XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 13, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 13 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (33)
Clue #1: 1. Short shorts
Clue #2: 9. Walk with attitude
Clue #3: 15. Light shower?
Clue #4: 16. Product whose slogans have included "Say hello to the future" and "Welcome to the big screens"
Clue #5: 17. Aquatic eater of shellfish
Clue #6: 18. Requirement for a triple play
Clue #7: 19. They may be graphic
Clue #8: 20. Becomes pendulous, say
Clue #9: 22. Impersonate, with "as"
Clue #10: 23. Shocker of sorts
Clue #11: 25. Apple field
Clue #12: 27. Most desirable candidates in the dating pool, slangily
Clue #13: 29. Add some fluff to, as an essay
Clue #14: 31. It's cut and dried
Clue #15: 33. "Messenger" in biology class
Clue #16: 34. Ultimately succeeds
Clue #17: 38. Runs wild, in gamer-speak
Clue #18: 39. Cocktails that might make for poor nightcaps
Clue #19: 40. Sugar substitute?
Clue #20: 41. "Dear ___"
Clue #21: 42. Soup served with sriracha, maybe
Clue #22: 43. Nile nasties
Clue #23: 45. Mariner
Clue #24: 48. Like many a security guard
Antonyms: armless, disarm
Clue #25: 52. Fold (under)
Clue #26: 54. Labor away
Clue #27: 56. ___ Bush, Black Lives Matter activist who served in Congress
Clue #28: 57. Copy
Clue #29: 59. Majorly successful business start-ups
Clue #30: 61. "Totally sick!"
Antonyms: sane
Clue #31: 62. Where an airport traveler might seek assistance
Clue #32: 63. Feature of a May-December romance
Clue #33: 64. Many of these begin with "E"
Across Clues and Answers (33)
Clue #1: 1. Goes after
Clue #2: 2. ___ cake, dessert with layers of sponge, buttercream and ganache
Clue #3: 3. Milk sources
Clue #4: 4. Gertrude Stein, for one
Clue #5: 5. One who might have an objection: Abbr.
Clue #6: 6. "Drat!"
Clue #7: 7. Minister to
Clue #8: 8. Twill suit material
Clue #9: 9. "Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": "Measure for Measure"
Clue #10: 10. Each
Clue #11: 11. Relative of a stalk
Clue #12: 12. Basic wine list offerings
Clue #13: 13. Feelers
Clue #14: 14. "___, And?" (2024 Ariana Grande hit)
Antonyms: no
Clue #15: 21. Go on a run, perhaps
Clue #16: 24. Name of 11 pharaohs
Clue #17: 26. Gesture of respect or recognition
Clue #18: 28. Pitiful
Antonyms: glad
Clue #19: 30. Flotsam and jetsam
Clue #20: 32. Japanese businessman Torakusu with an internationally known company named after him
Clue #21: 34. What might be pinched for pennies
Clue #22: 35. Artist who made a lot of good points?
Clue #23: 36. Western Hemisphere grp.
Clue #24: 37. Set of standards at a military academy, e.g.
Clue #25: 38. Going dark on, as one's love interest, in modern parlance
Clue #26: 39. "Huh!?"
Clue #27: 44. Scrawny sort
Antonyms: fat_person
Clue #28: 46. Emmy-winning Anderson
Clue #29: 47. Making a certain metallic sound
Clue #30: 49. Practices
Clue #31: 50. Physicist Mach after whom "Mach numbers" are named
Clue #32: 51. Plates, e.g.
Clue #33: 53. Big Island bean variety
Clue #34: 55. "That's ___!"
