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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, February 11, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (29 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
February 11, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Words to a skeptic | 15 |
| 2A | 16. What friendly opponents may do | 15 |
| 3A | 17. Subject of the so-called "surgeon's photograph" of 1934 | 15 |
| 4A | 18. Squad leader? | 3 |
| 5A | 19. Cinemax competitor | 3 |
| 6A | 20. Judicial ratings grp. | 3 |
| 7A | 21. Terra's Greek counterpart | 4 |
| 8A | 22. British territory in the Atlantic | 7 |
| 9A | 27. Pioneering automaker | 4 |
| 10A | 28. Handmade signs? | 8 |
| 11A | 29. "En ___!" | 5 |
| 12A | 30. Language spoken along the Mekong | 3 |
| 13A | 31. Account | 4 |
| 14A | 32. Collectible print, in brief | 5 |
| 15A | 33. Morale booster | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Certain list recipient | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Bailiwick | 4 |
| 18A | 36. Big ___ | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Philosopher Diderot | 5 |
| 20A | 38. High point of the Old Testament, for short | 8 |
| 21A | 40. Blues Hall-of-Famer James | 4 |
| 22A | 41. [How horrible!] | 7 |
| 23A | 42. Word of regret | 4 |
| 24A | 43. Down | 3 |
| 25A | 44. Mo. for watching the Perseid meteor shower | 3 |
| 26A | 45. Fade away | 3 |
| 27A | 48. Gives an earful | 15 |
| 28A | 54. Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respect | 15 |
| 29A | 55. Implicatively | 15 |
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. Words to a skeptic"
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: YEOFLITTLEFAITH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "16. What friendly opponents may do"
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: AGREETODISAGREE
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Clue 3 Across: "17. Subject of the so-called "surgeon's photograph" of 1934"
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: LOCHNESSMONSTER
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Clue 4 Across: "18. Squad leader?"
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 radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 99, einsteinium, E
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESS
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Clue 5 Across: "19. Cinemax competitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TMC
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Clue 6 Across: "20. Judicial ratings grp."
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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABA
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Clue 7 Across: "21. Terra's Greek counterpart"
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 (greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of cronus and the titans in ancient mythology
- Words that mean the same thing: Gaea, Ge
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GAIA
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Clue 8 Across: "22. British territory in the Atlantic"
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 group of islands in the atlantic off the carolina coast; british colony; a popular resort
- Words that mean the same thing: Bermudas
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BERMUDA
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Clue 9 Across: "27. Pioneering automaker"
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: BENZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "28. Handmade signs?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: gesture, motion, gesticulate
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GESTURES
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Clue 11 Across: "29. "En ___!""
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: GARDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "30. Language spoken along the Mekong"
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "31. Account"
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 message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- Words that mean the same thing: tarradiddle, taradiddle, story
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "32. Collectible print, in brief"
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: LITHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Morale booster"
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 victory (as in a race or other competition)
- Words that mean the same thing: bring home the bacon, winnings, gain ground
- The opposite would be: fall back, lose
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Certain list recipient"
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 legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
- Words that mean the same thing: St. Nick, Father Christmas, Kriss Kringle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Bailiwick"
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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Words that mean the same thing: sphere, arena, expanse
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREA
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Clue 18 Across: "36. Big ___"
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 mountain or tall hill
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Philosopher Diderot"
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: DENIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. High point of the Old Testament, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: MTARARAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Blues Hall-of-Famer James"
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: ETTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. [How horrible!]"
