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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, October 04, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (34 Across, 40 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.7 letters
October 04, 2022 Tuesday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Big name in artificial intelligence | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Elbow | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Women's links org. | 4 |
| 4A | 12. Luau dish | 3 |
| 5A | 13. "The Great" pope between Sixtus III and Hilarius | 4 |
| 6A | 14. "The Walking Dead" actress Lauren | 5 |
| 7A | 15. Neil deGrasse Tyson, for one | 14 |
| 8A | 18. Handwriting on a prescription, perhaps | 6 |
| 9A | 19. Satanic | 4 |
| 10A | 20. The Beatles' "___ a Woman" | 4 |
| 11A | 21. One-named Greek-born soft-rock musician | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Diamonds, in slang | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Set up a couple on a blind date, say | 11 |
| 14A | 30. Wine label word | 3 |
| 15A | 33. Large number | 4 |
| 16A | 34. Dungeons & Dragons and Diablo, in brief | 4 |
| 17A | 35. "Drag Race" host | 6 |
| 18A | 37. One way to administer fluids, for short | 6 |
| 19A | 39. Voting against | 4 |
| 20A | 40. Shimmery mineral | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Golden Bears' sch. | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Kept moving quickly | 11 |
| 23A | 47. Coast Guard rank: Abbr. | 3 |
| 24A | 48. Poem that begins "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" | 5 |
| 25A | 49. Best guesses as to "when," in brief | 4 |
| 26A | 53. Cat's sound of self-relaxation | 4 |
| 27A | 55. John who wrote "How Does a Poem Mean?" | 6 |
| 28A | 57. "Stay focused"... or a punny description of the placement of this puzzle's circled letters | 14 |
| 29A | 61. Have the wheel | 5 |
| 30A | 62. Word after baking or cream | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Beer barrel | 3 |
| 32A | 64. Casino figures | 4 |
| 33A | 65. Spent some time in a cellar, say | 4 |
| 34A | 66. New Orleans-to-Tampa dir. | 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. Big name in artificial intelligence"
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: IBM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Elbow"
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 verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- Words that mean the same thing: goad, urging, poke at
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Women's links org."
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: LPGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "12. Luau dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "13. "The Great" pope between Sixtus III and Hilarius"
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: LEOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "14. "The Walking Dead" actress Lauren"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: George Michael Cohan, George M. Cohan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COHAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "15. Neil deGrasse Tyson, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
- The word looks like this: ______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTROPHYSICIST
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Handwriting on a prescription, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that poor handwriting
- Words that mean the same thing: scratch, scribble, cacography
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCRAWL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Satanic"
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 morally objectionable behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: malevolent, vicious, malign
- The opposite would be: good, goodness
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. The Beatles' "___ a Woman""
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: SHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. One-named Greek-born soft-rock musician"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: YANNI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Diamonds, in slang"
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 water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: methamphetamine hydrochloride, water ice, deoxyephedrine
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Set up a couple on a blind date, say"
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: PLAYEDCUPID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Wine label word"
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: CRU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Large number"
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 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- Words that mean the same thing: slay, mass, great deal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Dungeons & Dragons and Diablo, in brief"
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: RPGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. "Drag Race" host"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUPAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. One way to administer fluids, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IVLINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Voting against"
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 who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- The opposite would be: pro
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Shimmery mineral"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
- Words that mean the same thing: isinglass
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Golden Bears' sch."
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: CAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Kept moving quickly"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ZOOMEDALONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Coast Guard rank: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that half the width of an em
- Words that mean the same thing: nut, en
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Poem that begins "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The""
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 large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- Words that mean the same thing: pig, predate, devour
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Best guesses as to "when," in brief"
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Cat's sound of self-relaxation"
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 low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- Words that mean the same thing: whir, whiz, birr
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PURR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. John who wrote "How Does a Poem Mean?""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states poet and critic (1916-1986)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Anthony Ciardi, John Ciardi
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIARDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "57. "Stay focused"... or a punny description of the placement of this puzzle's circled letters"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: EYESONTHEPRIZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Have the wheel"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an indication of potential opportunity
- Words that mean the same thing: head, channelize, direct
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Word after baking or cream"
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 sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Words that mean the same thing: washing soda, soda pop, pop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SODA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Beer barrel"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quantity contained in a keg
- Words that mean the same thing: kegful
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Casino figures"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. Spent some time in a cellar, say"
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 people who are old collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: maturate, mature, of age
- The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. New Orleans-to-Tampa dir."