Clue #35: 57. The Dolphins, on scoreboards
Clue #36: 58. Image, informally
Clue #37: 60. Extra item that a hotel guest may request
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
Related Search Terms
Thursday, January 2, 2025
27446 Thu Jan 02, 2025 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Across Clues :
1. First in a series, 5. Pixel rival, 10. Snap, 14. Average Joe's name (that's not Joe), 15. Bases loaded, e.g., 16. Iris's location, 17. Temporary cover of a sort, 18. Epic with the line "Come, friend, you too must die", 19. Festival covering, 20. Start of a quip by comic Steven Wright, 23. Summer abroad, 24. Sounds of refreshment, 25. King's ___, 27. Adjust on the timeline, 29. Pressure cooker sound, 31. Producer of an explosion, 32. ___ Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, 34. Deep notes, 35. Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle, 38. French buds, 40. Plotted, 41. Up to, informally, 42. Low pair, 44. Beyond cross, 48. Drink featured in the Elvis film "Blue Hawaii", 50. Govt. prosecutors, 51. Besides, 52. End of the quip, 56. Actor Jannings, 57. Youngest golfer to score below his age in a P.G.A. Tour event, 58. White Sox or Red Sox player, informally, 59. Runner's assignment, 60. Cricket segments, 61. Miller option, 62. Flower whose name means "flame" in ancient Greek, 63. Lead-in to maniac, 64. Troublesome threes, e.g.
Down Clues :
1. "Jeopardy!" offering, 2. 12-time Olympic swimming medalist Ryan ___, 3. Worn at the edges, 4. Prefix with sexual, 5. Possible response to "Where are you?", 6. Craft kit fabrics, 7. "Right away, boss!", 8. Comedian Trevor, 9. "___ Game" (1986 Hugo Award winner), 10. Cot alternative, 11. Wear out one's welcome, say, 12. Achilles, for two, 13. Muesli bit, 21. Underworld figure, 22. Is in the past, 26. Chain parts: Abbr., 28. Singer Tori, 29. Head liners?, 30. Choquequirao inhabitant, 33. "Let ___!", 34. Urban addr. specification, 35. Like cuisine with lumpia and longganisa, 36. "Looks that way, unfortunately", 37. Minimal, 38. Bread box?, 39. Noxious, 42. "Qué ___?" ("How's it going?," in Spanish), 43. Only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C., 45. Home of Firenze, 46. They have nine players, 47. Get released, 49. Early text messager, 50. One of a Disney septet, 53. Root of resentment, at times, 54. Reckon, 55. Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery, 56. Maker of toys for girls and boys
Break down the NYT Crosswords: January 02, 2025
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. First in a series. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALPHA
Possible Answer : alpha
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The clue is 5. Pixel rival. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: IPHONE
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The clue is 10. Snap. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PHOTO
Possible Answer : photograph, pic, exposure, photo, picture
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The clue is 14. Average Joe's name (that's not Joe). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NORM
Possible Answer : norm, average
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The clue is 15. Bases loaded, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MENON
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The clue is 16. Iris's location. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: UVEA
Possible Answer : uvea
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The clue is 17. Temporary cover of a sort. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SCAB
Possible Answer : fink, scab, rat, strikebreaker, blackleg
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The clue is 18. Epic with the line "Come, friend, you too must die". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ILIAD
Possible Answer : Iliad
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The clue is 19. Festival covering. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TENT
Possible Answer : tent, camp_out, bivouac, encamp, camp, collapsible_shelter
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The clue is 20. Start of a quip by comic Steven Wright. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)
The answer: WHYISNTTHEWORD
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The clue is 23. Summer abroad. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ETE
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The clue is 24. Sounds of refreshment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: AHS
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The clue is 25. King's ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RANSOM
Possible Answer : redeem, ransom_money, ransom
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The clue is 27. Adjust on the timeline. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: REDATE
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The clue is 29. Pressure cooker sound. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HISS
Possible Answer : hissing, razzing, whoosh, snort, hushing, raspberry, siss, Bronx_cheer, hiss, razz, sibilate, bird, sizz, fizzle, boo, hoot, sibilation
Possible Opposite Answer : applaud
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The clue is 31. Producer of an explosion. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TNT
Possible Answer : trinitrotoluene, TNT
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The clue is 32. ___ Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: MARIAN
Possible Answer : Marian
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The clue is 34. Deep notes. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BASS
Possible Answer : bass, basso, bass_voice, bass_part, sea_bass, freshwater_bass, deep
