NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: April 19, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the April 19 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (38)
Clue #1: 1. Support in construction
Clue #2: 5. Nickname that omits "-orah"
Clue #3: 8. Move quickly with the wind, as clouds
Clue #4: 12. Dominion
Clue #5: 13. On what to write one's final words?
Clue #6: 16. Lead-in to a date
Clue #7: 17. Post-meeting to-do
Clue #8: 19. 20th-century activist ___ Milholland, dubbed a "Joan of Arc-like symbol of the suffrage movement"
Clue #9: 21. "How exciting!"
Clue #10: 22. Actress Mendes of "Ghost Rider"
Clue #11: 23. Firmly establishes, in one spelling
Clue #12: 25. Like some entries and smiles
Antonyms: push, pull
Clue #13: 27. Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the"
Antonyms: diverge
Clue #14: 28. Common map feature
Clue #15: 30. French for "our"
Clue #16: 31. Washed up, perhaps
Clue #17: 33. Sound from a dental click
Clue #18: 35. Need for an international student, often
Clue #19: 36. Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structures
Clue #20: 38. Mourns
Clue #21: 40. Lightly cut?
Clue #22: 41. Waterproofing substance
Clue #23: 43. Walking stick, e.g.
Clue #24: 44. Trail of evidence
Antonyms: deodorize, deodourise
Clue #25: 46. ___ and the Dominos, rock band behind "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues"
Clue #26: 48. Surprising outburst
Antonyms: applaud
Clue #27: 49. Celestial object producing a so-called "lighthouse effect" as it rotates
Clue #28: 51. Go off a cliff, maybe
Clue #29: 53. Someone with whom to share un peu de camaraderie
Clue #30: 54. B in chemistry class
Clue #31: 56. Duke residence
Clue #32: 57. Unwritten reminder
Clue #33: 60. Go back for more
Clue #34: 62. Life-threatening
Clue #35: 63. "Later"
Clue #36: 64. They're in a lather
Clue #37: 65. Complete mess
Clue #38: 66. Under legal threat, in a way
Across Clues and Answers (38)
Clue #1: 1. ___ Flatow, longtime host of public radio's "Science Friday"
Clue #2: 2. Know-how in negotiations, say
Clue #3: 3. "Similarly …"
Clue #4: 4. Pass (to)
Clue #5: 5. Federal agcy. established during Nixon's presidency
Clue #6: 6. Those whose time has come and gone?
Clue #7: 7. Bundle that might include soap and towels
Clue #8: 8. Send up
Clue #9: 9. Locale for an echo
Clue #10: 10. Global news inits.
Clue #11: 11. Base for cases
Clue #12: 14. Film franchise that boosted sales of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for short
Clue #13: 15. Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic
Clue #14: 18. Took five on the road
Clue #15: 20. Democratic Republic of the Congo, once
Clue #16: 23. Unwanted inbox filler
Clue #17: 24. Like helium
Clue #18: 26. Meanders
Clue #19: 29. Water tower?
