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Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle May 26, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Hairstyle for Billy Preston | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Pacific nation composed of 250+ islands | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Fairy tale baddie | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Brest milk | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Cold War concern, for short | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Spot for an ibex | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Event with minutes that might last hours | 15 |
| 8A | 20. What choristers may sing in | 6 |
| 9A | 21. Persistently bothers | 8 |
| 10A | 22. Shania Twain's "___! I Feel Like a Woman!" | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Bacillus shape | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Left after taxes | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Purchase inspired by a New Year's resolution, often | 13 |
| 14A | 33. Diamond parts that are rounded | 5 |
| 15A | 35. Transport from Seattle to Bainbridge Island | 5 |
| 16A | 36. Kerfuffle | 3 |
| 17A | 37. Poet Dove | 4 |
| 18A | 38. Hardly iffy | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Avocado or olive products | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Computing pioneer Lovelace | 3 |
| 21A | 41. Made a peeling? | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Sound, e.g. | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Rubella, by another name | 13 |
| 24A | 46. Suffix with "most," redundantly | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Item sometimes made with pikake flowers | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Director DuVernay | 3 |
| 27A | 51. Surname of father-and-son Latin pop singers | 8 |
| 28A | 56. Chair wheel | 6 |
| 29A | 58. Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across | 15 |
| 30A | 60. Scandinavian name whose masculine equivalent ends in "-var" | 4 |
| 31A | 61. Get a sense of | 5 |
| 32A | 62. Show with booths | 4 |
| 33A | 63. Stash belowdecks | 4 |
| 34A | 64. "... unless I'm wrong" | 5 |
| 35A | 65. Gorilla expert Fossey | 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. Hairstyle for Billy Preston"
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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Words that mean the same thing: Afro hairdo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Pacific nation composed of 250+ islands"
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 republic in the western central pacific ocean in association with the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Belau, Pelew, Republic of Palau
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PALAU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Fairy tale baddie"
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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Words that mean the same thing: monster, devil, demon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OGRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Brest milk"
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: LAIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Cold War concern, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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!
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The answer is: HBOMB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Spot for an ibex"
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 steep rugged rock or cliff
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAG
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Event with minutes that might last hours"
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!
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The answer is: BUSINESSMEETING
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Clue 8 Across: "20. What choristers may sing in"
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 corresponding exactly
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNISON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Persistently bothers"
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 unbearable physical pain
- Words that mean the same thing: torture, bedevil, harassment
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORMENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Shania Twain's "___! I Feel Like a Woman!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- Words that mean the same thing: adult male, gentleman, Isle of Man
- The opposite would be: civilian, woman
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Bacillus shape"
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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Words that mean the same thing: perch, gat, rod cell
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Left after taxes"
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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: network, sack up, profits
- The opposite would be: gross
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Purchase inspired by a New Year's resolution, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: GYMMEMBERSHIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "33. Diamond parts that are rounded"
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 installation from which a military force initiates operations
- Words that mean the same thing: al-Qa'ida, fundament, establish
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "35. Transport from Seattle to Bainbridge Island"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- Words that mean the same thing: ferrying, ferryboat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FERRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. Kerfuffle"
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 active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fuss, stir, hustle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Poet Dove"
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: RITA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Hardly iffy"
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 matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: unanimous, upstanding, firm
- The opposite would be: liquid, hollow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOLID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Avocado or olive products"
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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: crude oil, anele, embrocate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Computing pioneer Lovelace"
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 enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Made a peeling?"
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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Words that mean the same thing: peel, skin, par
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Sound, e.g."
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 an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- Words that mean the same thing: intake, recess
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INLET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Rubella, by another name"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: GERMANMEASLES
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Clue 24 Across: "46. Suffix with "most," redundantly"
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 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 Time, Eastern Standard Time
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Item sometimes made with pikake flowers"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, coronal, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Director DuVernay"
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: AVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Surname of father-and-son Latin pop singers"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)
- Words that mean the same thing: Julio Iglesias
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IGLESIAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. Chair wheel"
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 worker who casts molten metal into finished products
- Words that mean the same thing: castor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CASTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across"
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!
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The answer is: SEEMEAFTERCLASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. Scandinavian name whose masculine equivalent ends in "-var""
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 any tree or shrub of the genus inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Get a sense of"
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 measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: guess, judge, estimate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAUGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. Show with booths"
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 collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
- Words that mean the same thing: exhibition, exposition
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EXPO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Stash belowdecks"
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 fill by packing tightly
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. "... unless I'm wrong""
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!
