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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, August 21, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle August 21, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Jamaican music genre | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Largest city in Nebraska | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Pulitzer or Pritzker | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Approximate weight of a full-grown walrus | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Eggs (on) | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Desert watering hole | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Author Bradbury | 3 |
| 8A | 18. Got hitched | 11 |
| 9A | 20. Some saxes | 5 |
| 10A | 22. ___-wop | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Mount ___, active Italian volcano | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Not require fees to be paid | 12 |
| 13A | 28. Hashtag that trended in a late-2010s movement | 5 |
| 14A | 29. Covers in goo | 6 |
| 15A | 33. App that asks "Where to?" on its home screen | 4 |
| 16A | 35. Office leader | 4 |
| 17A | 38. Silly | 5 |
| 18A | 39. Lust or envy | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Something you might hold to your ear in order to hear the first parts of 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across? | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Fishy bagel topper | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Dark beer variety | 5 |
| 22A | 46. Berry in a smoothie bowl | 4 |
| 23A | 47. Cheerful, as an outlook | 4 |
| 24A | 48. Prepare to regift, perhaps | 6 |
| 25A | 50. Story with Achilles | 5 |
| 26A | 52. Fruity breakfast biscuit | 12 |
| 27A | 57. Biblical sister of Rachel | 4 |
| 28A | 60. Debtor's note | 3 |
| 29A | 61. Ohio city where Goodyear is headquartered | 5 |
| 30A | 62. "Saturday Night Live" cast member from 1980 to 1984 | 11 |
| 31A | 66. Chicago airport code | 3 |
| 32A | 67. Jerry Maguire's profession in "Jerry Maguire" | 5 |
| 33A | 68. "Twice-Told ___" | 5 |
| 34A | 69. G.I. entertainers | 3 |
| 35A | 70. Opposite of sparse | 5 |
| 36A | 71. Replay option | 5 |
| 37A | 72. Stitch up | 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. Jamaican music genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: SKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Largest city in Nebraska"
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 a member of the siouan people formerly living in the missouri river valley in northeastern nebraska
- Words that mean the same thing: Maha
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMAHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Pulitzer or Pritzker"
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 something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- Words that mean the same thing: booty, choice, jimmy
- The opposite would be: disrespect, disesteem
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRIZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Approximate weight of a full-grown walrus"
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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Words that mean the same thing: long ton, short ton, gross ton
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Eggs (on)"
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 instinctive motive
- Words that mean the same thing: recommend, pep up, cheer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URGES
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Desert watering hole"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: haven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OASIS
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Author Bradbury"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a column of light (as from a beacon)
- Words that mean the same thing: beam of light, radiate, shaft
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Got hitched"
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: TIEDTHEKNOT
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Some saxes"
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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Words that mean the same thing: alto, 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: ALTOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. ___-wop"
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: DOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Mount ___, active Italian volcano"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mount Etna, Mt Etna, bunsen burner
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Not require fees to be paid"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: WAIVECHARGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Hashtag that trended in a late-2010s movement"
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: METOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Covers in goo"
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 any thick, viscous matter
- Words that mean the same thing: lose weight, reduce, guck
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLIMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. App that asks "Where to?" on its home screen"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: UBER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Office leader"
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 exercises control over workers
- Words that mean the same thing: gaffer, honcho, chief
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. Silly"
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 devoid of intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: fatuous, asinine, vacuous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Lust or envy"
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 estrangement from god
- Words that mean the same thing: sinning, goof, boob
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Something you might hold to your ear in order to hear the first parts of 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- Words that mean the same thing: carapace, case, shield
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Fishy bagel topper"
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 bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
- Words that mean the same thing: liquid oxygen
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Dark beer variety"
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 strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
- Words that mean the same thing: portly, sturdy, hardy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "46. Berry in a smoothie bowl"
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: ACAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Cheerful, as an outlook"
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 reflecting optimism
- Words that mean the same thing: blushful, rosy-cheeked, fortunate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Prepare to regift, perhaps"
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: REWRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Story with Achilles"
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 greek epic poem (attributed to homer) describing the siege of troy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILIAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "52. Fruity breakfast biscuit"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: CURRANTSCONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Biblical sister of Rachel"
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: LEAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. Debtor's note"
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 informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Ohio city where Goodyear is headquartered"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a city in northeastern ohio; the heart of the united states rubber industry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AKRON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. "Saturday Night Live" cast member from 1980 to 1984"
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: EDDIEMURPHY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "66. Chicago airport code"
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: ORD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "67. Jerry Maguire's profession in "Jerry Maguire""
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 an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Words that mean the same thing: factor, federal agent, agentive role
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "68. "Twice-Told ___""
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 message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- Words that mean the same thing: taradiddle, fib, narration
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TALES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "69. G.I. entertainers"
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: USO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "70. Opposite of sparse"
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 permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- Words that mean the same thing: slow, heavy, impenetrable
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DENSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "71. Replay option"
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: SLOMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "72. Stitch up"
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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: run up, stitch, sew together
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEW
Great job if you got it right!
