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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, December 03, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (36 Across, 36 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle December 03, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Skittish | 5 |
| 2A | 6. ___ Secretary | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Do some course work? | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Guilt trip? | 11 |
| 5A | 16. Gardner of film | 3 |
| 6A | 17. "Too late to change your mind now!" | 11 |
| 7A | 18. Crank | 3 |
| 8A | 19. Miles Davis ___ ("Birth of the Cool" ensemble) | 5 |
| 9A | 20. The "H" in H.M.S. | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Peel | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Word with plane or projection | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Takes nothing in | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Brain-tingly feeling that may come from hearing whispering or crinkling, in brief | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Inefficient confetti-making tool | 9 |
| 15A | 30. "Between ___ Ferns" (Zach Galifianakis web series) | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Wild side? | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Couple of laughs? | 6 |
| 18A | 34. Newbies | 7 |
| 19A | 36. Good cheer | 7 |
| 20A | 37. Sound investment | 6 |
| 21A | 38. They might be capital or cardinal | 4 |
| 22A | 39. 'Easter preceder | 3 |
| 23A | 40. "Do my eyes deceive me?" | 9 |
| 24A | 42. Empty bottles? | 4 |
| 25A | 43. Prepare, as chicken for tacos | 5 |
| 26A | 44. Org. featured in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" | 6 |
| 27A | 46. "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to ___ in his own way": Robert Frost | 4 |
| 28A | 47. Block | 3 |
| 29A | 48. Starters | 5 |
| 30A | 51. Malachite, for one | 3 |
| 31A | 52. One getting bent out of shape at preschool? | 11 |
| 32A | 55. A daughter of Titans, in myth | 3 |
| 33A | 56. At all | 11 |
| 34A | 57. Kind of pad | 3 |
| 35A | 58. Cline who was the first solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame | 5 |
| 36A | 59. Novosibirsk negatives | 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. Skittish"
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 being in a tense state
- Words that mean the same thing: overstrung, restive, highly strung
- The opposite would be: smooth
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JUMPY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. ___ Secretary"
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 woman of refinement
- Words that mean the same thing: dame, ma'am, brothel keeper
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MADAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Do some course work?"
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 loft in a barn where hay is stored
- Words that mean the same thing: pout, cut down, mop
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOW
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Guilt trip?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: APOLOGYTOUR
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Gardner of film"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: AVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. "Too late to change your mind now!""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: NOTAKEBACKS
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Crank"
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 rate of revolution of a motor
- Words that mean the same thing: revolutions per minute, rev up, rpm
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REV
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Miles Davis ___ ("Birth of the Cool" ensemble)"
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: NONET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. The "H" in H.M.S."
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: HIS
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Peel"
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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Words that mean the same thing: peel, pare down, skin
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARE
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Word with plane or projection"
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 being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
- Words that mean the same thing: stellar
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTRAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Takes nothing in"
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 abstaining from food
- Words that mean the same thing: fast, fasting
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FASTS
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Clue 13 Across: "25. Brain-tingly feeling that may come from hearing whispering or crinkling, in brief"
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: ASMR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Inefficient confetti-making tool"
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: HOLEPUNCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. "Between ___ Ferns" (Zach Galifianakis web series)"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: II, ii, deuce
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Wild side?"
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 countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
- Words that mean the same thing: Occident, Dame Rebecca West, due west
- The opposite would be: east
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Couple of laughs?"
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: HEEHEE
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Clue 18 Across: "34. Newbies"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who has never had sex
- Words that mean the same thing: virgin, Virgo the Virgin, Virgo
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VIRGINS
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Good cheer"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
- Words that mean the same thing: joviality, jolliness
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JOLLITY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Sound investment"
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 reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound
- Words that mean the same thing: stereoscopic picture, stereophonic system, stereo system
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEREO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. They might be capital or cardinal"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that estrangement from god
- Words that mean the same thing: wickedness, boob, sin
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. 'Easter preceder"
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: NOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. "Do my eyes deceive me?""
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: COULDITBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. Empty bottles?"
