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Date: Monday, April 27, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle April 27, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Q-tip, e.g. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Largest continent | 4 |
| 3A | 9. "___ your engines" (Indianapolis 500 directive) | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Barbed-___ fence | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Church recess | 4 |
| 6A | 16. What bad headaches do | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Thin variety of pasta | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Home to Brigham Young University | 5 |
| 9A | 20. End of a hangman's rope | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Brand with the redundant slogan "Kills bugs dead" | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Sign of things to come | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Competitor of Home Depot and Lowe's | 11 |
| 13A | 27. Outer layer of the eyeball | 6 |
| 14A | 31. Pastures | 4 |
| 15A | 32. ___ d'état | 4 |
| 16A | 33. Trio traveling to Bethlehem | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Religious doctrine | 5 |
| 18A | 40. "Don't worry, it's not your fault" | 15 |
| 19A | 43. Rolls's partner in autodom | 5 |
| 20A | 44. Pigeon coop | 4 |
| 21A | 45. Make, as a salary | 4 |
| 22A | 46. ___ browns (breakfast side dish) | 4 |
| 23A | 48. Things in eyeglass frames | 6 |
| 24A | 50. Talk show host who won a season of "Celebrity Apprentice" | 11 |
| 25A | 55. Bert of "The Wizard of Oz" | 4 |
| 26A | 56. Stage item | 4 |
| 27A | 57. King with a golden touch | 5 |
| 28A | 62. "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs" | 5 |
| 29A | 64. Sudden insight ... with a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across | 9 |
| 30A | 66. More together mentally | 5 |
| 31A | 67. Spiritual leader often pictured sitting cross-legged | 4 |
| 32A | 68. Big seller of unassembled furniture | 4 |
| 33A | 69. Lock of hair | 5 |
| 34A | 70. CPR specialists | 4 |
| 35A | 71. Small salamander | 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. Q-tip, e.g."
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 implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- Words that mean the same thing: dab, swob, mop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Largest continent"
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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. "___ your engines" (Indianapolis 500 directive)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the beginning of anything
- Words that mean the same thing: outset, jump, begin
- The opposite would be: end, finish
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: START
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Barbed-___ fence"
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 ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
- Words that mean the same thing: telegraph, cable, electrify
- The opposite would be: unwire
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Church recess"
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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- Words that mean the same thing: apsis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APSE
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Clue 6 Across: "16. What bad headaches do"
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 deep pulsating type of pain
- Words that mean the same thing: pounding, throbbing, thrill
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THROB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Thin variety of pasta"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ANGELHAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Home to Brigham Young University"
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 city in north central utah settled by mormons
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROVO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. End of a hangman's rope"
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 trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- Words that mean the same thing: snare, gin, slip noose
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Brand with the redundant slogan "Kills bugs dead""
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 sudden short attack
- Words that mean the same thing: maraud, bust, foray
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Sign of things to come"
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 sign of something about to happen
- Words that mean the same thing: foreshadow, predict, portent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Competitor of Home Depot and Lowe's"
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: ACEHARDWARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Outer layer of the eyeball"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
- Words that mean the same thing: sclerotic coat
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCLERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Pastures"
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 unit of length of thread or yarn
- Words that mean the same thing: pastureland, lea, grazing land
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. ___ d'état"
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 sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
- Words that mean the same thing: putsch, coup d'etat, takeover
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Trio traveling to Bethlehem"
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 (new testament) the sages who visited jesus and mary and joseph shortly after jesus was born; the gospel according to matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
- Words that mean the same thing: Wise Men, magus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAGI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Religious doctrine"
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 religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Words that mean the same thing: tenet
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOGMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "40. "Don't worry, it's not your fault""
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: ACCIDENTSHAPPEN
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Clue 19 Across: "43. Rolls's partner in autodom"
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: ROYCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "44. Pigeon coop"
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 small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "45. Make, as a salary"
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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Words that mean the same thing: make, realise, realize
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EARN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "46. ___ browns (breakfast side dish)"
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 chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
- Words that mean the same thing: hashish, haschisch, hasheesh
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "48. Things in eyeglass frames"
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 transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- Words that mean the same thing: Lens, lens of the eye, lens system
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LENSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Talk show host who won a season of "Celebrity Apprentice""
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: ARSENIOHALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "55. Bert of "The Wizard of Oz""
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: LAHR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "56. Stage item"
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 support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
- Words that mean the same thing: prop up, airscrew, property
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. King with a golden touch"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek legend) the greedy king of phrygia who dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIDAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "62. "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs""
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 manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- Words that mean the same thing: dialect, phrasal idiom, parlance
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDIOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "64. Sudden insight ... with a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across"
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: AHAMOMENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "66. More together mentally"
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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Words that mean the same thing: reasonable, sane
- The opposite would be: insane
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "67. Spiritual leader often pictured sitting cross-legged"
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 hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GURU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "68. Big seller of unassembled furniture"
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: IKEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "69. Lock of hair"
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 hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- Words that mean the same thing: plait, twist, braid
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "70. CPR specialists"
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: EMTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "71. Small salamander"
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 small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of north america and europe and northern asia
- Words that mean the same thing: triton
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWT
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - April 27, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Former ugly duckling, in story | 4 |
| 2D | 2. One who tipples too much | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Mythical ship sailed by Jason | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Contents of an apiary | 4 |
| 5D | 5. "That sure hits the spot!" | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Next-best bowling frame to a strike | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Basketball great ___ Thomas | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Trapeze performer | 9 |
