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Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle October 13, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Parent of Shopping.com | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Stage that may have bugs | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Untrue | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Composer Bartók | 4 |
| 5A | 15. The "Iliad" or the "Odyssey" | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Online business | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Aid for making signs | 7 |
| 9A | 21. Dishes created at restaurant "bars" | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Power-hungry people have big ones | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Achy | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Sly signal | 11 |
| 13A | 30. Casual hellos | 3 |
| 14A | 33. O'Brien of late-night TV | 5 |
| 15A | 34. Angsty music genre | 3 |
| 16A | 35. Result of a fender bender | 4 |
| 17A | 36. Person with log-in information | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Quilting or embroidery | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Between ports | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Resource from a bog | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Sarcastic laugh syllable | 3 |
| 22A | 42. Some shapes on lab slides | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Requirement for a background check, for short | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Device for pulling a vehicle | 11 |
| 25A | 47. Release, as a single | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Ephron who co-wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle" | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Canadian dollar coin | 6 |
| 28A | 52. Some musical compositions | 7 |
| 29A | 57. Circumstance that's good for everyone ... with a hint to 17-, 25- and 44-Across | 15 |
| 30A | 59. D sharp equivalent | 5 |
| 31A | 60. Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g. | 4 |
| 32A | 61. Prefix with potent | 4 |
| 33A | 62. "Gypsy" composer Jule | 5 |
| 34A | 63. Snoozes | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Take a Tinder match offline, say | 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. Parent of Shopping.com"
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: EBAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Stage that may have bugs"
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 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Beta
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BETA
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Untrue"
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 not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- Words that mean the same thing: traitorously, put on, treacherously
- The opposite would be: true
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FALSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Composer Bartók"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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: BELA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. The "Iliad" or the "Odyssey""
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 long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Words that mean the same thing: larger-than-life, heroic, heroic poem
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Online business"
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: ETAIL
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about music.
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: BLOWININTHEWIND
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Aid for making signs"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STENCIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Dishes created at restaurant "bars""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
- Words that mean the same thing: salad
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Power-hungry people have big ones"
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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: self, egotism, ego
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "24. Achy"
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: sensitive, tender, painful
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Sly signal"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: KNOWINGWINK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Casual hellos"
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: YOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "33. O'Brien of late-night TV"
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: CONAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Angsty music genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about music.
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: EMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Result of a fender bender"
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 appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- Words that mean the same thing: indent, prick, gouge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENT
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Clue 17 Across: "36. Person with log-in information"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: exploiter, substance abuser, drug user
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Quilting or embroidery"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- Words that mean the same thing: workmanship, foxiness, cunning
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAFT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Between ports"
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 in the direction of the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Resource from a bog"
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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Sarcastic laugh syllable"
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: HAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Some shapes on lab slides"
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 an indistinct shapeless form
- Words that mean the same thing: blot, fleck, spot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLOBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Requirement for a background check, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SSN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Device for pulling a vehicle"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOWINGWINCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Release, as a single"
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 shape that is spherical and small
- Words that mean the same thing: throw off, discharge, cast off
- The opposite would be: sharpen, attend to
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Ephron who co-wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle""
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: NORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Canadian dollar coin"
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 basic unit of money in canada
- Words that mean the same thing: Canadian dollar
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOONIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Some musical compositions"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
- Words that mean the same thing: sonata
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONATAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Circumstance that's good for everyone ... with a hint to 17-, 25- and 44-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: WINWINSITUATION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. D sharp equivalent"
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: EFLAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "60. Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g."
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 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- Words that mean the same thing: homework, preparation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PREP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "61. Prefix with potent"
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: OMNI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "62. "Gypsy" composer Jule"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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: STYNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. Snoozes"
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 period of time spent sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: cat sleep, short sleep, Napoleon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Take a Tinder match offline, say"
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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Words that mean the same thing: fitting, assemble, contact
- The opposite would be: diverge
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEET
Great job if you got it right!
