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Date: Saturday, November 02, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
November 02, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. 2008 Lil Wayne hit whose title is slang for lots of money | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Geographical features that Mexico City and Kathmandu are built on | 8 |
| 3A | 15. Weakness of note? | 6 |
| 4A | 16. Emphatic refusal | 8 |
| 5A | 17. Laffy Taffy flavor | 6 |
| 6A | 18. "You wanna fight, bro?!" | 8 |
| 7A | 19. "That's my cue!" | 4 |
| 8A | 20. Speedy, in adspeak | 4 |
| 9A | 22. Relative of a tweet | 5 |
| 10A | 23. Puts through a sieve | 5 |
| 11A | 25. Tool used in angioplasty | 5 |
| 12A | 27. Ways: Abbr. | 3 |
| 13A | 28. Others | 7 |
| 14A | 30. Middle of a bell curve | 4 |
| 15A | 32. ___ party (all-female get-together) | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Like a milquetoast | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Rabid fan | 5 |
| 18A | 38. Commanding lead? | 13 |
| 19A | 41. Pomme de ___ (potato: Fr.) | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Like the daughter in 2018's "A Quiet Place" | 4 |
| 21A | 43. After-dinner offering | 3 |
| 22A | 45. Woman's name that's an anagram of two men's names | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Snowflake shape | 7 |
| 24A | 49. Shade of gray | 3 |
| 25A | 52. Shell material | 5 |
| 26A | 54. Mourner in the Book of Ruth | 5 |
| 27A | 55. Abu ___ | 5 |
| 28A | 57. Org. that operates the Large Hadron Collider | 4 |
| 29A | 59. Shapes of some bacterial cells | 4 |
| 30A | 60. They'll show you what's what | 8 |
| 31A | 62. Try to counteract | 6 |
| 32A | 64. Conspiring (with) | 8 |
| 33A | 65. Use one's noodle, formally | 6 |
| 34A | 66. Allen Ginsberg, e.g. | 8 |
| 35A | 67. Name over a return address | 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. 2008 Lil Wayne hit whose title is slang for lots of money"
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: AMILLI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Geographical features that Mexico City and Kathmandu are built on"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: LAKEBEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Weakness of note?"
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: TINEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "16. Emphatic refusal"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: IWILLNOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "17. Laffy Taffy flavor"
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 any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
- Words that mean the same thing: banana tree
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BANANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. "You wanna fight, bro?!""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMEATME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. "That's my cue!""
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: IMON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Speedy, in adspeak"
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: QUIK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Relative of a tweet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the short weak cry of a young bird
- Words that mean the same thing: chirrup, chirp, peep
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Puts through a sieve"
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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- Words that mean the same thing: Timothy Miles Bindon Rice, Elmer Rice, rice
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Tool used in angioplasty"
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 slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. Ways: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: RDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Others"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THEREST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Middle of a bell curve"
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 standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
- Words that mean the same thing: average
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NORM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. ___ party (all-female get-together)"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: biddy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Like a milquetoast"
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 humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- Words that mean the same thing: spiritless, mild, modest
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Rabid fan"
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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Words that mean the same thing: devil, daimon, monster
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Commanding lead?"
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: ACTORDIRECTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. Pomme de ___ (potato: Fr.)"
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: TERRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Like the daughter in 2018's "A Quiet Place""
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 people who have severe hearing impairments
- Words that mean the same thing: indifferent, deafen
- The opposite would be: hearing
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEAF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. After-dinner offering"
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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: Camellia sinensis, tea leaf, afternoon tea
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Woman's name that's an anagram of two men's names"
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: EDNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Snowflake shape"
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 (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRACTAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Shade of gray"
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 residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "52. Shell material"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Mourner in the Book of Ruth"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the mother-in-law of ruth whose story is told in the book of ruth in the old testament
- Words that mean the same thing: Noemi
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAOMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. Abu ___"
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: DHABI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "57. Org. that operates the Large Hadron Collider"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CERN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Shapes of some bacterial cells"
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 long thin implement made of metal or wood
- Words that mean the same thing: perch, gat, rod cell
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. They'll show you what's what"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: LABELERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Try to counteract"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an engagement fought between two military forces
- Words that mean the same thing: battle, fight, scrap
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMBAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Conspiring (with)"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: INLEAGUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. Use one's noodle, formally"
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 form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- Words that mean the same thing: conceive of, envisage, imagine
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. Allen Ginsberg, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BEATPOET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. Name over a return address"
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 someone who transmits a message
- Words that mean the same thing: transmitter
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENDER
Great job if you got it right!
