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Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 73 (36 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle July 16, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Start of an incantation | 4 |
| 2A | 6. Up to the task | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Landlocked Asian country | 4 |
| 4A | 11. DuVernay who directed "Selma" | 3 |
| 5A | 13. One with a feather duster, maybe | 4 |
| 6A | 14. 'Vette option | 4 |
| 7A | 15. Speedy Amtrak option | 5 |
| 8A | 17. Yours, in Tours | 4 |
| 9A | 18. Grp. that combats smuggling | 3 |
| 10A | 19. Land made for you and me, in a Woody Guthrie song | 7 |
| 11A | 21. Demo material for Wile E. Coyote | 3 |
| 12A | 22. Entertained with a story, say | 7 |
| 13A | 24. Print media revenue source | 7 |
| 14A | 26. Copenhageners, e.g. | 5 |
| 15A | 28. Oasis beast | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Lawn game banned in 1988 | 5 |
| 17A | 30. In the manner of | 3 |
| 18A | 32. ___ Amidala, "Star Wars" queen | 5 |
| 19A | 34. "___ quote ..." | 4 |
| 20A | 35. Oakland's Oracle, for one | 5 |
| 21A | 37. Diez minus siete | 4 |
| 22A | 38. Born | 3 |
| 23A | 39. Insect feeler | 7 |
| 24A | 41. The "e" of i.e. | 3 |
| 25A | 42. The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak | 7 |
| 26A | 44. As a group | 7 |
| 27A | 46. Country singer ___ James Decker | 6 |
| 28A | 47. Very wee | 6 |
| 29A | 48. Embarrassing fall | 9 |
| 30A | 52. Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters | 15 |
| 31A | 58. Male buds | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Nae Nae or cancan | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Captain who circumnavigated the globe | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Flue buildup | 4 |
| 35A | 62. "Come in!" | 5 |
| 36A | 63. Influence | 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. Start of an incantation"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABRA
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Clue 2 Across: "6. Up to the task"
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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, capable
- The opposite would be: unable
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Landlocked Asian country"
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 a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Words that mean the same thing: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao, Laotian
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "11. DuVernay who directed "Selma""
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: AVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "13. One with a feather duster, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a female domestic
- Words that mean the same thing: maidservant, housemaid, amah
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "14. 'Vette option"
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: TTOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "15. Speedy Amtrak option"
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: ACELA
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Clue 8 Across: "17. Yours, in Tours"
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: ATOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "18. Grp. that combats smuggling"
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 law enforcement and tax collection agency of the treasury department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
- Words that mean the same thing: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "19. Land made for you and me, in a Woody Guthrie song"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: United States, U.S.A., United States of America
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMERICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Demo material for Wile E. Coyote"
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 explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- Words that mean the same thing: trinitrotoluene
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "22. Entertained with a story, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that provide with choice or abundant food or drink
- Words that mean the same thing: treat, regale
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REGALED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. Print media revenue source"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADSALES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. Copenhageners, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a native or inhabitant of denmark
- Words that mean the same thing: Dane
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DANES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Oasis beast"
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 cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAMEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Lawn game banned in 1988"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: JARTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "30. In the manner of"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. ___ Amidala, "Star Wars" queen"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PADME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "34. "___ quote ...""
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: ANDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Oakland's Oracle, for one"
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 particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: domain, field, orbit
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "37. Diez minus siete"
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: TRES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "38. Born"
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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "39. Insect feeler"
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 an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
- Words that mean the same thing: transmitting aerial, feeler, aerial
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTENNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "41. The "e" of i.e."
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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "42. The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DYNASTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "44. As a group"
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: ENMASSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "46. Country singer ___ James Decker"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: JESSIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "47. Very wee"
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: EENSIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "48. Embarrassing fall"
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: FACEPLANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "52. Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters"
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: AFRAMEBUILDINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Male buds"
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: BROS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Nae Nae or cancan"
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 artistic form of nonverbal communication
- Words that mean the same thing: trip the light fantastic, dancing, terpsichore
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Captain who circumnavigated the globe"
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 someone who cooks food
- Words that mean the same thing: Captain Cook, fix, manipulate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Flue buildup"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- Words that mean the same thing: lampblack, smut, carbon black
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "62. "Come 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 to come or go into
- Words that mean the same thing: accede, go into, record
- The opposite would be: exit, drop out
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "63. Influence"
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 controlling influence
- Words that mean the same thing: persuade, shake, swing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAY
Great job if you got it right!
