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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, May 12, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (31 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword May 12, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Powdered green tea | 6 |
| 2A | 7. "Nothing else?" | 8 |
| 3A | 15. Mistake fixer | 6 |
| 4A | 16. Like Bluetooth connections | 8 |
| 5A | 17. Transfer, as wine | 6 |
| 6A | 18. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g. | 8 |
| 7A | 19. Don't assume, say | 3 |
| 8A | 20. One way to start a point | 9 |
| 9A | 22. Waver wildly | 4 |
| 10A | 24. Appalachian spring hrs. | 3 |
| 11A | 25. A snap | 4 |
| 12A | 28. Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire" | 4 |
| 13A | 30. Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes | 3 |
| 14A | 33. "The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA) | 3 |
| 15A | 34. Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File] | 13 |
| 16A | 37. Best of the best | 13 |
| 17A | 38. "The House of the Spirits" novelist | 13 |
| 18A | 39. Polite thing to call someone | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Second sight, say | 3 |
| 20A | 41. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Air safety org. | 3 |
| 23A | 45. Kind of pit | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX | 9 |
| 25A | 54. Letter after phi | 3 |
| 26A | 55. Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans | 8 |
| 27A | 57. Daytona 500 org. | 6 |
| 28A | 59. Third of Sophocles' Theban plays | 8 |
| 29A | 60. C2H6 compound | 6 |
| 30A | 61. They "hatch" late in life | 8 |
| 31A | 62. Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say | 6 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Powdered green tea"
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: MATCHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. "Nothing else?""
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: ISTHATIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Mistake fixer"
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 an implement used to erase something
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERASER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "16. Like Bluetooth connections"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that medium for communication
- Words that mean the same thing: radio, radiocommunication, tuner
- The opposite would be: wired
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WIRELESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "17. Transfer, as wine"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: pour out, pour
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DECANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a short amusing opera
- Words that mean the same thing: light opera
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERETTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Don't assume, say"
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 inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: require, need, expect
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. One way to start a point"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPINSERVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Waver wildly"
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: YOYO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "24. Appalachian spring hrs."
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: EDT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. A snap"
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 posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- Words that mean the same thing: sluttish, easygoing, light
- The opposite would be: uneasy, quickly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EASY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "28. Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire""
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: RENE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes"
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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "33. "The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File]"
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: CASCADINGMENU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "37. Best of the best"
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: ALLTIMEGREATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. "The House of the Spirits" novelist"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: ISABELALLENDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Polite thing to call someone"
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 term of address for a man
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Second sight, say"
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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: E.S.P., second sight, extrasensory perception
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. ___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman"
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: ETTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Air safety org."
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 agency in the department of transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
- Words that mean the same thing: Federal Aviation Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Kind of pit"
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 dance the slam dance
- Words that mean the same thing: slam, slam dance, thrash
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX"
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: NEWSRADIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "54. Letter after phi"
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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
- Words that mean the same thing: ki, khi, qi
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans"
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: BEERAMID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Daytona 500 org."
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: NASCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "59. Third of Sophocles' Theban plays"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) the daughter of king oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTIGONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "60. C2H6 compound"
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 colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
- Words that mean the same thing: C2H6
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETHANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. They "hatch" late in life"
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: NESTEGGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that compose rhymes
- Words that mean the same thing: rhyming, rime, rhyme
- The opposite would be: unrhymed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHYMED
Great job if you got it right!
