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Date: Thursday, September 05, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
September 05, 2019 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression | 4 |
| 2A | 5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk | 5 |
| 3A | 10. More than a card, but less than a track bet | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Lawn measure | 4 |
| 5A | 15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist | 5 |
| 6A | 16. "Don't worry about me" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Bud, e.g. | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Laura of "ER" | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth | 4 |
| 10A | 20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ | 6 |
| 11A | 22. What filler necks connect to | 8 |
| 12A | 24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer" | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Last words before starting | 7 |
| 14A | 26. Winter coat | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Tee off | 5 |
| 16A | 30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl" | 4 |
| 17A | 33. Annoyance for an oyster eater | 4 |
| 18A | 36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol | 5 |
| 19A | 38. Breakfast bit | 3 |
| 20A | 39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change | 7 |
| 21A | 41. Hoppy brew | 3 |
| 22A | 42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk | 5 |
| 23A | 44. It's verboten | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs | 4 |
| 25A | 46. Tartan pattern | 5 |
| 26A | 48. Smart | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Shoulder piece | 7 |
| 28A | 53. Doing dishes, e.g. | 5 |
| 29A | 57. Grass with prickly burs | 8 |
| 30A | 59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation | 6 |
| 31A | 60. Henry who founded Life | 4 |
| 32A | 61. Waiting in the wings | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Gain | 4 |
| 34A | 64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Kind of chip | 5 |
| 36A | 66. One of a Latin trio | 4 |
| 37A | 67. More than a boat, but less than an idea | 4 |
| 38A | 68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury | 5 |
| 39A | 69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
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Clue 1 Across: "1. More than a bird, but less than a facial expression"
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 protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
- Words that mean the same thing: hood, bonnet, cowling
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COWL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. More than a symptom, but less than a jerk"
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 female sorcerer or magician
- Words that mean the same thing: hag, jinx, Wiccan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WITCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. More than a card, but less than a track bet"
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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: intertwine, enlace, fortify
- The opposite would be: untwine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Lawn measure"
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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Words that mean the same thing: domain, arena, expanse
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ Gebrselassie, two-time Olympic running gold medalist"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "Don't worry about me""
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: IMOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Bud, 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 a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Laura of "ER""
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: INNES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth"
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 the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Words that mean the same thing: IX, club, baseball club
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ"
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 steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- Words that mean the same thing: ravel, run
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LADDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. What filler necks connect to"
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: GASTANKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Classic auto with a so-called "floating speedometer""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: EDSEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Last words before starting"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HEREIGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. Winter coat"
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 ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- Words that mean the same thing: rhyme, hoarfrost, frost
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Tee off"
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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. The new girl of Fox's "New Girl""
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: JESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Annoyance for an oyster eater"
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 hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- Words that mean the same thing: backbone, gritrock, sand
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. More than a British islander, but less than a team symbol"
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 cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASCOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Breakfast bit"
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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. More than a court filing, but less than a status change"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any strong feeling
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMOTION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Hoppy brew"
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: IPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. More than a bagel, but less than a walk"
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 (scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: round, trolling
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROLL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. It's verboten"
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: NONO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Calif. school that's home to the Aztecs"
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: SDSU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Tartan pattern"
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 cloth having a crisscross design
- Words that mean the same thing: tartan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Smart"
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 elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- Words that mean the same thing: smartness, chicness, chichi
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Shoulder piece"
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 adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
- Words that mean the same thing: epaulette
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPAULET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Doing dishes, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- Words that mean the same thing: task, job
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Grass with prickly burs"
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 grass of the eastern united states and tropical america having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
- Words that mean the same thing: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANDSPUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. More than a color, but less than a trade occupation"
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 wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- Words that mean the same thing: baseball bat, timber, pound
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUMBER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "60. Henry who founded Life"
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 united states publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
- Words that mean the same thing: Clare Booth Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "61. Waiting in the wings"
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: ONICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Gain"
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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Words that mean the same thing: pull in, clear, make
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EARN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Tax-advantaged investment tools, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: wrath, ire, IRA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Kind of chip"
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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. One of a Latin trio"
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: AMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. More than a boat, but less than an idea"
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 large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- Words that mean the same thing: ballpark, car park, Mungo Park
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "68. More than a weather forecast, but less than a muscle injury"
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 public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- Words that mean the same thing: power train, develop, gearing
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "69. More than an insect, but less than a U.S. president"
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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Words that mean the same thing: harangue, bombast, rabbit on
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RANT
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Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle September 05, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Monthly charge | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Mountain nymph | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Complexities, metaphorically | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Pantries | 7 |
