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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.7 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle January 24, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Some water bearers | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "M*A*S*H" co-star Alan | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Dressed | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom) | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Tandoori chicken accompaniment | 4 |
| 6A | 16. "In time we ___ that which we often fear": Shak. | 4 |
| 7A | 17. First American to orbit the earth | 5 |
| 8A | 19. Littlest speck | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Born | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Flinch, say | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Made a choice | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Fancy "so" | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Selma march leader who served 17 terms in Congress | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Pageant prize | 5 |
| 15A | 29. Not learned | 6 |
| 16A | 30. Introductory course? | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Throws in | 4 |
| 18A | 34. Its HQ is sometimes called "Crypto City" | 3 |
| 19A | 35. Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle | 9 |
| 20A | 39. "Eureka!" | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Damage, so to speak | 4 |
| 22A | 43. Football penalty markers | 5 |
| 23A | 47. "Gracias!" response | 6 |
| 24A | 50. With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007 | 5 |
| 25A | 51. Only U.S. president elected under the Federalist Party | 5 |
| 26A | 56. Event with a royal court | 4 |
| 27A | 57. Barber's razor sharpener | 5 |
| 28A | 58. Talk to shrilly | 5 |
| 29A | 60. Dawg | 3 |
| 30A | 61. Norse god portrayed in film by Chris Hemsworth | 4 |
| 31A | 62. Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls | 5 |
| 32A | 64. Bridle strap | 4 |
| 33A | 65. "The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine | 4 |
| 34A | 66. "How about that!" | 5 |
| 35A | 67. Logical operators that output "true" only if both inputs are true | 4 |
| 36A | 68. Dry run | 4 |
| 37A | 69. Like many bathroom floors | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Some water bearers"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any very large body of (salt) water
- Words that mean the same thing: main, briny
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. "M*A*S*H" co-star Alan"
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: ALDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Dressed"
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 provide with clothes or put clothes on
- Words that mean the same thing: tog, garment, clothe
- The opposite would be: undress, unclothed
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "Kate & ___" (1980s sitcom)"
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: ALLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Tandoori chicken accompaniment"
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 leavened bread baked in a clay oven in india; usually shaped like a teardrop
- Words that mean the same thing: nan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "In time we ___ that which we often fear": Shak."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
- Words that mean the same thing: detest, hatred
- The opposite would be: love
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HATE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. First American to orbit the earth"
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 made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a united states astronaut in 1962; later in united states senate (1921-)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Herschel Glenn Jr., John Glenn
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLENN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Littlest speck"
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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: tittle, shred, smidge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Born"
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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEE
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Flinch, say"
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 show a response or a reaction to something
- Words that mean the same thing: oppose, respond
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Made a choice"
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 select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: opt, choose, prefer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Fancy "so""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Selma march leader who served 17 terms in Congress"
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 united states rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
- Words that mean the same thing: Jerry Lee Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEWIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Pageant prize"
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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Not learned"
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 not established by conditioning or learning
- Words that mean the same thing: unlearned, born, inborn
- The opposite would be: conditioned
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INNATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Introductory course?"
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 food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Throws in"
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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: ADD, tot up, bestow
- The opposite would be: subtract, take away
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADDS
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Clue 18 Across: "34. Its HQ is sometimes called "Crypto City""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- 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: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Winter underwear … or what appear four times in this puzzle"
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: LONGJOHNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. "Eureka!""
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: AHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Damage, so to speak"
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 total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- Words that mean the same thing: price, be, monetary value
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Football penalty markers"
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 emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- Words that mean the same thing: masthead, flagstone, ease up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. "Gracias!" response"
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: DENADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. With 63-Down, boxer who retired undefeated in 2007"
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: LAILA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Only U.S. president elected under the Federalist Party"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that american revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the boston tea party and signer of the declaration of independence (1722-1803)
- Words that mean the same thing: disco biscuit, John Adams, President John Adams
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "56. Event with a royal court"
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 formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- Words that mean the same thing: promenade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Barber's razor sharpener"
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 leather strap used to sharpen razors
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Talk to shrilly"
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: YAPAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "60. Dawg"
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: BRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Norse god portrayed in film by Chris Hemsworth"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls"
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: ELWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Bridle strap"
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: rein in, draw rein, rule
- 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!
Clue 33 Across: "65. "The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine"
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: AYLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. "How about that!""
