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Date: Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 82 (37 Across, 45 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle June 09, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Universe | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Like a future doctor's studies | 6 |
| 3A | 13. Land of rustic innocence | 7 |
| 4A | 15. More obviously sad | 7 |
| 5A | 16. Be under the weather | 7 |
| 6A | 17. Wilbur Wright's brother | 7 |
| 7A | 18. Item in a game of jackstraws | 11 |
| 8A | 20. Unit in a superintendent's bldg. | 3 |
| 9A | 22. Runaway success | 5 |
| 10A | 23. San Francisco area, with "the" | 3 |
| 11A | 26. Close-fitting headwear | 5 |
| 12A | 29. Tiny peeve | 3 |
| 13A | 30. Banded marble | 5 |
| 14A | 32. Attempt to fix something and inadvertently make the situation worse | 15 |
| 15A | 35. Spring mo. | 3 |
| 16A | 36. Reaction to a gut punch | 3 |
| 17A | 37. Go easy on the criticism | 13 |
| 18A | 44. See 52-Across | 4 |
| 19A | 45. Pack animal | 5 |
| 20A | 46. Like Sadie, in a Beatles song | 4 |
| 21A | 48. Madison Square Garden, e.g. | 5 |
| 22A | 50. "Dude!" | 3 |
| 23A | 51. Superscript number for a cube | 5 |
| 24A | 52. With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits "Bad Medicine" and "Livin' on a Prayer" | 3 |
| 25A | 53. Dandy | 3 |
| 26A | 55. Test for a future Ph.D. | 3 |
| 27A | 57. Summer hrs. | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Join (with) | 11 |
| 29A | 62. Be an enthusiastic dweeb, with "out" | 4 |
| 30A | 64. Restrict | 5 |
| 31A | 65. "Get a ___!" | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Brontë's "Jane ___" | 4 |
| 33A | 69. Make into law | 5 |
| 34A | 70. Like the star on Texas' flag | 4 |
| 35A | 71. Soldiers' meal | 4 |
| 36A | 72. Pulls hard | 5 |
| 37A | 73. Community gym org. | 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. Universe"
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 everything that exists anywhere
- Words that mean the same thing: existence, creation, world
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COSMOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Like a future doctor's studies"
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: PREMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. Land of rustic innocence"
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 department of greece in the central peloponnese
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARCADIA
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Clue 4 Across: "15. More obviously sad"
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: TEARIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Be under the weather"
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: FEELILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Wilbur Wright's brother"
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: ORVILLE
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Item in a game of jackstraws"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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: PICKUPSTICK
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Unit in a superintendent's bldg."
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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Words that mean the same thing: liable, tending, disposed
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APT
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Clue 9 Across: "22. Runaway success"
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 vigorous blow
- Words that mean the same thing: demolish, dash, smashingly
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMASH
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Clue 10 Across: "23. San Francisco area, with "the""
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 indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- Words that mean the same thing: true laurel, alcove, bay laurel
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "26. Close-fitting headwear"
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: DORAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "29. Tiny peeve"
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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Banded marble"
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 an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "32. Attempt to fix something and inadvertently make the situation worse"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: OPENACANOFWORMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "35. Spring 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 march and preceding may
- Words that mean the same thing: April
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. Reaction to a gut punch"
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: OOF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Go easy on the criticism"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TAKEASOFTLINE
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Clue 18 Across: "44. See 52-Across"
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: JOVI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "45. Pack animal"
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 small donkey used as a pack animal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BURRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "46. Like Sadie, in a Beatles song"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- Words that mean the same thing: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
- The opposite would be: anaphrodisiac, unsexy
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEXY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "48. Madison Square Garden, 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 particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: area, bowl, scene of action
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "50. "Dude!""
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: BRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "51. Superscript number for a cube"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: 3, tierce, trinity
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "52. With 44-Across, band with the #1 hits "Bad Medicine" and "Livin' on a Prayer""
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: BON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "53. Dandy"
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 man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: sheik, dude, beau
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. Test for a future Ph.D."
