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Date: Tuesday, March 09, 2021
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle March 09, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Mockumentary Kazakh journalist | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "The Avengers" franchise, e.g. | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Spring dance | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Luck o' the ___ | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Treats, as a swollen ankle | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Domain of Venus and Aphrodite | 4 |
| 7A | 17. They often come out at night | 10 |
| 8A | 19. "Couldn't have said it better!" | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Run-down hotels | 8 |
| 10A | 21. Modern birthday greeting | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Antiquity | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Shave | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Hospital glove material | 5 |
| 14A | 28. First lady of 2001 to '09 | 9 |
| 15A | 33. Like the "f" replaced by an apostrophe in "man-o'-war" | 6 |
| 16A | 35. Prefix with athlete | 3 |
| 17A | 36. ___ and for all | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Mo. with Earth Day | 3 |
| 19A | 38. Certain auto gear ... as suggested by the circled letters | 7 |
| 20A | 41. Sacred animal to Hindus | 3 |
| 21A | 42. "Can't You See That ___ Mine" (1964 hit) | 4 |
| 22A | 44. Lucy of "Elementary" | 3 |
| 23A | 45. Make certain | 6 |
| 24A | 47. Was destined to fail | 9 |
| 25A | 50. Ponied up, in poker | 5 |
| 26A | 51. Wickedness | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Wickedness | 4 |
| 28A | 54. Problem for sleepers | 5 |
| 29A | 57. What might hold little suckers? | 8 |
| 30A | 61. Darling | 4 |
| 31A | 62. Host of Marco Polo | 10 |
| 32A | 64. Female equivalent of a knight | 4 |
| 33A | 65. Words to an "old chap" | 4 |
| 34A | 66. "Super!" | 5 |
| 35A | 67. Transport down a hill | 4 |
| 36A | 68. "Phooey!" | 4 |
| 37A | 69. Part of G.D.P. | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Mockumentary Kazakh journalist"
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: BORAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. "The Avengers" franchise, e.g."
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Spring dance"
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 formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- Words that mean the same thing: promenade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Luck o' the ___"
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 people of ireland or of irish extraction
- Words that mean the same thing: Irish whiskey, Irish Gaelic, Irish whisky
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Treats, as a swollen ankle"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: ICE, ice, meth
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Domain of Venus and Aphrodite"
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 strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- Words that mean the same thing: sleep with, fuck, love life
- The opposite would be: hate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. They often come out at night"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FALSETEETH
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Clue 8 Across: "19. "Couldn't have said it better!""
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 primeval egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at thebes
- Words that mean the same thing: Amon, Amun
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Run-down hotels"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a run-down hotel
- Words that mean the same thing: fleabag
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLEABAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Modern birthday greeting"
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: ECARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Antiquity"
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 time long past
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Shave"
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 decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Words that mean the same thing: pare down, trim, whittle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Hospital glove material"
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 milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
- Words that mean the same thing: latex paint, rubber-base paint
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. First lady of 2001 to '09"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LAURABUSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Like the "f" replaced by an apostrophe in "man-o'-war""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that leave or strike out
- Words that mean the same thing: elide
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELIDED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Prefix with athlete"
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: TRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. ___ and for all"
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 on one occasion
- Words that mean the same thing: in one case, erst, one time
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Mo. with Earth Day"
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 month following march and preceding may
- Words that mean the same thing: April
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Certain auto gear ... as suggested by the circled letters"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a relation of direct opposition
- Words that mean the same thing: lift, turn, verso
- The opposite would be: obverse, forward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REVERSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Sacred animal to Hindus"
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 female of domestic cattle:
- Words that mean the same thing: moo-cow, overawe
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. "Can't You See That ___ Mine" (1964 hit)"
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: SHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Lucy of "Elementary""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about science/technology.
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: LIU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Make certain"
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 make certain of
- Words that mean the same thing: assure, insure, ascertain
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENSURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Was destined to fail"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HADNOHOPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Ponied up, in poker"
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 place one's stake
- Words that mean the same thing: ante
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. Wickedness"
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: wickedness, immorality, malefic
- 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 27 Across: "52. Wickedness"
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 moral weakness
- Words that mean the same thing: frailty
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Problem for sleepers"
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 transient cessation of respiration
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APNEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. What might hold little suckers?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENTACLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Darling"
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 beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- Words that mean the same thing: good, high-priced, pricy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Host of Marco Polo"
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: KUBLAIKHAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Female equivalent of a knight"
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 informal terms for a (young) woman
- Words that mean the same thing: chick, lady, wench
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. Words to an "old chap""
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: ISAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. "Super!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: NEATO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. Transport down a hill"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: sleigh, sledge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "68. "Phooey!""
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 something of little value
- Words that mean the same thing: mend, patch, tinker's dam
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DARN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "69. Part of G.D.P."