October 13, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Flows' opposite | 4 |
| 2D | 2. It's a cinch | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Burn soother | 4 |
| 4D | 4. [That is so boring!] | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Harmless | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Last words | 6 |
| 7D | 7. ___ Woodman (visitor to Oz) | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Things separated by intermissions | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "How ya holding up?" | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Battling all out | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Looked at | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Things confessed during confession | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Bygone days, old-style | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Strand during a winter trip, say | 5 |
| 15D | 19. Lacks | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Administer an oath to | 7 |
| 17D | 25. Single-serve coffee holders | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Snoops (around) | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Perfect partner for life | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Part of a witch's Halloween mask | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Global financial org. | 3 |
| 22D | 31. End of an era? | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Target for a drug-sniffing dog | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Surrealist Salvador | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Frédéric who composed the "Revolutionary" Étude | 6 |
| 26D | 38. Like steak tartare | 3 |
| 27D | 42. Swahili "sir" | 5 |
| 28D | 44. This evening, in commercialese | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Warning on an airplane wing | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Trios, quartets, etc. | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Comic Atkinson of "Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday" | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Follower of face or fork | 4 |
| 33D | 51. "SportsCenter" network | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Something of little matter? | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Proctor's call | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Top-of-the-line | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Red state? | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Director Anderson | 3 |
| 39D | 58. Lyricist Gershwin | 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. Flows' opposite"
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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Words that mean the same thing: reflux, ebbing, ebb
- The opposite would be: tide
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EBBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. It's a cinch"
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 endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- Words that mean the same thing: smash, whack, belt out
- The opposite would be: unbelt
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BELT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Burn soother"
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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. [That is so boring!]"
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 involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
- Words that mean the same thing: gape, yawning, yaw
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YAWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Harmless"
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 not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
- Words that mean the same thing: benignant
- The opposite would be: malignant, malign
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BENIGN
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Last words"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- Words that mean the same thing: epilogue
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPILOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ Woodman (visitor to Oz)"
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 silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
- Words that mean the same thing: Sn, can, put up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Things separated by intermissions"
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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Words that mean the same thing: work, enactment, playact
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "How ya holding up?""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FEELOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Battling all out"
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: ATWAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Looked at"
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: LAIDEYESON
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Things confessed during confession"
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 estrangement from god
- Words that mean the same thing: boob, drop the ball, goof
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Bygone days, old-style"
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 late time of life
- Words that mean the same thing: old age, geezerhood, age
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Strand during a winter trip, say"
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: ICEIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Lacks"
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: HASNOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Administer an oath to"
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: SWEARIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Single-serve coffee holders"
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: KCUPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Snoops (around)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Words that mean the same thing: olfactory organ, intrude, pry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOSES
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Perfect partner for life"
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: ONEANDONLY
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Part of a witch's Halloween mask"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
- Words that mean the same thing: verruca
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WART
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Global financial org."
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 united nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
- Words that mean the same thing: International Monetary Fund
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IMF
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Clue 22 Down: "31. End of an era?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ONEBC
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Target for a drug-sniffing dog"
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 secret store of valuables or money
- Words that mean the same thing: hoard, cache, squirrel away
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STASH
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Surrealist Salvador"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
- Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DALI
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Frédéric who composed the "Revolutionary" Étude"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the music of chopin
- Words that mean the same thing: Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, Kate Chopin, Frederic Francois Chopin
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CHOPIN
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Like steak tartare"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that informal terms for nakedness
- Words that mean the same thing: natural, unsanded, bleak
- The opposite would be: cooked
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The answer is: RAW
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Swahili "sir""
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: BWANA
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Clue 28 Down: "44. This evening, in commercialese"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TONITE
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Warning on an airplane wing"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: NOSTEP
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Trios, quartets, etc."
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- Words that mean the same thing: chemical group, group, aggroup
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GROUPS
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Comic Atkinson of "Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
- Words that mean the same thing: Sorbus aucuparia, European mountain ash, rowan tree
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ROWAN
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Follower of face or fork"
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 act of giving temporary assistance
- Words that mean the same thing: elevation, heave, go up
- The opposite would be: fall, lower
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The answer is: LIFT
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Clue 33 Down: "51. "SportsCenter" network"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ESPN
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Something of little matter?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: corpuscle, molecule, particle
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATOM
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Proctor's call"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an instance or single occasion for some event
- Words that mean the same thing: prison term, fourth dimension, meter
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TIME
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Top-of-the-line"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AONE
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Red state?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a state of agitated irritation
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SNIT
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Director Anderson"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: WES
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Lyricist Gershwin"
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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: Provos, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IRA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 73.0% |
| Short Answer | 7 | 9.5% |
| Music | 5 | 6.8% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.7% |
| History | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually 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: September 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