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: GRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Summer hrs."
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: DST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Join (with)"
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: GETHOOKEDUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "62. Be an enthusiastic dweeb, with "out""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
- Words that mean the same thing: eccentric person, flake, eccentric
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GEEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "64. Restrict"
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 reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: protohemin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEMIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. "Get a ___!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of grasping
- Words that mean the same thing: traveling bag, travelling bag, handgrip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "68. Brontë's "Jane ___""
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 shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Eyre
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "69. Make into law"
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 order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Words that mean the same thing: ordain, act out, reenact
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "70. Like the star on Texas' flag"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that lacking companions or companionship
- Words that mean the same thing: lonesome, only, alone
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "71. Soldiers' meal"
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 a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Words that mean the same thing: peck, mussiness, good deal
- 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 36 Across: "72. Pulls hard"
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 an american who lives in the north (especially during the american civil war)
- Words that mean the same thing: jerk, Yankee-Doodle, Northerner
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YANKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "73. Community gym org."
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: YMCA
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword June 09, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. School lunchroom, informally | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Shipment to a refinery | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Coronation rod, in Britain | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Country between Algeria and Burkina Faso | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Of lyric poetry | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Jockey's wear | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Capital of Western Australia | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Sitarist Shankar | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Guitarist Clapton | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Place to get a dairy treat | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Unagi, e.g. | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Rap's Dr. ___ | 3 |
| 13D | 14. Bryn Mawr grad, e.g. | 6 |
| 14D | 15. Throw at | 6 |
| 15D | 19. Bother | 4 |
| 16D | 20. Bother | 3 |
| 17D | 21. Something to do to a balloon or a wheelie | 3 |
| 18D | 24. Cash box, for short | 3 |
| 19D | 25. "Getting to ___" (guide to negotiating) | 3 |
| 20D | 27. Darth Vader's original given name | 6 |
| 21D | 28. Stare stupidly | 4 |
| 22D | 30. Missing letters? | 4 |
| 23D | 31. Popular kids' game ... or a hint to 18-, 32-, 37- and 58-Across | 6 |
| 24D | 33. Maryland delicacy | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Snapshot, informally | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Matador charger | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Comic book debut of 1963, with "The" | 8 |
| 28D | 39. Court call? | 8 |
| 29D | 40. Rink great Bobby | 3 |
| 30D | 41. Breaststroke move | 8 |
| 31D | 42. Annual White House Correspondents' dinner, jocularly | 8 |
| 32D | 43. Flames that have gone out? | 4 |
| 33D | 44. Sharp punch | 3 |
| 34D | 47. Until now | 3 |
| 35D | 49. In the back, nautically speaking | 3 |
| 36D | 51. ___ Conference | 3 |
| 37D | 54. Informal greeting | 5 |
| 38D | 56. Monopoly payments | 5 |
| 39D | 59. Squeaks (out) | 4 |
| 40D | 60. Yemen neighbor | 4 |
| 41D | 61. Nasty, as a fight | 4 |
| 42D | 62. Beauty | 3 |
| 43D | 63. Real looker? | 3 |
| 44D | 66. End of a co. name | 3 |
| 45D | 67. Stew tidbit | 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. School lunchroom, informally"
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: CAF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Shipment to a refinery"
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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Coronation rod, in Britain"
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 imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
- Words that mean the same thing: wand, verge, scepter
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCEPTRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Country between Algeria and Burkina Faso"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a landlocked republic in northwestern africa; achieved independence from france in 1960; mali was a center of west african civilization for more than 4,000 years
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Mali, French Sudan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Of lyric poetry"
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: ODIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Jockey's wear"
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 brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable
- Words that mean the same thing: silk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Capital of Western Australia"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the state capital of western australia
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Sitarist Shankar"
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: RAVI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Guitarist Clapton"
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: ERIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Place to get a dairy treat"
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: MILKBAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Unagi, e.g."