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The clue is 35. Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: PHONETICALLY
Possible Answer : phonetically
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The clue is 38. French buds. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMIS
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The clue is 40. Plotted. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: GRAPHED
Possible Answer : graph, chart
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The clue is 41. Up to, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TIL
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The clue is 42. Low pair. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TWOS
Possible Answer : II, 2, two, deuce
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The clue is 44. Beyond cross. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RAGING
Possible Answer : cod, rally, have_words, chew_out, chafe, annoy, angry, tantalize, taunt, rile, ramp, bawl_out, rag, torment, irritate, get_at, gravel, tease, jaw, remonstrate, hot, razz, lambast, tantalise, crucify, berate, raging, ride, chew_up, lecture, furious, call_on_the_carpet, dress_down, scold, rage, reproof, wild, get_to, twit, nark, tempestuous, bait, lambaste, nettle, bedevil, trounce, frustrate, reprimand, devil, chide, bother, dun, rebuke, storm, take_to_task, vex, call_down
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The clue is 48. Drink featured in the Elvis film "Blue Hawaii". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: MAITAI
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The clue is 50. Govt. prosecutors. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DAS
Possible Answer : hyrax, DA, dassie, district_attorney, das, coney, cony
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The clue is 51. Besides. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TOO
Possible Answer : excessively, as_well, also, to_a_fault, too, overly, besides, likewise
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The clue is 52. End of the quip. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (14 letters)
The answer: SPELLEDWITHANF
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The clue is 56. Actor Jannings. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: EMIL
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The clue is 57. Youngest golfer to score below his age in a P.G.A. Tour event. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SNEAD
Possible Answer : Sam_Snead, Snead, Samuel_Jackson_Snead
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The clue is 58. White Sox or Red Sox player, informally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALER
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The clue is 59. Runner's assignment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LANE
Possible Answer : lane
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The clue is 60. Cricket segments. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OVERS
Possible Answer : over
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The clue is 61. Miller option. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LITE
Possible Answer : calorie-free, light, lite, low-cal
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The clue is 62. Flower whose name means "flame" in ancient Greek. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PHLOX
Possible Answer : phlox
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The clue is 63. Lead-in to maniac. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NYMPHO
Possible Answer : nymphomaniac, nympho
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The clue is 64. Troublesome threes, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: PHASE
Possible Answer : phase_angle, form, stage, phase
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. "Jeopardy!" offering. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ANSWER
Possible Answer: answer, suffice, serve, solvent, reply, respond, resolution, result, solution, resolve, response, do
Possible Opposite Answer : question
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The clue is 2. 12-time Olympic swimming medalist Ryan ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: LOCHTE
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The clue is 3. Worn at the edges. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: FRAYED
Possible Answer: scratch, frayed, rub, chafe, fray, frazzle, fret
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The clue is 4. Prefix with sexual. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMBI
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The clue is 5. Possible response to "Where are you?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: IMINHERE
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The clue is 6. Craft kit fabrics. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FELTS
Possible Answer: mat, felt, matt-up, matte, felt_up, matte_up, mat_up
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The clue is 7. "Right away, boss!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ONIT
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The clue is 8. Comedian Trevor. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NOAH
Possible Answer: Noah
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The clue is 9. "___ Game" (1986 Hugo Award winner). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ENDERS
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The clue is 10. Cot alternative. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FUTON
Possible Answer: futon
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The clue is 11. Wear out one's welcome, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: OVERSTAY
Possible Answer: outstay, overstay
