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Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle September 17, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Pettable purrer | 6 |
| 2A | 7. 2012 film about the so-called "Canadian Caper" | 4 |
| 3A | 11. Sights in sports bars | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Where Odysseus is king, in the "Odyssey" | 6 |
| 5A | 15. "That was a close one!" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Carnival city, informally | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Like a happy astronaut? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Raggedy redhead | 3 |
| 9A | 20. C.I.A. sister service | 3 |
| 10A | 21. State that's only 45 miles wide at the top: Abbr. | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Complete, as a PDF contract | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Like a happy portrait model? | 13 |
| 13A | 29. Cry of triumph after arriving | 7 |
| 14A | 31. Boot from office | 4 |
| 15A | 32. Jeans material | 5 |
| 16A | 33. PC bailout key | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Bear with a bed that was too hard | 4 |
| 18A | 38. Like a happy mountaineer? | 15 |
| 19A | 42. Bringing up the rear | 4 |
| 20A | 43. Pride for a gym rat | 3 |
| 21A | 44. Overcaffeinated | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Quick farewells | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Old British coins worth 21 shillings | 7 |
| 24A | 49. Like a happy medium? | 13 |
| 25A | 53. Prefix with ribonucleic | 5 |
| 26A | 54. Connections | 3 |
| 27A | 55. Rug rat | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Something that may be chocolate-coated? | 3 |
| 29A | 59. Like a happy meteorologist? | 11 |
| 30A | 64. H | 3 |
| 31A | 65. Pouty face | 4 |
| 32A | 66. Convenience from an auto garage | 6 |
| 33A | 67. Nursery supply usually sold in rolls | 3 |
| 34A | 68. Knocks the socks off | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Space in a relationship | 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. Pettable purrer"
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: LAPCAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. 2012 film about the so-called "Canadian Caper""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Sights in sports bars"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; ; - ernie kovacs
- Words that mean the same thing: tv set, tv, boob tube
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TVS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Where Odysseus is king, in the "Odyssey""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a college town in central new york on lake cayuga
- Words that mean the same thing: Ithaki
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITHACA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. "That was a close one!""
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: WHEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Carnival city, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Like a happy astronaut?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVERTHEMOON
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Raggedy redhead"
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: ANN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. C.I.A. sister service"
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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. State that's only 45 miles wide at the top: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
- Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Complete, as a PDF contract"
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: ESIGN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Like a happy portrait model?"
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: SITTINGPRETTY
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Clue 13 Across: "29. Cry of triumph after arriving"
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: IMADEIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Boot from office"
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 remove from a position or office
- Words that mean the same thing: kick out, boot out, drum out
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. Jeans material"
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 (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- Words that mean the same thing: jean, blue jean, dungaree
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. PC bailout key"
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: ESC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Bear with a bed that was too hard"
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 an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: daddy, pappa, pop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Like a happy mountaineer?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "42. Bringing up the rear"
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 temporal end; the concluding time
- Words that mean the same thing: final, in conclusion, finale
- The opposite would be: first
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. Pride for a gym rat"
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: PEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Overcaffeinated"
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 provide with electrical circuits
- Words that mean the same thing: cable, pumped, pumped up
- The opposite would be: wireless, unwire
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WIRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Quick farewells"
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 you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- Words that mean the same thing: arrivederci, goodby, goodbye
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BYES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Old British coins worth 21 shillings"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a former british gold coin worth 21 shillings
- Words that mean the same thing: guinea fowl, Republic of Guinea, Numida meleagris
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUINEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Like a happy medium?"