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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Rap's Dr. ___"
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: DRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Bryn Mawr grad, e.g."
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 person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- Words that mean the same thing: graduate, grad, alumnus
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALUMNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Throw at"
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: TOSSTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Bother"
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 symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- Words that mean the same thing: anguish, nuisance, infliction
- The opposite would be: pleasure
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "20. Bother"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: flurry, stir, hustle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "21. Something to do to a balloon or a wheelie"
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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: bolt down, daddy, pop out
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POP
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Clue 18 Down: "24. Cash box, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller machine, cash machine, automated teller machine
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ATM
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Clue 19 Down: "25. "Getting to ___" (guide to negotiating)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an affirmative
- The opposite would be: no
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YES
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Clue 20 Down: "27. Darth Vader's original given name"
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: ANAKIN
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Clue 21 Down: "28. Stare stupidly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an expression of openmouthed astonishment
- Words that mean the same thing: gawk, yawn, gawp
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GAPE
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Missing letters?"
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 one who is away or absent without leave
- Words that mean the same thing: truant
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AWOL
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Popular kids' game ... or a hint to 18-, 32-, 37- and 58-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GOFISH
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Maryland delicacy"
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 decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- Words that mean the same thing: grouse, bellyache, pubic louse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CRAB
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Clue 25 Down: "34. Snapshot, informally"
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: FOTO
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Matador charger"
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: TORO
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Comic book debut of 1963, with "The""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who takes vengeance
- Words that mean the same thing: avenger, retaliator
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: AVENGERS
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Clue 28 Down: "39. Court call?"
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 a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
- Words that mean the same thing: subpoena ad testificandum
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SUBPOENA
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Clue 29 Down: "40. Rink great Bobby"
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 canadian hockey player (born 1948)
- Words that mean the same thing: Bobby Orr, Robert Orr
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ORR
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Clue 30 Down: "41. Breaststroke move"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: FROGKICK
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Clue 31 Down: "42. Annual White House Correspondents' dinner, jocularly"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: NERDPROM
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Clue 32 Down: "43. Flames that have gone out?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
- Words that mean the same thing: ex-wife, x, ex-husband
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EXES
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Clue 33 Down: "44. Sharp punch"
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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- Words that mean the same thing: prod, thrusting, dig
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: JAB
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Clue 34 Down: "47. Until now"
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 up to the present time
- Words that mean the same thing: notwithstanding, in time, thus far
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YET
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Clue 35 Down: "49. In the back, nautically speaking"
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 (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- Words that mean the same thing: abaft, astern
- The opposite would be: fore
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The answer is: AFT
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Clue 36 Down: "51. ___ Conference"
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 tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Words that mean the same thing: Teddy boy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TED
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Clue 37 Down: "54. Informal greeting"
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: OHHEY
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Clue 38 Down: "56. Monopoly payments"
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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- Words that mean the same thing: charter, rip, hire
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RENTS
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Squeaks (out)"
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: EKES
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Clue 40 Down: "60. Yemen neighbor"
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 strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OMAN
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Clue 41 Down: "61. Nasty, as a fight"
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 displeasing to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: slimy, unworthy, worthless
- The opposite would be: beautiful
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The answer is: UGLY
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Clue 42 Down: "62. Beauty"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- Words that mean the same thing: jewel, muffin, treasure
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GEM
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Clue 43 Down: "63. Real looker?"
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 organ of sight
- Words that mean the same thing: middle, oculus, centre
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EYE
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Clue 44 Down: "66. End of a co. name"
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 heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to saddam hussein's government of iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of sunni and shiite arabs and kurds who hope to build a new government
- Words that mean the same thing: Iraqi National Congress
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: INC
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Clue 45 Down: "67. Stew tidbit"
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 seed of a pea plant used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PEA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 46 | 56.1% |
| Short Answer | 26 | 31.7% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.4% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.2% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.2% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.2% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.2% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 45 |
| Total Clues | 82 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 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 Tuesday, 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 24, 2025 at 04:27 PM
