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Date: Saturday, June 29, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
June 29, 2019 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Woman who spends money on a younger lover, in modern lingo | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Total, in a way | 4 |
| 3A | 14. Bush-league | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Book that's the source of the phrase "Physician, heal thyself" | 4 |
| 5A | 17. End of a bill | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Land of leprechauns | 4 |
| 7A | 19. It's just a feeling | 7 |
| 8A | 20. Effloresces | 6 |
| 9A | 22. Lambaste | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Lets out | 6 |
| 11A | 26. Go (along) | 3 |
| 12A | 27. Pained expressions | 3 |
| 13A | 29. Start of a reminiscence | 8 |
| 14A | 31. Title genie played by Shaquille O'Neal in a 1996 film | 6 |
| 15A | 34. Big mouth | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Racer Luyendyk | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Hoards | 7 |
| 18A | 38. Freezing | 7 |
| 19A | 40. Easy stride | 4 |
| 20A | 41. Country singer McDaniel | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Liqueur flavorers | 6 |
| 22A | 44. Like chalk on a chalkboard | 8 |
| 23A | 46. Something to build on | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Common tutoring subject | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Crème de ___ (strawberry liqueur) | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Farm sound | 3 |
| 27A | 53. ___ Vikander, Best Supporting Actress for 2015's "The Danish Girl" | 6 |
| 28A | 55. One may read "Reverse" | 7 |
| 29A | 58. 1983 Apple computer with a girl's name | 4 |
| 30A | 59. Neighboring | 10 |
| 31A | 62. Lead-in to boy or girl | 4 |
| 32A | 63. Fast-food order not for the diet-conscious | 10 |
| 33A | 64. Actress Cannon | 4 |
| 34A | 65. Geographical eponym of a 1970s-'80s fad diet | 9 |
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. Woman who spends money on a younger lover, in modern lingo"
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: SUGARMAMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "10. Total, 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 the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- Words that mean the same thing: monetary value, toll, be
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "14. Bush-league"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that lacking professional skill or expertise
- Words that mean the same thing: amateur, inexpert, unskilled
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMATEURISH
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Book that's the source of the phrase "Physician, heal thyself""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (new testament) the apostle closely associated with st. paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third gospel
- Words that mean the same thing: Gospel of Luke, St. Luke, Saint Luke
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUKE
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Clue 5 Across: "17. End of a bill"
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: BALANCEDUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Land of leprechauns"
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 early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. It's just a feeling"
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 any strong feeling
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMOTION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Effloresces"
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 the organic process of bearing flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: heyday, bloom of youth, rosiness
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOOMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Lambaste"
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 dissolute man in fashionable society
- Words that mean the same thing: rake, crosscurrent, rakehell
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Lets 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 articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- Words that mean the same thing: utter, verbalise, let out
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTTERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "26. Go (along)"
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 law enforcement agency of the justice department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- Words that mean the same thing: whop, whap, sock
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. Pained expressions"
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: OWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "29. Start of a reminiscence"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: USEDTOBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Title genie played by Shaquille O'Neal in a 1996 film"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: KAZAAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Big 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: trap, gob, hole
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Racer Luyendyk"
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: ARIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Hoards"
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 collect or gather
- Words that mean the same thing: roll up, gather, cumulate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMASSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Freezing"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICECOLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Easy stride"
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 slow pace of running
- Words that mean the same thing: jog, canter, trot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Country singer McDaniel"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: MEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Liqueur flavorers"
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 native to egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
- Words that mean the same thing: anise plant, anise seed, anise
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANISES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Like chalk on a chalkboard"
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 capable of being effaced
- Words that mean the same thing: effaceable
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERASABLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Something to build on"
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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Words that mean the same thing: allot, mountain, plenty
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Common tutoring subject"
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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: model, ride, seat
- The opposite would be: arise, stand
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Crème de ___ (strawberry liqueur)"
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 ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRAISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Farm sound"
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: MAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "53. ___ Vikander, Best Supporting Actress for 2015's "The Danish Girl""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ALICIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. One may read "Reverse""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNOCARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. 1983 Apple computer with a girl's name"
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: LISA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. Neighboring"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NEXTDOORTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Lead-in to boy or girl"
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: ATTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Fast-food order not for the diet-conscious"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: EXTRAFRIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "64. Actress Cannon"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DYAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "65. Geographical eponym of a 1970s-'80s fad diet"
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: SCARSDALE
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June 29, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Dueling weapon | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Savory sensation | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Lively dance in double time | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Juggernaut fighting vehicle in "Star Wars" movies | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Italian artist Guido | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Liner of the nose, e.g. | 14 |
