XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: July 05, 2025
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Across Clues and Answers (35)
Clue #1: 1. Break off
Antonyms: continue, continuant_consonant
Clue #2: 5. French musician/composer ___ Tiersen
Clue #3: 9. Come to
Clue #4: 14. Kind of survivor
Clue #5: 15. Name hidden in "disobedience"
Clue #6: 16. Zhou of Chinese history
Clue #7: 17. Yard, e.g.
Clue #8: 18. Some stain preventers
Clue #9: 20. Challenges for management
Clue #10: 21. Oil smugglers?
Clue #11: 22. Eerie phenomenon when a robot seems too lifelike
Clue #12: 24. Newspaper in Boston or Miami
Clue #13: 25. Bone, in Bologna
Clue #14: 26. Neutralize bad karma, say
Clue #15: 27. Bad guys
Clue #16: 29. Michigan's ___ Marquette River (waterway named for a missionary)
Clue #17: 33. It's nothing
Clue #18: 34. *, to a typist
Clue #19: 37. Babe, for one
Clue #20: 38. Muscle named for its shape, for short
Clue #21: 40. "What's the big ___?"
Clue #22: 41. Getting in one guess, as Wordle
Clue #23: 43. Fencing option
Clue #24: 45. Like Brutalist architecture
Clue #25: 46. Subject of the books "Jonathan Loved David" and "Take Back the Word"
Clue #26: 50. Alley oops
Clue #27: 51. Noble title
Antonyms: Lord, nobleman
Clue #28: 53. Rigid sort of interpreter
Clue #29: 54. Gal(lic) pal
Clue #30: 55. Glass production
Clue #31: 56. Brendon of Panic! at the Disco
Clue #32: 57. "99 Luftballons" singer
Clue #33: 58. Blow out
Antonyms: implode
Clue #34: 59. Got a load of
Antonyms: eyeless
Clue #35: 60. Somewhat audible disparagements
Across Clues and Answers (35)
Clue #1: 1. Careen wildly
Clue #2: 2. Leave lost for words
Clue #3: 3. Jewish bakery specialty
Clue #4: 4. 3-D diagnostic test
Clue #5: 5. One of the pillars of improv
Clue #6: 6. Bedeck
Clue #7: 7. Swell
Clue #8: 8. It's a straight shot
Clue #9: 9. Keeps greasing that squeaky wheel?
Clue #10: 10. Blanket
Clue #11: 11. Pain relief brand
Clue #12: 12. Drew on a TV
Clue #13: 13. Somewhat audible disparagement
Antonyms: applaud
Clue #14: 19. Dance move that slid into English as "sashay"
Clue #15: 23. They're not as sweet as porters
Clue #16: 24. What may be raised at a meeting
Clue #17: 27. Uniform shade
Clue #18: 28. Could be certain?
Antonyms: differ
Clue #19: 30. Fortnite developer
Clue #20: 31. Small-time
Clue #21: 32. Like flans and frittatas
Clue #22: 35. Earth : sun :: ___ : sol
Clue #23: 36. Colloquial collective
Clue #24: 39. Is on the brink, say
Clue #25: 42. Radiator fluid
Clue #26: 44. Squint to see
Clue #27: 45. Very secure, in a way
Antonyms: unbolt
Clue #28: 46. Record-keeping device made of strings and knots
Clue #29: 47. Complete
Clue #30: 48. Like a perilous situation
Antonyms: hairless
Clue #31: 49. Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you reverse the third and fourth letters
Clue #32: 50. Liquidy lump
Clue #33: 52. Votes for
Antonyms: nay
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
27405 Wed Nov 20, 2024 NYT Robert S. Gard
Across Clues :
1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps, 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis, 9. Cause of lens flare, 14. In a moment, 15. Shoot forth, 16. School tool, 17. Coloring implement since 1903, 19. China's Zhou ___, 20. Atop, poetically, 21. Flying mammals, 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011, 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare, 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet", 26. Blade runner?, 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up, 29. Quaint contraction, 32. Sine ___ non, 35. Film representations, 37. Kind of computer port, 40. Books with legends, 42. Jones (for), 43. Parent working behind the scenes?, 45. Bit of cream, 47. Totally bonkers, 48. Make a big to-do (over), 50. Big name in sunglasses, 54. Domesticated, 56. Move to the beat?, 59. Montmartre sweetheart, 61. Christmas tree decoration, 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do, 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g., 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle, 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson, 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g., 68. Asian soup, 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10, 70. Cyclops, for one, 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief
Down Clues :
1. Dapper sartorial choices, 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws, 3. Self-pitying lament, 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief, 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein, 6. Artificial bronze, 7. Fiery sorts, it's said, 8. B.Y.O.B. part, 9. Say hello to, 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight, 11. What a rear exit may lead to, 12. Pore over, 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves, 18. ___ Dhabi, 22. Got steamed, 24. A.S.A.P., 25. Corporate $$$ overseers, 28. Abuses the listserv, say, 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale", 31. W-9 info, 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short, 34. Bank withdrawal charge, 36. Air marshal's org., 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives, 38. Potential rescue pet, 39. Culture group, 41. Like a lime green suit, 44. They're open to interpretation, 46. Hee-haws, 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War, 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g., 52. Wedding reception cry, 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps, 55. In our ___ (among us), 57. The "U" of 71-Across, 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist, 59. Declining industry of Appalachia, 60. Strong and healthy, 61. Shark bait, 64. Jazz instrument, 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.
Break down the NYT Crosswords: November 20, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Sources of unwanted feedback, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AMPS
Possible Answer : adenosine_monophosphate, amp, adenylic_acid, AMP, A, ampere
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The clue is 5. Capital city with the Holmenkollen Ski Museum, home to the world's largest collection of skis. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: OSLO
Possible Answer : capital_of_Norway, Oslo, Christiania
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The clue is 9. Cause of lens flare. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GLARE
Possible Answer : brilliance, public_eye, glare, blaze, spotlight, limelight, glower
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The clue is 14. In a moment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOON
Possible Answer : before_long, soon, shortly, presently
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The clue is 15. Shoot forth. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SPEW
Possible Answer : vomit, sick, chuck, spue, throw_up, ptyalise, purge, spew, disgorge, puke, spew_out, be_sick, cat, barf, regurgitate, upchuck, regorge, cast, vomit_up, honk, retch, ptyalize, spit, eruct
Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down
