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Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (34 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (34 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. First impression of a new video game?	11
2A	12. After-afterthought, for short	3
3A	15. Drone's image	11
4A	16. Choler	3
5A	17. "We should grab a meal sometime"	11
6A	18. Snaps	3
7A	19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking	4
8A	20. Many Snapchats, informally	4
9A	21. Unfolds, with "out"	5
10A	23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II	3
11A	24. Command+F, on a Mac	4
12A	25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels	4
13A	26. Reached the top of one's game	6
14A	28. Grain that once fed the Roman army	5
15A	29. Heroic tale of romance	4
16A	30. Seeing someone wealthier, say	8
17A	32. Worker involved in firings?	6
18A	34. Montenegrin, e.g.	6
19A	35. You can't cut through it	8
20A	37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020	4
21A	38. Fiery spirit	5
22A	39. Sylvan	6
23A	41. The Green Hornet's sidekick	4
24A	42. "___ have guessed?!"	4
25A	43. "Uh-huh!"	3
26A	46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam"	5
27A	48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation	4
28A	49. Relinquish	4
29A	50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight	3
30A	51. Eschewing modesty, say	11
31A	54. Home security inits. since 1874	3
32A	55. Summer confection	11
33A	56. "Hard pass"	3
34A	57. Digital deals for young people?	11

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. First impression of a new video game?"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: STARTBUTTON

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2A: "12. After-afterthought, for short"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PPS

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3A: "15. Drone's image"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: AERIALPHOTO

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4A: "16. Choler"

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
• Similar words include: wrath, ira, anger
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: IRE

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5A: "17. "We should grab a meal sometime""

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LETSDOLUNCH

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6A: "18. Snaps"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
• Similar words include: pyx chest, pix chest, pyx
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIX

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7A: "19. A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Similar words include: horn, detusk, ivory
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TUSK

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8A: "20. Many Snapchats, informally"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: VIDS

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9A: "21. Unfolds, with "out""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• Similar words include: open, unfold, spread out
• Opposite of: fold, close

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Answer: OPENS

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10A: "23. Author Roald Dahl, during World War II"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
• Similar words include: sleuth, espy, snoop
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SPY

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11A: "24. Command+F, on a Mac"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a productive insight
• Similar words include: ascertain, feel, regain
• Opposite of: lose

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Answer: FIND

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12A: "25. Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states writer whose novels portray middle-class jewish life (born in 1933)
• Similar words include: Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: ROTH

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13A: "26. Reached the top of one's game"

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
• Similar words include: sickly, unwell, ailing
• Opposite of: bottom out

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Answer: PEAKED

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14A: "28. Grain that once fed the Roman army"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: FARRO

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15A: "29. Heroic tale of romance"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: GEST

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16A: "30. Seeing someone wealthier, say"

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: DATINGUP

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17A: "32. Worker involved in firings?"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
• Similar words include: mess around, monkey, tinker
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POTTER

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18A: "34. Montenegrin, e.g."

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an inhabitant of the balkan peninsula
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: BALKAN

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19A: "35. You can't cut through it"

8 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: CULDESAC

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20A: "37. Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: XMEN

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21A: "38. Fiery spirit"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• Similar words include: fervor, ardour, fervidness
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARDOR

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22A: "39. Sylvan"

6 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that covered with growing trees and bushes etc
• Opposite of: unwooded
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: WOODED

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23A: "41. The Green Hornet's sidekick"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KATO

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24A: "42. "___ have guessed?!""

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: WHOD

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25A: "43. "Uh-huh!""

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: YEP

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26A: "46. Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam""

5 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that united states civil rights worker in mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
• Similar words include: Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EVERS

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27A: "48. Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
• Similar words include: sleigh, sledge
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLED

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28A: "49. Relinquish"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• Similar words include: yield, grant, concede
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CEDE

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29A: "50. "Missile" in many a slapstick fight"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Similar words include: Proto-Indo European
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PIE

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30A: "51. Eschewing modesty, say"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: LIVINGLARGE

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31A: "54. Home security inits. since 1874"

3 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ADT

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32A: "55. Summer confection"

11 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: ICECREAMBAR

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33A: "56. "Hard pass""

3 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: NAH

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34A: "57. Digital deals for young people?"

