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Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle December 19, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Club fee / "Hell no!" | 11 |
| 2A | 5. Nurse back to health | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Longtime music label inits. | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Strip | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Hoth, in the "Star Wars" universe | 9 |
| 6A | 16. Share a take | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Executive's perk, maybe / It might fit in a tight spot | 21 |
| 8A | 18. "Sh" or "wr" | 7 |
| 9A | 20. Full of difficulties | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis | 4 |
| 11A | 22. George Sand, for one | 5 |
| 12A | 25. George Sand, par exemple | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Bring into harmony | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Humdinger | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Ping-Pong do-over | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Floor type | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Some Hollywood technology, for short | 3 |
| 19A | 35. Place with hot stones | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Alison ___, author of "Fun Home" | 7 |
| 21A | 40. QVC alternative | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Filmer Kilmer | 3 |
| 23A | 42. ___ water (trendy drink) | 4 |
| 24A | 43. Prepared for bad news, perhaps | 3 |
| 25A | 45. Longtime M.L.B. second baseman Chase | 5 |
| 26A | 47. Smacks hard / Types | 11 |
| 27A | 49. Film director Harold / Pours | 11 |
| 28A | 53. Mac platform | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Flattens | 5 |
| 30A | 55. Best Picture of 2012 | 4 |
| 31A | 56. "I'm in a hurry!" | 6 |
| 32A | 58. Theater fare | 7 |
| 33A | 60. Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares | 9 |
| 34A | 63. "Jeez!" | 5 |
| 35A | 64. Unveiling | 9 |
| 36A | 65. Like English bogs | 5 |
| 37A | 66. Director Craven | 3 |
| 38A | 67. Owner of Words With Friends | 5 |
| 39A | 68. Facility | 4 |
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. Club fee / "Hell no!""
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: COVER/NEVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Nurse back to health"
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: REHAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Longtime music label inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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: EMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Strip"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
- Words that mean the same thing: belt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Hoth, in the "Star Wars" universe"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: ICEPLANET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Share a take"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that be in accord; be in agreement
- Words that mean the same thing: concord, correspond, check
- The opposite would be: disagree
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGREE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Executive's perk, maybe / It might fit in a tight spot"
Quick Info: This answer has 21 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: COMPANYCAR/COMPACTCAR
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Clue 8 Across: "18. "Sh" or "wr""
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 two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
- Words that mean the same thing: digram
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIGRAPH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Full of difficulties"
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 bristling with perplexities
- Words that mean the same thing: prickly, briery, spiny
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THORNY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. George Sand, for one"
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 name that has been assumed temporarily
- Words that mean the same thing: a.k.a., false name, also known as
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. George Sand, par exemple"
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: NOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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: ELSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Bring into harmony"
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 make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- Words that mean the same thing: synchronize, synchronise
- The opposite would be: desynchronize, desynchronise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYNC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Humdinger"
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 an outstanding example of its kind
- Words that mean the same thing: beauty
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Ping-Pong do-over"
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: have, allow, permit
- The opposite would be: forbid, prevent
- 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 17 Across: "32. Floor type"
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 flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- Words that mean the same thing: roofing tile
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Some Hollywood technology, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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: CGI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Place with hot stones"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: health spa, watering hole, health club
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Alison ___, author of "Fun Home""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: BECHDEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. QVC alternative"
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: HSN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Filmer Kilmer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about movies/film.
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: VAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. ___ water (trendy drink)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Prepared for bad news, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: sit down, sit around, model
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Longtime M.L.B. second baseman Chase"
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: UTLEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Smacks hard / Types"
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: SWATS/SORTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Film director Harold / Pours"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: RAMIS/RAINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Mac platform"
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: OSX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Flattens"
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 a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- Words that mean the same thing: KO, kayo, knockout
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KAYOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Best Picture of 2012"
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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. "I'm in a hurry!""