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The clue is 16. School tool. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: RULER
Possible Answer : swayer, rule, ruler
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The clue is 17. Coloring implement since 1903. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)
The answer: CRAYOLACRAYON
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The clue is 19. China's Zhou ___. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ENLAI
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The clue is 20. Atop, poetically. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OER
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The clue is 21. Flying mammals. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BATS
Possible Answer : dotty, bats, cream, nuts, kookie, kooky, loopy, lick, clobber, batty, bonkers, loco, thrash, drub, balmy, flutter, squash_racket, whacky, wacky, barmy, cracked, loony, squash_racquet, at-bat, chiropteran, fruity, haywire, nutty, buggy, bat, cricket_bat, round_the_bend, crackers, daft, around_the_bend
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The clue is 22. Make like South Sudan in 2011. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SECEDE
Possible Answer : secede, break_away, splinter
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The clue is 23. Deep-fried Japanese fare. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: TEMPURA
Possible Answer : tempura
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The clue is 25. Comic strip with a collection titled "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CATHY
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The clue is 26. Blade runner?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SLED
Possible Answer : sledge, sled, sleigh
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The clue is 27. "You should open this on a personal device" heads-up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NSFW
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The clue is 29. Quaint contraction. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TWAS
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The clue is 32. Sine ___ non. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: QUA
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The clue is 35. Film representations. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: PORTRAYALS
Possible Answer : depicting, portrait, delineation, enactment, characterization, depiction, portrayal, portraiture, personation, portraying
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The clue is 37. Kind of computer port. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: USB
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The clue is 40. Books with legends. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: ATLASES
Possible Answer : Atlas, map_collection, book_of_maps, atlas_vertebra, atlas, telamon
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The clue is 42. Jones (for). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: YEN
Possible Answer : yearn, ache, hankering, languish, yen, pine
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The clue is 43. Parent working behind the scenes?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: STAGEMOM
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The clue is 45. Bit of cream. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DAB
Possible Answer : swob, dab, tap, pat, splash, swab, splatter
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The clue is 47. Totally bonkers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: CRAYCRAY
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The clue is 48. Make a big to-do (over). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FUSS
Possible Answer : tiff, ado, spat, trouble, fuss, bustle, dither, bother, niggle, overprotect, fret, squabble, hustle, mother, bickering, stir, pettifoggery, hassle, flurry, flap, pother, tizzy, bicker
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The clue is 50. Big name in sunglasses. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RAYBAN
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The clue is 54. Domesticated. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TAMED
Possible Answer : subdue, reclaim, domesticate, naturalize, tame, moderate, chasten, tone_down, naturalise, tamed, domesticize, domesticise, cultivate
Possible Opposite Answer : wild
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The clue is 56. Move to the beat?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: PULSATE
Possible Answer : pulsate, throb, pulse, quiver, beat
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The clue is 59. Montmartre sweetheart. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: CHERIE
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The clue is 61. Christmas tree decoration. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CANE
Possible Answer : flog, lambaste, cane, lambast
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The clue is 62. What a coxswain notably doesn't do. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ROW
Possible Answer : rowing, words, quarrel, dustup, wrangle, row, run-in, course
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The clue is 63. Worked on a trireme, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OARED
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The clue is 64. Downsizer? ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SHRINKRAY
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The clue is 66. Lewis Carroll, for Charles Dodgson. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ALIAS
Possible Answer : also_known_as, false_name, a.k.a., alias, assumed_name
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The clue is 67. Bentley or Benz, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: AUTO
Possible Answer : car, automobile, machine, motorcar, auto
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The clue is 68. Asian soup. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: MISO
Possible Answer : miso
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The clue is 69. "... he that is unjust in the ___ is unjust also in much": Luke 16:10. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: LEAST
Possible Answer : to_the_lowest_degree, least
Possible Opposite Answer : most
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The clue is 70. Cyclops, for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: XMAN
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The clue is 71. Annual presidential speech, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOTU
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Dapper sartorial choices. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ASCOTS
Possible Answer: ascot
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The clue is 2. Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: MORAYEEL
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The clue is 3. Self-pitying lament. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: POORME