| 5D | 5. What rotors do | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Actor McKellen | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Slightly influence | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Pre-defibrillation cry | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Some bygone service stations | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Measures of newspaper ad space | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Peptide part | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Crown | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Squeezes (out) | 4 |
| 14D | 21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds | 3 |
| 15D | 23. Saturn's largest moon | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Relative of a spoonbill | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Big inits. in casinos | 3 |
| 18D | 29. Cleans (up) | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Take (down) | 3 |
| 20D | 31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Joyrider's ride | 9 |
| 22D | 34. Midori on the ice | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Lightly dye | 5 |
| 24D | 37. ___ particle | 3 |
| 25D | 39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper) | 5 |
| 26D | 40. "Isn't this fancy?!" | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Portable writing surface | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Bagel topper | 7 |
| 29D | 47. Big employer in Delaware | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Post-op locale | 3 |
| 31D | 51. Kind of calendar | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name | 5 |
| 33D | 54. 2009 Nobel laureate | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Printed again | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Big name in accounting | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Prelude to a fall | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Spiritual energy | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Revolutionary Trotsky | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Spiritual energy | 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. Monthly charge"
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 telegram sent abroad
- Words that mean the same thing: cablegram, line, transmission line
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CABLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Mountain nymph"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Complexities, metaphorically"
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 black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
- Words that mean the same thing: sess, grass, weed
- The opposite would be: cultivated plant
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Pantries"
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 a supply of food especially for a household
- Words that mean the same thing: larder, buttery, pantry
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LARDERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. What rotors do"
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: purr, whirring, birr
- 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 6 Down: "6. Actor McKellen"
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: IAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Slightly influence"
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 slight but appreciable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: distort, pinch, touch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Pre-defibrillation cry"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the state of being free of suspicion
- Words that mean the same thing: brighten, pull in, all the way
- The opposite would be: overcast, bounce
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Some bygone service stations"
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 swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
- Words that mean the same thing: Dame Myra Hess, Hess, Hesse
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HESSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Measures of newspaper ad space"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- Words that mean the same thing: linage, lineage
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LINAGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Peptide part"
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: AMINOACID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Crown"
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 informal term for the nose
- Words that mean the same thing: kick the bucket, die, go
- The opposite would be: be born
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CONK
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Squeezes (out)"
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: EKES
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Clue 14 Down: "21. The "E" of Ransom E. Olds"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ELI
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Clue 15 Down: "23. Saturn's largest moon"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- Words that mean the same thing: heavyweight, behemoth, giant
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TITAN
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Clue 16 Down: "25. Relative of a spoonbill"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hero, Hero of Alexandria
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HERON
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Big inits. in casinos"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MGM
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Cleans (up)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Words that mean the same thing: swab, mow, wipe up
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MOPS
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Take (down)"
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 brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
- Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, pinch
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: JOT
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Clue 20 Down: "31. 1946 role for Fonda or 1994 role for Costner"
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: EARP
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Joyrider's ride"
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: STOLENCAR
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Midori on the ice"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ITO
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Lightly dye"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that color lightly
- Words that mean the same thing: tinge, touch, tint
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TINCT
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Clue 24 Down: "37. ___ particle"
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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAU
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Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Sports Bureau (stats record keeper)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- This could be something that english essayist (1775-1834)
- Words that mean the same thing: Elia, Charles Lamb, Lamb
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ELIAS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. "Isn't this fancy?!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: aah
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OOH
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Portable writing surface"
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: LAPDESK
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Bagel topper"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (yiddish) a batch of things that go together
- Words that mean the same thing: schmeer, shmear
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SCHMEAR
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Big employer in Delaware"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DUPONT
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Post-op locale"
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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
- Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ICU
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Kind of calendar"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of or relating to or associated with the moon
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LUNAR
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Flowering plant that's also a woman's name"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any plant of the genus erica
- Words that mean the same thing: true heath
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ERICA
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Clue 33 Down: "54. 2009 Nobel laureate"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: OBAMA
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Printed again"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that broadcast again, as of a film
- Words that mean the same thing: rerun, rebroadcast
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RERAN
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Big name in accounting"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
- Words that mean the same thing: Max Ernst
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ERNST
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Prelude to a fall"
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 socially awkward or tactless act
- Words that mean the same thing: pillowcase, slip one's mind, miscue
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SLIP
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Spiritual energy"
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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Words that mean the same thing: glory, air, aureole
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AURA
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Revolutionary Trotsky"
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 historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LEON
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Clue 39 Down: "62. Spiritual energy"
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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
- Words that mean the same thing: khi, qi, ch'i
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CHI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 59 | 75.6% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 12.8% |
| Sports | 3 | 3.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 9 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 Thursday, 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 30, 2025 at 02:21 PM
