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Date: Saturday, April 04, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (36 Across, 34 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle April 04, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Barb from the mouth | 8 |
| 2A | 9. Tedious work | 5 |
| 3A | 14. Captain of the mathletes, stereotypically | 9 |
| 4A | 16. Talking points? | 5 |
| 5A | 17. Cavernous opening | 9 |
| 6A | 18. Before: Fr. | 5 |
| 7A | 19. Be expressive, say | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Queen or king maker | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Operate on with a beam | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Prefix with marathon | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Meaningful | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Dir. from Duluth, Minn., to Madison, Wis. | 3 |
| 14A | 27. You won't see them again | 7 |
| 15A | 29. Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Pioneer in graph theory | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Covered porch | 6 |
| 18A | 33. Midriff-revealing wear | 7 |
| 19A | 36. "Don't mind me!" | 7 |
| 20A | 37. It's a series of movements | 6 |
| 21A | 38. What four quarters make | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Some online comments, for short | 3 |
| 23A | 40. Primary source of revenue for Facebook | 7 |
| 24A | 42. Chocolate ___ | 3 |
| 25A | 45. "After you, ___" | 4 |
| 26A | 47. People | 5 |
| 27A | 48. Nymph who divulged Jupiter's affair with Juturna, in Ovid | 4 |
| 28A | 49. Derive | 5 |
| 29A | 51. PIN point | 3 |
| 30A | 52. Sink | 5 |
| 31A | 53. Quartz type | 5 |
| 32A | 54. Certain library fund-raiser | 9 |
| 33A | 56. Numbskull | 5 |
| 34A | 57. Reassure | 9 |
| 35A | 58. Numbskull | 5 |
| 36A | 59. Prison guard in the Harry Potter books | 8 |
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. Barb from the mouth"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BLOWDART
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Clue 2 Across: "9. Tedious work"
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 insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Words that mean the same thing: labour, nerd, pulverisation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIND
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Clue 3 Across: "14. Captain of the mathletes, stereotypically"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.
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: ALPHANERD
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Talking points?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- Words that mean the same thing: stump, soapbox, rostrum
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PODIA
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Cavernous opening"
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: _________
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The answer is: GAPINGMAW
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Before: Fr."
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: AVANT
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Clue 7 Across: "19. Be expressive, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMOTE
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SIA
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Clue 9 Across: "21. Queen or king maker"
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: _____
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The answer is: SERTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Operate on with a beam"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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: LASE
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Prefix with marathon"
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 (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- Words that mean the same thing: extremist, radical
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ULTRA
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Clue 12 Across: "25. Meaningful"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the central and most intense or profound part
- Words that mean the same thing: trench, mysterious, late
- The opposite would be: shallow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Dir. from Duluth, Minn., to Madison, Wis."
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 compass point midway between south and southeast
- Words that mean the same thing: sou'-sou'-east, south southeast
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. You won't see them again"
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: ONEOFFS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Pioneer in graph theory"
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 swiss mathematician (1707-1783)
- Words that mean the same thing: Leonhard Euler
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EULER
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Clue 17 Across: "31. Covered porch"
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: RAMADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Midriff-revealing wear"
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: CROPTOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. "Don't mind me!""
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: CARRYON
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Clue 20 Across: "37. It's a series of movements"
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 a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. What four quarters make"
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 one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
- Words that mean the same thing: semifinal, semi, tractor trailer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEMIS
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Clue 22 Across: "39. Some online comments, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IMS
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Clue 23 Across: "40. Primary source of revenue for Facebook"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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
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Clue 24 Across: "42. Chocolate ___"
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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Words that mean the same thing: research laboratory, science lab, laboratory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAB
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Clue 25 Across: "45. "After you, ___""
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: MAAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. People"
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 the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- Words that mean the same thing: individual, soulfulness, person
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOULS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. Nymph who divulged Jupiter's affair with Juturna, in Ovid"
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: LARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Derive"
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 reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- Words that mean the same thing: deduct, derive, understand
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INFER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. PIN point"
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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: asynchronous transfer mode, cash machine, cash dispenser
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "52. Sink"
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 bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
- Words that mean the same thing: drainage basin, washbowl, washbasin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "53. Quartz type"
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 impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "54. Certain library fund-raiser"
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: READATHON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "56. Numbskull"
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 person of subnormal intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: changeling, imbecile, idiot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MORON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. Reassure"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SETATEASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "58. Numbskull"
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 person of subnormal intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: changeling, imbecile, moron
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDIOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "59. Prison guard in the Harry Potter books"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
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: DEMENTOR
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - April 04, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. They can be everything | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Kids : goats :: crias : ___ | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Buck | 6 |
