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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle March 30, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. It's true! | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Not my favorite" | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Soft opening? | 5 |
| 4A | 13. Mar contents | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Mer contents | 3 |
| 6A | 15. Like spaces reserved for compact cars | 6 |
| 7A | 16. Tease / Tease | 8 |
| 8A | 18. Hockey goalie's domain | 6 |
| 9A | 19. Word rhymed with "intelligent" in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" | 7 |
| 10A | 20. Brillo offering | 7 |
| 11A | 21. Wasteland | 6 |
| 12A | 22. Sighs of relief | 3 |
| 13A | 23. Subj. of "The Silva Mind Control Method" | 3 |
| 14A | 24. Lax LAX option? | 6 |
| 15A | 26. Faith that follows teachings of The Báb | 5 |
| 16A | 28. Dairy aisle purchase | 4 |
| 17A | 31. Nora ___ a.k.a. Awkwafina | 3 |
| 18A | 32. Comeback | 6 |
| 19A | 33. A. A. Milne's Baby ___ | 3 |
| 20A | 34. Toilet / Toilet | 7 |
| 21A | 36. Gives the thumbs-up | 3 |
| 22A | 37. Tries to swat | 6 |
| 23A | 39. Mean fig. | 3 |
| 24A | 40. Online market since 2005 | 4 |
| 25A | 41. Like a sheet of dollar bills | 5 |
| 26A | 42. Slice down the middle | 6 |
| 27A | 44. "Blast!" | 3 |
| 28A | 45. See 20-Down | 3 |
| 29A | 46. Spoiled | 6 |
| 30A | 50. Potential response to "Look! I colored on the walls!" | 7 |
| 31A | 52. How model trains are built | 7 |
| 32A | 53. Ready to roll | 6 |
| 33A | 54. Quit / Quit | 8 |
| 34A | 55. Tech support service | 6 |
| 35A | 56. Sale, for a retailer | 3 |
| 36A | 57. Nickname that sounds like its first two letters | 4 |
| 37A | 58. Got busy on | 5 |
| 38A | 59. Hits up privately, in Twitter-speak | 3 |
| 39A | 60. "Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure" | 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. It's true!"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. "Not my favorite""
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: MEH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Soft opening?"
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 extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MICRO
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Clue 4 Across: "13. Mar contents"
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 largest known toad species; native to central america; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- Words that mean the same thing: agua toad, Bufo marinus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGUA
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Clue 5 Across: "14. Mer contents"
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: EAU
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Clue 6 Across: "15. Like spaces reserved for compact cars"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
- Words that mean the same thing: nail down, specialise, narrow down
- The opposite would be: widen, wide
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NARROW
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Clue 7 Across: "16. Tease / Tease"
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: RIBROAST
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Hockey goalie's domain"
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 an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- Words that mean the same thing: creese, graze, scrunch
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CREASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Word rhymed with "intelligent" in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land""
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 refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
- Words that mean the same thing: graceful, refined
- The opposite would be: inelegant
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELEGANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Brillo offering"
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: SOAPPAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Wasteland"
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 arid land with little or no vegetation
- Words that mean the same thing: abandon, forsake, desolate
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DESERT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "22. Sighs of relief"
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: AHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "23. Subj. of "The Silva Mind Control Method""
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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: E.S.P., second sight, extrasensory perception
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "24. Lax LAX option?"
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: TSAPRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "26. Faith that follows teachings of The Báb"
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 teacher of or believer in bahaism
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAHAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "28. Dairy aisle purchase"
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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: testis, testicle, ballock
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Nora ___ a.k.a. Awkwafina"
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: LUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. Comeback"
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 a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- Words that mean the same thing: come back, rejoinder, counter
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RETORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "33. A. A. Milne's Baby ___"
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: ROO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "34. Toilet / Toilet"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POTHEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "36. Gives the thumbs-up"
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 state in south central united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Oklahoma, Sooner State, O.K.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "37. Tries to swat"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HITSAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "39. Mean fig."
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: AVG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "40. Online market since 2005"
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: ETSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "41. Like a sheet of dollar bills"
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 not trimmed
- Words that mean the same thing: rough, unmown, full-length
- The opposite would be: trimmed, mown
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNCUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "42. Slice down the middle"
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 cut in half or cut in two
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BISECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "44. "Blast!""
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: GAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "45. See 20-Down"
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: HER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "46. Spoiled"
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 destroy completely; damage irreparably
- Words that mean the same thing: undone, break, washed-up
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUINED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "50. Potential response to "Look! I colored on the walls!""
