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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, December 03, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle December 03, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. This and that | 4 |
| 2A | 5. God of fertility, agriculture and the afterlife | 6 |
| 3A | 11. "Love Life" network | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Cassowary kin | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Doing something wrong | 10 |
| 6A | 17. Objectives | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Fresh burst of energy | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Five-star | 8 |
| 9A | 21. Class structures? | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Makeup palette assortment | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Coruscates | 6 |
| 12A | 25. Less likely to happen | 6 |
| 13A | 27. You might seek forgiveness for this | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Scans, say | 5 |
| 15A | 29. New parents' purchases to block off staircases | 9 |
| 16A | 34. Actress Mara of "Pose" | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Empanadas and patatas bravas | 5 |
| 18A | 36. "Happy to help!" | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Nice position to be in? | 9 |
| 20A | 39. Kind of cup | 5 |
| 21A | 40. Just gets (by) | 4 |
| 22A | 41. Go to bat for | 6 |
| 23A | 42. San ___, seat of California's Marin County | 6 |
| 24A | 45. Not expired | 5 |
| 25A | 46. Everything one could possibly offer, with "the" | 5 |
| 26A | 47. Mariah Carey and Madonna, for two | 8 |
| 27A | 50. "Later, dude!" | 10 |
| 28A | 53. ___ oil, extract obtained from the Amazon rainforest | 4 |
| 29A | 54. Reverent | 10 |
| 30A | 55. Pirate's activity | 4 |
| 31A | 56. "Five Guys Named ___" (1992 Broadway musical) | 3 |
| 32A | 57. Back-combed | 6 |
| 33A | 58. Oh, to be in France! | 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. This and that"
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 with count nouns) two considered together; the two
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. God of fertility, agriculture and the afterlife"
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 egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of isis; father of horus
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OSIRIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. "Love Life" network"
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: HBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Cassowary kin"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Words that mean the same thing: Pterocnemia pennata, Rhea americana, nandu
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Doing something wrong"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: UPTONOGOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Objectives"
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 anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Words that mean the same thing: take, design, aspire
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Fresh burst of energy"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SECONDWIND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Five-star"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of the highest quality
- Words that mean the same thing: tiptop, ace, A-one
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPNOTCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Class structures?"
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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Words that mean the same thing: desk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DESKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Makeup palette assortment"
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 quality of a person's voice
- Words that mean the same thing: tone up, flavor, intone
- The opposite would be: atonicity
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Coruscates"
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 momentary flash of light
- Words that mean the same thing: shine, glitter, spark
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLINTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Less likely to happen"
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: IFFIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. You might seek forgiveness for this"
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 temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
- Words that mean the same thing: lend, loanword
- The opposite would be: borrow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Scans, 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 something that is read
- Words that mean the same thing: show, register, understand
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: READS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. New parents' purchases to block off staircases"
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: BABYGATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Actress Mara of "Pose""
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: KATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Empanadas and patatas bravas"
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 thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and pipturus albidus
- Words that mean the same thing: tappa, tapa, tappa bark
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAPAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. "Happy to help!""
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 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- Words that mean the same thing: sure as shooting, for sure, sure enough
- The opposite would be: uncertain, unsure
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Nice position to be in?"
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: STEADYGIG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Kind of cup"
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 southern states that seceded from the united states in 1861
- Words that mean the same thing: Confederacy, Confederate States, South
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIXIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Just gets (by)"
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: EKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Go to bat for"
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 argue or speak in defense of
- Words that mean the same thing: fight, fight down, support
- The opposite would be: prosecute, attack
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEFEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. San ___, seat of California's Marin County"
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: RAFAEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Not expired"
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 well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
- The opposite would be: invalid
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VALID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Everything one could possibly offer, with "the""
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 everything that exists anywhere
- Words that mean the same thing: mankind, earth, universe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WORLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Mariah Carey and Madonna, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: GAYICONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. "Later, dude!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ADIOSAMIGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. ___ oil, extract obtained from the Amazon rainforest"
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: ACAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Reverent"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that full of or exhibiting respect
- Words that mean the same thing: reverential, venerating
- The opposite would be: disrespectful
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESPECTFUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Pirate's activity"
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 sudden short attack
- Words that mean the same thing: foray, foray into, maraud
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. "Five Guys Named ___" (1992 Broadway musical)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Back-combed"
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 annoy persistently
- Words that mean the same thing: ride, beleaguer, badger
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEASED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Oh, to be in France!"
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: ETRE
Great job if you got it right!