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The clue is 12. Achilles, for two. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: TENDONS
Possible Answer: sinew, tendon
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The clue is 13. Muesli bit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OAT
Possible Answer: oat
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The clue is 21. Underworld figure. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SATAN
Possible Answer: Devil, Old_Nick, Lucifer, Satan, the_Tempter, Prince_of_Darkness, Beelzebub
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The clue is 22. Is in the past. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: WAS
Possible Answer: be, Evergreen_State, follow, embody, comprise, equal, represent, personify, Washington, cost, make_up, live, exist, constitute, WA
Possible Opposite Answer : differ
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The clue is 26. Chain parts: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: MTS
Possible Answer: meitnerium, element_109, MT, metric_ton, t, tonne, machine_translation, Montana, Mt, atomic_number_109, Treasure_State
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The clue is 28. Singer Tori. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMOS
Possible Answer: Amos, Book_of_Amos
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The clue is 29. Head liners?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HAIRS
Possible Answer: whisker, hairsbreadth, tomentum, fuzz, hair, pilus, hair's-breadth, haircloth
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The clue is 30. Choquequirao inhabitant. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: INCA
Possible Answer: Incan, Inka, Inca
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The clue is 33. "Let ___!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ITGO
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The clue is 34. Urban addr. specification. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BLDG
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The clue is 35. Like cuisine with lumpia and longganisa. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: FILIPINO
Possible Answer: Philippine, Filipino
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The clue is 36. "Looks that way, unfortunately". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: AFRAIDSO
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The clue is 37. Minimal. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEAST
Possible Answer: least, to_the_lowest_degree
Possible Opposite Answer : most
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The clue is 38. Bread box?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ATM
Possible Answer: atmosphere, automated_teller, standard_pressure, atm, automatic_teller, asynchronous_transfer_mode, ATM, cash_dispenser, automated_teller_machine, automatic_teller_machine, cash_machine, standard_atmosphere
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The clue is 39. Noxious. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: MIASMAL
Possible Answer: vapourous, vaporous, miasmal, miasmic
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The clue is 42. "Qué ___?" ("How's it going?," in Spanish). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TAL
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The clue is 43. Only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: WILSON
Possible Answer: Edward_Osborne_Wilson, Mount_Wilson, Thomas_Woodrow_Wilson, Harriet_Wilson, Wilson, Angus_Frank_Johnstone_Wilson, Alexander_Wilson, James_Wilson, E._O._Wilson, Sir_Angus_Wilson, Robert_Woodrow_Wilson, John_Tuzo_Wilson, Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson, President_Wilson, Edmund_Wilson, Woodrow_Wilson
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The clue is 45. Home of Firenze. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ITALIA
Possible Answer: Italian_Republic, Italia, Italy
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The clue is 46. They have nine players. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NONETS
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The clue is 47. Get released. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GOFREE
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The clue is 49. Early text messager. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TELEX
Possible Answer: telex_machine, telex, teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletype_machine
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The clue is 50. One of a Disney septet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DWARF
Possible Answer: shadow, midget, dwarf, nanus, gnome, overshadow
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The clue is 53. Root of resentment, at times. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ENVY
Possible Answer: begrudge, enviousness, invidia, envy
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The clue is 54. Reckon. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DEEM
Possible Answer: view_as, deem, hold, take_for
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The clue is 55. Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HALF
Possible Answer: one-half, half
Possible Opposite Answer : whole
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The clue is 56. Maker of toys for girls and boys. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ELF
Possible Answer: pixie, pixy, elf, imp, gremlin, ELF, hob, extremely_low_frequency, brownie
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
LA Times Tuesday 20 August 2024: Crossword Clues Answers | Crossword Solution Hints
LA Times Tuesday 20 August 2024: Crossword Clues Answers
| Clue | Answer | |