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The answer is: ORNOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Gorilla expert Fossey"
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: DIAN
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword May 26, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Song collection | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Animals of a region | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Future celebrity | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Inventor Boykin who helped develop the pacemaker | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Wunderkind | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Prominent features on firefighter calendars | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Played paper against scissors, e.g. | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Food, in a food fight | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Tech-obsessed sort, perhaps | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Largish chamber groups | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Cheshire cat's signature feature | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Tirade | 4 |
| 13D | 13. They run when they're broken | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Standards | 5 |
| 15D | 19. Rock powder used as an abrasive | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Warp | 6 |
| 17D | 27. Vote of support | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Hockey game interruption, maybe | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Like some suites | 6 |
| 20D | 30. Waves from the curb, say | 10 |
| 21D | 31. Duty-free? | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Blog entry | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Crow | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Gofer | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Major pilgrimage destination in Spain | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Number aptly found in "loner" | 3 |
| 27D | 41. So last year | 5 |
| 28D | 42. ___ crest (part of the pelvis) | 5 |
| 29D | 44. Granny, in the South | 6 |
| 30D | 45. It's meant to be kept | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Scooter brand whose name means "wasp" | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Crime in insurance investigations | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Goddess sister of Nephthys | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Courteous chap | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Kind of block | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Way off | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Knock for a loop | 4 |
| 38D | 57. "Ethan Frome" vehicle | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Literally, "I" | 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. Song collection"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
- Words that mean the same thing: record album
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALBUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Animals of a region"
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 all the animal life in a particular region or period
- Words that mean the same thing: animate being, beast, creature
- The opposite would be: flora
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAUNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Future celebrity"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RISINGSTAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Inventor Boykin who helped develop the pacemaker"
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 united states inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
- Words that mean the same thing: Elisha Graves Otis, genus Otis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Wunderkind"
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!
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The answer is: PHENOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Prominent features on firefighter calendars"
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 any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Words that mean the same thing: BA, Bachelor of Arts, Ab
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Played paper against scissors, e.g."
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 people who are destined to die soon
- Words that mean the same thing: befuddled, drop off, confused
- The opposite would be: saved, profit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Food, in a food fight"
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 projectiles to be fired from a gun
- Words that mean the same thing: ammunition
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Tech-obsessed sort, perhaps"
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: UBERNERD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Largish chamber groups"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Words that mean the same thing: octonary, eighter from Decatur, ogdoad
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCTETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Cheshire cat's signature feature"
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 facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- Words that mean the same thing: grinning, smiling, smile
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Tirade"
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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fustian, jabber, spout
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. They run when they're broken"
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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: egg, ballock, ball
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Standards"
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 standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- Words that mean the same thing: norm, average
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NORMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Rock powder used as an abrasive"
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 grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMERY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Warp"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that make formless
- Words that mean the same thing: distort, flex, twist
- The opposite would be: unbend
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEFORM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Vote of support"
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 affirmative
- Words that mean the same thing: yeah
- The opposite would be: nay
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The answer is: YEA
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Hockey game interruption, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a noisy riotous fight
- Words that mean the same thing: scrimmage, battle royal
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MELEE
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Like some suites"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
- Words that mean the same thing: espousal, nuptial, spousal
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BRIDAL
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Waves from the curb, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: HAILSATAXI
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Duty-free?"
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 state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Words that mean the same thing: baseless, dead, tick over
- The opposite would be: run, busy
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The answer is: IDLE
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Blog entry"
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 position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- Words that mean the same thing: spot, Emily Price Post, mail
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: POST
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Crow"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an instance of boastful talk
- Words that mean the same thing: swash, boss, bragging
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BRAG
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Gofer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- Words that mean the same thing: auxiliary, aide-de-camp, adjutant
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AIDE
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Major pilgrimage destination in Spain"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that city in the northern dominican republic
- Words that mean the same thing: Gran Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Cuba
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SANTIAGO
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Number aptly found in "loner""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: unitary, unmatched, unity
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ONE
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Clue 27 Down: "41. So last year"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that out of fashion
- Words that mean the same thing: antique, old-hat, old-fashioned
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PASSE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. ___ crest (part of the pelvis)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of or relating to the ilium
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ILIAC
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Granny, in the South"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MEEMAW
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Clue 30 Down: "45. It's meant to be kept"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- Words that mean the same thing: surreptitious, privy, mystic
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SECRET
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Scooter brand whose name means "wasp""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that type genus of the vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Vespa
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: VESPA
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Crime in insurance investigations"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that malicious burning to destroy property
- Words that mean the same thing: fire-raising, incendiarism
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ARSON
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Goddess sister of Nephthys"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
- Words that mean the same thing: Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ISIS
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Courteous chap"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- Words that mean the same thing: Gand, bloke, lad
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GENT
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Kind of block"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
- Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LEGO
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Way off"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AFAR
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Clue 37 Down: "55. Knock for a loop"
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 make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- Words that mean the same thing: sandbag, daze, bedaze
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STUN
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Clue 38 Down: "57. "Ethan Frome" vehicle"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: sleigh, sledge
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SLED
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Literally, "I""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EGO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 73.0% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 13.5% |
| History | 3 | 4.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.1% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.7% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 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 Wednesday, 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 17, 2025 at 09:22 AM
