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Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
June 18, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Cosmic force | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Start to come apart | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Line in an expense report: Abbr. | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Company whose business rarely goes off without a hitch | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Prefix with -nautics | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Biblical preposition | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Possible cause of a 61-Across | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Vega, for one | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Offering at a pier restaurant | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Bit of unfinished business | 8 |
| 11A | 23. Dog tag owners, in brief | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Brita competitor | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Hogwash | 8 |
| 14A | 31. Celebrity chef Gordon ___ | 6 |
| 15A | 34. Remember this! | 5 |
| 16A | 35. Bunch of romantics? | 5 |
| 17A | 37. ___ the line | 3 |
| 18A | 38. Ones on cases: Abbr. | 4 |
| 19A | 39. [Ugh, we've been stuck here for an hour ...] | 18 |
| 20A | 40. Veal ___ (informal dish) | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Terminate | 3 |
| 22A | 42. Game of chance | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Rocky Mountain city once home to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company | 5 |
| 24A | 44. Producer of Hot Wheels | 6 |
| 25A | 46. Polish, e.g. | 8 |
| 26A | 48. Bonehead | 3 |
| 27A | 49. Padre's hermano | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Group working with an anchor | 8 |
| 29A | 55. Goes off the wall | 6 |
| 30A | 60. Loads | 4 |
| 31A | 61. Situation depicted at 39-Across | 10 |
| 32A | 63. Bog | 4 |
| 33A | 64. Grain location | 4 |
| 34A | 65. One of the McMahons of WWE | 5 |
| 35A | 66. Cries of faux terror | 4 |
| 36A | 67. Bulldogs' home | 4 |
| 37A | 68. Basketball game | 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. Cosmic force"
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 (hinduism and buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KARMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Start to come apart"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a noisy fight
- Words that mean the same thing: fret, disturbance, affray
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Line in an expense report: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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: MISC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Company whose business rarely goes off without a hitch"
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: UHAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Prefix with -nautics"
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: AERO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Biblical preposition"
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: UNTO
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Possible cause of a 61-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- Words that mean the same thing: chokepoint, constriction
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOTTLENECK
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Vega, for one"
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 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Words that mean the same thing: starring, stellar, wizard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Offering at a pier restaurant"
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 marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- Words that mean the same thing: huitre
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OYSTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Bit of unfinished business"
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: LOOSEEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Dog tag owners, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- Words that mean the same thing: Gb, gilbert, GI
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Brita competitor"
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: PUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Hogwash"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- Words that mean the same thing: nothingness, idle words, malarky
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALARKEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Celebrity chef Gordon ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: RAMSAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Remember this!"
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 siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Bunch of romantics?"
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 any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Words that mean the same thing: blush wine, pink wine, rose wine
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. ___ the line"
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 one of the digits of the foot
- Words that mean the same thing: toenail
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Ones on cases: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: DETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. [Ugh, we've been stuck here for an hour ...]"
Quick Info: This answer has 18 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: CARVANSEMITRUCKBUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Veal ___ (informal dish)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Terminate"
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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Game of chance"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
- Words that mean the same thing: beano, bingo, keno
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Rocky Mountain city once home to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUTTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Producer of Hot Wheels"
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: MATTEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Polish, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a native or inhabitant of europe
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EUROPEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Bonehead"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an awkward stupid person
- Words that mean the same thing: clod, goon, gawk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Padre's hermano"
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: TIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Group working with an anchor"
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: NEWSTEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Goes off the wall"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- Words that mean the same thing: freak, lusus naturae, nut
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FREAKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. Loads"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ALOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Situation depicted at 39-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: TRAFFICJAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Bog"
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 soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- Words that mean the same thing: morass, entangle, slack
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "64. Grain location"
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 cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "65. One of the McMahons of WWE"
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: SHANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "66. Cries of faux terror"
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: EEKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "67. Bulldogs' home"
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 university in connecticut
- Words that mean the same thing: Yale University, Elihu Yale
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "68. Basketball game"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- Words that mean the same thing: knight, buck, gymnastic horse
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HORSE
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Thursday Crossword Down Clues - June 18, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "___ and the Two Strings" (2016 animated film) | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Call for all hands on deck? | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Cry sometimes made with a snap of the fingers | 4 |
| 4D | 4. A little of this, a little of that | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Brisk, musically | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Cooler | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Show evidence of shock | 4 |
| 8D | 8. West Coast gas brand | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "Oh ___!" (song from Lennon's "Imagine" album) | 4 |
| 10D | 10. The Getty, for one | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Bad place for a 61-Across | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Lee known for his cameos | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Parachute part | 4 |
| 14D | 18. ___ the Red | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Places for baths | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Minor role in many a Shakespeare play | 7 |
| 17D | 26. ___ President | 5 |
| 18D | 27. One setting an alarm, maybe | 5 |
| 19D | 28. What a 61-Across might make you | 10 |
| 20D | 29. Alarm clock settings, for short | 3 |
| 21D | 30. California's ___ Valley | 8 |
| 22D | 31. Visual puzzle | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Blood line | 5 |
