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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (36 Across, 42 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.6 letters
February 15, 2024 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Throw in | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Not fixable, as an error | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts" | 3 |
| 4A | 12. Hit or miss, perhaps | 4 |
| 5A | 14. It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue) | 4 |
| 7A | 16. People also known as the Cat Nation | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Powered down, in a way | 4 |
| 9A | 18. "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once | 4 |
| 10A | 19. Disturb, in a way | 4 |
| 11A | 21. Bill supporting public television | 3 |
| 12A | 22. Told where to go, say | 4 |
| 13A | 23. Use X-ray vision on | 7 |
| 14A | 25. Graceful | 7 |
| 15A | 27. Make love? | 6 |
| 16A | 28. So-called "missing links" | 6 |
| 17A | 29. Chignon, for one | 3 |
| 18A | 31. In the past | 3 |
| 19A | 32. Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares | 15 |
| 20A | 41. State in debate | 5 |
| 21A | 42. Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Biblical site of a burning bush | 5 |
| 23A | 44. Soft rock | 4 |
| 24A | 45. Doctor for kids | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Cleans (up) | 4 |
| 26A | 48. Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River | 3 |
| 27A | 49. Garden party annoyance, colloquially | 7 |
| 28A | 51. Spider web, effectively | 3 |
| 29A | 52. Part of a pen name? | 3 |
| 30A | 53. Philanthropy | 3 |
| 31A | 55. Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos | 6 |
| 32A | 59. Results of some dating app matches | 6 |
| 33A | 63. Hoodwink | 7 |
| 34A | 64. Fat substitute | 7 |
| 35A | 65. Second of five? | 7 |
| 36A | 66. Totally pumped | 7 |
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. Throw in"
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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: minimal brain damage, sum up, minimal brain dysfunction
- The opposite would be: take away, subtract
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Not fixable, as an error"
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 bringing death
- Words that mean the same thing: black, calamitous, fateful
- The opposite would be: nonfatal
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The answer is: FATAL
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Group whose full name translates as "Bulletproof Boy Scouts""
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: BTS
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Clue 4 Across: "12. Hit or miss, perhaps"
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 the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VERB
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Clue 5 Across: "14. It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit"
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: AMORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue)"
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 basically shredded cabbage
- Words that mean the same thing: coleslaw
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLAW
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Clue 7 Across: "16. People also known as the Cat Nation"
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 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: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIE
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Clue 8 Across: "17. Powered down, in a way"
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 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- Words that mean the same thing: conk out, pop off, die
- The opposite would be: be born
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "18. "The pause that refreshes" sloganeer, once"
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 carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- Words that mean the same thing: Coca Cola, nose candy, snow
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "19. Disturb, in a way"
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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Words that mean the same thing: devil, gravel, chafe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RILE
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Clue 11 Across: "21. Bill supporting public television"
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: NYE
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Clue 12 Across: "22. Told where to go, say"
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 assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- Words that mean the same thing: prompt, cue, remind
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUED
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Clue 13 Across: "23. Use X-ray vision on"
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: SEEINTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "25. Graceful"
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 moving and bending with ease
- Words that mean the same thing: sylphlike, lithesome, slender
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LISSOME
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Clue 15 Across: "27. Make love?"
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 make attractive or lovable
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENDEAR
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Clue 16 Across: "28. So-called "missing links""
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: APEMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "29. Chignon, for one"
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 small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- Words that mean the same thing: roll
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "31. In the past"
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 gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGO
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Clue 19 Across: "32. Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares"
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: DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Clue 20 Across: "41. State in debate"
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 present reasons and arguments
- Words that mean the same thing: contend, debate, reason
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Phenomenon nicknamed "Karl" in San Francisco"
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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- Words that mean the same thing: daze, haze, fogginess
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Biblical site of a burning bush"
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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
- Words that mean the same thing: Mount Sinai, Sinai Desert, Sinai Peninsula
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Soft rock"
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 fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
- Words that mean the same thing: talcum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TALC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Doctor for kids"
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: SEUSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Cleans (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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Words that mean the same thing: mop, pout, mop up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Garden party annoyance, colloquially"
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: SKEETER
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Clue 28 Across: "51. Spider web, effectively"
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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: net income, final, clear
- The opposite would be: gross
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Part of a pen name?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Philanthropy"
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 activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: financial aid, help, care
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos"
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: LONGOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Results of some dating app matches"
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 usually brief attempt
- Words that mean the same thing: offer, spree, toss out
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Hoodwink"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOOKER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Fat substitute"
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: OLESTRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Second of five?"
