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Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle November 17, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Piece of land in el océano | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Lemon juice and vinegar, e.g. | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Studio behind Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Ferry or wherry | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Charged for a chemistry class? | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Study, with "over" | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Cousin of Simon Says | 10 |
| 8A | 18. Flight board listings, for short | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Stainless ___ | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Bugler in the Rockies | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Marital ___ | 5 |
| 12A | 22. Proceeding headlong without thinking | 4 |
| 13A | 24. 2012 Ang Lee film set largely at sea | 8 |
| 14A | 26. "Man, just my luck!" | 7 |
| 15A | 29. Identifies, as in a social media post | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Sassy | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Mrs., in Mexico | 3 |
| 18A | 33. Turnkey | 6 |
| 19A | 37. Obama ___ (2009-17) | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Support for an updo | 7 |
| 21A | 40. "Yes, captain!" | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Jazz ensembles | 6 |
| 23A | 43. Hotel room extra | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Medical breakthrough | 4 |
| 25A | 45. Liveliness, in music | 4 |
| 26A | 47. Not in usable condition, say | 7 |
| 27A | 49. What a chop shot imparts | 8 |
| 28A | 53. Many a Punjabi | 4 |
| 29A | 54. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom) | 5 |
| 30A | 55. Fireplace fuel | 3 |
| 31A | 57. Sort seen walking a red carpet | 5 |
| 32A | 60. Student ___ | 4 |
| 33A | 61. "Show some courage!" ... as this puzzle's theme can do? | 10 |
| 34A | 63. Like hymns, unlike most poems | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Person who really digs working? | 5 |
| 36A | 65. "I'll get right to work!" | 4 |
| 37A | 66. Some app interruptions | 3 |
| 38A | 67. 15%-er | 5 |
| 39A | 68. Children's medicine, in doctor-speak | 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. Piece of land in el océano"
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: ISLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Lemon juice and vinegar, e.g."
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 any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- Words that mean the same thing: window pane, back breaker, Zen
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACIDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Studio behind Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale""
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: MGM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Ferry or wherry"
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 vessel for travel on water
- Words that mean the same thing: gravy boat, sauceboat, gravy holder
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Charged for a chemistry class?"
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 the dialect of ancient greek spoken and written in attica and athens and ionia
- Words that mean the same thing: Classical Greek, Ionic dialect, Attic
- The opposite would be: nonionic
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IONIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Study, with "over""
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 any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- Words that mean the same thing: stomate, concentrate, center
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "16. Cousin of Simon Says"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOTHERMAYI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Flight board listings, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: ETA, eta, Basque Fatherland and Liberty
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Stainless ___"
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 alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- Words that mean the same thing: brand, nerve, blade
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Bugler in the Rockies"
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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Words that mean the same thing: moose, wapiti, American elk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Marital ___"
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 state of extreme happiness
- Words that mean the same thing: seventh heaven, cloud nine, blissfulness
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLISS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "22. Proceeding headlong without thinking"
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 any red eruption of the skin
- Words that mean the same thing: efflorescence, reckless, blizzard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. 2012 Ang Lee film set largely at sea"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIFEOFPI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. "Man, just my luck!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OHGREAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Identifies, as in a social media post"
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 label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: mark, tag end, go after
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Sassy"
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 characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- Words that mean the same thing: irreverent, saucy, impertinent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Mrs., in Mexico"
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: SRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Turnkey"
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 someone who guards prisoners
- Words that mean the same thing: prison guard, jailor, turnkey
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JAILER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Obama ___ (2009-17)"
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 marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: geological era, earned run average, epoch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Support for an updo"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAIRPIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. "Yes, captain!""
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: AYE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Jazz ensembles"
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 small band of jazz musicians
- Words that mean the same thing: jazz group, jazz band, combo
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMBOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Hotel room extra"
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 sheath worn to protect a finger
- Words that mean the same thing: fingerstall, crib, camp bed
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Medical breakthrough"
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 medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- Words that mean the same thing: remedy, therapeutic, bring around
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Liveliness, in music"
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 quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
- Words that mean the same thing: invigoration, animation, spiritedness
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Not in usable condition, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that inflict damage upon
- Words that mean the same thing: damage, discredited
- The opposite would be: undamaged
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAMAGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. What a chop shot imparts"
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 spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BACKSPIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Many a Punjabi"
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 adherent of sikhism
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIKH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom)"
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: ALLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Fireplace fuel"
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 segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- Words that mean the same thing: lumber, logarithm
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Sort seen walking a red carpet"
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: CELEB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Student ___"
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 temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
- Words that mean the same thing: loanword, lend
- The opposite would be: borrow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. "Show some courage!" ... as this puzzle's theme can do?"
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: GROWASPINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. Like hymns, unlike most poems"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the imperial dynasty of china from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
- Words that mean the same thing: Song dynasty, spill the beans, babble
- The opposite would be: keep quiet
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUNG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Person who really digs working?"
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 laborer who works in a mine
- Words that mean the same thing: mineworker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MINER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. "I'll get right to work!""
