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Date: Monday, October 14, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
October 14, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Kings, queens and jacks | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Refuse to obey | 4 |
| 3A | 10. State of confusion | 4 |
| 4A | 14. To no ___ | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Stackable cookie | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Moviemaker Preminger | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Carpet woven in Iran | 10 |
| 8A | 19. "See what I ___?" | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Fury | 3 |
| 10A | 21. First responder, for short | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Send off on a different course | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Key to the left of "Q" | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Tattered threads | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Ho-hum feeling | 5 |
| 15A | 29. Opposed to, in dialect | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Tangy condiment | 10 |
| 17A | 34. Reveal slightly | 5 |
| 18A | 36. "You ___ kiddin'!" | 4 |
| 19A | 37. August 1 birth, astrologically | 3 |
| 20A | 38. One of two in the larynx | 9 |
| 21A | 42. Network to keep an "eye" on | 3 |
| 22A | 45. Go by sea | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Vessel with a silent "ch" in its name | 5 |
| 24A | 50. Where planes land on an aircraft carrier | 10 |
| 25A | 54. Duo | 4 |
| 26A | 55. Specialized military group | 5 |
| 27A | 56. Beach hill | 4 |
| 28A | 58. Player for money | 3 |
| 29A | 59. Cups, saucers and a pot, say | 6 |
| 30A | 62. Preschooler | 3 |
| 31A | 63. Winter hrs. in Me. | 3 |
| 32A | 64. Bogus | 4 |
| 33A | 65. Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? | 10 |
| 34A | 68. Long-lasting hair wave, informally | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Eye part covered by the cornea | 4 |
| 36A | 70. Overact | 5 |
| 37A | 71. West Point team | 4 |
| 38A | 72. Chic | 4 |
| 39A | 73. More disrespectful | 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. Kings, queens and jacks"
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 game played with playing cards
- Words that mean the same thing: calling card, wit, bill
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Refuse to obey"
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 resist or confront with resistance
- Words that mean the same thing: resist, withstand, hold up
- The opposite would be: lend oneself
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEFY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. State of confusion"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Words that mean the same thing: muckle, slew, mess up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. To no ___"
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 means of serving
- Words that mean the same thing: service, help
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVAIL
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Stackable cookie"
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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Moviemaker Preminger"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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: OTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Carpet woven in Iran"
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: PERSIANRUG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. "See what I ___?""
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 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: average, mean value, intend
- 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 9 Across: "20. Fury"
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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Words that mean the same thing: choler, ira, wrath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. First responder, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: EMT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Send off on a different course"
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 turn aside; turn away from
- Words that mean the same thing: deviate, hive off, amuse
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIVERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Key to the left of "Q""
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 bill in a restaurant
- Words that mean the same thing: chit, yellow journalism, pill
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Tattered threads"
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 small piece of cloth or paper
- Words that mean the same thing: trounce, call down, chide
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Ho-hum feeling"
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 feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Words that mean the same thing: tedium, boredom
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENNUI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Opposed to, in dialect"
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: AGIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Tangy condiment"
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: HOTMUSTARD
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Clue 17 Across: "34. Reveal slightly"
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: LETON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. "You ___ kiddin'!""
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: AINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. August 1 birth, astrologically"
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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. One of two in the larynx"
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: VOCALCORD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Network to keep an "eye" on"
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: CBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Go by sea"
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 piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- Words that mean the same thing: sweep, canvass, navigate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Vessel with a silent "ch" in its name"
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 expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- Words that mean the same thing: racing yacht
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YACHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Where planes land on an aircraft carrier"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLIGHTDECK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "54. Duo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Words that mean the same thing: brace, span, couple
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. Specialized military group"
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 small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
- Words that mean the same thing: cell
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CADRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "56. Beach hill"
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 ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
- Words that mean the same thing: sand dune
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DUNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Player for money"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Words that mean the same thing: professional
- The opposite would be: amateur, anti
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Cups, saucers and a pot, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEASET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Preschooler"
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 amount (especially of a drink)
- Words that mean the same thing: yearling, sum up, tote up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Winter hrs. in Me."
