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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
February 17, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Headache helper | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Tot's scratches | 7 |
| 3A | 13. Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal | 6 |
| 4A | 15. Source of a foul odor when wool is washed | 7 |
| 5A | 16. Going after the big bucks, say | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Creature catcher in gaming | 8 |
| 7A | 18. Position with security | 9 |
| 8A | 20. N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Predicament | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Made a lap, say | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Playground comeback | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Creepy quality | 8 |
| 14A | 30. Important contacts | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Chewed (out) | 6 |
| 16A | 33. Lead-in to plane | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Cut | 3 |
| 18A | 36. "Tsk, tsk," in textspeak | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Bug that sounds like it was in the air? | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Port letters | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation ("brides") | 4 |
| 22A | 42. Most Broadway theaters have two of these | 6 |
| 23A | 44. Fish often served tartare | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year | 8 |
| 25A | 47. Pole used for extending a sail | 5 |
| 26A | 49. Half and half | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Some home installations, in brief | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Cool, in old lingo | 3 |
| 29A | 53. Rapper ___ Cat | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Handling things | 9 |
| 31A | 58. Very rough, as an experience | 8 |
| 32A | 60. Finished, colloquially | 6 |
| 33A | 61. Drinks are on me! | 7 |
| 34A | 62. Grumpy companion | 6 |
| 35A | 63. Defensive football plays, informally | 7 |
| 36A | 64. "___ seguro?" ("Are you sure?": Sp.) | 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. Headache helper"
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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names advil and motrin and nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
- Words that mean the same thing: isobutylphenyl propionic acid, ibuprofen, Nuprin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADVIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Tot's scratches"
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: BOOBOOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
- Words that mean the same thing: water ice
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORBET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. Source of a foul odor when wool is washed"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics
- Words that mean the same thing: wool fat, wool grease
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LANOLIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Going after the big bucks, say"
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: INHEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Creature catcher in gaming"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POKEBALL
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Position with security"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: STEADYGIG
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Clue 8 Across: "20. N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly"
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: MAVS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Predicament"
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 preserve of crushed fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: hole, impede, cram
- The opposite would be: free
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Made a lap, 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 the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: sit, baby-sit, Saturday
- The opposite would be: arise, stand
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Playground comeback"
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: DIDSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Creepy quality"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
- Words that mean the same thing: ghostliness
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EERINESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Important contacts"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: In, Hoosier State, indium
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Chewed (out)"
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 shout loudly and without restraint
- Words that mean the same thing: bellow, yawp, bawl
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAWLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Lead-in to plane"
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 shade of blue tinged with green
- Words that mean the same thing: cobalt blue, aquamarine, turquoise
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AQUA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Cut"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. "Tsk, tsk," in textspeak"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Bug that sounds like it was in the air?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
- Words that mean the same thing: grippe, influenza
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Port letters"
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: USB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation ("brides")"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZITI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Most Broadway theaters have two of these"
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 long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- Words that mean the same thing: gangway, aisle
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AISLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Fish often served tartare"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year"
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: TSWIZZLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Pole used for extending a sail"
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 light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPRIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Half and half"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: nonpareil, peerless, single
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Some home installations, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
- Words that mean the same thing: AC, alternating electric current, Ac
- The opposite would be: direct current
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Cool, in old lingo"
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 informed about the latest trends
- Words that mean the same thing: hip to, hip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. Rapper ___ Cat"
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: DOJA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Handling things"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONTOPOFIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Very rough, as an experience"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- Words that mean the same thing: injure, hurt, spite
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRUISING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Finished, colloquially"
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: DONEZO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Drinks are on me!"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: BARMENU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Grumpy companion"
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 inclined to sneeze
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNEEZY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Defensive football plays, informally"
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: QBSACKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. "___ seguro?" ("Are you sure?": Sp.)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ESTAS
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle February 17, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Currently | 4 |
| 2D | 2. "You're tempting fate!" | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Goggles that aren't meant to go underwater | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Construction materials named after a capital? | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Headliner | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Poster's place | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Barrel material | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Like some shows and bands | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Order that comes with a wide straw | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Makes quiet, in a way | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief | 3 |
| 13D | 14. "Cya" | 4 |
| 14D | 17. Small part of a window | 5 |
| 15D | 19. "Golly!" | 7 |
| 16D | 23. Move laterally | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Junot ___, author of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Maternity ward staffers, informally | 3 |
| 19D | 27. Look within oneself | 7 |
| 20D | 28. Apartment units | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Japanese/Italian fusion dish | 10 |
| 22D | 32. Floor | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Not that much | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Letters on a bow | 3 |
| 25D | 41. Site of a famous flag-raising | 7 |
| 26D | 43. Head for the toilet, say? | 5 |
| 27D | 46. "Sure, lemme deal with this first, though" | 6 |
| 28D | 48. Test-taking no-nos | 6 |
| 29D | 51. Lays down some ground rolls? | 4 |
| 30D | 53. Dull | 4 |
| 31D | 54. Like communal property | 4 |
| 32D | 55. Weight | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Southern side dish | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Barbie and Ken, e.g. | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Chips flavor | 3 |
| 36D | 59. Publicity, so to speak | 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. Currently"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "You're tempting fate!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DONTJINXIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Goggles that aren't meant to go underwater"
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: VRHEADSETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Construction materials named after a capital?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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!
