March 30, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (31 clues)
• Down Clues (43 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 74 (31 Across, 43 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.1 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle March 30, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. They may be switched while cycling	5
2A	6. Shorthand pro	5
3A	11. Crossword solver's cry	3
4A	14. Deity with 99 names	5
5A	15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael	9
6A	17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?	15
7A	19. Preserve, as ashes	5
8A	20. Vodka brand, informally	5
9A	21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?	10
10A	26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others	4
11A	27. Blond at the bar, say	3
12A	28. Letters on a luxury handbag	3
13A	29. Chips brand	7
14A	31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence	4
15A	33. Did so-so at school	5
16A	34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?	13
17A	40. Cover for illicit activity	5
18A	41. "Right on!"	4
19A	43. "I don't want to hear the gory details"	7
20A	46. ___-C.I.O.	3
21A	49. Strands in a cell	3
22A	50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___	4
23A	51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?	10
24A	54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents	5
25A	56. One-point Scrabble draw	5
26A	57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?	15
27A	63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity	9
28A	64. One in 1,000?	5
29A	65. Beat it!	3
30A	66. Bee teem?	5
31A	67. Internet admin	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. They may be switched while cycling"

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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
• Words that mean the same thing: gear wheel, geared wheel, pitch
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GEARS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "6. Shorthand pro"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STENO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "11. Crossword solver's cry"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Deity with 99 names"

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 muslim name for the one and only god
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
• Words that mean the same thing: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARCHANGEL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOLDINCAULFIELD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "19. Preserve, as ashes"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INURN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "20. Vodka brand, informally"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STOLI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KEVINBAKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others"

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 a humorous play on words
• Words that mean the same thing: pun, paronomasia, wordplay
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PUNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "27. Blond at the bar, say"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "28. Letters on a luxury handbag"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YSL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "29. Chips brand"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DORITOS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence"

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 word or expression used for some particular thing
• Words that mean the same thing: terminal figure, full term, condition
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TERM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "33. Did so-so at school"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GOTAC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?"

Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ABRAHAMLINKIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "40. Cover for illicit activity"

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 side that is forward or prominent
• Words that mean the same thing: straw man, strawman, presence
• The opposite would be: rear, back
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FRONT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "41. "Right on!""

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 not only so, but
• Words that mean the same thing: yea
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YEAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "43. "I don't want to hear the gory details""

Quick Info: This answer has 7 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAREME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "46. ___-C.I.O."

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 federation of north american labor unions that merged with the congress of industrial organizations in 1955
• Words that mean the same thing: American Federation of Labor
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "49. Strands in a cell"

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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
• Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OWINWILSON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents"

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 any of various small mouselike rodents of the family cricetidae (especially of genus microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
• Words that mean the same thing: vole, field mouse
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VOLES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "56. One-point Scrabble draw"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NTILE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?"

Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _______________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELIZABETHWARRIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MONEYTREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "64. One in 1,000?"

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 punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
• Words that mean the same thing: Polygonia comma, comma butterfly
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COMMA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "65. Beat it!"

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 animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
• Words that mean the same thing: eggs, bollock, testicle
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EGG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "66. Bee teem?"

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 moving crowd
• Words that mean the same thing: teem, cloud, horde
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SWARM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "67. Internet admin"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SYSOP

  Great job if you got it right!

Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword March 30, 2022

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Cry of frustration	3
2D	2. Chess rating system	3
3D	3. ___ fours	3
4D	4. Minute hands, essentially	5
5D	5. Climb (up), as a pole	6
6D	6. Related to religious rites	6
7D	7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally	5
8D	8. Old French coin	3
9D	9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins	3
10D	10. Bunglers	4
11D	11. Get too old to qualify	6
12D	12. "Over my dead body!"	6
13D	13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian	6
14D	16. Particularly particular	8
15D	18. Pencil remnants	4
16D	21. Actress Dennings	3
17D	22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace	4
18D	23. Crow, but not magpie	4
19D	24. "American ___"	4
20D	25. "Moi? Never!"	4
21D	30. Went on, as an errand	3
22D	32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit	8
23D	33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers	3
24D	35. Amount to	3
25D	36. Our genus	4
26D	37. Freshly	4
27D	38. Roadside bombs, for short	4
28D	39. One-billionth: Prefix	4
29D	42. Solo in spaceflight?	3
30D	43. "I need a hero!"	6
31D	44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro	6
32D	45. Under the weather	6
33D	46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union	6
34D	47. Texter's "I think"	4
35D	48. New Hampshire state flowers	6
36D	52. Bury	5
37D	53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson	5
38D	55. Declares	4
39D	58. As an aside, in a text	3
40D	59. The "E" of B.C.E.	3
41D	60. Info in an apt. listing	3
42D	61. Texter's "I think"	3
43D	62. Catch some Z's	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. Cry of frustration"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GAH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Chess rating system"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ fours"

