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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 80 (37 Across, 43 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle April 11, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Slicing and dicing, say | 15 |
| 2A | 5. Training unit | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Share of the supply | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Italian for "year" | 4 |
| 5A | 15. ___ word | 3 |
| 6A | 16. Lacking the wherewithal | 6 |
| 7A | 17. Head-scratchers? | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintings | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Pricey basketball tickets | 14 |
| 10A | 22. Ending with fluor- or chlor- | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Serious ___ (popular cooking blog) | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Some baby shower gifts | 7 |
| 13A | 26. Self images? | 3 |
| 14A | 28. Modern scanning target | 6 |
| 15A | 30. Something to take when you're in the dark | 4 |
| 16A | 34. Abandoned | 8 |
| 17A | 38. Rare | 6 |
| 18A | 40. Not in one's head, say | 5 |
| 19A | 41. Alternative to a handshake | 3 |
| 20A | 43. Vintner's concern | 5 |
| 21A | 44. With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle | 6 |
| 22A | 46. See 44-Across | 8 |
| 23A | 48. Take a hit | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Good hosts make them | 6 |
| 25A | 51. "This is Me ... Now" singer, familiarly | 3 |
| 26A | 52. Head-scratchers | 7 |
| 27A | 57. "Jaws" menace | 14 |
| 28A | 60. Commonly mined material that's relatively rare in Earth's crust (about 2 p.p.m.) | 3 |
| 29A | 62. Lender you shouldn't trust | 5 |
| 30A | 63. Whales and alligators might be seen on them | 10 |
| 31A | 66. Celebration in the worship of Bacchus | 4 |
| 32A | 67. Like stubble | 6 |
| 33A | 68. Comedian ___ Martin | 3 |
| 34A | 69. Spill | 4 |
| 35A | 70. Valuable property | 15 |
| 36A | 71. Choice for a round | 3 |
| 37A | 72. Institution with galleries in Liverpool and Cornwall | 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. Slicing and dicing, say"
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: FOODPREPARATION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Training unit"
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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
- Words that mean the same thing: repp
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Share of the supply"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
- Words that mean the same thing: ration out
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RATION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Italian for "year""
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: ANNO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. ___ word"
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: INA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Lacking the wherewithal"
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 (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
- Words that mean the same thing: ineffective, ineffectual
- The opposite would be: able
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNABLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Head-scratchers?"
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 wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- Words that mean the same thing: dirt ball, louse, bird louse
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Subjects in a series of van Gogh landscape paintings"
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: OLIVETREES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Pricey basketball tickets"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COURTSIDESEATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Ending with fluor- or chlor-"
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: IDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Serious ___ (popular cooking blog)"
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 informal terms for a meal
- Words that mean the same thing: exhaust, wipe out, eat
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Some baby shower gifts"
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: ONESIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Self images?"
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 state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: Gem State, Idaho, id
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Modern scanning target"
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 the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RETINA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Something to take when you're in the dark"
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 sudden sharp feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: knife thrust, knife, shot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Abandoned"
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 leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- Words that mean the same thing: forsake, abandon, desert
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FORSAKEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. Rare"
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 deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
- Words that mean the same thing: just, barely, scarcely
- The opposite would be: abundant
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCARCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "40. Not in one's head, say"
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 using the voice; not silently
- Words that mean the same thing: loud, loudly, out loud
- The opposite would be: softly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOUD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. Alternative to a handshake"
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: DAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. Vintner's concern"
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 acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- Words that mean the same thing: senescent, senescence, age
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle"
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 something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- Words that mean the same thing: clandestine, arcanum, private
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECRET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "46. See 44-Across"
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 the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- Words that mean the same thing: transit, transition, musical passage
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PASSAGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "48. Take a hit"
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 puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Good hosts make them"
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 formally making a person known to another or to the public
- Words that mean the same thing: introduction, presentation, intro
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTROS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. "This is Me ... Now" singer, familiarly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. Head-scratchers"
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 something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- Words that mean the same thing: mystery, secret, riddle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENIGMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. "Jaws" menace"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MANEATINGSHARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. Commonly mined material that's relatively rare in Earth's crust (about 2 p.p.m.)"
