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Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
December 16, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Dreidels, e.g. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Little bit | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Fancy-schmancy | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Mother of Zeus | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Home with a smoke flap | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Up to it | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Place to land that's not on land | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Nasdaq listings: Abbr. | 3 |
| 9A | 21. "___ the only one?" | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Amateur sports level | 6 |
| 11A | 23. 2002 musical that won eight Tonys | 9 |
| 12A | 27. Quick pics | 5 |
| 13A | 28. Gaelic language | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Deli counter device | 5 |
| 15A | 31. The Bronx Bombers, briefly | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Include on an email | 6 |
| 17A | 35. Spin | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Very picture of idleness? | 11 |
| 19A | 40. Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L'Ouverture) | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Rise up | 6 |
| 21A | 44. Canine breeders' org. | 3 |
| 22A | 47. Plastic-like clogs | 5 |
| 23A | 49. Offshore | 4 |
| 24A | 50. Pfizer competitor | 5 |
| 25A | 52. Felix of "The Odd Couple," for one | 9 |
| 26A | 55. How Russia ranks first among all countries | 6 |
| 27A | 57. Shakespeare's "Richard ___" | 3 |
| 28A | 58. Suffix with lemon or lime | 3 |
| 29A | 59. Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? | 15 |
| 30A | 63. Help with a heist | 4 |
| 31A | 64. Something you grin and bare? | 5 |
| 32A | 65. Beyond regulation, briefly | 4 |
| 33A | 66. Kind of wave | 4 |
| 34A | 67. Pick up | 5 |
| 35A | 68. Toy celebrated at Brickworld conventions | 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. Dreidels, 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 the upper part of anything
- Words that mean the same thing: upper side, spinning top, topnotch
- The opposite would be: bottom
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Little bit"
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: SKOSH
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Fancy-schmancy"
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 elegant and fashionable; ; ; ; - julia child
- Words that mean the same thing: classy, swish
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POSH
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Mother of Zeus"
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 fertility goddess in ancient greek mythology; wife of cronus and mother of zeus; identified with roman ops and cybele of ancient asia minor
- Words that mean the same thing: Pterocnemia pennata, Rhea americana, nandu
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Home with a smoke flap"
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 native american tent; usually of conical shape
- Words that mean the same thing: tipi, teepee
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Up to it"
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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: capable, able-bodied
- The opposite would be: unable
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABLE
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Place to land that's not on land"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: AIRCRAFTCARRIER
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Nasdaq listings: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: Colorado, carbon monoxide, cobalt
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. "___ the only one?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: AMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Amateur sports level"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that disparaging terms for small people
- Words that mean the same thing: wood pewee, peewit, pewit
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEEWEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. 2002 musical that won eight Tonys"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: HAIRSPRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. Quick pics"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of catching an object with the hands
- Words that mean the same thing: break down, snap, child's play
- The opposite would be: inelasticity
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Gaelic language"
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 of several related languages of the celts in ireland and scotland
- Words that mean the same thing: Goidelic, Gaelic
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Deli counter device"
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 ordered reference standard
- Words that mean the same thing: scale of measurement, surmount, scurf
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. The Bronx Bombers, briefly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NYY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Include on an email"
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 cause to be attached
- Words that mean the same thing: impound, tie, seize
- The opposite would be: detach
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTACH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Spin"
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 a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- Words that mean the same thing: swirl, birl, twist
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWIRL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Very picture of idleness?"
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: SCREENSAVER
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Clue 19 Across: "40. Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L'Ouverture)"
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 a republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Words that mean the same thing: Hispaniola, Hayti, Republic of Haiti
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAITI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Rise up"
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 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- Words that mean the same thing: nauseate, disgust, uprising
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REVOLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Canine breeders' org."
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: AKC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "47. Plastic-like clogs"
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: CROCS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "49. Offshore"
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 in the direction of the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: seaward, seawards
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Pfizer competitor"
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: MERCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "52. Felix of "The Odd Couple," for one"
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: NEATFREAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. How Russia ranks first among all countries"
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: INAREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Shakespeare's "Richard ___""
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: threesome, three, trine
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: III
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Suffix with lemon or lime"
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 sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: GOVERNMENTBONDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. Help with a heist"
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 assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Something you grin and bare?"