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: whole, totally, completely
• The opposite would be: some, partly
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Minute hands, essentially"

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 length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
• Words that mean the same thing: spoke, wheel spoke, r
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RADII

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Climb (up), as a pole"

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 simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
• Words that mean the same thing: sputter, skin, struggle
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SHINNY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Related to religious rites"

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 of or relating to or near the sacrum
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SACRAL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TRANK

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Old French coin"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ECU

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NHL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Bunglers"

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 an awkward stupid person
• Words that mean the same thing: oaf, clod, stumblebum
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OAFS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Get too old to qualify"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGEOUT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. "Over my dead body!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELLNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALDISS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "16. Particularly particular"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NITPICKY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "18. Pencil remnants"

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 small lump or protuberance
• Words that mean the same thing: centre, essence, heart and soul
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NUBS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "21. Actress Dennings"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• Words that mean the same thing: khat, cat, qat
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "23. Crow, but not magpie"

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 word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VERB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "24. "American ___""

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 material effigy that is worshipped
• Words that mean the same thing: graven image, perfection, beau ideal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDOL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "25. "Moi? Never!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NOTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Went on, as an errand"

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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Words that mean the same thing: pass, die hard, bleed
• The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MRFREEZE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers"

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 the local time at the 0 meridian passing through greenwich, england; it is the same everywhere
• Words that mean the same thing: UT, Greenwich Mean Time, UT1
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: GMT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "35. Amount to"

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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
• Words that mean the same thing: represent, constitute, be
• The opposite would be: differ
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "36. Our genus"

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 someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
• Words that mean the same thing: human being, homophile, human
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "37. Freshly"

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 again but in a new or different way
• Words that mean the same thing: afresh
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANEW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "38. Roadside bombs, 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 an explosive device that is improvised
• Words that mean the same thing: I.E.D., IED, improvised explosive device
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IEDS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "39. One-billionth: Prefix"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NANO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "42. Solo in spaceflight?"

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 imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
• Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "43. "I need a hero!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAVEME

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a computer language designed in europe to support natural language processing
• Words that mean the same thing: logic programing, logic programming
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "45. Under the weather"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that be ill or unwell
• Words that mean the same thing: ail, trouble, unwell
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AILING

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union"

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 song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
• Words that mean the same thing: hymn
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "47. Texter's "I think""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FWIW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "48. New Hampshire state flowers"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
• Words that mean the same thing: lilac
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LILACS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "52. Bury"

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 place in a grave or tomb
• Words that mean the same thing: bury, entomb, inhume
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: INTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEROY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "55. Declares"

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 chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, sound out, say
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAYS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. As an aside, in a text"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BTW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 40 Down: "59. The "E" of B.C.E."

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: epoch, geological era, earned run average
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 41 Down: "60. Info in an apt. listing"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 42 Down: "61. Texter's "I think""

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 the united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
• Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 43 Down: "62. Catch some Z's"

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 period of time spent sleeping
• Words that mean the same thing: sleep, pile, cat sleep
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NAP

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	46	62.2%
Short Answer	20	27.0%
Celebrity/Entertainment	4	5.4%
Geography	2	2.7%
Abbreviation	1	1.4%
History	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	31
Down Clues	43
Total Clues	74
Average Answer Length	5.1 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	15 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 5 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM

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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (33 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (33 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Modern "go-to's"	4
2A	5. Curtain for silhouetting on stage	5
3A	10. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter	4
4A	14. Capote or chesterfield	4
5A	15. Emulates E.T., in a way	10
6A	17. Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot	4
7A	18. Precious self-reference	10
8A	19. Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)	7
9A	21. Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)	7
10A	22. Matches with forensics	14
11A	24. Occasions to relax and recharge	6
12A	25. Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)	5
13A	26. Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card	5
14A	27. Aid in making salsa	5
15A	28. Operculum, e.g.	3
16A	31. Capital of Greenland	4
17A	32. They're hard to pull off	5
18A	33. Spa service, in brief	4
19A	34. Up to snuff, facetiously	3
20A	35. Trickles	5
21A	36. Cup holders	5
22A	37. Many a Porsche 911	5
23A	38. Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said	6
24A	39. Don't start with me!	14
25A	43. Difficult effort	7
26A	44. Cut out	7
27A	46. Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"	10
28A	48. Cold-smoked lox	4
29A	49. 7 up, perhaps	10
30A	50. Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland	4
31A	51. Vanilla units	4
32A	52. Spouts	5
33A	53. Romp	4

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Modern "go-to's""

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
• Similar words include: universal resource locator, URL, uniform resource locator
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: URLS

Remember this word for future puzzles!

2A: "5. Curtain for silhouetting on stage"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SCRIM

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3A: "10. Bird on the South Carolina state quarter"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
• Similar words include: Sir Christopher Wren, jenny wren
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WREN

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4A: "14. Capote or chesterfield"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
• Similar words include: surface, coating, pelage
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COAT

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5A: "15. Emulates E.T., in a way"

10 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PHONESHOME

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6A: "17. Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of greek selene
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LUNA

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7A: "18. Precious self-reference"

10 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LITTLEOLME

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8A: "19. Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024)"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ANDYKIM

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9A: "21. Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia)"

7 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that build of or with wattle
• Similar words include: wattle
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WATTLED

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10A: "22. Matches with forensics"

14 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DEBATECONTESTS

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11A: "24. Occasions to relax and recharge"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MEDAYS

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12A: "25. Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15)"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: HAGEL

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13A: "26. Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card"

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: AMOCO

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14A: "27. Aid in making salsa"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a mechanical device used for dicing food
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DICER

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15A: "28. Operculum, e.g."

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
• Similar words include: palpebra, hat, eyelid
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LID

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16A: "31. Capital of Greenland"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NUUK

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17A: "32. They're hard to pull off"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a notable achievement
• Similar words include: effort, exploit, feat
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: FEATS

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18A: "33. Spa service, in brief"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MANI

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19A: "34. Up to snuff, facetiously"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EPT

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20A: "35. Trickles"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
• Similar words include: ooze, seep
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SEEPS

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21A: "36. Cup holders"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup
• Similar words include: zarf
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ZARFS

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22A: "37. Many a Porsche 911"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: COUPE

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23A: "38. Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in virgo
• Similar words include: Virgo, Virgin, Virgo the Virgin
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VIRGOS

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24A: "39. Don't start with me!"

14 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SECONDSTRINGER

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25A: "43. Difficult effort"

7 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
• Similar words include: exertion, labour, toil
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: TRAVAIL

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26A: "44. Cut out"

7 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
• Similar words include: expunge, excise, strike
• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EXCISED

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27A: "46. Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte""

10 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: RIVERSEINE

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28A: "48. Cold-smoked lox"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NOVA

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29A: "49. 7 up, perhaps"

10 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: __________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EVENSTEVEN

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30A: "50. Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ADEN

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31A: "51. Vanilla units"

4 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
• Similar words include: cod, pod, seedpod
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: PODS

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32A: "52. Spouts"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
• Similar words include: disgorge, cat, eruct
• Opposite of: keep down

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPEWS

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33A: "53. Romp"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that north american songbirds having a yellow breast
• Similar words include: frisk, escapade, gambol
• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LARK