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The clue is 4. Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SNL
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The clue is 5. Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OSCAR
Possible Answer: Oscar, Academy_Award
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The clue is 6. Artificial bronze. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: SPRAYTAN
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The clue is 7. Fiery sorts, it's said. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LEOS
Possible Answer: Leo, Leo_the_Lion, Lion
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The clue is 8. B.Y.O.B. part. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: OWN
Possible Answer: have, own, possess, ain
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The clue is 9. Say hello to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: GREET
Possible Answer: recognize, recognise, greet
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The clue is 10. Makeshift shield during a food fight. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: LUNCHTRAY
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The clue is 11. What a rear exit may lead to. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: ALLEYWAY
Possible Answer: back_street, alleyway, alley
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The clue is 12. Pore over. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: READ
Possible Answer: translate, scan, study, take, show, learn, record, read, understand, register, say, interpret
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The clue is 13. Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball's SeaWolves. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ERIE
Possible Answer: Lake_Erie, Erie
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The clue is 18. ___ Dhabi. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ABU
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The clue is 22. Got steamed. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SAWRED
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The clue is 24. A.S.A.P.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PDQ
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The clue is 25. Corporate $$$ overseers. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CFOS
Possible Answer: CFO, chief_financial_officer
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The clue is 28. Abuses the listserv, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SPAMS
Possible Answer: Spam, spam, junk_e-mail
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The clue is 30. "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ALE
Possible Answer: ale
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The clue is 31. W-9 info. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SSN
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The clue is 33. Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: UAE
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The clue is 34. Bank withdrawal charge. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ATMFEE
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The clue is 36. Air marshal's org.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TSA
Possible Answer: TSA, Transportation_Security_Administration
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The clue is 37. Sch. that's home to the Warner Bros. Archives. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: USC
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The clue is 38. Potential rescue pet. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: STRAY
Possible Answer: swan, divagate, wander, roll, stray, range, rove, roam, vagabond, drift, err, isolated, tramp, ramble, cast, digress
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The clue is 39. Culture group. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: BACTERIA
Possible Answer: bacteria, bacterium
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The clue is 41. Like a lime green suit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LOUD
Possible Answer: flashy, tawdry, loudly, garish, meretricious, brassy, loud, forte, cheap, tacky, tatty, aloud, gaudy, gimcrack, trashy, flash
Possible Opposite Answer : soft, piano, softly
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The clue is 44. They're open to interpretation. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: GRAYAREAS
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The clue is 46. Hee-haws. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BRAYS
Possible Answer: mash, bray, hee-haw, grind, crunch, comminute
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The clue is 49. Athens's rival in the Peloponnesian War. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: SPARTA
Possible Answer: Sparta
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The clue is 51. Spanish Harlem, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BARRIO
Possible Answer: barrio
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The clue is 52. Wedding reception cry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: ATOAST
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The clue is 53. Goal of self-improvement, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NEWYOU
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The clue is 55. In our ___ (among us). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: MIDST
Possible Answer: thick, midst
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The clue is 57. The "U" of 71-Across. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: UNION
Possible Answer: wedlock, coupling, trades_union, labor_union, union, conglutination, spousal_relationship, North, uniting, Union, jointure, unification, sum, marriage, matrimony, mating, trade_union, join, brotherhood, conjugation, pairing, sexual_union, Federal
Possible Opposite Answer : nonunion, separation, disunion
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The clue is 58. ___ Deighton, British spy novelist. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LEN
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The clue is 59. Declining industry of Appalachia. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: COAL
Possible Answer: char, coal, ember
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The clue is 60. Strong and healthy. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: HALE
Possible Answer: drag, Edward_Everett_Hale, Nathan_Hale, George_Ellery_Hale, coerce, squeeze, pressure, force, Hale, whole, hale, haul, cart
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The clue is 61. Shark bait. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CHUM
Possible Answer: Oncorhynchus_keta, crony, buddy, brother, pal, sidekick, chum, chum_salmon
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The clue is 64. Jazz instrument. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAX
Possible Answer: sax, Adolphe_Sax, Sax, saxophone
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The clue is 65. Berlin Marathon units: Abbr.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: KMS
Possible Answer: kilometer, klick, km, kilometre
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
June 29, 2022 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (35 clues)
- Down Clues (41 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
June 29, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
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| 1A | 1. Cardamom-infused tea | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Not give up, say | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Pronoun before "it may concern" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Partner of raised | 4 |
| 5A | 15. China's Zhou ___ | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Place that generates buzz | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Ate and ran, say | 12 |
| 8A | 19. Almost closed | 4 |
| 9A | 20. ___ on actual events | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Fit to live in | 11 |
| 11A | 23. "The Goldfinch" writer Donna | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Some E.R. cases | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Make a scapegoat of | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Kigali resident | 7 |
| 15A | 32. Title of respect | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Unclear mental state | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Throw with force | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Legendary Himalayan humanoid | 17 |
| 19A | 41. Capacious | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Not falling for | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Play for a sucker | 3 |
| 22A | 44. Place to pitch a product | 7 |
| 23A | 46. Entice | 5 |
| 24A | 49. Amber quaff | 3 |
| 25A | 50. Catherine of "Beetlejuice" | 5 |
| 26A | 52. The magic word? | 11 |
| 27A | 56. Japanese automaker | 5 |
| 28A | 60. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" meanie) | 4 |
| 29A | 61. Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle | 10 |
| 30A | 63. Relative of a cor anglais | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Consumes, in a way | 5 |
| 32A | 65. Sharer's word | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Tear to bits | 4 |
| 34A | 67. Food service giant | 5 |
| 35A | 68. Norse god of thunder | 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. Cardamom-infused tea"
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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: CHAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Not give up, say"
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 hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- Words that mean the same thing: fight back, competitiveness, crusade
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: FIGHT
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Pronoun before "it may concern""
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: WHOM
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Partner of raised"
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 nuclear physicist (born in germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- Words that mean the same thing: gestate, acquit, carry
- The opposite would be: unborn
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BORN
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Clue 5 Across: "15. China's Zhou ___"
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: ENLAI
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Place that generates buzz"
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 teeming multitude
- Words that mean the same thing: beehive
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIVE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Ate and ran, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: GRABBEDABITE
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Almost closed"
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 slightly open
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AJAR
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Clue 9 Across: "20. ___ on actual events"
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 use as a basis for; found on
- Words that mean the same thing: ground, found, establish
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASED
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Fit to live in"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fit for habitation
- Words that mean the same thing: habitable
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INHABITABLE
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Clue 11 Across: "23. "The Goldfinch" writer Donna"
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: TARTT
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Clue 12 Across: "25. Some E.R. cases"
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 doctor's degree in optometry
- Words that mean the same thing: OD, oculus dexter, Doctor of Optometry
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODS
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Clue 13 Across: "26. Make a scapegoat of"
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 an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: pick, blamed, infernal
- The opposite would be: absolve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAME
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Clue 14 Across: "28. Kigali resident"
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 a native or inhabitant of rwanda
- Words that mean the same thing: Ruandan
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RWANDAN
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Clue 15 Across: "32. Title of respect"
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: SRI
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Clue 16 Across: "33. Unclear mental state"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
- Words that mean the same thing: fog, daze
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAZE
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Clue 17 Across: "36. Throw with force"
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 an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- Words that mean the same thing: buckle, heft, surge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAVE
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Clue 18 Across: "37. Legendary Himalayan humanoid"
Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
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Clue 19 Across: "41. Capacious"
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 associate who shares a room with you
- Words that mean the same thing: roomie, roommate, spacious
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROOMY
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Clue 20 Across: "42. Not falling for"
