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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, November 03, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
November 03, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Bill for expensive clothing? | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Go back and forth, say | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Farm youth | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Show that featured the first lesbian kiss on prime-time TV (1991) | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Get in position? | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Once again | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, for two | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Reincarnated one, maybe | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Early home décor | 7 |
| 10A | 21. Shade similar to coral | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Plugging away | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Like the light at sundown | 7 |
| 13A | 25. Plot lines for many early Marvel films | 13 |
| 14A | 29. More than a scuffle | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Made a good point? | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Pepper introduced in the 1960s: Abbr. | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Producers of green eggs (but not ham) | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Sacher ___ (chocolate/apricot confection) | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Who talks on the phone a lot | 4 |
| 20A | 37. Where Scrabble was invented: Abbr. | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Weight of valuables | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Didn't take a card | 5 |
| 23A | 40. Tip line? | 13 |
| 24A | 43. Chairs usually have them | 7 |
| 25A | 45. Tower of London feature | 4 |
| 26A | 46. Eludes | 6 |
| 27A | 47. Didn't hide one's opinion | 7 |
| 28A | 50. Ingredient in some lip balms | 4 |
| 29A | 51. General recommendation? | 10 |
| 30A | 54. Land vandalized by the Vandals | 4 |
| 31A | 55. Subject of a first-person narrative | 4 |
| 32A | 56. In after being out | 5 |
| 33A | 57. Residents of the Forest of Fangorn | 4 |
| 34A | 58. After-beach wear | 4 |
| 35A | 59. No-good conniver | 5 |
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. Bill for expensive clothing?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: BLASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Go back and forth, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that controlling influence
- Words that mean the same thing: shake, careen, carry
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Farm youth"
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 young male horse under the age of four
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Show that featured the first lesbian kiss on prime-time TV (1991)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: LALAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Get in position?"
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 newly hired employee
- Words that mean the same thing: lease, charter, engage
- The opposite would be: fire
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Once 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 again but in a new or different way
- Words that mean the same thing: afresh
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, for two"
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: TITLEROLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Reincarnated one, maybe"
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 tibetan or mongolian priest of lamaism
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Lama
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Early home décor"
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: CAVEART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Shade similar to coral"
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 any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
- Words that mean the same thing: pink-orange, pinkish-orange, Salmon River
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALMON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Plugging away"
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: ATIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Like the light at sundown"
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 switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Words that mean the same thing: slur, blur, dim
- The opposite would be: focus
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIMMING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Plot lines for many early Marvel films"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: ORIGINSTORIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. More than a scuffle"
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 noisy riotous fight
- Words that mean the same thing: scrimmage, battle royal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MELEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Made a good point?"
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 sharpen with a hone
- Words that mean the same thing: perfect, hone
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HONED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Pepper introduced in the 1960s: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: SGT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Producers of green eggs (but not ham)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Words that mean the same thing: emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Sacher ___ (chocolate/apricot confection)"
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 rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in austria
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Who talks on the phone a lot"
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: SIRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Where Scrabble was invented: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: NYC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Weight of valuables"
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 unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
- Words that mean the same thing: kt, karat
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Didn't take a card"
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 be standing; be upright
- Words that mean the same thing: suffer, brook, endure
- The opposite would be: sit, yield
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Tip line?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: KEEPTHECHANGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Chairs usually have them"
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 temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- Words that mean the same thing: agenda, schedule, agendum
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENDAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Tower of London feature"
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 ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- Words that mean the same thing: fosse
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. Eludes"
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 an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- Words that mean the same thing: dodging, parry, dodge
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DODGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "47. Didn't hide one's opinion"
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: SPOKEUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Ingredient in some lip balms"
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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. General recommendation?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BATTLEPLAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Land vandalized by the Vandals"
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 person of french descent
- Words that mean the same thing: Gallia, frog
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. Subject of a first-person narrative"
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 (old testament) in judeo-christian mythology; the first man and the husband of eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Words that mean the same thing: go, X, cristal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. In after being out"
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 fashion reminiscent of the past
- Words that mean the same thing: retroactive, ex post facto
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RETRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "57. Residents of the Forest of Fangorn"
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: ENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "58. After-beach wear"
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 loose flowing garment
- Words that mean the same thing: cloak, drape, vest
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "59. No-good conniver"
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 limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- Words that mean the same thing: Snake River, ophidian, snake in the grass
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNAKE
Great job if you got it right!
