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Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle February 18, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Word after martial or culinary | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Very," en español | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Soak up | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Person who cherishes high principles | 8 |
| 5A | 16. Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 | 6 |
| 6A | 17. Made the bed? | 8 |
| 7A | 18. It may be issued for a defective product | 6 |
| 8A | 19. Exchange new vows | 5 |
| 9A | 20. 1-1, e.g. | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Hasten | 3 |
| 11A | 22. "Oh, now I get it!" | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Old, ineffective sort | 6 |
| 13A | 26. 1930s boxing champ Max | 4 |
| 14A | 27. The "C" of I.C.U. | 4 |
| 15A | 29. "What is Pyramus? a lover, ___ tyrant?": "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Mails | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Prioritize in the trauma center | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Mandates | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle | 13 |
| 20A | 40. Guitarist May of Queen | 5 |
| 21A | 41. Like zombies | 6 |
| 22A | 43. Not quite a C | 5 |
| 23A | 46. Abbreviation in ancient dates | 3 |
| 24A | 48. "Your majesty" | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Part of many a woodwind | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Howling at the moon, say | 6 |
| 27A | 53. Back-and-forth tool | 3 |
| 28A | 54. "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Novelist McEwan | 3 |
| 30A | 56. Jumped | 5 |
| 31A | 58. Single things | 6 |
| 32A | 60. Like baby shampoo | 8 |
| 33A | 63. Coral rings | 6 |
| 34A | 64. Dog guarding the gates of the underworld | 8 |
| 35A | 65. Karate instructor | 6 |
| 36A | 66. Young ___ (tots) | 3 |
| 37A | 67. Plying the waves | 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. Word after martial or culinary"
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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Words that mean the same thing: artistic creation, humanistic discipline, artistic production
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. "Very," en español"
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: MUY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Soak up"
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 become imbued
- Words that mean the same thing: take in, ingest, imbibe
- The opposite would be: emit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABSORB
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Person who cherishes high principles"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
- Words that mean the same thing: dreamer
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEALIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014"
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 ukrainian peninsula between the black sea and the sea of azov
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRIMEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Made the bed?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that work in the garden
- Words that mean the same thing: garden
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GARDENED
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Clue 7 Across: "18. It may be issued for a defective product"
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 request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- Words that mean the same thing: reminiscence, recollect, call in
- The opposite would be: issue, forget
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RECALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Exchange new vows"
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: REWED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. 1-1, e.g."
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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Words that mean the same thing: linkup, link, connect
- The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Hasten"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: hasten, race, bucket along
- The opposite would be: linger
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. "Oh, now I get it!""
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: AHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Old, ineffective sort"
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 oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOTARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. 1930s boxing champ Max"
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: BAER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. The "C" of I.C.U."
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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- Words that mean the same thing: upkeep, concern, tending
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. "What is Pyramus? a lover, ___ tyrant?": "A Midsummer Night's Dream""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mouth or mouthlike opening
- Words that mean the same thing: Os, atomic number 76, osmium
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Mails"
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 cause to go somewhere
- Words that mean the same thing: direct, get off, mail
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Prioritize in the trauma center"
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 sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Mandates"
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 an authoritative declaration
- Words that mean the same thing: obiter dictum, say-so, dictum
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DICTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: PARALLELPARKS
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Clue 20 Across: "40. Guitarist May of Queen"
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: BRIAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Like zombies"
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: UNDEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Not quite a C"
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: DPLUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Abbreviation in ancient dates"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of the period before the common era; preferred by some writers who are not christians
- Words that mean the same thing: B.C.E.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. "Your majesty""
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 title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- Words that mean the same thing: engender, father, forefather
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Part of many a woodwind"
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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
- Words that mean the same thing: reed instrument, vibrating reed, John Reed
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Howling at the moon, say"
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 utter in deep prolonged tones
- Words that mean the same thing: bay, quest
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAYING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "53. Back-and-forth tool"
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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Words that mean the same thing: realize, visualise, escort
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: AYN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Novelist McEwan"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: IAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Jumped"
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 move forward by leaps and bounds
- Words that mean the same thing: spring, leap, jump
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Single things"
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 (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
- Words that mean the same thing: monas, monad
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MONADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Like baby shampoo"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that free from tears
- Words that mean the same thing: dry-eyed
- The opposite would be: tearful
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEARLESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Coral rings"
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 island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
- Words that mean the same thing: atoll
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOLLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Dog guarding the gates of the underworld"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to hades; son of typhon
- Words that mean the same thing: hellhound
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CERBERUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Karate instructor"
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: SENSEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Young ___ (tots)"
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 organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
- Words that mean the same thing: UN, United Nations
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. Plying the waves"
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: seawards, seaward
- 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!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 18, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E. | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Nutrient fig. | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Glass showcases for small animals | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Singer of "Smooth Operator" | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause" | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Once did | 6 |
| 7D | 7. "So far," on a quarterly pay stub: Abbr. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Biting | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Village of the Prancing Pony inn in "The Lord of the Rings" | 4 |
| 10D | 10. [not my mistake] | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Resident of Nebraska's largest city | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Depended (on) | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Machines on hay farms | 6 |
| 14D | 15. Lascivious | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Fall behind | 5 |
| 16D | 22. Something a false person puts on | 3 |
| 17D | 23. Relative of a zither | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Fervor | 7 |
| 19D | 26. Shadows that have grown long? | 6 |
| 20D | 28. Part of a listening pair | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Lee of Marvel Comics | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Needlefish | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Two-time Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning | 3 |
| 24D | 35. PC core | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Father of Rachel and Leah in Genesis | 5 |
| 26D | 38. Backsides | 8 |
| 27D | 39. "Storms are brewin'" in her eyes, in a 1986 #1 hit | 4 |
| 28D | 42. Beads on the morning grass | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Many hour-long TV shows | 6 |
| 30D | 44. Cactus known for its psychoactive effects | 6 |
| 31D | 45. One of the Beatles | 6 |
| 32D | 47. ___ Fisher, women's clothing brand | 6 |
| 33D | 50. Low voices | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Approaches | 5 |
| 35D | 52. Dress | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Kind of hands said to be the devil's playthings | 4 |
| 37D | 57. ___ bargain | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Lou Gehrig's disease, for short | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Horned Frogs' sch. | 3 |
| 40D | 61. Take to court | 3 |
| 41D | 62. Government agcy. for retirees | 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. Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E."
