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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, August 05, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
August 05, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Expert with a temper? | 10 |
| 2A | 11. Con | 4 |
| 3A | 15. Adoration of the Kardashians, e.g. | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Finale | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Product of busybodies | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Pallid | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Flying formations | 4 |
| 8A | 20. Barnyard sound | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Oscar nominee for 1997's "Affliction" | 5 |
| 10A | 23. Confuse | 5 |
| 11A | 25. Challenge before entering a haunted house | 9 |
| 12A | 28. Edgar winner Levin | 3 |
| 13A | 30. Grooves | 4 |
| 14A | 31. Rule, informally | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Relating to areas | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Putting out | 8 |
| 17A | 36. "Help!" or "SOS" | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Defensive motions | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Play group | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Quite stylish | 8 |
| 21A | 42. ___-size (big) | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Early dial-up service provider | 3 |
| 23A | 45. Part of an eclipse | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" | 3 |
| 25A | 47. One aboard the Tiangong space station | 9 |
| 26A | 50. One of the Allman Brothers | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Professor in the Potterverse | 5 |
| 28A | 55. Senators' org. | 3 |
| 29A | 57. Caffeine, for one | 4 |
| 30A | 58. Flight unit | 4 |
| 31A | 59. Eatery with a 1950s vibe, say | 10 |
| 32A | 62. Maryland athlete, familiarly | 4 |
| 33A | 63. Belittling | 10 |
| 34A | 64. Major bear? | 4 |
| 35A | 65. Luxury vantage point | 10 |
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. Expert with a temper?"
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: SWORDSMITH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "11. Con"
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 fraudulent business scheme
- Words that mean the same thing: nobble, con, victimize
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Adoration of the Kardashians, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the worship of saints
- Words that mean the same thing: hierolatry
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAGIOLATRY
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Finale"
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 the closing section of a musical composition
- Words that mean the same thing: finale
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CODA
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Product of busybodies"
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: IDLEGOSSIP
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Pallid"
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 of a light grey
- Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASHY
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Clue 7 Across: "19. Flying formations"
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: VEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Barnyard sound"
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 cry made by sheep
- Words that mean the same thing: blate, bleat, blat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Oscar nominee for 1997's "Affliction""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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: NOLTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Confuse"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that mix up or confuse
- Words that mean the same thing: puddle, muddle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADDLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Challenge before entering a haunted house"
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: IFYOUDARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "28. Edgar winner Levin"
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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: anger, wrath, Provisional IRA
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Grooves"
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 groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- Words that mean the same thing: oestrus, heat, furrow
- The opposite would be: anestrus
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Rule, informally"
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: REG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. Relating to areas"
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 relating to or of the nature of a zone
- Words that mean the same thing: zonary
- The opposite would be: azonal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZONAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Putting out"
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 expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: give off, utter, emit
- The opposite would be: absorb
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMITTING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. "Help!" or "SOS""
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 short musical composition with words
- Words that mean the same thing: Sung, strain, Sung dynasty
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Defensive motions"
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 humble request for help from someone in authority
- Words that mean the same thing: supplication, plea
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Play group"
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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Words that mean the same thing: turn, playact, human activity
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Quite stylish"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRESCHIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. ___-size (big)"
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 second largest state; located in southwestern united states on the gulf of mexico
- Words that mean the same thing: TX, Lone-Star State
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEXAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Early dial-up service provider"
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: AOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Part of an eclipse"
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 indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- Words that mean the same thing: doughnut, aura, ring
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HALO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. One aboard the Tiangong space station"
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: TAIKONAUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. One of the Allman Brothers"
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: DUANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. Professor in the Potterverse"
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: SNAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Senators' org."
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: NHL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Caffeine, for one"
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 substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
- Words that mean the same thing: dose, do drugs
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRUG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Flight unit"
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 maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- Words that mean the same thing: stone's throw, footstep, footprint
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. Eatery with a 1950s vibe, say"
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: RETRODINER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. Maryland athlete, familiarly"
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: TERP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Belittling"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that expressive of low opinion
- Words that mean the same thing: derogatory, disparaging
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEROGATIVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Major bear?"
