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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, September 05, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (35 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
September 05, 2022 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. ___ Day (early September observance) | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Sound of a big kiss | 5 |
| 3A | 11. ___ Today | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Escape capture by | 5 |
| 5A | 15. "Caveman diet," familiarly | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Catch in the act | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Where flutes are played, in an orchestra | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Color variant | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Vanish into thin air | 9 |
| 10A | 21. Peaceful, pastoral scene | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Fuss | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Vaping apparatus, informally | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Qualifying hurdle for practicing law | 14 |
| 14A | 32. Doily fabric | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Triangular traffic sign | 5 |
| 16A | 34. Goose egg | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say | 3 |
| 18A | 36. 1950s presidential inits. | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Bit of equipment in tennis and basketball | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Breakfast restaurant chain | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Pours down | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Basmati, e.g. | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Prehiring formality, often | 14 |
| 24A | 46. ___ of the matter (pivotal point) | 4 |
| 25A | 47. Liquor in a mai tai | 3 |
| 26A | 48. ___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree | 5 |
| 27A | 50. Hawaiian raw fish dishes | 9 |
| 28A | 56. Outback bird that can go two months without food | 3 |
| 29A | 57. Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across | 11 |
| 30A | 59. One of 24 in the human skeleton | 3 |
| 31A | 60. Nobel-winning chemist Curie | 5 |
| 32A | 61. Egyptian dam | 5 |
| 33A | 62. U.F.O. pilots, some believe | 3 |
| 34A | 63. Largest Greek island | 5 |
| 35A | 64. Nuisances | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. ___ Day (early September observance)"
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 social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- Words that mean the same thing: labor movement, childbed, toil
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LABOR
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Clue 2 Across: "6. Sound of a big kiss"
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 blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Words that mean the same thing: peck, scag, flavor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMACK
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Clue 3 Across: "11. ___ Today"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: U.S., United States of America, U.S.A.
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USA
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Escape capture by"
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 escape, either physically or mentally
- Words that mean the same thing: skirt, evade, put off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELUDE
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Clue 5 Across: "15. "Caveman diet," familiarly"
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: PALEO
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Catch in the act"
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 tag the base runner to get him out
- Words that mean the same thing: nail, collar, cop
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAB
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Where flutes are played, in an orchestra"
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: WINDSECTION
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Color variant"
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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Words that mean the same thing: chromaticity, imbue
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUE
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Vanish into thin air"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that to cause to separate and go in different directions
- Words that mean the same thing: scatter, fool, spread out
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DISSIPATE
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Peaceful, pastoral scene"
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 episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
- Words that mean the same thing: pastorale, idyl, pastoral
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDYLL
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Fuss"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: hustle, stir, flurry
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADO
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Clue 12 Across: "24. Vaping apparatus, informally"
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: ECIG
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Clue 13 Across: "25. Qualifying hurdle for practicing law"
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: BAREXAMINATION
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Clue 14 Across: "32. Doily fabric"
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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: interlace, lacing, entwine
- The opposite would be: untwine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LACE
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Clue 15 Across: "33. Triangular traffic sign"
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 production of a certain amount
- Words that mean the same thing: render, payoff, bear
- The opposite would be: survive, stand
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YIELD
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Clue 16 Across: "34. Goose egg"
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: zippo, nought, zilch
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZERO
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Clue 17 Across: "35. Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say"
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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Words that mean the same thing: wipe out, deplete, corrode
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. 1950s presidential inits."
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: DDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Bit of equipment in tennis and basketball"
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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: final, last, lucre
- The opposite would be: gross
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Breakfast restaurant chain"
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: IHOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Pours down"
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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: rain, rainwater, rain down
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Basmati, 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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- Words that mean the same thing: Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Prehiring formality, often"
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: REFERENCECHECK
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Clue 24 Across: "46. ___ of the matter (pivotal point)"
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 small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the milky way near centaurus
- Words that mean the same thing: Southern Cross, crux of the matter, Crux Australis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRUX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Liquor in a mai tai"
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 liquor distilled from fermented molasses
- Words that mean the same thing: odd, rummy, peculiar
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. ___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree"
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 (greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of zeus and leda who was abducted by paris; the greek army sailed to troy to get her back which resulted in the trojan war
- Words that mean the same thing: Helen of Troy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Hawaiian raw fish dishes"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: POKEBOWLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. Outback bird that can go two months without food"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- Words that mean the same thing: Emu novaehollandiae, electromagnetic unit, Dromaius novaehollandiae
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across"
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: DOUBLECROSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. One of 24 in the human skeleton"
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 support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: ridicule, make fun, costa
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "60. Nobel-winning chemist Curie"
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: MARIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "61. Egyptian dam"
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 ancient city on the nile in egypt; two dams across the nile have been built nearby
- Words that mean the same thing: Assuan, Assouan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASWAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "62. U.F.O. pilots, some believe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: ETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. Largest Greek island"
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 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: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Nuisances"
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 serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Words that mean the same thing: pest, pesterer, pestilence
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PESTS
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Monday Crossword Down Clues - September 05, 2022 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Apt rhyme for "rude" and "crude" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Et ___ (and others: Lat.) | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Hot dog holders | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "I'd wager that …" | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Dwell | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Org. with a Shelter Support Fund | 4 |
| 7D | 7. LeBlanc of "Friends" | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "That's ___!" ("Not true!") | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Company head, for short | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Camera brand that merged with Minolta in 2003 | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Not sanitary | 10 |
| 12D | 12. AMC's "Better Call ___" | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Brother of Cain and Seth | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Adhesive resin | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Scatterbrained sort | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Finish | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Wash oneself | 5 |
| 18D | 26. Certain card that can be either high or low in a deck | 10 |
| 19D | 27. Gallagher of "The Umbrella Academy" | 5 |
| 20D | 28. First responder on a battlefield | 5 |
| 21D | 29. ___ Chaiken, co-creator of "The L Word" | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Hoover competitor | 5 |
| 23D | 31. Jot down | 4 |
| 24D | 32. Home for a wild animal | 4 |
| 25D | 39. Father: Fr. | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Dinosaur in "Toy Story" | 3 |
| 27D | 41. Patch of loose rock that aptly rhymes with "debris" | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Aching sense of guilt | 7 |
| 29D | 44. Trio with a hip-hop cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Wheel cover that may be chrome-plated | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Where "you are" on a mall directory | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Give off | 4 |
| 33D | 50. Unadulterated | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Death notice, in brief | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Abstract artist Paul | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Really impresses | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Hurdle for aspiring attorneys, for short | 4 |
| 38D | 55. Tax IDs | 4 |
| 39D | 58. Scull propeller | 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. Apt rhyme for "rude" and "crude""
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 suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
- Words that mean the same thing: obscene, lustful, libidinous
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEWD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Et ___ (and others: Lat.)"