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: YOUWHAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "52. How model trains are built"
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: TOSCALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "53. Ready to roll"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INGEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "54. Quit / Quit"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground
- Words that mean the same thing: drop-kick
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DROPKICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "55. Tech support service"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PCHELP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "56. Sale, for a retailer"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Words that mean the same thing: place, shoot for, draw a bead on
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "57. Nickname that sounds like its first two letters"
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: EVIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "58. Got busy on"
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: SETTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "59. Hits up privately, in Twitter-speak"
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 diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- Words that mean the same thing: dm, diabetes mellitus, DM
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "60. "Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure""
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 tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Words that mean the same thing: Teddy boy, Ted
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword March 30, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Made out | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Like a mind that can solve crosswords | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Chops evenly, in a way | 5 |
| 4D | 4. What arrows might point at | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Was deeply appreciated | 9 |
| 6D | 6. Riyadh-to-Abu Dhabi direction | 4 |
| 7D | 7. House of straw, maybe | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Rooney ___ of 2022's "Women Talking" | 4 |
| 9D | 9. "Once again …" | 7 |
| 10D | 10. "Drat!" / "Drat!" | 9 |
| 11D | 11. Activist known as "the mother of the freedom movement" | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Had to pay | 4 |
| 13D | 15. Some U.S.N. personnel | 4 |
| 14D | 17. Shell propellers | 4 |
| 15D | 20. With 45-Across, pronoun pair | 3 |
| 16D | 22. Tricep curls? | 7 |
| 17D | 25. Place | 3 |
| 18D | 26. One might be turned down | 3 |
| 19D | 27. Wee | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Two-stringed Chinese instrument | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Presale alert? | 9 |
| 22D | 30. Heard / Heard | 9 |
| 23D | 32. Spaces where people pay to destroy household objects with sledgehammers | 9 |
| 24D | 34. Word before or after "down" | 3 |
| 25D | 35. Chevy Bolts and Nissan Leafs, for short | 3 |
| 26D | 38. "Ni-i-ice" | 7 |
| 27D | 40. Digital boarding pass, e.g. | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Raise, maybe | 3 |
| 29D | 43. Zodiac sign transition | 4 |
| 30D | 45. Many-stringed instrument | 4 |
| 31D | 47. Foolable | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Medieval Spanish conqueror | 5 |
| 33D | 49. Feints on the ice | 5 |
| 34D | 50. Sudden, temporary loss of athletic ability, with "the" | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Purity ring? | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Request to a barber | 4 |
| 37D | 54. ___ joke | 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. Made out"
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 proceed or get along
- Words that mean the same thing: fare, do, make out
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FARED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Like a mind that can solve crosswords"
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 moving quickly and lightly
- Words that mean the same thing: quick, nimble, spry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Chops evenly, in a way"
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 hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- Words that mean the same thing: third power, square block, cub
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUBES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. What arrows might point at"
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 reference point to shoot at
- Words that mean the same thing: prey, mark, objective
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TARGETS
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Was deeply appreciated"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEANTALOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Riyadh-to-Abu Dhabi direction"
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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Words that mean the same thing: eastward, due east, eastern United States
- The opposite would be: west
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAST
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Clue 7 Down: "7. House of straw, maybe"
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 temporary military shelter
- Words that mean the same thing: hutch, shack, hovel
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Rooney ___ of 2022's "Women Talking""
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 hindu god of death; opposite of kama
- Words that mean the same thing: Dolichotis patagonum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "Once again …""
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: IREPEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "Drat!" / "Drat!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a risky and uncertain venture
- Words that mean the same thing: crap shooting, crap game
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAPSHOOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Activist known as "the mother of the freedom movement""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROSAPARKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Had to pay"
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 be obliged to pay or repay
- Words that mean the same thing: owe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. Some U.S.N. personnel"
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: NCOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. Shell propellers"
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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Words that mean the same thing: oar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. With 45-Across, pronoun pair"
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 16 Down: "22. Tricep curls?"
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: ARMHAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Place"
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 option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- Words that mean the same thing: assign, invest, cast
- The opposite would be: divest, call option
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The answer is: PUT
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Clue 18 Down: "26. One might be turned down"
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 piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: make out, kip down, screw
- The opposite would be: turn out, get up
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The answer is: BED
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Wee"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ITSY
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Two-stringed Chinese instrument"
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: ERHU
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Presale alert?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: GOINGONCE
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Heard / Heard"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: GOTCAUGHT
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Spaces where people pay to destroy household objects with sledgehammers"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: RAGEROOMS
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Word before or after "down""
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 sound made by a gentle blow
- Words that mean the same thing: tap, chuck, slick
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAT
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Chevy Bolts and Nissan Leafs, 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 unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
- Words that mean the same thing: electron volt, eV
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EVS
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Clue 26 Down: "38. "Ni-i-ice""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SUHWEET
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Digital boarding pass, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETICKET
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Raise, maybe"
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 money risked on a gamble
- Words that mean the same thing: calculate, reckon, count
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BET
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Zodiac sign transition"
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 point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a gothic arch)
- Words that mean the same thing: leaflet
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUSP
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Many-stringed instrument"
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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- Words that mean the same thing: mouth organ, dwell, mouth harp
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARP
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Foolable"
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 marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
- Words that mean the same thing: uninitiated, primitive, naif
- The opposite would be: sophisticated
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAIVE
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Medieval Spanish conqueror"
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: ELCID
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Feints on the ice"
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: DEKES
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Clue 34 Down: "50. Sudden, temporary loss of athletic ability, with "the""
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 nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
- Words that mean the same thing: yap, yelp, yelping
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YIPS
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Purity ring?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- Words that mean the same thing: aura, doughnut, glory
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HALO
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Clue 36 Down: "52. Request to a barber"
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 arrangement or appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: tailored, cut down, shipshape
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIM
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Clue 37 Down: "54. ___ joke"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: pappa, pa, daddy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAD
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 73.7% |
| Short Answer | 19 | 25.0% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 9 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Thursday, 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 03, 2025 at 09:40 AM
