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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, May 05, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (38 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle May 05, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Little 19-Across | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Units on Czech checks | 7 |
| 3A | 11. Student-led LGBTQ+ grp. | 3 |
| 4A | 14. "Just as I suspected!" | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Common recipe step | 7 |
| 6A | 16. What psychotherapy can treat, in brief | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Many people do this about their height | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Opining opening | 5 |
| 10A | 21. James of "Carpool Karaoke" fame | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Turn on the stove? | 4 |
| 12A | 24. "The wait's almost over" | 4 |
| 13A | 28. Hammer part | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Sugar | 3 |
| 15A | 30. When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down | 6 |
| 16A | 32. First word of Poe's "The Raven" | 4 |
| 17A | 34. "Cat" | 8 |
| 18A | 36. King of ancient Rome | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Pupil of a cat's eye, often | 4 |
| 20A | 38. ___ jacket (formal men's wear) | 4 |
| 21A | 39. Duke's grp. | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Much-desired | 4 |
| 23A | 41. Uses psychedelics | 5 |
| 24A | 42. Terence ___, noted expert on combinatorics and analytic number theory | 3 |
| 25A | 43. Lid seen in a kitchen? | 5 |
| 26A | 44. Polynesian performance | 4 |
| 27A | 45. Foolish person | 4 |
| 28A | 46. Slip past | 5 |
| 29A | 47. Prefix with glottis | 3 |
| 30A | 48. Some convertible choices | 5 |
| 31A | 49. John of "Monty Python" fame | 6 |
| 32A | 51. Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr. | 3 |
| 33A | 52. When doubled, not-so-subtle nudge | 4 |
| 34A | 53. Judgment days? | 10 |
| 35A | 60. They seem to believe otherwise | 4 |
| 36A | 61. Classic van Gogh subject | 10 |
| 37A | 62. "What'd I tell you?!" | 3 |
| 38A | 63. A bygone age | 10 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Little 19-Across"
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 trivial lie
- Words that mean the same thing: tale, taradiddle, story
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Units on Czech checks"
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 basic unit of money in slovakia
- Words that mean the same thing: koruna
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KORUNAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Student-led LGBTQ+ grp."
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 central management agency that sets federal policy for federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
- Words that mean the same thing: General Services Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "Just as I suspected!""
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: AHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Common recipe step"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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: ADDSALT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. What psychotherapy can treat, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Someone well versed in this puzzle's theme"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: MATHTEACHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Many people do this about their height"
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 statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Words that mean the same thing: lie in, Trygve Halvden Lie, Trygve Lie
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Opining opening"
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: IDSAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. James of "Carpool Karaoke" fame"
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: CORDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Turn on the stove?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- Words that mean the same thing: flurry, call forth, stimulate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. "The wait's almost over""
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 in the near future
- Words that mean the same thing: before long, shortly, presently
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Hammer part"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Sugar"
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: HON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down"
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 plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
- Words that mean the same thing: whorl, corkscrew, voluted
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPIRAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. First word of Poe's "The Raven""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that on one occasion
- Words that mean the same thing: at one time, erstwhile, formerly
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. "Cat""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: COOLDUDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. King of ancient Rome"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- Words that mean the same thing: male monarch, king
- The opposite would be: queen, female monarch
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Pupil of a cat's eye, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a long narrow opening
- Words that mean the same thing: puss, pussy, scratch
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. ___ jacket (formal men's wear)"
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: ETON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Duke's grp."