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 silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Words that mean the same thing: Sn, tin can, cannister
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "62. Lender you shouldn't trust"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. Whales and alligators might be seen on them"
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: POLOSHIRTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "66. Celebration in the worship of Bacchus"
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 any act of immoderate indulgence
- Words that mean the same thing: riot, saturnalia, debauchery
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "67. Like stubble"
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 of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
- Words that mean the same thing: vulgar, uncouth, harsh
- The opposite would be: fine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COARSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "68. Comedian ___ Martin"
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: MAE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "69. Spill"
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 wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- Words that mean the same thing: swill, treacle, glop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "70. Valuable property"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PRIMEREALESTATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "71. Choice for a round"
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 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: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "72. Institution with galleries in Liverpool and Cornwall"
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 united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
- Words that mean the same thing: Allen Tate, John Orley Allen Tate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TATE
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle April 11, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Nurse Jackie" star | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Something that can be red or white, but not blue | 5 |
| 3D | 3. When theatrical special effects happen, one hopes | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Workhorses | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Draft status | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Settled up | 4 |
| 8D | 8. French translation of the Spanish "calle" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Alternatives to blinds | 5 |
| 10D | 10. ___ VanDerveer, coach who holds the record for the most wins in college basketball history (1,200+) | 4 |
| 11D | 11. "Pfft" | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Chorus for los toreadores | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Platform for playing Kirby's Adventure | 3 |
| 14D | 19. Place to take shots | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Diatribe | 6 |
| 16D | 25. "There's something in the pantry!" | 3 |
| 17D | 27. Prosecution figs. | 3 |
| 18D | 29. Not right (for) | 5 |
| 19D | 30. N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy, for one | 4 |
| 20D | 31. What has degrees in math? | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Common Photoshop target | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Appeals to | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Like lightning | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Product made from vegetable oil | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Be awesome, informally | 4 |
| 26D | 37. 100%, so to speak | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Crème de ___ (liqueur) | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Kind of leave or guidance | 8 |
| 29D | 45. 'Fore | 3 |
| 30D | 47. Author Joe Hill, vis-Ã -vis Stephen King | 3 |
| 31D | 50. Terse denial | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Walter's meth-dealing partner on "Breaking Bad" | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo | 5 |
| 34D | 54. "The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Insider language | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Verb akin to "Zoom" | 5 |
| 37D | 57. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" location | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Jai ___ | 4 |
| 39D | 59. Average | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Name found in "affirmation" | 4 |
| 41D | 63. Doctor sought for a checkup, in brief | 3 |
| 42D | 64. ___ Honor | 3 |
| 43D | 65. "Capeesh?" | 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. "Nurse Jackie" star"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a genus of falconidae
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Falco
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FALCO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Something that can be red or white, but not blue"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the bulb of an onion plant
- Words that mean the same thing: onion plant, Allium cepa
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. When theatrical special effects happen, one hopes"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ONCUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Workhorses"
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 person who acts and gets things done
- Words that mean the same thing: worker, actor, doer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater"
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 former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Draft status"
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 join the military
- Words that mean the same thing: draft, enlist, engage
- The opposite would be: discharge
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENLISTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Settled up"
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 give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- Words that mean the same thing: devote, pay, make up
- The opposite would be: default, unpaid
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. French translation of the Spanish "calle""
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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Words that mean the same thing: Ruta graveolens, repent, sorrow
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Alternatives to blinds"
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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- Words that mean the same thing: ante
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ VanDerveer, coach who holds the record for the most wins in college basketball history (1,200+)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a village in eastern ireland (northwest of dublin); seat of irish kings until 6th century
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Pfft""
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: IBET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Chorus for los toreadores"
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: OLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Platform for playing Kirby's Adventure"
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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: Cornhusker State, NE, northeastward
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Place to take shots"
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 blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- Words that mean the same thing: mineral vein, nervure, venous blood vessel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VEIN
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Diatribe"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a speech of violent denunciation
- Words that mean the same thing: broadside, philippic
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TIRADE
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Clue 16 Down: "25. "There's something in the pantry!""
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: EEK
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Prosecution figs."
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 several small ungulate mammals of africa and asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- Words that mean the same thing: DA, district attorney, coney
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DAS
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Not right (for)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not elegant or graceful in expression
- Words that mean the same thing: awkward, cumbersome, clumsy
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: INAPT
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Clue 19 Down: "30. N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy, for one"
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAGA
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Clue 20 Down: "31. What has degrees in math?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.
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- This could be something that the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- Words that mean the same thing: trigonometry, clean-cut, trim
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TRIG
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Common Photoshop target"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACNE
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Appeals to"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that call upon in supplication; entreat
- Words that mean the same thing: implore, pray, beg
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BEGS
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Like lightning"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that abstaining from food
- Words that mean the same thing: dissolute, degraded, firm
- The opposite would be: slow
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The answer is: FAST
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Product made from vegetable oil"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- Words that mean the same thing: margarine, margarin, oleomargarine
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OLEO
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Be awesome, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- Words that mean the same thing: sway, tilt, shake
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ROCK
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Clue 26 Down: "37. 100%, so to speak"
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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Words that mean the same thing: surely, sure as shooting, trusted
- The opposite would be: uncertain, unsure
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The answer is: SURE
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Crème de ___ (liqueur)"
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: CASSIS
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Kind of leave or guidance"
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 designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
- Words that mean the same thing: maternal, paternal
- The opposite would be: filial
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The answer is: PARENTAL
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Clue 29 Down: "45. 'Fore"
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: TIL
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Author Joe Hill, vis-Ã -vis Stephen King"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a male human offspring
- Words that mean the same thing: Logos, boy, Word
- The opposite would be: girl, daughter
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The answer is: SON
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Terse denial"
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: NOTI
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Walter's meth-dealing partner on "Breaking Bad""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: JESSE
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo"
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 a mental representation of some haunting experience
- Words that mean the same thing: ghostwrite, touch, trace
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GHOST
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Clue 34 Down: "54. "The Jeffersons" actress Gibbs"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MARLA
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Insider language"
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 characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- Words that mean the same thing: lingo, patois, vernacular
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ARGOT
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Verb akin to "Zoom""
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: SKYPE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" location"
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 of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
- Words that mean the same thing: tie up, moorland, berth
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MOOR
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Jai ___"
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: ALAI
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Average"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- Words that mean the same thing: average
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NORM
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Clue 40 Down: "61. Name found in "affirmation""
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: IRMA
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Doctor sought for a checkup, in brief"
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 person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
- Words that mean the same thing: phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, caregiver
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PCP
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Clue 42 Down: "64. ___ Honor"
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: HER
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Clue 43 Down: "65. "Capeesh?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Words that mean the same thing: project, get a line, run across
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 70.0% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 21.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.0% |
| History | 2 | 2.5% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.2% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 43 |
| Total Clues | 80 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: August 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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