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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, June 21, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle June 21, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Literally, "our thing" | 10 |
| 2A | 11. What might come between "that" and "that" | 3 |
| 3A | 14. They go downhill fast | 10 |
| 4A | 15. Notes taken by a single person? | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Condescendingly spells out | 10 |
| 6A | 17. Chi-town daily | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Colorado's ___ Mountains | 3 |
| 8A | 19. Make sense of | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Industry for marketing majors | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Scrap | 3 |
| 11A | 22. "That seems like a bad idea" | 8 |
| 12A | 24. Scottish fold and Russian blue, e.g. | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Sticky stuff on a shoe | 6 |
| 14A | 27. Roughly half of mice | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Genesis | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Piece of wall décor at a lake house, perhaps | 3 |
| 17A | 31. One of 17 on a Clue board | 4 |
| 18A | 32. Like some covers | 5 |
| 19A | 33. Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974 | 4 |
| 20A | 34. Word at the bottom of some marketing emails | 3 |
| 21A | 35. Island that's home to Popeye Village, a film-set-turned-theme-park | 5 |
| 22A | 36. Peddled good | 4 |
| 23A | 37. It erupts from time to time | 6 |
| 24A | 39. Word with failure or terror | 6 |
| 25A | 41. Consideration for the Academy | 8 |
| 26A | 43. In China, it's 1 at birth | 3 |
| 27A | 44. Airport with the most runways in the world (8) | 5 |
| 28A | 45. Filth | 5 |
| 29A | 47. Screening org. | 3 |
| 30A | 50. Feature of many a bodega | 4 |
| 31A | 51. Sign of sluggishness? | 10 |
| 32A | 53. Fish that can survive for several hours on land | 4 |
| 33A | 54. Rare shots | 10 |
| 34A | 55. Shares on X, for short | 3 |
| 35A | 56. "Hang on!" | 10 |
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. Literally, "our thing""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COSANOSTRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "11. What might come between "that" and "that""
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 northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: Evergreen State, make up, follow
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAS
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Clue 3 Across: "14. They go downhill fast"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- Words that mean the same thing: avalanche, roll down
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVALANCHES
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Clue 4 Across: "15. Notes taken by a single person?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Words that mean the same thing: unaccompanied, alone
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOLO
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Condescendingly spells out"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MANSPLAINS
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Chi-town daily"
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: TRIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Colorado's ___ Mountains"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Words that mean the same thing: Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, Alces alces
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELK
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Make sense of"
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 analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARSE
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Industry for marketing majors"
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 income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
- Words that mean the same thing: sales event, gross sales, sales agreement
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Scrap"
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 small piece or quantity of something
- Words that mean the same thing: morsel, act, flake
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. "That seems like a bad idea""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: IWOULDNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Scottish fold and Russian blue, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- Words that mean the same thing: strain, engender, multiply
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BREEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Sticky stuff on a shoe"
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 nylon fabric used as a fastening
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VELCRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Roughly half of mice"
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 federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977
- Words that mean the same thing: fare, make out, act
- The opposite would be: unmake
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Genesis"
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 beginning or early stages
- Words that mean the same thing: onslaught, attack, onrush
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONSET
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Clue 16 Across: "30. Piece of wall décor at a lake house, perhaps"
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 an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. One of 17 on a Clue board"
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 swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
- Words that mean the same thing: threshold, doorway, room access
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. Like some covers"
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 exhale hard
- Words that mean the same thing: bollix up, bobble, tout
- The opposite would be: conserve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "33. Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974"
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 incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern ethiopia in 1974
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUCY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "34. Word at the bottom of some marketing emails"
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 select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "35. Island that's home to Popeye Village, a film-set-turned-theme-park"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a republic on the island of malta in the mediterranean; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1964
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Malta
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "36. Peddled good"
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 articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
- Words that mean the same thing: merchandise, squander, waste
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "37. It erupts from time to time"
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 spring that discharges hot water and steam
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GEYSER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "39. Word with failure or terror"
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 of the most contemptible kind
- Words that mean the same thing: miserable, unhopeful, low
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABJECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "41. Consideration for the Academy"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OSCARBID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "43. In China, it's 1 at birth"
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 how long something has existed
- Words that mean the same thing: long time, maturate, eld
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "44. Airport with the most runways in the world (8)"
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: OHARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "45. Filth"
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 state of being covered with unclean things
- Words that mean the same thing: dirt, filth, soil
- The opposite would be: clean
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "47. Screening org."
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 agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "50. Feature of many a bodega"
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 shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Words that mean the same thing: food shop, delicatessen
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DELI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "51. Sign of sluggishness?"