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: PINKYSWEARS

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. NH4NO3 and others	5
2D	2. Get set to drive	5
3D	3. Bohemian	5
4D	4. Consideration in setting insurance rates	4
5D	5. Just a ___	3
6D	6. Emits a stream of hot air	9
7D	7. Satellite transmission path	6
8D	8. Hit the ground loudly	7
9D	9. Hyperbolic amount of work	4
10D	10. Unscripted, for short?	3
11D	11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley"	4
12D	12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards	9
13D	13. Publisher's order	8
14D	14. Pleasurable place to do business?	7
15D	22. Made the fool	7
16D	24. Grow progressively more rancid	6
17D	26. Lab access point?	7
18D	27. Trifling bit	3
19D	28. Made a scene, say	6
20D	29. Some yellowish canines	9
21D	31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?	9
22D	32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular	8
23D	33. Like some emotions and recruits	3
24D	35. One might frequently be buttered up	7
25D	36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals"	7
26D	40. Annual award for short stories	6
27D	43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)	5
28D	44. Exiled character in "King Lear"	5
29D	45. Age-mates	5
30D	47. Little mistake	4
31D	48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson	4
32D	49. Cost in total, with "to"	4
33D	52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)	3
34D	53. "It's the ___!"	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. NH₄NO₃ and others"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
• Similar words include: saltiness, table salt, common salt
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: SALTS

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2D: "2. Get set to drive"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TEEUP

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3D: "3. Bohemian"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ARTSY

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4D: "4. Consideration in setting insurance rates"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• Similar words include: chance, risk of exposure, adventure
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: RISK

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5D: "5. Just a ___"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a slight amount or degree of difference
• Similar words include: shade
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: TAD

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6D: "6. Emits a stream of hot air"

9 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that orate verbosely and windily
• Similar words include: bloviate
• Pattern: _________

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Answer: BLOVIATES

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7D: "7. Satellite transmission path"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a transmission from earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: UPLINK

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8D: "8. Hit the ground loudly"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a dull sound
• Similar words include: thump, thud, scrunch
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: THUDDED

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9D: "9. Hyperbolic amount of work"

4 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a large number or amount
• Similar words include: long ton, rafts, short ton
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: TONS

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10D: "10. Unscripted, for short?"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
• Similar words include: over-the-counter
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OTC

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11D: "11. Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: NOHO

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12D: "12. The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards"

9 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PIPEORGAN

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13D: "13. Publisher's order"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PRINTRUN

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14D: "14. Pleasurable place to do business?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SEXSHOP

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15D: "22. Made the fool"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that dress or decorate showily or gaudily
• Similar words include: prank
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PRANKED

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16D: "24. Grow progressively more rancid"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
• Similar words include: suppurating sore, maturate, suppurate
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FESTER

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17D: "26. Lab access point?"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: PETDOOR

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18D: "27. Trifling bit"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a light touch or stroke
• Similar words include: splatter, tap, swob
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: DAB

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19D: "28. Made a scene, say"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that make a film or photograph of something
• Similar words include: take, film, shoot
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: FILMED

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20D: "29. Some yellowish canines"

9 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: GOLDTEETH

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21D: "31. Shelters some look to when duty calls?"

9 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: TAXDODGES

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22D: "32. The good life, in Spanish vernacular"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: PURAVIDA

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23D: "33. Like some emotions and recruits"

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that informal terms for nakedness
• Similar words include: stark naked, sore, in the altogether
• Opposite of: cooked

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Answer: RAW

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24D: "35. One might frequently be buttered up"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: CAKEPAN

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25D: "36. Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals""

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: COWLICK

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26D: "40. Annual award for short stories"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: OHENRY

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27D: "43. ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)"

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: YERBA

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28D: "44. Exiled character in "King Lear""

5 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the younger brother of edwy who became king of northumbria when it renounced edwy; on edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of england (944-975)
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: EDGAR

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29D: "45. Age-mates"

5 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• Similar words include: equal, peer, match
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: PEERS

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30D: "47. Little mistake"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a socially awkward or tactless act
• Similar words include: sideslip, eluding, luxate
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLIP

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31D: "48. Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson"

4 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SVEN

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32D: "49. Cost in total, with "to""

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
• Similar words include: make out, amount, do
• Opposite of: leave, go

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Answer: CAME

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33D: "52. Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ICI

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34D: "53. "It's the ___!""

