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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, November 26, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle November 26, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Small headache | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Onetime chain that offered Free Battery Club memberships | 10 |
| 3A | 15. 10-Down highlight | 4 |
| 4A | 16. Best-selling heavy metal band named for a torture device | 10 |
| 5A | 17. Big ol' mouth | 4 |
| 6A | 18. Brushing, e.g. | 10 |
| 7A | 19. TV character who said "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!" | 5 |
| 8A | 21. Old worker with pads | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Big ol' mouth | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Pine product | 5 |
| 11A | 25. It's flat on a snapback | 4 |
| 12A | 26. Coin-___ | 3 |
| 13A | 27. 8 vis-à-vis 2 | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Aimee ___ McPherson, evangelist behind America's first megachurch | 6 |
| 15A | 34. Vulnerable newcomers, in slang | 9 |
| 16A | 37. Field | 4 |
| 17A | 38. Duo in an ellipse | 4 |
| 18A | 39. Intoxicate | 5 |
| 19A | 41. They might be gathered by the pound | 4 |
| 20A | 42. Bio subj. | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Labor union offering, perhaps | 9 |
| 22A | 45. More than dangerous | 6 |
| 23A | 48. Part | 4 |
| 24A | 49. Banned Books Week org. | 3 |
| 25A | 50. ___ Yaga (folklore villain) | 4 |
| 26A | 52. Release | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Its structure was evidenced by Photo 51, an X-ray captured in 1952 | 3 |
| 28A | 57. Several Russian czars | 5 |
| 29A | 59. Cocktail tidbit | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Going from 99 to 100, say | 10 |
| 31A | 64. Archer of note | 4 |
| 32A | 65. In hot pursuit | 10 |
| 33A | 66. See 60-Down | 4 |
| 34A | 67. Experts in English? | 10 |
| 35A | 68. Sharp, in a way | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Small headache"
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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Words that mean the same thing: pestis, gadfly, plague
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Onetime chain that offered Free Battery Club memberships"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADIOSHACK
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Clue 3 Across: "15. 10-Down highlight"
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 elaborate song for solo voice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARIA
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Best-selling heavy metal band named for a torture device"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRONMAIDEN
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Big ol' mouth"
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 device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Words that mean the same thing: pin down, bunker, cakehole
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAP
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Brushing, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENTALCARE
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Clue 7 Across: "19. TV character who said "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!""
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 base hit on which the batter scores a run
- Words that mean the same thing: home run, Winslow Homer, kor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOMER
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Clue 8 Across: "21. Old worker with pads"
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: STENO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Big ol' mouth"
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 informal terms for the mouth
- Words that mean the same thing: cakehole, yap, trap
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAW
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Clue 10 Across: "23. Pine product"
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 any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
- Words that mean the same thing: rosin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. It's flat on a snapback"
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 top edge of a vessel or other container
- Words that mean the same thing: lip, rim
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRIM
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Clue 12 Across: "26. Coin-___"
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 (roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of saturn; counterpart of greek rhea and cybele of ancient asia minor
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. 8 vis-à-vis 2"
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 hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- Words that mean the same thing: block, regular hexahedron, square block
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Aimee ___ McPherson, evangelist behind America's first megachurch"
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: SEMPLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Vulnerable newcomers, in slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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!
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The answer is: FRESHMEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "37. Field"
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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Words that mean the same thing: domain, region, surface area
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. Duo in an ellipse"
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 concentration of attention or energy on something
- Words that mean the same thing: focus, nidus, stress
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOCI
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Clue 18 Across: "39. Intoxicate"
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 make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- Words that mean the same thing: stupefy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BESOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. They might be gathered by the pound"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a 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: Canis familiaris, hotdog, dog-iron
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Bio subj."
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: ANAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Labor union offering, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STRIKEPAY
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Clue 22 Across: "45. More than dangerous"
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 of an instrument of certain death
- Words that mean the same thing: deadly
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETHAL
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Clue 23 Across: "48. Part"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- Words that mean the same thing: purpose, office, part
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Banned Books Week org."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. ___ Yaga (folklore villain)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small cake leavened with yeast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BABA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. Release"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. Its structure was evidenced by Photo 51, an X-ray captured in 1952"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "57. Several Russian czars"
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!