| 4D | 4. What you're usually advised not to wear to someone's wedding | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki or actress Brigitte Nielsen | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Oscar-winning Lee | 3 |
| 7D | 7. You might not get it during a power nap | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Brutus, e.g. | 7 |
| 9D | 9. College figs. | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Went all over | 5 |
| 11D | 11. "My suspicion is ..." | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Company whose name is said to mean "Leave luck to heaven" | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Purchase for a smartphone | 8 |
| 14D | 15. Pluto, e.g. | 5 |
| 15D | 23. Dumps | 7 |
| 16D | 24. Many ski lodges | 7 |
| 17D | 27. Word with sight or control | 5 |
| 18D | 28. Some Indian wear | 5 |
| 19D | 30. Org. with the Office of Land and Emergency Management | 3 |
| 20D | 32. One of a couple, say | 3 |
| 21D | 33. First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise | 8 |
| 22D | 34. Pluto, e.g. | 8 |
| 23D | 35. Where you might incur charges overseas | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Pen pal? | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Like mushrooms and shrimp, often | 7 |
| 26D | 41. Really takes off | 5 |
| 27D | 42. Attack | 6 |
| 28D | 43. Melodic passage | 6 |
| 29D | 44. Campaign rally decoration | 6 |
| 30D | 46. "I'm with you" | 5 |
| 31D | 48. Get dark | 5 |
| 32D | 50. It may be high for a penthouse | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Lessen | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Moat feature | 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. They can be everything"
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 (yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
- Words that mean the same thing: bagel, beigel
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAGELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Kids : goats :: crias : ___"
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 wild or domesticated south american cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump
- Words that mean the same thing: llama
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LLAMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Buck"
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 be against; express opposition to
- Words that mean the same thing: fight, fight down, controvert
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPPOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. What you're usually advised not to wear to someone's wedding"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of the caucasoid race
- Words that mean the same thing: bloodless, Stanford White, Andrew D. White
- The opposite would be: black, blacken
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki or actress Brigitte Nielsen"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a native or inhabitant of denmark
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Oscar-winning Lee"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a civilian reserve component of the united states air force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
- Words that mean the same thing: Air National Guard
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. You might not get it during a power nap"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: REMSLEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Brutus, e.g."
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 someone who betrays his country by committing treason
- Words that mean the same thing: two-timer, double-crosser, double-dealer
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAITOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. College figs."
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 measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- Words that mean the same thing: GPA, grade point average
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GPAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Went all over"
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 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Words that mean the same thing: roam, tramp, drift
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROVED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "My suspicion is ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: IDARESAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Company whose name is said to mean "Leave luck to heaven""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: NINTENDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Purchase for a smartphone"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DATAPLAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Pluto, 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 person who is markedly small
- Words that mean the same thing: gnome, nanus, shadow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DWARF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "23. Dumps"
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 leave or unload
- Words that mean the same thing: drop off, offload, put down
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNLOADS
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Many ski lodges"
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: AFRAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Word with sight or control"
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: OUTTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. Some Indian wear"
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 dress worn primarily by hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
- Words that mean the same thing: saree, sari
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SARIS
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Org. with the Office of Land and Emergency Management"
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 independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- Words that mean the same thing: Environmental Protection Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "32. One of a couple, say"
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 form of address for a married woman
- Words that mean the same thing: Mr, Mister, Mrs.
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MRS
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Clue 21 Down: "33. First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: CSIMIAMI
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Pluto, e.g."
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: ROMANGOD
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Where you might incur charges overseas"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ONSAFARI
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Pen pal?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: CELLMATE
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Like mushrooms and shrimp, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fry briefly over high heat
- Words that mean the same thing: saute
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SAUTEED
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Really takes off"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the act of rising upward into the air
- Words that mean the same thing: surge, zoom, soar
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SOARS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Attack"
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: LASHAT
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Melodic passage"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ARIOSO
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Campaign rally decoration"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- Words that mean the same thing: streamer, standard
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BANNER
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Clue 30 Down: "46. "I'm with you""
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: METOO
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Get dark"
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: LATEN
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Clue 32 Down: "50. It may be high for a penthouse"
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 payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- Words that mean the same thing: rive, engage, snag
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RENT
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Lessen"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BATE
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Moat feature"
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 barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: decametre, dkm, decameter
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DAM
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 55 | 78.6% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 8.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Movies/Film | 2 | 2.9% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.9% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 34 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 9 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!
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Last Updated: September 26, 2025 at 03:01 AM
