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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (40 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
February 02, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Basis of a trivia question | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Selects from various places | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Main component of soapstone | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Party with poi and poke | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Threat to the Allies in W.W. II | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Brouhahas | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Website links | 4 |
| 8A | 18. With 20-Across, goes to great lengths | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Party giver | 4 |
| 10A | 20. See 18-Across | 9 |
| 11A | 22. Roll of fabric | 4 |
| 12A | 23. More reasonable | 5 |
| 13A | 24. Bottom-first birth position | 6 |
| 14A | 26. "Scram!" | 3 |
| 15A | 29. One in peak singing condition? | 7 |
| 16A | 31. Saint, in Portuguese | 3 |
| 17A | 32. Pull a fast ___ | 5 |
| 18A | 34. Solidify, as Jell-O | 3 |
| 19A | 35. With 39-Across, superior | 4 |
| 20A | 36. See 41-Across | 7 |
| 21A | 39. See 35-Across | 7 |
| 22A | 41. With 36-Across, plays dirty | 4 |
| 23A | 42. "Impressive!" | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Actress Zellweger | 5 |
| 25A | 45. "The price is negotiable," in classified ads | 3 |
| 26A | 46. What might display a little spirit? | 7 |
| 27A | 49. Airport inits. | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Prominent Venetian Renaissance painter | 6 |
| 29A | 52. Particle binding quarks together | 5 |
| 30A | 54. Like some tales | 4 |
| 31A | 55. See 60-Across | 9 |
| 32A | 59. Isolate, in modern lingo | 4 |
| 33A | 60. With 55-Across, no longer an issue | 5 |
| 34A | 61. Discovery | 4 |
| 35A | 62. Notable nights | 4 |
| 36A | 63. Wear away | 5 |
| 37A | 64. It might come with breakfast in bed | 4 |
| 38A | 65. Lead-in to wolf | 4 |
| 39A | 66. ___-turvy | 5 |
| 40A | 67. Sources for longbow wood | 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. Basis of a trivia question"
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 piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FACT
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Clue 2 Across: "5. Selects from various places"
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 person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- Words that mean the same thing: pick, pluck, cull
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CULLS
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Main component of soapstone"
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 fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
- Words that mean the same thing: talcum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TALC
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Party with poi and poke"
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 elaborate hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUAU
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Threat to the Allies in W.W. II"
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: UBOAT
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Brouhahas"
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 rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: hustle, flurry, bustle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADOS
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Website links"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
- Words that mean the same thing: universal resource locator, URL, uniform resource locator
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. With 20-Across, goes to great lengths"
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 pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: crook, aeroembolism, gas embolism
- The opposite would be: unbend, straighten
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BENDS
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Clue 9 Across: "19. Party giver"
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 invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- Words that mean the same thing: emcee, server, legion
- The opposite would be: parasite
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOST
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Clue 10 Across: "20. See 18-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that at or to or toward the back or rear
- Words that mean the same thing: rearwards, backward, back
- The opposite would be: forward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BACKWARDS
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Roll of fabric"
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 discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- Words that mean the same thing: make off, absquatulate, beetle off
- The opposite would be: unbolt
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOLT
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Clue 12 Across: "23. More reasonable"
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 mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- Words that mean the same thing: sane, reasonable
- The opposite would be: insane
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANER
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Clue 13 Across: "24. Bottom-first birth position"
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 opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
- Words that mean the same thing: rear of tube, rear of barrel
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BREECH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. "Scram!""
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 person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: puke, crumb, skunk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GIT
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Clue 15 Across: "29. One in peak singing condition?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: YODELER
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Clue 16 Across: "31. Saint, in Portuguese"
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: SAO
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Clue 17 Across: "32. Pull a fast ___"
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: ONEON
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Clue 18 Across: "34. Solidify, as Jell-O"
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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Words that mean the same thing: determine, solidifying, rig
- The opposite would be: rise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SET
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Clue 19 Across: "35. With 39-Across, superior"
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: ACUT
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Clue 20 Across: "36. See 41-Across"
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: THEBELT
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Clue 21 Across: "39. See 35-Across"
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: THEREST
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Clue 22 Across: "41. With 36-Across, plays dirty"
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 (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- Words that mean the same thing: score, murder, striking
- The opposite would be: miss
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. "Impressive!""