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: ALII
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Hot dog holders"
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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: tush, backside, arse
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BUNS
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Clue 4 Down: "4. "I'd wager that …""
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: ODDSARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Dwell"
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 one's home in a particular place or community
- Words that mean the same thing: lodge in, domiciliate, domicile
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Org. with a Shelter Support Fund"
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: SPCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. LeBlanc of "Friends""
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 of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- Words that mean the same thing: matte, matted, lusterlessness
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MATT
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Clue 8 Down: "8. "That's ___!" ("Not true!")"
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: ALIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Company head, 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 corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
- Words that mean the same thing: chief executive officer, chief operating officer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Camera brand that merged with Minolta in 2003"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: KONICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Not sanitary"
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 unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNHYGIENIC
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Clue 12 Down: "12. AMC's "Better Call ___""
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 (old testament) the first king of the israelites who defended israel against many enemies (especially the philistines)
- Words that mean the same thing: St. Paul, Saint Paul, Saul of Tarsus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUL
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Brother of Cain and Seth"
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 norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
- Words that mean the same thing: Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABEL
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Adhesive resin"
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 thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
- Words that mean the same thing: epoxy glue, epoxy resin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPOXY
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Scatterbrained sort"
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: DITZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Finish"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: last, conclusion, oddment
- The opposite would be: begin, beginning
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: END
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Wash oneself"
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 act of swimming
- Words that mean the same thing: bath
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BATHE
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Certain card that can be either high or low in a deck"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ACEOFCLUBS
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Gallagher of "The Umbrella Academy""
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: AIDAN
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Clue 20 Down: "28. First responder on a battlefield"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of several old world herbs of the genus medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
- Words that mean the same thing: medical officer, medick, trefoil
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MEDIC
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Clue 21 Down: "29. ___ Chaiken, co-creator of "The L Word""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ILENE
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Hoover competitor"
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: ORECK
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Jot down"
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 brief written record
- Words that mean the same thing: take down, promissory note, observe
- The opposite would be: ignore
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The answer is: NOTE
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Home for a wild animal"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the habitation of wild animals
- Words that mean the same thing: den
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LAIR
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Father: Fr."
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: PERE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Dinosaur in "Toy Story""
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 male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- Words that mean the same thing: king, male monarch
- The opposite would be: queen, female monarch
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The answer is: REX
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Patch of loose rock that aptly rhymes with "debris""
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 sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- Words that mean the same thing: talus
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SCREE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Aching sense of guilt"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- Words that mean the same thing: compunction, self-reproach
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: REMORSE
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Trio with a hip-hop cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way""
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: ______
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The answer is: RUNDMC
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Wheel cover that may be chrome-plated"
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 cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUBCAP
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Where "you are" on a mall directory"
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 the present location; this place
- Words that mean the same thing: hither, Hera
- The opposite would be: there
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The answer is: HERE
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Give off"
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 expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: let loose, breathe, give out
- The opposite would be: absorb
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The answer is: EMIT
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Unadulterated"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that free of extraneous elements of any kind
- Words that mean the same thing: complete, consummate, double-dyed
- The opposite would be: impure, unsaturated
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The answer is: PURE
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Death notice, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- Words that mean the same thing: necrology, obituary
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OBIT
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Abstract artist Paul"
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 swiss painter influenced by kandinsky (1879-1940)
- Words that mean the same thing: Paul Klee
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KLEE
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Really impresses"
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 joke that seems extremely funny
- Words that mean the same thing: howler, riot, belly laugh
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WOWS
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Clue 37 Down: "54. Hurdle for aspiring attorneys, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LSAT
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Clue 38 Down: "55. Tax IDs"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SSNS
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Scull propeller"
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 implement used to propel or steer a boat
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OAR
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 73.0% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 17.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.7% |
| History | 2 | 2.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium 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 07, 2025 at 03:18 PM
