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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle September 21, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Up there | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Legal org. | 3 |
| 3A | 8. Tree pose discipline | 4 |
| 4A | 12. Actress Watson | 4 |
| 5A | 13. Like some stuffed toys | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Two in a row? | 4 |
| 7A | 16. Complain | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Lofty features of many nice hotels | 5 |
| 9A | 18. Bryce Canyon's state | 4 |
| 10A | 19. Innate response to a threatening situation | 13 |
| 11A | 22. Chimney components | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Entertain | 5 |
| 13A | 24. Ante up for participation | 9 |
| 14A | 28. The "P" of P.B.R. | 5 |
| 15A | 31. Apple picker? | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Channel for politics | 5 |
| 17A | 36. Cause for much boasting | 3 |
| 18A | 37. Some races | 7 |
| 19A | 40. Cancel | 3 |
| 20A | 41. "No ___, Bob!" | 4 |
| 21A | 43. "Thus …" | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Ship's front | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Potato-and-pea pastry | 6 |
| 24A | 47. Deeps | 6 |
| 25A | 49. AC/DC album after "Highway to Hell" | 11 |
| 26A | 53. Bantu language with click consonants | 5 |
| 27A | 55. Worst possible soccer score | 3 |
| 28A | 56. They take advantage | 5 |
| 29A | 59. Mardi Gras king | 3 |
| 30A | 60. Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first | 7 |
| 31A | 63. Nosh on | 3 |
| 32A | 64. Verb that sounds like its second letter | 3 |
| 33A | 65. Soviet satellite launched in 1957 | 7 |
| 34A | 66. Adjudicate | 3 |
| 35A | 67. "OK!" | 3 |
| 36A | 68. Early Jurassic, e.g. | 5 |
| 37A | 69. Word with safe or same | 3 |
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. Up there"
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 lofty level or position or degree
- Words that mean the same thing: high school, richly, highschool
- The opposite would be: low spirits, low
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Legal 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 a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABA
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Clue 3 Across: "8. Tree pose discipline"
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 hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOGA
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Clue 4 Across: "12. Actress Watson"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMMA
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Clue 5 Across: "13. Like some stuffed toys"
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 fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
- Words that mean the same thing: lush, lucullan, plushy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLUSH
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Clue 6 Across: "15. Two in a row?"
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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
- Words that mean the same thing: oar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OARS
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Clue 7 Across: "16. Complain"
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 utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- Words that mean the same thing: groan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOAN
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Clue 8 Across: "17. Lofty features of many nice hotels"
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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- Words that mean the same thing: atrium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATRIA
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Clue 9 Across: "18. Bryce Canyon's state"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in the western united states; settled in 1847 by mormons led by brigham young
- Words that mean the same thing: UT, Mormon State, Beehive State
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "19. Innate response to a threatening situation"
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: FIGHTORFLIGHT
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Chimney components"
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 flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
- Words that mean the same thing: flue, fluke, flue pipe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLUES
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Clue 12 Across: "23. Entertain"
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 occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- Words that mean the same thing: disport, divert
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMUSE
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Clue 13 Across: "24. Ante up for participation"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAYTOPLAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. The "P" of P.B.R."
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: PABST
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Clue 15 Across: "31. Apple picker?"
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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Words that mean the same thing: even, eventide, evening
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVE
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Clue 16 Across: "32. Channel for politics"
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: CSPAN
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Clue 17 Across: "36. Cause for much boasting"
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 an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: egotism, self, self-importance
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Some races"
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 quick run
- Words that mean the same thing: dash, sprint
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPRINTS
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Clue 19 Across: "40. Cancel"
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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXE
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Clue 20 Across: "41. "No ___, Bob!""
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: PROB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. "Thus …""
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: ANDSO
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Clue 22 Across: "44. Ship's front"
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 front part of a vessel or aircraft
- Words that mean the same thing: bow, stem, fore
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Potato-and-pea pastry"
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 small turnover of indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAMOSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Deeps"
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 large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: sea, ocean
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCEANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. AC/DC album after "Highway to Hell""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about music.
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: BACKINBLACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Bantu language with click consonants"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of the negroid people of southern south africa
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: XHOSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. Worst possible soccer score"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: naught, nothing, zippo
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. They take advantage"
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 person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: user, exploiter, substance abuser
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Mardi Gras king"
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 male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- Words that mean the same thing: male monarch, king
- The opposite would be: female monarch, queen
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first"
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: TAKEANL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Nosh on"
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 take in solid food
- Words that mean the same thing: consume, corrode, eat up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Verb that sounds like its second letter"
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: embody, equal, ar
- 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 33 Across: "65. Soviet satellite launched in 1957"
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 russian artificial satellite
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPUTNIK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. Adjudicate"
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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- Words that mean the same thing: sample, render, adjudicate
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. "OK!""
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 affirmative
- The opposite would be: no
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "68. Early Jurassic, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: date of reference, era
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPOCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "69. Word with safe or same"
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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
- Words that mean the same thing: sexual practice, turn on, excite
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEX
Great job if you got it right!
