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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, May 02, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle May 02, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Zin alternative | 3 |
| 2A | 4. In which 🤟 means "I love you," for short | 3 |
| 3A | 7. Pinnacles | 5 |
| 4A | 12. The "toe" of Italy's "boot" | 8 |
| 5A | 14. Animal that shares its name with a Spanish 101 word | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Regal figure on a tarot card | 9 |
| 7A | 16. Bit of urban art | 5 |
| 8A | 17. What has a big part in "The Ten Commandments"? | 6 |
| 9A | 18. Self-titled debut album released four years before "Jagged Little Pill" | 8 |
| 10A | 20. Dot in la mer | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Protected from the wind | 4 |
| 12A | 22. ___ monster | 4 |
| 13A | 23. Made it to the big leagues | 7 |
| 14A | 27. Early Netflix offering | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Metroid console, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Grunts | 5 |
| 17A | 32. Less welcoming | 5 |
| 18A | 34. Manages with delicacy | 11 |
| 19A | 36. Skippable part of a streaming series | 5 |
| 20A | 37. Mobile home? | 5 |
| 21A | 38. T-shirt size: Abbr. | 3 |
| 22A | 39. Language in which "sabaidee" means "hello" | 3 |
| 23A | 41. Like roughly a quarter of the world's population | 7 |
| 24A | 45. Lincoln and others | 4 |
| 25A | 47. "One" on a one | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Father of, in Arabic | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Banishes | 8 |
| 28A | 52. Opposed (to) | 6 |
| 29A | 55. Wirelessly operated toy vehicle, informally | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle | 9 |
| 31A | 58. Eyelike openings | 5 |
| 32A | 59. Uses DoorDash, say | 8 |
| 33A | 60. Mullet resting places | 5 |
| 34A | 61. Hush-hush org. | 3 |
| 35A | 62. Son of, in Hebrew | 3 |
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. Zin alternative"
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 compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- Words that mean the same thing: cabriolet, hack, taxicab
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. In which 🤟 means "I love you," for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the sign language used in the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: American sign language
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "7. Pinnacles"
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 the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- Words that mean the same thing: superlative, summit, height
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "12. The "toe" of Italy's "boot""
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 a region of southern italy (forming the toe of the italian `boot')
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CALABRIA
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Clue 5 Across: "14. Animal that shares its name with a Spanish 101 word"
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 wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LLAMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Regal figure on a tarot card"
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: �EMP�RESS
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Clue 7 Across: "16. Bit of urban art"
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 painting that is applied to a wall surface
- Words that mean the same thing: wall painting
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MURAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "17. What has a big part in "The Ten Commandments"?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: REDSEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "18. Self-titled debut album released four years before "Jagged Little Pill""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: A�LAN�IS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Dot in la mer"
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: ILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Protected from the wind"
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 on or toward the lee
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "22. ___ monster"
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 river that rises in western new mexico and flows westward through southern arizona to become a tributary of the colorado river
- Words that mean the same thing: Gila River
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GILA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "23. Made it to the big leagues"
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: GONEPRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Early Netflix offering"
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 digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- Words that mean the same thing: videodisk, videodisc
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DVD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Metroid console, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: neon, Ne, northeastward
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NES
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Clue 16 Across: "30. Grunts"
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 laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- Words that mean the same thing: galley slave, peon, drudge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Less welcoming"
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 devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- Words that mean the same thing: frosty, icy, glacial
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICIER
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Clue 18 Across: "34. Manages with delicacy"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: FI�NESS�ES�
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Skippable part of a streaming series"
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 summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- Words that mean the same thing: recapitulation, recapitulate, retread
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RECAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Mobile home?"
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 ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- Words that mean the same thing: vanquish, racing shell, plate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. T-shirt size: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a master's degree in education
- Words that mean the same thing: Master of Education
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Language in which "sabaidee" means "hello""
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Like roughly a quarter of the world's population"
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 of or relating to or supporting islamism
- Words that mean the same thing: Moslem, Muslim
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISLAMIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Lincoln and others"
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: ABES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. "One" on a one"
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: UNUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Father of, in Arabic"
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: ABU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Banishes"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: �EX�ILES
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Clue 28 Across: "52. Opposed (to)"
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 (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
- Words that mean the same thing: antipathetic, antipathetical, loath
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVERSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Wirelessly operated toy vehicle, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RCCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle"
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: TEALEAVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Eyelike openings"
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 organ of sight
- Words that mean the same thing: oculus, optic, eye
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCULI
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Clue 32 Across: "59. Uses DoorDash, say"
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: ORDERSIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Mullet resting places"
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 back side of the neck
- Words that mean the same thing: catnap, catch a wink, scruff
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAPES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Hush-hush org."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "62. Son of, in Hebrew"
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 mountain or tall hill
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEN
Great job if you got it right!
