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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
May 17, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Goes on a mountain run | 4 |
| 2A | 5. The sun and the moon | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019 | 3 |
| 4A | 12. Body of water between Sicily and Greece | 9 |
| 5A | 14. Any email that begins "Congrats, you've been selected …," probably | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Brings to a tie | 9 |
| 7A | 17. High low voice | 5 |
| 8A | 19. "Quit it!" | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Display in a shoebox, maybe | 7 |
| 10A | 22. Clod | 6 |
| 11A | 25. Makeshift umbrella holder | 3 |
| 12A | 26. Group that gets marching orders | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Amazon swimmers | 9 |
| 15A | 30. To be, in Havana | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Row | 3 |
| 17A | 32. ___ al-Fitr (feast occasion) | 3 |
| 18A | 33. Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility … or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts | 13 |
| 19A | 39. Say rude things about | 3 |
| 20A | 40. Was idle | 3 |
| 21A | 41. Tease | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Aims for | 9 |
| 23A | 47. Unisex fragrance launched in 1994 | 5 |
| 24A | 49. Horseshoer's target | 4 |
| 25A | 50. Astronaut Grissom | 3 |
| 26A | 51. In agony | 6 |
| 27A | 52. One checking the books | 7 |
| 28A | 54. Chuck | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Certain ocean pollution | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Old English, for better or worse? | 9 |
| 31A | 61. Makeup of many birdfeed cakes | 4 |
| 32A | 62. San Bernardino suburb whose name means "beautiful hill" | 9 |
| 33A | 63. Authors' submissions: Abbr. | 3 |
| 34A | 64. Pines (for) | 4 |
| 35A | 65. A-number-one | 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. Goes on a mountain run"
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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: ski
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. The sun and the moon"
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 ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- Words that mean the same thing: revolve, orbit, orb
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019"
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: AOC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "12. Body of water between Sicily and Greece"
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: IONIANSEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Any email that begins "Congrats, you've been selected …," probably"
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 canned meat made largely from pork
- Words that mean the same thing: junk e-mail
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Brings to a tie"
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: MAKESEVEN
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Clue 7 Across: "17. High low voice"
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 adult male singing voice above baritone
- Words that mean the same thing: tenor voice, strain
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENOR
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Clue 8 Across: "19. "Quit it!""
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 event of something ending
- Words that mean the same thing: point, hitch, break
- The opposite would be: continue, begin
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOP
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Display in a shoebox, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
- Words that mean the same thing: panorama, cyclorama
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIORAMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Clod"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person of subnormal intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: retard, moron, imbecile
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRETIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Makeshift umbrella holder"
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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Group that gets marching orders"
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 permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Words that mean the same thing: ground forces, US Army, USA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich"
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 or inhabitant of cuba
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUBAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Amazon swimmers"
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 large arboreal boa of tropical south america
- Words that mean the same thing: Eunectes murinus, anaconda
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANACONDAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. To be, in Havana"
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: SER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Row"
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 an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. ___ al-Fitr (feast occasion)"
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: EID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility … or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOESTHESPLITS
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Clue 19 Across: "39. Say rude things about"
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 god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcus
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Was idle"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: posture, sit, sit around
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Tease"
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 support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: make fun, blackguard, guy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Aims for"
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: ASPIRESTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Unisex fragrance launched in 1994"
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: CKONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Horseshoer's target"
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 foot of an ungulate mammal
- Words that mean the same thing: hoof it, foot, leg it
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOOF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Astronaut Grissom"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the largest and southernmost island in the marianas which is administered as a territory of the united states; it was ceded by spain to the united states in 1898
- Words that mean the same thing: Guam, GU
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. In agony"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- Words that mean the same thing: anguish, offended, trouble
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAINED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. One checking the books"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who listens attentively
- Words that mean the same thing: attender, hearer, listener
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUDITOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Chuck"
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 violent throw
- Words that mean the same thing: lunge, cast, throw
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HURL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Certain ocean pollution"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a slippery smoothness
- Words that mean the same thing: glib, pat, dodgy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Old English, for better or worse?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a history of a word
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETYMOLOGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Makeup of many birdfeed cakes"
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 hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. San Bernardino suburb whose name means "beautiful hill""
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: LOMALINDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Authors' submissions: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
- Words that mean the same thing: Ms, MS, Mississippi
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Pines (for)"
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 yearning for something or to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: pine, yen, ache
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. A-number-one"
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 the upper part of anything
- Words that mean the same thing: topnotch, top out, elevation
- The opposite would be: bottom
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPS
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May 17, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Playable character in an "artificial life" game franchise | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Hawaiian wood used to build the earliest surfboards | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Tattoos | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Rest of the day? | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Base hit result, maybe | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Host's request | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Stinger | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Actress Bullock | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Regarding | 4 |
| 10D | 10. The "O" of M.O. | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Unfounded rumor | 6 |
| 12D | 13. Actor John or Sean | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Matriarchal nickname | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Sunshine, so to speak | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Plant, as an idea, in sci-fi slang | 6 |