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: INGOODSPIRITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "53. Prefix with ribonucleic"
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: DEOXY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Connections"
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 justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Hoosier State, in, atomic number 49
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. Rug rat"
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 small amount (especially of a drink)
- Words that mean the same thing: add, add together, sum
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Something that may be chocolate-coated?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Words that mean the same thing: science laboratory, research lab, laboratory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Like a happy meteorologist?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONCLOUDNINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "64. H"
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. Pouty face"
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 disdainful grimace
- Words that mean the same thing: wry face, pout
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Convenience from an auto garage"
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 someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
- Words that mean the same thing: lender
- The opposite would be: borrower
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOANER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Nursery supply usually sold in rolls"
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 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Words that mean the same thing: sodomite, sodomist, sward
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Knocks the socks off"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
- Words that mean the same thing: fear, veneration, reverence
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Space in a relationship"
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: AGEGAP
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September 17, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. One of two statues outside the New York Public Library | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Off-road rides, for short | 4 |
| 3D | 3. They're game | 9 |
| 4D | 4. You drive it on a parkway and park it in a driveway | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Make a scene? | 3 |
| 6D | 6. The H.M.S. Bounty stopped here in 1788 | 6 |
| 7D | 7. "You're killing me, bro!" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. P | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Prefix with cache | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Titleholders | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Blue eyes or hairy legs, e.g. | 5 |
| 12D | 12. French 20 | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Eldest Corleone brother | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Change ... one hopes for the better | 4 |
| 15D | 23. Score of 5-4, 40-15, say | 8 |
| 16D | 25. Boob tube | 8 |
| 17D | 26. Fill-in | 4 |
| 18D | 27. "Holy cow!" | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Color akin to eggplant | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Fan favorite | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Actress Suvari | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Inclusive abbr. | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Very noticeable | 9 |
| 24D | 36. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope," e.g. | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Annexes | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Kind of column | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Admit, with "up" | 4 |
| 28D | 41. It had theaters in Europe and the Pacific, for short | 4 |
| 29D | 46. Virtuoso taking a bow before a performance? | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Vocalist Vannelli | 4 |
| 31D | 48. Villainess in "The Little Mermaid" | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Doesn't go anywhere | 5 |
| 33D | 50. "Cool beans!" | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Rot | 5 |
| 35D | 52. Heaps | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Apartment number for many a building superintendent | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Maryland collegian, informally | 4 |
| 38D | 60. "This instant!" | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Signal | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Follow relentlessly | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Scottish denial | 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. One of two statues outside the New York Public Library"
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 large gregarious predatory feline of africa and india having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
- Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Panthera leo, king of beasts
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Off-road rides, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: ATVS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. They're game"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the old world but introduced elsewhere
- Words that mean the same thing: pheasant
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHEASANTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. You drive it on a parkway and park it in a driveway"
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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Words that mean the same thing: motorcar, elevator car, railroad car
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Make a scene?"
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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Words that mean the same thing: human activity, act as, dissemble
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. The H.M.S. Bounty stopped here in 1788"
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 an island in the south pacific; the most important island in french polynesia; made famous by robert louis stevenson and paul gauguin
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAHITI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "You're killing me, bro!""
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: AWMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. P"
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 17th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Prefix with cache"
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: GEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Titleholders"
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 (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
- Words that mean the same thing: owner, proprietor, possessor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWNERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Blue eyes or hairy legs, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. French 20"
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: VINGT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Eldest Corleone brother"
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 male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- Words that mean the same thing: lad, sonny boy, laddie
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONNY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Change ... one hopes for the better"
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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: blue-pencil, redact, edit out
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "23. Score of 5-4, 40-15, say"
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: SETPOINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Boob tube"
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: IDIOTBOX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Fill-in"
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 worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
- Words that mean the same thing: temporary, temporary worker
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEMP
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Clue 18 Down: "27. "Holy cow!""
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: GOSH
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Color akin to eggplant"
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 color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PUCE
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Fan favorite"
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 material effigy that is worshipped
- Words that mean the same thing: graven image, matinee idol, god
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDOL
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Actress Suvari"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MENA
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Inclusive abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ETC
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Very noticeable"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that take into custody
- Words that mean the same thing: get, collar, apprehend
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: ARRESTING
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Clue 24 Down: "36. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope," e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a humble request for help from someone in authority
- Words that mean the same thing: supplication
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PLEA
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Annexes"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: add together, hyperkinetic syndrome, bring
- The opposite would be: take away, subtract
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The answer is: ADDS
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Kind of column"
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: OPED
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Admit, with "up""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
- Words that mean the same thing: Fez, fesse, Fes
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FESS
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Clue 28 Down: "41. It had theaters in Europe and the Pacific, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WWII
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Virtuoso taking a bow before a performance?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: YOYOMA
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Vocalist Vannelli"
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: GINO
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Villainess in "The Little Mermaid""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: URSULA
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Doesn't go anywhere"
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 state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Words that mean the same thing: idle, stagnate, tick over
- The opposite would be: work, run
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The answer is: IDLES
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Clue 33 Down: "50. "Cool beans!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NEATO
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Rot"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GOBAD
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Heaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
- Words that mean the same thing: quite a little, mound, throng
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PILES
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Apartment number for many a building superintendent"
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: ONEA
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Maryland collegian, informally"
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: TERP
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Clue 38 Down: "60. "This instant!""
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 momentary present
- Words that mean the same thing: directly, immediately, instantly
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NOW
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Signal"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- Words that mean the same thing: cue stick, pool stick, clue
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CUE
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Clue 40 Down: "62. Follow relentlessly"
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 member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- Words that mean the same thing: frank, detent, give chase
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DOG
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Scottish denial"
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: NAE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 64.5% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 22.4% |
| Geography | 3 | 3.9% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 07:39 AM