August 21, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Drink sucker-upper | 5 |
| 2D | 2. "Bear" in a eucalyptus forest | 5 |
| 3D | 3. "We're waiting ..." | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Very beginning | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Hosp. procedure | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Mature, as wine | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Ibsen's "___ Gabler" | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Fur tycoon John Jacob | 5 |
| 9D | 9. "The Purloined Letter" author | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Earns and earns and earns | 7 |
| 11D | 11. "Money ___ everything" | 4 |
| 12D | 12. National park with the notorious Angels Landing hike | 4 |
| 13D | 13. "Cómo ___ usted?" | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Refuses to share | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Above | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Corn interiors | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Kerfuffle | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Lilly of pharmaceuticals | 3 |
| 19D | 30. Stinky | 10 |
| 20D | 31. Biblical son of Seth | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Smokin' hot | 4 |
| 22D | 33. It broke up on Dec. 26, 1991 | 4 |
| 23D | 34. Small snack | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Jiffy | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Done in, as a dragon | 5 |
| 26D | 41. Cheery tune | 4 |
| 27D | 44. Spiny sea creatures | 7 |
| 28D | 45. Letter between sigma and upsilon | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Set of antlers | 4 |
| 30D | 49. Strait-laced | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Words after "because" that don't really explain | 6 |
| 32D | 53. Decisive victories | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Of the ear | 5 |
| 34D | 55. Viking language | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Fund, as a university | 5 |
| 36D | 57. Metal that an alchemist "converts" into gold | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Slight advantage | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Port of Yemen | 4 |
| 39D | 63. Summer in Québec | 3 |
| 40D | 64. West Bank grp. | 3 |
| 41D | 65. ___ and haw | 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. Drink sucker-upper"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- Words that mean the same thing: chaff, shuck, stubble
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STRAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. "Bear" in a eucalyptus forest"
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 sluggish tailless australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
- Words that mean the same thing: kangaroo bear, koala bear, Phascolarctos cinereus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "We're waiting ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANYTIMENOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Very beginning"
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 the time at which something is supposed to begin
- Words that mean the same thing: start, starting time, showtime
- The opposite would be: middle
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Hosp. procedure"
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 use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
- Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Mature, as wine"
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: old age, mature, long time
- 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 7 Down: "7. Ibsen's "___ Gabler""
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: HEDDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Fur tycoon John Jacob"
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 british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
- Words that mean the same thing: Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, John Jacob Astor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "The Purloined Letter" author"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states writer and poet (1809-1849)
- Words that mean the same thing: Edgar Allan Poe
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Earns and earns and earns"
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: RAKESIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Money ___ everything""
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: ISNT
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Clue 12 Down: "12. National park with the notorious Angels Landing hike"
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 originally a stronghold captured by david (the 2nd king of the israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of jerusalem
- Words that mean the same thing: Israel, Sion, Yisrael
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "Cómo ___ usted?""
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: ESTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Refuses to share"
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 regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Words that mean the same thing: hog, grunter, squealer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Above"
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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- Words that mean the same thing: ended, all over, complete
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OVER
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Clue 16 Down: "25. Corn interiors"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
- Words that mean the same thing: Larus marinus, cobnut, great black-backed gull
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: COBS
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Kerfuffle"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HOOHA
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Lilly of pharmaceuticals"
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: ELI
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Stinky"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that having an unpleasant smell
- Words that mean the same thing: unpleasant-smelling, stinky, malodourous
- The opposite would be: fragrant
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The answer is: MALODOROUS
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Biblical son of Seth"
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: ENOS
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Smokin' hot"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- Words that mean the same thing: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
- The opposite would be: unsexy, anaphrodisiac
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The answer is: SEXY
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Clue 22 Down: "33. It broke up on Dec. 26, 1991"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union, Russia
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USSR
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Small snack"
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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- Words that mean the same thing: sharpness, collation, chomp
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BITE
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Jiffy"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Words that mean the same thing: s, Securities and Exchange Commission, unsweet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEC
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Done in, as a dragon"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that people who have been slain (as in battle)
- Words that mean the same thing: polish off, off, dispatch
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SLAIN
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Cheery tune"
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 jaunty rhythm in music
- Words that mean the same thing: swing
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LILT
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Clue 27 Down: "44. Spiny sea creatures"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that poor and often mischievous city child
- Words that mean the same thing: urchin
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: URCHINS
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Letter between sigma and upsilon"
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 19th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAU
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Set of antlers"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that framework for holding objects
- Words that mean the same thing: wring, stand, torture
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RACK
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Strait-laced"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that assume a prim appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: puritanical, straightlaced, victorian
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PRIM
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Words after "because" that don't really explain"
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: ISAYSO
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Decisive victories"
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 disorderly crowd of people
- Words that mean the same thing: rout out, mob, rootle
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ROUTS
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Of the ear"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AURAL
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Viking language"
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 inhabitant of scandinavia
- Words that mean the same thing: North Germanic, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: NORSE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Fund, as a university"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that give qualities or abilities to
- Words that mean the same thing: invest, gift, indue
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ENDOW
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Metal that an alchemist "converts" into gold"
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 advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Words that mean the same thing: leave, hint, trail
- The opposite would be: deficit, follow
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The answer is: LEAD
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Slight advantage"
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 boundary of a surface
- Words that mean the same thing: sharpness, butt on, inch
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDGE
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Port of Yemen"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an important port of yemen; located on the gulf of aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern arabia since ancient times
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ADEN
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Clue 39 Down: "63. Summer in Québec"
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: ETE
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Clue 40 Down: "64. West Bank grp."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a political movement uniting palestinian arabs in an effort to create an independent state of palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by yasser arafat's al-fatah; in 1968 arafat became chairman; received recognition by the united nations and by arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the palestine national authority
- Words that mean the same thing: Palestine Liberation Organization
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PLO
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Clue 41 Down: "65. ___ and haw"
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: ___
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The answer is: HEM
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 71.8% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 20.5% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 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 Monday, 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: August 31, 2025 at 09:19 AM