3 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the collection of rules imposed by authority
• Similar words include: natural law, practice of law, law of nature
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: LAW

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

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Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

34 Across Clues

34 Down Clues

68 Total Clues

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May 15, 2023 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023

Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.0 letters

Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle May 15, 2023

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Bovine animals that are raced in Tibet	4
2A	5. Astronaut's realm	5
3A	10. Sandwich often stuck with a toothpick	4
4A	14. Name hiding in "named names"	4
5A	15. Most abundant noble gas in the earth's atmosphere	5
6A	16. Assistant	4
7A	17. Earth or Tatooine	10
8A	19. Frame of mind	4
9A	20. German skin care brand	5
10A	21. Angry	3
11A	22. Sch. founded by Benjamin Franklin	4
12A	23. Simple ballroom dance	7
13A	25. Exhibitions	5
14A	27. N.B.A. or W.N.B.A.	12
15A	31. Fiery felonies	6
16A	34. Some snakelike fish	4
17A	35. Communication syst. in the deaf community	3
18A	36. ___ Kong	4
19A	37. Bonsai tree holder	3
20A	38. Inedible part of most fruit	4
21A	39. Second letter after epsilon	3
22A	40. CAT ___ (M.R.I. alternative)	4
23A	42. California basketball team originally located in Minnesota	6
24A	44. Heineken or Pabst	12
25A	47. Sort of, informally	5
26A	48. Get a move on, slangily	7
27A	52. Questionable	4
28A	53. "___ no more!"	3
29A	55. Big muscle for Popeye after he eats spinach	5
30A	56. Place for an urban garden, maybe	4
31A	57. Ballerina or Rockette	10
32A	59. Great Plains tribe	4
33A	60. Playful semiaquatic animal	5
34A	61. The "E" of HOMES	4
35A	62. Road safety grp.	4
36A	63. Like some breakups and dorm rooms	5
37A	64. Rational	4

Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!

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Clue 1 Across: "1. Bovine animals that are raced in Tibet"

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 long-haired wild ox of tibet often domesticated
• Words that mean the same thing: yakety-yak, yack, chatter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YAKS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Astronaut's realm"

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 unlimited expanse in which everything is located
• Words that mean the same thing: blank space, distance, outer space
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPACE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "10. Sandwich often stuck with a toothpick"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
• Words that mean the same thing: cabaret, bludgeon, nine
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CLUB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "14. Name hiding in "named names""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDNA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "15. Most abundant noble gas in the earth's atmosphere"

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 colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• Words that mean the same thing: Ar, atomic number 18
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARGON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "16. Assistant"

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 an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• Words that mean the same thing: aide-de-camp, adjutant, auxiliary
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "17. Earth or Tatooine"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SMALLWORLD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "19. Frame of mind"

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 characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• Words that mean the same thing: temper, modality, climate
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "20. German skin care brand"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NIVEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "21. Angry"

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 roused to anger; - mark twain
• Words that mean the same thing: frantic, harebrained, unbalanced
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Sch. founded by Benjamin Franklin"

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 englishman and quaker who founded the colony of pennsylvania (1644-1718)
• Words that mean the same thing: Pennsylvania, William Penn, University of Pennsylvania
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PENN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Simple ballroom dance"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONESTEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "25. Exhibitions"

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 a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: carnival, funfair, fair
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FAIRS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "27. N.B.A. or W.N.B.A."