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| 1. Postinjury support | CRUTCH | |
| 7. Do one's darned best? | SEW | |
| 10. Puts together | ADDS | |
| 14. Like a yes-no question | BINARY | |
| 15. "But you can call me ... " letters | AKA | |
| 16. Take in, as crops | REAP | |
| 19. Sandwich spread | MAYO | |
| 20. Jacket wool | TWEED | |
| 21. Emoticon eyes, often | COLON | |
| 22. Ryder Cup org. | PGA | |
| 28. Cot settings | BUNKS | |
| 30. Food label letters | RDA | |
| 31. Born | NÉE | |
| 32. Leave gratified | SATE | |
| 33. Brings down | SADDENS | |
| 41. Take care of | PROTECT | |
| 42. Nothing, in Spanish | NADA | |
| 44. Gallery piece | ART | |
| 47. Slice of history | ERA | |
| 48. Tie sometimes worn with an open collar | ASCOT | |
| 54. Find to be mined | ORE | |
| 55. "__ means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten" | OHANA | |
| 56. Like a cheering crowd | AROAR | |
| 58. Predetermines the outcome | RIGS | |
| 64. Lake that feeds the Niagara River | ERIE | |
| 65. Actor's prompt | CUE | |
| 66. Soccer star Messi | LIONEL | |
| 67. Religious offshoot | SECT | |
| 68. Broadcast | AIR | |
| 69. State, in Mexico | ESTADO | |
| Down: | ||
| 1. Ingredient in some oils, briefly | CBD | |
| 2. __ Grande | RIO | |
| 3. Mattel card game | UNO | |
| 4. Tangy | TART | |
| 5. Packs together | CROWDS | |
| 6. Link prefix | HYPER | |
| 7. Wall St. "500" index | S AND P | |
| 8. Barely make (out) | EKE | |
| 9. Tug-of-__ | WAR | |
| 10. Knight's outer layer | ARMOR | |
| 11. Give a hand? | DEAL IN | |
| 12. Start of a new routine | DAY ONE | |
| 13. Light cake type | SPONGE | |
| 18. Fair-hiring initials | EEO | |
| 21. Leggy wader | CRANE | |
| 22. "Cosmos" network | PBS | |
| 23. Nacho dip, briefly | GUAC | |
| 24. Not supporting | ANTI | |
| 26. One performing CPR, perhaps | ER DOC | |
| 27. Highly skilled (at) | ADEPT | |
| 29. Seaweed superfood | KELP | |
| 33. Saw logs | SNORE | |
| 34. Oil used in some perfume | ATTAR | |
| 35. Beats by __: headphones brand | DRE | |
| 36. IDs on 1040 forms | SSNs | |
| 38. Stuffed cornmeal snack | AREPA | |
| 39. Stuffed tortilla snack | TACO | |
| 40. Olfactory stimulus | ODOR | |
| 43. Feasted | ATE | |
| 44. Island chain northwest of Morocco | AZORES | |
| 45. Sign on again | RE-HIRE | |
| 46. Very unfortunate | TRAGIC | |
| 48. Early video game consoles | ATARIS | |
| 50. Commencement | ONSET | |
| 51. Prank | CAPER | |
| 52. Before, poetically | ERE | |
| 53. Having a dignified air | NOBLE | |
| 57. Good-for-a-laugh type | RIOT | |
| 59. Sony Music subsidiary | RCA | |
| 60. French affirmative | OUI | |
| 61. Genetic code carrier | DNA | |
| 62. HS diploma alternative | GED | |
| 63. "Mr. Blue Sky" gp. | ELO |
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| LA Times Tuesday 20 August 2024: Crossword Clues Answers |
Friday, September 12, 2025
February 15, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (36 clues)
- Down Clues (38 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (36 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 15, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1. Rise to the challenge | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Anthony Hopkins's role in the "Thor" film franchise | 4 |
| 3A | 11. Foldable bed | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Element essential to thyroid function | 6 |
| 5A | 15. Director/screenwriter Ephron | 4 |
| 6A | 16. "___ you good?" | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Might have, informally | 6 |
| 8A | 18. Parched, as land | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Upstate N.Y. campus | 3 |
| 10A | 20. Catastrophe at a tennis match? | 13 |
| 11A | 23. Overjoy | 5 |
| 12A | 25. "%&$@," in comics | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Author Morrison | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Leased | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Prefix with futurism | 4 |
| 16A | 29. Ransacks like a pirate | 5 |
| 17A | 30. Uncertainties at a football game? | 14 |
| 18A | 34. Promise to pay | 3 |
| 19A | 35. !!!!, in a text | 3 |
| 20A | 36. Security alerts at a boxing match? | 14 |
| 21A | 44. Country singer LeAnn | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Stars might have big ones | 4 |
| 23A | 46. "A mouse!" | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Two times quadri- | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Signify | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Pal, in Pamplona | 5 |
| 27A | 51. Supplies at a swim meet? | 13 |
| 28A | 54. Traveler's approx. | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Honolulu's island | 4 |
| 30A | 56. Season for pumpkin-spiced everything | 6 |
| 31A | 59. "Oh, ___ on!" | 3 |
| 32A | 60. Common songbird | 4 |
| 33A | 61. Rude looks | 6 |
| 34A | 62. Revolutionary Turner | 3 |
| 35A | 63. Campus anti-D.U.I. group | 4 |
| 36A | 64. Montana's capital | 6 |
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. Rise to the challenge"
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: STEPUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Anthony Hopkins's role in the "Thor" film franchise"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODIN
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Clue 3 Across: "11. Foldable bed"
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 sheath worn to protect a finger
- Words that mean the same thing: camp bed, crib, fingerstall
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Element essential to thyroid function"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
- Words that mean the same thing: iodin, tincture of iodine, atomic number 53
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IODINE
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Director/screenwriter Ephron"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "___ you good?""
