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Date: Monday, November 30, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.6 letters
November 30, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. "Hell ___ no fury ..." | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Shout from Scrooge | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Capital of 71-Across | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Suffix with switch | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Life is short and this is long, per Hippocrates | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Places to sweat it out? | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Painter Chagall | 4 |
| 8A | 18. *Restaurant chain known for its coffee and doughnuts | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Classic fund-raising event | 8 |
| 10A | 22. 1950s presidential inits. | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Writer/illustrator Silverstein | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Premium theater spot | 7 |
| 13A | 28. Nobelist William Butler ___ | 5 |
| 14A | 32. Spy grp. | 3 |
| 15A | 33. Word often following "best-case" or "worst-case" | 8 |
| 16A | 36. Nobody special | 6 |
| 17A | 40. Arizona tribe | 4 |
| 18A | 41. Pepsi and Coke | 5 |
| 19A | 43. ___ the Terrible | 4 |
| 20A | 44. Conundrum | 6 |
| 21A | 46. Estrange | 8 |
| 22A | 48. Chick's mother | 3 |
| 23A | 49. Corporate shuffle, for short | 5 |
| 24A | 50. Early challenge overcome by Joe Biden | 7 |
| 25A | 54. Actress Rae of "Insecure" | 4 |
| 26A | 57. Container for a caterer | 3 |
| 27A | 58. Some brandy fruits | 8 |
| 28A | 62. *Pancake topping | 10 |
| 29A | 66. Seized property, for short | 4 |
| 30A | 68. Makes flush (with) | 6 |
| 31A | 69. Greek "H" | 3 |
| 32A | 70. Weather often associated with Vancouver | 4 |
| 33A | 71. Place associated with the answers to the starred clues | 6 |
| 34A | 72. Professor's deg. | 3 |
| 35A | 73. Village People hit with a spelled-out title | 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. "Hell ___ no fury ...""
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: HATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Shout from Scrooge"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: BAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Capital of 71-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of the algonquian people of southern ontario
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Canada, Outaouais, Canadian capital
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTTAWA
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Suffix with switch"
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: EROO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Life is short and this is long, per Hippocrates"
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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: artistic production, artistry, artwork
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ART
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Places to sweat it out?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
- Words that mean the same thing: sauna, sweat room
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUNAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Painter Chagall"
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 made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARC
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Clue 8 Across: "18. *Restaurant chain known for its coffee and doughnuts"
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: TIMHORTONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Classic fund-raising event"
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: BAKESALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. 1950s presidential inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: DDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Writer/illustrator Silverstein"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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: SHEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Premium theater spot"
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: BOXSEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Nobelist William Butler ___"
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 irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- Words that mean the same thing: W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "32. Spy grp."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Word often following "best-case" or "worst-case""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCENARIO
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Clue 16 Across: "36. Nobody special"
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: ANYONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "40. Arizona tribe"
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 the shoshonean people of northeastern arizona
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOPI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "41. Pepsi and Coke"
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 large genus of african trees bearing kola nuts
- Words that mean the same thing: Cola, dope, genus Cola
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COLAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "43. ___ the Terrible"
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: IVAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "44. Conundrum"
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 something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- Words that mean the same thing: riddle, secret, brain-teaser
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENIGMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "46. Estrange"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- Words that mean the same thing: estrange, alien, disaffect
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIENATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "48. Chick's mother"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: biddy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "49. Corporate shuffle, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: REORG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Early challenge overcome by Joe Biden"
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 a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- Words that mean the same thing: stammer, bumble, falter
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STUTTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "54. Actress Rae of "Insecure""
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: ISSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "57. Container for a caterer"
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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "58. Some brandy fruits"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
- Words that mean the same thing: yellowish pink, peach, apricot tree
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APRICOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "62. *Pancake topping"
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: MAPLESYRUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "66. Seized property, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: REPO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "68. Makes flush (with)"
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 place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- Words that mean the same thing: coordinate, ordinate, align
- The opposite would be: skew
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIGNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "69. Greek "H""
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "70. Weather often associated with Vancouver"
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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: pelting, rainwater, rainfall
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "71. Place associated with the answers to the starred clues"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a nation in northern north america; the french were the first europeans to settle in mainland canada
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CANADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "72. Professor's deg."
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 doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
- Words that mean the same thing: Ph.D.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "73. Village People hit with a spelled-out title"
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: YMCA
Great job if you got it right!
