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Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 81 (43 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.6 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle April 14, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Spanish house | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Italian fashion giant | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Blithering fool | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Appearance of a comet, to some | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Capital on the eastern Mediterranean | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Word after Doctor or guess | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Like hallucinogenic drugs | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Unaccounted for, briefly | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Opening remarks | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Uplifting verse | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Netflix crime drama starring Jason Bateman | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Preserved, as pastrami | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Society's woes | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Targets for exterminators | 4 |
| 15A | 28. Retirement benefits org. | 3 |
| 16A | 29. Long ago | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Easy as ___ | 3 |
| 18A | 33. One crying "Yer out!" | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Nordic capital | 4 |
| 20A | 36. "Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda | 3 |
| 21A | 39. Subtly suggests | 6 |
| 22A | 42. Sport one's biceps | 4 |
| 23A | 43. N.Y.S.E. debut | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Needs a rubdown, say | 5 |
| 25A | 45. ___ safe distance | 3 |
| 26A | 46. Dog collar attachment | 5 |
| 27A | 48. Post-O.R. stop | 3 |
| 28A | 49. Something to behold | 5 |
| 29A | 51. "Untrue!" | 5 |
| 30A | 52. The piper's son, in a nursery rhyme | 3 |
| 31A | 53. Drink in a red, white and blue cup | 4 |
| 32A | 54. Alike: Fr. | 4 |
| 33A | 55. Save, in a way | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Surf's sound | 4 |
| 35A | 59. Emissions watchdog, for short | 3 |
| 36A | 62. Knocked the socks off | 5 |
| 37A | 64. Some customized cars | 9 |
| 38A | 66. In the loop, so to speak | 5 |
| 39A | 67. 007 creator Fleming | 3 |
| 40A | 68. Kim of "Vertigo" | 5 |
| 41A | 69. Company where the computer mouse was developed | 5 |
| 42A | 70. Results of some Hail Mary passes, informally | 3 |
| 43A | 71. Pesky fliers | 5 |
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. Spanish house"
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: CASA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Italian fashion giant"
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: ARMANI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Blithering fool"
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 the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: piece of ass, piece of tail, arsenic
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Appearance of a comet, to some"
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 sign of something about to happen
- Words that mean the same thing: foreshadow, prognostic, portend
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Capital on the eastern Mediterranean"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that capital and largest city of lebanon; located in western lebanon on the mediterranean
- Words that mean the same thing: Bayrut, capital of Lebanon
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEIRUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Word after Doctor or guess"
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 united nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
- Words that mean the same thing: World Health Organization
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Like hallucinogenic drugs"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MINDBENDING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Unaccounted for, briefly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: MIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Opening remarks"
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 formally making a person known to another or to the public
- Words that mean the same thing: presentation, introduction
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTRO
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Uplifting verse"
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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Netflix crime drama starring Jason Bateman"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: OZARK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Preserved, as pastrami"
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 provide a cure for, make healthy again
- Words that mean the same thing: cure, vulcanized, vulcanised
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CURED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Society's woes"
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: ailment, complaint, ill
- 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 14 Across: "27. Targets for exterminators"
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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: pismire, ant, emmet
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Retirement benefits org."
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 independent government agency responsible for the social security system
- Words that mean the same thing: Social Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Long ago"
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 time long past
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Easy as ___"
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 the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- Words that mean the same thing: rudiment, alphabet, first principle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. One crying "Yer out!""
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 official at a baseball game
- Words that mean the same thing: umpire
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "34. Nordic capital"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Words that mean the same thing: Christiania, capital of Norway
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OSLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "36. "Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda"
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 united states sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the vietnam war in washington (born in 1959)
- Words that mean the same thing: Maya Lin
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Subtly suggests"
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: GETSAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Sport one's biceps"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of flexing
- Words that mean the same thing: twist, turn, deform
- The opposite would be: straighten, unbend
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. N.Y.S.E. debut"
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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Words that mean the same thing: initial public offering, initial offering
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IPO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Needs a rubdown, say"
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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Words that mean the same thing: suffer, yearn, smart
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. ___ safe distance"
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: ATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. Dog collar attachment"
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: IDTAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. Post-O.R. stop"
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 hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
- Words that mean the same thing: intensive care unit
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Something to behold"
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 instance of visual perception
- Words that mean the same thing: pot, visual modality, quite a little
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. "Untrue!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: NOTSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "52. The piper's son, in a nursery rhyme"
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 (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to whites
- Words that mean the same thing: gobbler, Uncle Tom, turkey cock
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "53. Drink in a red, white and blue cup"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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: ICEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "54. Alike: Fr."
