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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword September 20, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. A little bit of everything? | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Growth in an aquatic bloom | 4 |
| 3A | 9. The "A" of the ABC Islands | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Shoestring | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Hit, as with snowballs | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Drink slowly | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Verbal disapproval of a boy king? | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Beyond repair | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Not together | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Participate in a playground "contest" | 5 |
| 11A | 23. U.F.O. pilots | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Call again | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Fragrant conifer | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Food for a sturdy Chinese dog? | 12 |
| 15A | 33. Accolades presented in Nashville, for short | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Expression of contempt | 3 |
| 17A | 37. Hurl | 5 |
| 18A | 38. Megan Thee Stallion's "___ Girl Summer" | 3 |
| 19A | 39. Ushered out | 7 |
| 20A | 42. Pen tip | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Lack of joie de vivre | 5 |
| 22A | 45. Common "wardrobe malfunction" | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Puts two and two together, e.g. | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Conference call for Mazda's marketing team? | 12 |
| 25A | 51. Less tanned, say | 5 |
| 26A | 52. Revenue minus costs | 6 |
| 27A | 56. Prefix with chemistry | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Shake an Etch A Sketch, say | 5 |
| 29A | 61. Actress Kaley | 5 |
| 30A | 62. Put two and two together, e.g. | 5 |
| 31A | 64. Glutes developed while dancing at the Moulin Rouge? | 9 |
| 32A | 66. Martial art with bamboo swords | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Jar toppers | 4 |
| 34A | 68. Tropical root vegetable | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Consumed | 5 |
| 36A | 70. Animated princess voiced by Idina Menzel | 4 |
| 37A | 71. Staked, as a vampire | 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. A little bit of everything?"
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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Words that mean the same thing: particle, speck, molecule
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Growth in an aquatic bloom"
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 primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- Words that mean the same thing: algae
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALGA
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Clue 3 Across: "9. The "A" of the ABC Islands"
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 popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARUBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Shoestring"
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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: fortify, enlace, entwine
- The opposite would be: untwine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LACE
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Hit, as with snowballs"
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 dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- Words that mean the same thing: fur, hide, bombard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PELT
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Drink slowly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIPON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Verbal disapproval of a boy king?"
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: TUTTUTTUT
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Beyond repair"
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 destroyed or killed
- Words that mean the same thing: gone, done for
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KAPUT
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Not together"
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 remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
- Words that mean the same thing: aside, asunder, obscure
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APART
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Participate in a playground "contest""
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 fixed look with eyes open wide
- Words that mean the same thing: gaze
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STARE
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Clue 11 Across: "23. U.F.O. pilots"
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: ETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Call again"
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: REDIAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Fragrant conifer"
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 of numerous trees of the family cupressaceae that resemble cedars
- Words that mean the same thing: true cedar, cedarwood, cedar tree
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CEDAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Food for a sturdy Chinese dog?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHOWCHOWCHOW
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Clue 15 Across: "33. Accolades presented in Nashville, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CMAS
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Clue 16 Across: "36. Expression of contempt"
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: BAH
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Clue 17 Across: "37. Hurl"
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 an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- Words that mean the same thing: heft up, billow, puff
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAVE
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Clue 18 Across: "38. Megan Thee Stallion's "___ Girl Summer""
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 used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
- Words that mean the same thing: live, blistering, raging
- The opposite would be: cold
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOT
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Clue 19 Across: "39. Ushered out"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEDAWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Pen tip"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the writing point of a pen
- Words that mean the same thing: pecker, neb, bill
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Lack of joie de vivre"
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 feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Words that mean the same thing: tedium, boredom
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENNUI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Common "wardrobe malfunction""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a dissolute man in fashionable society
- Words that mean the same thing: snag, pull, countercurrent
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIP
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Clue 23 Across: "46. Puts two and two together, e.g."
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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: tote up, hyperkinetic syndrome, supply
- 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
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Conference call for Mazda's marketing team?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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: ZOOMZOOMZOOM
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Clue 25 Across: "51. Less tanned, 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 very light colored; highly diluted with white
- Words that mean the same thing: pallid, sick, wan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PALER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. Revenue minus costs"
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 the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- Words that mean the same thing: net profit, net, profits
- The opposite would be: lose
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROFIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "56. Prefix with chemistry"
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: BIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Shake an Etch A Sketch, say"
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 remove from memory or existence
- Words that mean the same thing: delete, score out, efface
- The opposite would be: record
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Actress Kaley"
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: CUOCO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Put two and two together, e.g."
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 manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- Words that mean the same thing: phrasal idiom, artistic style, accent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDIOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Glutes developed while dancing at the Moulin Rouge?"
