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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (38 Across, 40 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Across Clues Explained - Wednesday NYT Crossword July 06, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Actress Sonia | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Range for yodelers | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "Ailment" for the heart | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Appeared in syndication, say | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Yowl | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Fad item of the 1990s | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Creatures that can be both pets and pests | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Fig. with two hyphens | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Hallucinatory experience | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Jaguar spot, for example | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Worker with books, for short | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Big name in shampoo | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Country band, for short? | 5 |
| 16A | 31. It requires a tap to get started | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Santa ___, Calif. | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Big hot dog? | 10 |
| 19A | 37. Land on Lake Victoria | 6 |
| 20A | 39. Gave for a while | 6 |
| 21A | 40. Certain Kentucky racer | 10 |
| 22A | 44. Small-arms runner of years past? | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Poetic preposition | 3 |
| 24A | 46. Land bridge between Africa and Asia | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Welling up | 5 |
| 26A | 48. Recovers from a bender, with "up" | 6 |
| 27A | 49. Key that works to exit but not enter | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Habitually | 5 |
| 29A | 53. Touchdown figs. | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Smidge | 3 |
| 31A | 58. There's a bridge near the top of it | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle | 10 |
| 33A | 62. Something stored in an upright position on a plane | 4 |
| 34A | 63. Person with talent | 5 |
| 35A | 64. 50-50 | 4 |
| 36A | 65. Gumbo ingredient | 4 |
| 37A | 66. Many indoor tennis facilities have them | 5 |
| 38A | 67. Super | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale"
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 small worthless amount
- Words that mean the same thing: jak, tar, shit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Actress Sonia"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an ancient city in northern portugal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRAGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Range for yodelers"
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 large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: alp, the Alps
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "Ailment" for the heart"
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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Words that mean the same thing: yen, languish, suffer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Appeared in syndication, say"
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 broadcast again, as of a film
- Words that mean the same thing: rebroadcast, rerun
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RERAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Yowl"
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 cry of sorrow and grief
- Words that mean the same thing: mewl, plaint, roar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Fad item of the 1990s"
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: BEANIEBABY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Creatures that can be both pets and pests"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- Words that mean the same thing: black eye, mouse, shiner
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Fig. with two hyphens"
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: SSN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Hallucinatory experience"
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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- Words that mean the same thing: turn on, activate, get off
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Jaguar spot, for example"
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: CARAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Worker with books, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Words that mean the same thing: certified public accountant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light"
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: RAYBAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Big name in shampoo"
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: PRELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Country band, for short?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: THEUN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. It requires a tap to get started"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: APP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Santa ___, Calif."
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 large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Rosa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Big hot dog?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHOWBOATER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Land on Lake Victoria"
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 landlocked republic in eastern africa; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1962
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Uganda
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UGANDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Gave for a while"
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: LENTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Certain Kentucky racer"
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: DERBYHORSE
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Clue 22 Across: "44. Small-arms runner of years past?"
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: TREX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Poetic preposition"
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: ERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Land bridge between Africa and Asia"
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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
- Words that mean the same thing: Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Desert, Mount Sinai
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Welling up"
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 with eyes full of tears
- Words that mean the same thing: teary-eyed, watery-eyed
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEARY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Recovers from a bender, with "up""
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 cause to become sober
- Words that mean the same thing: sober, sober up
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOBERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Key that works to exit but not enter"
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: ESC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Habitually"
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 many times at short intervals
- Words that mean the same thing: a great deal, oft, ofttimes
- The opposite would be: infrequently, rarely
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OFTEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. Touchdown figs."
