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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
May 04, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. "Don't flatter yourself!" | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Stays hungry | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Going full tilt | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Dehydrated bit in trail mix | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Grammy alternative | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Iconic line on 1950s TV | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Product release, informally | 4 |
| 8A | 19. ___ mode, setting in many modern cars | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Life-changing work? | 7 |
| 10A | 22. R&B singer Lennox | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Late-night stage | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Altos might follow this | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Zac of "Baywatch" | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Sweets | 5 |
| 15A | 30. "Please, we don't need the details" | 7 |
| 16A | 32. "That's just great," sarcastically | 11 |
| 17A | 35. "Our parents will kill us!" | 11 |
| 18A | 36. Grouse | 11 |
| 19A | 37. Man of many words? | 7 |
| 20A | 38. Tea variety | 5 |
| 21A | 41. Offering from the website Greenvelope | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Actor honored in the "celebrity wing" of the W.W.E. Hall of Fame | 3 |
| 23A | 44. Fireside drink, perhaps | 3 |
| 24A | 46. Prefix with gender | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Concerns for a prospective homebuyer | 7 |
| 26A | 51. "Personally …," on a post | 3 |
| 27A | 52. Lead-in to bad news | 4 |
| 28A | 54. Hotfooted it | 10 |
| 29A | 56. McEntire of country | 4 |
| 30A | 57. Puts everything on the table | 10 |
| 31A | 58. Make the cut? | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Possible cause of an icy glare | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Singles material, say | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. "Don't flatter yourself!""
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: ASIF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Stays hungry"
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 abstaining from food
- Words that mean the same thing: fast, fasting
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FASTS
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Going full tilt"
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: ATIT
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Dehydrated bit in trail mix"
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: BANANACHIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Grammy alternative"
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: NANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Iconic line on 1950s TV"
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: LUCYIMHOME
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Product release, informally"
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 shape that is spherical and small
- Words that mean the same thing: drib, bead, set down
- The opposite would be: recuperate, attend to
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. ___ mode, setting in many modern cars"
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: ECO
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Life-changing work?"
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 the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- Words that mean the same thing: biotechnology
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIOTECH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. R&B singer Lennox"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: ARI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Late-night stage"
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 recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: paradoxical sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Altos might follow this"
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: LOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Zac of "Baywatch""
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: EFRON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Sweets"
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 special loved one
- Words that mean the same thing: darling, pet, favorite
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEARY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. "Please, we don't need the details""
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: SPAREUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. "That's just great," sarcastically"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: GOTTALOVEIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. "Our parents will kill us!""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: WEARESODEAD
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Clue 18 Across: "36. Grouse"
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: RAISEASTINK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Man of many words?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english playwright (1580-1625)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Webster, Daniel Webster, Noah Webster
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEBSTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Tea 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 state in northeastern india
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASSAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Offering from the website Greenvelope"
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: EVITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Actor honored in the "celebrity wing" of the W.W.E. Hall of Fame"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: MRT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Fireside drink, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Words that mean the same thing: peg
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Prefix with gender"
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 alliance made up of states that had been soviet socialist republics in the soviet union prior to its dissolution in dec 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Commonwealth of Independent States, curie, Ci
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Concerns for a prospective homebuyer"
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 the act of putting something in working order again
- Words that mean the same thing: furbish up, amend, fixing
- The opposite would be: break
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REPAIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. "Personally …," on a post"
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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Lead-in to bad news"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Words that mean the same thing: regrettably, ala, unluckily
- The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Hotfooted it"
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: RANLIKEMAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "56. McEntire of country"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: REBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "57. Puts everything on the table"
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: RISKSITALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Make the cut?"
