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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, September 19, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
September 19, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Reference for a geography buff | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Pie ___ mode | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Male turkey | 3 |
| 4A | 12. Landline, e.g. | 5 |
| 5A | 13. Some nest eggs, for short | 4 |
| 6A | 14. Chucklehead | 4 |
| 7A | 15. Tubular pasta variety | 5 |
| 8A | 16. Profit-sharing reward, perhaps | 9 |
| 9A | 18. "In ___ of flowers …" | 4 |
| 10A | 19. "Outstanding" obligation | 4 |
| 11A | 20. "If only!" | 5 |
| 12A | 21. Unpredictable | 7 |
| 13A | 23. Signify | 4 |
| 14A | 25. Make-up specialist? | 4 |
| 15A | 26. Being risked, as in a gambler's bet | 7 |
| 16A | 30. Circle or hexagon | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Forever and a day, say | 4 |
| 18A | 35. First-century Roman poet | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Hiking trails | 5 |
| 20A | 37. Fuss and fanfare | 3 |
| 21A | 38. About one-third of Hispaniola, area-wise | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Navy's football rival | 4 |
| 23A | 40. Spine-tingling sign of things to come | 4 |
| 24A | 41. Liability's opposite | 5 |
| 25A | 42. Oopsies | 7 |
| 26A | 44. Heroic saga | 4 |
| 27A | 46. "How sweet it ___ be loved by you" (James Taylor lyric) | 4 |
| 28A | 47. Comes through the door | 7 |
| 29A | 51. Girl in Wonderland | 5 |
| 30A | 54. The "C" of T.L.C. | 4 |
| 31A | 56. Where outdoor Christmas lights may be hung | 4 |
| 32A | 57. Flimflammer | 9 |
| 33A | 59. Museum wing, perhaps | 5 |
| 34A | 60. ___ eye (glare said to bring bad luck) | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Rubber ducky's domain | 4 |
| 36A | 62. What the nose knows | 5 |
| 37A | 63. Cry between "ready" and "go" | 3 |
| 38A | 64. Thrilla in Manila boxer | 3 |
| 39A | 65. Brats and gnats | 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. Reference for a geography buff"
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 (greek mythology) a titan who was forced by zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- Words that mean the same thing: atlas vertebra, map collection, telamon
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATLAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Pie ___ mode"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Male turkey"
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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Words that mean the same thing: turkey cock, gobbler, tomcat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOM
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Clue 4 Across: "12. Landline, 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 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, speech sound, call
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "13. Some nest eggs, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: wrath, ira, individual retirement account
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAS
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Clue 6 Across: "14. Chucklehead"
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 street names for marijuana
- Words that mean the same thing: Mary Jane, skunk, pinhead
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOPE
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Clue 7 Across: "15. Tubular pasta variety"
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 pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENNE
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Clue 8 Across: "16. Profit-sharing reward, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: CASHBONUS
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Clue 9 Across: "18. "In ___ of flowers …""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- Words that mean the same thing: stead, position, place
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIEU
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Clue 10 Across: "19. "Outstanding" obligation"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the state of owing something (especially money)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEBT
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Clue 11 Across: "20. "If only!""
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: IWISH
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Clue 12 Across: "21. Unpredictable"
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 liable to sudden unpredictable change
- Words that mean the same thing: planetary, mercurial, fickle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRATIC
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Clue 13 Across: "23. Signify"
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 average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- Words that mean the same thing: signify, stand for, mingy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "25. Make-up specialist?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
- The opposite would be: square shooter
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIAR
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Clue 15 Across: "26. Being risked, as in a gambler's bet"
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: ATSTAKE
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Clue 16 Across: "30. Circle or hexagon"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- Words that mean the same thing: embodiment, influence, physique
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHAPE
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Clue 17 Across: "33. Forever and a day, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the longest division of geological time
- Words that mean the same thing: eon, aeon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EONS
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Clue 18 Across: "35. First-century Roman poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
- Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVID
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Hiking trails"
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 course of conduct
- Words that mean the same thing: itinerary, course, way
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATHS
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Clue 20 Across: "37. Fuss and fanfare"
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 rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fuss, bustle, hustle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADO
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Clue 21 Across: "38. About one-third of Hispaniola, area-wise"
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 republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Words that mean the same thing: Hispaniola, Hayti, Republic of Haiti
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAITI
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Clue 22 Across: "39. Navy's football rival"
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 permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Words that mean the same thing: United States Army, U. S. Army, USA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Spine-tingling sign of things to come"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sign of something about to happen
- Words that mean the same thing: bode, prognosticate, foreshadow
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "41. Liability's opposite"
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 useful or valuable quality
- Words that mean the same thing: plus
- The opposite would be: liability
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "42. Oopsies"
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: MESSUPS
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Clue 26 Across: "44. Heroic saga"
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 long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Words that mean the same thing: epos, larger-than-life, 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
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "46. "How sweet it ___ be loved by you" (James Taylor lyric)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "47. Comes through the door"
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 reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- Words that mean the same thing: come, make it, get
- The opposite would be: leave
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARRIVES
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Clue 29 Across: "51. Girl in Wonderland"
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: ALICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. The "C" of T.L.C."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- Words that mean the same thing: worry, caution, like
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARE
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Clue 31 Across: "56. Where outdoor Christmas lights may be hung"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Flimflammer"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: CONARTIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "59. Museum wing, perhaps"
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 an addition that extends a main building
- Words that mean the same thing: extension, wing, annexe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "60. ___ eye (glare said to bring bad luck)"
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 morally objectionable behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: iniquity, evilness, immorality
- The opposite would be: goodness, good
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. Rubber ducky's domain"
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 vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- Words that mean the same thing: bathing tub, bathtub, bathroom
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. What the nose knows"
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 distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Words that mean the same thing: wind, smell, aroma
- The opposite would be: deodourise, deodorize
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "63. Cry between "ready" and "go""
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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Words that mean the same thing: limit, fixed, place
- The opposite would be: rise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "64. Thrilla in Manila boxer"
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 united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "65. Brats and gnats"
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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Words that mean the same thing: pestilence, plague, blighter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PESTS
