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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle June 26, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Birthplace of the Ironman World Championship | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Slays | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Give a talking-to | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Where popovers "pop" | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Bottom of some prep school uniforms | 4 |
| 6A | 16. World capital nicknamed the "Soaring Dragon" | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Frosh | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Cuban dance | 5 |
| 9A | 20. *Jesus | 12 |
| 10A | 22. ___ Dhabi | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Like a Senate vote that requires the vice president | 4 |
| 12A | 24. *Dorothy Gale | 15 |
| 13A | 32. "Rules ___ rules" | 3 |
| 14A | 33. Rihanna, to fans | 4 |
| 15A | 34. Prefix with present | 4 |
| 16A | 35. Jay relative | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Church centers | 5 |
| 18A | 40. Bupkis | 4 |
| 19A | 41. Refine | 4 |
| 20A | 42. Impersonates, maybe | 4 |
| 21A | 44. Part of a pecking order? | 3 |
| 22A | 45. *Neil Armstrong | 15 |
| 23A | 50. Chance to go | 4 |
| 24A | 51. Genre for Reel Big Fish | 3 |
| 25A | 52. Memorable ad-lib in "Midnight Cowboy" … or what the starred clues would say about their answers | 12 |
| 26A | 57. Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh | 5 |
| 27A | 58. Flattening, informally | 9 |
| 28A | 61. Elegant shorebird | 5 |
| 29A | 62. ___ Linda, recurring "Saturday Night Live" character played by Kristen Wiig | 4 |
| 30A | 63. [waggles hand back and forth] | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Chemical attractions | 5 |
| 32A | 65. Tax whizzes | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Bog buildup | 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. Birthplace of the Ironman World Championship"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAHU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Slays"
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 kill intentionally and with premeditation
- Words that mean the same thing: bump off, hit, murder
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OFFS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Give a talking-to"
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 (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- Words that mean the same thing: chew out, call on the carpet, chew up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCOLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Where popovers "pop""
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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Bottom of some prep school uniforms"
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 knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the highlands of northern scotland
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KILT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. World capital nicknamed the "Soaring Dragon""
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 the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HANOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Frosh"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: FIRSTYEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Cuban dance"
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 syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- Words that mean the same thing: rhumba
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUMBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. *Jesus"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SEAOFGALILEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. ___ Dhabi"
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: ABU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Like a Senate vote that requires the vice president"
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 fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- Words that mean the same thing: link up, marry, tie
- The opposite would be: unlaced, untie
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. *Dorothy Gale"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YELLOWBRICKROAD
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Clue 13 Across: "32. "Rules ___ rules""
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: represent, equal, cost
- 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 14 Across: "33. Rihanna, to fans"
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: RIRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Prefix with present"
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: OMNI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Jay relative"
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 black birds having a raucous call
- Words that mean the same thing: gloat, Corvus, triumph
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CROW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Church centers"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the central area of a church
- Words that mean the same thing: nave
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "40. Bupkis"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: naught, nil, cypher
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. Refine"
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 whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- Words that mean the same thing: perfect
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Impersonates, maybe"
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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Words that mean the same thing: copycat, anthropoid, caricature
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Part of a pecking order?"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: biddy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. *Neil Armstrong"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRANQUILITYBASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "50. Chance to go"
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 circular segment of a curve
- Words that mean the same thing: tour, routine, plow
- The opposite would be: unbend
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TURN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "51. Genre for Reel Big Fish"
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: SKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "52. Memorable ad-lib in "Midnight Cowboy" … or what the starred clues would say about their answers"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: IMWALKINHERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "57. Bygone carrier whose first hub was in Pittsburgh"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "58. Flattening, informally"
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: SMOOSHING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "61. Elegant shorebird"
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 column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- Words that mean the same thing: stilt plover, spile, pile
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STILT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "62. ___ Linda, recurring "Saturday Night Live" character played by Kristen Wiig"
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 the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Words that mean the same thing: aunty, auntie
- The opposite would be: uncle
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. [waggles hand back and forth]"
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: ORSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Chemical attractions"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an electrical force linking atoms
- Words that mean the same thing: bail, bond, hamper
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BONDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. Tax whizzes"
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 accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Words that mean the same thing: CPA, certified public accountant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CPAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. Bog buildup"
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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEAT
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - June 26, 2024 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "That's rough" | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Bird: Prefix | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Women's health care brand | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Open, as a letter | 6 |
| 5D | 5. "Fine, I give" | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Feudal land | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Identify as a potential problem | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Low-altitude clouds | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Bloodcurdling sound | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Emotionally volatile situation, metaphorically | 8 |
| 11D | 11. "My treat" | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Brain section | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Lunes, martes o miércoles | 3 |
| 14D | 18. Small drum | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Driver's need: Abbr. | 3 |
