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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, September 11, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle September 11, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. ___ cheese (cheese that isn't yours, in a classic joke) | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Camera type, in brief | 3 |
| 3A | 9. Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle" | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Was sore | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Layer of paint | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Going ___ (squabbling) | 4 |
| 7A | 17. *What might be kneaded in the kitchen | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Abstract artist Joan | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Satirizes | 7 |
| 10A | 21. In a spooky manner | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 | 5 |
| 12A | 25. A tough ___ to swallow | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Physicist Einstein | 6 |
| 14A | 29. Taken care of, on an invoice stamp | 4 |
| 15A | 31. Savings plan option, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Poke fun at | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Lacking originality | 5 |
| 18A | 36. Many a Scott Joplin tune | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Pants holder-upper | 4 |
| 20A | 38. Flights of fancy | 5 |
| 21A | 39. Pioneer in digital recording | 4 |
| 22A | 40. Certain knee tissue, for short | 3 |
| 23A | 41. Obtains | 5 |
| 24A | 42. ___ tag (game with target vests) | 5 |
| 25A | 43. "OTOH …" | 3 |
| 26A | 44. Focus of many an engagement photo | 4 |
| 27A | 45. One-named "Queen of Tejano Music" | 6 |
| 28A | 46. Death notice, in brief | 4 |
| 29A | 48. Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g. | 5 |
| 30A | 50. Los Estados ___ (The U.S., in Spanish) | 6 |
| 31A | 52. Performing a play, say | 7 |
| 32A | 56. Grumpy mood | 4 |
| 33A | 57. *Person to keep an eye on for future success | 10 |
| 34A | 59. Smooch | 4 |
| 35A | 60. Word after tall or tell | 4 |
| 36A | 61. Surrounded by | 5 |
| 37A | 62. Teensy | 4 |
| 38A | 63. Foxy | 3 |
| 39A | 64. Green pasta sauce | 5 |
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. ___ cheese (cheese that isn't yours, in a classic joke)"
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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Camera type, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SLR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in "condiments aisle""
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: TSAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Was sore"
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 feel physical pain
- Words that mean the same thing: languish, hurt, smart
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Layer of paint"
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 outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- Words that mean the same thing: pelage, coating, cake
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Going ___ (squabbling)"
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: ATIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. *What might be kneaded in the kitchen"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BREADDOUGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Abstract artist Joan"
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 new zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry
- Words that mean the same thing: Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea, Joan Miro
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Satirizes"
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: SENDSUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. In a spooky manner"
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 in an unnatural eery manner
- Words that mean the same thing: spookily
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EERILY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any competition
- Words that mean the same thing: rush, race, hie
- The opposite would be: linger
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RACES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. A tough ___ to swallow"
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 something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
- Words that mean the same thing: lozenge, tab, anovulant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Physicist Einstein"
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 prince consort of queen victoria of england (1819-1861)
- Words that mean the same thing: Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel, Prince Albert
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALBERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Taken care of, on an invoice stamp"
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 give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- Words that mean the same thing: bear, nonrecreational, ante up
- The opposite would be: unpaid, default
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Savings plan option, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provos, ire
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Poke fun at"
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 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Words that mean the same thing: annoyer, ribbing, loosen
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Lacking originality"
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 repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- Words that mean the same thing: tired, timeworn, well-worn
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. Many a Scott Joplin tune"
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 small piece of cloth or paper
- Words that mean the same thing: lecture, tag end, nettle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Pants holder-upper"
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 endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- Words that mean the same thing: bang, belt out, swath
- The opposite would be: unbelt
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BELT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Flights of fancy"
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 sudden desire
- Words that mean the same thing: caprice, whimsy, whimsey
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHIMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Pioneer in digital recording"
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: TIVO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Certain knee tissue, 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: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Obtains"
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 quantity that is added
- Words that mean the same thing: gain ground, advance, increase
- The opposite would be: reduce, loss
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. ___ tag (game with target vests)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
- Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "43. "OTOH …""
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 branch of the tai languages
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "44. Focus of many an engagement photo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a characteristic sound
- Words that mean the same thing: surround, environ, skirt
- The opposite would be: open chain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "45. One-named "Queen of Tejano Music""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SELENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "46. Death notice, in brief"
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 notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- Words that mean the same thing: obituary, necrology
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "48. Bone-in cut of lamb, 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 cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- Words that mean the same thing: stem, waist, cannon
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHANK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "50. Los Estados ___ (The U.S., in Spanish)"
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: UNIDOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "52. Performing a play, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience
- The opposite would be: offstage
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONSTAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. Grumpy mood"
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 state of agitated irritation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "57. *Person to keep an eye on for future success"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPANDCOMER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "59. Smooch"
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 act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- Words that mean the same thing: snog, osculation, buss
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KISS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "60. Word after tall or tell"
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 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: taradiddle, tarradiddle, 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 36 Across: "61. Surrounded by"
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: AMONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "62. Teensy"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ITTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "63. Foxy"
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 marked by skill in deception
- Words that mean the same thing: foxy, slick, cunning
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "64. Green pasta sauce"
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 sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and parmesan cheese in olive oil
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PESTO
Great job if you got it right!
