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Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 81 (39 Across, 42 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
February 19, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Drop a line? | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc. | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Third-place finisher in 1992 | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Language group of southern Africa | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Neighbor of Cambodia | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Jelly option | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Reduces to bits | 5 |
| 8A | 18. One competing with Uber | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium | 9 |
| 10A | 22. People in go-karts | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Mast | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Picture from a parlor, informally | 3 |
| 13A | 25. When repeated, a hip-hop dance | 3 |
| 14A | 26. Add (up) | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Volunteer for another tour | 4 |
| 16A | 31. Not yet out of the running | 4 |
| 17A | 33. Physics 101 subject | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Tchotchkes | 11 |
| 19A | 40. Fountain choices | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Verbal tussle | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Response to a computer crash | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Incompetent figure of old slapstick | 11 |
| 23A | 47. ___ pony | 4 |
| 24A | 48. Tennis champ Mandlikova | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Just gets (by) | 4 |
| 26A | 51. Pony ___ | 3 |
| 27A | 52. T.S.A. requests | 3 |
| 28A | 55. Grammy category | 3 |
| 29A | 56. Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes | 4 |
| 30A | 58. Himalayan language | 6 |
| 31A | 60. Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically | 9 |
| 32A | 65. Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically | 10 |
| 33A | 67. Lollipop-sucking TV detective | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Wyatt and Warren of the Old West | 5 |
| 35A | 69. Suffix with senior | 4 |
| 36A | 70. Muse of love poetry | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Something done up in an updo | 5 |
| 38A | 72. Popular game that needs no equipment | 4 |
| 39A | 73. Few and far between | 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. Drop a line?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- Words that mean the same thing: Pisces, angle, Pisces the Fishes
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc."
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: ETRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Third-place finisher in 1992"
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: PEROT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Language group of southern Africa"
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 member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of central and south africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Bantoid language
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BANTU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Neighbor of Cambodia"
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 mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Words that mean the same thing: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian, Lao
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Jelly option"
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 various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
- Words that mean the same thing: grapeshot, grapevine, grape vine
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Reduces to bits"
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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- Words that mean the same thing: Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, rice
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. One competing with Uber"
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: LYFTDRIVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium"
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: BLUESTEEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. People in go-karts"
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 someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
- Words that mean the same thing: race driver, race car, racer
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RACERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Mast"
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 any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- Words that mean the same thing: sparring
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Picture from a parlor, informally"
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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: Thematic Apperception Test, sleaze, cheapness
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. When repeated, a hip-hop dance"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. Add (up)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small amount (especially of a drink)
- Words that mean the same thing: sum, add together, add up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Volunteer for another tour"
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: REUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Not yet out of the running"
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: INIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Physics 101 subject"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
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: speck, particle, 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 18 Across: "35. Tchotchkes"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small inexpensive mass-produced article
- Words that mean the same thing: knickknackery, novelty, knickknack
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNICKKNACKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Fountain choices"
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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Words that mean the same thing: soda ash, pop, tonic
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SODAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Verbal tussle"
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 quarrel about petty points
- Words that mean the same thing: patter, clap, pettifoggery
- The opposite would be: boo
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Response to a computer crash"
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 an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: moan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GROAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Incompetent figure of old slapstick"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: KEYSTONEKOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. ___ pony"
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 venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)
- Words that mean the same thing: Marco Polo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Tennis champ Mandlikova"
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: HANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. 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 26 Across: "51. Pony ___"
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 quantity contained in a keg
- Words that mean the same thing: kegful
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. T.S.A. requests"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: ID, id, Idaho
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Grammy category"
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 reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: hip-hop, blame, pink
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "56. Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes"
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: REFI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Himalayan language"
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 native or inhabitant of nepal
- Words that mean the same thing: Nepalese
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEPALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "60. Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWIPELEFT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SWIPERIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Lollipop-sucking TV detective"
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: KOJAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Wyatt and Warren of the Old West"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: EARPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Suffix with senior"
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: ITIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Muse of love poetry"
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 (greek mythology) the muse of lyric and love poetry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERATO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. Something done up in an updo"
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 hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- Words that mean the same thing: twist, braid, plait
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "72. Popular game that needs no equipment"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ISPY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "73. Few and far between"
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 not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Words that mean the same thing: rarified, rarefied, uncommon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RARE
Great job if you got it right!
