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Date: Thursday, November 26, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle November 26, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Info for an air traveler | 4 |
| 2A | 5. 2019 voice role for Beyoncé | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Gym leader? | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Operating system from Bell Labs | 4 |
| 5A | 15. One tiny bit | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Basic skateboarding trick | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Play like a puppy | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Oboe or flute sound | 9 |
| 9A | 20. Experiencing agita | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Precursor of rocksteady | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Put in | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Aloof group | 5 |
| 13A | 26. More than calls | 6 |
| 14A | 29. Home to around eight million Americans | 10 |
| 15A | 33. Big-tongued comics character | 4 |
| 16A | 34. Something you have up your sleeve | 4 |
| 17A | 35. 1992 biopic starring Jack Nicholson | 5 |
| 18A | 39. -: Abbr. | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Celebrated Thanksgiving, say | 7 |
| 20A | 42. Deli supply | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Sight at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Cry of lament | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Needle maker | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Circumlocutory | 10 |
| 25A | 50. Early TV network that competed with NBC and CBS | 6 |
| 26A | 53. Features of housewarming parties | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Funder of New York's Strawberry Fields memorial | 3 |
| 28A | 55. Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief | 3 |
| 29A | 58. Pushes out of bed | 6 |
| 30A | 61. Some winter wear | 9 |
| 31A | 65. "Just be patient" | 4 |
| 32A | 66. Place of refuge | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Take a ___ | 4 |
| 34A | 68. Former Expos and Giants manager Felipe | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Refine, in a way | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Aphorisms | 4 |
| 37A | 71. Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers | 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. Info for an air traveler"
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 movable barrier in a fence or wall
- Words that mean the same thing: logic gate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. 2019 voice role for Beyoncé"
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: NALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Gym leader?"
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: SOFTG
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Operating system from Bell Labs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that trademark for a powerful operating system
- Words that mean the same thing: UNIX operating system, UNIX system
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNIX
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Clue 5 Across: "15. One tiny bit"
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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Words that mean the same thing: speck, particle, molecule
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOM
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Basic skateboarding trick"
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: OLLIE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Play like a puppy"
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 easy victory
- Words that mean the same thing: caper, play, frolic
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROMP
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Oboe or flute sound"
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: LONGVOWEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Experiencing agita"
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 lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
- Words that mean the same thing: restless, unquiet, nervous
- The opposite would be: easy, restful
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNEASY
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Clue 10 Across: "22. Precursor of rocksteady"
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: SKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Put in"
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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: summate, bring, add together
- The opposite would be: take away, subtract
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Aloof group"
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 person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Words that mean the same thing: snob, snoot, prig
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOBS
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Clue 13 Across: "26. More than calls"
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 the amount a salary is increased
- Words that mean the same thing: wage hike, upgrade, acclivity
- The opposite would be: demote, level
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAISES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Home to around eight million Americans"
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: LONGISLAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Big-tongued comics character"
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: ODIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Something you have up your sleeve"
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 inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
- Words that mean the same thing: elbow bone
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ULNA
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Clue 17 Across: "35. 1992 biopic starring Jack Nicholson"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states labor leader who was president of the teamsters union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)
- Words that mean the same thing: James Riddle Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOFFA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. -: Abbr."
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: NEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Celebrated Thanksgiving, say"
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 partake in a feast or banquet
- Words that mean the same thing: junket, banquet, feast
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FEASTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Deli supply"
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 bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
- Words that mean the same thing: liquid oxygen
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Sight at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"
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 legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
- Words that mean the same thing: St. Nick, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Cry of lament"
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 utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: groan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Needle maker"
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 coniferous tree
- Words that mean the same thing: ache, languish, yearn
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Circumlocutory"
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: LONGWINDED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Early TV network that competed with NBC and CBS"
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: DUMONT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Features of housewarming parties"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an industrial city in western france on the loire river
- Words that mean the same thing: hitch, enlistment, tour
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOURS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. Funder of New York's Strawberry Fields memorial"
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 musician (born in japan) who married john lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)
- Words that mean the same thing: Yoko Ono
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. Pushes out of bed"
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: ROUSTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Some winter wear"
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: LONGJOHNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. "Just be patient""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that in the near future
- Words that mean the same thing: presently, before long, shortly
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Place of refuge"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: haven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OASIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Take a ___"
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 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Words that mean the same thing: articulatio genus, human knee, stifle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Former Expos and Giants manager Felipe"
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: ALOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Refine, in a way"
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 small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
- Words that mean the same thing: smell out, reek, smell
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMELT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Aphorisms"
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 a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Words that mean the same thing: byword, adage, power saw
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that desire strongly or persistently
- Words that mean the same thing: foresighted, hanker, prospicient
- The opposite would be: unretentive, short
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LONG
Great job if you got it right!