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: CANCANCAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Martial art with bamboo swords"
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: KENDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Jar toppers"
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 either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- Words that mean the same thing: chapeau, eyelid, hat
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Tropical root vegetable"
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 edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- Words that mean the same thing: edda, taro plant, dalo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TARO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Consumed"
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 take in solid food
- Words that mean the same thing: corrode, eat on, feed
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EATEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Animated princess voiced by Idina Menzel"
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: ELSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. Staked, as a vampire"
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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Words that mean the same thing: mickle, cut, great deal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEW
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - September 20, 2022 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Spot for some sacraments | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Neutral tone | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Group of eight | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Standards for measuring | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Like the name Bell for the inventor of the telephone | 3 |
| 6D | 6. "It's a date!" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Overabundance | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Email action with a paper clip icon | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Tried to find a reason | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Coastal inlet | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Advantage, so to speak | 9 |
| 12D | 12. Boxing match | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Uninvited picnic guests | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Four-letter member of the Four Corners | 4 |
| 15D | 22. ___ Speedwagon | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Brain section | 4 |
| 17D | 27. Part of 10-J-Q-K-A | 3 |
| 18D | 29. Stack of bills | 3 |
| 19D | 30. Bracelet dangler | 5 |
| 20D | 31. "The Art of Love" poet | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Productions of Spider-Man | 4 |
| 22D | 33. French word in many bistro names | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Lead-in to syllabic or chromatic | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Not even once | 9 |
| 25D | 39. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" role | 8 |
| 26D | 40. Musical set in Oz, with "The" | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Per person | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Thurman of "The Producers" | 3 |
| 29D | 46. Dollars and cents, e.g. | 7 |
| 30D | 48. Anthem contraction | 3 |
| 31D | 49. All-seeing being | 6 |
| 32D | 50. Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Central | 5 |
| 34D | 54. "You've got a friend in me" | 5 |
| 35D | 55. As of yet | 5 |
| 36D | 56. Go 10+ miles in a triathlon, say | 4 |
| 37D | 57. "The faintest" thing | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Take to the seas | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Termini | 4 |
| 40D | 63. Praiseful poem | 3 |
| 41D | 65. Local produce org. | 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. Spot for some sacraments"
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 table in christian churches where communion is given
- Words that mean the same thing: Lord's table, communion table
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Neutral tone"
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 greyish brown
- Words that mean the same thing: fuscous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAUPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Group of eight"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Words that mean the same thing: octonary, eighter from Decatur, 8
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCTAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Standards for measuring"
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 the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
- Words that mean the same thing: metric unit, metric function, prosody
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: METRICS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Like the name Bell for the inventor of the telephone"
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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Words that mean the same thing: tending, given, minded
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "It's a date!""
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 brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Words that mean the same thing: have, allow, get
- The opposite would be: forbid, prevent
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Overabundance"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- Words that mean the same thing: gorge, gormandize, binge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Email action with a paper clip icon"
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 cause to be attached
- Words that mean the same thing: impound, bind, bond
- The opposite would be: detach
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTACH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Tried to find a reason"
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: ASKEDWHY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Coastal inlet"
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: RIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Advantage, so to speak"
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: UPPERHAND
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Boxing match"
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 (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- Words that mean the same thing: binge, tear, turn
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOUT
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Uninvited picnic guests"
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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire, ant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Four-letter member of the Four Corners"
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 state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
- Words that mean the same thing: Mormon State, UT, Beehive State
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. ___ Speedwagon"
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: REO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Brain section"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LOBE
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Part of 10-J-Q-K-A"
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: sweep through, super, breeze through
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ACE
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Stack of bills"
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 small mass of soft material
- Words that mean the same thing: mickle, pack, great deal
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WAD
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Bracelet dangler"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- Words that mean the same thing: beguile, influence, enamour
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CHARM
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Clue 20 Down: "31. "The Art of Love" poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
- Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OVID
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Productions of Spider-Man"
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 intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- Words that mean the same thing: net, network, entanglement
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WEBS
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Clue 22 Down: "33. French word in many bistro names"
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: CHEZ
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Lead-in to syllabic or chromatic"
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 acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- Words that mean the same thing: mononucleosis, kissing disease, glandular fever
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MONO
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Not even once"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: ATNOPOINT
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Tina Fey's "30 Rock" role"
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: LIZLEMON
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Musical set in Oz, with "The""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- Words that mean the same thing: genius, superstar, mavin
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WIZ
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Per person"
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: APOP
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Thurman of "The Producers""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Uma
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: UMA
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Dollars and cents, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a quantity of money
- Words that mean the same thing: amount, sum of money, amount of money
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: AMOUNTS
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Anthem contraction"
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: OER
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Clue 31 Down: "49. All-seeing being"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an authoritative person who divines the future
- Words that mean the same thing: prophesier, seer, vaticinator
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ORACLE
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcinus orca, killer whale, grampus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ORCA
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Central"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that having or localized centrally at a focus
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: FOCAL
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Clue 34 Down: "54. "You've got a friend in me""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ICARE
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Clue 35 Down: "55. As of yet"
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: TONOW
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Go 10+ miles in a triathlon, say"
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 motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
- Words that mean the same thing: wheel, pedal, motorcycle
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BIKE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. "The faintest" thing"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: thought, musical theme, theme
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDEA
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Take to the seas"
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 large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- Words that mean the same thing: navigate, sheet, cruise
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAIL
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Termini"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: end, last, terminate
- The opposite would be: begin, beginning
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The answer is: ENDS
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Clue 40 Down: "63. Praiseful poem"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about literature.
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- This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ODE
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Clue 41 Down: "65. Local produce org."
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: CSA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 71.8% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 16.7% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, 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: September 07, 2025 at 08:23 AM