Clue #20: 32. Itchy ears and itchy hands, to the superstitious
Clue #21: 34. Scoring plays in rugby
Clue #22: 37. Sorry
Antonyms: glad
Clue #23: 39. Tatted up
Clue #24: 42. Many nostalgia-baiting TV shows
Clue #25: 45. Sleeveless medieval garment
Clue #26: 47. Go off on
Clue #27: 50. Massages deeply
Clue #28: 52. Portmanteau pants
Clue #29: 55. Transfer ___
Clue #30: 58. Cross shape
Clue #31: 59. Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire
Clue #32: 61. Deceptively beef up
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints
Across Clues :
1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England, 5. Wail, 9. Zealous sects, 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe, 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun", 17. Pitches low and inside?, 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua, 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va., 20. Like Russia before 1917, 22. Midday assignation, 23. Org. that discourages traveling, 24. Gets, 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music, 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps, 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief, 30. What shells can be filled with, 31. Rotary successor, 32. Oldest city in France, 33. Bodyweight exercise, 36. Ready to drop, 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___", 38. Rat, 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues", 40. Unchanging, 42. There are layers to this, 44. Double duty?, 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain), 46. Part of a doping investigation, 49. Kites, e.g., 50. One who sees what you mean?, 51. Tad, 52. Site for artisans, 53. Like some narratives and rooms
Down Clues :
1. Some appliances, 2. "Imbecile!", 3. Don, 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten, 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington, 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said), 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short, 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The", 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names, 10. Handle online, 11. Things to wrangle with, 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid, 13. Sorts, 15. Plant of the mustard family, 21. It's nothing new, 22. Edward Snowden's former employer, 23. One being onboarded, 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase), 28. Gertrude, for one, 30. Key, 31. Drinkers' vessels, 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio", 33. Epitome of completeness, 34. Penalty taker's lament, 35. Chest bump?, 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host, 37. Go off on, 38. Bungles, 41. Cheek, 43. Big cut, 44. Concessions, 47. Wasted, 48. Whirl, so to speak
Break down the NYT Crosswords: October 05, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
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| Sat Oct 05, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints |
Across Clues with Answers:
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The clue is 1. Newcastle-under-___, Staffordshire, England. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LYME
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The clue is 5. Wail. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: BAWL
Possible Answer : bawl, yawp, bellow
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The clue is 9. Zealous sects. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CULTS
Possible Answer : cult, furore, cultus, fad, religious_cult, furor, rage, craze
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The clue is 14. "Reward" for altruism, maybe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: GOODKARMA
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The clue is 16. Beer whose name means "morning sun". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ASAHI
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The clue is 17. Pitches low and inside?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SUBWAYADS
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The clue is 18. Feature of Garamond or Perpetua. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SERIF
Possible Answer : serif, seriph
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The clue is 19. Forensic site in Quantico, Va.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: FBILAB
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The clue is 20. Like Russia before 1917. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: TSARIST
Possible Answer : tzarist, tsarist, czarist, czaristic, tsaristic
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The clue is 22. Midday assignation. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: NOONER
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The clue is 23. Org. that discourages traveling. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NBA
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The clue is 24. Gets. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: NABS
Possible Answer : nail, apprehend, nab, collar, arrest, pick_up, cop
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The clue is 25. Mercedes ___, icon of Argentine folk music. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOSA
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The clue is 26. Unforgettable night, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: DREAMDATE
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The clue is 29. Affliction for Morrie in "Tuesdays With Morrie," in brief. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ALS
Possible Answer : amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, Al, Heart_of_Dixie, atomic_number_13, Alabama, Lou_Gehrig's_disease, AL, Camellia_State, ALS, aluminium, aluminum
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The clue is 30. What shells can be filled with. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: CREWTEAMS
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The clue is 31. Rotary successor. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: TOUCHTONE
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The clue is 32. Oldest city in France. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: MARSEILLE
Possible Answer : Marseille, Marseilles, marseille
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The clue is 33. Bodyweight exercise. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DIP
Possible Answer : cutpurse, plunge, douse, duck, inclination, souse, magnetic_dip, free_fall, sink, angle_of_dip, dip, drop, dim, dunk, fall, pickpocket, magnetic_inclination
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The clue is 36. Ready to drop. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: BONETIRED
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The clue is 37. W.H. Auden's "The Fall of ___". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ROME