Quick Info: This answer has 12 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LITTLELEAGUE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "31. Fiery felonies"

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 malicious burning to destroy property
• Words that mean the same thing: fire-raising, arson, incendiarism
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARSONS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Some snakelike fish"

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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
• Words that mean the same thing: eel
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EELS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. Communication syst. in the deaf community"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the sign language used in the united states
• Words that mean the same thing: American sign language
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ASL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. ___ Kong"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HONG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Bonsai tree 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 metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
• Words that mean the same thing: plenty, potbelly, weed
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: POT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "38. Inedible part of most fruit"

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 (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• Words that mean the same thing: radical, bow, staunch
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "39. Second letter after epsilon"

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 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: Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "40. CAT ___ (M.R.I. 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 the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• Words that mean the same thing: glance over, read, CAT scan
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SCAN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "42. California basketball team originally located in Minnesota"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LAKERS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Heineken or Pabst"

Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
• The word looks like this: ____________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MICROBREWERY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. Sort of, informally"

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 to some (great or small) extent
• Words that mean the same thing: sort of, rather, kind of
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KINDA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Get a move on, slangily"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAULASS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "52. Questionable"

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 subject to accident or chance or change
• Words that mean the same thing: flukey, fluky, chancy
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IFFY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "53. "___ no more!""

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 chance to speak
• Words that mean the same thing: aver, read, order
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "55. Big muscle for Popeye after he eats spinach"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BICEP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "56. Place for an urban garden, maybe"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
• Words that mean the same thing: ceiling, cap
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "57. Ballerina or Rockette"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TINYDANCER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "59. Great Plains tribe"

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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
• Words that mean the same thing: Oto
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTOE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "60. Playful semiaquatic animal"

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 fur of an otter
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OTTER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "61. The "E" of HOMES"

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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
• Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERIE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "62. Road safety grp."

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MADD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "63. Like some breakups and dorm rooms"

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 dirty and disorderly
• Words that mean the same thing: mussy
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MESSY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "64. Rational"

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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
• Words that mean the same thing: reasonable
• The opposite would be: insane
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SANE

  Great job if you got it right!

May 15, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Like questions in 20 Questions	5
2D	2. Online community moderator, for short	5
3D	3. Scoundrel	5
4D	4. Book for recording purchases	8
5D	5. Tool with teeth	3
6D	6. Right on time	6
7D	7. Taj Mahal locale	4
8D	8. Second thoughts, metaphorically	8
9D	9. Conclusion	3
10D	10. Picture snapper	6
11D	11. Movie studio behind "The Hunger Games"	9
12D	12. Thick Japanese noodle	4
13D	13. Mattress's place	3
14D	18. "Per se" and "quid pro quo" language	5
15D	22. Desserts that may be served à la mode	4
16D	24. U.F.O. pilots	3
17D	26. "___ aboard!"	3
18D	28. Sierra ___ (African country)	5
19D	29. App customer	4
20D	30. Majestic trees	4
21D	31. [Um … I'm standing right here]	4
22D	32. Flatbread made with atta flour	4
23D	33. Crackers, chips and other between-meal bites	9
24D	37. Organism that lives off another	8
25D	38. Urban photography subjects	8
26D	40. Japanese tech giant	4
27D	41. Kind of oil derived from marijuana, for short	3
28D	42. Meadow	3
29D	43. The "A" of the ABC Islands	5
30D	45. Improvised, musically	6
31D	46. "But of course!"	6
32D	49. Ghana's capital	5
33D	50. Welcome at the door	5
34D	51. All-out shopping trip	5
35D	52. Minuscule amount	4
36D	54. Picnic nuisances	4
37D	56. ___-com ("When Harry Met Sally …," e.g.)	3
38D	57. Male cat	3
39D	58. Hang on a clothesline, perhaps	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. Like questions in 20 Questions"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: YESNO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. Online community moderator, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADMIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Scoundrel"

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 a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
• Words that mean the same thing: rogue, rascal, varlet
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: KNAVE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Book for recording purchases"

Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SALESLOG

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. Tool with teeth"

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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• Words that mean the same thing: power saw, look, envision
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SAW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Right on time"