December 03, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Challenge while sitting | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?" | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Play with fire | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Blanks | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Out-of-office procedure? | 6 |
| 6D | 6. 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Hankering | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Quintana __, Mexican state that's home to Cancún | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Spot for the night | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Covering some ground? | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Vertical dimension of a flag | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Bops | 5 |
| 13D | 13. "___ are ..." | 4 |
| 14D | 16. Longtime newswoman Ifill | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Gender-neutral possessive | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Holder of emergency supplies | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Giant in chip manufacturing | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Gets to | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Many a Guinness Book record | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Shade akin to royal blue | 5 |
| 21D | 29. 6-0 set, in tennis slang | 5 |
| 22D | 30. "Whatever!" | 9 |
| 23D | 31. Pet that's mostly black with a white chest | 9 |
| 24D | 32. Ellie Kemper's role on "The Office" | 4 |
| 25D | 33. ___ money | 4 |
| 26D | 35. Kid | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Firmly fixed | 7 |
| 28D | 39. Offerer of fresh cuts | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Made last night, say | 6 |
| 30D | 42. Its participants are in for a wild ride | 5 |
| 31D | 43. Pop up | 5 |
| 32D | 44. Completely bomb | 4 |
| 33D | 45. Fuzzy | 5 |
| 34D | 46. Not cool - not cool at all! | 4 |
| 35D | 47. Some Twitter postings | 4 |
| 36D | 48. Brand that offers "Leg Mask" products | 4 |
| 37D | 49. One of nine for a traditional Baha'i temple | 4 |
| 38D | 51. Pro | 3 |
| 39D | 52. Org. at Grand Central Terminal | 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. Challenge while sitting"
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 very troublesome child
- Words that mean the same thing: little terror, holy terror, terror
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?""
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 a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Words that mean the same thing: Buckeye State, Ohio River, OH
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OHIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Play with fire"
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: TEMPTFATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Blanks"
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: HASNOIDEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Out-of-office procedure?"
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 person who ousts or supplants someone else
- Words that mean the same thing: ousting, ejector
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUSTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle"
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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
- Words that mean the same thing: spectacles, spec, glasses
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPECS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Hankering"
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 contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- Words that mean the same thing: itching, spoil, urge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Quintana __, Mexican state that's home to Cancún"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: ROO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Spot for the night"
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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Words that mean the same thing: lodge, hostel, auberge
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Covering some ground?"
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 cover with sod
- Words that mean the same thing: double-dyed, everlasting, stark
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SODDING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Vertical dimension of a flag"
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 lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- Words that mean the same thing: run up, lift, wind
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Bops"
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 have sexual intercourse with
- Words that mean the same thing: sleep together, roll in the hay, make love
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BONKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "___ are ...""
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 likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Longtime newswoman Ifill"
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: GWEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Gender-neutral possessive"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: ace, I, unity
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Holder of emergency supplies"
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: GOBAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Giant in chip manufacturing"
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 narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- Words that mean the same thing: position, put, set
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Gets to"
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 irritate or vex
- Words that mean the same thing: gall, irk
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "26. Many a Guinness Book record"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a notable achievement
- Words that mean the same thing: effort, exploit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "27. Shade akin to royal blue"
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: LAPIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "29. 6-0 set, in tennis slang"
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 (yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
- Words that mean the same thing: beigel
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAGEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "30. "Whatever!""
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: ASIFICARE
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Pet that's mostly black with a white chest"
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: TUXEDOCAT
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Ellie Kemper's role on "The Office""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIN
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Clue 25 Down: "33. ___ money"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a small hard fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: source, germ, seminal fluid
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SEED
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Clue 26 Down: "35. Kid"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a native of yorkshire
- Words that mean the same thing: barbarian, youngster, nipper
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TYKE
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Firmly fixed"
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: DEADSET
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Clue 28 Down: "39. Offerer of fresh cuts"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- Words that mean the same thing: food shop, delicatessen
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DELI
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Clue 29 Down: "41. Made last night, say"
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: DAYOLD
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Clue 30 Down: "42. Its participants are in for a wild ride"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an exhibition of cowboy skills
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RODEO
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Clue 31 Down: "43. Pop up"
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 come into existence; take on form or shape
- Words that mean the same thing: spring up, grow, turn out
- The opposite would be: go to bed, turn in
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The answer is: ARISE
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Clue 32 Down: "44. Completely bomb"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- Words that mean the same thing: washout, dud, fizzle
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FLOP
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Clue 33 Down: "45. Fuzzy"
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 not clearly understood or expressed; ; -anatole broyard; - p.a.sorokin; - john locke
- Words that mean the same thing: dim, faint, wispy
- The opposite would be: defined
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The answer is: VAGUE
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Clue 34 Down: "46. Not cool - not cool at all!"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that get warm or warmer
- Words that mean the same thing: quick, lovesome, ardent
- The opposite would be: cool
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The answer is: WARM
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Clue 35 Down: "47. Some Twitter postings"
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: GIFS
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Clue 36 Down: "48. Brand that offers "Leg Mask" products"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NAIR
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Clue 37 Down: "49. One of nine for a traditional Baha'i temple"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- Words that mean the same thing: English, position, incline
- The opposite would be: top
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The answer is: SIDE
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Clue 38 Down: "51. Pro"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: genius, champion, A-one
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ACE
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Clue 39 Down: "52. Org. at Grand Central Terminal"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MTA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 62 | 86.1% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 5.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, 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 13, 2025 at 09:37 AM