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: AIG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Nutrient fig."
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: RDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Glass showcases for small animals"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed
- Words that mean the same thing: terrarium
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERRARIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Singer of "Smooth Operator""
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 french soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)
- Words that mean the same thing: Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade, de Sade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause""
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: MINEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Once did"
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: USEDTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "So far," on a quarterly pay stub: 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: YTD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Biting"
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 strong and sharp
- Words that mean the same thing: vitriolic, sulphurous, virulent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACRID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Village of the Prancing Pony inn in "The Lord of the Rings""
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: BREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. [not my mistake]"
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 urge to attack someone
- Words that mean the same thing: set
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Resident of Nebraska's largest city"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: OMAHAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Depended (on)"
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 have confidence or faith in
- Words that mean the same thing: trust, rely, swear
- The opposite would be: mistrust
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RELIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Machines on hay farms"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BALERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Lascivious"
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 suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
- Words that mean the same thing: lascivious, lustful, salacious
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEWD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Fall behind"
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 track or mark left by something that has passed
- Words that mean the same thing: drag, tail, tag
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Something a false person puts 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 a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Words that mean the same thing: human activity, enactment, do
- The opposite would be: refrain
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The answer is: ACT
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Clue 17 Down: "23. Relative of a zither"
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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- Words that mean the same thing: mouth harp, dwell, mouth organ
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HARP
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Fervor"
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: ARDENCY
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Shadows that have grown long?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
- Words that mean the same thing: byssus, face fungus, beard
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BEARDS
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Part of a listening pair"
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: EARBUD
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Lee of Marvel Comics"
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: STAN
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Needlefish"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that primitive predaceous north american fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- Words that mean the same thing: garpike, garfish, gar
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GARS
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Two-time Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning"
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: ELI
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Clue 24 Down: "35. PC core"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- Words that mean the same thing: processor, central processor, C.P.U.
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CPU
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Father of Rachel and Leah in Genesis"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that hungarian choreographer who developed labanotation (1879-1958)
- Words that mean the same thing: Rudolph Laban
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LABAN
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Backsides"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: ass, derriere, hindquarters
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: KEISTERS
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Clue 27 Down: "39. "Storms are brewin'" in her eyes, in a 1986 #1 hit"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SARA
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Beads on the morning grass"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DEW
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Many hour-long TV shows"
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 dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- Words that mean the same thing: dramatic play, drama, dramatic event
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DRAMAS
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Cactus known for its psychoactive effects"
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 small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
- Words that mean the same thing: mescaline, mezcal, mescal
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PEYOTE
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Clue 31 Down: "45. One of the Beatles"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with paul mccartney wrote most of the music for the beatles (1940-1980)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Lennon
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: LENNON
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Clue 32 Down: "47. ___ Fisher, women's clothing brand"
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: EILEEN
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Low voices"
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 adult male singer with the lowest voice
- Words that mean the same thing: basso, bass voice, bass
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BASSI
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Approaches"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that move towards
- Words that mean the same thing: go up, draw near, near
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NEARS
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Dress"
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 clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- Words that mean the same thing: clothe, tog, fit out
- The opposite would be: undress
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The answer is: GARB
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Kind of hands said to be the devil's playthings"
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 state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- Words that mean the same thing: baseless, wild, unwarranted
- The opposite would be: work, run
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The answer is: IDLE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. ___ bargain"
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 38 Down: "59. Lou Gehrig's disease, 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 thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
- Words that mean the same thing: aluminium, Al, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALS
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Horned Frogs' sch."
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: TCU
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Clue 40 Down: "61. Take to court"
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 french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eugene Sue, process, litigate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SUE
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Clue 41 Down: "62. Government agcy. for retirees"
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 an independent government agency responsible for the social security system
- Words that mean the same thing: Social Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SSA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 69.2% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 21.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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 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!
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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 01:27 AM