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 cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
• Words that mean the same thing: command prompt, remind, cue
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PROMPT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Taj Mahal locale"

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 city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AGRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Second thoughts, metaphorically"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: COLDFEET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Conclusion"

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 either extremity of something that has length
• Words that mean the same thing: ending, remainder, finish
• The opposite would be: begin, beginning
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: END

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Picture snapper"

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 equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
• Words that mean the same thing: photographic camera, television camera, tv camera
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAMERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Movie studio behind "The Hunger Games""

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LIONSGATE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Thick Japanese noodle"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "13. Mattress's place"

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 piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• Words that mean the same thing: seam, have it away, hit the sack
• The opposite would be: turn out, get up
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "18. "Per se" and "quid pro quo" language"

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 any dialect of the language of ancient rome
• Words that mean the same thing: Romance
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LATIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "22. Desserts that may be served à la mode"

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 dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
• Words that mean the same thing: pie, PIE, Proto-Indo European
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PIES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. U.F.O. pilots"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ETS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. "___ aboard!""

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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
• Words that mean the same thing: whole, completely, altogether
• The opposite would be: partly, some
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "28. Sierra ___ (African country)"

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 the basic unit of money in sierra leone; equal to 100 cents
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEONE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "29. App customer"

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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
• Words that mean the same thing: drug user, substance abuser, exploiter
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: USER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "30. Majestic trees"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that any of various trees of the genus ulmus: important timber or shade trees
• Words that mean the same thing: elm tree, elmwood, elm
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "31. [Um … I'm standing right here]"

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 the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
• Words that mean the same thing: hem
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AHEM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "32. Flatbread made with atta flour"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROTI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Crackers, chips and other between-meal bites"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SNACKFOOD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "37. Organism that lives off another"

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 an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
• Words that mean the same thing: sponge, sponger, leech
• The opposite would be: host
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PARASITE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "38. Urban photography subjects"

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 the outline of objects seen against the sky
• Words that mean the same thing: horizon, skyline, visible horizon
• The word looks like this: ________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SKYLINES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "40. Japanese tech giant"

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: SONY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "41. Kind of oil derived from marijuana, for short"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ___
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  The answer is: CBD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "42. Meadow"

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 unit of length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: grazing land, pastureland, pasture
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: LEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "43. The "A" of the ABC Islands"

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 popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ARUBA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "45. Improvised, musically"

Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about music.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that look through a book or other written material
• Words that mean the same thing: leaf, thumb, flip
• The word looks like this: ______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: RIFFED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "46. "But of course!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WHYYES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "49. Ghana's capital"

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 the capital and largest city of ghana with a deep-water port
• Words that mean the same thing: capital of Ghana
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: ACCRA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "50. Welcome at the door"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SEEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "51. All-out shopping trip"

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 brief indulgence of your impulses
• Words that mean the same thing: fling
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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  The answer is: SPREE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "52. Minuscule amount"

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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• Words that mean the same thing: smidgeon, whit, smidgen
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IOTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Down: "54. Picnic nuisances"

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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
• Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet, ant
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ANTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Down: "56. ___-com ("When Harry Met Sally …," e.g.)"

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 (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
• Words that mean the same thing: fixed storage, read-only storage, read-only memory
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 38 Down: "57. Male cat"

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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
• Words that mean the same thing: tomcat, gobbler, tom turkey
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 39 Down: "58. Hang on a clothesline, perhaps"

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 reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• Words that mean the same thing: ironic, wry, ironical
• The opposite would be: sweet, wet
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: DRY

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	69.7%
Short Answer	14	18.4%
Sports	2	2.6%
Geography	2	2.6%
History	1	1.3%
Literature	1	1.3%
Food & Drink	1	1.3%
Abbreviation	1	1.3%
Music	1	1.3%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	39
Total Clues	76
Average Answer Length	5.0 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	12 letters

Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!

• Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
• Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
• When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
• Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
• Most clues today are about general knowledge
• The average word today has about 4 letters
• Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
• Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!

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Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 11:17 AM