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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, March 02, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle March 02, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Performance featuring masklike kumadori makeup | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 | 5 |
| 3A | 12. Place for some nonstarters | 7 |
| 4A | 13. Currency that replaced the British West African pound | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Common party store purchase | 8 |
| 6A | 15. "Grazie ___!" ("Thank you so much!") | 5 |
| 7A | 16. Bring up | 7 |
| 8A | 17. First word of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" | 3 |
| 9A | 19. Not forward | 3 |
| 10A | 20. Put forward | 6 |
| 11A | 21. "___ mair will the bonnie callants / Mairch tae war": Hamish Henderson | 3 |
| 12A | 22. "___ Nagila" (song of celebration) | 4 |
| 13A | 23. Talk trashed? | 4 |
| 14A | 24. Conversation piece? | 9 |
| 15A | 27. With it | 3 |
| 16A | 28. Action toys, perhaps? | 9 |
| 17A | 29. At once | 9 |
| 18A | 30. Unusual change | 9 |
| 19A | 31. Sound often heard doubled | 3 |
| 20A | 34. "Nothing to see here, folks ..." | 9 |
| 21A | 35. "Later" | 4 |
| 22A | 36. Fight club? | 4 |
| 23A | 37. "We're all ___ here. I'm ___. You're ___": Cheshire Cat | 3 |
| 24A | 38. Event of 1/31/2020 | 6 |
| 25A | 40. Refuge | 3 |
| 26A | 41. Schmuck | 3 |
| 27A | 42. Like one with a spare tire | 7 |
| 28A | 43. Many meetings, these days | 5 |
| 29A | 45. Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit "Temperature" | 8 |
| 30A | 47. Scratch | 5 |
| 31A | 48. Clear | 7 |
| 32A | 49. Having an itch | 5 |
| 33A | 50. ___ Horn (British sheep breed) | 6 |
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. Performance featuring masklike kumadori makeup"
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: KABUKI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970"
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 (norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated thor in a wrestling match
- Words that mean the same thing: Elli
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELLIS
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Clue 3 Across: "12. Place for some nonstarters"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- Words that mean the same thing: detention centre, detention cell
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BULLPEN
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Clue 4 Across: "13. Currency that replaced the British West African pound"
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 the basic unit of money in sierra leone; equal to 100 cents
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEONE
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Clue 5 Across: "14. Common party store purchase"
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 large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
- Words that mean the same thing: billow, inflate, balloon
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BALLOONS
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Clue 6 Across: "15. "Grazie ___!" ("Thank you so much!")"
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: MILLE
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Clue 7 Across: "16. Bring up"
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 remark that calls attention to something or someone
- Words that mean the same thing: credit, advert, refer
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MENTION
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Clue 8 Across: "17. First word of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken""
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: ii, 2, II
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWO
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Clue 9 Across: "19. Not forward"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- Words that mean the same thing: demure, overmodest
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COY
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Clue 10 Across: "20. Put forward"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that present reasons and arguments
- Words that mean the same thing: indicate, reason, contend
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGUED
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Clue 11 Across: "21. "___ mair will the bonnie callants / Mairch tae war": Hamish Henderson"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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: NAE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "22. "___ Nagila" (song of celebration)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "23. Talk trashed?"
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 (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- Words that mean the same thing: aspersion, daub, smear
- The opposite would be: focus
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "24. Conversation piece?"
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!
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The answer is: SOUNDBITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. With 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 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 16 Across: "28. Action toys, perhaps?"
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!
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The answer is: STUNTDOGS
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Clue 17 Across: "29. At once"
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 without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- Words that mean the same thing: at once, instantly, immediately
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FORTHWITH
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Clue 18 Across: "30. Unusual change"
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: RARECOINS
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Clue 19 Across: "31. Sound often heard doubled"
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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: tut, tut-tut
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "34. "Nothing to see here, folks ...""
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!
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The answer is: MOVEALONG
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Clue 21 Across: "35. "Later""
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: TATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "36. Fight club?"
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 (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
- Words that mean the same thing: macebearer, Chemical Mace, macer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "37. "We're all ___ here. I'm ___. You're ___": Cheshire Cat"
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 roused to anger; - mark twain
- Words that mean the same thing: crazy, demented, unrestrained
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "38. Event of 1/31/2020"
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: BREXIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "40. Refuge"
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 (judaism) sacred chest where the ancient hebrews kept the two tablets containing the ten commandments
- Words that mean the same thing: Ark of the Covenant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "41. Schmuck"
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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: roll in the hay, AS, American Samoa
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "42. Like one with a spare tire"
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 having a large belly
- Words that mean the same thing: potbellied, abdominous
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAUNCHY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "43. Many meetings, these days"
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 rapid rise
- Words that mean the same thing: surge, whizz, soar upwards
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZOOMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "45. Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit "Temperature""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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!