September 11, 2023 Monday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Apt rhyme for "grabs" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Parcel of land | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Olympic figure skater Nathan | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Adjustable part of a car seat | 8 |
| 5D | 5. "It's likely that …" | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Check (out), like competition | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Singer Rawls or Reed | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Craze | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Ethnic group of Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Well-ventilated | 4 |
| 12D | 12. "Who am ___ judge?" | 3 |
| 13D | 15. A truly unpleasant situation | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Word before tape or after tear | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Be a passenger | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Mattress coils | 7 |
| 17D | 26. Chance to hit, in baseball | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Bloodsucking parasite | 5 |
| 19D | 28. *One being propelled by hot air | 10 |
| 20D | 30. Prepares to shoot a target | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Black bird | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Ancient Greek marketplace | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Slender | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Do nothing during the course of, as a storm | 7 |
| 25D | 39. "I'm listening" | 8 |
| 26D | 41. Part of a crossword that gets filled in | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Protective cover for a camera | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Beach grit | 4 |
| 29D | 47. Teensy | 5 |
| 30D | 49. What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Cup or pint | 4 |
| 32D | 51. Places for peels or scrubs | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Singer Tori | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Proper fellow | 4 |
| 35D | 55. "Cogito, ___ sum" | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Hit the slopes | 3 |
| 37D | 58. Everyone or everything | 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. Apt rhyme for "grabs""
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 tag the base runner to get him out
- Words that mean the same thing: arrest, apprehend, collar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Parcel of land"
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 unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Words that mean the same thing: Akka, Akko, Accho
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Olympic figure skater Nathan"
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 wild goose having white adult plumage
- Words that mean the same thing: subgenus Chen
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Adjustable part of a car seat"
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 a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
- Words that mean the same thing: head restraint
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEADREST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. "It's likely that …""
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: ODDSARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Check (out), like competition"
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 area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- Words that mean the same thing: orbit, oscilloscope, telescope
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCOPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Singer Rawls or Reed"
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: LOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Craze"
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 feeling of intense anger
- Words that mean the same thing: storm, ramp, cult
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Ethnic group of Sri Lanka"
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 member of the mixed dravidian and caucasian people of southern india and sri lanka
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAMIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: STILLIRISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Well-ventilated"
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 open to or abounding in fresh air
- Words that mean the same thing: aeriform, visionary, aery
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. "Who am ___ judge?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ITO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. A truly unpleasant situation"
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: THEPITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Word before tape or after tear"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- Words that mean the same thing: channel, canal, epithelial duct
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DUCT
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Be a passenger"
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 journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- Words that mean the same thing: depend upon, turn on, bait
- The opposite would be: walk
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The answer is: RIDE
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Mattress coils"
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 the season of growth
- Words that mean the same thing: fountain, reverberate, bounce
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SPRINGS
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Chance to hit, in baseball"
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: ATBAT
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Bloodsucking parasite"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- Words that mean the same thing: parasite, phlebotomize, sponge
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LEECH
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Clue 19 Down: "28. *One being propelled by hot air"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who flies a balloon
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: BALLOONIST
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Prepares to shoot a target"
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 anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Words that mean the same thing: purpose, shoot for, get
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AIMS
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Black bird"
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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- Words that mean the same thing: guttle, pig, prey
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RAVEN
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Ancient Greek marketplace"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in israel
- Words that mean the same thing: public square
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AGORA
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Slender"
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 lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- Words that mean the same thing: melt off, slim down, fragile
- The opposite would be: thickly, thicken
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The answer is: THIN
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Do nothing during the course of, as a storm"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: WAITOUT
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Clue 25 Down: "39. "I'm listening""
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: TALKTOME
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Part of a crossword that gets filled in"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- Words that mean the same thing: gridiron, control grid, storage-battery grid
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GRID
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Protective cover for a camera"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LENSCAP
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Beach grit"
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 loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- Words that mean the same thing: gumption, George Sand, backbone
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAND
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Teensy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BITSY
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Clue 30 Down: "49. What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying"
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 sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
- Words that mean the same thing: beloved, love, dear
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HONEY
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Cup or pint"
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 any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: building block, social unit, whole
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: UNIT
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Places for peels or scrubs"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: watering hole, spa, health spa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SPAS
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Singer Tori"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
- Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AMOS
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Proper fellow"
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 informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- Words that mean the same thing: Ghent, fellow, cuss
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GENT
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Clue 35 Down: "55. "Cogito, ___ sum""
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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERGO
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Hit the slopes"
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 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKI
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Everyone or everything"
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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- Words that mean the same thing: wholly, altogether, completely
- The opposite would be: partly, some
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The answer is: ALL
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 59 | 77.6% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 7.9% |
| History | 3 | 3.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.9% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| 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 Monday, 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: August 30, 2025 at 09:37 PM
