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 16.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.1% |
| Geography | 3 | 3.8% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.5% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.5% |
| History | 2 | 2.5% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 41 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| Total Clues | 79 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 06, 2025 at 06:45 AM
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