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: ONTO
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Clue 21 Across: "43. Play for a sucker"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: utilization, consumption, role
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USE
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Clue 22 Across: "44. Place to pitch a product"
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: ADSPACE
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Clue 23 Across: "46. Entice"
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 dispose or incline or entice to
- Words that mean the same thing: entice, influence, invite
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEMPT
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Clue 24 Across: "49. Amber quaff"
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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALE
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Clue 25 Across: "50. Catherine of "Beetlejuice""
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: OHARA
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Clue 26 Across: "52. The magic word?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that gibberish and nonsense
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABRACADABRA
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Clue 27 Across: "56. Japanese automaker"
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: ISUZU
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Clue 28 Across: "60. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" meanie)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: HUTT
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Clue 29 Across: "61. Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABCRUNCHES
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Clue 30 Across: "63. Relative of a cor anglais"
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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Consumes, in a way"
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 something that is read
- Words that mean the same thing: learn, register, scan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: READS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. Sharer's word"
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: OURS
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Clue 33 Across: "66. Tear to bits"
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 tear or be torn violently
- Words that mean the same thing: pull, rive, rip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REND
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Clue 34 Across: "67. Food service giant"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYSCO
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Clue 35 Across: "68. Norse god of thunder"
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 (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOR
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Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 29, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Sesenta minutos | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Certain horses | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Still being debugged | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Gave sustenance | 3 |
| 6D | 6. "Not right this second" | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Flicker of light | 5 |
| 8D | 8. "Thirty days ___ September …" | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Finish gift-wrapping, say | 7 |
| 10D | 10. "How've you been?" | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Muslim headscarf | 5 |
| 12D | 12. The earth's path around the sun, e.g. | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Little more than | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Dutch cheese | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Neighbor of Montana | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Fix up again, as a house | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Hen's hatchlings | 5 |
| 18D | 27. V.I.P. conveyances | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Staff break? | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Block, as a stream | 5 |
| 21D | 30. "Stop!," at sea | 5 |
| 22D | 31. State bird of Hawaii | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Hummus brand | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Prickly plant with healing qualities | 4 |
| 25D | 35. ___ garden | 3 |
| 26D | 38. Affected | 8 |
| 27D | 39. Spiral-horned antelope | 5 |
| 28D | 40. The "N" of N.B. | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Aromatic evergreens | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Dublin's land, to poets | 4 |
| 31D | 48. Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger | 6 |
| 32D | 50. Arctic predators | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Cool head? | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Dislike with a passion | 5 |
| 35D | 53. Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the "Self-Operating Napkin" | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Gobs | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Friar's home | 5 |
| 38D | 57. "Think again!" | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Bit of binary code | 4 |
| 40D | 59. Geographical inits. until 1991 | 4 |
| 41D | 62. Troop troupe, for short | 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. N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps"
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: CBGB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Sesenta minutos"
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: HORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Certain horses"
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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arab, Arabian
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARABS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Still being debugged"
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: INBETA
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Gave sustenance"
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 any federal law-enforcement officer
- Words that mean the same thing: FRS, Federal Reserve, feed in
- The opposite would be: starve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FED
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Clue 6 Down: "6. "Not right this second""
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: INABIT
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Flicker of light"
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 momentary flash of light
- Words that mean the same thing: glance, spark, flicker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLINT
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Clue 8 Down: "8. "Thirty days ___ September …""
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: HATH
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Finish gift-wrapping, say"