Possible Answer : Rome, Roma, capital_of_Italy, Italian_capital, Eternal_City
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The clue is 38. Rat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: FINK
Possible Answer : sneak, fink, snitcher, stool_pigeon, stoolie, rat, scab, confess, snitch, blackleg, squeal, canary, sneaker, stoolpigeon
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The clue is 39. Buddy Guy's "Damn Right, ___ Got the Blues". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: IVE
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The clue is 40. Unchanging. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: STATIC
Possible Answer : static, motionless, atmospheric_static, electrostatic, still, atmospherics, unchanging, stable, inactive
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The clue is 42. There are layers to this. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LASAGNA
Possible Answer : lasagna, lasagne
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The clue is 44. Double duty?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: STUNTS
Possible Answer : stunt
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The clue is 45. Plus ___ (national motto of Spain). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ULTRA
Possible Answer : radical, extremist, ultra
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The clue is 46. Part of a doping investigation. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: BLOODTEST
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The clue is 49. Kites, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BIRDS
Possible Answer : skirt, razzing, wench, doll, shuttlecock, shuttle, birdie, fowl, Bronx_cheer, hoot, bird, raspberry, snort, razz, dame, boo, chick, hiss, birdwatch
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The clue is 50. One who sees what you mean?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: LIPREADER
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The clue is 51. Tad. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SKOSH
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The clue is 52. Site for artisans. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ETSY
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The clue is 53. Like some narratives and rooms. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TIDY
Possible Answer : straighten, sizable, clean_up, straighten_out, healthy, tidy, goodly, tidy_up, goodish, respectable, sizeable, hefty, kempt, neaten, square_away
Possible Opposite Answer : untidy
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Some appliances. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LGS
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The clue is 2. "Imbecile!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: YOUFOOL
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The clue is 3. Don. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: MOBBOSS
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The clue is 4. Given name of the first Countess Mountbatten. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EDWINA
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The clue is 5. Political activist who organized 1963's March on Washington. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: BAYARDRUSTIN
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The clue is 6. ___ studies (field for Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ARAB
Possible Answer: Arab, Arabian
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The clue is 7. Erroneous justification for a 2003 invasion, for short. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: WMD
Possible Answer: weapon_of_mass_destruction, WMD, W.M.D.
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The clue is 8. Seventh and final "Chronicles of Narnia" book, with "The". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: LASTBATTLE
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The clue is 9. First word in some Spanish restaurant names. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CASA
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The clue is 10. Handle online. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: USERNAME
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The clue is 11. Things to wrangle with. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: LARIATS
Possible Answer: reata, riata, lasso, lariat
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The clue is 12. Lover of Pyramus, in Ovid. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: THISBE
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The clue is 13. Sorts. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SIFTS
Possible Answer: strain, sift, sieve
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The clue is 15. Plant of the mustard family. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: KALE
Possible Answer: kail, colewort, gelt, lettuce, lucre, clams, cole, dinero, pelf, bread, lolly, shekels, Brassica_oleracea_acephala, kale, dough, cabbage, borecole, sugar, scratch, boodle, moolah, wampum, loot, simoleons
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The clue is 21. It's nothing new. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (12 letters)
The answer: SAMEOLDSTORY
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The clue is 22. Edward Snowden's former employer. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: NSA
Possible Answer: National_Security_Agency, NSA
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The clue is 23. One being onboarded. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: NEWHIRE
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The clue is 27. Accounts ___ (ledger phrase). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: RECEIVABLE
Possible Answer: receivable
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The clue is 28. Gertrude, for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DANE
Possible Answer: Dane
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The clue is 30. Key. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: CORE
Possible Answer: meat, center, centre, Congress_of_Racial_Equality, substance, burden, marrow, magnetic_core, effect, CORE, core, nitty-gritty, pith, nucleus, nub, sum, gist, core_group, heart_and_soul, inwardness, heart, kernel, essence
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The clue is 31. Drinkers' vessels. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: TANKARDS
Possible Answer: tankard
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The clue is 32. Name of the whale in "Pinocchio". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: MONSTRO