July 16, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Setting for a classical sacrifice | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Flinched | 11 |
| 3D | 3. Adjuncts to some penthouses | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Nile viper | 3 |
| 5D | 5. State as fact | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Org. for docs | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Military field uniform | 11 |
| 8D | 8. World's highest-paid athlete in 2019, per Forbes magazine | 11 |
| 9D | 9. Drops (or adds) a line | 5 |
| 10D | 11. Got 100 on | 4 |
| 11D | 12. Et ___ | 4 |
| 12D | 15. Iowa college town | 4 |
| 13D | 16. "Hells Bells" band | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Bottles that might be marked "XXX" in the comics | 4 |
| 15D | 20. "Stat!" | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Not pro | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Amo, amas, ___ | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Sheltered at sea | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Maker of "No more tears" baby shampoo, for short | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Pretentious | 4 |
| 21D | 31. Hathaway of Hollywood | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Alternative to Chanel No. 5 | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Predate | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Glassworker, at times | 8 |
| 25D | 39. "Take me ___" | 5 |
| 26D | 40. Modify | 5 |
| 27D | 43. Equally speedy | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Shenanigans | 6 |
| 29D | 49. Abba of Israel | 4 |
| 30D | 50. Fourth-and-long option | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Subject of a school nurse's inspection | 4 |
| 32D | 52. Targets of plank exercises | 3 |
| 33D | 53. Do that might block someone's view, for short | 3 |
| 34D | 54. Pooh's pal | 3 |
| 35D | 55. When repeated, calming expression | 3 |
| 36D | 56. Smallest state in India | 3 |
| 37D | 57. Wild blue yonder | 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. Setting for a classical sacrifice"
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 table in christian churches where communion is given
- Words that mean the same thing: Lord's table, communion table
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Flinched"
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: BATTEDANEYE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Adjuncts to some penthouses"
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: ROOFGARDENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Nile viper"
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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Words that mean the same thing: Naja haje, Vipera aspis, Egyptian cobra
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. State as fact"
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 report or maintain
- Words that mean the same thing: say, allege, verify
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Org. for docs"
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: AMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Military field uniform"
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: BATTLEDRESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. World's highest-paid athlete in 2019, per Forbes magazine"
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: LIONELMESSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Drops (or adds) a line"
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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: delete, edit out, cut
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "11. Got 100 on"
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 succeed at easily
- Words that mean the same thing: sail through, breeze through, sweep through
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "12. Et ___"
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: ALIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "15. Iowa college town"
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: AMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "16. "Hells Bells" band"
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: ACDC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Bottles that might be marked "XXX" in the comics"
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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Words that mean the same thing: ale
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. "Stat!""
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 as soon as possible
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Not pro"
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 person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- The opposite would be: pro
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Amo, amas, ___"
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: AMAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Sheltered at sea"
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 on or toward the lee
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Maker of "No more tears" baby shampoo, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: JANDJ
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Pretentious"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that showily imitative of art or artists
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARTY
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Hathaway of Hollywood"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANNE
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Alternative to Chanel No. 5"
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: ESTEE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Predate"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that be earlier in time; go back further
- Words that mean the same thing: predate, forgo, forego
- The opposite would be: postdate
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The answer is: ANTECEDE
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Glassworker, at times"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ANNEALER
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Clue 25 Down: "39. "Take me ___""
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: ASIAM
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Modify"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make amendments to
- Words that mean the same thing: better, repair, ameliorate
- The opposite would be: worsen
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The answer is: AMEND
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Equally speedy"
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: ASFAST
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Shenanigans"
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 ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- Words that mean the same thing: clown, put-on, clown around
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ANTICS
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Clue 29 Down: "49. Abba of Israel"
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: EBAN
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Clue 30 Down: "50. Fourth-and-long option"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that formerly the basic unit of money in ireland; equal to 100 pence
- Words that mean the same thing: gage, Irish pound, bet on
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PUNT
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Subject of a school nurse's inspection"
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 wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- Words that mean the same thing: plant louse, biting louse, worm
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LICE
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Targets of plank exercises"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- Words that mean the same thing: type AB, ab, BA
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ABS
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Do that might block someone's view, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: FRO
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Pooh's pal"
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: ROO
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Clue 35 Down: "55. When repeated, calming expression"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the momentary present
- Words that mean the same thing: at present, instantly, like a shot
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NOW
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Smallest state in India"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a state of southwestern india; a former portuguese colony
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: GOA
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Wild blue yonder"
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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Words that mean the same thing: flip, pitch, toss
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SKY
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 68.5% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 16.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.1% |
| Geography | 3 | 4.1% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.7% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 73 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 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 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!
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Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 04:27 PM