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: SLIMETRAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "53. Fish that can survive for several hours on land"
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 the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- Words that mean the same thing: eel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "54. Rare shots"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOLESINONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "55. Shares on X, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "56. "Hang on!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOLDITASEC
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - June 21, 2024 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Turned up | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Shape of the Crab Nebula | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Didn't go down well? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Green and others | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Dummies : pacifiers :: ___ : diapers | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Like much adult programming | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Leave damaged | 4 |
| 8D | 8. 🚨 "Serious situation developing!" 🚨 | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Extend, in a way | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Fool | 3 |
| 11D | 11. It takes suits from around the globe | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Vulcans, e.g. | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Blue yarn? | 8 |
| 14D | 15. Repeat an interviewer's question, perhaps | 5 |
| 15D | 20. Haggis ingredient | 4 |
| 16D | 21. Title in children's literature | 4 |
| 17D | 23. Dutch ___ | 4 |
| 18D | 24. Rings given to a lover | 10 |
| 19D | 25. One might be nesting | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Page for a bookmaker | 9 |
| 21D | 29. Covid test component | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Holier-than-thou type | 8 |
| 23D | 32. Biting comment | 4 |
| 24D | 33. Intertwine | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Paltry | 4 |
| 26D | 36. "Yeah, yeah, yeah" | 7 |
| 27D | 38. Sights on the Bollywood red carpet | 5 |
| 28D | 40. First Stuart king of England | 6 |
| 29D | 42. Dome-icile? | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Pinged online | 4 |
| 31D | 47. Home of a 20th-century art colony | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Function that can be derived from a unit circle | 4 |
| 33D | 49. ___ Burks, N.B.A. shooting guard since 2011 | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Sound in the stacks | 3 |
| 35D | 52. Translation material | 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. Turned 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 move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- Words that mean the same thing: fare, make out, add up
- The opposite would be: leave, go
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Shape of the Crab Nebula"
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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Words that mean the same thing: ellipse, prolate, elliptic
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Didn't go down well?"
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 fall or descend to a lower place or level
- Words that mean the same thing: go under, settle, pass
- The opposite would be: float
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Green and others"
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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
- Words that mean the same thing: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, atomic number 13, Alabama
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Dummies : pacifiers :: ___ : diapers"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- Words that mean the same thing: diaper, napkin, nappy
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAPPIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Like much adult programming"
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: ONLATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Leave damaged"
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 mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Words that mean the same thing: cicatrix, cicatrice, mark
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAR
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Clue 8 Down: "8. 🚨 "Serious situation developing!" 🚨"
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: THISISNOTADRILL
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Extend, in a way"
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 reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
- Words that mean the same thing: reincarnate, regenerate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RENEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Fool"
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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: piece of ass, AS, butt
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. It takes suits from around the globe"
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: WORLDCOURT
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Vulcans, e.g."
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: ALIENRACE
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Blue yarn?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SOBSTORY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Repeat an interviewer's question, perhaps"
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 compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- Words that mean the same thing: drag one's feet, dillydally, stalling
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STALL
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Clue 15 Down: "20. Haggis ingredient"
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 hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Title in children's literature"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: BRER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "23. Dutch ___"
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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "24. Rings given to a lover"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOOTYCALLS
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Clue 19 Down: "25. One might be nesting"
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 small replica of a person; used as a toy
- Words that mean the same thing: chick, bird, dame
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DOLL
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Clue 20 Down: "27. Page for a bookmaker"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: DOPESHEET
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Covid test 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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- Words that mean the same thing: dab, swob, mop
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SWAB
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Holier-than-thou type"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: DOGOODER
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Biting comment"
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 aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- Words that mean the same thing: shot, jibe, dig
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BARB
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Intertwine"
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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: enlace, interlace, lacing
- The opposite would be: untwine
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The answer is: LACE
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Paltry"
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 small pond of standing water
- Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MERE
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Clue 26 Down: "36. "Yeah, yeah, yeah""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: WEGETIT
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Sights on the Bollywood red carpet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Words that mean the same thing: sari, saree
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SARIS
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Clue 28 Down: "40. First Stuart king of England"
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: JAMESI
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Dome-icile?"
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 eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
- Words that mean the same thing: iglu
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IGLOO
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Pinged online"
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: IMED
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Home of a 20th-century art colony"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a member of the pueblo people living in northern new mexico
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist, Tao
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TAOS
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Function that can be derived from a unit circle"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: sin
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SINE
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Clue 33 Down: "49. ___ Burks, N.B.A. shooting guard since 2011"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ALEC
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Sound in the stacks"
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: SHH
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Translation material"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RNA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 72.9% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 14.3% |
| History | 5 | 7.1% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 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 Friday, 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 24, 2025 at 08:40 PM