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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Bogus"
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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Words that mean the same thing: assumed, simulate, shammer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAKETHECUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Long-lasting hair wave, 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 city in the european part of russia
- Words that mean the same thing: Molotov, permanent, permanent wave
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Eye part covered by the cornea"
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 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: fleur-de-lis, sword lily, iris diaphragm
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Overact"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMOTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. West Point team"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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: regular army, United States Army, US Army
- 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 38 Across: "72. Chic"
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: TONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "73. More disrespectful"
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 socially incorrect in behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: rude, ill-bred, primitive
- The opposite would be: civil
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUDER
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle October 14, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. LIKE EVERY LETTER IN THIS CLUE | 7 |
| 2D | 2. C-worthy | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Melted cheese over toast | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Criticize, in slang | 3 |
| 5D | 5. More crafty | 5 |
| 6D | 6. "Stay!" | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Slip up | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Nasty, long-running dispute | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Name before Berra or Bear | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Never a dull ___ | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Endless | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Eminence | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Prince, but not a princess | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Southeast Asian housemaid | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Clergy's changing room | 6 |
| 16D | 26. Temporarily conked out | 7 |
| 17D | 28. Wedding vow | 3 |
| 18D | 30. Black Friday's mo. | 3 |
| 19D | 32. One might say "One, two, testing, testing" into it | 3 |
| 20D | 33. Numero ___ (top dog) | 3 |
| 21D | 35. Light eats | 6 |
| 22D | 39. Pet said to have nine lives | 3 |
| 23D | 40. Word after first or financial | 3 |
| 24D | 41. Fist bump | 3 |
| 25D | 42. Freon initials | 3 |
| 26D | 43. Empty talk | 7 |
| 27D | 44. One way to pitch | 7 |
| 28D | 47. Massachusetts vacation area | 7 |
| 29D | 48. Shaggy | 7 |
| 30D | 49. Horse in a harness race | 7 |
| 31D | 51. Award from the Recording Academy | 6 |
| 32D | 52. Overly precious | 6 |
| 33D | 53. One nautical mile per hour | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Old anesthetic | 5 |
| 35D | 60. Send out, as waves | 4 |
| 36D | 61. Root in Polynesian cuisine | 4 |
| 37D | 64. Day ___ (getaway) | 3 |
| 38D | 66. Family members | 3 |
| 39D | 67. Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h. | 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. LIKE EVERY LETTER IN THIS CLUE"
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 assets available for use in the production of further assets
- Words that mean the same thing: Das Kapital, capital letter, majuscule
- The opposite would be: lowercase
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAPITAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. C-worthy"
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 statistic describing the location of a distribution
- Words that mean the same thing: ordinary, norm, intermediate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVERAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Melted cheese over toast"
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 cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast
- Words that mean the same thing: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAREBIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Criticize, in slang"
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 god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcus
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. More crafty"
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 marked by skill in deception
- Words that mean the same thing: cunning, knavish, tricksy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Stay!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DONTGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Slip up"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: slip, drift, mistake
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Nasty, long-running dispute"
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 bitter quarrel between two parties
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FEUD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Name before Berra or Bear"
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 united states baseball player (born 1925)
- Words that mean the same thing: Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi Berra
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOGI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Never a dull ___"
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 particular point in time
- Words that mean the same thing: consequence, mo, present moment
- The opposite would be: inconsequence
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOMENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Endless"
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 continuing forever or indefinitely
- Words that mean the same thing: aeonian, ageless, unceasing
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETERNAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Eminence"
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 high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- Words that mean the same thing: height
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STATURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Prince, but not a princess"
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 male human offspring
- Words that mean the same thing: Word, Logos, boy
- The opposite would be: girl, daughter
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Southeast Asian housemaid"
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 woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
- Words that mean the same thing: wet nurse, wet-nurse, maidservant
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AMAH
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Clue 15 Down: "23. Clergy's changing room"
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 in the protestant episcopal church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
- Words that mean the same thing: sacristy
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: VESTRY
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Clue 16 Down: "26. Temporarily conked out"
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 postpone doing what one should be doing
- Words that mean the same thing: shillyshally, dillydally, conk
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: STALLED
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Clue 17 Down: "28. Wedding vow"
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 artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IDO
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Clue 18 Down: "30. Black Friday's mo."
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 month following october and preceding december
- Words that mean the same thing: November
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NOV
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Clue 19 Down: "32. One might say "One, two, testing, testing" into it"
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: MIC
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Clue 20 Down: "33. Numero ___ (top dog)"
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: UNO
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Clue 21 Down: "35. Light eats"
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 (yiddish) a snack or light meal
- Words that mean the same thing: snack, nosh
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: NOSHES
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Clue 22 Down: "39. Pet said to have nine lives"
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 feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- Words that mean the same thing: vomit up, throw up, vomit
- The opposite would be: keep down
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The answer is: CAT
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Clue 23 Down: "40. Word after first or financial"
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 activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: economic aid, financial aid, help
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AID
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Clue 24 Down: "41. Fist bump"
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: DAP
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Clue 25 Down: "42. Freon initials"
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 fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
- Words that mean the same thing: chlorofluorocarbon
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CFC
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Clue 26 Down: "43. Empty talk"
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 foolish gibberish
- Words that mean the same thing: blither, blatherskite, blether
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: BLATHER
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Clue 27 Down: "44. One way to pitch"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SIDEARM
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Clue 28 Down: "47. Massachusetts vacation area"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CAPECOD
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Clue 29 Down: "48. Shaggy"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that having or covered with hair
- Words that mean the same thing: haired, hairy
- The opposite would be: hairless
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The answer is: HIRSUTE
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Horse in a harness race"
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 foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: trotting horse
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: TROTTER
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Award from the Recording Academy"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GRAMMY
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Overly precious"
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: CUTESY
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Clue 33 Down: "53. One nautical mile per hour"
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 tight cluster of people or things
- Words that mean the same thing: air mile, gnarl, grayback
- The opposite would be: unknot, unravel
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The answer is: KNOT
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Old anesthetic"
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 fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- Words that mean the same thing: vinyl ether, divinyl ether, diethyl ether
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ETHER
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Clue 35 Down: "60. Send out, as waves"
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 expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: breathe, pass off, let out
- The opposite would be: absorb
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMIT
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Clue 36 Down: "61. Root in Polynesian cuisine"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- Words that mean the same thing: cocoyam, dasheen, edda
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TARO
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Clue 37 Down: "64. Day ___ (getaway)"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: health spa, resort hotel, watering hole
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SPA
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Clue 38 Down: "66. Family members"
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 person having kinship with another or others
- Words that mean the same thing: tribe, akin, cognate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: KIN
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Clue 39 Down: "67. Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h."
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 any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Words that mean the same thing: Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Emu novaehollandiae
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMU
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 64.1% |
| Short Answer | 20 | 25.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is 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!
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Last Updated: September 29, 2025 at 04:40 PM