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 twelve dozen
- Words that mean the same thing: double-dyed, flagrant, porcine
- The opposite would be: net
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GROSS
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword March 09, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Back to the Future" bully | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Kind of test it's hard to cheat on | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Irritate | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Tested, as ore | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Simon & Garfunkel hit in which "Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie" is repeatedly sung | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Longtime "All Things Considered" host Robert | 6 |
| 7D | 7. "Pocket rockets," in poker | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Understand | 3 |
| 9D | 9. ___ Wednesday | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Pill in experimental studies | 7 |
| 11D | 11. The Eternal City, to natives | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Finished | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Repair | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Stuff in cigarettes | 3 |
| 15D | 21. Victorian ___ | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Car or cat sound | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Emerge, as a problem | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Dog collar attachment | 5 |
| 19D | 26. ___ wolf (pack leader) | 5 |
| 20D | 27. Weary | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Consumed quickly and fully | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Raw, as a gem | 5 |
| 23D | 31. Movie music | 5 |
| 24D | 32. Chopped | 5 |
| 25D | 34. National Capital Territory of India | 5 |
| 26D | 39. One of a family of stringed instruments | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Passing, as laws | 8 |
| 28D | 43. Smiled disparagingly | 7 |
| 29D | 46. Adidas or Air Jordan | 7 |
| 30D | 48. Some gametes | 3 |
| 31D | 49. ___ Ashford, National Track and Field Hall of Famer | 6 |
| 32D | 53. Like peas ___ pod | 3 |
| 33D | 54. Tacks on | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Sound of church bells | 4 |
| 35D | 56. What every make of auto has | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Skier's conveyance | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Former transportation secretary Elaine | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Back muscles, in brief | 4 |
| 39D | 60. First son of Seth | 4 |
| 40D | 62. Joke (with) | 3 |
| 41D | 63. "Suits" network | 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. "Back to the Future" bully"
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 (boxing) a blow with the fist
- Words that mean the same thing: pummel, punch, slug
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIFF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Kind of test it's hard to cheat on"
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 examination conducted by spoken communication
- Words that mean the same thing: oral exam, oral examination, unwritten
- The opposite would be: aboral, anal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Irritate"
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 cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Words that mean the same thing: nettle, irritate, chafe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Tested, as ore"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that analyze (chemical substances)
- Words that mean the same thing: assay, essay, try
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASSAYED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Simon & Garfunkel hit in which "Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie" is repeatedly sung"
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: THEBOXER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Longtime "All Things Considered" host Robert"
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: SIEGEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "Pocket rockets," in poker"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: wizard, 1, whizz
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Understand"
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 return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- Words that mean the same thing: dumbfound, aim, suffer
- The opposite would be: end, take away
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Wednesday"
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 residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Pill in experimental studies"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLACEBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. The Eternal City, to natives"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern india but now are living on all continents (but mostly in europe, north africa, and north america)
- Words that mean the same thing: Bohemian, Eternal City, Italian capital
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Finished"
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: o'er, concluded, complete
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Repair"
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 sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: fix, heal, patch
- The opposite would be: break
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Stuff in cigarettes"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Words that mean the same thing: Jack-tar, Jack, mariner
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Victorian ___"
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, geological era, epoch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Car or cat sound"
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 low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- Words that mean the same thing: make vibrant sounds, whirr, whizz
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PURR
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Emerge, as a problem"
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 come into existence; take on form or shape
- Words that mean the same thing: lift, rebel, originate
- The opposite would be: turn in, go to bed
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The answer is: ARISE
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Dog collar attachment"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: tether, triad, tercet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LEASH
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Clue 19 Down: "26. ___ wolf (pack leader)"
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 1st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALPHA
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Clue 20 Down: "27. Weary"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- Words that mean the same thing: tire, wear out, jade
- The opposite would be: rested, interest
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The answer is: TIRED
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Consumed quickly and fully"
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: ATEUP
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Raw, as a gem"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not trimmed
- Words that mean the same thing: rough, full-length, untrimmed
- The opposite would be: mown, trimmed
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The answer is: UNCUT
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Movie music"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- This could be something that a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- Words that mean the same thing: grudge, sexual conquest, make
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SCORE
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Chopped"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make or shape as with an axe
- Words that mean the same thing: hew out, hew
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HEWED
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Clue 25 Down: "34. National Capital Territory of India"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a city in north central india
- Words that mean the same thing: Old Delhi
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DELHI
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Clue 26 Down: "39. One of a family of stringed instruments"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VIOL
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Passing, as laws"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Words that mean the same thing: enact, act out, reenact
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ENACTING
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Smiled disparagingly"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that express through a scornful smile
- Words that mean the same thing: sneer
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SNEERED
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Adidas or Air Jordan"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
- Words that mean the same thing: fink, stoolie, snitch
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SNEAKER
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Some gametes"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Words that mean the same thing: ovum, egg cell
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OVA
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Clue 31 Down: "49. ___ Ashford, National Track and Field Hall of Famer"
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: EVELYN
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Like peas ___ pod"
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: INA
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Tacks on"
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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: lend, ADD, minimal brain dysfunction
- The opposite would be: subtract, take away
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The answer is: ADDS
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Sound of church bells"
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 deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- Words that mean the same thing: roll, ring, pealing
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PEAL
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Clue 35 Down: "56. What every make of auto has"
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 language unit by which a person or thing is known
- Words that mean the same thing: nominate, public figure, figure
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NAME
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Skier's conveyance"
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: TBAR
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Former transportation secretary Elaine"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CHAO
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Back muscles, in brief"
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 basic unit of money in latvia
- Words that mean the same thing: lat, latissimus dorsi
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LATS
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Clue 39 Down: "60. First 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 40 Down: "62. Joke (with)"
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 young person of either sex
- Words that mean the same thing: minor, small fry, nipper
- The opposite would be: parent
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The answer is: KID
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Clue 41 Down: "63. "Suits" network"
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 north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: America, Army, the States
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 60 | 76.9% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 12.8% |
| Sports | 3 | 3.8% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 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 | 10 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!
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Last Updated: September 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