| 9D | 9. Popular gas additive | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Quickly raises, as windows | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Doughnut shop attraction | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Land ___ (British luxury vehicle) | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Hearty steak | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Big name in jets | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Rapper/record executive Dr. ___ | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Arrived | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Bit of baby talk | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Surgery reminder | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Fashion designer Chanel | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Ethel's neighbor/pal, on 1950s TV | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Odysseus and King Arthur, for two | 10 |
| 22D | 34. Alaska's largest city | 9 |
| 23D | 35. Classic muscle car | 3 |
| 24D | 37. Transcript figs. | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Measly | 4 |
| 26D | 39. St. ___ (common church name) | 4 |
| 27D | 41. College V.I.P. | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Satan's domain | 4 |
| 29D | 47. Drink slowly | 3 |
| 30D | 49. Muppet with a falsetto | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Most important invitees | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Something used to catch speeders | 5 |
| 33D | 52. What stars and bootblacks both do | 5 |
| 34D | 53. So dull | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Separately | 5 |
| 36D | 58. Poker player's declaration | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Hockey feint | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Over again | 4 |
| 39D | 61. "Now!," in the E.R. | 4 |
| 40D | 63. "___ Doubtfire" | 3 |
| 41D | 65. Juilliard field: 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. Former ugly duckling, in story"
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 stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Words that mean the same thing: avow, roll, drift
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. One who tipples too much"
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 chronic drinker
- Words that mean the same thing: drunkard, sot, rummy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Mythical ship sailed by Jason"
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 4 Down: "4. Contents of an apiary"
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 any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- Words that mean the same thing: comprise, exist, follow
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. "That sure hits the spot!""
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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: ooh
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Next-best bowling frame to a strike"
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 an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- Words that mean the same thing: unornamented, plain, trim
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Basketball great ___ Thomas"
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: ISIAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Trapeze performer"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AERIALIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Popular gas additive"
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 standard temperature and pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: s.t.p.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Quickly raises, as windows"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THROWSOPEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Doughnut shop attraction"
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 any property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: odour, perfume, smell
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AROMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Land ___ (British luxury vehicle)"
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 someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- Words that mean the same thing: scouter, bird of passage, wanderer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROVER
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Hearty steak"
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: TBONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Big name in jets"
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 british artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Words that mean the same thing: King Lear, Edward Lear
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Rapper/record executive Dr. ___"
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: DRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Arrived"
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 move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- Words that mean the same thing: add up, get, do
- The opposite would be: leave, go
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAME
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Bit of baby talk"
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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: papa, pappa, pop
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DADA
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Surgery reminder"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Words that mean the same thing: cicatrice, cicatrix, pit
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SCAR
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Fashion designer Chanel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
- Words that mean the same thing: coconut, coco palm, coconut tree
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: COCO
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Ethel's neighbor/pal, on 1950s TV"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern ethiopia in 1974
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LUCY
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Odysseus and King Arthur, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: EPICHEROES
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Alaska's largest city"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that the condition of being secured to a base
- Words that mean the same thing: anchorage ground
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: ANCHORAGE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Classic muscle car"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GTO
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Transcript figs."
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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Words that mean the same thing: GPA, grade point average
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GPAS
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Measly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a small pond of standing water
- Words that mean the same thing: simple, bare
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MERE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. St. ___ (common church name)"
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: ANNS
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Clue 27 Down: "41. College V.I.P."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
- Words that mean the same thing: doyen, James Dean, James Byron Dean
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DEAN
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Satan's domain"
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 any place of pain and turmoil
- Words that mean the same thing: the pits, Scheol, blaze
- The opposite would be: Heaven
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The answer is: HELL
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Drink slowly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that a small drink
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SIP
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Muppet with a falsetto"
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: ELMO
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Most important invitees"
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: ALIST
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Something used to catch speeders"
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 measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
- Words that mean the same thing: radiolocation, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RADAR
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Clue 33 Down: "52. What stars and bootblacks both do"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- Words that mean the same thing: glitter, glisten, glow
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SHINE
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Clue 34 Down: "53. So dull"
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: HOHUM
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Separately"
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 remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
- Words that mean the same thing: aside, asunder, isolated
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: APART
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Poker player's declaration"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IMIN
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Hockey feint"
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: DEKE
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Over again"
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 again but in a new or different way
- Words that mean the same thing: afresh
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANEW
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Clue 39 Down: "61. "Now!," in the E.R."
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: STAT
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Clue 40 Down: "63. "___ Doubtfire""
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 form of address for a married woman
- Words that mean the same thing: Mr., Mrs., Mister
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MRS
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Clue 41 Down: "65. Juilliard field: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that type genus of the muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Mus, mu
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MUS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 64 | 84.2% |
| Short Answer | 5 | 6.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 25, 2025 at 02:44 PM