February 19, 2020 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Not get above 60, say | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Behind bars | 9 |
| 3D | 3. Like a double black diamond trail | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Hungarian horseman | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Actor Diggs | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Not just "ha ha" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Winter zone in D.C. | 3 |
| 9D | 9. What a curse might lead to | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Former attorney general Holder | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Baltimore N.F.L.'er | 5 |
| 12D | 12. "Don Giovanni," e.g. | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Lacking in detail | 5 |
| 14D | 14. "Just a sec!," in a text | 3 |
| 15D | 19. Chugged or sipped | 5 |
| 16D | 21. Go the distance? | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Popular video-sharing service | 6 |
| 18D | 26. Project manager's assignment | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Open, as a purse | 6 |
| 21D | 30. Part of a church organ | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Camper's cover | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Pulp | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Wedding reception staple | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in | 9 |
| 26D | 38. Member of the cabbage family | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Kiss amorously | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Like an overcast night | 8 |
| 29D | 45. Studio sign | 5 |
| 30D | 46. ___ walk | 4 |
| 31D | 50. Harry Potter's Quidditch position | 6 |
| 32D | 52. Alaska or Hawaii, often | 5 |
| 33D | 53. ___ flask (thermos) | 5 |
| 34D | 54. Steeple topper | 5 |
| 35D | 57. Herbivore's diet | 5 |
| 36D | 59. 24-Down and others | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Capt.'s inferiors | 4 |
| 38D | 61. Legislature V.I.P. | 4 |
| 39D | 62. Tiny, informally | 4 |
| 40D | 63. It's unavoidable | 4 |
| 41D | 64. Ring result, for short | 3 |
| 42D | 66. :15 number | 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. Not get above 60, say"
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 fail to do something; leave something undone
- Words that mean the same thing: go wrong, neglect, flush it
- The opposite would be: succeed, pass
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Behind bars"
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: INCUSTODY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Like a double black diamond trail"
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 steep place (as on a hill)
- Words that mean the same thing: soak up, usurious, exorbitant
- The opposite would be: gradual
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Hungarian horseman"
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 member of a european light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUSSAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions"
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: ELLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Actor Diggs"
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: TAYE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Not just "ha ha""
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: ROFL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Winter zone in D.C."
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 standard time in the 5th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. What a curse might lead to"
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: PGRATING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Former attorney general Holder"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ERIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Baltimore N.F.L.'er"
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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- Words that mean the same thing: pig, prey, predate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. "Don Giovanni," e.g."
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 drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Words that mean the same thing: opera house
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Lacking in detail"
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 brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- Words that mean the same thing: crisp, laconic, curt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. "Just a sec!," in a text"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRB
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Clue 15 Down: "19. Chugged or sipped"
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 take in liquids
- Words that mean the same thing: imbibe, toast, pledge
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DRANK
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Clue 16 Down: "21. Go the distance?"
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 journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TREK
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Popular video-sharing service"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TIKTOK
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Project manager's assignment"
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 any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- Words that mean the same thing: tax, labor, job
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TASK
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe"
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 member of the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Words that mean the same thing: Oto
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OTOE
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Open, as a purse"
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: UNSNAP
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Part of a church organ"
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 tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
- Words that mean the same thing: tube, tobacco pipe, organ pipe
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PIPE
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Camper's cover"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that waterproofed canvas
- Words that mean the same thing: tarpaulin
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TARP
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Pulp"
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 mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
- Words that mean the same thing: bray, crunch, philander
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MASH
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Wedding reception staple"
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 block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- Words that mean the same thing: bar, patty, coat
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CAKE
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in"
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: COOKIEJAR
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Member of the cabbage family"
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 informal terms for money
- Words that mean the same thing: shekels, cabbage, clams
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KALE
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Kiss amorously"
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 touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: kiss, buss, osculate
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SNOG
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Like an overcast night"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
- The opposite would be: starry
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: STARLESS
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Studio sign"
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: ONAIR
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Clue 30 Down: "46. ___ walk"
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: PERP
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Harry Potter's Quidditch position"
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 someone making a search or inquiry
- Words that mean the same thing: quester, searcher
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SEEKER
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Alaska or Hawaii, often"
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 small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- Words that mean the same thing: gusset, insert
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: INSET
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Clue 33 Down: "53. ___ flask (thermos)"
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 vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
- Words that mean the same thing: Dewar flask, Sir James Dewar
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DEWAR
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Steeple topper"
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 tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Words that mean the same thing: steeple
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPIRE
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Clue 35 Down: "57. Herbivore's diet"
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 all the plant life in a particular region or period
- Words that mean the same thing: botany, vegetation, plant
- The opposite would be: fauna
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The answer is: FLORA
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Clue 36 Down: "59. 24-Down and others"
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: APPS
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Clue 37 Down: "60. Capt.'s inferiors"
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: SGTS
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Clue 38 Down: "61. Legislature V.I.P."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- Words that mean the same thing: worst, rack up, pip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHIP
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Clue 39 Down: "62. Tiny, informally"
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: ITSY
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Clue 40 Down: "63. It's unavoidable"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- Words that mean the same thing: designate, fortune, destiny
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FATE
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Clue 41 Down: "64. Ring result, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Words that mean the same thing: technical knockout
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TKO
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Clue 42 Down: "66. :15 number"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: triplet, troika, trinity
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: III
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 65 | 80.2% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 11.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.5% |
| History | 2 | 2.5% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.2% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.2% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.2% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 42 |
| Total Clues | 81 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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!
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Last Updated: September 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
