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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
February 28, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. What Professor Moriarty was a professor of | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Some lunchbox sammies | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Abrasive | 5 |
| 4A | 14. "O.G. Original Gangster" rapper | 4 |
| 5A | 15. McFlurry flavor | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Walled city near Madrid | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Just like ___ | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Grant consideration, sometimes | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Hell of a guy? | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Things with hardware and software components | 15 |
| 11A | 23. Quickly join a call, with "on" | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Infantry members, in brief | 3 |
| 13A | 25. In the style of | 3 |
| 14A | 26. Bunny first appearing in "Space Jam" (1996) | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Bit of attire that sends the message "I mean business!" | 8 |
| 16A | 33. Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel | 10 |
| 17A | 36. Big letters in home security | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Methods | 4 |
| 19A | 38. One of the Manning brothers | 3 |
| 20A | 39. Societal troubles | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Many a Monopoly property: Abbr. | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Participation dance in which you "turn yourself around" | 10 |
| 23A | 44. Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award | 8 |
| 24A | 47. Captain von Trapp's betrothed, in "The Sound of Music" | 4 |
| 25A | 48. Rapper Lil ___ X | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Cause of wear and tear | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Command centers, for short | 3 |
| 28A | 53. The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across | 15 |
| 29A | 59. Entered speedily | 5 |
| 30A | 60. Ending of "The Bachelor"? | 4 |
| 31A | 61. "___ you vera much!" (punny valentine) | 4 |
| 32A | 62. Standing up | 5 |
| 33A | 63. Suit material? | 4 |
| 34A | 64. "I'll ___" | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Full of the latest | 5 |
| 36A | 66. Features of some cruise ships | 4 |
| 37A | 67. Nailed | 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 Professor Moriarty was a professor of"
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 science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
- Words that mean the same thing: maths, mathematics
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Some lunchbox sammies"
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: PBJS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Abrasive"
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 unpleasantly stern
- Words that mean the same thing: coarse, rough, abrasive
- The opposite would be: fine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "O.G. Original Gangster" rapper"
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: ICET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. McFlurry flavor"
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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREO
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Walled city near Madrid"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: AVILA
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Just like ___"
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: THAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Grant consideration, sometimes"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a condition requiring relief
- Words that mean the same thing: want, require, involve
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Hell of a guy?"
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 (judeo-christian and islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of god; tempter of mankind; master of hell
- Words that mean the same thing: Old Nick, Lucifer, the Tempter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SATAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Things with hardware and software components"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: COMPUTERSYSTEMS
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Quickly join a call, with "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 the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Words that mean the same thing: hop-skip, record hop, skip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Infantry members, in brief"
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 unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- Words that mean the same thing: Gb, G.I., gilbert
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. In the style of"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. Bunny first appearing in "Space Jam" (1996)"
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: LOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Bit of attire that sends the message "I mean business!""
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: POWERTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: SCARYCLOWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Big letters in home security"
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: ADT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Methods"
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 structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
- Words that mean the same thing: mode, means, way of life
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. One of the Manning brothers"
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: ELI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Societal troubles"
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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ill, ailment
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Many a Monopoly property: Abbr."
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: AVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Participation dance in which you "turn yourself around""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOKEYPOKEY
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Clue 23 Across: "44. Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARADONA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Captain von Trapp's betrothed, in "The Sound of Music""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ELSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Rapper Lil ___ X"
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 soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
- Words that mean the same thing: sodium, Na, atomic number 11
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Cause of wear and tear"
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 the act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: enjoyment, utilise, consumption
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Command centers, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
- Words that mean the same thing: HQ, military headquarters, headquarters
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HQS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-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: WHATITSALLABOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Entered speedily"
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: RANIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. Ending of "The Bachelor"?"
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: ETTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. "___ you vera much!" (punny valentine)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that 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 32 Across: "62. Standing up"
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 construct, build, or erect
- Words that mean the same thing: set up, raise, tumid
- The opposite would be: level, unerect
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Suit material?"
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 (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. "I'll ___""
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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- Words that mean the same thing: raciness, morsel, sting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Full of the latest"
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 full of news
- Words that mean the same thing: gossipy, chatty
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Features of some cruise ships"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: resort hotel, watering place, health club
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. Nailed"
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 succeed at easily
- Words that mean the same thing: sail through, breeze through, sweep through
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACED
Great job if you got it right!