November 02, 2019 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. When Apgar tests are performed | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Southernmost team in the N.B.A. | 9 |
| 3D | 3. Purity | 9 |
| 4D | 4. One-point throw in horseshoes | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Computer connection letters | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born | 4 |
| 7D | 7. O.K. | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Disturbed, say | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Despot with a nuclear arsenal | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Cooler filled with juice? | 11 |
| 11D | 11. Low on the excite-o-meter | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Arrive on the scene | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Round up? | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Things that creak in haunted houses | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Spanish counterpart of the French "vous" | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Reversible word | 11 |
| 17D | 26. "Don't worry" | 6 |
| 18D | 29. ___ Slam (sports feat) | 6 |
| 19D | 31. Congregated | 3 |
| 20D | 34. Josh | 3 |
| 21D | 36. "I've seen worse" | 9 |
| 22D | 37. Best of all possible whirls? | 9 |
| 23D | 39. Pope Francis III? | 3 |
| 24D | 40. Point (to) | 5 |
| 25D | 44. Celeb | 7 |
| 26D | 46. Pile up | 6 |
| 27D | 48. 1875 premiere at Paris's Opéra-Comique | 6 |
| 28D | 49. Jack Nicholson's classic line "You can't handle the truth," for one | 5 |
| 29D | 50. 1949 Jack Schaefer novel made into an Oscar-nominated film | 5 |
| 30D | 51. "Se ___ español" | 5 |
| 31D | 53. Zero, in a way | 5 |
| 32D | 56. Cardiologist's favorite vegetable? | 4 |
| 33D | 58. Longtime CBS drama spinoff | 4 |
| 34D | 61. Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations | 3 |
| 35D | 63. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself | 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. When Apgar tests are performed"
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: ATBIRTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Southernmost team in the N.B.A."
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: MIAMIHEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Purity"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of innocent naivete
- Words that mean the same thing: artlessness, purity, whiteness
- The opposite would be: guilt
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INNOCENCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. One-point throw in horseshoes"
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 (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
- Words that mean the same thing: skimpy, lean, thin
- The opposite would be: rich, fat
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEANER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Computer connection letters"
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 local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
- Words that mean the same thing: local area network
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born"
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 republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
- Words that mean the same thing: Al-Iraq, Irak, Republic of Iraq
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAQ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. O.K."
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 sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality
- Words that mean the same thing: lawful, legitimate
- The opposite would be: illicit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LICIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Disturbed, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that stop sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: awaken, wake up, awake
- The opposite would be: fall asleep
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWOKEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Despot with a nuclear arsenal"
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: KIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Cooler filled with juice?"
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: ELECTRICFAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Low on the excite-o-meter"
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 pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Words that mean the same thing: bombast, rant, fustian
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Arrive on the scene"
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 to come or go into
- Words that mean the same thing: go in, introduce, get into
- The opposite would be: drop out, exit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Round up?"
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 having a hemispherical vault or dome
- Words that mean the same thing: vaulted
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Things that creak in haunted houses"
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 flight of stairs or a flight of steps
- Words that mean the same thing: whole step, pace, tread
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Spanish counterpart of the French "vous""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Reversible word"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEMORDNILAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. "Don't worry""
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: NOFEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "29. ___ Slam (sports feat)"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: SERENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "31. Congregated"
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 come together
- Words that mean the same thing: run across, match, encounter
- The opposite would be: diverge
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "34. Josh"
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 young person of either sex
- Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Kid, small fry, Kyd
- The opposite would be: parent
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KID
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Clue 21 Down: "36. "I've seen worse""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: NOTTOOBAD
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Clue 22 Down: "37. Best of all possible whirls?"
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: DREAMDATE
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Clue 23 Down: "39. Pope Francis III?"
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: TRE
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Clue 24 Down: "40. Point (to)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make reference to
- Words that mean the same thing: denote, name, consult
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: REFER
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Clue 25 Down: "44. Celeb"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ALISTER
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Clue 26 Down: "46. Pile up"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that grow by addition
- Words that mean the same thing: fall
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ACCRUE
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Clue 27 Down: "48. 1875 premiere at Paris's Opéra-Comique"
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: CARMEN
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Clue 28 Down: "49. Jack Nicholson's classic line "You can't handle the truth," for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ADLIB
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Clue 29 Down: "50. 1949 Jack Schaefer novel made into an Oscar-nominated film"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SHANE
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Clue 30 Down: "51. "Se ___ español""
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: HABLA
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Clue 31 Down: "53. Zero, in a way"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that device for resetting instruments or controls
- Words that mean the same thing: readjust
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RESET
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Clue 32 Down: "56. Cardiologist's favorite vegetable?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Words that mean the same thing: common beet, Beta vulgaris, beetroot
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BEET
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Clue 33 Down: "58. Longtime CBS drama spinoff"
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: NCIS
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Clue 34 Down: "61. Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations"
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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: self, self-importance, egotism
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EGO
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Clue 35 Down: "63. Ben Jonson wrote one to himself"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ODE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 74.3% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 14.3% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.9% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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 Saturday, 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 29, 2025 at 06:33 AM