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The answer is: SEANPAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "47. Scratch"
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 a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
- Words that mean the same thing: cabbage, boodle, gelt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOUGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "48. Clear"
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 clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- Words that mean the same thing: patent, apparent, manifest
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVIDENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "49. Having an itch"
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 nervous and unable to relax
- Words that mean the same thing: fidgety, itchy, fretful
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "50. ___ Horn (British sheep breed)"
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: DORSET
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NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - March 02, 2024 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Civilization, to Freud | 6 |
| 2D | 2. ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women's Hall of Fame | 5 |
| 3D | 3. They're in circulation | 12 |
| 4D | 4. Over | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Scope | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Yield of some scratch-off tickets | 10 |
| 7D | 7. Furry monster of children's TV | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Accessory with a scent | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Cute images with captions like "If it fits, I sits" | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Gaga, say | 6 |
| 11D | 11. "Later" | 5 |
| 12D | 12. First-rate | 6 |
| 13D | 14. Comedian who played Louie the Lilac on "Batman" | 5 |
| 14D | 16. Pulpify | 4 |
| 15D | 18. Altar exchange | 12 |
| 16D | 21. Sister state? | 7 |
| 17D | 22. Weather datum | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Put to shame, say | 10 |
| 19D | 26. Fake online followers | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Cross | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Pet, informally | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Play music loudly and energetically | 7 |
| 23D | 31. Stereotypical campaign promise | 6 |
| 24D | 32. Big name in power tools | 5 |
| 25D | 33. "What ___ Did" (classic children's book with insects on the cover) | 4 |
| 26D | 34. Strand | 6 |
| 27D | 35. Lease signatory | 6 |
| 28D | 36. Protegé maker | 5 |
| 29D | 39. Currency in The Legend of Zelda | 5 |
| 30D | 41. Like spent briquettes | 4 |
| 31D | 42. Connect, as a Bluetooth device | 4 |
| 32D | 44. Some vintage roadsters | 3 |
| 33D | 46. Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally | 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. Civilization, to Freud"
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: KULTUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women's Hall of Fame"
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: ALLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. They're in circulation"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the blood flowing through the circulatory system
- Words that mean the same thing: blood stream, bloodstream
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOODSTREAMS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Over"
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: UPON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Scope"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that range of what one can know or understand
- Words that mean the same thing: sight, cognizance
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Yield of some scratch-off tickets"
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: INSTANTWIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Furry monster of children's TV"
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: ELMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Accessory with a scent"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, coronal, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Cute images with captions like "If it fits, I sits""
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: LOLCATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Gaga, say"
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: INLOVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Later""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: SEEYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. First-rate"
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: BANGUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Comedian who played Louie the Lilac on "Batman""
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: BERLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Pulpify"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
- Words that mean the same thing: coquet, romance, crunch
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "18. Altar exchange"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WEDDINGBANDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Sister state?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUNHOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "22. Weather datum"
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 lofty level or position or degree
- Words that mean the same thing: senior high, high gear, high up
- The opposite would be: low spirits, low
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Put to shame, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that cause to appear in a lower class
- Words that mean the same thing: outclass
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTCLASSED
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Fake online followers"
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 botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
- Words that mean the same thing: bot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "28. Cross"
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 open skin infection
- Words that mean the same thing: mad, afflictive, tender
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORE
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Pet, informally"
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: FAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "30. Play music loudly and energetically"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROCKOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "31. Stereotypical campaign promise"
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: TAXCUT
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Big name in power tools"
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: STIHL
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Clue 25 Down: "33. "What ___ Did" (classic children's book with insects on the cover)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KATY
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Clue 26 Down: "34. Strand"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who is stranded (as on an island)
- Words that mean the same thing: strand, brownish-red
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MAROON
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Clue 27 Down: "35. Lease signatory"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
- Words that mean the same thing: renter
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TENANT
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Clue 28 Down: "36. Protegé maker"
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: MAZDA
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Clue 29 Down: "39. Currency in The Legend of Zelda"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the basic unit of money in sri lanka; equal to 100 cents
- Words that mean the same thing: Seychelles rupee, Mauritian rupee, Sri Lanka rupee
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RUPEE
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Clue 30 Down: "41. Like spent briquettes"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of a light grey
- Words that mean the same thing: ash-grey, ash-gray
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ASHY
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Clue 31 Down: "42. Connect, as a Bluetooth device"
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 set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Words that mean the same thing: couplet, twin, duo
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PAIR
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Clue 32 Down: "44. Some vintage roadsters"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
- Words that mean the same thing: milligram, atomic number 12, magnesium
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MGS
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Clue 33 Down: "46. Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EVO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 71.2% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 13.6% |
| History | 3 | 4.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 3.0% |
| Music | 2 | 3.0% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 33 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 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 09:22 AM
