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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, November 09, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 09, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Norah O'Donnell's employer beginning in 2011 | 3 |
| 2A | 4. One with many priors, maybe | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Leaflike plant part | 5 |
| 4A | 14. NASA's "all good" | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Like 80% of the Arabian Peninsula | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Spoiler alert! It's bacteria! | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Workers at the rear of some flat boats? | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Kind of situation that's hopeless | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Activity that involves shape shifting | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Musical Horne | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Squeeze (out) | 3 |
| 12A | 24. "The very ___!" | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Result of dropping a tray of coffee drinks? | 10 |
| 14A | 28. Michelle of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Cousins of cassowaries | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Keyboard key not found on smartphones | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Two-handed gesture | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Shrunken snack item | 5 |
| 19A | 39. "Not that shrink!"? | 15 |
| 20A | 43. Dried version of the almost-ripe poblano | 5 |
| 21A | 44. Last bit | 4 |
| 22A | 45. See 65-Down | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Slosh against, as the shore | 5 |
| 24A | 49. "Ah" | 4 |
| 25A | 51. Tally of samples at a geology competition? | 10 |
| 26A | 54. Salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly | 4 |
| 27A | 58. It's rarely taken at night | 3 |
| 28A | 59. Party game choice | 4 |
| 29A | 60. Pigment akin to ocher or umber | 6 |
| 30A | 62. Love of Charles Foster Kane in "Citizen Kane" | 5 |
| 31A | 64. Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle | 9 |
| 32A | 66. Coveted cup | 5 |
| 33A | 67. "My ___" (medieval address) | 5 |
| 34A | 68. TV dad on "Black-ish" | 3 |
| 35A | 69. Finks | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Has a bias | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle | 3 |
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. Norah O'Donnell's employer beginning in 2011"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. One with many priors, maybe"
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 superior of an abbey of monks
- Words that mean the same thing: archimandrite
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABBOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Leaflike plant part"
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 one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEPAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. NASA's "all good""
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: AOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Like 80% of the Arabian Peninsula"
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 native or inhabitant of saudi arabia
- Words that mean the same thing: Saudi Arabian, Saudi-Arabian
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Spoiler alert! It's bacteria!"
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: ECOLI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Workers at the rear of some flat boats?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- Words that mean the same thing: journeyman, crafter, craftsman
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAFTSMEN
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Kind of situation that's hopeless"
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: NOWIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Activity that involves shape shifting"
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 100 tetri equal 1 lari in georgia
- Words that mean the same thing: tetri
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TETRIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Musical Horne"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a russian river in siberia; flows northward into the laptev sea
- Words that mean the same thing: Lena River
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Squeeze (out)"
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: EKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. "The very ___!""
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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: melodic theme, mind, thought
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Result of dropping a tray of coffee drinks?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- Words that mean the same thing: splosh, spill, spattered
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPLATTERED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Michelle of "Everything Everywhere All at Once""
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: YEOH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Cousins of cassowaries"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Words that mean the same thing: Rhea americana, rhea, nandu
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Keyboard key not found on smartphones"
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: ESC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Two-handed gesture"
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 sudden very loud noise
- Words that mean the same thing: spat, applaud, gonorrhea
- The opposite would be: boo
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. Shrunken snack item"
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 cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- Words that mean the same thing: rationalise, rationalize, trim
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRUNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. "Not that shrink!"?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: clinical psychologist
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSYCHOTHERAPIST
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Clue 20 Across: "43. Dried version of the almost-ripe poblano"
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: ANCHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Last bit"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small amount of residue
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DREG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. See 65-Down"
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: TAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Slosh against, as the shore"
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: LAPAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. "Ah""
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: ISEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Tally of samples at a geology competition?"
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: SCORESHEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly"
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 set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Words that mean the same thing: couple, twain, pair off
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "58. It's rarely taken at night"
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 period of time spent sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: snooze, catch a wink, short sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "59. Party game choice"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- Words that mean the same thing: daring, defy, presume
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "60. Pigment akin to ocher or umber"
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 an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIENNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Love of Charles Foster Kane in "Citizen Kane""
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 drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Words that mean the same thing: opera house
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INSIDEOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Coveted cup"
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 object of any prolonged endeavor
- Words that mean the same thing: Holy Grail, Sangraal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. "My ___" (medieval address)"
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 person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- Words that mean the same thing: feudatory, liege subject, liege lord
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIEGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. TV dad on "Black-ish""
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: DRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Finks"
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 deliver by singing
- Words that mean the same thing: blab out, sing, let the cat out of the bag
- The opposite would be: keep quiet
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Has a bias"
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 property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- Words that mean the same thing: tip, list, leaning
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: ending, terminate, finish
- The opposite would be: beginning, begin
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: END
Great job if you got it right!