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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: aah
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OOH
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Clue 24 Across: "44. Actress Zellweger"
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: RENEE
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Clue 25 Across: "45. "The price is negotiable," in classified ads"
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: OBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. What might display a little spirit?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that sideboard with compartments for holding bottles
- Words that mean the same thing: cellaret
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MINIBAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Airport inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSA
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Clue 28 Across: "50. Prominent Venetian Renaissance painter"
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 old master of the venetian school (1490-1576)
- Words that mean the same thing: Tiziano Vecellio
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TITIAN
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Clue 29 Across: "52. Particle binding quarks together"
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 gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLUON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Like some tales"
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 garment size for a tall person
- Words that mean the same thing: magniloquent, grandiloquent, marvellous
- The opposite would be: short
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. See 60-Across"
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: THEBRIDGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Isolate, in modern lingo"
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 cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. With 55-Across, no longer an issue"
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 binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
- Words that mean the same thing: water supply, H2O, weewee
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WATER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Discovery"
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 productive insight
- Words that mean the same thing: uncovering, determine, receive
- The opposite would be: lose
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "62. Notable nights"
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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Words that mean the same thing: even, eventide, eve
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "63. Wear away"
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 become ground down or deteriorate
- Words that mean the same thing: wear away, gnaw at, fret
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "64. It might come with breakfast in bed"
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 an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "65. Lead-in to wolf"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- Words that mean the same thing: personify, make up, exist
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "66. ___-turvy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Across: "67. Sources for longbow wood"
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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- Words that mean the same thing: yew
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEWS
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Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle February 02, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Blunder | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Emanation | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Class with integrals, for short | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Walrus weapons | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Sandwich invented in Florida, despite what its name suggests | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Took a car, in a way | 6 |
| 7D | 7. La capital de Inglaterra | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Fellas | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Crosswalks cross them: Abbr. | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Vehicle named after a lake | 5 |
| 11D | 11. One between 10 and 20, say | 10 |
| 12D | 12. They're hopeless | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Winter hrs. in New Orleans | 3 |
| 14D | 21. Surname of Batman, by day | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Cold comment? | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Piano-playing sister in "Little Women" | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Something brewing | 6 |
| 18D | 26. Went on a lucky streak | 6 |
| 19D | 27. Constraining | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Abstainer from alcohol | 10 |
| 21D | 30. Tennis call | 3 |
| 22D | 33. C-section performers | 3 |
| 23D | 35. "So there you ___!" | 3 |
| 24D | 37. Pork order | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Boatload | 3 |
| 26D | 40. Blunder | 5 |
| 27D | 43. Style of sneaker | 7 |
| 28D | 46. Bad, in French | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Demands blackmail from | 6 |
| 30D | 48. ___ Beardsley, 19th-century English illustrator | 6 |
| 31D | 51. Words of concession | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Dandy | 5 |
| 33D | 55. Popular boba flavor | 4 |
| 34D | 56. Grim | 4 |
| 35D | 57. Chew (on) | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Brand name in the freezer | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Do a bit of tailoring | 3 |
| 38D | 60. Rainy | 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. Blunder"
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 an embarrassing mistake
- Words that mean the same thing: screw up, mess up, bollocks up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLUB
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Emanation"
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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Words that mean the same thing: nimbus, glory, air
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AURA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Class with integrals, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: CALC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Walrus weapons"
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 hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- Words that mean the same thing: horn, detusk, tusk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUSKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Sandwich invented in Florida, despite what its name suggests"
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: CUBANO
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Took a car, in a way"
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: UBERED
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Clue 7 Down: "7. La capital de Inglaterra"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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: LONDRES
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Fellas"
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 boy or man
- Words that mean the same thing: bloke, laddie, cuss
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LADS
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Crosswalks cross them: Abbr."
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: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Vehicle named after a lake"
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: TAHOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. One between 10 and 20, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Words that mean the same thing: teen, juvenile, puerile
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADOLESCENT
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Clue 12 Down: "12. They're hopeless"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: LOSTCAUSES
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Winter hrs. in New Orleans"
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 6th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Standard Time, Central Time
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CST
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Clue 14 Down: "21. Surname of Batman, by day"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that united states film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mad Anthony Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: WAYNE
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Cold comment?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BRR
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Piano-playing sister in "Little Women""
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 2nd letter of the hebrew alphabet
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BETH
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Something brewing"
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: HOTTEA
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Went on a lucky streak"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: GOTHOT
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Constraining"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: INHIBITIVE
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Abstainer from alcohol"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a total abstainer
- Words that mean the same thing: teetotalist, teetotaller
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: TEETOTALER
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Tennis call"
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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Words that mean the same thing: Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Taiba, lease
- The opposite would be: prevent, disallow
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The answer is: LET
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Clue 22 Down: "33. C-section performers"
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 major river of western siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the gulf of ob and the kara sea
- Words that mean the same thing: OB, Ob, midwifery
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OBS
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Clue 23 Down: "35. "So there you ___!""
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: personify, make up, exist
- The opposite would be: differ
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The answer is: ARE
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Pork order"
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 cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
- Words that mean the same thing: lumbus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LOIN
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Boatload"
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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Words that mean the same thing: long ton, gross ton, short ton
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TON
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Blunder"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Words that mean the same thing: fault, erroneousness, erroneous belief
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ERROR
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Style of sneaker"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HIGHTOP
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Clue 28 Down: "46. Bad, in French"
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: MAL
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Demands blackmail from"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that lose blood from one's body
- Words that mean the same thing: shed blood, phlebotomise, run
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BLEEDS
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Clue 30 Down: "48. ___ Beardsley, 19th-century English illustrator"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: AUBREY
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Words of concession"
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: ILOSE
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Dandy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- Words that mean the same thing: corking, slap-up, peachy
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NIFTY
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Clue 33 Down: "55. Popular boba flavor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- Words that mean the same thing: taro root, edda, Colocasia esculenta
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TARO
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Clue 34 Down: "56. Grim"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - g.c.marshall
- Words that mean the same thing: horrific, direful, dreadful
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DIRE
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Clue 35 Down: "57. Chew (on)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that bite or chew on with the teeth
- Words that mean the same thing: eat at, erode, wear away
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GNAW
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Brand name in the freezer"
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: EDYS
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Do a bit of tailoring"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: tailor-make, tailor, stitch
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEW
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Rainy"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that wetness caused by water
- Words that mean the same thing: tight, pie-eyed, plastered
- The opposite would be: dry
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The answer is: WET
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 58 | 74.4% |
| Short Answer | 15 | 19.2% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 40 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 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 Wednesday, 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!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 12, 2025 at 04:41 AM