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life	4
2D	2. Cattle call	9
3D	3. Went wide or long, as a tennis ball	9
4D	4. "No closer!"	8
5D	5. Takes off	6
6D	6. Wind pipe?	5
7D	7. Blight	3
8D	8. Getting a break on Broadway?	9
9D	9. Medleys	8
10D	10. Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever"	6
11D	11. Triumphs smoothly	5
12D	12. ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)	5
13D	13. "What this country ___ ..."	5
14D	16. Certain volleyballer	6
15D	20. Deck	4
16D	23. Once-popular terra-cotta figurine	7
17D	24. Trigger hair	4
18D	27. State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians	9
19D	28. Combo meal upgrade	9
20D	29. Going back ages	9
21D	30. ___ track	4
22D	32. Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?	8
23D	33. Borderline	8
24D	35. Echolocation systems	6
25D	36. Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table	4
26D	37. Spelling combinations?	6
27D	38. They're concerned with feeding kits	6
28D	39. Pharyngeal woe	5
29D	40. Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple"	5
30D	41. Buckled	5
31D	42. Extend, in a way	5
32D	45. Chilly and damp	4
33D	47. "___ noticed"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: UCLA

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2D: "2. Cattle call"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROUNDEMUP

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3D: "3. Went wide or long, as a tennis ball"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: LANDEDOUT

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4D: "4. "No closer!""

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: STAYBACK

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5D: "5. Takes off"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
• Similar words include: Split, tear, split up
• Opposite of: unite

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SPLITS

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6D: "6. Wind pipe?"

5 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
• Similar words include: gong, bell
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: CHIME

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7D: "7. Blight"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• Similar words include: putrefaction, rotting, bunkum
• Pattern: ___

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROT

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8D: "8. Getting a break on Broadway?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: INTWOACTS

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9D: "9. Medleys"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a motley assortment of things
• Similar words include: hodgepodge, ragbag, melange
• Pattern: ________

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: MELANGES

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10D: "10. Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever""

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: WHOTEL

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11D: "11. Triumphs smoothly"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that rotary motion of an object around its own axis
• Similar words include: revolve, bun, rolling wave
• Opposite of: unwind

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ROLLS

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12D: "12. ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Similar words include: ant, pismire
• Pattern: _____

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: EMMET

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13D: "13. "What this country ___ ...""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a condition requiring relief
• Similar words include: penury, involve, want
• Opposite of: obviate

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: NEEDS

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14D: "16. Certain volleyballer"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that one who sets written material into type
• Similar words include: typesetter, typographer, compositor
• Pattern: ______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: SETTER

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15D: "20. Deck"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
• Similar words include: knockout, knock out, KO
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KAYO

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16D: "23. Once-popular terra-cotta figurine"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

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• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CHIAPET

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17D: "24. Trigger hair"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
• Similar words include: head of hair
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: MANE

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18D: "27. State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: DEEPSLEEP

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19D: "28. Combo meal upgrade"

9 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LARGESODA

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20D: "29. Going back ages"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: INFOREVER

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21D: "30. ___ track"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
• Similar words include: affront, Dis, Orcus
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DISS

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22D: "32. Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?"

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

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• Pattern: ________

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Answer: FEUDISTS

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23D: "33. Borderline"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that at or constituting a border or edge
• Similar words include: bare, borderline, fringy
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: MARGINAL

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24D: "35. Echolocation systems"

6 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
• Similar words include: echo sounder, asdic, sonar
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: SONARS

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25D: "36. Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
• Similar words include: Zn, atomic number 30
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ZINC

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26D: "37. Spelling combinations?"

6 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
• Similar words include: coven
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: COVENS

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27D: "38. They're concerned with feeding kits"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a malicious woman with a fierce temper
• Similar words include: hellcat, vixen, harpy
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: VIXENS

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28D: "39. Pharyngeal woe"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that spherical gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
• Similar words include: streptococcal, streptococcus, streptococcic
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STREP

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29D: "40. Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

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• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ERIVO

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30D: "41. Buckled"

5 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that hollow out as if making a cave or opening
• Similar words include: spelunk, undermine, cave
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CAVED

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31D: "42. Extend, in a way"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
• Similar words include: reincarnate, regenerate
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: RENEW

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32D: "45. Chilly and damp"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that unpleasantly cool and humid
• Similar words include: clammy
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: DANK

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33D: "47. "___ noticed""

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IVE

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Expert Solving Strategies

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Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

33 Down Clues

66 Total Clues

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