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Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 81 (38 Across, 43 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle August 14, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Not much | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Mulligan, in golf | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Spice added to apple cider | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Cameo, for one | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Sheik ... or his mount | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Be overly protective | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Casserole dish in a trattoria | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Broadcaster's alert | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Upstate New York area where 63-Across was held | 12 |
| 10A | 22. Boy soprano in a Menotti opera | 5 |
| 11A | 25. "___ sells seashells ..." | 3 |
| 12A | 26. Cause of shore erosion | 4 |
| 13A | 27. A few lines on one's Twitter profile, say | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Repeated cry from Richard III, in Shakespeare | 6 |
| 15A | 35. Singing syllable | 3 |
| 16A | 36. West Coast city with a popular pier | 11 |
| 17A | 38. "___ God" (2013 Eminem hit) | 3 |
| 18A | 39. J.F.K. or L.B.J.: Abbr. | 5 |
| 19A | 40. Burton of "Roots" | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Be a cast member of | 5 |
| 21A | 43. Looked shocked, maybe | 5 |
| 22A | 45. See 31-Down | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Structures in some old town squares | 11 |
| 24A | 48. Showy neckwear | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Mother ___ | 6 |
| 26A | 50. TV pundit Navarro | 3 |
| 27A | 51. Tiny inheritance? | 4 |
| 28A | 52. "What ___ the odds?" | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Less mannerly | 5 |
| 30A | 55. Interviewee, maybe | 12 |
| 31A | 62. Formal (and maybe overly dramatic) goodbye | 5 |
| 32A | 63. Iconic August 1969 music festival, four of whose performers appear in the answers to 17-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across | 9 |
| 33A | 67. Intolerant sort | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Comprehensive | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Comprehensive, in ed-speak | 4 |
| 36A | 70. Meager | 5 |
| 37A | 71. School with the motto "Lux et veritas" | 4 |
| 38A | 72. Symbol of control | 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. Not much"
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: ABIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Mulligan, in golf"
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 do over, as of (part of) a house
- Words that mean the same thing: remake, make over, reconstruct
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Spice added to apple cider"
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 aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
- Words that mean the same thing: cling, clove tree, cleave
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOVE
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Cameo, for one"
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 actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- Words that mean the same thing: use, theatrical role, part
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Sheik ... or his mount"
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 member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Be overly protective"
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 be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- Words that mean the same thing: bulk large, oscillate, levitate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Casserole dish in a trattoria"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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: BAKEDZITI
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Broadcaster's alert"
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: ONAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Upstate New York area where 63-Across was held"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: THECATSKILLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Boy soprano in a Menotti opera"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: AMAHL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. "___ sells seashells ...""
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: SHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Cause of shore erosion"
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 periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- Words that mean the same thing: lunar time period, surge
- The opposite would be: ebb
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. A few lines on one's Twitter profile, say"
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: BIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Repeated cry from Richard III, in Shakespeare"
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 traveling on horseback
- Words that mean the same thing: ahorseback, horseback
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AHORSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "35. Singing syllable"
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: TRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. West Coast city with a popular pier"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: SANTAMONICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. "___ God" (2013 Eminem hit)"
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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: whack, knap, rap music
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. J.F.K. or L.B.J.: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: INITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Burton of "Roots""
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: LEVAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Be a cast member of"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Looked shocked, maybe"
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 look with amazement; look stupidly
- Words that mean the same thing: gap, breach, gape
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAPED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. See 31-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 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: whole, altogether, wholly
- The opposite would be: some, partly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Structures in some old town squares"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOCKTOWERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Showy neckwear"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: garland, wreath, leu
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Mother ___"
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 indian nun and missionary in the roman catholic church (born of albanian parents in what is now macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in india (1910-1997)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERESA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. TV pundit Navarro"
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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Tiny inheritance?"
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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- Words that mean the same thing: cistron, factor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GENE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. "What ___ the odds?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: comprise, exist, make up
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Less mannerly"
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 socially incorrect in behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: crude, yokelish, primitive
- The opposite would be: civil
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Interviewee, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: JOBAPPLICANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Formal (and maybe overly dramatic) goodbye"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a farewell remark
- Words that mean the same thing: good-bye, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADIEU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Iconic August 1969 music festival, four of whose performers appear in the answers to 17-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: WOODSTOCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Intolerant sort"
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 a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIGOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Comprehensive"
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: ATOZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Comprehensive, in ed-speak"
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: ELHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Meager"
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 work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- Words that mean the same thing: light, stint, short
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. School with the motto "Lux et veritas""
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 university in connecticut
- Words that mean the same thing: Yale University, Elihu Yale
- 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 38 Across: "72. Symbol of control"
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 one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
- Words that mean the same thing: rule, rein in, draw rein
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REIN
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword August 14, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Wall St. pro | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Showy neckwear | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Sort | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Get a bite? | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Demolish | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Michael ___ Dyson, author on race, politics and culture | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Contents of spreadsheets | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Closing statements? | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Some mixed martial arts grips | 10 |
| 10D | 10. Actress Anderson | 4 |
| 11D | 11. ___ Office | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Bridal wear | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Goes amiss | 4 |
| 14D | 18. FedEx alternative | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Fake | 4 |
| 16D | 22. What opposites may do | 7 |
| 17D | 23. One-in-a-million save, say | 7 |
| 18D | 24. Item that might be packed for a foreign trip | 7 |
| 19D | 27. Proscription | 3 |
| 20D | 28. Architect Jones | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Capital whose name derives from the Ojibwa word for "traders" | 6 |
| 22D | 31. With 45-Across, low draw in soccer | 3 |
| 23D | 32. Competed with | 7 |
| 24D | 33. Like a triangle with unequal sides | 7 |
| 25D | 34. In the past | 7 |
| 26D | 36. Holes out on the green | 10 |
| 27D | 37. Poplar variety | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Finish, as a cake | 3 |
| 29D | 44. Hoover has one named for him | 3 |
| 30D | 47. Infield shield | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Idiomatic setting for a dirty mind | 6 |
| 32D | 53. QB-turned-football exec John | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Hosp. staffers | 3 |
| 34D | 55. Biting comments | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Keatsian, e.g. | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Nickname for Angel Stadium, with "the" | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Very long time | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Smidge | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Hunky-dory | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Wood shaper | 4 |
| 41D | 64. Yell with an accent | 3 |
| 42D | 65. Greek X | 3 |
| 43D | 66. Many wedding guests | 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. Wall St. pro"
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 someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- Words that mean the same thing: arbitrager, arbitrageur
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Showy neckwear"
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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Sort"
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 kind of person
- Words that mean the same thing: like
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Get a bite?"
