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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle May 15, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Befitting the circumstances | 3 |
| 2A | 4. "Belling the Cat" storyteller | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Bing Crosby's record label | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Bovine expression | 3 |
| 5A | 15. "Borat" follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Belief system | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Buzzer you wouldn't want to hit? | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Budweiser beer is aged using this wood | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Break up, as a knot | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Barrier for an aspiring D.A. | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Biathlete's need | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Byron, by ancestry | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Breast milk container | 10 |
| 14A | 28. Bottom of a dress | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Beatles hit "And I Love ___" | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Beldames | 6 |
| 17A | 31. Big name in D.C. | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Burst, as of wind | 4 |
| 19A | 35. Brewer's implement | 11 |
| 20A | 38. Bad-tempered sort | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Blasphemes | 6 |
| 22A | 41. Bacterium requiring oxygen | 6 |
| 23A | 44. "Born in the ___" (Bruce Springsteen hit) | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Block, in a way | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Blissful soak | 10 |
| 26A | 51. Blind, to a duck | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Benedict follower? | 3 |
| 28A | 53. By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes | 4 |
| 29A | 54. "Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you": Luke | 5 |
| 30A | 55. Battery type | 5 |
| 31A | 57. "Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!" (and a wish for solvers of this puzzle) | 9 |
| 32A | 60. Bach exercise | 5 |
| 33A | 61. Buy a drink for, say | 5 |
| 34A | 62. Body part with a ball and socket | 3 |
| 35A | 63. Brims (with) | 5 |
| 36A | 64. Break into pieces | 5 |
| 37A | 65. Barley brew | 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. Befitting the circumstances"
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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Words that mean the same thing: clever, tending, liable
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. "Belling the Cat" storyteller"
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 greek author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AESOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Bing Crosby's record label"
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: DECCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Bovine expression"
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 sound made by a cow or bull
- Words that mean the same thing: low
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. "Borat" follow-up from Sacha Baron Cohen"
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 german pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
- Words that mean the same thing: St. Bruno, Bruno of Toul, Leo IX
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRUNO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Belief system"
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 (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETHOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Buzzer you wouldn't want to hit?"
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 robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
- Words that mean the same thing: humblebee
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUMBLEBEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Budweiser beer is aged using this wood"
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 of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
- Words that mean the same thing: beech tree, beechwood
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEECH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Break up, as a knot"
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 undo the ties of
- Words that mean the same thing: unbrace, loosen, undo
- The opposite would be: tie
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Barrier for an aspiring D.A."
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: LSAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Biathlete's need"
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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Byron, by ancestry"
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 native or inhabitant of scotland
- Words that mean the same thing: Scotchman, Scotsman
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Breast milk container"
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: BABYBOTTLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Bottom of a dress"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Words that mean the same thing: ahem
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Beatles hit "And I Love ___""
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: HER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Beldames"
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 an ugly evil-looking old woman
- Words that mean the same thing: witch, hag, crone
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRONES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Big name in D.C."
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: KAMALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Burst, as of wind"
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 strong current of air
- Words that mean the same thing: blow, blast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Brewer's implement"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASEBALLBAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Bad-tempered sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- Words that mean the same thing: bellyache, Cancer the Crab, Phthirius pubis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Blasphemes"
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 utter obscenities or profanities
- Words that mean the same thing: avow, verify, assert
- The opposite would be: mistrust
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Bacterium requiring oxygen"
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 an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AEROBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. "Born in the ___" (Bruce Springsteen hit)"
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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: Army, U.S., United States
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Block, in a way"
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 room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- Words that mean the same thing: debar, taproom, barricade
- The opposite would be: unbar
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Blissful soak"
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: BUBBLEBATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. Blind, to a duck"
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 deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- Words that mean the same thing: artifice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Benedict follower?"
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: INE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. By the 1980s, this sea had become two lakes"
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: ARAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. "Behold, the kingdom of God is in the ___ of you": Luke"
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 location of something surrounded by other things
- Words that mean the same thing: thick
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIDST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Battery type"
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 rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use
- Words that mean the same thing: nickel-cadmium accumulator
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NICAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. "Best wishes for your once-a-year celebration!" (and a wish for solvers of 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: HAPPYBDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Bach exercise"
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 short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETUDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Buy a drink for, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that something considered choice to eat
- Words that mean the same thing: do by, goody, delicacy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TREAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Body part with a ball and socket"
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 side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- Words that mean the same thing: rosehip, hep, hip to
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Brims (with)"
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 teeming, be abuzz
- Words that mean the same thing: pullulate, stream, teem
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEEMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. Break into pieces"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a vigorous blow
- Words that mean the same thing: smash up, hit, smasher
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "65. Barley brew"
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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALE
Great job if you got it right!