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: ETA, eta, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Smidge"
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 slight amount or degree of difference
- Words that mean the same thing: shade
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. There's a bridge near the top of it"
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 organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Words that mean the same thing: horn in, intrude, olfactory organ
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAGICTRICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "62. Something stored in an upright position on a plane"
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 open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. Person with talent"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Words that mean the same thing: broker, agentive role, federal agent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. 50-50"
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 the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- Words that mean the same thing: tied, still, fifty-fifty
- 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 36 Across: "65. Gumbo ingredient"
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 long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Words that mean the same thing: lady's-finger, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OKRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. Many indoor tennis facilities have them"
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 concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
- Words that mean the same thing: bonce, bean, domed stadium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. Super"
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 precisely as stated
- Words that mean the same thing: rattling, real, identical
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VERY
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle July 06, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Much of sparring | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Best four-of-a-kind | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Seems likely …" | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Knowledge | 3 |
| 5D | 5. ___ Rabbit | 4 |
| 6D | 6. New beginning | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Plains people | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Be a chatterbox | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Whichever | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Gosh dang it!" | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Den | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Typesetting unit | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Editorial slant?: Abbr. | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Vessel that may be portaged | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Next-best option | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Certain evergreen | 3 |
| 18D | 27. Singer Michael known as the "King of Christmas" | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Fuddy-duddy | 5 |
| 20D | 29. ___ Rabbit | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Tempting, as an offer | 10 |
| 22D | 32. ___ Rabbit | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Kind of vote | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Term of address in colonial India | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Pot seeds? | 5 |
| 26D | 38. Hoover rival | 5 |
| 27D | 41. The Chiffons' "___ Fine Day" | 3 |
| 28D | 42. It's a beauty in its setting | 7 |
| 29D | 43. ___ Chapel | 7 |
| 30D | 47. What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver | 4 |
| 31D | 48. "Buh-bye!" | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Not sucked in by | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Go off in two directions | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Leader overthrown by a revolution | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Takes steps | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Big name in PCs | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Fashion inits. | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Hopping ___ | 3 |
| 39D | 60. What "syne" means in "Auld Lang Syne" | 3 |
| 40D | 61. Increase the speed of | 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. Much of sparring"
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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- Words that mean the same thing: poking, jabbing, jab
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Best four-of-a-kind"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: superstar, pass with flying colors, angiotensin converting enzyme
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Seems likely …""
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: CHANCESARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Knowledge"
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 range of what one can know or understand
- Words that mean the same thing: sight, cognizance
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Rabbit"
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: BRER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. New beginning"
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 after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- Words that mean the same thing: Renascence, conversion, spiritual rebirth
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REBIRTH
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Plains people"
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 member of a tribe of plains indians formerly inhabiting eastern colorado and wyoming (now living in oklahoma and wyoming)
- Words that mean the same thing: Arapahoe
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARAPAHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Be a chatterbox"
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 light informal conversation for social occasions
- Words that mean the same thing: chin wagging, yak, causerie
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Whichever"
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 or some or every or all without specification
- Words that mean the same thing: whatever, whatsoever
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "Gosh dang it!""
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: AWMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Den"
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 the habitation of wild animals
- Words that mean the same thing: den
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAIR
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Typesetting unit"
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 an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
- Words that mean the same thing: pica em, em, genus Pica
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii"
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 vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: sledge, sleigh
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Editorial slant?: 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: ITAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Vessel that may be portaged"
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 small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CANOE
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Next-best option"
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: PLANB
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Certain evergreen"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YEW
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Singer Michael known as the "King of Christmas""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BUBLE
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Fuddy-duddy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- Words that mean the same thing: puritan
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PRUDE
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Clue 20 Down: "29. ___ Rabbit"
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: ROGER
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Tempting, as an offer"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
- The opposite would be: unattractive, repulsive
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: ATTRACTIVE
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Clue 22 Down: "32. ___ Rabbit"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
- Words that mean the same thing: Saint Peter, pecker, putz
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PETER
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Kind of vote"
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 authorized to act for another
- Words that mean the same thing: procurator, placeholder
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PROXY
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Term of address in colonial India"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that formerly a term of respect for important white europeans in colonial india; used after the name
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SAHIB
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Pot seeds?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Words that mean the same thing: ante
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ANTES
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Hoover rival"
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: DYSON
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Clue 27 Down: "41. The Chiffons' "___ Fine Day""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: 1, I, ane
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ONE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. It's a beauty in its setting"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RAREGEM
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Clue 29 Down: "43. ___ Chapel"
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: SISTINE
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Clue 30 Down: "47. What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that trying something to find out about it
- Words that mean the same thing: psychometric test, try, essay
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TEST
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Clue 31 Down: "48. "Buh-bye!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SEEYA
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Not sucked in by"
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: ONTO
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Go off in two directions"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cutlery used for serving and eating food
- Words that mean the same thing: branch, crotch, ramify
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FORK
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Leader overthrown by a revolution"
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 male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917)
- Words that mean the same thing: czar, tzar
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TSAR
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Takes steps"
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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Words that mean the same thing: deed, turn, dissemble
- The opposite would be: refrain
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The answer is: ACTS
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Big name in PCs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACER
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Fashion inits."
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: DKNY
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Hopping ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that roused to anger; - mark twain
- Words that mean the same thing: unrestrained, unhinged, brainsick
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MAD
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Clue 39 Down: "60. What "syne" means in "Auld Lang Syne""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AGO
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Clue 40 Down: "61. Increase the speed of"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Words that mean the same thing: rev up, revolutions per minute, rpm
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: REV
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 59 | 75.6% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 15.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.8% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 38 |
| Down Clues | 40 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually 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!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 08, 2025 at 10:19 PM
