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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.7 letters
May 20, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Creature of the internet | 6 |
| 2A | 7. "The ___ deeds like poison weeds / Bloom well in prison-air": Oscar Wilde | 6 |
| 3A | 13. At this late stage | 7 |
| 4A | 15. It's a drag | 6 |
| 5A | 16. Muttonchops moisturizer | 8 |
| 6A | 18. Like the feeling of one's legs after a marathon, maybe | 6 |
| 7A | 19. Helping of gravy? | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Silver streaks, e.g. | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Network behind the Ken Burns docuseries "Jazz" | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Son of Seth | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Be a bad winner, say | 5 |
| 12A | 25. ___ gras torchon (French dish) | 4 |
| 13A | 26. ___ Peres, suburb of St. Louis | 3 |
| 14A | 27. Quite a spread | 5 |
| 15A | 28. Hiding places | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Gingerly avoid | 11 |
| 17A | 31. Source of some popular Instagram or Twitter postings | 11 |
| 18A | 32. Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words | 11 |
| 19A | 33. Like a 2 1/2-star review, say | 5 |
| 20A | 34. Jockey's main competitor? | 5 |
| 21A | 35. Caboose, e.g. | 3 |
| 22A | 38. Don't do it, doc! | 4 |
| 23A | 39. Term of address in an old-timey introduction | 5 |
| 24A | 40. "Don't get ___!" | 4 |
| 25A | 41. Get on | 3 |
| 26A | 42. Blacksmith's need | 5 |
| 27A | 43. Vermont municipality SE of Montpelier | 5 |
| 28A | 44. Reply to "Whatcha doin'?" | 6 |
| 29A | 46. Staffers savvy with syringes | 8 |
| 30A | 48. Weapon that originated in feudal Japan | 6 |
| 31A | 49. "Just missed!" | 7 |
| 32A | 50. Gave a look? | 6 |
| 33A | 51. Some golfing attire | 6 |
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. Creature of the internet"
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: LOLCAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. "The ___ deeds like poison weeds / Bloom well in prison-air": Oscar Wilde"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that morally reprehensible
- Words that mean the same thing: nauseating, sickening, unworthy
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VILEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. At this late stage"
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: ONLYNOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. It's a drag"
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 line of approach
- Words that mean the same thing: boulevard
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVENUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Muttonchops moisturizer"
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: BEARDOIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Like the feeling of one's legs after a marathon, maybe"
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 darkened with overcast
- Words that mean the same thing: plodding, weighted, dull
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEADEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Helping of gravy?"
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 anything that tends to arouse
- Words that mean the same thing: fillip, incentive
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BONUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Silver streaks, 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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- Words that mean the same thing: lode, load
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LODES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Network behind the Ken Burns docuseries "Jazz""
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 solution containing a phosphate buffer
- Words that mean the same thing: petabit, PiB, Pbit
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Son of Seth"
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: ENOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "24. Be a bad winner, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that malicious satisfaction
- Words that mean the same thing: triumph, crow, glee
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLOAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. ___ gras torchon (French dish)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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: FOIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. ___ Peres, suburb of St. Louis"
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 potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- Words that mean the same thing: stilbesterol, Delaware, diethylstilbestrol
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Quite a spread"
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 ceremonial dinner party for many people
- Words that mean the same thing: fiesta, feed, banquet
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FEAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Hiding places"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the habitation of wild animals
- Words that mean the same thing: den, lair
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Gingerly avoid"
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: DANCEAROUND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Source of some popular Instagram or Twitter postings"
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: MEMEACCOUNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
- Words that mean the same thing: synaesthesia
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYNESTHESIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "33. Like a 2 1/2-star review, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that moderately warm
- Words that mean the same thing: lukewarm, halfhearted, half-hearted
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEPID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "34. Jockey's main competitor?"
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: HANES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "35. Caboose, e.g."
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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Words that mean the same thing: railroad car, machine, railway car
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "38. Don't do it, doc!"
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 physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: hurt, impairment, injury
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "39. Term of address in an old-timey introduction"
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 informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
- Words that mean the same thing: bloke, lad, fellow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "40. "Don't get ___!""
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 attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- Words that mean the same thing: cunning, precious
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "41. Get 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 how long something has existed
- Words that mean the same thing: mature, historic period, maturate
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "42. Blacksmith's need"
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 furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
- Words that mean the same thing: invent, formulate, shape
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FORGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "43. Vermont municipality SE of Montpelier"
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: BARRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "44. Reply to "Whatcha doin'?""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: NOTHIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "46. Staffers savvy with syringes"
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: ERNURSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "48. Weapon that originated in feudal Japan"
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: KATANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "49. "Just missed!""
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: SOCLOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "50. Gave a look?"
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 designate by an identifying term
- Words that mean the same thing: style, title
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STYLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "51. Some golfing attire"
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: SKORTS
Great job if you got it right!