November 30, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. ___ and haw | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Saudis, e.g. | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Bar mitzvah text | 5 |
| 4D | 4. *Leafs-watching time, maybe | 11 |
| 5D | 5. Cave dwellers | 4 |
| 6D | 6. "Salome" solo | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Web designer's code | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Bear, in un zoológico | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Road goo | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Pharaoh known as a "boy king," informally | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Battery terminal | 5 |
| 12D | 12. "A Fish Called ___" | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Plus on the balance sheet | 5 |
| 14D | 19. Lang. in which "peace" is "shalom" | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Home of the ancient philosopher Zeno | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Representative Alexandria ___-Cortez | 6 |
| 17D | 26. Mark, as a ballot | 3 |
| 18D | 27. *Important step after erring | 11 |
| 19D | 29. Esoteric | 6 |
| 20D | 30. Spanish uncle | 3 |
| 21D | 31. Word before system or power | 5 |
| 22D | 33. ___-crab soup | 3 |
| 23D | 34. Opposite of pro | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Commercial prefix with Pen | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Eggs in a lab | 3 |
| 26D | 38. D.C. player, formerly a Montreal Expo | 3 |
| 27D | 39. Toronto-to-Montreal dir. | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Pint at a pub | 3 |
| 29D | 45. ___ Gala (big event in fashion) | 3 |
| 30D | 47. Guitarist Clapton | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Poison ___ | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Gaily sung syllables | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Remove, as a brooch | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Unit of sunshine | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Cook, as mussels | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Savory jelly | 5 |
| 37D | 59. Elite sort of school, for short | 4 |
| 38D | 60. The "R" of R.B.G. | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Apple tablet | 4 |
| 40D | 63. N.Y. airport with many flights to Toronto Pearson | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Cease | 3 |
| 42D | 65. Govt. agency for retirees | 3 |
| 43D | 67. "Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof" | 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. ___ and haw"
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 edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Words that mean the same thing: ahem
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Saudis, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a 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: Arab, Arabian
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Bar mitzvah text"
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 whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Words that mean the same thing: Laws, Pentateuch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. *Leafs-watching time, maybe"
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: HOCKEYNIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Cave dwellers"
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 nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- Words that mean the same thing: crackers, wacky, drub
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Salome" solo"
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 elaborate song for solo voice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Web designer's code"
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 set of tags and rules (conforming to sgml) for using them in developing hypertext documents
- Words that mean the same thing: hypertext mark-up language, hypertext markup language
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HTML
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Bear, in un zoológico"
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: OSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Road goo"
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 any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Words that mean the same thing: old salt, gob, seaman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Pharaoh known as a "boy king," informally"
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 utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: tut-tut, tsk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Battery terminal"
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 positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- The opposite would be: cathode
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. "A Fish Called ___""
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: WANDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Plus on the balance sheet"
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 14 Down: "19. Lang. in which "peace" is "shalom""
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: HEB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Home of the ancient philosopher Zeno"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ELEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Representative Alexandria ___-Cortez"
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: OCASIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Mark, as a ballot"
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: XIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. *Important step after erring"
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: SAYINGSORRY
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Esoteric"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ARCANE
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Spanish uncle"
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: TIO
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Word before system or power"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SOLAR
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Clue 22 Down: "33. ___-crab soup"
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: SHE
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Opposite of pro"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an argument opposed to a proposal
- Words that mean the same thing: gip, goldbrick, yard bird
- The opposite would be: pro
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The answer is: CON
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Commercial prefix with Pen"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EPI
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Eggs in a lab"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Words that mean the same thing: egg cell, ovum
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OVA
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Clue 26 Down: "38. D.C. player, formerly a Montreal Expo"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NAT
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Toronto-to-Montreal dir."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ENE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Pint at a pub"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ALE
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Clue 29 Down: "45. ___ Gala (big event in fashion)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that come together
- Words that mean the same thing: fill, encounter, come across
- The opposite would be: diverge
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The answer is: MET
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Guitarist Clapton"
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: ERIC
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Poison ___"
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 wood of a sumac
- Words that mean the same thing: shumac, sumach
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SUMAC
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Gaily sung syllables"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TRALA
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Remove, as a brooch"
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 remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of
- The opposite would be: pin
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: UNPIN
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Unit of sunshine"
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 column of light (as from a beacon)
- Words that mean the same thing: irradiate, re, shaft of light
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RAY
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Cook, as mussels"
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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: steamer, steam clean
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STEAM
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Savory jelly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ASPIC
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Elite sort of school, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Words that mean the same thing: preparation, homework
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PREP
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Clue 38 Down: "60. The "R" of R.B.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 united states professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
- Words that mean the same thing: George Herman Ruth, pathos, Sultan of Swat
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUTH
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Apple tablet"
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: IPAD
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Clue 40 Down: "63. N.Y. airport with many flights to Toronto Pearson"
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: LGA
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Clue 41 Down: "64. Cease"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: remainder, death, last
- The opposite would be: beginning, begin
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The answer is: END
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Clue 42 Down: "65. Govt. agency for retirees"
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 independent government agency responsible for the social security system
- Words that mean the same thing: Social Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SSA
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Clue 43 Down: "67. "Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof""
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: ONA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 42 | 53.8% |
| Short Answer | 27 | 34.6% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 43 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.6 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 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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