| 24D | 33. Arab Spring nation | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Had a bad at-bat | 9 |
| 26D | 39. Winter air | 5 |
| 27D | 40. Small part of a pound | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Remaining | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Uncivilized | 7 |
| 30D | 45. Preferences | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Expound (on) | 4 |
| 32D | 50. "You ___ it" | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Writer Wiesel | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Place to order handmade goods | 4 |
| 35D | 53. "Brava!" elicitor | 4 |
| 36D | 54. The world's largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet) | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Delta follower | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Cracked open | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Neighbor of Nebr. | 4 |
| 40D | 59. Mr. ___ ("Peter Pan" character) | 4 |
| 41D | 62. One of "them" | 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. "___ and the Two Strings" (2016 animated film)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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: KUBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Call for all hands on deck?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AHOY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Cry sometimes made with a snap of the fingers"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Words that mean the same thing: give away, strikebreaker, shit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. A little of this, a little of that"
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 inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- Words that mean the same thing: cur, mongrel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUTT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Brisk, musically"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a brisk and lively tempo
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALLEGRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Cooler"
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 device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
- Words that mean the same thing: devotee, rooter, buff
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Show evidence of shock"
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 roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- Words that mean the same thing: Scottish reel, keel, stagger
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. West Coast gas brand"
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 (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARCO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Oh ___!" (song from Lennon's "Imagine" album)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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: YOKO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. The Getty, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUSEUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Bad place for a 61-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: interstate highway
- The opposite would be: intrastate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTERSTATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Lee known for his cameos"
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: STAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Parachute part"
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 line made of twisted fibers or threads
- Words that mean the same thing: corduroy, electric cord
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CORD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. ___ the Red"
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: ERIK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Places for baths"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: resort hotel, health spa, watering place
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Minor role in many a Shakespeare play"
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 a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- Words that mean the same thing: retainer, handmaiden, handmaid
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SERVANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. ___ President"
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 woman of refinement
- Words that mean the same thing: brothel keeper, lady, dame
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MADAM
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Clue 18 Down: "27. One setting an alarm, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ALEXA
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Clue 19 Down: "28. What a 61-Across might make you"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: LATETOWORK
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Alarm clock settings, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- Words that mean the same thing: Master of Arts, AM, americium
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AMS
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Clue 21 Down: "30. California's ___ Valley"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a series of waterfalls in yosemite national park in california; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year
- Words that mean the same thing: Yosemite Falls
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: YOSEMITE
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Visual puzzle"
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 puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: REBUS
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Blood line"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AORTA
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Arab Spring nation"
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 republic on the southwestern shores of the arabian peninsula on the indian ocean; formed in 1990
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Yemen
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: YEMEN
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Had a bad at-bat"
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: STRUCKOUT
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Winter air"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
- Words that mean the same thing: Christmas carol
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CAROL
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Small part of a pound"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- Words that mean the same thing: whelp, puppy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PUP
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Remaining"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- Words that mean the same thing: depart, odd, pull up stakes
- The opposite would be: disinherit, right
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The answer is: LEFT
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Uncivilized"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: neanderthal, oafish, neandertal
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: BOORISH
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Preferences"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- Words that mean the same thing: savour, mouthful, try
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TASTES
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Expound (on)"
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: Riffian, flick, leaf
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RIFF
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Clue 32 Down: "50. "You ___ it""
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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Words that mean the same thing: epithet, list, distinguish
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NAME
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Writer Wiesel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ELIE
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Place to order handmade goods"
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 35 Down: "53. "Brava!" elicitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARIA
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Clue 36 Down: "54. The world's largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet)"
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 public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Words that mean the same thing: shopping mall, shopping center, center
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MALL
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Delta follower"
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 repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- Words that mean the same thing: repeat, sound reflection, reverberation
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ECHO
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Cracked open"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that slightly open
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AJAR
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Neighbor of Nebr."
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: KANS
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Clue 40 Down: "59. Mr. ___ ("Peter Pan" character)"
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: SMEE
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Clue 41 Down: "62. One of "them""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- Words that mean the same thing: enemy, foeman, opposition
- The opposite would be: friend
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The answer is: FOE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 71.8% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 11.5% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 18 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 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 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