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 almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- Words that mean the same thing: throb, thrill, frisson
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHUDDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Word of regret"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Words that mean the same thing: unfortunately, regrettably, unluckily
- The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Down"
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 take in solid food
- Words that mean the same thing: feed, eat on, use up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "44. Mo. for watching the Perseid meteor shower"
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 month following july and preceding september
- Words that mean the same thing: August
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "45. Fade away"
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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- Words that mean the same thing: snuff it, dice, give out
- The opposite would be: be born
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. Gives an earful"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: READSTHERIOTACT
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Clue 28 Across: "54. Rhetorical question lamenting a lack of respect"
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: ISNOTHINGSACRED
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Clue 29 Across: "55. Implicatively"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: BETWEENTHELINES
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February 11, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Notable founding of 1701 | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Impediments to teamwork | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Tolkien creatures | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "Yuck!" | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Gradually slowing, in music | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Inventory | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Lover of Italian opera | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Field stats | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Food named for a world capital (but pronounced differently) | 8 |
| 10D | 10. 1962 pop hit with a rhyming title | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Some unauthorized drawings | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Justice Dept. bigwigs | 3 |
| 13D | 13. N.Y.C.'s first subway line | 3 |
| 14D | 14. Buttonless garment | 3 |
| 15D | 15. Singer with a 2018 Grammy for Best R&B Album | 3 |
| 16D | 21. ___ Richter, contemporary artist whose painting "Abstraktes Bild (599)" sold at auction for a record-setting $46.3 million dollars | 7 |
| 17D | 23. The X-Men, for example | 7 |
| 18D | 24. Muse for Galileo | 6 |
| 19D | 25. Muscles strengthened by push-ups, informally | 5 |
| 20D | 26. Offshore | 4 |
| 21D | 27. Flat-bottomed riverboat | 6 |
| 22D | 28. Flash | 5 |
| 23D | 29. Circumference | 5 |
| 24D | 32. Hasty getaways | 4 |
| 25D | 33. Become harder to bear | 8 |
| 26D | 34. Give oneself something to aim for | 8 |
| 27D | 36. "Just try to be calm ..." | 7 |
| 28D | 37. Reynolds's co-star in 1981's "The Cannonball Run" | 7 |
| 29D | 39. Carol opener | 6 |
| 30D | 42. Exclamation of exasperation | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Exclamation of disappointment | 4 |
| 32D | 46. Big name in frozen confections | 4 |
| 33D | 47. Some terminal info, for short | 4 |
| 34D | 48. Piece of BBQ | 3 |
| 35D | 49. Amarillo-to-Dallas dir. | 3 |
| 36D | 50. Creature without ears that uses vibrations to "hear" | 3 |
| 37D | 51. Company that introduced Saran Wrap | 3 |
| 38D | 52. Tolkien creature | 3 |
| 39D | 53. Onetime cable giant acquired by AT&T in 1999 | 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. Notable founding of 1701"
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 university in connecticut
- Words that mean the same thing: Elihu Yale, Yale University
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Impediments to teamwork"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self-importance, self
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Tolkien creatures"
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: ORCS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. "Yuck!""
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: FEH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Gradually slowing, in music"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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: LENTANDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Inventory"
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 specify individually
- Words that mean the same thing: recite, itemise, enumerate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITEMIZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Lover of Italian opera"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: TOSCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Field stats"
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: TDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Food named for a world capital (but pronounced differently)"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: LIMABEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. 1962 pop hit with a rhyming title"
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: ESOBESO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Some unauthorized drawings"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: FANART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Justice Dept. bigwigs"
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 soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- Words that mean the same thing: silver, atomic number 47, Ag
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. N.Y.C.'s first subway line"
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: IRT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Buttonless garment"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, tee up, football tee
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "15. Singer with a 2018 Grammy for Best R&B Album"
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: HER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. ___ Richter, contemporary artist whose painting "Abstraktes Bild (599)" sold at auction for a record-setting $46.3 million dollars"
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: GERHARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "23. The X-Men, for example"
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 (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- Words that mean the same thing: mutant, sport, variation
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUTANTS
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Clue 18 Down: "24. Muse for Galileo"
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 (greek mythology) the muse of astronomy
- Words that mean the same thing: Venus
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URANIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "25. Muscles strengthened by push-ups, informally"
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: DELTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "26. Offshore"
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 in the direction of the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "27. Flat-bottomed riverboat"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium 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: BATEAU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "28. Flash"
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 momentary flash of light
- Words that mean the same thing: flicker, glisten, glitter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "29. Circumference"
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 distance around a person's body
- Words that mean the same thing: cinch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GIRTH
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Hasty getaways"
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 rapid escape (as by criminals)
- Words that mean the same thing: escape, run, scarper
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "33. Become harder to bear"
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: WEARTHIN
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Clue 26 Down: "34. Give oneself something to aim for"
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: SETAGOAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "36. "Just try to be calm ...""
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 draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- Words that mean the same thing: rest, suspire, take a breath
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: BREATHE
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Clue 28 Down: "37. Reynolds's co-star in 1981's "The Cannonball Run""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: DELUISE
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Clue 29 Down: "39. Carol opener"
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: ADESTE
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Clue 30 Down: "42. Exclamation of exasperation"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AARGH
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Clue 31 Down: "45. Exclamation of disappointment"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something of little value
- Words that mean the same thing: tinker's dam, shucks, mend
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DARN
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Clue 32 Down: "46. Big name in frozen confections"
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: ICEE
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Some terminal info, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
- Words that mean the same thing: explosive trace detection, ETD
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ETDS
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Piece of BBQ"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: make fun, ridicule, blackguard
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RIB
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Clue 35 Down: "49. Amarillo-to-Dallas dir."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the compass point midway between east and southeast
- Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ESE
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Clue 36 Down: "50. Creature without ears that uses vibrations to "hear""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ANT
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Clue 37 Down: "51. Company that introduced Saran Wrap"
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: DOW
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Clue 38 Down: "52. Tolkien creature"
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: ENT
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Clue 39 Down: "53. Onetime cable giant acquired by AT&T in 1999"
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: TCI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 37 | 54.4% |
| Short Answer | 19 | 27.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.4% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.9% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Music | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 29 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