May 15, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Blindside, say | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Big cats and opportunists both do this | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Basic drum | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Blessed with skills | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Before, in verse | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Benchwarmer | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Box of spaghetti's weight: Abbr. | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Burns books? | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Bondservant, often | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Bordeaux summer | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Brownish-red shade | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Bivalve mollusks | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Beyond the pale? | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Bridle attachment | 3 |
| 15D | 22. "Bachelor in Paradise" network | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Bieber's "That Should ___" | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Bedouins, e.g. | 5 |
| 18D | 27. "Ben-Hur" getups | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Bears, as a child | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Beef on a skewer, e.g. | 5 |
| 21D | 32. "Buckle up! It's the ___" | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Bering Sea islander | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Backyard get-together | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Bind with rope | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Bali product | 3 |
| 26D | 38. Biden's advisers | 7 |
| 27D | 39. Bring back together | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Business ends of swords | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Bard's "always" | 3 |
| 30D | 45. Bo tree meditator | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Beset | 6 |
| 32D | 47. Bang out again, as a text | 6 |
| 33D | 49. Bangkok coins | 5 |
| 34D | 50. Burglar deterrent | 5 |
| 35D | 51. Bone in a cage | 3 |
| 36D | 54. Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g. | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Byrd's rank: Abbr. | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Black-eyed ___ | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Ballet step | 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. Blindside, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- Words that mean the same thing: still-hunt, waylay, lying in wait
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMBUSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Big cats and opportunists both do this"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of pouncing
- Words that mean the same thing: swoop
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POUNCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Basic drum"
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: TOMTOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Blessed with skills"
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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: capable, able-bodied
- The opposite would be: unable
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Before, in verse"
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: ERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Benchwarmer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Box of spaghetti's weight: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ONELB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Burns books?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that literature in metrical form
- Words that mean the same thing: verse, poetry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POESY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Bondservant, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
- Words that mean the same thing: debitor
- The opposite would be: creditor
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEBTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Bordeaux summer"
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: ETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Brownish-red shade"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus castanea
- Words that mean the same thing: chestnut tree
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHESTNUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Bivalve mollusks"
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 common edible european bivalve
- Words that mean the same thing: riffle, undulate, cockle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COCKLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Beyond the pale?"
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 of a light grey
- Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ashy, ash-grey
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASHIEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Bridle attachment"
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: flake, burn, piece
- 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 15 Down: "22. "Bachelor in Paradise" network"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Words that mean the same thing: rudiment, ABCs, first principle
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ABC
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Clue 16 Down: "25. Bieber's "That Should ___""
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: BEME
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Bedouins, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arab, Arabian
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ARABS
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Clue 18 Down: "27. "Ben-Hur" getups"
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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
- Words that mean the same thing: toga
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TOGAS
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Bears, as a child"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Words that mean the same thing: hour angle, hold, induce
- The opposite would be: lack, refuse
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The answer is: HAS
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Beef on a skewer, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
- Words that mean the same thing: shish kebab, kebab
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KABOB
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Clue 21 Down: "32. "Buckle up! It's the ___""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
- Words that mean the same thing: legal philosophy, natural law, police force
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LAW
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Bering Sea islander"
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 member of the people inhabiting the aleutian islands and southwestern alaska
- Words that mean the same thing: Aleutian
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALEUT
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Backyard get-together"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- Words that mean the same thing: barbeque, cook out
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: BARBECUE
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Bind with rope"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- Words that mean the same thing: strap, trounce, whip
- The opposite would be: unlash
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The answer is: LASH
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Bali product"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BRA
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Biden's advisers"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- Words that mean the same thing: storage locker, locker, console
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: CABINET
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Bring back together"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that have a reunion; unite again
- Words that mean the same thing: reunify
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: REUNITE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Business ends of swords"
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 especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- Words that mean the same thing: leaf blade, blade, vane
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BLADES
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Bard's "always""
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: EER
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Bo tree meditator"
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 founder of buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 bc)
- Words that mean the same thing: Siddhartha, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUDDHA
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Beset"
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 attack someone physically or emotionally
- Words that mean the same thing: attack, snipe, set on
- The opposite would be: defend
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The answer is: ASSAIL
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Clue 32 Down: "47. Bang out again, as a text"
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: RETYPE
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Bangkok coins"
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 basic unit of money in thailand
- Words that mean the same thing: tical, baht
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BAHTS
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Clue 34 Down: "50. Burglar deterrent"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- Words that mean the same thing: horrify, alarum, warning signal
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALARM
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Bone in a cage"
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 support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: blackguard, laugh at, poke fun
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RIB
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Belief that bulls hate the color red, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MYTH
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Byrd's rank: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ADM
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Black-eyed ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEA
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Ballet step"
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 (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
- Words that mean the same thing: Pennsylvania, PA system, daddy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 65.8% |
| Short Answer | 21 | 27.6% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: August 25, 2025 at 05:41 PM