November 26, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Whiz | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Mystery writer, for short | 4 |
| 3D | 3. It's commonly used to make a product | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Tract | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Along with gold, one of the team colors of the Midshipmen | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Often-muddy transport, for short | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Places to go in England | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Wildly | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Female on a farm | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Stadium cheer | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Hound dog hounders | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Spanish accent | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Fixes, in a way | 5 |
| 14D | 19. Caution | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Lead-in to la | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Deli slice | 6 |
| 17D | 27. Cause of some impulsive behavior, in brief | 4 |
| 18D | 28. "What can ___?" | 3 |
| 19D | 29. They move in a charged atmosphere | 4 |
| 20D | 30. It's a thought | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Actor Williams of "Happy Days" | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Swimming | 6 |
| 23D | 36. Goes it alone | 9 |
| 24D | 37. Like some farewells | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Eighty-sixed | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Babe in the woods | 4 |
| 27D | 41. Gets behind | 8 |
| 28D | 44. A pair | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Examination | 7 |
| 30D | 48. Medical symptom, maybe | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Pair | 3 |
| 32D | 50. Places to learn to fight | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Free of blocks | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Classic Abercrombie & Fitch logo | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Cartoonists' supplies | 4 |
| 36D | 57. ___ of Arendelle (Disney heroine) | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Betty Boop, e.g. | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Close-fitting | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Word with baby or snake | 3 |
| 40D | 63. Former presidential inits. | 3 |
| 41D | 64. Darn, darn, darn! | 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. Whiz"
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 a hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GURU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Mystery writer, for short"
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 at another time
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. It's commonly used to make a product"
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: TIMESSIGN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Tract"
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 wide scope
- Words that mean the same thing: surface area, sweep, area
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EXPANSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Along with gold, one of the team colors of the Midshipmen"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAVYBLUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Often-muddy transport, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATV
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Places to go in England"
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 austrian architect (1870-1933)
- Words that mean the same thing: loo, closet, Adolf Loos
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOOS
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Wildly"
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 frenzied as if possessed by a demon
- Words that mean the same thing: berserk, murderously, demoniacal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Female on a farm"
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 adult female hog
- Words that mean the same thing: inseminate, sow in, seed
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Stadium cheer"
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: OLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Hound dog hounders"
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 wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
- Words that mean the same thing: flea
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Spanish accent"
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 diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in portuguese to indicate nasalization
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TILDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Fixes, in a way"
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 cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- Words that mean the same thing: geld, cut
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GELDS
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Clue 14 Down: "19. Caution"
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 notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
- Words that mean the same thing: monish, discourage, admonish
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WARN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Lead-in to la"
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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: so, soh, colloidal solution
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Deli slice"
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 highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SALAMI
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Cause of some impulsive behavior, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: minimal brain damage, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ADHD
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Clue 18 Down: "28. "What can ___?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of esperanto
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IDO
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Clue 19 Down: "29. They move in a charged atmosphere"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- Words that mean the same thing: ion
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IONS
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Clue 20 Down: "30. It's a thought"
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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: mind, thought, theme
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDEA
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Actor Williams of "Happy Days""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ANSON
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Swimming"
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: NATANT
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Goes it alone"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FLIESSOLO
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Like some farewells"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that having or displaying warmth or affection
- Words that mean the same thing: lovesome, affectionate, doting
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FOND
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Eighty-sixed"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that chop or split with an ax
- Words that mean the same thing: axe, ax
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AXED
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Babe in the woods"
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 color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
- Words that mean the same thing: truckle, dun, cringe
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FAWN
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Gets behind"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that be behind; approve of
- Words that mean the same thing: indorse, second, plump for
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ENDORSES
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Clue 28 Down: "44. A pair"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: deuce, 2, II
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TWO
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Examination"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that reading carefully with intent to remember
- Words that mean the same thing: poring over, perusing, studying
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: PERUSAL
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Medical symptom, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Words that mean the same thing: scratch, itchiness, scabies
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ITCH
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Pair"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that two items of the same kind
- Words that mean the same thing: dyad, duette, distich
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DUO
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Places to learn to fight"
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: DOJOS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Free of blocks"
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: UNJAM
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Classic Abercrombie & Fitch logo"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: Alces alces, European elk, elk
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MOOSE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Cartoonists' supplies"
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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- Words that mean the same thing: ink
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: INKS
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Clue 36 Down: "57. ___ of Arendelle (Disney heroine)"
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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANNA
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Betty Boop, 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 film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- Words that mean the same thing: cartoon, animated cartoon
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TOON
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Close-fitting"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a small secluded room
- Words that mean the same thing: snuggery, cozy, cubbyhole
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SNUG
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Clue 39 Down: "62. Word with baby or snake"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: fossil oil, anoint, embrocate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OIL
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Clue 40 Down: "63. Former presidential inits."
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: HST
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Clue 41 Down: "64. Darn, darn, darn!"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: sew together, tailor-make, tailor
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEW
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 55 | 70.5% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 16.7% |
| History | 3 | 3.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 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 Thursday, 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 03:50 AM