February 28, 2024 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Comedian Hedberg who said "I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it" | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Allergic reaction | 5 |
| 3D | 3. One who works well with others | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Start of many URLs | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Firebird maker | 7 |
| 6D | 6. 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Taunt | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Repairs, as a golf green | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Big inconvenience | 6 |
| 10D | 10. "___: The Way of Water" (2022 film) | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Bar mitzvah, for one | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Major dis | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Franz's partner in old "S.N.L." sketches | 4 |
| 14D | 21. Nasty | 4 |
| 15D | 22. [What a snoozefest!] | 4 |
| 16D | 27. Surgery sites, for short | 3 |
| 17D | 28. Many a Weird Al Yankovic medley | 5 |
| 18D | 29. Boo-boo | 4 |
| 19D | 30. One may dominate a conversation | 10 |
| 20D | 31. Not doing anything | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Place to order handmade goods | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Took a lap, perhaps | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Spanish sparkling wine | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Soul singer Bridges | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Apple devices run on it | 3 |
| 26D | 41. Parasite's place | 4 |
| 27D | 42. "We totally should!" | 7 |
| 28D | 43. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi," e.g. | 4 |
| 29D | 45. Buffoonery | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Like food served at a tea party | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Michelob ___ (light brew) | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Car dealer's offering | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Knight's "trusty" companion | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Small songbird | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Fabled slacker | 4 |
| 36D | 55. All over again | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Makeup of a match | 4 |
| 38D | 57. Straddling, say | 4 |
| 39D | 58. ___ ghanouj | 4 |
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. Comedian Hedberg who said "I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it""
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: MITCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Allergic reaction"
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: ACHOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. One who works well with others"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEAMPLAYER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Start of many URLs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a protocol (utilizing tcp) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
- Words that mean the same thing: hypertext transfer protocol
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HTTP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Firebird maker"
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 famous chief of the ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the british (1715-1769)
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PONTIAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: BREES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Taunt"
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 showing your contempt by derision
- Words that mean the same thing: barrack, scoffing, scoff
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JEER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Repairs, as a golf green"
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 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Words that mean the same thing: superoxide dismutase, sodomite, turf
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Big inconvenience"
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 angry disturbance
- Words that mean the same thing: beset, scuffle, chivy
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HASSLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "___: The Way of Water" (2022 film)"
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 a new personification of a familiar idea
- Words that mean the same thing: incarnation, embodiment
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVATAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Bar mitzvah, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- Words that mean the same thing: religious rite, ritual
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Major dis"
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 winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- Words that mean the same thing: flap down, thrash, sweep
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLAM
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Franz's partner in old "S.N.L." sketches"
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 imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty, Han
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "21. Nasty"
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 displeasing to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: worthless, atrocious, horrifying
- The opposite would be: beautiful
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UGLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. [What a snoozefest!]"
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: yawning, oscitance, 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 16 Down: "27. Surgery sites, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: Beaver State, OR, operating theater
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ORS
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Clue 17 Down: "28. Many a Weird Al Yankovic medley"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that music performed for dancing the polka
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: POLKA
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Boo-boo"
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: OWIE
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Clue 19 Down: "30. One may dominate a conversation"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: TALKAHOLIC
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Not doing anything"
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 state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Words that mean the same thing: laze, groundless, wild
- The opposite would be: work, busy
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The answer is: IDLE
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Place to order handmade goods"
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: ETSY
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Took a lap, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that travel through water
- Words that mean the same thing: drown, float, swim
- The opposite would be: sink
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The answer is: SWAM
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Spanish sparkling wine"
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: CAVA
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Soul singer Bridges"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern spain
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LEON
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Apple devices run on it"
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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Words that mean the same thing: Io
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IOS
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Parasite's place"
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 person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- Words that mean the same thing: emcee, boniface, server
- The opposite would be: parasite
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The answer is: HOST
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Clue 27 Down: "42. "We totally should!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: YESLETS
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Clue 28 Down: "43. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi," 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 humble request for help from someone in authority
- Words that mean the same thing: supplication
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PLEA
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Buffoonery"
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 ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- Words that mean the same thing: put-on, caper, prank
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ANTICS
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Like food served at a tea party"
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 something considered choice to eat
- Words that mean the same thing: twee, nice, kickshaw
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DAINTY
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Michelob ___ (light brew)"
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 (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- Words that mean the same thing: extremist, radical
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ULTRA
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Car dealer's offering"
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 punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- Words that mean the same thing: inverted comma, citation, quotation
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: QUOTE
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Knight's "trusty" companion"
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 (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STEED
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Small songbird"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that english architect who designed more than fifty london churches (1632-1723)
- Words that mean the same thing: Sir Christopher Wren, jenny wren
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WREN
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Fabled slacker"
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 swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- Words that mean the same thing: rabbit
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HARE
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Clue 36 Down: "55. All over again"
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 again but in a new or different way
- Words that mean the same thing: afresh
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANEW
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Makeup of a match"
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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Words that mean the same thing: solidification, lay out, prepare
- The opposite would be: rise
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The answer is: SETS
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Straddling, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that on, to, or at the top
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATOP
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Clue 39 Down: "58. ___ ghanouj"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small cake leavened with yeast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BABA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 68.4% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 10.5% |
| History | 4 | 5.3% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: August 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