May 20, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Like many shots in pickleball | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Low tie | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Landforms seen in South America | 6 |
| 4D | 4. ___ the Great, founder of the first Persian empire | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Some operators in Boolean logic | 4 |
| 6D | 6. It's between one and many | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Fancy restaurant service | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Saint in a nursery rhyme | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Salonga of Broadway | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Terminus | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Basketball star with five Olympic gold medals | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Language class lesson | 6 |
| 13D | 14. "Alexander's Bridge" was her debut novel (1912) | 11 |
| 14D | 17. Findings under couch cushions, maybe | 11 |
| 15D | 21. Places for networking | 11 |
| 16D | 24. Makeup set? | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Beasts | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Noted | 5 |
| 19D | 28. "Ella and ___" (1956 jazz album) | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Target of acid washing, often | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Wine list heading | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Dorothy, to the Wicked Witch of the West | 8 |
| 23D | 32. Capricorn's symbol | 7 |
| 24D | 33. What might precede a million | 6 |
| 25D | 35. Tech pointer | 6 |
| 26D | 36. Relaxed | 6 |
| 27D | 37. Hershey candy company trademark | 6 |
| 28D | 39. Ovary, for example | 5 |
| 29D | 40. Soccer coaching great ___ Ancelotti | 5 |
| 30D | 42. Opposite of thick | 4 |
| 31D | 43. Chin (up) | 4 |
| 32D | 45. Sci-fi villain that Anthony Hopkins once said inspired his performance as Hannibal Lecter | 3 |
| 33D | 47. Column on an R.S.V.P. spreadsheet | 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. Like many shots in pickleball"
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 propel in a high arc
- Words that mean the same thing: lob
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOBBED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Low tie"
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: ONEONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Landforms seen in South America"
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 an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in latin america)
- Words that mean the same thing: llano
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LLANOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. ___ the Great, founder of the first Persian empire"
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 persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother artaxerxes ii (424-401 bc)
- Words that mean the same thing: Cyrus the Younger
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CYRUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Some operators in Boolean logic"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ANDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. It's between one and many"
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 to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- Words that mean the same thing: likewise, also, besides
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOO
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Fancy restaurant service"
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 manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- Words that mean the same thing: gentleman's gentleman, gentleman, man
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VALET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Saint in a nursery rhyme"
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 united states composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
- Words that mean the same thing: Charles Edward Ives, James Ives, James Merritt Ives
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Salonga of Broadway"
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 length of thread or yarn
- Words that mean the same thing: pastureland, pasture, grazing land
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Terminus"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a place where something ends or is complete
- Words that mean the same thing: termination, terminus, end point
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENDPOINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Basketball star with five Olympic gold medals"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: SUEBIRD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Language class lesson"
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 grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- Words that mean the same thing: strain, tense up, tense
- The opposite would be: unstrain, relax
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. "Alexander's Bridge" was her debut novel (1912)"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
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: WILLACATHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. Findings under couch cushions, maybe"
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: LOOSECHANGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Places for networking"
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: DATACENTERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Makeup set?"
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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- Words that mean the same thing: cistron, gene, factor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GENES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Beasts"
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 all the animal life in a particular region or period
- Words that mean the same thing: animate being, creature, brute
- The opposite would be: flora
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAUNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Noted"
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 widely known and esteemed
- Words that mean the same thing: far-famed, illustrious, famous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. "Ella and ___" (1956 jazz album)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
- Words that mean the same thing: Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOUIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "29. Target of acid washing, often"
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 (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- Words that mean the same thing: dungaree, blue jean, jean
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "30. Wine list heading"
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 any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Words that mean the same thing: rosebush, rose, blush wine
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSES
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Dorothy, to the Wicked Witch of the West"
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: MYPRETTY
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Capricorn's symbol"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SEAGOAT
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Clue 24 Down: "33. What might precede a million"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an acknowledgment of appreciation
- Words that mean the same thing: thank, give thanks
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: THANKS
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Tech pointer"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- Words that mean the same thing: pointer
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CURSOR
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Clue 26 Down: "36. Relaxed"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ATREST
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Clue 27 Down: "37. Hershey candy company trademark"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: REESES
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Clue 28 Down: "39. Ovary, for example"
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 gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
- Words that mean the same thing: sex gland
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GONAD
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Clue 29 Down: "40. Soccer coaching great ___ Ancelotti"
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: CARLO
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Clue 30 Down: "42. Opposite of thick"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that money extracted as a penalty
- Words that mean the same thing: okay, amercement, delicately
- The opposite would be: coarse
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The answer is: FINE
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Clue 31 Down: "43. Chin (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 a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- Words that mean the same thing: sawbuck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, go against
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BUCK
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Clue 32 Down: "45. Sci-fi villain that Anthony Hopkins once said inspired his performance as Hannibal Lecter"
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: HAL
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Column on an R.S.V.P. spreadsheet"
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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 102, nobelium, no
- The opposite would be: yes
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The answer is: NOS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 77.3% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 12.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 3.0% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
| History | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
| Music | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 33 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.7 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 02, 2025 at 08:50 AM