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: TIEABOW
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Clue 10 Down: "10. "How've you been?""
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: WHATSNEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Muslim headscarf"
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 headscarf worn by muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIJAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. The earth's path around the sun, e.g."
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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Words that mean the same thing: ellipse, prolate, ovoid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVAL
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Little more than"
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 pond of standing water
- Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MERE
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Dutch cheese"
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 mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Neighbor of Montana"
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 state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: ID, Gem State
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDAHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Fix up again, as a house"
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: REHAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Hen's hatchlings"
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 young of an animal cared for at one time
- Words that mean the same thing: hover, loom, stew
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BROOD
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Clue 18 Down: "27. V.I.P. conveyances"
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 large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
- Words that mean the same thing: limousine, limo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIMOS
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Staff break?"
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 something left after other parts have been taken away
- Words that mean the same thing: reside, rest period, catch one's breath
- The opposite would be: change, be active
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REST
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Block, as a stream"
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: DAMUP
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Clue 21 Down: "30. "Stop!," at sea"
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: AVAST
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Clue 22 Down: "31. State bird of Hawaii"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: NENE
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Hummus brand"
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 native-born israeli
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SABRA
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Prickly plant with healing qualities"
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 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
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Clue 25 Down: "35. ___ garden"
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 school of mahayana buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; china and japan
- Words that mean the same thing: back breaker, superman, dose
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "38. Affected"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that press or wedge together; pack together
- Words that mean the same thing: touch on, touch, impact
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMPACTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "39. Spiral-horned antelope"
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 city in sudan
- Words that mean the same thing: Tragelaphus angasi
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NYALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "40. The "N" of N.B."
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: ____
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The answer is: NOTA
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Aromatic evergreens"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
- Words that mean the same thing: cedarwood, cedar, cedar tree
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CEDARS
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Dublin's land, to poets"
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 early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIN
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Poppin' Fresh or Tony the Tiger"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MASCOT
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Arctic predators"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcinus orca, orca, sea wolf
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ORCAS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Cool head?"
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: HARDC
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Dislike with a passion"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that find repugnant
- Words that mean the same thing: execrate, abominate, loathe
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ABHOR
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the "Self-Operating Napkin""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- Words that mean the same thing: hayseed, yahoo, hick
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUBE
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Gobs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Words that mean the same thing: Aten
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATON
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Clue 37 Down: "55. Friar's home"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a church associated with a monastery or convent
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ABBEY
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Clue 38 Down: "57. "Think again!""
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: UHUH
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Bit of binary code"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: nix, zippo, zero in
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ZERO
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Clue 40 Down: "59. Geographical inits. until 1991"
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 former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USSR
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Clue 41 Down: "62. Troop troupe, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 62 | 81.6% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 7.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 17 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 Wednesday, 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 09, 2025 at 03:48 AM