| 16D | 24. The reality show "Below Deck" is set on one | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Reason for elimination at a spelling bee | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Singer Lewis | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Garment that can be backless | 3 |
| 20D | 28. Competitor | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Poker variety in which each player is dealt four cards | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Where spectacled bears live | 5 |
| 23D | 31. Songwriter Warren with an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy | 5 |
| 24D | 36. Let loose, say | 8 |
| 25D | 38. What may be left of center? | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Old-fashioned basketball attempts | 8 |
| 27D | 43. Comedian Wanda | 5 |
| 28D | 46. There are eight in a peck | 6 |
| 29D | 47. Standard info on a takeout menu, nowadays | 3 |
| 30D | 48. An octopus uses it for defense | 6 |
| 31D | 49. Participate in a crawl, perhaps | 6 |
| 32D | 52. "That ___ say ..." | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Primary | 4 |
| 34D | 54. "You woke me" | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Prefix with -gon | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Cork's country | 4 |
| 37D | 57. PC hookup spot | 3 |
| 38D | 59. Org. employing cryptographers | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Tricked | 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. "That's rough""
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: OOF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Bird: Prefix"
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: AVI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Women's health care brand"
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: HERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Open, as a letter"
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 break the seal of
- The opposite would be: seal
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNSEAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. "Fine, I give""
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: OKYOUWIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Feudal 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 piece of land held under the feudal system
- Words that mean the same thing: feoff
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIEF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Identify as a potential problem"
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 emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- Words that mean the same thing: sword lily, slacken off, iris
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Low-altitude clouds"
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 large dark low cloud
- Words that mean the same thing: stratus, stratus cloud
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STRATI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Bloodcurdling sound"
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 sharp piercing cry
- Words that mean the same thing: scream, screaming, screech
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHRIEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Emotionally volatile situation, metaphorically"
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 a very large pot that is used for boiling
- Words that mean the same thing: caldron
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAULDRON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "My treat""
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: ONME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Brain section"
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 (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Lunes, martes o miércoles"
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 intelligence agency of the united states in the department of defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
- Words that mean the same thing: Defense Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Small drum"
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 small drum with one head of soft calfskin
- Words that mean the same thing: tabour
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TABOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Driver's need: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: LIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. The reality show "Below Deck" is set on one"
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 an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- Words that mean the same thing: racing yacht
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YACHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Reason for elimination at a spelling bee"
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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Words that mean the same thing: wrongdoing, mistake, erroneousness
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERROR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Singer Lewis"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEONA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "27. Garment that can be backless"
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 undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "28. Competitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the contestant you hope to defeat
- Words that mean the same thing: equal, contender, competition
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "29. Poker variety in which each player is dealt four cards"
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 a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Words that mean the same thing: Maha
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMAHA
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Where spectacled bears live"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a mountain range in south america running 5000 miles along the pacific coast
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ANDES
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Songwriter Warren with an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DIANE
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Let loose, say"
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: WENTWILD
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Clue 25 Down: "38. What may be left of center?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EPI
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Old-fashioned basketball attempts"
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: SETSHOTS
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Comedian Wanda"
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: SYKES
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Clue 28 Down: "46. There are eight in a peck"
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 united states liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- Words that mean the same thing: dry quart, quart
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: QUARTS
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Standard info on a takeout menu, nowadays"
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 address of a web page on the world wide web
- Words that mean the same thing: uniform resource locator, universal resource locator
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: URL
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Clue 30 Down: "48. An octopus uses it for defense"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: INKSAC
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Participate in a crawl, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: BARHOP
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Clue 32 Down: "52. "That ___ say ...""
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: ISTO
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Primary"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any very large body of (salt) water
- Words that mean the same thing: primary, chief, briny
- The opposite would be: dependent
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The answer is: MAIN
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Clue 34 Down: "54. "You woke me""
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: IMUP
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Prefix with -gon"
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: NONA
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Cork's country"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republic
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EIRE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. PC hookup spot"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USB
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Org. employing cryptographers"
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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NSA
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Tricked"
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 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- Words that mean the same thing: capture, come, convey
- The opposite would be: end, leave
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The answer is: GOT
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 69.4% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 18.1% |
| Geography | 3 | 4.2% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, 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: August 24, 2025 at 06:48 PM
