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Date: Monday, January 18, 2021
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle January 18, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Get ready to hem, say | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Hankering | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Thomas Edison's middle name | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Boxing venue | 5 |
| 5A | 15. ___ Hari (W.W. I spy) | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Russian "no" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. City where you won't find the Eiffel Tower | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Cotton processors | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Not to mention ... | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity" | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Author Charlotte, Emily or Anne | 6 |
| 12A | 24. City where you won't find the Parthenon | 13 |
| 13A | 28. 1965 Alabama march site | 5 |
| 14A | 30. Saintly "Mother" | 6 |
| 15A | 31. Utopian | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Plant on a trellis | 4 |
| 17A | 33. 1950s White House nickname | 3 |
| 18A | 36. "Nuts!" | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Gets ready, as for surgery | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Insect flying in a cloud | 4 |
| 21A | 40. CPR pro | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Sound made by helicopter rotors | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Rings, as a church bell | 5 |
| 24A | 43. Yasir of the P.L.O. | 6 |
| 25A | 45. What the back of a store might open onto | 5 |
| 26A | 46. City where you won't find Virgil's Tomb | 13 |
| 27A | 50. Pal of Jerry on "Seinfeld" | 6 |
| 28A | 51. Driveway material | 3 |
| 29A | 52. QB successes | 3 |
| 30A | 55. Excessive drinking or gambling | 4 |
| 31A | 56. City where you won't find the El Greco Museum | 10 |
| 32A | 60. Neck and neck | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Cousin of "Kapow!" | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Refrigerator compound | 5 |
| 35A | 63. Cincinnati squad | 4 |
| 36A | 64. "Well, that was stupid of me!" | 4 |
| 37A | 65. Commuter boat | 5 |
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. Get ready to hem, say"
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: PINUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Hankering"
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 contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Words that mean the same thing: urge, itchiness, scratch
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Thomas Edison's middle name"
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: ALVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Boxing venue"
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 particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: orbit, scene of action, area
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Hari (W.W. I spy)"
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: MATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Russian "no""
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: NYET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. City where you won't find the Eiffel Tower"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: PARISTEXAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Cotton processors"
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 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
- Words that mean the same thing: cotton gin, snare, noose
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Not to mention ..."
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!
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The answer is: AND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity""
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 independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Author Charlotte, Emily or Anne"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english novelist; youngest of three bronte sisters (1820-1849)
- Words that mean the same thing: Emily Jane Bronte, Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRONTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. City where you won't find the Parthenon"
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: ATHENSGEORGIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. 1965 Alabama march site"
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 town in central alabama on the alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register black voters
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SELMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Saintly "Mother""
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 indian nun and missionary in the roman catholic church (born of albanian parents in what is now macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in india (1910-1997)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mother Theresa, Theresa, Mother Teresa
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERESA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Utopian"
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 the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
- Words that mean the same thing: apotheosis, saint, nonesuch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Plant on a trellis"
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 plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. 1950s White House nickname"
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 general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
- Words that mean the same thing: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. "Nuts!""
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 something of little value
- Words that mean the same thing: patch, mend, damn
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DARN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Gets ready, as for surgery"
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 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Words that mean the same thing: prep, 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: PREPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Insect flying in a cloud"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GNAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. CPR pro"
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: EMT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Sound made by helicopter rotors"
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 sound of something in rapid motion
- Words that mean the same thing: whirr, whizz, whiz
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Rings, as a church bell"
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 deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- Words that mean the same thing: roll, ring, rolling
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Yasir of the P.L.O."
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 palestinian statesman who was chairman of the palestine liberation organization (1929-2004)
- Words that mean the same thing: Yasser Arafat
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARAFAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. What the back of a store might open onto"
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 narrow street with walls on both sides
- Words that mean the same thing: skittle alley, bowling alley, alleyway
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALLEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. City where you won't find Virgil's Tomb"
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: NAPLESFLORIDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Pal of Jerry on "Seinfeld""
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!
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The answer is: ELAINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. Driveway material"
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 any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Words that mean the same thing: sea dog, Jack, Jack-tar
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. QB successes"
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: TDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Excessive drinking or gambling"
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 moral weakness
- Words that mean the same thing: frailty
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. City where you won't find the El Greco Museum"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TOLEDOOHIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Neck and neck"
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 latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- Words that mean the same thing: evening, still, eve
- The opposite would be: odd, uneven
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Cousin of "Kapow!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: wallop, whop, whack
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Refrigerator compound"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FREON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Cincinnati squad"
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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: bolshie, bolshy, redness
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. "Well, that was stupid of me!""
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: OOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "65. Commuter boat"
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 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!
Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle January 18, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Tehran's land | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Here comes Poindexter!" | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Prefix with lateral or cellular | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Easter-related | 7 |
| 6D | 6. "Let me rephrase that ..." | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Receipt line just above the total | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Org. that runs Windy City trains | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Fading stars | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Kind of goat that's the source of mohair | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Not upstanding, in either sense of the word | 5 |
| 12D | 12. 20-ounce size at Starbucks | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Confounded | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror | 3 |
| 15D | 23. Valentine's Day flower | 4 |
| 16D | 25. I.R.S. agent, quaintly | 4 |
| 17D | 26. More than a couple | 7 |
| 18D | 27. Part of a golf club | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Pro or con, in a debate | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Dutch cheese | 4 |
| 21D | 33. All riled up | 9 |
| 22D | 34. Curly-leafed cabbage | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Online market for craftspeople | 4 |
| 24D | 37. What follows the initial part of a master plan | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Repeated bit in jazz | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Neuter, as a horse | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Small, brown bird | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Join in couples | 7 |
| 29D | 43. 1986 sci-fi sequel set in deep space | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Venerated symbols | 6 |
| 31D | 46. "Not a chance!" | 5 |
| 32D | 47. Still surviving | 5 |
| 33D | 48. Walked nervously back and forth | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Far out | 3 |
| 35D | 53. Designer Christian | 4 |
| 36D | 54. ___ Pictures, one of Hollywood's Big Five studios | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Cry of surprise | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Drink like a cat | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Bauxite, e.g. | 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. Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested"
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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: pa, pop, dada
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Tehran's land"
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 theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Here comes Poindexter!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NERDALERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Prefix with lateral or cellular"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: UNI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Easter-related"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or relating to passover or easter
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PASCHAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Let me rephrase that ...""
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!
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The answer is: IMEANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Receipt line just above the total"
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: task, revenue enhancement, taxation
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Org. that runs Windy City trains"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: CTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Fading stars"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: HASBEENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Kind of goat that's the source of mohair"
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 the capital of turkey; located in west-central turkey; it was formerly known as angora and is the home of angora goats
- Words that mean the same thing: Turkish capital, capital of Turkey, Ankara
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANGORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Not upstanding, in either sense of the word"
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 the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- Words that mean the same thing: prevarication, consist, dwell
- The opposite would be: arise, stand
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LYING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. 20-ounce size at Starbucks"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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!
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The answer is: VENTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Confounded"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: ATSEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror"
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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Words that mean the same thing: link, affiliation, bond
- The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "23. Valentine's Day flower"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Words that mean the same thing: jump, blush wine, develop
- The opposite would be: wane, set
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSE
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Clue 16 Down: "25. I.R.S. agent, quaintly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TMAN
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Clue 17 Down: "26. More than a couple"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
- Words that mean the same thing: respective, various
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SEVERAL
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Part of a golf club"
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 act of grasping
- Words that mean the same thing: traveling bag, handgrip, spellbind
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GRIP
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Pro or con, in a debate"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- Words that mean the same thing: slope, side of meat, incline
- The opposite would be: top
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The answer is: SIDE
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Dutch cheese"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDAM
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Clue 21 Down: "33. All riled up"
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: INALATHER
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Curly-leafed cabbage"
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 terms for money
- Words that mean the same thing: dough, wampum, kail
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KALE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Online market for craftspeople"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ETSY
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Clue 24 Down: "37. What follows the initial part of a master plan"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: PHASETWO
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Repeated bit in jazz"
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 berber living in northern morocco
- Words that mean the same thing: flick, thumb, leaf
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RIFF
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Neuter, as a horse"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- Words that mean the same thing: cut
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GELD
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Small, brown bird"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
- Words that mean the same thing: jenny wren, Sir Christopher Wren
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WREN
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Join in couples"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: PAIROFF
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Clue 29 Down: "43. 1986 sci-fi sequel set in deep space"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, extraterrestrial, outlander
- The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
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The answer is: ALIENS
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Venerated symbols"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
- Words that mean the same thing: totem
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TOTEMS
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Clue 31 Down: "46. "Not a chance!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not ever; at no time in the past or future
- Words that mean the same thing: ne'er
- The opposite would be: ever
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The answer is: NEVER
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Clue 32 Down: "47. Still surviving"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that possessing life
- Words that mean the same thing: awake, active, animated
- The opposite would be: dead, unanimated
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The answer is: ALIVE
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Clue 33 Down: "48. Walked nervously back and forth"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that walk with slow or fast paces
- Words that mean the same thing: pace, step
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PACED
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Clue 34 Down: "49. Far out"
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 unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
- Words that mean the same thing: radian
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RAD
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Designer Christian"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that french couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the new look (1905-1957)
- Words that mean the same thing: Christian Dior
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DIOR
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Clue 36 Down: "54. ___ Pictures, one of Hollywood's Big Five studios"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SONY
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Cry of surprise"
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: OHO
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Drink like a cat"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Words that mean the same thing: wash, overlap, swoosh
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LAP
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Bauxite, e.g."
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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ORE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 67.1% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 14.5% |
| Geography | 5 | 6.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.9% |
| History | 3 | 3.9% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 20, 2025 at 01:28 AM
