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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (39 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
Across Clues Explained - Thursday NYT Crossword January 27, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. What hearts and ships may do | 4 |
| 2A | 5. German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Round houses? | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "Hmm, OK" | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Surprise ending, of sorts | 5 |
| 6A | 16. "I'm starting right now!" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Question after a digression | 14 |
| 8A | 19. Lip | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Nonkosher lunch order | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Villain in the DC Universe | 4 |
| 11A | 22. It can be a show-stopper | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Foofaraw | 3 |
| 13A | 25. O.R. staffers | 3 |
| 14A | 26. "I'm with ___" (2016 campaign slogan) | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Easy mark | 3 |
| 16A | 28. Alaskan peak | 6 |
| 17A | 30. Who wrote "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past" | 12 |
| 18A | 32. 1970s-'80s Renaults | 6 |
| 19A | 34. Like a stamp pad | 4 |
| 20A | 35. Classic John Donne line | 15 |
| 21A | 38. So-so | 4 |
| 22A | 40. Republican politico Michael | 6 |
| 23A | 41. Garden produce named for an Italian city | 12 |
| 24A | 44. Driller's blowout | 6 |
| 25A | 48. Grazed | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Suffer | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Escort's offering | 3 |
| 28A | 51. Chopper | 3 |
| 29A | 52. Young celebrity socialite | 6 |
| 30A | 54. Something to break at a casino? | 4 |
| 31A | 55. Be off guard | 3 |
| 32A | 56. Blacken on a grill | 4 |
| 33A | 57. Go on horseback à la Lady Godiva | 14 |
| 34A | 60. "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) | 4 |
| 35A | 61. Immobile | 5 |
| 36A | 62. Wasatch Mountains resort town | 4 |
| 37A | 63. Tanners' supplies | 4 |
| 38A | 64. Upstanding fellows | 5 |
| 39A | 65. Dennis the Menace, e.g. | 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. What hearts and ships may do"
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 plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- Words that mean the same thing: cesspit, drop, settle
- The opposite would be: float, source
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named"
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 unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
- Words that mean the same thing: Karl Friedrich Gauss, Karl Gauss
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAUSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Round houses?"
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 tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
- Words that mean the same thing: saloon, pothouse, public house
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "Hmm, OK""
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: ISEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Surprise ending, of sorts"
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 unhappy and worried mental state
- Words that mean the same thing: disturbed, bowl over, tip over
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "I'm starting right now!""
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: ONIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Question after a digression"
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: NOWWHEREWEREWE
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Lip"
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 boundary of a surface
- Words that mean the same thing: butt against, boundary, butt
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Nonkosher lunch order"
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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Villain in the DC Universe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
- Words that mean the same thing: are, ar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. It can be a show-stopper"
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 device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- Words that mean the same thing: removed, outside, distant
- The opposite would be: close
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REMOTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Foofaraw"
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 rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fuss, flurry, hustle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. O.R. staffers"
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 radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- Words that mean the same thing: RN, radon, registered nurse
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. "I'm with ___" (2016 campaign slogan)"
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: HER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. Easy mark"
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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- Words that mean the same thing: play out, tire, fool
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "28. Alaskan peak"
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 mountain in south central alaska; the highest peak in north america (20,300 feet high)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mount McKinley, McKinley, Mt. McKinley
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "30. Who wrote "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past""
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: GEORGEORWELL
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Clue 18 Across: "32. 1970s-'80s Renaults"
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: LECARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "34. Like a stamp pad"
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 of the color of black ink
- Words that mean the same thing: inky-black, ink-black
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INKY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Classic John Donne line"
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: NOMANISANISLAND
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Clue 21 Across: "38. So-so"
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 pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Words that mean the same thing: fustian, claptrap, bombast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Republican politico Michael"
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 english writer (1672-1729)
- Words that mean the same thing: Sir Richrd Steele
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEELE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Garden produce named for an Italian city"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
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: ROMATOMATOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Driller's blowout"
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 oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUSHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Grazed"
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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Words that mean the same thing: consume, rust, eat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Suffer"
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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- Words that mean the same thing: pain, garlic, trouble
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Escort's offering"
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 human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- Words that mean the same thing: weapon, branch, gird
- The opposite would be: disarm
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. Chopper"
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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Young celebrity socialite"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ITGIRL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Something to break at a casino?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- Words that mean the same thing: still, eventide, regular
- The opposite would be: uneven, odd
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. Be off guard"
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 period of time spent sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: cat sleep, snooze, short sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. Blacken on a grill"
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 very hot and dry
- Words that mean the same thing: char, parch, singe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "57. Go on horseback à la Lady Godiva"
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: RIDESIDESADDLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "60. "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. Immobile"
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 unable to move or resist motion
- Words that mean the same thing: sluggish, torpid, indifferent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. Wasatch Mountains resort town"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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: ALTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "63. Tanners' supplies"
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 usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- Words that mean the same thing: dyestuff, dye
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DYES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "64. Upstanding fellows"
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 informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- Words that mean the same thing: Ghent, blighter, fellow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "65. Dennis the Menace, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Words that mean the same thing: pestis, blighter, gadfly
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEST
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Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle January 27, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Storied mariner | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Princess in a Wagner opera | 6 |