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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: cut, blue-pencil, delete
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Possible cause of an icy glare"
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 partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Singles material, 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 a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
- Words that mean the same thing: remains, cadaver, Lucius DuBignon Clay
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAY
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle May 04, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Better fit | 5 |
| 2D | 2. More than tipsy | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Figure that's not usually discussed | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Elfin folk | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Where roots are branches | 10 |
| 6D | 6. Sound muffled by an elbow, perhaps | 5 |
| 7D | 7. What some do during a night out | 5 |
| 8D | 8. One dimension | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Dimension, e.g. | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Word commonly lowercased in titles | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Portrayer of Bunny Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Question from a dealer | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Finishing touches? | 6 |
| 14D | 15. Writing tip | 3 |
| 15D | 21. "My word!" | 7 |
| 16D | 26. Flips out | 6 |
| 17D | 28. Like some discriminatory policies | 6 |
| 18D | 29. Coffee appliance | 7 |
| 19D | 30. Fit (in) | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Ball handler? | 10 |
| 21D | 33. Mad rush | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Something to kick | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Unpopular and then some | 7 |
| 25D | 37. Words of corporate pandering | 6 |
| 26D | 39. Fiend | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Vice President Harris's family nickname | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Minister's home | 5 |
| 29D | 43. Poet Rainer Maria ___ | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Devout | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Puts a round peg in a square hole, say | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Barn item | 4 |
| 33D | 50. Word with pole or patrol | 3 |
| 34D | 53. Collected dust | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Ellipsis equivalent, often | 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. Better fit"
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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, able, capable
- The opposite would be: unable
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABLER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. More than tipsy"
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 behave saucily or impudently towards
- Words that mean the same thing: sauce
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUCED
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Figure that's not usually discussed"
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 the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- The opposite would be: outgo
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INCOME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Elfin folk"
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 small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- Words that mean the same thing: fairy, sprite, faery
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Where roots are branches"
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: FAMILYTREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Sound muffled by an elbow, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. What some do during a night out"
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 act of firing a projectile
- Words that mean the same thing: shaft, scene, shooter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. One dimension"
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 an instance or single occasion for some event
- Words that mean the same thing: sentence, clock, meter
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Dimension, e.g."
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 detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Words that mean the same thing: specification
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPEC
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Word commonly lowercased in titles"
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: AND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Portrayer of Bunny Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TARAREID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Question from a dealer"
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: INOROUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Finishing touches?"
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: TAPINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Writing tip"
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 writing point of a pen
- Words that mean the same thing: pen nib, bill, neb
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. "My word!""
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 the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- Words that mean the same thing: celestial sphere, paradise, promised land
- The opposite would be: Hell
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAVENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "26. Flips out"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- Words that mean the same thing: junky, freak, monster
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FREAKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "28. Like some discriminatory policies"
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: AGEIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "29. Coffee appliance"
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 harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROASTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "30. Fit (in)"
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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
- Words that mean the same thing: one-armed bandit, expansion slot, time slot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "31. Ball handler?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a specialist in care for the feet
- Words that mean the same thing: chiropodist, foot doctor
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PODIATRIST
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Mad rush"
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 drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- Words that mean the same thing: rent, buck, pluck
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "34. Something to kick"
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: American Samoa, nates, roll in the hay
- 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 23 Down: "35. Japanese aesthetic that embraces imperfection"
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: WABISABI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "36. Unpopular and then some"
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 spread negative information about
- Words that mean the same thing: revile, vituperate, rail
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: REVILED
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Words of corporate pandering"
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: WECARE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Fiend"
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 a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- Words that mean the same thing: carnal, animate being, brute
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ANIMAL
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Vice President Harris's family nickname"
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: MOMALA
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Minister's home"
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 large and imposing house
- Words that mean the same thing: mansion house, mansion, hall
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MANSE
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Poet Rainer Maria ___"
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 german poet (born in austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century german literature (1875-1926)
- Words that mean the same thing: Rainer Maria Rilke
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RILKE
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Devout"
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 showing great reverence for god
- Words that mean the same thing: divine, worshipful, reverent
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GODLY
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Puts a round peg in a square hole, say"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: slip, err, stray
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERRS
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Barn item"
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 roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- Words that mean the same thing: bucket, pailful
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PAIL
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Word with pole or patrol"
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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SKI
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Collected dust"
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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: Sabbatum, sit down, seat
- The opposite would be: arise, stand
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The answer is: SAT
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Ellipsis equivalent, often"
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: ETC
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 76.5% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 17.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 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 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 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
