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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
June 29, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Cardamom-infused tea | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Not give up, say | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Pronoun before "it may concern" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Partner of raised | 4 |
| 5A | 15. China's Zhou ___ | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Place that generates buzz | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Ate and ran, say | 12 |
| 8A | 19. Almost closed | 4 |
| 9A | 20. ___ on actual events | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Fit to live in | 11 |
| 11A | 23. "The Goldfinch" writer Donna | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Some E.R. cases | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Make a scapegoat of | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Kigali resident | 7 |
| 15A | 32. Title of respect | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Unclear mental state | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Throw with force | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Legendary Himalayan humanoid | 17 |
| 19A | 41. Capacious | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Not falling for | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Play for a sucker | 3 |
| 22A | 44. Place to pitch a product | 7 |
| 23A | 46. Entice | 5 |
| 24A | 49. Amber quaff | 3 |
| 25A | 50. Catherine of "Beetlejuice" | 5 |
| 26A | 52. The magic word? | 11 |
| 27A | 56. Japanese automaker | 5 |
| 28A | 60. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" meanie) | 4 |
| 29A | 61. Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle | 10 |
| 30A | 63. Relative of a cor anglais | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Consumes, in a way | 5 |
| 32A | 65. Sharer's word | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Tear to bits | 4 |
| 34A | 67. Food service giant | 5 |
| 35A | 68. Norse god of thunder | 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. Cardamom-infused tea"
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: CHAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Not give up, 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 a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- Words that mean the same thing: fight back, competitiveness, crusade
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Pronoun before "it may concern""
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: WHOM
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Partner of raised"
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 british nuclear physicist (born in germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- Words that mean the same thing: gestate, acquit, carry
- The opposite would be: unborn
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BORN
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Clue 5 Across: "15. China's Zhou ___"
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: _____
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The answer is: ENLAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Place that generates buzz"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a teeming multitude
- Words that mean the same thing: beehive
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIVE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Ate and ran, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: GRABBEDABITE
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Almost closed"
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 slightly open
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AJAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. ___ on actual events"
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 use as a basis for; found on
- Words that mean the same thing: ground, found, establish
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASED
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Fit to live in"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fit for habitation
- Words that mean the same thing: habitable
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INHABITABLE
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Clue 11 Across: "23. "The Goldfinch" writer Donna"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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: TARTT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Some E.R. cases"
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 doctor's degree in optometry
- Words that mean the same thing: OD, oculus dexter, Doctor of Optometry
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Make a scapegoat of"
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 accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: pick, blamed, infernal
- The opposite would be: absolve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Kigali resident"
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 native or inhabitant of rwanda
- Words that mean the same thing: Ruandan
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RWANDAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. Title of respect"
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: SRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Unclear mental state"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- Words that mean the same thing: fog, daze
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Throw with force"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- Words that mean the same thing: buckle, heft, surge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Legendary Himalayan humanoid"
Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
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Clue 19 Across: "41. Capacious"
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 an associate who shares a room with you
- Words that mean the same thing: roomie, roommate, spacious
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROOMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Not falling for"
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: ONTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Play for a sucker"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: utilization, consumption, role
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USE
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Clue 22 Across: "44. Place to pitch a product"
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!
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The answer is: ADSPACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Entice"
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 dispose or incline or entice to
- Words that mean the same thing: entice, influence, invite
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEMPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Amber quaff"
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 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!