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: DOTTEDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Totally pumped"
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: PSYCHED
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Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword February 15, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Disinclined | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Response to "Merci" | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Sat on a clothesline, say | 5 |
| 4D | 4. This too shall pass | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Kind of acid | 5 |
| 6D | 6. ___ gun | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Dizzy | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Was up | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Flower | 5 |
| 10D | 10. "I want to go with you!" | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Nation with a four-century "Viking Age" | 6 |
| 12D | 13. Controvert | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Italian apology | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Permit | 6 |
| 15D | 22. Hundos | 6 |
| 16D | 24. Approved on PolitiFact, say | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him" | 4 |
| 18D | 30. Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo | 5 |
| 19D | 31. Existential unease | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Word with bank or base | 4 |
| 21D | 33. Not written | 4 |
| 22D | 34. Jamaican tangelo | 4 |
| 23D | 35. N.F.C. South pro | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Degenerate | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn" | 3 |
| 26D | 38. Aware of | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Essence | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Careened across snow, maybe | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Sleek ocean swimmers | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Broke one's silence | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Life of ___ | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Impressive showbiz quartet | 4 |
| 34D | 54. CD component | 4 |
| 35D | 55. "Windowpane" | 3 |
| 36D | 56. Plastic ___ Band | 3 |
| 37D | 57. "I meant that sarcastically" | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Title of respect | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Stylish dresser | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Degree in math? | 3 |
| 41D | 61. Test for a future Ph.D. | 3 |
| 42D | 62. Blue | 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. Disinclined"
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') strongly opposed
- Words that mean the same thing: loath, antipathetical, loth
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVERSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Response to "Merci""
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: DERIEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Sat on a clothesline, 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 remove the moisture from and make dry
- Words that mean the same thing: dry, desiccated, dry out
- The opposite would be: wet
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRIED
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Clue 4 Down: "4. This too shall pass"
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 interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Words that mean the same thing: furor, rage, furore
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAD
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Kind of acid"
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 radical -nh2
- Words that mean the same thing: amino group, aminic
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. ___ gun"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an artifact designed to be played with
- Words that mean the same thing: dally, play, plaything
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOY
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Dizzy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: AREEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Was up"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Words that mean the same thing: conduct, extend, take
- The opposite would be: follow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LED
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Flower"
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 the organic process of bearing flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: bloom of youth, flower, flush
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "I want to go with you!""
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: TAKEME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Nation with a four-century "Viking Age""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the scandinavian peninsula
- Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEDEN
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Clue 12 Down: "13. Controvert"
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 be in contradiction with
- Words that mean the same thing: misrepresent, negate, contradict
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BELIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. Italian apology"
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: SCUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "20. Permit"
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 render capable or able for some task
- The opposite would be: disable
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENABLE
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Hundos"
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: CSPOTS
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Approved on PolitiFact, say"
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 proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
- Words that mean the same thing: honest, on-key, truthful
- The opposite would be: false, untruthful
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRUE
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IAGO
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Clue 18 Down: "30. Landlord-pays-broker, in rental lingo"
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: NOFEE
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Existential unease"
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 acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ANGST
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Word with bank or base"
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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- Words that mean the same thing: information, datum, data point
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DATA
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Not written"
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 examination conducted by spoken communication
- Words that mean the same thing: viva voce, unwritten, oral examination
- The opposite would be: anal, aboral
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The answer is: ORAL
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Jamaican tangelo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
- Words that mean the same thing: tangelo, ugli fruit
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: UGLI
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Clue 23 Down: "35. N.F.C. South pro"
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: BUC
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Degenerate"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
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- This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Words that mean the same thing: rake, rakehell, rip
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ROUE
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Meaning of the Italian "lui" or German "ihn""
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: HIM
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Aware of"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: INON
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Part of yourself that you can't see without two mirrors"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the back side of the neck
- Words that mean the same thing: nucha, scruff
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NAPE
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Clue 28 Down: "40. Essence"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- Words that mean the same thing: meat, pith, burden
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GIST
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Careened across snow, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that move along on skis
- Words that mean the same thing: ski
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SKIED
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Sleek ocean swimmers"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Words that mean the same thing: stamp, sealskin, sealing wax
- The opposite would be: unseal
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The answer is: SEALS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Broke one's silence"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
- Words that mean the same thing: mouth, wheel spoke, rundle
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SPOKE
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Life of ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that united states poet (1849-1916)
- Words that mean the same thing: James Whitcomb Riley
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RILEY
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Impressive showbiz quartet"
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: EGOT
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Clue 34 Down: "54. CD component"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- Words that mean the same thing: record, phonograph recording, platter
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DISC
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Clue 35 Down: "55. "Windowpane""
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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LSD
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Plastic ___ Band"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ONO
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Clue 37 Down: "57. "I meant that sarcastically""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that negation of a word or group of words
- Words that mean the same thing: non
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NOT
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Title of respect"
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: SRI
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Stylish dresser"
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 man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: swell, gallant, fashion plate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: FOP
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Clue 40 Down: "60. Degree in math?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
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- 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: ___
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The answer is: NTH
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Clue 41 Down: "61. Test for a future Ph.D."
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: GRE
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Clue 42 Down: "62. Blue"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
- Words that mean the same thing: deplorable, distressing, lamentable
- The opposite would be: glad
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The answer is: SAD
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 64.1% |
| Short Answer | 21 | 26.9% |
| Geography | 3 | 3.8% |
| History | 3 | 3.8% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 42 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.6 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 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!
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 27, 2025 at 04:48 PM