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 grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEETHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Demolish"
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 tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- Words that mean the same thing: level, take down, pull down
- The opposite would be: raise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Michael ___ Dyson, author on race, politics and culture"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Contents of spreadsheets"
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 collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- Words that mean the same thing: information, data point, datum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Closing statements?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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: necrology, obituary, obit
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Some mixed martial arts grips"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that complete power over a person or situation
- Words that mean the same thing: chokehold, choke hold, throttlehold
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHOKEHOLDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Actress Anderson"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LONI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. ___ Office"
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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Words that mean the same thing: ovate, elliptical, egg-shaped
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Bridal wear"
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 that covers the head and face
- Words that mean the same thing: head covering, obscure, blot out
- The opposite would be: unveil
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VEIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Goes amiss"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: drift, mistake, err
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. FedEx alternative"
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: DHL
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Fake"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Words that mean the same thing: pseud, imposter, simulate
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SHAM
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Clue 16 Down: "22. What opposites may do"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- Words that mean the same thing: appeal, pull, draw
- The opposite would be: repel
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The answer is: ATTRACT
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Clue 17 Down: "23. One-in-a-million save, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any amazing or wonderful occurrence
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: MIRACLE
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Clue 18 Down: "24. Item that might be packed for a foreign trip"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- Words that mean the same thing: adapter
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ADAPTOR
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Proscription"
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 decree that prohibits something
- Words that mean the same thing: banning, Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, ostracize
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BAN
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Architect Jones"
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: INIGO
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Capital whose name derives from the Ojibwa word for "traders""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a member of the algonquian people of southern ontario
- Words that mean the same thing: Canadian capital, capital of Canada, Ottawa river
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OTTAWA
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Clue 22 Down: "31. With 45-Across, low draw in soccer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: i, matchless, unrivaled
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ONE
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Competed with"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that be equal to in quality or ability
- Words that mean the same thing: touch, match, rival
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RIVALED
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Like a triangle with unequal sides"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of a triangle having three sides of different lengths
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SCALENE
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Clue 25 Down: "34. In the past"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
- Words that mean the same thing: in the beginning, in the first place, early
- The opposite would be: late, middle
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The answer is: EARLIER
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Clue 26 Down: "36. Holes out on the green"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SINKSAPUTT
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Clue 27 Down: "37. Poplar variety"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of several trees of the genus populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ASPEN
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Finish, as a cake"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: deoxyephedrine, sparkler, chicken feed
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ICE
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Hoover has one named for him"
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Infield shield"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that waterproofed canvas
- Words that mean the same thing: tarpaulin
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TARP
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Idiomatic setting for a dirty mind"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- Words that mean the same thing: trough, toilet, sewer
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GUTTER
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Clue 32 Down: "53. QB-turned-football exec John"
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: ELWAY
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Hosp. staffers"
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 radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 86, registered nurse, RN
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RNS
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Biting comments"
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 sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- Words that mean the same thing: poke, poking, jab
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: JABS
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Keatsian, e.g."
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: ODIC
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Nickname for Angel Stadium, with "the""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: BIGA
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Very long time"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the supreme being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
- Words that mean the same thing: eon
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AEON
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Smidge"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: whit, tittle, smidge
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IOTA
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Hunky-dory"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- Words that mean the same thing: sang-froid, cool down, cool off
- The opposite would be: heat, warm
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The answer is: COOL
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Clue 40 Down: "61. Wood shaper"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- Words that mean the same thing: adz
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ADZE
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Clue 41 Down: "64. Yell with an accent"
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: OLE
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Clue 42 Down: "65. Greek X"
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 circulating life energy that in chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
- Words that mean the same thing: qi, khi, ch'i
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CHI
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Clue 43 Down: "66. Many wedding guests"
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 person having kinship with another or others
- Words that mean the same thing: consanguineal, consanguine, blood-related
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: KIN
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 61.7% |
| Short Answer | 20 | 24.7% |
| Geography | 4 | 4.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.5% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.2% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.2% |
| Music | 1 | 1.2% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 38 |
| Down Clues | 43 |
| Total Clues | 81 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 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!
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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