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The clue is 33. Epitome of completeness. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: DOTTEDI
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The clue is 34. Penalty taker's lament. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: IMISSED
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The clue is 35. Chest bump?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: PEC
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The clue is 36. Post-Trebek "Jeopardy!" host. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BIALIK
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The clue is 37. Go off on. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: RANTAT
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The clue is 38. Bungles. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FLUBS
Possible Answer: mess_up, foul-up, mishandle, louse_up, bollix_up, boner, bodge, fuck_up, blow, bollocks_up, flub, botch_up, bloomer, screw_up, fluff, botch, pratfall, fumble, ball_up, muff, bumble, bollocks, fuckup, bollix, foul_up, blooper, bobble, spoil, bungle, boo-boo, muck_up, blunder
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The clue is 41. Cheek. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TUDE
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The clue is 43. Big cut. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: GASH
Possible Answer: gash, cut, slash, slice
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The clue is 44. Concessions. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SOPS
Possible Answer: SOP, standard_procedure, sop, soak_through, douse, souse, soak, sops, dowse, standard_operating_procedure, drench, standing_operating_procedure
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The clue is 47. Wasted. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: LIT
Possible Answer: get_down, illuminate, fire_up, alight, light, dismount, well-lighted, illume, illumine, fall, light_up, illuminated, lit, unhorse, get_off, lighted, literature, ignite, perch
Possible Opposite Answer : extinguish, unlighted
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The clue is 48. Whirl, so to speak. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TRY
Possible Answer: prove, seek, assay, endeavour, judge, try, hear, essay, test, taste, endeavor, attempt, render, strain, stress, try_on, effort, examine, sample, adjudicate, try_out
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October 22, 2019 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (39 clues)
- Down Clues (39 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
- Related Crossword Solutions
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (39 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword October 22, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
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| 1A | 1. Shape of a U.F.O. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Unit in Ohm's law | 6 |
| 3A | 11. Consumer protection org. | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Seis + dos | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Howl of happiness | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Nighttime flier | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Comedian who'd make a good pyrotechnician? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. The Dolphins or the Heat, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 9A | 20. "___ or sugar?" | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Youngster | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Lady birds | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Completely smash | 5 |
| 13A | 24. Supermodel who'd make a good broker? | 9 |
| 14A | 26. ___ Baba | 3 |
| 15A | 27. It abuts the Fla. panhandle | 3 |
| 16A | 29. Shock | 7 |
| 17A | 30. Carded, informally | 4 |
| 18A | 32. University URL ender | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Boxes of 12 | 5 |
| 20A | 35. Activist who'd make a good valet? | 9 |
| 21A | 39. Famous Greek moralizer | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Bit of immorality | 3 |
| 23A | 43. Word after "he" and "she" | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Milwaukee team | 7 |
| 25A | 50. Yoga surface | 3 |
| 26A | 52. "Who am ___ judge?" | 3 |
| 27A | 53. Rapper who'd make a good barber? | 9 |
| 28A | 55. Not kind | 5 |
| 29A | 57. Things counted on a diet: Abbr. | 4 |
| 30A | 58. Condiment at a cantina | 3 |
| 31A | 59. Cheese-covered bite | 5 |
| 32A | 60. Thomas Gray wrote one on Eton College | 3 |
| 33A | 61. Actor who'd make a good dry cleaner? | 11 |
| 34A | 64. -: Abbr. | 3 |
| 35A | 65. Reach | 6 |
| 36A | 66. Muppet with a smartphone friend named Smartie | 4 |
| 37A | 67. E.R. staffers | 3 |
| 38A | 68. Pretty much | 6 |
| 39A | 69. Farmer's purchase | 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. Shape of a U.F.O."
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 something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- Words that mean the same thing: phonograph recording, saucer, platter
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: DISK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Unit in Ohm's law"
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 former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the si ampere)
- Words that mean the same thing: international ampere, A, amp
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AMPERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Consumer protection org."
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 an independent agency of the united states federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
- Words that mean the same thing: Federal Trade Commission
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: FTC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Seis + dos"
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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OCHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Howl of happiness"
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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: HOORAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Nighttime flier"
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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: OWL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Comedian who'd make a good pyrotechnician?"
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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: GEORGEBURNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. The Dolphins or the Heat, on scoreboards"
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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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: MIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. "___ or sugar?""