May 12, 2023 Friday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Time to focus on oneself | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Recess retort | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Like leaving the price tag on a gift | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Farm-fresh box letters | 3 |
| 5D | 5. They rule the roost | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Sketching tools | 10 |
| 7D | 7. "Can't make me!" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Doesn't drink much | 4 |
| 9D | 9. General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Doktor alternative | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Little confab | 9 |
| 13D | 13. "Das ___ gut!" | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Brainstorming diagram | 7 |
| 16D | 23. Brand whose "B" stands for "brush" | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Minus | 4 |
| 18D | 27. "Oh, ___!" | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Lauder of cosmetics | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Don't blow it! | 7 |
| 21D | 31. How a lawyer might be kept | 10 |
| 22D | 32. Musician's mouthpiece | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Subsection of an orchestra | 9 |
| 24D | 35. "Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film) | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Polite thing to call someone | 5 |
| 26D | 37. ___ Minor | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Devil follower | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Be worthy of | 5 |
| 29D | 44. Some short cuts | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Name associated with simple explanations | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian" | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Brought on | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Conduct | 4 |
| 34D | 51. It's hard to see through | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Word with pinky or promise | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Initiation ritual | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Preventive measure | 3 |
| 38D | 56. Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | 3 |
| 39D | 58. Not forward | 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. Time to focus on oneself"
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: MEDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Recess retort"
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: ARESO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Like leaving the price tag on a gift"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- Words that mean the same thing: brassy, garish, cheap
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TACKY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Farm-fresh box letters"
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: CSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. They rule the roost"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: hen, biddy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Sketching tools"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTPENCILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "Can't make me!""
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: IWONT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Doesn't drink much"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small drink
- Words that mean the same thing: sip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- Words that mean the same thing: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, tree diagram, shoetree
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Doktor alternative"
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 german man; used before the name as a title equivalent to mr in english
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HERR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name"
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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks aleve and anaprox and aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
- Words that mean the same thing: Anaprox, naproxen sodium, Aflaxen
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALEVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Little confab"
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: TETEATETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "Das ___ gut!""
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: IST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief"
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 an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Brainstorming diagram"
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: IDEAMAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Brand whose "B" stands for "brush""
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: ORALB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Minus"
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: SANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. "Oh, ___!""
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: YOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Lauder of cosmetics"
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: ESTEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "30. Don't blow it!"
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: BIGLEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "31. How a lawyer might be kept"
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: ONRETAINER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "32. Musician's mouthpiece"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Words that mean the same thing: agentive role, federal agent, broker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "34. Subsection of an orchestra"
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 a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- Words that mean the same thing: clarinet
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLARINETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "35. "Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: DEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "36. Polite thing to call someone"
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 woman of refinement
- Words that mean the same thing: brothel keeper, lady, dame
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MADAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "37. ___ Minor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ASIA
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Devil follower"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ISH
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Be worthy of"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any admirable quality or attribute
- Words that mean the same thing: deservingness, meritoriousness, deserve
- The opposite would be: demerit
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The answer is: MERIT
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Some short cuts"
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 golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- Words that mean the same thing: pass off, slice, slicing
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: FADES
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Name associated with simple explanations"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english scholastic philosopher and assumed author of occam's razor (1285-1349)
- Words that mean the same thing: William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OCCAM
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian""
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: SHANE
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Brought on"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that engage or hire for work
- Words that mean the same thing: employ, lease, engage
- The opposite would be: fire, unchartered
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The answer is: HIRED
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Conduct"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something that remunerates
- Words that mean the same thing: salary, earnings, engage
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WAGE
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Clue 34 Down: "51. It's hard to see through"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SMOG
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Word with pinky or promise"
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 characteristic sound
- Words that mean the same thing: knell, ringing, gang
- The opposite would be: open chain
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The answer is: RING
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Initiation ritual"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Words that mean the same thing: expletive, cuss, curse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OATH
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Clue 37 Down: "55. Preventive measure"
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 decree that prohibits something
- Words that mean the same thing: forbiddance, forbidding, Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BAN
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Clue 38 Down: "56. Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ENE
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Not forward"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
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- This could be something that a quick throw
- Words that mean the same thing: diffident, unsure, timid
- The opposite would be: confident
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The answer is: SHY
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 67.1% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 20.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 31 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 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 Friday, 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!
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 12:44 PM