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 command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the united states air force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
- Words that mean the same thing: Air Combat Command
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Much-desired"
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 beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- Words that mean the same thing: earnest, love, dearest
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Uses psychedelics"
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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- Words that mean the same thing: touch off, trip out, set off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. Terence ___, noted expert on combinatorics and analytic number theory"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "43. Lid seen in a kitchen?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
- Words that mean the same thing: turban, pillbox
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOQUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "44. Polynesian performance"
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 polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
- Words that mean the same thing: Hawaiian dancing, hula-hula
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HULA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "45. Foolish person"
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: SIMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "46. Slip past"
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 escape, either physically or mentally
- Words that mean the same thing: sidestep, evade, put off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELUDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "47. Prefix with glottis"
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 self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "48. Some convertible choices"
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: TTOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "49. John of "Monty Python" fame"
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: CLEESE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "51. Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "52. When doubled, not-so-subtle nudge"
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 indirect suggestion
- Words that mean the same thing: soupcon, steer, speck
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "53. Judgment days?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIALDATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "60. They seem to believe otherwise"
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 subdivision of a larger religious group
- Words that mean the same thing: religious sect, faction, religious order
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "61. Classic van Gogh subject"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any plant of the genus helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
- Words that mean the same thing: helianthus, sunflower
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUNFLOWERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "62. "What'd I tell you?!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Words that mean the same thing: visualise, visit, watch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "63. A bygone age"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the time that has elapsed
- Words that mean the same thing: past, past times
- The opposite would be: future
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YESTERYEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle May 05, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Starve | 6 |
| 2D | 2. "You gave me no choice" | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Brings home | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Perry who used to have the world's most-followed Twitter account | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Written honor | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Nutritional fig. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Where second gentleman Doug Emhoff got his J.D. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. "Pass" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. "Smart" name | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Razor sharpener | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters] | 11 |
| 12D | 12. Summer learning opportunity for students | 11 |
| 13D | 13. Mideast's Gulf of ___ | 4 |
| 14D | 18. When doubled, sarcastic laugh | 3 |
| 15D | 22. ___ Speedwagon | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Dilemma | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Word with snake or salad | 3 |
| 18D | 26. Diner cry after a bell is rung | 7 |
| 19D | 27. Certain cephalopods | 7 |
| 20D | 30. Some shindigs | 7 |
| 21D | 31. Parkinson's treatment | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Many security guards | 6 |
| 23D | 34. ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks | 9 |
| 24D | 35. Nav. rank | 3 |
| 25D | 37. When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1 | 8 |
| 26D | 40. Warehouse store equipment | 7 |
| 27D | 41. An alternative? | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Computer pros | 5 |
| 29D | 45. Like some horse bedding | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Crafts site | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Fanning of film | 4 |
| 33D | 54. Regret | 3 |
| 34D | 55. They might help you get a job | 3 |
| 35D | 56. Sternward | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Propper noun? | 3 |
| 37D | 58. Bygone ___ | 3 |
| 38D | 59. Kazakhstan, e.g., formerly: Abbr. | 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. Starve"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that be hungry; go without food
- Words that mean the same thing: starve, hunger
- The opposite would be: be full, feed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAMISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "You gave me no choice""
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: IHADTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Brings home"
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: BATSIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Perry who used to have the world's most-followed Twitter account"
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: KATY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Written honor"
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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Nutritional fig."
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: RDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Where second gentleman Doug Emhoff got his J.D."
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: USC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "Pass""
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: NAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Smart" name"
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: ALEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Razor sharpener"
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 leather strap used to sharpen razors
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters]"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: GOLDENRATIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Summer learning opportunity for students"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: SCIENCECAMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Mideast's Gulf of ___"
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 important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. When doubled, sarcastic laugh"
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: HAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. ___ Speedwagon"
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: REO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Dilemma"
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 point located with respect to surface features of some region
- Words that mean the same thing: pip, distinguish, stain
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Word with snake or salad"
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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: oil color, embrocate, crude
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OIL
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Diner cry after a bell is rung"
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: ORDERUP
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Certain cephalopods"
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 submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
- Words that mean the same thing: Argonauta argo, nuclear-powered submarine, nautilus
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: NAUTILI
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Some shindigs"
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 party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)
- Words that mean the same thing: soiree
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SOIREES
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Parkinson's treatment"
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: LDOPA
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Many security guards"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: EXCOPS
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Clue 23 Down: "34. ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: CLAUDETTE
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Nav. rank"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that half the width of an em
- Words that mean the same thing: nut, en
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ENS
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Clue 25 Down: "37. When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- Words that mean the same thing: successiveness, succession, episode
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SEQUENCE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Warehouse store equipment"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- Words that mean the same thing: doll, dolly
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: DOLLIES
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Clue 27 Down: "41. An alternative?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: THE
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Computer pros"
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 school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Words that mean the same thing: tech, technical school
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TECHS
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Like some horse bedding"
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: STRAWY
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an english dynasty descended from henry tudor; tudor monarchs ruled from henry vii to elizabeth i (from 1485 to 1603)
- Words that mean the same thing: House of Tudor, Antony Tudor
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TUDOR
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Crafts site"
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: ETSY
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Fanning of film"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ELLE
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Regret"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Words that mean the same thing: ruefulness, repent, regret
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RUE
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Clue 34 Down: "55. They might help you get a job"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Hoosier State, inch, Immigration and Naturalization Service
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: INS
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Sternward"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
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- This could be something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- Words that mean the same thing: abaft, astern
- The opposite would be: fore
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The answer is: AFT
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Propper noun?"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, tee up, golf tee
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TEE
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Bygone ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: epoch, earned run average, geological era
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Kazakhstan, e.g., formerly: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SSR
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 44 | 57.9% |
| Short Answer | 22 | 28.9% |
| History | 4 | 5.3% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 38 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 10, 2025 at 07:19 AM
