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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
April 12, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Skunk's defense | 4 |
| 2A | 5. High school exam, for short | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Reddish-purple salad ingredient | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Apple TV+ alternative | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Shakespeare villain who says "I am not what I am" | 4 |
| 6A | 15. Literature Nobelist Alice | 5 |
| 7A | 16. They're long for an underdog | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Steffi with seven Wimbledon titles | 4 |
| 9A | 18. Church choir accompaniment | 5 |
| 10A | 19. Temp job? | 13 |
| 11A | 22. ___/her pronouns | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Prevailed | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Necklace that can be made with kukui nuts | 3 |
| 14A | 26. Prefix with liberal or conservative | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Union job? | 14 |
| 16A | 31. Ones potentially contacted in "first contact" | 6 |
| 17A | 32. Vowel sound at the end of 15- and 26-Across | 5 |
| 18A | 33. "La Vie en Rose" singer Edith | 4 |
| 19A | 34. End of a hairy limb | 3 |
| 20A | 35. Watery or papery | 4 |
| 21A | 39. Yiddish "Yikes!" | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Have ambitions (to) | 6 |
| 23A | 44. Flex job? | 14 |
| 24A | 47. It sells, it's said | 3 |
| 25A | 48. MSNBC competitor | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Chaired | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Like the opening of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 | 3 |
| 28A | 51. Dream job? | 13 |
| 29A | 55. It travels at nearly 300 million meters per second | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Apple Store offerings | 4 |
| 31A | 57. Story of one's life? | 4 |
| 32A | 60. "Music is powered by ___": Yo-Yo Ma | 5 |
| 33A | 61. Olympian's sword | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Fuzzy bit of car décor | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Literature Nobelist Morrison | 4 |
| 36A | 64. Some lab liquids | 4 |
| 37A | 65. Like Scotch | 4 |
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. Skunk's defense"
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 property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: aroma, odour, scent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. High school exam, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Reddish-purple salad ingredient"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that biennial eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
- Words that mean the same thing: beetroot, Beta vulgaris, common beet
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Apple TV+ alternative"
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: HULU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Shakespeare villain who says "I am not what I am""
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 the villain in william shakespeare's tragedy who tricked othello into murdering his wife
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IAGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Literature Nobelist Alice"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that british writer of short stories (1870-1916)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hector Hugh Munro, Saki, H. H. Munro
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUNRO
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Clue 7 Across: "16. They're long for an underdog"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "17. Steffi with seven Wimbledon titles"
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 german tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at wimbledon (born in 1969)
- Words that mean the same thing: Stephanie Graf, Steffi Graf
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRAF
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Clue 9 Across: "18. Church choir accompaniment"
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 fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
- Words that mean the same thing: reed organ, harmonium, pipe organ
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORGAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "19. Temp job?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: METEOROLOGIST
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Clue 11 Across: "22. ___/her pronouns"
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: SHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Prevailed"
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 basic unit of money in south korea
- Words that mean the same thing: North Korean won, win, gain ground
- The opposite would be: lost, lose
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Necklace that can be made with kukui nuts"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, garland, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. Prefix with liberal or conservative"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (used as a combining form) recent or new
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. Union job?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEDDINGPLANNER
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Clue 16 Across: "31. Ones potentially contacted in "first contact""
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 a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: extraterrestrial, disaffect, unknown
- The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIENS
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Clue 17 Across: "32. Vowel sound at the end of 15- and 26-Across"
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: LONGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. "La Vie en Rose" singer Edith"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that french cabaret singer (1915-1963)
- Words that mean the same thing: Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIAF
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Clue 19 Across: "34. End of a hairy limb"
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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- Words that mean the same thing: mitt, manus, hand
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Watery or papery"
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 lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- Words that mean the same thing: slenderize, sparse, dilute
- The opposite would be: thicken, fat
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Yiddish "Yikes!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: OYVEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Have ambitions (to)"
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 have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- Words that mean the same thing: aim, shoot for, draw a bead on
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASPIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Flex job?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOGAINSTRUCTOR
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Clue 24 Across: "47. It sells, it's said"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that activities associated with sexual intercourse
- Words that mean the same thing: sexual urge, sexuality, arouse
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. MSNBC competitor"
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: CNN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Chaired"
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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Words that mean the same thing: work, feed, melt down
- The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Like the opening of Mahler's Symphony No. 9"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. Dream job?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- Words that mean the same thing: analyst
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSYCHOANALYST
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Clue 29 Across: "55. It travels at nearly 300 million meters per second"
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 (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- Words that mean the same thing: scant, low-cal, loose
- The opposite would be: extinguish, dark
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Apple Store offerings"
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 waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
- Words that mean the same thing: mac, macintosh, mack
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MACS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Story of one's life?"
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 notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- Words that mean the same thing: necrology, obituary
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. "Music is powered by ___": Yo-Yo Ma"
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 the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: approximation, musical theme, mind
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Olympian's sword"
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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Fuzzy bit of car décor"
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 small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- Words that mean the same thing: die, cube
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "63. Literature Nobelist Morrison"
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: TONI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "64. Some lab liquids"
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 amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- Words that mean the same thing: blood serum, serum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "65. Like Scotch"
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 people who are old collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: ripened, senesce, get on
- The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGED
Great job if you got it right!