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: NOTIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "58. Theater fare"
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 corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
- Words that mean the same thing: Zea mays everta
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POPCORN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Geographic demarcation that separates the two possible answers in this puzzle's circled squares"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STATELINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. "Jeez!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: OHMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Unveiling"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FIRSTLOOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. Like English bogs"
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 of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEATY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. Director Craven"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: WES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. Owner of Words With Friends"
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: ZYNGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "68. Facility"
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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Words that mean the same thing: simplicity, facilitate, comfort
- The opposite would be: difficulty
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EASE
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword December 19, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Dale Evans, for one / Zooey Deschanel TV series | 15 |
| 2D | 2. Author Mario ___ Llosa | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Ceaseless | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Relative of an ostrich | 4 |
| 5D | 5. To a great degree | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Prefix with tourist | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Put a border on | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Datebook listings: Abbr. | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Uninspired | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Horn in (on) | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Glares sourly at, in modern lingo | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Humble response to a compliment | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Hawkins of "Li'l Abner" | 5 |
| 14D | 15. "Volunteers?" / Play's start | 13 |
| 15D | 19. Baby blue, e.g. | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Obstructing / On paper | 17 |
| 17D | 24. Battery fill | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Composer Bartók | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Word before Pan, Man or can | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Owner of StubHub | 4 |
| 21D | 33. Not as much | 6 |
| 22D | 35. Popular crime show spinoff, informally | 3 |
| 23D | 36. Baby's bottom? | 8 |
| 24D | 37. They're at the top of their game | 8 |
| 25D | 39. ___ Nostra | 4 |
| 26D | 44. Inspirational passage? | 7 |
| 27D | 46. Takes off | 5 |
| 28D | 48. Brown v. Board of Education city | 6 |
| 29D | 50. Things that bakeries make but don't sell | 6 |
| 30D | 51. Move / Unappreciative person | 15 |
| 31D | 52. Boyo | 5 |
| 32D | 54. ___ green | 5 |
| 33D | 56. "Avoid watching this at the office," briefly | 4 |
| 34D | 57. "This Is Us" co-star Chrissy | 4 |
| 35D | 59. Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex | 4 |
| 36D | 61. Chemistry particle | 3 |
| 37D | 62. Holiday drink | 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. Dale Evans, for one / Zooey Deschanel TV series"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______/_______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COWGIRL/NEWGIRL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Author Mario ___ Llosa"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that brazilian statesman who ruled brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
- Words that mean the same thing: Getulio Dornelles Vargas
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VARGAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Ceaseless"
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 continuing forever or indefinitely
- Words that mean the same thing: aeonian, eonian, unceasing
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETERNAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Relative of an ostrich"
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 fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Words that mean the same thing: Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, Rhea americana
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. To a great degree"
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 to an ample degree or in an ample manner
- Words that mean the same thing: lavishly, amply, extravagantly
- The opposite would be: meagerly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICHLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Prefix with tourist"
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: ECO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Put a border on"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Words that mean the same thing: ahem
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Datebook listings: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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: APPTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Uninspired"
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 pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Words that mean the same thing: bombast, fustian, claptrap
- 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 10 Down: "10. Horn in (on)"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that advance beyond the usual limit
- Words that mean the same thing: entrench, trench, infringe
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENCROACH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Glares sourly at, in modern lingo"
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: MEANMUGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Humble response to a compliment"
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: ITRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Hawkins of "Li'l Abner""
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: SADIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. "Volunteers?" / Play's start"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: ANYONE/ACTONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Baby blue, e.g."
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 various pale or light colors
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PASTEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Obstructing / On paper"
Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: INTHEWAY/INTHEORY
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Battery fill"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Words that mean the same thing: caustic, sulfurous, acrid
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACID
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Composer Bartók"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BELA
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Word before Pan, Man or can"
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 silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Words that mean the same thing: put up, tin can, canister
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TIN
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Owner of StubHub"
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: EBAY
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Not as much"
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: LESSSO
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Popular crime show spinoff, informally"
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: SVU
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Baby's bottom?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: PATOOTIE
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Clue 24 Down: "37. They're at the top of their game"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ALLSTARS
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Clue 25 Down: "39. ___ Nostra"
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: COSA
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Clue 26 Down: "44. Inspirational passage?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
- Words that mean the same thing: windpipe
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: TRACHEA
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Clue 27 Down: "46. Takes off"
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 opening that permits escape or release
- Words that mean the same thing: issue, croak, buy the farm
- The opposite would be: enter, be born
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The answer is: EXITS
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Clue 28 Down: "48. Brown v. Board of Education city"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that the capital of the state of kansas; located in eastern kansas on the kansas river
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Kansas
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TOPEKA
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Clue 29 Down: "50. Things that bakeries make but don't sell"
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 any property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: odour, scent, olfactory property
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: AROMAS
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Clue 30 Down: "51. Move / Unappreciative person"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: MIGRATE/INGRATE
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Clue 31 Down: "52. Boyo"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- Words that mean the same thing: laddie, sonny boy, lad
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SONNY
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Clue 32 Down: "54. ___ green"
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 united states circus clown (1898-1979)
- Words that mean the same thing: Grace Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Emmett Kelly
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KELLY
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Clue 33 Down: "56. "Avoid watching this at the office," briefly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NSFW
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Clue 34 Down: "57. "This Is Us" co-star Chrissy"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: METZ
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Clue 35 Down: "59. Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex"
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 the head of the roman catholic church
- Words that mean the same thing: Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, Alexander Pope
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: POPE
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Clue 36 Down: "61. Chemistry particle"
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 particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ION
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Clue 37 Down: "62. Holiday drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- Words that mean the same thing: peg
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NOG
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 46 | 60.5% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 14.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 7 | 9.2% |
| Movies/Film | 3 | 3.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 21 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 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 28, 2025 at 07:17 AM