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 the best people or things in a group
- Words that mean the same thing: bat, clobber, lick
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CREAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Youngster"
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: toddler, bambino, 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
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Lady birds"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: biddy, hen
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HENS
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Clue 12 Across: "23. Completely smash"
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 whole amount
- Words that mean the same thing: number, amount, entire
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOTAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. Supermodel who'd make a good broker?"
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: TYRABANKS
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Clue 14 Across: "26. ___ Baba"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Clay
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. It abuts the Fla. panhandle"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
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Clue 16 Across: "29. Shock"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sudden involuntary movement
- Words that mean the same thing: start, galvanise, jump
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STARTLE
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Clue 17 Across: "30. Carded, informally"
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: IDED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. University URL ender"
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: EDU
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Clue 19 Across: "34. Boxes of 12"
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 occurrence of something
- Words that mean the same thing: typeface, casing, example
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CASES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Activist who'd make a good valet?"
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: ROSAPARKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Famous Greek moralizer"
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 author of fables (circa 620-560 bc)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AESOP
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Clue 22 Across: "42. Bit of immorality"
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 estrangement from god
- Words that mean the same thing: boob, drop the ball, sine
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Word after "he" and "she""
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 express in words
- Words that mean the same thing: order, enunciate, allege
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Milwaukee team"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- Words that mean the same thing: beer maker, brewer
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BREWERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Yoga surface"
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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Words that mean the same thing: mat up, flat, lusterlessness
- The opposite would be: unsnarl, disentangle
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. "Who am ___ judge?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: ITO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "53. Rapper who'd make a good barber?"
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: SEANCOMBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Not kind"
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 unpleasantly stern
- Words that mean the same thing: rough, coarse, abrasive
- The opposite would be: fine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Things counted on a diet: Abbr."
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: CALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Condiment at a cantina"
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: SAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. Cheese-covered bite"
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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Thomas Gray wrote one on Eton College"
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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Actor who'd make a good dry cleaner?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: JEREMYIRONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. -: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: NEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Reach"
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 to gain with effort
- Words that mean the same thing: achieve, discover, hit
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Muppet with a smartphone friend named Smartie"
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: ELMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. E.R. staffers"
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: DRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "68. Pretty much"
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 in large part; mainly or chiefly
- Words that mean the same thing: for the most part, by and large, generally
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOSTLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "69. Farmer's purchase"
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 small hard fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: source, cum, seeded player
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEED
Great job if you got it right!
October 22, 2019 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Frankfurter, informally | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Frigid | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Nickname for someone under five feet | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Asian peninsula | 5 |
| 5D | 5. "If I may say a few words ..." | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Swarm | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Sullen | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Headaches for coders | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Go off on | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Responses to mumbles | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Instigates | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Word repeated before "little star," in a nursery rhyme | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Parts of teaching schedules | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Fancy bash | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Pester | 6 |
| 16D | 23. ___ chi ch'uan | 3 |
| 17D | 24. "I'm do-o-one!" | 4 |
| 18D | 25. In town again | 4 |
| 19D | 28. ___ Baux-de-Provence (French commune) | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Audibly overwhelms, with "out" | 6 |
| 21D | 33. Co. with brown trucks | 3 |
| 22D | 36. Grp. headquartered in Austria, which isn't a member | 4 |
| 23D | 37. Goals | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Essential molecule | 3 |
| 25D | 39. Run away (with) | 7 |
| 26D | 40. Device on which to get texts | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Steadiness on a ship | 7 |
| 28D | 44. Opening in a pet carrier | 7 |
| 29D | 45. "Put away your wallet!" | 7 |
| 30D | 46. Homer's cry | 3 |
| 31D | 48. Met, as a challenge | 6 |
| 32D | 49. Savvy | 6 |
| 33D | 51. Bangkok native | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Pasture noise | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Units of chains x furlongs | 5 |
| 36D | 59. Letters in a Big Apple address | 4 |
| 37D | 61. Awkward predicament | 3 |
| 38D | 62. 1,000 G's | 3 |
| 39D | 63. Covering for a bald spot | 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. Frankfurter, informally"
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 member of the genus canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- Words that mean the same thing: Canis familiaris, blackguard, heel
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Frigid"
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: ICECOLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Nickname for someone under five feet"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHORTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Asian peninsula"
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 asian peninsula (off manchuria) separating the yellow sea and the sea of japan; the korean name is dae-han-min-gook or han-gook
- Words that mean the same thing: Han-Gook, Korean Peninsula, Dae-Han-Min-Gook
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. "If I may say a few words ...""