| 3D | 3. "Principia" author, 1687 | 6 |
| 4D | 4. London district famous for its botanic garden | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Picasso antiwar masterpiece | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Preceder of ski or midi | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Arenas typically have many of them | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Finish, with "up" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. "Fantasia" was the first commercial film shown in it | 6 |
| 10D | 10. It's measured in feet, not inches | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Action after a change of mind | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Rodomontade | 7 |
| 13D | 13. How mountain roads rise | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Setting for the 2009 film "Precious" | 6 |
| 15D | 23. Drop the ball | 3 |
| 16D | 26. Locale of Wiesbaden, Germany | 5 |
| 17D | 29. Pearl City greeting | 5 |
| 18D | 30. Cornmeal dish | 5 |
| 19D | 31. Red and rosé, for two | 5 |
| 20D | 33. Adams behind a camera | 5 |
| 21D | 35. 1965 Shirley Ellis hit full of wordplay, with "The" | 8 |
| 22D | 36. Certain amenities for first-class passengers | 8 |
| 23D | 37. Michelle Obama vis-à-vis Princeton | 6 |
| 24D | 38. Cooked slowly in a closed pot | 7 |
| 25D | 39. Cause for many people to scratch | 7 |
| 26D | 42. Gob | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Something well-placed? | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Take care of | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Glorifies | 6 |
| 30D | 47. What two sets of dots within double lines indicate, in musical scores | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Head off | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Some long-term plans, in brief | 4 |
| 33D | 54. It's perfect | 4 |
| 34D | 58. Like Bach's Partita for Violin No. 3 | 3 |
| 35D | 59. Fist-bump | 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. Storied mariner"
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 in the arabian nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages
- Words that mean the same thing: Sinbad the Sailor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINBAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Princess in a Wagner opera"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (middle ages) the bride of the king of cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
- Words that mean the same thing: Iseult
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISOLDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Principia" author, 1687"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
- Words that mean the same thing: N, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWTON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. London district famous for its botanic garden"
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: KEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Picasso antiwar masterpiece"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUERNICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Preceder of ski or midi"
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: APRES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Arenas typically have many of them"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: use of goods and services, US, U.S.
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Finish, with "up""
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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: run up, tailor-make, sew together
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Fantasia" was the first commercial film shown in it"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
- Words that mean the same thing: stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph, stereophony
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEREO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. It's measured in feet, not inches"
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 composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
- Words that mean the same thing: verse form
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Action after a change of mind"
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: UNDOSEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Rodomontade"
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: BIGTALK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. How mountain roads rise"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that in a steep manner
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: STEEPLY
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Setting for the 2009 film "Precious""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that a district of manhattan; now largely a black ghetto
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: HARLEM
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Clue 15 Down: "23. Drop the ball"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: drift, mistake, slip
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERR
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Clue 16 Down: "26. Locale of Wiesbaden, Germany"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that swiss writer (born in germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hermann Hesse
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HESSE
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Clue 17 Down: "29. Pearl City greeting"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is hawaiian and ciao is italian)
- Words that mean the same thing: ciao
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALOHA
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Clue 18 Down: "30. Cornmeal dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern united states
- Words that mean the same thing: gumption, gritrock, moxie
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GRITS
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Red and rosé, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- Words that mean the same thing: bring home the bacon, come through, advance
- The opposite would be: lose, fail
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The answer is: WINES
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Clue 20 Down: "33. Adams behind a camera"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ANSEL
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Clue 21 Down: "35. 1965 Shirley Ellis hit full of wordplay, with "The""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: NAMEGAME
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Clue 22 Down: "36. Certain amenities for first-class passengers"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: LEGRESTS
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Clue 23 Down: "37. Michelle Obama vis-à-vis Princeton"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- Words that mean the same thing: alum, grad, graduate
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ALUMNA
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Cooked slowly in a closed pot"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cook in liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: braise
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: BRAISED
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Cause for many people to scratch"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something that is regarded as a chance event
- Words that mean the same thing: drawing
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LOTTERY
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Clue 26 Down: "42. Gob"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Words that mean the same thing: Jack, pitch, sea dog
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAR
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Something well-placed?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that rig used in drilling for oil or gas
- Words that mean the same thing: drilling rig, drill rig, oil rig
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OILRIG
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Take care of"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- Words that mean the same thing: cover, grip, wield
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: HANDLE
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Glorifies"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that praise, glorify, or honor
- Words that mean the same thing: inspire, tickle pink, invigorate
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: EXALTS
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Clue 30 Down: "47. What two sets of dots within double lines indicate, in musical scores"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- This could be something that an event that repeats
- Words that mean the same thing: recur, take over, recapitulate
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: REPEAT
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Head off"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- Words that mean the same thing: obviate, deflect, turn away
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AVERT
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Some long-term plans, in brief"
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 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: anger, Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IRAS
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Clue 33 Down: "54. It's perfect"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Words that mean the same thing: nirvana, Garden of Eden, promised land
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDEN
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Clue 34 Down: "58. Like Bach's Partita for Violin No. 3"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: INE
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Clue 35 Down: "59. Fist-bump"
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: DAP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 43 | 58.1% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 21.6% |
| Geography | 4 | 5.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.1% |
| History | 3 | 4.1% |
| Movies/Film | 2 | 2.7% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 12, 2025 at 07:37 AM