April 12, 2022 Tuesday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Well, well, well!" | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Fizzling firework | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Encyclopedia volumes vis-Ã -vis Wikipedia, e.g. | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Deceptive trick | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Old-fashioned message carriers | 7 |
| 6D | 6. South Asian wrap | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Petri dish filler | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Coming up next | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Small town | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Driving force? | 6 |
| 11D | 11. One might take off a few marks | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Spanish for "foolish" | 5 |
| 13D | 15. What may be heard in a herd | 6 |
| 14D | 20. Exact lookalike | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Slim and trim | 4 |
| 16D | 22. Give this for that | 4 |
| 17D | 23. Lead-in to pad | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Clear up, as ski goggles | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Works in a theater | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Likely to offend, in brief | 5 |
| 21D | 34. George Eliot and George Orwell, for two | 8 |
| 22D | 36. Really prosper | 8 |
| 23D | 37. ___ Man, one of the Avengers | 4 |
| 24D | 38. Wonkish sort | 4 |
| 25D | 40. America's Cup vessels | 6 |
| 26D | 41. Bottleful in un ristorante | 4 |
| 27D | 42. It was once the world's fourth-largest lake | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Sch. system with campuses in Buffalo and Binghamton | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Affirmative reply to "Understand?" | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Most abundant element in Earth's crust | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Bullet with a trail | 6 |
| 32D | 47. Bad break in bowling | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Spiced tea | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Scruff of the neck | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Many a cocktail mixer | 4 |
| 36D | 58. "Rocks" in a cocktail | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Big name in online talks | 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. "Well, well, well!""
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: OHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Fizzling firework"
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 someone who is unsuccessful
- Words that mean the same thing: turkey, washout, misfire
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DUD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Encyclopedia volumes vis-Ã -vis Wikipedia, e.g."
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: OLDMEDIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Deceptive trick"
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 deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- Words that mean the same thing: artifice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Old-fashioned message carriers"
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 wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
- Words that mean the same thing: pigeon
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIGEONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. South Asian wrap"
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 loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the south pacific
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SARONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Petri dish filler"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- Words that mean the same thing: nutrient agar, agar-agar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Coming up next"
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: TOFOLLOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Small town"
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 colloquial american term for a town
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BURG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Driving force?"
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 motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- Words that mean the same thing: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENGINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. One might take off a few marks"
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 implement used to erase something
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERASER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Spanish for "foolish""
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: TONTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. What may be heard in a herd"
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 make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
- Words that mean the same thing: low, moo
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOOING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "20. Exact lookalike"
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 either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- Words that mean the same thing: match, mate, couple
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Slim and trim"
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 property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- Words that mean the same thing: run, tend, be given
- The opposite would be: fat, rich
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Give this for that"
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 equal exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: trade, barter, switch
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SWAP
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Clue 17 Down: "23. Lead-in to pad"
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: HELI
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Clue 18 Down: "28. Clear up, as ski goggles"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that free from mist
- Words that mean the same thing: demist
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DEFOG
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Works in a theater"
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 dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- Words that mean the same thing: gaming, work, manoeuvre
- The opposite would be: tightness
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The answer is: PLAYS
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Likely to offend, in brief"
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: NOTPC
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Clue 21 Down: "34. George Eliot and George Orwell, for two"
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: PENNAMES
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Clue 22 Down: "36. Really prosper"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: HITITBIG
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Clue 23 Down: "37. ___ Man, one of the Avengers"
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 heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Words that mean the same thing: smoothing iron, press, cast-iron
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IRON
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Wonkish sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- Words that mean the same thing: swot, grind, wonk
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NERD
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Clue 25 Down: "40. America's Cup vessels"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
- Words that mean the same thing: yacht, racing yacht
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: YACHTS
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Bottleful in un ristorante"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- Words that mean the same thing: wine
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VINO
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Clue 27 Down: "42. It was once the world's fourth-largest lake"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ARALSEA
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Sch. system with campuses in Buffalo and Binghamton"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SUNY
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Affirmative reply to "Understand?""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: YESIDO
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Most abundant element in Earth's crust"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.
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- This could be something that a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 8, O
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OXYGEN
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Bullet with a trail"
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 investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- Words that mean the same thing: tracer bullet
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TRACER
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Clue 32 Down: "47. Bad break in bowling"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- Words that mean the same thing: break open, disconnected, snag
- The opposite would be: unite
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The answer is: SPLIT
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Spiced tea"
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: CHAI
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Scruff of the neck"
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 back side of the neck
- Words that mean the same thing: nucha, scruff
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NAPE
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Many a cocktail mixer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
- Words that mean the same thing: soda water, washing soda, pop
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SODA
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Clue 36 Down: "58. "Rocks" in a cocktail"
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 water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: meth, internal-combustion engine, deoxyephedrine
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ICE
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Big name in online talks"
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 tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing edwardian style clothes
- Words that mean the same thing: Teddy boy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TED
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 70.3% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 14.9% |
| Food & Drink | 3 | 4.1% |
| History | 3 | 4.1% |
| Music | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually 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 10, 2025 at 05:38 PM