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: equal, make up, comprise
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Might have, informally"
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: COULDA
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Parched, as land"
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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- Words that mean the same thing: waterless, desiccated, desiccate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARID
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Clue 9 Across: "19. Upstate N.Y. campus"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about geography.
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: RIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Catastrophe at a tennis match?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: COURTDISASTER
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Overjoy"
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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Words that mean the same thing: lift up, pick up, uplift
- The opposite would be: depress
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. "%&$@," in comics"
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 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Words that mean the same thing: expletive, curse, curse word
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OATH
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Clue 13 Across: "26. Author Morrison"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Leased"
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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Words that mean the same thing: get, Army of the Righteous, Army of the Pure
- The opposite would be: prevent, disallow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Prefix with futurism"
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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Words that mean the same thing: Afro hairdo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Ransacks like a pirate"
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 goods or money obtained illegally
- Words that mean the same thing: pelf, wampum, despoil
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "30. Uncertainties at a football game?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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: FIELDQUESTIONS
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Clue 18 Across: "34. Promise to pay"
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 informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. !!!!, in a text"
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: OMG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "36. Security alerts at a boxing match?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: RINGALARMBELLS
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Clue 21 Across: "44. Country singer LeAnn"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- Words that mean the same thing: hoarfrost, frost, hoar
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Stars might have big ones"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, egotism, self
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. "A mouse!""
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: EEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Two times quadri-"
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: OCTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Signify"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- Words that mean the same thing: stain, scrape, pock
- The opposite would be: ignore
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Pal, in Pamplona"
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: AMIGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Supplies at a swim meet?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: POOLRESOURCES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Traveler's approx."
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Honolulu's island"
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 an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAHU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Season for pumpkin-spiced everything"
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 season when the leaves fall from the trees
- Words that mean the same thing: fall
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUTUMN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. "Oh, ___ on!""
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 branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
- Words that mean the same thing: IT, information technology
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Common songbird"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
- Words that mean the same thing: Sir Christopher Wren, jenny wren
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WREN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Rude looks"
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 a fixed look with eyes open wide
- Words that mean the same thing: asterisk, gaze, star
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STARES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Revolutionary Turner"
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: NAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Campus anti-D.U.I. group"
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: SADD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. Montana's capital"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that capital of the state of montana; located in western montana
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Montana
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELENA
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 15, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Editor's bracketed disclaimer | 3 |
| 2D | 2. "___ cute!" | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Teach | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Spirit guide? | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Excessive | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Prickly ___ (cactus variety) | 4 |
| 7D | 7. How some risks are taken | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Chips brand whose "Cool Ranch" flavor is called "Cool American" in Europe | 7 |
| 9D | 9. "Fighting" Notre Dame team | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Diddly-squat | 4 |
| 11D | 11. "SpongeBob SquarePants," for one | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Points in the right direction | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Falling block game | 6 |
| 14D | 21. Stir-fry protein option | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Moe, Larry or Curly | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Figure in a Grimm story | 3 |
| 17D | 24. Neckwear in Honolulu | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Ocean shade | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Arm or branch | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Of direct descent | 6 |
| 21D | 32. Some four-footed friends | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Casual shoe brand | 4 |
| 23D | 36. Lasagna filling | 7 |
| 24D | 37. "Things don't look good for me!" | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Restrained | 7 |
| 26D | 39. Beached, as a boat in sand | 7 |
| 27D | 40. TV streaming device | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Off-duty time | 7 |
| 29D | 42. Part of a relay race | 3 |
| 30D | 43. Reggae relative | 3 |
| 31D | 44. Ensnare using deceptive strategies | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Comedian Anne | 5 |
| 33D | 49. Less than 90º | 5 |
| 34D | 50. Valuable part of ore | 5 |
| 35D | 52. Exercises on an ergometer | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Not well thought through | 4 |
| 37D | 57. "___ Explain Things to Me" (Rebecca Solnit essay collection) | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Covert org. | 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. Editor's bracketed disclaimer"
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 urge to attack someone
- Words that mean the same thing: set
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "___ cute!""