| 16D | 22. Includes on a thread | 3 |
| 17D | 23. Was sorry about | 4 |
| 18D | 24. Longest river entirely within Spain | 4 |
| 19D | 25. States of upheaval | 7 |
| 20D | 28. "That's the spot!" | 3 |
| 21D | 29. Many a Rembrandt | 3 |
| 22D | 31. New York lake that's the source of the Susquehanna River | 6 |
| 23D | 34. Buildings | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Bwana : Swahili :: ___ : English | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Holy title with a tilde | 3 |
| 26D | 37. 1982 sci-fi classic with a 2010 sequel | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Kind of wave | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Hospital unit | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Sounds of recognition | 4 |
| 30D | 44. All ___ Day | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Stand that a speaker might take | 6 |
| 32D | 46. To be certain | 6 |
| 33D | 47. Go a-wassailing | 5 |
| 34D | 48. Perform spectacularly, colloquially | 6 |
| 35D | 51. Mountain lions | 5 |
| 36D | 53. Popular booth in New York's Times Square | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Song of celebration | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Tic-tac finish | 3 |
| 39D | 58. "Double Fantasy" singer | 3 |
| 40D | 59. Econ. indicator | 3 |
| 41D | 60. "___ queen!" (enthusiastic cry) | 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. Playable character in an "artificial life" game franchise"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Hawaiian wood used to build the earliest surfboards"
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: KOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Tattoos"
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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Rest of the day?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIESTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Base hit result, maybe"
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: ONEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Host's request"
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: RSVP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Stinger"
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 of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEE
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Actress Bullock"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium 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: SANDRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Regarding"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. The "O" of M.O."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERANDI
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Unfounded rumor"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a deliberately misleading fabrication
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CANARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "13. Actor John or Sean"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ASTIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. Matriarchal nickname"
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 informal terms for a mother
- Words that mean the same thing: mommy, mummy, mum
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOMMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Sunshine, so to speak"
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 column of light (as from a beacon)
- Words that mean the same thing: electron beam, radiate, re
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Plant, as an idea, in sci-fi slang"
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: INCEPT
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Clue 16 Down: "22. Includes on a thread"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
- Words that mean the same thing: cubic centimeter, milliliter, cubic centimetre
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CCS
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Clue 17 Down: "23. Was sorry about"
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 feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- Words that mean the same thing: repent, regret, rue
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "24. Longest river entirely within Spain"
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 a river in northeastern spain; flows into the mediterranean
- Words that mean the same thing: Ebro River
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EBRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "25. States of upheaval"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- Words that mean the same thing: agitation, fermentation, ferment
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNRESTS
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Clue 20 Down: "28. "That's the spot!""
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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: ooh
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AAH
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Many a Rembrandt"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: crude oil, anoint, rock oil
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OIL
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Clue 22 Down: "31. New York lake that's the source of the Susquehanna River"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OTSEGO
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Buildings"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
- Words that mean the same thing: edifice, building
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: EDIFICES
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Bwana : Swahili :: ___ : English"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that term of address for a man
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SIR
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Holy title with a tilde"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SAO
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Clue 26 Down: "37. 1982 sci-fi classic with a 2010 sequel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TRON
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Kind of wave"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: sin
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SINE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Hospital unit"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: kip down, turn in, jazz
- The opposite would be: get up, turn out
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The answer is: BED
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Sounds of recognition"
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: AHAS
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Clue 30 Down: "44. All ___ Day"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- Words that mean the same thing: someone, mortal, individual
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SOULS
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Clue 31 Down: "45. Stand that a speaker might take"
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 platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- Words that mean the same thing: rostrum, stump, ambo
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PODIUM
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Clue 32 Down: "46. To be certain"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- Words that mean the same thing: certainly, sure, for certain
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SURELY
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Go a-wassailing"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that joyful religious song celebrating the birth of christ
- Words that mean the same thing: Christmas carol
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CAROL
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Perform spectacularly, colloquially"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: KILLIT
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Mountain lions"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that large american feline resembling a lion
- Words that mean the same thing: painter, mountain lion, catamount
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PUMAS
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Popular booth in New York's Times Square"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TKTS
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Clue 37 Down: "54. Song of celebration"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- This could be something that a song of praise (to god or to a saint or to a nation)
- Words that mean the same thing: anthem
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HYMN
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Tic-tac finish"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that one of the digits of the foot
- Words that mean the same thing: toenail
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TOE
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Clue 39 Down: "58. "Double Fantasy" singer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ONO
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Clue 40 Down: "59. Econ. indicator"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the measure of an economy adopted by the united states in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)
- Words that mean the same thing: gross domestic product
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GDP
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Clue 41 Down: "60. "___ queen!" (enthusiastic cry)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YAS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 42 | 55.3% |
| Short Answer | 21 | 27.6% |
| Geography | 6 | 7.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 10:22 AM