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: URSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Luxury vantage point"
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: SKYBOXSEAT
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - August 05, 2023 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Jewish mourning period | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Didn't go all in, say | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Eyed rudely | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Some Rhine wines | 9 |
| 5D | 5. Follow relentlessly | 3 |
| 6D | 6. One slow on the pick-up? | 4 |
| 7D | 7. ___ giraffe, tallest land mammal on earth | 5 |
| 8D | 8. "You can't tell me what to do!" | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Swimming/biking/running event, informally | 3 |
| 10D | 10. They make compelling suggestions | 10 |
| 11D | 11. Burn, in a way | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Nation smaller than West Virginia with six active volcanoes | 9 |
| 13D | 13. True believers | 9 |
| 14D | 14. Might | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Send packing | 4 |
| 16D | 24. M.L.B.'s so-called "dead-ball ___" | 3 |
| 17D | 26. City near the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers | 4 |
| 18D | 27. They're there in the clutch | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Group members who are the most tech-savvy | 10 |
| 20D | 32. Iranian sage who inspired Nietzsche | 9 |
| 21D | 33. "Yo mama" jokes, often | 9 |
| 22D | 35. Big screens? | 9 |
| 23D | 36. "Right away!" | 4 |
| 24D | 38. ___ Kedrova, Oscar-winning actress for "Zorba the Greek" | 4 |
| 25D | 41. Recipe directive | 4 |
| 26D | 43. "___ Mubarak" (holiday greeting in Islam) | 3 |
| 27D | 48. Letter after I | 5 |
| 28D | 49. Pulse | 5 |
| 29D | 51. Golfer Palmer, to fans | 5 |
| 30D | 52. ___ York | 5 |
| 31D | 53. Everglades predator | 5 |
| 32D | 56. Peacock or eye, in broadcasting | 4 |
| 33D | 58. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character) | 3 |
| 34D | 60. "Oh no!" | 3 |
| 35D | 61. Actor Shepard of "Zathura: A Space Adventure" | 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. Jewish mourning period"
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 (judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative
- Words that mean the same thing: shivah, shibah, Siva
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHIVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Didn't go all in, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that walk (through relatively shallow water)
- Words that mean the same thing: wad, cram, chock up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WADED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Eyed rudely"
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 look at with amorous intentions
- Words that mean the same thing: ogle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OGLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Some Rhine wines"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that white grape grown in europe and california
- Words that mean the same thing: Riesling
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIESLINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Follow relentlessly"
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, cad, weenie
- 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 6 Down: "6. One slow on the pick-up?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a coarse obnoxious person
- Words that mean the same thing: slovenly person, sloven, pig
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLOB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. ___ giraffe, tallest land mammal on earth"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a nilotic language
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MASAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "You can't tell me what to do!""
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: ITSAFREECOUNTRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Swimming/biking/running event, informally"
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: TRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. They make compelling suggestions"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who induces hypnosis
- Words that mean the same thing: hypnotist, mesmerist, hypnotizer
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HYPNOTISTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Burn, in a way"
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 burn cause by hot liquid or steam
- Words that mean the same thing: whip, blister
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCALD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Nation smaller than West Virginia with six active volcanoes"
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: COSTARICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. True believers"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- Words that mean the same thing: adherent, disciple
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADHERENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Might"
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 month following april and preceding june
- Words that mean the same thing: English hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Send packing"
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 remove from a position or office
- Words that mean the same thing: kick out, drum out, expel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. M.L.B.'s so-called "dead-ball ___""
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: geological era, earned run average, epoch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. City near the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of the north american indian people of arizona and adjacent mexico and california
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YUMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. They're there in the clutch"
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 oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- Words that mean the same thing: egg, ballock, orchis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Group members who are the most tech-savvy"
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: ALPHANERDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "32. Iranian sage who inspired Nietzsche"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that persian prophet who founded zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 bc)
- Words that mean the same thing: Zarathustra
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: ZOROASTER
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Clue 21 Down: "33. "Yo mama" jokes, often"
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: ONELINERS
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Big screens?"
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: TAXAUDITS
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Clue 23 Down: "36. "Right away!""
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: STAT
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Clue 24 Down: "38. ___ Kedrova, Oscar-winning actress for "Zorba the Greek""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LILA
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Clue 25 Down: "41. Recipe directive"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- Words that mean the same thing: chopper, hack, chop up
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CHOP
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Clue 26 Down: "43. "___ Mubarak" (holiday greeting in Islam)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EID
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Clue 27 Down: "48. Letter after I"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the 10th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KAPPA
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Clue 28 Down: "49. Pulse"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a deep pulsating type of pain
- Words that mean the same thing: throbbing, shudder, pulsate
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: THROB
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Clue 29 Down: "51. Golfer Palmer, to fans"
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: ARNIE
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Clue 30 Down: "52. ___ York"
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: NUEVA
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Clue 31 Down: "53. Everglades predator"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: EGRET
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Clue 32 Down: "56. Peacock or eye, in broadcasting"
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 company emblem or device
- Words that mean the same thing: logotype
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LOGO
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Clue 33 Down: "58. Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: STU
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Clue 34 Down: "60. "Oh no!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EEK
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Clue 35 Down: "61. Actor Shepard of "Zathura: A Space Adventure""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DAX
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 74.3% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 17.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: August 31, 2025 at 04:23 PM