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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- Words that mean the same thing: to a fault, as well, also
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOO
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Teach"
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 give an education to
- Words that mean the same thing: civilize, civilise, school
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDUCATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Spirit guide?"
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 someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- Words that mean the same thing: pilot program, buffer, fender
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PILOT
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Excessive"
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 not yet payable
- Words that mean the same thing: unreasonable, unwarranted, excessive
- The opposite would be: due
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNDUE
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Prickly ___ (cactus variety)"
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 sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- Words that mean the same thing: pear tree, Pyrus communis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEAR
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Clue 7 Down: "7. How some risks are taken"
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: ONADARE
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Chips brand whose "Cool Ranch" flavor is called "Cool American" in Europe"
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: DORITOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Fighting" Notre Dame team"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that people of ireland or of irish extraction
- Words that mean the same thing: Irish whiskey, Irish Gaelic, Irish people
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Diddly-squat"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: naught, nix, zippo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "SpongeBob SquarePants," for one"
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 a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- Words that mean the same thing: sketch, toon, animated cartoon
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARTOON
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Points in the right direction"
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 the countries of asia
- Words that mean the same thing: eastern hemisphere, East, orientate
- The opposite would be: disorient
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORIENTS
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Falling block game"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that 100 tetri equal 1 lari in georgia
- Words that mean the same thing: tetri
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TETRIS
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Clue 14 Down: "21. Stir-fry protein option"
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 cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- Words that mean the same thing: bean curd
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOFU
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Moe, Larry or Curly"
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 of unquestioning obedience
- Words that mean the same thing: flunky, flunkey, goat
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOOGE
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Figure in a Grimm story"
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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Words that mean the same thing: gremlin, extremely low frequency, brownie
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELF
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Neckwear in Honolulu"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: leu, coronal, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Ocean shade"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a shade of blue tinged with green
- Words that mean the same thing: cobalt blue, peacock blue, turquoise
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AQUA
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Arm or branch"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- Words that mean the same thing: branch, tree branch, arm
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LIMB
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Of direct descent"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- Words that mean the same thing: direct
- The opposite would be: collateral
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The answer is: LINEAL
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Some four-footed friends"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- Words that mean the same thing: chase after, frank, tag
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DOGS
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Casual shoe brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Words that mean the same thing: turkey cock, tomcat, tom turkey
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TOMS
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Lasagna filling"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that soft italian cheese like cottage cheese
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RICOTTA
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Clue 24 Down: "37. "Things don't look good for me!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: IMTOAST
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Restrained"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fasten with a rope
- Words that mean the same thing: leash, rope
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LEASHED
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Beached, as a boat in sand"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
- The opposite would be: afloat
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: AGROUND
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Clue 27 Down: "40. TV streaming device"
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: ROKU
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Off-duty time"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that time available for ease and relaxation
- Words that mean the same thing: leisure time
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LEISURE
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Part of a relay race"
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 human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- Words that mean the same thing: stage, peg, pegleg
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LEG
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Clue 30 Down: "43. Reggae relative"
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: SKA
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Clue 31 Down: "44. Ensnare using deceptive strategies"
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: ROPEIN
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Comedian Anne"
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: MEARA
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Less than 90º"
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 mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- Words that mean the same thing: knifelike, penetrating, acuate
- The opposite would be: chronic, obtuse
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The answer is: ACUTE
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Clue 34 Down: "50. Valuable part of ore"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: metallic element, alloy, metallic
- The opposite would be: nonmetallic
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The answer is: METAL
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Exercises on an ergometer"
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 arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Words that mean the same thing: dustup, row, words
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ROWS
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Not well thought through"
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 red eruption of the skin
- Words that mean the same thing: heady, reckless, blizzard
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RASH
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Clue 37 Down: "57. "___ Explain Things to Me" (Rebecca Solnit essay collection)"
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 force of workers available
- Words that mean the same thing: serviceman, gentleman, military personnel
- The opposite would be: woman, civilian
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The answer is: MEN
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Covert 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 the united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NSA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 44 | 59.5% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 23.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.4% |
| Geography | 3 | 4.1% |
| Sports | 3 | 4.1% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 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 Tuesday, 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!
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Last Updated: September 11, 2025 at 09:17 PM