November 03, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Giant ___," soft sculpture of a sandwich at the Whitney Museum | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Nonclerical | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Resort with a "no snowboarders" rule | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Rescues from a junkyard, say | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Babycakes | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Cheeky attire? | 11 |
| 7D | 7. Lose oomph | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "Chances" follower | 3 |
| 9D | 9. "You betcha!" | 8 |
| 10D | 10. What an extended thumb and pinkie by your face might mean | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Doggedly determined | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Likely candidate for a breakdown | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Sound of a bow shooting an arrow | 5 |
| 14D | 18. What a pluviometer measures | 4 |
| 15D | 22. In the thick of | 4 |
| 16D | 24. "Sounds amazing, but I really shouldn't" | 11 |
| 17D | 25. Divination observation | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Protagonist of Pixar's "Your Friend the Rat" | 4 |
| 19D | 27. "That was so fortunate for me" | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Book that gets reread from the beginning around autumn | 5 |
| 21D | 32. Pirate's potable | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Pool maker | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Eatery not known for its entrees | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Big house | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Give up | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Barware for making grasshoppers and whiskey sours | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Philosopher Friedrich | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Leave sitting in a breeze, say | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Relative of an apothegm | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Mideast's ___ Heights | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Skewer | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Sephora rival | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Get into a spot, perhaps | 4 |
| 34D | 52. What's the big fuss? | 3 |
| 35D | 53. ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood) | 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. "Giant ___," soft sculpture of a sandwich at the Whitney Museum"
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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Nonclerical"
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 characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
- Words that mean the same thing: secular, lay
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Resort with a "no snowboarders" rule"
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: ALTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Rescues from a junkyard, say"
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 property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- Words that mean the same thing: salvage, scavenge, relieve
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALVAGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Babycakes"
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 person loved by another person
- Words that mean the same thing: sweetheart, truelove, steady
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEETIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Cheeky attire?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHORTSHORTS
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Lose oomph"
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 plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
- Words that mean the same thing: wilt disease, droop, wilting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WILT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "Chances" follower"
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: exist, follow, comprise
- The opposite would be: differ
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "You betcha!""
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: YESSIREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. What an extended thumb and pinkie by your face might mean"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CALLME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Doggedly determined"
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: ONAMISSION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Likely candidate for a breakdown"
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 yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- Words that mean the same thing: lemon tree, lemon yellow, gamboge
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEMON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Sound of a bow shooting an arrow"
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 sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- Words that mean the same thing: nasal twang
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWANG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. What a pluviometer measures"
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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: rain down, rainfall, pelting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. In the thick of"
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: AMID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. "Sounds amazing, but I really shouldn't""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DONTTEMPTME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Divination observation"
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 sign of something about to happen
- Words that mean the same thing: foreshadow, predict, bode
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Protagonist of Pixar's "Your Friend the Rat""
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: REMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "27. "That was so fortunate for me""
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: ILUCKEDOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "28. Book that gets reread from the beginning around autumn"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Words that mean the same thing: Pentateuch, Laws
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TORAH
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Pirate's potable"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that rum cut with water
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GROG
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Pool maker"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- Words that mean the same thing: surge, lunar time period
- The opposite would be: ebb
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The answer is: TIDE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Eatery not known for its entrees"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: TAPASBAR
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Big house"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: STATEPEN
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Give up"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- Words that mean the same thing: grant, yield, surrender
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CEDE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Barware for making grasshoppers and whiskey sours"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a celibate and communistic christian sect in the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, shaker, mover and shaker
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SHAKERS
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Philosopher Friedrich"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that socialist who wrote the communist manifesto with karl marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
- Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Engels
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ENGELS
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Leave sitting in a breeze, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- Words that mean the same thing: coolheaded, poise, aplomb
- The opposite would be: warm, heat
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The answer is: COOL
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Relative of an apothegm"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Words that mean the same thing: proverb, saw, byword
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ADAGE
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Mideast's ___ Heights"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a fortified hilly area between southern lebanon and southern syria
- Words that mean the same thing: Golan Heights
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GOLAN
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Skewer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a sudden sharp feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: shot, knife thrust, knife
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STAB
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Sephora rival"
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: ULTA
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Get into a spot, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- Words that mean the same thing: parkland, common, ballpark
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PARK
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Clue 34 Down: "52. What's the big fuss?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fuss, stir, flurry
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ADO
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Clue 35 Down: "53. ___ Valley (San Francisco neighborhood)"
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: NOE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 60 | 85.7% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 5.7% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: August 29, 2025 at 07:38 PM