May 02, 2024 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. One end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Bridge | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Range for many ibex | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Romantic partner, casually | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Word sometimes texted as its middle letter | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Rope fiber | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Zapped, in a way | 6 |
| 7D | 7. ___ mater | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Held on (to) | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Aquatic | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Online correspondent | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Chipotle choices | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Singer Green | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Nursing ___ | 3 |
| 14D | 15. Fix | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Imposes, as a tax | 7 |
| 16D | 21. Tops | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Like one for the books | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Ring | 5 |
| 19D | 26. Presidential also-ran of 1988, 2008 and 2012 | 7 |
| 20D | 28. Big battery | 5 |
| 21D | 31. *Air escaping* | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Actress Fisher | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Championship trophy for the P.G.A. Tour | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Carpenter's wedge | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Hitchcock film that won Best Picture | 7 |
| 26D | 38. Stand-up comedian Marc | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Pickup capacity, perhaps | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Martian who wears a green helmet and skirt | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Playwright Henrik | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Sticks on a table, maybe | 4 |
| 31D | 46. It might elicit a "cha-ching" | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Beta testers, e.g. | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Apt name for a florist or optometrist? | 4 |
| 34D | 52. One might be pale | 3 |
| 35D | 53. Last but not least? | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Make smooth | 4 |
| 37D | 57. ___ Limón, first Latina U.S. poet laureate | 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. One end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Bridge"
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 city in southwestern new jersey on the delaware river near philadelphia
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAMDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Range for many ibex"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a large mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: the Alps, alp
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Romantic partner, casually"
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: BA�E
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Word sometimes texted as its middle letter"
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 a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: follow, exist, personify
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Rope fiber"
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 plant fiber used for making rope
- Words that mean the same thing: Agave sisalana, sisal hemp
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SISAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Zapped, in a way"
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: LAS�ED
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Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ mater"
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: ALMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Held on (to)"
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 come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- Words that mean the same thing: hang, cohere, stick
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLUNG
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Aquatic"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: MAR�INE�
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Online correspondent"
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: EMAILER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Chipotle choices"
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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- Words that mean the same thing: salsa
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALSAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Singer Green"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CEELO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Nursing ___"
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 undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRA
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Clue 14 Down: "15. Fix"
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: �RIG
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Clue 15 Down: "19. Imposes, as a tax"
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: LEVI�ES
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Clue 16 Down: "21. Tops"
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: AONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Like one for the books"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Words that mean the same thing: larger-than-life, epical, epic poem
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPIC
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Ring"
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: PE�AL
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Presidential also-ran of 1988, 2008 and 2012"
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: RONPAUL
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Big battery"
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: DCELL
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Clue 21 Down: "31. *Air escaping*"
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 independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
- Words that mean the same thing: USSS, United States Secret Service, SS
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SSS
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Actress Fisher"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ISLA
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Championship trophy for the P.G.A. Tour"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: FEDEXCUP
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Carpenter's wedge"
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 thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SHIM
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Hitchcock film that won Best Picture"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that (old testament) wife of isaac and mother of jacob and esau
- Words that mean the same thing: Rebekah
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: REBECCA
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Stand-up comedian Marc"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MA�RON
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Pickup capacity, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ONETON
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Martian who wears a green helmet and skirt"
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: MARVIN
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Playwright Henrik"
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 realistic norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
- Words that mean the same thing: Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IBSEN
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Sticks on a table, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Words that mean the same thing: prompt, clue, discriminative stimulus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CUES
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Clue 31 Down: "46. It might elicit a "cha-ching""
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: S�ALE
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Beta testers, e.g."
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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: user, exploiter, substance abuser
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: USERS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Apt name for a florist or optometrist?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- Words that mean the same thing: iris diaphragm, sword lily, fleur-de-lis
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IRIS
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Clue 34 Down: "52. One might be pale"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- 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: ___
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The answer is: ALE
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Last but not least?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VERB
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Make smooth"
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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Words that mean the same thing: relief, alleviate, still
- The opposite would be: difficulty
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The answer is: EASE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. ___ Limón, first Latina U.S. poet laureate"
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 an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ADA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 68.1% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 16.7% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 4.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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 Thursday, 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 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