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The answer is: ALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Catherine of "Beetlejuice""
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: OHARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. The magic word?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that gibberish and nonsense
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABRACADABRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "56. Japanese automaker"
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: ISUZU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" meanie)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUTT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares 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: ABCRUNCHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. Relative of a cor anglais"
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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Consumes, in a way"
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 something that is read
- Words that mean the same thing: learn, register, scan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: READS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. Sharer's word"
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: OURS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. Tear to bits"
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 tear or be torn violently
- Words that mean the same thing: pull, rive, rip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "67. Food service giant"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYSCO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "68. Norse god of thunder"
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 (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOR
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 29, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Sesenta minutos | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Certain horses | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Still being debugged | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Gave sustenance | 3 |
| 6D | 6. "Not right this second" | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Flicker of light | 5 |
| 8D | 8. "Thirty days ___ September …" | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Finish gift-wrapping, say | 7 |
| 10D | 10. "How've you been?" | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Muslim headscarf | 5 |
| 12D | 12. The earth's path around the sun, e.g. | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Little more than | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Dutch cheese | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Neighbor of Montana | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Fix up again, as a house | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Hen's hatchlings | 5 |
| 18D | 27. V.I.P. conveyances | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Staff break? | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Block, as a stream | 5 |
| 21D | 30. "Stop!," at sea | 5 |
| 22D | 31. State bird of Hawaii | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Hummus brand | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Prickly plant with healing qualities | 4 |
| 25D | 35. ___ garden | 3 |
| 26D | 38. Affected | 8 |
| 27D | 39. Spiral-horned antelope | 5 |
| 28D | 40. The "N" of N.B. | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Aromatic evergreens | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Dublin's land, to poets | 4 |
| 31D | 48. Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger | 6 |
| 32D | 50. Arctic predators | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Cool head? | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Dislike with a passion | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the "Self-Operating Napkin" | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Gobs | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Friar's home | 5 |
| 38D | 57. "Think again!" | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Bit of binary code | 4 |
| 40D | 59. Geographical inits. until 1991 | 4 |
| 41D | 62. Troop troupe, for short | 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. N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps"
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: CBGB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Sesenta minutos"
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: HORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Certain horses"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arab, Arabian
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Still being debugged"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: INBETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Gave sustenance"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any federal law-enforcement officer
- Words that mean the same thing: FRS, Federal Reserve, feed in
- The opposite would be: starve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Not right this second""
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: INABIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Flicker of light"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a momentary flash of light
- Words that mean the same thing: glance, spark, flicker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "Thirty days ___ September …""
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: HATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Finish gift-wrapping, say"
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!
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The answer is: TIEABOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "How've you been?""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: WHATSNEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Muslim headscarf"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a headscarf worn by muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIJAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. The earth's path around the sun, e.g."
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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Words that mean the same thing: ellipse, prolate, ovoid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Little more than"
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 pond of standing water
- Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Dutch cheese"
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 mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Neighbor of Montana"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: ID, Gem State
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDAHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Fix up again, as a house"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REHAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Hen's hatchlings"
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 young of an animal cared for at one time
- Words that mean the same thing: hover, loom, stew
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BROOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. V.I.P. conveyances"
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 large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
- Words that mean the same thing: limousine, limo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIMOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. Staff break?"
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 something left after other parts have been taken away
- Words that mean the same thing: reside, rest period, catch one's breath
- The opposite would be: change, be active
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REST
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Block, as a stream"
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: DAMUP
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Clue 21 Down: "30. "Stop!," at sea"
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: AVAST
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Clue 22 Down: "31. State bird of Hawaii"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NENE
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Hummus brand"
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 native-born israeli
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SABRA
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Prickly plant with healing qualities"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ALOE
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Clue 25 Down: "35. ___ garden"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Words that mean the same thing: back breaker, superman, dose
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ZEN
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Affected"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that press or wedge together; pack together
- Words that mean the same thing: touch on, touch, impact
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: IMPACTED
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Spiral-horned antelope"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that city in sudan
- Words that mean the same thing: Tragelaphus angasi
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NYALA
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Clue 28 Down: "40. The "N" of N.B."
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: NOTA
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Aromatic evergreens"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
- Words that mean the same thing: cedarwood, cedar, cedar tree
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CEDARS
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Dublin's land, to poets"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIN
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MASCOT
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Arctic predators"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcinus orca, orca, sea wolf
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ORCAS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Cool head?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HARDC
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Dislike with a passion"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that find repugnant
- Words that mean the same thing: execrate, abominate, loathe
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ABHOR
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the "Self-Operating Napkin""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- Words that mean the same thing: hayseed, yahoo, hick
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUBE
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Gobs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Words that mean the same thing: Aten
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATON
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Clue 37 Down: "55. Friar's home"
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 church associated with a monastery or convent
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ABBEY
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Clue 38 Down: "57. "Think again!""
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: UHUH
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Bit of binary code"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: nix, zippo, zero in
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ZERO
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Clue 40 Down: "59. Geographical inits. until 1991"
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 former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USSR
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Clue 41 Down: "62. Troop troupe, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 62 | 81.6% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 7.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 17 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 09, 2025 at 03:48 AM