| 7D | 7. "___ we all?" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Central | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Pac-12 sch. | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Role for Liz Taylor | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Winter transport | 9 |
| 13D | 13. Certain bikes | 9 |
| 14D | 15. What ends with Adar | 14 |
| 15D | 21. Inspiration for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Belly, in totspeak | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Morales of "NYPD Blue" | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Refuges | 5 |
| 19D | 28. "Till There ___ You," song from "The Music Man" | 3 |
| 20D | 30. Understood | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Crunchy dish with green leaves | 9 |
| 22D | 32. Principle associated with Machiavellianism | 9 |
| 23D | 33. Mexican revolutionary | 9 |
| 24D | 37. Emmy-winning Ward | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Icon of ambient music | 3 |
| 26D | 42. Pacific ring? | 3 |
| 27D | 45. "100 Years ... 100 Movies" listmaker, for short | 3 |
| 28D | 49. Hindu precept | 5 |
| 29D | 50. Santa ___ (historic ship) | 5 |
| 30D | 51. Soviet workers' group | 5 |
| 31D | 52. Give ___ of reality | 5 |
| 32D | 54. James of "The Godfather" | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Punch lines? | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Clothesline, e.g. | 4 |
| 35D | 60. "All My ___ Live in Texas" | 3 |
| 36D | 61. Club drug, informally | 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. Dueling weapon"
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 fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- Words that mean the same thing: sabre, cavalry sword
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SABER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Savory sensation"
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: UMAMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Lively dance in double time"
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: GALOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Juggernaut fighting vehicle in "Star Wars" movies"
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: ATAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Italian artist Guido"
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: RENI
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Liner of the nose, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: MUCOUSMEMBRANE
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Clue 7 Down: "7. "___ we all?""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Central"
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 used in combination to denote the middle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MID
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Pac-12 sch."
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: ASU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Role for Liz Taylor"
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: CLEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: OUROBOROS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Winter transport"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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!
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The answer is: SKIMOBILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Certain bikes"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENSPEEDS
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Clue 14 Down: "15. What ends with Adar"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: HEBREWCALENDAR
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Inspiration for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit""
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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LSD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Belly, in totspeak"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
- Words that mean the same thing: breadbasket, stomach, tummy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Morales of "NYPD Blue""
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: ESAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Refuges"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: oasis, haven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OASES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. "Till There ___ You," song from "The Music Man""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: cost, WA, Evergreen State
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAS
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Understood"
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 implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- Words that mean the same thing: silent, understood
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TACIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "31. Crunchy dish with green leaves"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: KALESALAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "32. Principle associated with Machiavellianism"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of being amoral
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMORALITY
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Mexican revolutionary"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZAPATISTA
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Emmy-winning Ward"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SELA
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Icon of ambient music"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ENO
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Clue 26 Down: "42. Pacific ring?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: coronal, garland, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LEI
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Clue 27 Down: "45. "100 Years ... 100 Movies" listmaker, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AFI
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Clue 28 Down: "49. Hindu precept"
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 rule or aphorism in sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SUTRA
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Clue 29 Down: "50. Santa ___ (historic ship)"
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 dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
- Words that mean the same thing: mare, Calophyllum longifolium
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MARIA
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Clue 30 Down: "51. Soviet workers' group"
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 unit of weight used in some moslem countries near the mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- Words that mean the same thing: rotl
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ARTEL
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Clue 31 Down: "52. Give ___ of reality"
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: ADOSE
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Clue 32 Down: "54. James of "The Godfather""
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: CAAN
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Punch lines?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OOFS
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Clothesline, e.g."
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 line made of twisted fibers or threads
- Words that mean the same thing: electric cord, corduroy
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CORD
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Clue 35 Down: "60. "All My ___ Live in Texas""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
- Words that mean the same thing: ex-wife, ex-husband, X
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EXS
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Clue 36 Down: "61. Club drug, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- Words that mean the same thing: cristal, X, go
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: XTC
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 41 | 58.6% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 20.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 5 | 7.1% |
| Movies/Film | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.9% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 36 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 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 Saturday, 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!
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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 11:38 PM