September 21, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Fashion line | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Jaunty words upon departing | 5 |
| 3D | 3. App with an envelope logo | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Emotional inhibitions | 7 |
| 5D | 5. A cappella part, say | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Odom's "Hamilton" role | 4 |
| 7D | 7. "Like that'd ever happen" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "Oh, stop it, fellas" | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Sworn statements | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Whence subway air | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Debris left by a phoenix | 3 |
| 12D | 13. Sucker | 5 |
| 13D | 14. Kosher : Judaism :: ___ : Islam | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Some races | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Apple desktops | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Migratory seabird | 4 |
| 17D | 26. "Metamorphosis" poet | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Rollerballs, e.g. | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Hypes (up) | 4 |
| 20D | 29. City that's home to the Taj Mahal | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Big sound producers of the 1980s | 9 |
| 22D | 33. Ones providing cheep trills? | 9 |
| 23D | 34. Part of a neural connection | 4 |
| 24D | 35. The "-spel" of "gospel," etymologically | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Musician Anderson .___ | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Wrench or gouge | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Feathery accessories | 4 |
| 28D | 44. Bench press muscles, informally | 4 |
| 29D | 46. Improvises during a jazz performance | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Waterproof sealant | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Patronize a tattoo parlor | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Abuela's grandchild | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Noir's counterpart in a game of les échecs | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Super-vision? | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Roll call call | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Like blue lobsters | 4 |
| 37D | 58. River with a mythical ferryman | 4 |
| 38D | 61. Copy | 3 |
| 39D | 62. Disease research org. | 3 |
Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!
Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!
Clue 1 Down: "1. Fashion line"
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 edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
- Words that mean the same thing: ahem
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEM
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Jaunty words upon departing"
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: IMOFF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. App with an envelope logo"
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: GMAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Emotional inhibitions"
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: HANGUPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. A cappella part, 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 a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Words that mean the same thing: countertenor, contralto
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTO
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Odom's "Hamilton" role"
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 seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- Words that mean the same thing: bur, Aaron Burr
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BURR
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Clue 7 Down: "7. "Like that'd ever happen""
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: ASIF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "Oh, stop it, fellas""
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: YOUGUYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Sworn statements"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- Words that mean the same thing: expletive, swearing, curse word
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OATHS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Whence subway air"
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 frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- Words that mean the same thing: fret, grating, rankle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Debris left by a phoenix"
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 the residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "13. Sucker"
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 a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- Words that mean the same thing: fall guy, soft touch, mark
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATSY
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Clue 13 Down: "14. Kosher : Judaism :: ___ : Islam"
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 (islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HALAL
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Clue 14 Down: "20. Some races"
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 form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- Words that mean the same thing: heating system, rut, heat
- The opposite would be: coldness, anestrus
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEATS
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Apple desktops"
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: IMACS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Migratory seabird"
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 small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERN
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Clue 17 Down: "26. "Metamorphosis" poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
- Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OVID
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Rollerballs, e.g."
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 writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Words that mean the same thing: playpen, pen, penitentiary
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PENS
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Hypes (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 liveliness and energy
- Words that mean the same thing: pep, peppiness, ginger
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PEPS
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Clue 20 Down: "29. City that's home to the Taj Mahal"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AGRA
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Big sound producers of the 1980s"
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: BOOMBOXES
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Ones providing cheep trills?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots
- Words that mean the same thing: parrakeet, parroket, paraquet
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: PARAKEETS
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Part of a neural connection"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
- Words that mean the same thing: axone
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AXON
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Clue 24 Down: "35. The "-spel" of "gospel," etymologically"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that information about recent and important events
- Words that mean the same thing: intelligence, news show, news program
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEWS
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Musician Anderson .___"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PAAK
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Wrench or gouge"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- Words that mean the same thing: dick, shaft, instrument
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TOOL
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Feathery accessories"
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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Words that mean the same thing: boa, feather boa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BOAS
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Bench press muscles, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that either of two large muscles of the chest
- Words that mean the same thing: pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PECS
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Improvises during a jazz performance"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
- Words that mean the same thing: fly the coop, turn tail, head for the hills
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SCATS
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Waterproof sealant"
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 waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
- Words that mean the same thing: calk, caulking
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CAULK
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Patronize a tattoo parlor"
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: INKUP
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Abuela's grandchild"
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: NIETO
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Noir's counterpart in a game of les échecs"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BLANC
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Super-vision?"
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: XRAY
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Roll call call"
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 present location; this place
- Words that mean the same thing: Hera, hither
- The opposite would be: there
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The answer is: HERE
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Like blue lobsters"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Words that mean the same thing: uncommon, rarefied, rarified
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RARE
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Clue 37 Down: "58. River with a mythical ferryman"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that (greek mythology) a river in hades across which charon carried dead souls
- Words that mean the same thing: River Styx
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STYX
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Clue 38 Down: "61. Copy"
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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Words that mean the same thing: caricature, emulator, aper
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: APE
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Clue 39 Down: "62. Disease research 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 agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NIH
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 53 | 69.7% |
| Short Answer | 15 | 19.7% |
| Geography | 4 | 5.3% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 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 Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 07, 2025 at 07:37 AM