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: ILLBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. Logical operators that output "true" only if both inputs are true"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ANDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "68. Dry run"
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 trying something to find out about it
- Words that mean the same thing: examine, mental testing, examination
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "69. Like many bathroom floors"
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 cover with tiles
- Words that mean the same thing: tile
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TILED
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword January 24, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Refrigerator decorations | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Largest country in Africa | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Bootleg, e.g. | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Goose egg | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Oracle | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Yearly record | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Jousting weapon | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God" | 5 |
| 9D | 9. ___ Taylor | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Contribute | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Like some Hmong | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Bears witness | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Its shores have the lowest land-based elevation on Earth | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Fish with "snowflake" and "sawtooth" varieties | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Have title to | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Unwritten | 4 |
| 17D | 26. One might be made on a birthday | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Kerfuffle | 3 |
| 19D | 31. In the past | 3 |
| 20D | 32. CD players? | 3 |
| 21D | 33. . | 3 |
| 22D | 36. Sports org. with more than a thousand members | 4 |
| 23D | 37. Sports org. in which five members have bird names | 3 |
| 24D | 38. *How rude!* | 4 |
| 25D | 39. 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means "to the stars" | 7 |
| 26D | 40. Pagan | 7 |
| 27D | 41. iOS alternative | 7 |
| 28D | 44. Court failure | 7 |
| 29D | 45. "Hallelujah!" | 7 |
| 30D | 46. Siberian sled dog | 7 |
| 31D | 48. Decorates | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Fist bump | 3 |
| 33D | 52. "Baloney!" | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Busy places at Christmas | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Food fight sound effect | 5 |
| 36D | 55. Old saying | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Nincompoop | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Make a fast stop? | 3 |
| 39D | 63. See 50-Across | 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. Refrigerator decorations"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
- Words that mean the same thing: attraction, attractor, attractive feature
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAGNETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Largest country in Africa"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a republic in northwestern africa on the mediterranean sea with a population that is predominantly sunni muslim; colonized by france in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
- Words that mean the same thing: Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALGERIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Bootleg, e.g."
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 prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
- The opposite would be: legal
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILLEGAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Goose egg"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: null, cipher, zip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Oracle"
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 person with unusual powers of foresight
- Words that mean the same thing: vaticinator, oracle, illusionist
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEER
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Yearly record"
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: ANNAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Jousting weapon"
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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- Words that mean the same thing: spear, fishgig, fizgig
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God""
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 italian poet famous for writing the divine comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by virgil and his idealized beatrice (1265-1321)
- Words that mean the same thing: Dante Alighieri
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DANTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Taylor"
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: ANN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Contribute"
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: CHIPIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Like some Hmong"
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 a member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Lao
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAOTIAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Bears witness"
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 provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- Words that mean the same thing: attest, take the stand, demonstrate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTESTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Its shores have the lowest land-based elevation on Earth"
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: DEADSEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Fish with "snowflake" and "sawtooth" varieties"
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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Have title to"
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 have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: possess, have, ain
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWN
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Unwritten"
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 an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, unwritten, viva
- The opposite would be: anal, aboral
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The answer is: ORAL
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Clue 17 Down: "26. One might be made on a birthday"
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 specific feeling of desire
- Words that mean the same thing: care, wishing, bid
- The opposite would be: begrudge
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The answer is: WISH
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Kerfuffle"
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 rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: bustle, flurry, hustle
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ADO
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Clue 19 Down: "31. In the past"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AGO
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Clue 20 Down: "32. CD players?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
- Words that mean the same thing: disc-jockey, disk-jockey, dj
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DJS
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Clue 21 Down: "33. ."
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 very small circular shape
- Words that mean the same thing: Department of Transportation, dit, point
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DOT
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Clue 22 Down: "36. Sports org. with more than a thousand members"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NCAA
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Clue 23 Down: "37. Sports org. in which five members have bird names"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NFL
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Clue 24 Down: "38. *How rude!*"
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 blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Words that mean the same thing: smack, smacking, bang
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SLAP
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Clue 25 Down: "39. 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi movie whose title means "to the stars""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ADASTRA
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Pagan"
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 a person who does not acknowledge your god
- Words that mean the same thing: heathenish, pagan, infidel
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: HEATHEN
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Clue 27 Down: "41. iOS alternative"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an automaton that resembles a human being
- Words that mean the same thing: mechanical man, humanoid
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ANDROID
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Court failure"
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: AIRBALL
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Clue 29 Down: "45. "Hallelujah!""
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: GLORYBE
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Siberian sled dog"
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 a samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern siberia
- Words that mean the same thing: Samoyede, Samoyedic
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SAMOYED
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Decorates"
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 make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: beautify, clothe, invest
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADORNS
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Fist bump"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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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: DAP
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Clue 33 Down: "52. "Baloney!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MYEYE
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Busy places at Christmas"
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 public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Words that mean the same thing: shopping mall, shopping center, plaza
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MALLS
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Food fight sound effect"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that a single splash
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPLAT
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Old saying"
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 condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Words that mean the same thing: view, date, visualise
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAW
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Nincompoop"
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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: rag, tantalize, twerp
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWIT
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Clue 38 Down: "62. Make a fast stop?"
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 take in solid food
- Words that mean the same thing: run through, corrode, use up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAT
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Clue 39 Down: "63. See 50-Across"
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 united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 65.8% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 18.4% |
| History | 3 | 3.9% |
| Sports | 3 | 3.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.7 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 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!
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 28, 2025 at 03:03 AM