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The answer is: IVANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Cocktail tidbit"
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 any of various edible decapod crustaceans
- Words that mean the same thing: shrimp
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRAWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Going from 99 to 100, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROUNDINGUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Archer of note"
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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. In hot pursuit"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONTHESCENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. See 60-Down"
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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: estimate, mind, thought
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "67. Experts in English?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POOLSHARKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "68. Sharp, in a way"
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 woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- Words that mean the same thing: lady of pleasure, fancy woman, bawd
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TART
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle November 26, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Trail | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Like a butterfingers | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Bucky in the comic strip "Get Fuzzy," e.g. | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Patches up, in a way | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Clear | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Foe of Wonder Woman | 4 |
| 7D | 7. "Stay in touch!" | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Place underground | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Subjects of a certain sultanate | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Strauss work with the "Dance of the Seven Veils" | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Flashin' Fruit Punch brand | 3 |
| 12D | 12. #1 dad? | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Michael who played George Michael Bluth on TV | 4 |
| 14D | 14. Was aware | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Like angel investors and devil's food cake | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Not sensitive (to) | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Viscera | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Queen's subjects | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Not natural | 4 |
| 20D | 31. The art of politics? | 10 |
| 21D | 32. Entitled sort | 10 |
| 22D | 33. Desire of a quick study? | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Emperor's order in "Star Wars" | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Fatty tuna in Japanese cuisine | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Register | 4 |
| 26D | 44. Stay good | 4 |
| 27D | 46. Goes along with | 6 |
| 28D | 47. Extravagant | 6 |
| 29D | 51. Where to get money in Milano | 5 |
| 30D | 53. Bit of a character | 5 |
| 31D | 54. Go down | 4 |
| 32D | 55. You shouldn't do this | 4 |
| 33D | 56. What you might unthinkingly be on | 4 |
| 34D | 58. Gone down | 4 |
| 35D | 60. With 66-Across, "Good thinking!" | 4 |
| 36D | 62. Senators' org. | 3 |
| 37D | 63. Three for a trey: Abbr. | 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. Trail"
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 course of conduct
- Words that mean the same thing: course, itinerary, track
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Like a butterfingers"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRORPRONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Bucky in the comic strip "Get Fuzzy," e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIAMESECAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Patches up, in a way"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
- Words that mean the same thing: mag tape, magnetic tape, exploit
- The opposite would be: erase
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAPES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Clear"
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 relieve from
- Words that mean the same thing: disembarrass, free
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RID
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Foe of Wonder Woman"
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 (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
- Words that mean the same thing: ar, are
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARES
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Clue 7 Down: "7. "Stay in touch!""
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: DONTBEASTRANGER
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Place underground"
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 place in a grave or tomb
- Words that mean the same thing: inhume, lay to rest, entomb
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Subjects of a certain sultanate"
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 native or inhabitant of oman
- Words that mean the same thing: Omani
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMANIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Strauss work with the "Dance of the Seven Veils""
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 woman whose dancing beguiled herod into giving her the head of john the baptist
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALOME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Flashin' Fruit Punch brand"
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: HIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. #1 dad?"
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 (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Words that mean the same thing: disco biscuit, go, X
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Michael who played George Michael Bluth on TV"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Was aware"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- Words that mean the same thing: cognise, have sex, sleep with
- The opposite would be: ignore
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNEW
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Clue 15 Down: "20. Like angel investors and devil's food cake"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
- Words that mean the same thing: fat, fertile, robust
- The opposite would be: poor, lean
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICH
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Not sensitive (to)"
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 make numb or insensitive
- Words that mean the same thing: benumb, blunt, dead
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUMB
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Viscera"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OFFAL
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Queen's subjects"
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 numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- Words that mean the same thing: bee, cost, embody
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEES
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Not natural"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that give certain properties to something
- Words that mean the same thing: arrive at, fix, draw
- The opposite would be: unmade, break
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The answer is: MADE
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Clue 20 Down: "31. The art of politics?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: PROPAGANDA
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Entitled sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: LEGALOWNER
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Desire of a quick study?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: EASYA
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Emperor's order in "Star Wars""
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: SITH
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Fatty tuna in Japanese cuisine"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TORO
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Register"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- Words that mean the same thing: public treasury, boulder clay, money box
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TILL
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Clue 26 Down: "44. Stay good"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the financial means whereby one lives
- Words that mean the same thing: preserve, hold open, keep back
- The opposite would be: discontinue, break
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The answer is: KEEP
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Clue 27 Down: "46. Goes along with"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- Words that mean the same thing: suffer, stomach, brook
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ABIDES
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Clue 28 Down: "47. Extravagant"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- Words that mean the same thing: lush, unstinting, unsparing
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: LAVISH
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Clue 29 Down: "51. Where to get money in Milano"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BANCA
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Clue 30 Down: "53. Bit of a character"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TRAIT
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Clue 31 Down: "54. Go down"
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 shape that is spherical and small
- Words that mean the same thing: dismiss, knock off, expend
- The opposite would be: sharpen, attend to
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The answer is: DROP
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Clue 32 Down: "55. You shouldn't do this"
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: NONO
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Clue 33 Down: "56. What you might unthinkingly be on"
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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Words that mean the same thing: automobile, machine, car
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AUTO
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Clue 34 Down: "58. Gone down"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fall or descend to a lower place or level
- Words that mean the same thing: drop, settle, go down
- The opposite would be: float
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The answer is: SUNK
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Clue 35 Down: "60. With 66-Across, "Good thinking!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that clean or organized
- Words that mean the same thing: great, swell, not bad
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEAT
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Clue 36 Down: "62. Senators' org."
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: NHL
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Clue 37 Down: "63. Three for a trey: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 78, platinum, Pt
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PTS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 57 | 79.2% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 8.3% |
| History | 4 | 5.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.8% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 13, 2025 at 01:21 PM