November 09, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Sights around Joshua Tree National Park | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Regularly checking the time, maybe | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Pass quickly (over) | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Prosecco alternative, familiarly | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Iconic feature of the Who's "My Generation" | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Seat in Parliament? | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Scott who wrote "The Black Pearl" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Bad listening ability | 6 |
| 9D | 9. One running for Congress? | 10 |
| 10D | 10. Prefix with tourism | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Confidence-boosting corporate attire | 9 |
| 12D | 12. How most stormtroopers look in "Star Wars" | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Having wrinkles | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Grow threadbare | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Unspecified ordinal | 3 |
| 16D | 26. Excellent, in dated slang | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Surname at the O.K. Corral | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Special effects devices at a rock concert | 10 |
| 19D | 31. Org. with grants for asbestos removal | 3 |
| 20D | 32. Doubly hyphenated fig. | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Huge | 9 |
| 22D | 35. Academic's credential | 3 |
| 23D | 37. Surveillance org. | 3 |
| 24D | 38. Shortening used for shortening | 3 |
| 25D | 40. Toast | 4 |
| 26D | 41. Cleveland abuts it | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Indication to stop playing, perhaps | 8 |
| 28D | 47. Former Arkansas governor Hutchinson | 3 |
| 29D | 48. Delight | 6 |
| 30D | 50. One-on-one Olympic event | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Makes out, in Britain | 5 |
| 32D | 52. ___ pants | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Start of a counting rhyme | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Part of some cells | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Store, as ashes | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Follower of G or X | 5 |
| 37D | 61. Full moon period on the Roman lunar calendar | 4 |
| 38D | 63. Fix unfairly | 3 |
| 39D | 65. With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief | 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. Sights around Joshua Tree National Park"
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 any succulent plant of the family cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the new world and usually having spines
- Words that mean the same thing: cactus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CACTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Regularly checking the time, maybe"
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 cause to be bored
- Words that mean the same thing: tire, drill, blase
- The opposite would be: interest
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BORED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Pass quickly (over)"
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 sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Prosecco alternative, familiarly"
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: ASTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Iconic feature of the Who's "My Generation""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: BASSSOLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Seat in Parliament?"
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 is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: loafer, rear, rump
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Scott who wrote "The Black Pearl""
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: ODELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Bad listening ability"
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: TINEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. One running for Congress?"
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: SENATEPAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Prefix with tourism"
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: ECO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Confidence-boosting corporate attire"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: POWERSUIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. How most stormtroopers look in "Star Wars""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that having the same or similar characteristics
- Words that mean the same thing: likewise, like, similar
- The opposite would be: unalike
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Having wrinkles"
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 be in line with; form a line along
- Words that mean the same thing: describe, run along, trace
- The opposite would be: unlined
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LINED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Grow threadbare"
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 noisy fight
- Words that mean the same thing: frazzle, affray, ruffle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Unspecified ordinal"
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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Words that mean the same thing: n-th
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "26. Excellent, in dated slang"
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: PHAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Surname at the O.K. Corral"
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: EARP
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Special effects devices at a rock concert"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ECHOPEDALS
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Org. with grants for asbestos removal"
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 independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EPA
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Doubly hyphenated fig."
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: SSN
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Huge"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of or relating to or resembling the cyclops
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: CYCLOPEAN
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Academic's credential"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- 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: ___
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The answer is: PHD
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Clue 23 Down: "37. Surveillance org."
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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NSA
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Shortening used for shortening"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ETC
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Toast"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a charred substance
- Words that mean the same thing: charwoman, woman, blacken
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CHAR
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Cleveland abuts it"
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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIE
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Indication to stop playing, perhaps"
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: RESTSIGN
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Clue 28 Down: "47. Former Arkansas governor Hutchinson"
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: ASA
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Clue 29 Down: "48. Delight"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the swift release of a store of affective force
- Words that mean the same thing: shudder, exhilarate, chill
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: THRILL
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Clue 30 Down: "50. One-on-one Olympic event"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EPEE
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Makes out, in Britain"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: kiss, snog, buss
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SNOGS
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Clue 32 Down: "52. ___ pants"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an island (part of campania) in the bay of naples in southern italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CAPRI
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Start of a counting rhyme"
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: EENIE
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Part of some cells"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: _____
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The answer is: ANODE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Store, as ashes"
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: INURN
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Follower of G or X"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that assign a rank or rating to
- Words that mean the same thing: stag, denounce, scab
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RATED
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Clue 37 Down: "61. Full moon period on the Roman lunar calendar"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDES
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Clue 38 Down: "63. Fix unfairly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- Words that mean the same thing: carriage, trucking rig, manipulate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RIG
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Clue 39 Down: "65. With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief"
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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Words that mean the same thing: ocean
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 64.5% |
| Short Answer | 18 | 23.7% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 29, 2025 at 05:17 PM