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 utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: hem
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AHEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Swarm"
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 disorderly crowd of people
- Words that mean the same thing: throng, crime syndicate, rout
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOB
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Sullen"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: POUTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Headaches for coders"
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 wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Words that mean the same thing: erroneousness, misplay, wrongdoing
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRORS
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Go off on"
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: RANTAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Responses to mumbles"
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: EHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Instigates"
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 try to stir up public opinion
- Words that mean the same thing: foment, stir up, agitate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOMENTS
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Word repeated before "little star," in a nursery rhyme"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
- Words that mean the same thing: scintillate, blink, light
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWINKLE
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Parts of teaching schedules"
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 a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- Words that mean the same thing: course of study, category, separate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLASSES
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Fancy bash"
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 gay festivity
- Words that mean the same thing: gala affair, jamboree, blowout
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Pester"
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 continually or chronically
- Words that mean the same thing: chivy, chevvy, harry
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARASS
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Clue 16 Down: "23. ___ chi ch'uan"
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 native or inhabitant of thailand
- Words that mean the same thing: Siamese, Thai
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAI
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Clue 17 Down: "24. "I'm do-o-one!""
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: TADA
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Clue 18 Down: "25. In town again"
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 posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- Words that mean the same thing: stake, hind, punt
- The opposite would be: ahead, veer
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BACK
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Clue 19 Down: "28. ___ Baux-de-Provence (French commune)"
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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LES
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Audibly overwhelms, with "out""
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 cover completely or make imperceptible
- Words that mean the same thing: overwhelm, swim, drown
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DROWNS
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Co. with brown trucks"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "36. Grp. headquartered in Austria, which isn't a member"
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 an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Words that mean the same thing: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "37. Goals"
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: draw a bead on, calculate, 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
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Essential molecule"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "39. Run away (with)"
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 run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- Words that mean the same thing: bolt, run off, absquatulate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABSCOND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "40. Device on which to get texts"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EREADER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "41. Steadiness on a ship"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEALEGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "44. Opening in a pet carrier"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIRHOLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Down: "45. "Put away your wallet!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITSONME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Down: "46. Homer's cry"
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 syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- Words that mean the same thing: ut, do
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOH
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Met, as a challenge"
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: ROSETO
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Savvy"
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 kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- Words that mean the same thing: ache, smartness, hurt
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SMARTS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Bangkok native"
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 native or inhabitant of thailand
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Thai, Siamese, Tai
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: THAI
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Pasture noise"
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 sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
- Words that mean the same thing: blat, baa, blate
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BLEAT
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Units of chains x furlongs"
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 extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
- Words that mean the same thing: Akko, Accho, estate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACRES
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Clue 36 Down: "59. Letters in a Big Apple address"
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: NYNY
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Clue 37 Down: "61. Awkward predicament"
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 preserve of crushed fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: throng, obturate, jampack
- The opposite would be: free
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JAM
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Clue 38 Down: "62. 1,000 G's"
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 cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
- Words that mean the same thing: mile, milliliter, Swedish mile
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MIL
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Clue 39 Down: "63. Covering for a bald spot"
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 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Words that mean the same thing: sodomite, superoxide dismutase, bugger
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOD
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 49 | 62.8% |
| Short Answer | 22 | 28.2% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| 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 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!
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Last Updated: September 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM