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Date: Friday, November 20, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (31 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle November 20, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Catchphrase on "The Simpsons" | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Not so hot | 4 |
| 3A | 14. Love poet of old | 10 |
| 4A | 15. Stage honor | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Experts in determining the exact shape and size of the earth | 10 |
| 6A | 17. Court seat | 4 |
| 7A | 18. Crisp, picturewise | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Place name in Manhattan | 5 |
| 9A | 21. CARE, e.g., for short | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Got | 6 |
| 11A | 25. Satisfied the munchies | 7 |
| 12A | 27. Digital identifiers | 7 |
| 13A | 30. Startled response to "Eek, a mouse!" | 5 |
| 14A | 31. Avalanche | 7 |
| 15A | 34. Parched | 4 |
| 16A | 35. Common activity in couples therapy | 13 |
| 17A | 38. Off the ___ | 4 |
| 18A | 39. Like presidents with Bibles, maybe | 7 |
| 19A | 40. Discontinued grocery chain that was once the U.S.'s largest retailer | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Snuggles | 7 |
| 21A | 45. Hearty har-hars | 7 |
| 22A | 48. Like stadiums | 6 |
| 23A | 50. Counter offer, for short? | 3 |
| 24A | 51. Goes "Grrrr" | 5 |
| 25A | 54. "Kiss Me ___ the Phone" (2009 #3 hit) | 4 |
| 26A | 55. Spanish opposite of odio | 4 |
| 27A | 57. "Little Rhody," with "the" | 10 |
| 28A | 60. ___ lives | 4 |
| 29A | 61. Classic Buster Keaton film set in Civil War times | 10 |
| 30A | 62. Cut | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Some terms set by consenting partners | 9 |
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. Catchphrase on "The Simpsons""
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: AYCARAMBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "10. Not so hot"
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 moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
- Words that mean the same thing: meek, soft, modest
- The opposite would be: intense
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MILD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "14. Love poet of old"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a singer of folk songs
- Words that mean the same thing: poet-singer, folk singer, minstrel
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROUBADOUR
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Clue 4 Across: "15. Stage honor"
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: OBIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Experts in determining the exact shape and size of the earth"
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: GEODESISTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Court seat"
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: BANC
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Crisp, picturewise"
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: INHD
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Place name in Manhattan"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Jacob Astor, Viscountess Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. CARE, e.g., 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 an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
- Words that mean the same thing: nongovernmental organization
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Got"
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 a fool or dupe of
- Words that mean the same thing: befool, arse around, fritter away
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOOLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Satisfied the munchies"
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 eat a snack; eat lightly
- Words that mean the same thing: snack, nosh
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNACKED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. Digital identifiers"
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: TOETAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Startled response to "Eek, a mouse!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Avalanche"
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 the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- Words that mean the same thing: battery, onslaught, bombardment
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BARRAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Parched"
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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- Words that mean the same thing: desiccated, waterless, desiccate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Common activity in couples therapy"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert 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: TRUSTEXERCISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. Off the ___"
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 pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- Words that mean the same thing: power grid, power system, storage-battery grid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Like presidents with Bibles, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SWORNIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Discontinued grocery chain that was once the U.S.'s largest retailer"
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: AANDP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Snuggles"
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 a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- Words that mean the same thing: cuddle, snuggle, nestle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NESTLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "45. Hearty har-hars"
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: BIGYUKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "48. Like stadiums"
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 having or arranged in tiers
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIERED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "50. Counter offer, for short?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "51. Goes "Grrrr""
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: GNARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "54. "Kiss Me ___ the Phone" (2009 #3 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: THRU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. Spanish opposite of odio"
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 (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
- Words that mean the same thing: Cupid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. "Little Rhody," with "the""
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: OCEANSTATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. ___ lives"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Words that mean the same thing: ennead, ix, nine-spot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Classic Buster Keaton film set in Civil War times"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert 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: THEGENERAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Cut"
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 chop or split with an ax
- Words that mean the same thing: axe, ax
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Some terms set by consenting partners"
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: SAFEWORDS
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November 20, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Childish denial | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Attention getter | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Someone to snuggle with | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Fiver | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Some campus V.I.P.s | 3 |
| 6D | 6. ___ Barnes, W.N.I.T.-winning basketball coach | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Spanish ___ | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Ashtray fill | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Burning issue | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Swarm | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Many workers on Wall Street, informally | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Slips and such | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Cracked, in a way | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Weekend warrior's cry | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Uncut | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Requests made to latecomers, in brief | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Game in which the object is to end with zero points | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Psst! Don't pass it on! | 11 |
| 19D | 28. Burgeoned | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Old English dialect | 5 |
| 21D | 32. "An Officer and a Gentleman" star, 1982 | 4 |
| 22D | 33. German philosopher Bloch | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Hiker's bagful | 8 |
| 24D | 36. Annoying thing to hear in a movie theater | 8 |
| 25D | 37. Queens's ___ Field | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Dolce's partner in fashion | 7 |
| 27D | 41. One parent of a mixed-breed "poxer" | 3 |
| 28D | 43. German leader after Adenauer | 6 |
| 29D | 44. Tempur-Pedic alternatives | 6 |
| 30D | 46. Gut feelings? | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Actor/comedian ___ Baron Cohen | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Face-off | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Shipwreck site, maybe | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Saltimbocca ingredient | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Strawberry, raspberry or cherry | 3 |
| 36D | 58. Inside the box? | 3 |
| 37D | 59. ___-Cat | 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. Childish denial"
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: ARENOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Attention getter"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOOHOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Someone to snuggle with"
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: CUDDLEBUDDY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Fiver"
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: ABE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Some campus V.I.P.s"
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 network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- Words that mean the same thing: RA, reticular activating system, Re
- 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 6 Down: "6. ___ Barnes, W.N.I.T.-winning basketball coach"
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: ADIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Spanish ___"
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 tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Ashtray fill"
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 thick end of the handle
- Words that mean the same thing: hindquarters, cigaret, butt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUTTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Burning issue"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that malicious burning to destroy property
- Words that mean the same thing: incendiarism, fire-raising
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARSON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Swarm"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a disorderly crowd of people
- Words that mean the same thing: pack, pile, throng
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Many workers on Wall Street, informally"
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: IBANKERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Slips and such"
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 women's underwear and nightclothes
- Words that mean the same thing: intimate apparel
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LINGERIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Cracked, in a way"
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 convert code into ordinary language
- Words that mean the same thing: decipher, decode, decrypt
- The opposite would be: encode
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DECODED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Weekend warrior's cry"
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: TGIF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Uncut"
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 informal terms for nakedness
- Words that mean the same thing: new, birthday suit, crude
- The opposite would be: cooked
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Requests made to latecomers, in brief"
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: eta, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Game in which the object is to end with zero points"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
- Words that mean the same thing: scud, dash, scoot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DARTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Psst! Don't pass it on!"
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: CHAINLETTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. Burgeoned"
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 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- Words that mean the same thing: turn, grow, rise
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GREW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "29. Old English dialect"
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 member of a germanic people who conquered england and merged with the angles and jutes to become anglo-saxons; dominant in england until the norman conquest
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAXON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. "An Officer and a Gentleman" star, 1982"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. German philosopher Bloch"
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 painter (born in germany, resident of france and the united states) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
- Words that mean the same thing: Max Ernst
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERNST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "35. Hiker's bagful"
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: TRAILMIX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "36. Annoying thing to hear in a movie theater"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.
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: RINGTONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "37. Queens's ___ Field"
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: CITI
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Dolce's partner in fashion"
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: GABBANA
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Clue 27 Down: "41. One parent of a mixed-breed "poxer""
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 small compact smooth-coated breed of asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
- Words that mean the same thing: pug-dog
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PUG
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Clue 28 Down: "43. German leader after Adenauer"
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: ERHARD
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Tempur-Pedic alternatives"
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: SERTAS
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Gut feelings?"
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 tight cluster of people or things
- Words that mean the same thing: international nautical mile, burl, grayback
- The opposite would be: unravel, unknot
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The answer is: KNOTS
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Actor/comedian ___ Baron Cohen"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SACHA
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Face-off"
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 prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
- Words that mean the same thing: affaire d'honneur
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DUEL
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Shipwreck site, maybe"
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 submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- Words that mean the same thing: Rand, Witwatersrand
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: REEF
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Saltimbocca ingredient"
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 mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Words that mean the same thing: sage-green, salvia
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAGE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Strawberry, raspberry or cherry"
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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: cerise, Red River, cherry-red
- The opposite would be: gain
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The answer is: RED
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Inside the box?"
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 not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Words that mean the same thing: freshly, newly, raw
- The opposite would be: old, worn
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The answer is: NEW
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Clue 37 Down: "59. ___-Cat"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SNO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 72.1% |
| Short Answer | 7 | 10.3% |
| History | 4 | 5.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.4% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 31 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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 Friday, 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 21, 2025 at 06:29 AM