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The answer is: IBEAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Headliner"
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 advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Words that mean the same thing: star, result, atomic number 82
- The opposite would be: follow, deficit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Poster's place"
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 shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
- Words that mean the same thing: web log
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Barrel material"
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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Words that mean the same thing: oak tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAK
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Like some shows and bands"
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: ONEMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Order that comes with a wide straw"
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: BOBATEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OLAV
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Makes quiet, in a way"
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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: rock oil, oil colour, inunct
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. "Cya""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TTYL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. Small part of a window"
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 (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a crt screen (usually a colored dot)
- Words that mean the same thing: picture element, pel
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIXEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. "Golly!""
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: GEEWHIZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Move laterally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that move unobtrusively or furtively
- Words that mean the same thing: sashay
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIDLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Junot ___, author of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope (thus establishing a sea route from the atlantic to asia) (1450-1500)
- Words that mean the same thing: Dias, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIAZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Maternity ward staffers, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a major river of western siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the gulf of ob and the kara sea
- Words that mean the same thing: midwifery, OB, obstetrics
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "27. Look within oneself"
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 manifest or bring back
- Words that mean the same thing: contemplate, meditate, mull over
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: REFLECT
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Apartment units"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SQUAREFEET
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Japanese/Italian fusion dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: SUSHIPIZZA
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Floor"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that affect with wonder
- Words that mean the same thing: astonish, bewilder, flummox
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AMAZE
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Not that much"
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: ABIT
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Letters on a bow"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: the States, U.S., United States
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USS
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Clue 25 Down: "41. Site of a famous flag-raising"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: IWOJIMA
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Clue 26 Down: "43. Head for the toilet, say?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: cod, dupe, put on
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SLANG
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Clue 27 Down: "46. "Sure, lemme deal with this first, though""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: INASEC
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Clue 28 Down: "48. Test-taking no-nos"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- Words that mean the same thing: telephone, headphone, earphone
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PHONES
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Clue 29 Down: "51. Lays down some ground rolls?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Words that mean the same thing: sodomite, turf, superoxide dismutase
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SODS
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Clue 30 Down: "53. Dull"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
- Words that mean the same thing: disconsolate, gloomy, grim
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DRAB
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Clue 31 Down: "54. Like communal property"
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: OURS
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Clue 32 Down: "55. Weight"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Words that mean the same thing: encumbrance, burden, incumbrance
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ONUS
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Southern side dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
- Words that mean the same thing: cornpone
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PONE
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Barbie and Ken, e.g."
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 artifact designed to be played with
- Words that mean the same thing: flirt, plaything, toy dog
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TOYS
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Clue 35 Down: "58. Chips flavor"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BBQ
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Clue 36 Down: "59. Publicity, so to speak"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: INK
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 44 | 61.1% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 22.2% |
| Food & Drink | 4 | 5.6% |
| History | 3 | 4.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.8% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 36 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, 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: August 27, 2025 at 03:41 PM