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 hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOOTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. Beyond regulation, briefly"
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: INOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. Kind of wave"
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 ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: sin
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "67. Pick up"
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 general conscious awareness
- Words that mean the same thing: sentience, good sense, common sense
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "68. Toy celebrated at Brickworld conventions"
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 (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
- Words that mean the same thing: Lego set
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEGO
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Wednesday Crossword Down Clues - December 16, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Windpipe | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Toy company that made Etch A Sketch a success | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Fights through adversity | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Pouch | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Part of a philatelist's collection | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Fermented milk drinks | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Elect (to) | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Brief moment | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Disorganized pile | 4 |
| 10D | 10. ), briefly | 5 |
| 11D | 11. With 45-Down, Luke Skywalker's mentor | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Dopey co-worker | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Martin Luther's crime | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Dorm monitors, for short | 3 |
| 15D | 19. Wildlife sanctuary | 7 |
| 16D | 24. Get through to | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Show decorum | 7 |
| 18D | 26. Oscillates about a vertical axis | 4 |
| 19D | 30. Mythomaniac | 4 |
| 20D | 33. Cheese plate staple | 7 |
| 21D | 34. Next in line | 4 |
| 22D | 36. "Reading Rainbow" host Burton | 5 |
| 23D | 38. School founded by Henry VI | 4 |
| 24D | 39. Hit TV show rebranded as "The Conners" in 2018 | 8 |
| 25D | 42. Iditarod pace setter | 7 |
| 26D | 43. Develops a liking for | 7 |
| 27D | 44. Female friends, in Spain | 6 |
| 28D | 45. See 11-Down | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Cowardly | 6 |
| 30D | 48. New Orleans team | 6 |
| 31D | 51. Home of the Minoan civilization | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Give 10% | 5 |
| 33D | 54. Make stuff up | 3 |
| 34D | 56. Parts of black widow spiders' diets | 4 |
| 35D | 60. One of the Three Stooges | 3 |
| 36D | 61. Long, long time | 3 |
| 37D | 62. Need for making latkes | 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. Windpipe"
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 membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
- Words that mean the same thing: windpipe
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRACHEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Toy company that made Etch A Sketch a success"
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: OHIOART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Fights through adversity"
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 continue to exist
- Words that mean the same thing: remain, endure, hang in
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERSISTS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Pouch"
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 enclosed space
- Words that mean the same thing: pocket, pouch, Sauk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Part of a philatelist's collection"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- Words that mean the same thing: revenue stamp, postage, impression
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STAMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Fermented milk drinks"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: KEFIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Elect (to)"
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 select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPT
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Brief moment"
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 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Words that mean the same thing: unsweet, s, secant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Disorganized pile"
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 collection of objects laid on top of each other
- Words that mean the same thing: raft, sight, jalopy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. ), briefly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: PAREN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. With 45-Down, Luke Skywalker's mentor"
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: OBIWAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Dopey co-worker"
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 ready to fall asleep
- Words that mean the same thing: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEEPY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Martin Luther's crime"
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 opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- Words that mean the same thing: heterodoxy, unorthodoxy
- The opposite would be: orthodoxy
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HERESY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Dorm monitors, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- Words that mean the same thing: Re, right ascension, celestial longitude
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Wildlife sanctuary"
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 formality and propriety of manner
- Words that mean the same thing: allow, taciturnity, earmark
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESERVE
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Get through to"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the limits within which something can be effective
- Words that mean the same thing: turn over, get to, grasp
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REACH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Show decorum"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTNICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Oscillates about a vertical axis"
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 infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
- Words that mean the same thing: yaw, frambesia, swerve
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YAWS
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Mythomaniac"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
- The opposite would be: square shooter
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The answer is: LIAR
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Clue 20 Down: "33. Cheese plate staple"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- Words that mean the same thing: cracker bonbon, firecracker, banger
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: CRACKER
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Clue 21 Down: "34. Next in line"
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 person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
- Words that mean the same thing: heritor, inheritor, successor
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HEIR
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Clue 22 Down: "36. "Reading Rainbow" host Burton"
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: LEVAR
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Clue 23 Down: "38. School founded by Henry VI"
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: ETON
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Hit TV show rebranded as "The Conners" in 2018"
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: ROSEANNE
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Clue 25 Down: "42. Iditarod pace setter"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: LEADDOG
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Clue 26 Down: "43. Develops a liking for"
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: TAKESTO
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Clue 27 Down: "44. Female friends, in Spain"
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: AMIGAS
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Clue 28 Down: "45. See 11-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: KENOBI
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Cowardly"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that an abject coward
- Words that mean the same thing: poltroon, recreant
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CRAVEN
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Clue 30 Down: "48. New Orleans team"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
- Words that mean the same thing: paragon, nonpareil, ideal
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SAINTS
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Home of the Minoan civilization"
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 largest greek island in the mediterranean; site of the minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 bc
- Words that mean the same thing: Kriti
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CRETE
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Give 10%"
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 levy of one tenth of something
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TITHE
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Make stuff up"
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 trivial lie
- Words that mean the same thing: story, tale, tarradiddle
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: FIB
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Clue 34 Down: "56. Parts of black widow spiders' diets"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: emmet, ant, pismire
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANTS
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Clue 35 Down: "60. One of the Three Stooges"
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: MOE
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Clue 36 Down: "61. Long, long time"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the longest division of geological time
- Words that mean the same thing: aeon
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EON
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Clue 37 Down: "62. Need for making latkes"
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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: anele, inunct, oil color
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OIL
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 70.8% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 15.3% |
| Abbreviation | 5 | 6.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.8% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 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 Wednesday, 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!
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Last Updated: September 20, 2025 at 04:40 PM