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: ONIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. Some app interruptions"
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 public promotion of some product or service
- Words that mean the same thing: advertisement, advertizement, advertising
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. 15%-er"
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 active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Words that mean the same thing: factor, agentive role, broker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "68. Children's medicine, in doctor-speak"
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: PEDS
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - November 17, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Some mainframe computers | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Chimney coating | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social media | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Deep down inside | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Every breath you take | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Accept an invitation, say | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Counting everything | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Aid for a home repair project, informally | 6 |
| 9D | 9. ___-fi | 3 |
| 10D | 10. The "da-da-da-DUM!" of Beethoven's Fifth | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Take firm hold of | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Soccer superstar Lionel | 5 |
| 13D | 15. House speaker Nancy | 6 |
| 14D | 17. "Is there anything ___?" | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Launched | 5 |
| 16D | 23. Tastes some | 7 |
| 17D | 25. Build-your-own Mexican dishes, at times | 7 |
| 18D | 26. Big Mideast inits. | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Captain Marvel, e.g. | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Race that requires a swimsuit, helmet and running shoes, for short | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Part of a circle | 3 |
| 22D | 34. Facial wrinkle suggesting a jovial spirit | 9 |
| 23D | 35. "Jane ___" | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Clarinet piece | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Derby entrant | 5 |
| 26D | 39. "___ Save America" (political show) | 3 |
| 27D | 42. Blues legend with the hit "The Thrill Is Gone" | 6 |
| 28D | 44. Baked treat on a stick | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Sight off the Gulf Coast | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Speakers' aids, in brief | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Light wood | 5 |
| 32D | 50. Audibly | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Groups identified by tartans | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Everybody's opposite | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Rocker Stefani | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Lady of Camelot | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Casino actions | 4 |
| 38D | 61. "Today" rival, for short | 3 |
| 39D | 62. "Life beats down and crushes the soul, and ___ reminds you that you have one": Stella Adler | 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. Some mainframe computers"
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: IBMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Chimney coating"
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 black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- Words that mean the same thing: carbon black, crock, lampblack
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Photo posted days or weeks after it was taken, on social media"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATERGRAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Deep down inside"
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: ATHEART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Every breath you take"
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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- Words that mean the same thing: bare, melodic line, broadcast
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Accept an invitation, 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 the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- Words that mean the same thing: issue forth, come in, seminal fluid
- The opposite would be: leave, go
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Counting everything"
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: INALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Aid for a home repair project, informally"
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: DIYKIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. ___-fi"
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: SCI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. The "da-da-da-DUM!" of Beethoven's Fifth"
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 design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- Words that mean the same thing: motive, theme
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOTIF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Take firm hold of"
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 understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- Words that mean the same thing: clasp, clench, savvy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Soccer superstar Lionel"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MESSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. House speaker Nancy"
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: PELOSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. "Is there anything ___?""
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: ____
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The answer is: ELSE
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Launched"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- Words that mean the same thing: commence, begin, set about
- The opposite would be: end
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The answer is: BEGAN
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Tastes some"
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: HASASIP
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Build-your-own Mexican dishes, at times"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: FAJITAS
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Big Mideast inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Words that mean the same thing: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OPEC
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Captain Marvel, 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 man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
- Words that mean the same thing: submarine, Hero of Alexandria, hero sandwich
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HERO
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Race that requires a swimsuit, helmet and running shoes, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TRI
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Part of a circle"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- Words that mean the same thing: discharge, curve, arch
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ARC
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Facial wrinkle suggesting a jovial spirit"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LAUGHLINE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. "Jane ___""
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 shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Eyre
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EYRE
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Clarinet piece"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: Walter Reed, vibrating reed, beating-reed instrument
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: REED
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Derby entrant"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- Words that mean the same thing: sawhorse, knight, horse cavalry
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HORSE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. "___ Save America" (political show)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Words that mean the same thing: seedcase, seedpod, cod
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: POD
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Blues legend with the hit "The Thrill Is Gone""
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: BBKING
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Baked treat on a stick"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CAKEPOP
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Sight off the Gulf Coast"
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: oil rig, drilling rig, drill rig
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OILRIG
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Speakers' aids, in brief"
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: MICS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Light wood"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
- Words that mean the same thing: balsa wood, Ochroma lagopus
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BALSA
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Audibly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that using the voice; not silently
- Words that mean the same thing: loud, out loud, loudly
- The opposite would be: softly
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The answer is: ALOUD
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Groups identified by tartans"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that group of people related by blood or marriage
- Words that mean the same thing: kinship group, kindred, kin
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CLANS
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Everybody's opposite"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NOONE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Rocker Stefani"
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: GWEN
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Lady of Camelot"
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 town in north central oklahoma
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The answer is: ENID
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Casino actions"
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 money risked on a gamble
- Words that mean the same thing: reckon, play, stakes
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BETS
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Clue 38 Down: "61. "Today" rival, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GMA
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Clue 39 Down: "62. "Life beats down and crushes the soul, and ___ reminds you that you have one": Stella Adler"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: artwork, artistic production, artistry
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ART
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 57 | 73.1% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 16.7% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.8% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 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 21, 2025 at 07:37 AM