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 dome-shaped shrine erected by buddhists
- Words that mean the same thing: stupa, drink
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "43. Prepare, as chicken for tacos"
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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: tittle, whit, iota
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "44. Org. featured in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby""
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: NASCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "46. "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to ___ in his own way": Robert Frost"
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 any place of pain and turmoil
- Words that mean the same thing: nether region, sin, blaze
- The opposite would be: Heaven
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "47. Block"
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 barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: dekametre, dkm, dyke
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "48. Starters"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: ATEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "51. Malachite, for one"
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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "52. One getting bent out of shape at preschool?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: PIPECLEANER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "55. A daughter of Titans, in myth"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of hyperion; identified with roman aurora
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "56. At all"
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: EVENALITTLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. Kind of pad"
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 internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Words that mean the same thing: sol, so, soh
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "58. Cline who was the first solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- Words that mean the same thing: sucker, chump, fool
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "59. Novosibirsk negatives"
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: NYETS
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle December 03, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Mo. with multiple federal holidays | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Atop | 4 |
| 3D | 3. "Hello ___" (classic ringtone) | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Like a flat surface | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Couples | 5 |
| 6D | 6. "That's on me," slangily | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Not progressing | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Unlikely to cause a stir, say | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Great ones are extinct | 4 |
| 10D | 10. ___ Potato Head | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Sweet cherry liqueur | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Excessive | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Permanent desire? | 5 |
| 14D | 15. Be approved to proceed | 9 |
| 15D | 21. Piece in a sewing project | 5 |
| 16D | 23. Actress Katharine of "The Graduate" | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Stokes | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Some 4x4s | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Quite the reverse | 10 |
| 20D | 27. "Close enough" | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Something that has a ring to it | 9 |
| 22D | 31. Brandish | 5 |
| 23D | 33. Orphan of British literature | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Soupy fare | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Triangular headsails | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Carpels' counterparts | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Cheesed off | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Compact | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Things horses may have that other farm animals usually don't | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Cleared home plates? | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Miss Piggy or Bette Midler | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Alternative to a blind, in poker | 4 |
| 33D | 50. What chocolate and hearts may do | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Vim | 3 |
| 35D | 53. Tropical islet | 3 |
| 36D | 54. "Hi" follower | 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. Mo. with multiple federal holidays"
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 the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
- Words that mean the same thing: January
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Atop"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: UPON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Hello ___" (classic ringtone)"
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: MOTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Like a flat surface"
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 involving two dimensions
- Words that mean the same thing: two-dimensional
- The opposite would be: cubic
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLANAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Couples"
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 fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- Words that mean the same thing: couplet, pair, distich
- The opposite would be: unyoke
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "That's on me," slangily"
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: MYB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Not progressing"
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: ATAHALT
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Unlikely to cause a stir, 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 willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
- Words that mean the same thing: gentle, teachable
- The opposite would be: stubborn
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOCILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Great ones are extinct"
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 black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
- Words that mean the same thing: auk
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ Potato Head"
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 form of address for a married woman
- Words that mean the same thing: Mister, Mr., Mr
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Sweet cherry liqueur"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
- Words that mean the same thing: maraschino cherry, maraschino liqueur
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARASCHINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Excessive"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OVERTHETOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Permanent desire?"
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 one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- Words that mean the same thing: flourish, waving, moving ridge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Be approved to proceed"
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: GETTHENOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Piece in a sewing project"
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 sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- Words that mean the same thing: gore, dialog box, control panel
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PANEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Actress Katharine of "The Graduate""
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 scottish explorer who led arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the northwest passage (1777-1856)
- Words that mean the same thing: James Clark Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Stokes"
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 a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
- Words that mean the same thing: fuel, fire
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FUELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Some 4x4s"
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: ATVS
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Quite the reverse"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a sudden unexpected switch
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: SWITCHEROO
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Clue 20 Down: "27. "Close enough""
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: MOREORLESS
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Something that has a ring to it"
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: PHONECALL
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Brandish"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that have and exercise
- Words that mean the same thing: manage, maintain, handle
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: WIELD
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Orphan of British literature"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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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: "35. Soupy fare"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GRUEL
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Triangular headsails"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
- Words that mean the same thing: balk, jibe, resist
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: JIBS
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Carpels' counterparts"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the male reproductive organ of a flower
- Words that mean the same thing: stamen
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: STAMENS
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Cheesed off"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: INAPET
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Compact"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- Words that mean the same thing: pact, accord
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TREATY
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Things horses may have that other farm animals usually don't"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a particular situation
- Words that mean the same thing: horseshoe, skid, brake shoe
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SHOES
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Cleared home plates?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ATEIN
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Miss Piggy or Bette Midler"
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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DIVA
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Alternative to a blind, in poker"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANTE
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Clue 33 Down: "50. What chocolate and hearts may do"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: melting, unfreeze, run
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MELT
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Vim"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that liveliness and energy
- Words that mean the same thing: ginger, peppiness
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PEP
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Tropical islet"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a coral reef off the southern coast of florida
- Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CAY
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Clue 36 Down: "54. "Hi" follower"
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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- Words that mean the same thing: Re, ray, atomic number 75
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RES
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 69.4% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 19.4% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| History | 2 | 2.8% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 36 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 05, 2025 at 07:16 PM