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 compass point midway between east and southeast
- Words that mean the same thing: east southeast
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESE
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword October 04, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "No bid from me" | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" painter | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Anglican bishop's headwear | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Implement that might be pulled by a tractor | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Risky email button to hit accidentally | 8 |
| 6D | 6. "So ni-i-ice!" | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Like some home improvement projects, in brief | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Collections of points in math | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Damning verbal attack | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Filling at a filling station | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Hill worker | 3 |
| 12D | 14. Honda model since 1972 | 5 |
| 13D | 16. Coarse file | 4 |
| 14D | 17. Dangerous email button to hit accidentally | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Vote for | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Never-before-seen | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Big name in insurance | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Famed Ford flop | 5 |
| 19D | 28. The Tigers of the S.E.C. | 3 |
| 20D | 29. Address on a business card | 3 |
| 21D | 30. Mania | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Sentence that's really two sentences | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Fully informed | 9 |
| 24D | 36. Target | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Words of resignation | 8 |
| 26D | 38. Vincent ___ Gogh | 3 |
| 27D | 40. Dallas baller | 3 |
| 28D | 41. Réunion, par exemple | 3 |
| 29D | 44. What a spell checker's red squiggly line indicates | 5 |
| 30D | 45. "Fiddlesticks!" | 4 |
| 31D | 46. First, second or reverse | 4 |
| 32D | 50. Tot's transport | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Woodworking tools | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Lengthy attack | 5 |
| 35D | 54. A multitool has a lot of them | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Tablet debut of 2010 | 4 |
| 37D | 57. That, in Tegucigalpa | 3 |
| 38D | 58. Since Jan. 1 | 3 |
| 39D | 59. Bag-checking org. | 3 |
| 40D | 60. Harley-Davidson, on the N.Y.S.E. | 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. "No bid from me""
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: IPASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" painter"
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 dutch painter (1450-1516)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hieronymus Bosch, Jerom Bos
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOSCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Anglican bishop's headwear"
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 joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- Words that mean the same thing: miter joint, miter, mitre joint
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MITRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Implement that might be pulled by a tractor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- Words that mean the same thing: plough, treat, handle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Risky email button to hit accidentally"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REPLYALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "So ni-i-ice!""
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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: aah
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OOH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Like some home improvement projects, in brief"
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: DIY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Collections of points in math"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- Words that mean the same thing: locale, locus, venue
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOCI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Damning verbal attack"
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 a speech of violent denunciation
- Words that mean the same thing: broadside, tirade
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHILIPPIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Filling at a filling station"
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 state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- Words that mean the same thing: vaunt, natural gas, swash
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Hill worker"
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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: pismire, emmet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "14. Honda model since 1972"
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 of or relating or belonging to a city
- Words that mean the same thing: civil
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIVIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "16. Coarse file"
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 uttering in an irritated tone
- Words that mean the same thing: rasping, wood file
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. Dangerous email button to hit accidentally"
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 cause to go somewhere
- Words that mean the same thing: get off, station, send off
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Vote for"
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: AYE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Never-before-seen"
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 not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Words that mean the same thing: newly, newfangled, Modern
- The opposite would be: old, worn
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEW
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Big name in insurance"
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: CIGNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Famed Ford flop"
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: EDSEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. The Tigers of the S.E.C."
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: ___
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The answer is: LSU
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Address on a business card"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the address of a web page on the world wide web
- Words that mean the same thing: uniform resource locator, universal resource locator
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: URL
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Mania"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Words that mean the same thing: frenzy, furor, delirium
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CRAZE
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Sentence that's really two sentences"
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: RUNON
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Fully informed"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: UPTOSPEED
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Target"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- Words that mean the same thing: get, purpose, place
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AIM
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Words of resignation"
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: ICONCEDE
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Vincent ___ Gogh"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
- Words that mean the same thing: vanguard, avant-garde, new wave
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: VAN
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Dallas baller"
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: MAV
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Réunion, par exemple"
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: ILE
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Clue 29 Down: "44. What a spell checker's red squiggly line indicates"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- Words that mean the same thing: erroneous belief, misplay, wrongdoing
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ERROR
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Clue 30 Down: "45. "Fiddlesticks!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something of little value
- Words that mean the same thing: hoot, tinker's damn, red cent
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DARN
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Clue 31 Down: "46. First, second or reverse"
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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- Words that mean the same thing: geared wheel, cogwheel, appurtenance
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GEAR
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Tot's transport"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- Words that mean the same thing: tricycle, velocipede
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TRIKE
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Woodworking tools"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- Words that mean the same thing: adz, adze
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ADZES
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Lengthy attack"
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 action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- Words that mean the same thing: military blockade, beleaguering, besieging
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SIEGE
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Clue 35 Down: "54. A multitool has a lot of them"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: exercise, purpose, role
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USES
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Tablet debut of 2010"
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: IPAD
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Clue 37 Down: "57. That, in Tegucigalpa"
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: ESO
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Since Jan. 1"
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: YTD
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Clue 39 Down: "59. Bag-checking org."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TSA
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Clue 40 Down: "60. Harley-Davidson, on the N.Y.S.E."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Words that mean the same thing: hogg, squealer, hogget
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: HOG
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 41 | 55.4% |
| Short Answer | 22 | 29.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.7% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.7% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 40 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.7 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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 06, 2025 at 11:37 PM
