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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
November 17, 2022 Thursday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Future yearling | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Things at camp that can be camp | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Anxiety about not being included, in modern lingo | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Start to trust? | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Coming along behind | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Something fishy, maybe | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Oprah, for one | 4 |
| 8A | 18. *Spike ___ | 5 |
| 9A | 19. One of about 3.5 in a league | 4 |
| 10A | 20. *Call again, on a rotary phone | 8 |
| 11A | 22. *They may be split or bitter | 6 |
| 12A | 24. *Promo | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Phaser setting | 4 |
| 14A | 26. *Cut of pork | 6 |
| 15A | 29. "There's something we need to discuss" | 8 |
| 16A | 33. Body parts rested at the optometrist's | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Peeved | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Suffix in the names of seven U.N. members | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Martial arts tier | 3 |
| 20A | 37. *Grammy-winning Jones | 7 |
| 21A | 40. Saison après le printemps | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Combo's rhythm section, maybe | 4 |
| 23A | 43. N.Y.C. cultural institution | 4 |
| 24A | 44. Cheer | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Mount that inspired the song "Funiculì, Funiculà " | 8 |
| 26A | 48. *Important closing document | 6 |
| 27A | 49. Shade | 4 |
| 28A | 50. Actress Kirke of "Mozart in the Jungle" | 4 |
| 29A | 51. *"Lead-in to a texter's perspective | 6 |
| 30A | 54. French-developed form of cooking in a precisely temperature-controlled water bath | 8 |
| 31A | 58. Raise the ___ | 4 |
| 32A | 59. *#5 on Billboard's Best Rappers of All Time list | 5 |
| 33A | 61. College founded by Henry VI | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Hindu goddess of power | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Cameron in Hollywood | 5 |
| 36A | 64. *One parked at a park, in brief | 4 |
| 37A | 65. "Now!" | 4 |
| 38A | 66. Goaded, with "on" | 5 |
| 39A | 67. Award that sounds like two letters of the alphabet | 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. Future yearling"
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 young horse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FOAL
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Clue 2 Across: "5. Things at camp that can be camp"
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 short theatrical episode
- Words that mean the same thing: skit
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKITS
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Anxiety about not being included, in modern lingo"
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: FOMO
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Start to trust?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- The opposite would be: pro
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTI
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Coming along behind"
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: INTOW
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Something fishy, maybe"
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 any property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: olfactory perception, odour, olfactory sensation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODOR
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Oprah, for one"
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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
- Words that mean the same thing: ikon, picture, image
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICON
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Clue 8 Across: "18. *Spike ___"
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 noisy riotous fight
- Words that mean the same thing: battle royal, scrimmage
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MELEE
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Clue 9 Across: "19. One of about 3.5 in a league"
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 unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- Words that mean the same thing: statute mile, international nautical mile, mi
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MILE
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Clue 10 Across: "20. *Call again, on a rotary phone"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that tending or intended to rectify or improve
- Words that mean the same thing: curative, alterative, sanative
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REMEDIAL
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Clue 11 Across: "22. *They may be split or bitter"
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 make improvements or corrections to
- Words that mean the same thing: emend
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMENDS
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Clue 12 Across: "24. *Promo"
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 united states anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
- Words that mean the same thing: Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MEAD
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Clue 13 Across: "25. Phaser setting"
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 senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- Words that mean the same thing: daze, sandbag, bedaze
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STUN
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Clue 14 Across: "26. *Cut of pork"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOMEIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. "There's something we need to discuss""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETSTALK
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Clue 16 Across: "33. Body parts rested at the optometrist's"
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 the protruding part of the lower jaw
- Words that mean the same thing: Chin, chin, Kuki
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHINS
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Clue 17 Across: "34. Peeved"
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 open skin infection
- Words that mean the same thing: afflictive, raw, mad
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORE
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Clue 18 Across: "35. Suffix in the names of seven U.N. members"
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: STAN
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Martial arts tier"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAN
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Clue 20 Across: "37. *Grammy-winning Jones"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MENORAH
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Clue 21 Across: "40. Saison après le printemps"
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: ETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Combo's rhythm section, maybe"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: trinity, triplet, triad
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIO
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Clue 23 Across: "43. N.Y.C. cultural institution"
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: MOMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Cheer"
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 fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Words that mean the same thing: intoxicate, pick up, lift up
- The opposite would be: depress
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Mount that inspired the song "Funiculì, Funiculà ""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a volcano in southwestern italy on the mediterranean coast; a plinian eruption in 79 ad buried pompeii and killed pliny the elder; last erupted in 1944
- Words that mean the same thing: Mt. Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VESUVIUS
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Clue 26 Across: "48. *Important closing document"
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 keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- Words that mean the same thing: deem, take for, view as
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEEMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Shade"
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 quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- Words that mean the same thing: tincture, shade, tinge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Actress Kirke of "Mozart in the Jungle""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. *"Lead-in to a texter's perspective"
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: IMHOME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. French-developed form of cooking in a precisely temperature-controlled water bath"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: SOUSVIDE
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Clue 31 Across: "58. Raise the ___"
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 protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
- Words that mean the same thing: cap, ceiling
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROOF
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Clue 32 Across: "59. *#5 on Billboard's Best Rappers of All Time list"
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 verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
- Words that mean the same thing: epithet, gens, advert
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. College founded by Henry VI"
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: ETON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Hindu goddess of power"
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 bushy plant of old world salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
- Words that mean the same thing: Salsola kali, Salsola soda, kelpwort
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Cameron in Hollywood"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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: CROWE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. *One parked at a park, in brief"
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: MERV
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "65. "Now!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "66. Goaded, with "on""
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 throw eggs at
- Words that mean the same thing: egg
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "67. Award that sounds like two letters of the alphabet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an annual award by the academy of television arts and sciences for outstanding achievements in television
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMMY
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Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword November 17, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. In play | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Years ago | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Small building block | 4 |