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: EGAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "55. Save, in a way"
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 sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- Words that mean the same thing: banking concern, coin bank, deposit
- The opposite would be: mistrust, withdraw
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BANK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. Surf's sound"
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 deep prolonged loud noise
- Words that mean the same thing: ululate, howl, yaup
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "59. Emissions watchdog, 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 an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. Knocked the socks off"
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 impress greatly
- Words that mean the same thing: wow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WOWED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "64. Some customized cars"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LOWRIDERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "66. In the loop, so to speak"
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 (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
- Words that mean the same thing: mindful, cognizant, cognisant
- The opposite would be: unmindful, unaware
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "67. 007 creator Fleming"
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: IAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Across: "68. Kim of "Vertigo""
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: NOVAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 41 Across: "69. Company where the computer mouse was developed"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a copy made by a xerographic printer
- Words that mean the same thing: xerox copy, xerographic copier, run off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: XEROX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 42 Across: "70. Results of some Hail Mary passes, informally"
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: TDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 43 Across: "71. Pesky fliers"
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 small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
- Words that mean the same thing: gnat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GNATS
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle April 14, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Sunday newspaper section | 6 |
| 2D | 2. B-plus beater | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Nissan compact | 6 |
| 4D | 4. "Giant" of wrestling and moviedom | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Rushmore neighbor of Teddy | 3 |
| 6D | 6. "The Bathers" Impressionist | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Neither left nor right | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Disney mermaid's name | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Cloistered one, perhaps | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Let ___!" | 4 |
| 11D | 11. "Jeez, that's too bad!" | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Jersey | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Long baths | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Calculation using height and weight | 13 |
| 15D | 23. Actor Efron | 3 |
| 16D | 26. BOGO event | 4 |
| 17D | 30. Settle on, with "for" | 3 |
| 18D | 32. Place to duke it out | 10 |
| 19D | 33. Take advantage of | 3 |
| 20D | 35. Venetian blind part | 4 |
| 21D | 36. "The Loco-Motion" singer, 1962 | 9 |
| 22D | 37. Bitter brews, for short | 4 |
| 23D | 38. "Ain't happenin'" | 4 |
| 24D | 39. Trot or canter | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Danish shoe brand | 4 |
| 26D | 41. Hand-to-hand combat? | 8 |
| 27D | 45. Get mellower | 3 |
| 28D | 47. Doomed from the start, for short | 3 |
| 29D | 50. "Bleah!" | 3 |
| 30D | 54. It's near a temple | 3 |
| 31D | 56. Prefix with nautical | 4 |
| 32D | 58. Totally rules | 4 |
| 33D | 60. Heinie | 4 |
| 34D | 61. Seeks, as a price | 4 |
| 35D | 62. Impermanent sculpture material | 3 |
| 36D | 63. Not be up to date on bills | 3 |
| 37D | 64. Beyond tipsy | 3 |
| 38D | 65. Put on | 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. Sunday newspaper section"
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 sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- Words that mean the same thing: funnies, cartoon strip, comic
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMICS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. B-plus beater"
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: AMINUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Nissan compact"
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: SENTRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. "Giant" of wrestling and moviedom"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ANDRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Rushmore neighbor of Teddy"
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: ABE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "The Bathers" Impressionist"
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 french impressionist painter (1841-1919)
- Words that mean the same thing: Pierre Auguste Renoir
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RENOIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Neither left nor right"
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: MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Disney mermaid's name"
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: ARIEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Cloistered one, perhaps"
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 woman religious
- Words that mean the same thing: conical buoy, nun buoy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "Let ___!""
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: ITGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Jeez, that's too bad!""
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: AWMAN
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Jersey"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SHIRT
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Long baths"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- Words that mean the same thing: soak, surcharge, hit it up
- The opposite would be: undercharge
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The answer is: SOAKS
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Calculation using height and weight"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: BODYMASSINDEX
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Clue 15 Down: "23. Actor Efron"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ZAC
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Clue 16 Down: "26. BOGO event"
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 particular instance of selling
- Words that mean the same thing: sales event, cut-rate sale, sales agreement
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SALE
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Clue 17 Down: "30. Settle on, with "for""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: prefer, choose
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OPT
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Clue 18 Down: "32. Place to duke it out"
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: BOXINGRING
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Clue 19 Down: "33. Take advantage of"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: role, function, utilization
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USE
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Clue 20 Down: "35. Venetian blind part"
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 thin strip (wood or metal)
- Words that mean the same thing: spline
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SLAT
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Clue 21 Down: "36. "The Loco-Motion" singer, 1962"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: LITTLEEVA
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Clue 22 Down: "37. Bitter brews, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IPAS
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Clue 23 Down: "38. "Ain't happenin'""
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: NOGO
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Trot or canter"
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 rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- Words that mean the same thing: pace
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAIT
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Danish shoe brand"
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: ECCO
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Hand-to-hand combat?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: THUMBWAR
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Clue 27 Down: "45. Get mellower"
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 how long something has existed
- Words that mean the same thing: mature, geezerhood, maturate
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
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The answer is: AGE
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Clue 28 Down: "47. Doomed from the start, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DOA
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Clue 29 Down: "50. "Bleah!""
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: ICK
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Clue 30 Down: "54. It's near a temple"
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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Words that mean the same thing: capitulum, auricle, pinna
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAR
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Clue 31 Down: "56. Prefix with nautical"
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: AERO
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Clue 32 Down: "58. Totally rules"
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 have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: have, own, possess
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWNS
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Clue 33 Down: "60. Heinie"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: keister, bottom, rear
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRAT
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Clue 34 Down: "61. Seeks, as a price"
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 inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: need, demand, expect
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASKS
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Clue 35 Down: "62. Impermanent sculpture material"
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 any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
- Words that mean the same thing: full, climb, rise
- The opposite would be: wane
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAX
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Clue 36 Down: "63. Not be up to date on bills"
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 be obliged to pay or repay
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWE
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Clue 37 Down: "64. Beyond tipsy"
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 the humanistic study of a body of literature
- Words that mean the same thing: illuminate, get off, literature
- The opposite would be: unlighted, extinguish
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIT
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Clue 38 Down: "65. Put on"
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 spanish gentleman or nobleman
- Words that mean the same thing: father, put on, get into
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DON
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 45 | 55.6% |
| Short Answer | 24 | 29.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 4.9% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.7% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.2% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.2% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.2% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 43 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| Total Clues | 81 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually 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 25, 2025 at 08:39 PM