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Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword September 19, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Orchard fruit | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "A League of ___ Own" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Solitary sort | 5 |
| 4D | 4. *Routine medical checkup | 14 |
| 5D | 5. "Get it?" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Many a Yemeni | 4 |
| 7D | 7. *Whom one might not marry no matter what! | 14 |
| 8D | 8. Pompeii fallout | 3 |
| 9D | 9. "Beloved" author Morrison | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Magnum ___ (masterpiece) | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Fit together, as gearwheel teeth | 4 |
| 12D | 13. *"Cool" get-together with cones and scoops | 14 |
| 13D | 14. Implementable with expertise and expert ease … or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? | 14 |
| 14D | 17. Lack of objectivity | 4 |
| 15D | 19. ___ de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) | 3 |
| 16D | 22. Casual Friday castoffs | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Aliens, in brief | 3 |
| 18D | 27. "We try harder" car rental company | 4 |
| 19D | 28. High-flying toy | 4 |
| 20D | 29. One way to reduce one's sentence? | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Junk email | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Tortoise's rival in a fable | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Banking conveniences, for short | 4 |
| 24D | 34. Poem of exaltation | 3 |
| 25D | 38. Let-down for Rapunzel? | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Make a choice | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Tech support seeker, typically | 4 |
| 28D | 45. Lead-in to fix or fabricate | 3 |
| 29D | 48. Barn toppers | 5 |
| 30D | 49. The Met Gala, e.g. | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Some risqué communiqués | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Prized blackjack cards | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Zero, in tennis | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Not out of the running | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Italian vino region | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Pending, on a sched. | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Venomous serpent in "Antony and Cleopatra" | 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. Orchard fruit"
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 fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- Words that mean the same thing: orchard apple tree, Malus pumila
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APPLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "A League of ___ Own""
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: THEIR
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Solitary sort"
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 avoids the company or assistance of others
- Words that mean the same thing: lone wolf, lone hand
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LONER
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Clue 4 Down: "4. *Routine medical checkup"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: ANNUALPHYSICAL
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Clue 5 Down: "5. "Get it?""
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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Words that mean the same thing: insure, get a line, go steady
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Many a Yemeni"
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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARAB
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Clue 7 Down: "7. *Whom one might not marry no matter what!"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: LASTMANONEARTH
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Pompeii fallout"
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 residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
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Clue 9 Down: "9. "Beloved" author Morrison"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TONI
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Magnum ___ (masterpiece)"
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 musical work that has been created
- Words that mean the same thing: piece, composition, piece of music
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPUS
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Fit together, as gearwheel teeth"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
- Words that mean the same thing: meshing, engage, lock
- The opposite would be: disengage
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESH
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Clue 12 Down: "13. *"Cool" get-together with cones and scoops"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______________
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The answer is: ICECREAMSOCIAL
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Clue 13 Down: "14. Implementable with expertise and expert ease … or how the starred clues' answers can be taken?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ______________
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The answer is: DOWNTOASCIENCE
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Clue 14 Down: "17. Lack of objectivity"
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 partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- Words that mean the same thing: prejudice, predetermine, preconception
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BIAS
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Clue 15 Down: "19. ___ de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)"
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 intelligence agency of the united states in the department of defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
- Words that mean the same thing: Defense Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DIA
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Clue 16 Down: "22. Casual Friday castoffs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Words that mean the same thing: link, affiliation, tie-up
- The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
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The answer is: TIES
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Aliens, in brief"
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: ETS
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Clue 18 Down: "27. "We try harder" car rental company"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AVIS
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Clue 19 Down: "28. High-flying toy"
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 bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KITE
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Clue 20 Down: "29. One way to reduce one's sentence?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: delete, cut, blue-pencil
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDIT
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Junk email"
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 canned meat made largely from pork
- Words that mean the same thing: junk e-mail
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SPAM
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Tortoise's rival in a fable"
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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HARE
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Banking conveniences, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller machine, atmosphere, cash dispenser
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATMS
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Poem of exaltation"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about literature.
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- This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ODE
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Let-down for Rapunzel?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- Words that mean the same thing: hair's-breadth, whisker, tomentum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HAIR
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Make a choice"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OPT
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Tech support seeker, typically"
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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: drug user, substance abuser, exploiter
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USER
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Lead-in to fix or fabricate"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PRE
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Clue 29 Down: "48. Barn toppers"
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 mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- Words that mean the same thing: web, weather vane, blade
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: VANES
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Clue 30 Down: "49. The Met Gala, 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 something that happens at a given place and time
- Words that mean the same thing: effect, result, outcome
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: EVENT
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Some risqué communiqués"
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 fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
- Words that mean the same thing: sext
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SEXTS
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Prized blackjack cards"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: angiotensin-converting enzyme, star, wizard
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACES
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Zero, in tennis"
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 strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- Words that mean the same thing: making love, lie with, fuck
- The opposite would be: hate
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The answer is: LOVE
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Not out of the running"
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: INIT
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Italian vino region"
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: ASTI
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Pending, on a sched."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TBA
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Venomous serpent in "Antony and Cleopatra""
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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Words that mean the same thing: asp viper, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 73.7% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 17.1% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 07, 2025 at 08:41 AM
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