| 4D | 4. *Flax fabric | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Like a monkey | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Press and fold | 5 |
| 7D | 7. "___ be all right" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Lowest part of a glacier | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Southern quencher | 8 |
| 10D | 10. *Courier and Papyrus, for two | 7 |
| 11D | 11. One-eyed Norse god | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Shape | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Magnetite and malachite | 4 |
| 14D | 21. Natural theology | 5 |
| 15D | 23. There are two in the Greek "Mnemosyne" | 3 |
| 16D | 25. ___ da Estrela (Portuguese mountain range) | 5 |
| 17D | 26. High-def flat screen | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Facility formerly known as Orchard Field | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Some iPads | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Hovers | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Starters | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Serving that might have a "solid heart" or "simple tulip" design | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Homophone of 6-Down | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Proboscis | 5 |
| 25D | 38. Notability | 8 |
| 26D | 39. They may be dug in | 5 |
| 27D | 42. See 45-Down | 7 |
| 28D | 45. With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues | 7 |
| 29D | 47. Energy | 3 |
| 30D | 48. Put out | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Musical partner of Lerner | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Nettles | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Aquatic protection | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Greeting in Granada | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Unfresh air | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Couple | 4 |
| 37D | 56. College ___ | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Member of a noted septet | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Uru. neighbor | 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. In play"
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 traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: evenhandedly, just, fairly
- The opposite would be: unfair, foul
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAIR
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Years ago"
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 on one occasion
- Words that mean the same thing: erstwhile, formerly, one time
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONCE
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Small building block"
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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Words that mean the same thing: mote, corpuscle, molecule
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOM
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Clue 4 Down: "4. *Flax fabric"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage
- Words that mean the same thing: linesman, electrician, lineman
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LINEMEN
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Like a monkey"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an ape or monkey
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIMIAN
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Press and fold"
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 make uniform
- Words that mean the same thing: massage, rub down, work
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNEAD
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Clue 7 Down: "7. "___ be all right""
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: ITLL
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Lowest part of a glacier"
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 one of the digits of the foot
- Words that mean the same thing: toenail
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOE
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Southern quencher"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEETTEA
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Clue 10 Down: "10. *Courier and Papyrus, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that try to stir up public opinion
- Words that mean the same thing: stir up, foment, agitate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOMENTS
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Clue 11 Down: "11. One-eyed Norse god"
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 (norse mythology) ruler of the aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of frigg; identified with the teutonic wotan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Shape"
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 distinctive form in which a thing is made
- Words that mean the same thing: cast, moulding, influence
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOLD
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Magnetite and malachite"
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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- Words that mean the same thing: ore
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORES
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Clue 14 Down: "21. Natural theology"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the form of theological rationalism that believes in god on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
- Words that mean the same thing: free thought
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DEISM
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Clue 15 Down: "23. There are two in the Greek "Mnemosyne""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that type genus of the muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Mus, mu
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MUS
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Clue 16 Down: "25. ___ da Estrela (Portuguese mountain range)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that spanish missionary who founded franciscan missions in california (1713-1784)
- Words that mean the same thing: Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serra
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SERRA
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Clue 17 Down: "26. High-def flat screen"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LCDTV
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Facility formerly known as Orchard Field"
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: OHARE
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Some iPads"
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 very short skirt
- Words that mean the same thing: miniskirt, mini
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MINIS
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Hovers"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
- Words that mean the same thing: predominate, hulk, hover
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LOOMS
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Starters"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ATEAM
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Serving that might have a "solid heart" or "simple tulip" design"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Words that mean the same thing: caffe latte
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LATTE
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Homophone of 6-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KNEED
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Proboscis"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- Words that mean the same thing: schnoz, beak, rostrum
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SNOUT
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Notability"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that high status importance owing to marked superiority
- Words that mean the same thing: tuberosity, tubercle, preeminence
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: EMINENCE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. They may be dug in"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- Words that mean the same thing: dog, hound, heel
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HEELS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. See 45-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: OUTOFIT
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Clue 28 Down: "45. With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LEAVEME
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Energy"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- Words that mean the same thing: vitality, vigour, vigor
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: VIM
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Put out"
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 put out, as of a candle or a light
- Words that mean the same thing: dowse, souse, put out
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DOUSED
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Musical partner of Lerner"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states composer (born in austria) who collaborated with lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
- Words that mean the same thing: Frederick Loewe
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LOEWE
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Nettles"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that irritate or vex
- Words that mean the same thing: irk, gall
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IRKS
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Aquatic protection"
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 ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- Words that mean the same thing: fosse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MOAT
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Greeting in Granada"
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: HOLA
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Unfresh air"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SMOG
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Couple"
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 distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Words that mean the same thing: token, point, particular
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ITEM
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Clue 37 Down: "56. College ___"
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 college or university building containing living quarters for students
- Words that mean the same thing: dormitory, hall, student residence
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DORM
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Member of a noted septet"
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 feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- Words that mean the same thing: invidia, enviousness, begrudge
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ENVY
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Uru. neighbor"
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: ARG
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 62 | 79.5% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 7.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.1% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 8 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 06, 2025 at 04:24 AM
