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Date: Saturday, December 21, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
December 21, 2019 Saturday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Bygone ad figure in a tuxedo and sunglasses | 8 |
| 2A | 9. Form, as a lasting memory | 4 |
| 3A | 13. Oman, for one | 9 |
| 4A | 14. Stick in the mud | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Arboreal fragrance | 10 |
| 6A | 16. 3-D movie option | 4 |
| 7A | 17. ___ fun | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Nonstandard: Abbr. | 3 |
| 9A | 19. Tea flavorer in the Middle East | 5 |
| 10A | 20. Not holding back emotions | 4 |
| 11A | 21. Early settler of Greenland | 10 |
| 12A | 24. Origin of many refugees once in 26-Across, for short | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Tombstone locale: Abbr. | 4 |
| 14A | 26. See 24-Across | 4 |
| 15A | 28. A-O.K. | 10 |
| 16A | 34. Man's name meaning "Jehovah is God" | 4 |
| 17A | 35. Nimbi | 5 |
| 18A | 36. "The Avengers" role | 4 |
| 19A | 37. Whom nobody plays with | 10 |
| 20A | 39. Bad for growth, in a way | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Either half of a duo with 14 #1 country hits | 4 |
| 22A | 41. Digs | 3 |
| 23A | 42. Clique's aspirations, in modern lingo | 10 |
| 24A | 48. Polo playing? | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Stanley of the "Hunger Games" movies | 5 |
| 26A | 50. Attitude | 3 |
| 27A | 51. ___ of Solomon | 4 |
| 28A | 52. Figure in a corner | 4 |
| 29A | 53. TV host fluent in eight languages | 10 |
| 30A | 56. "A-Hunting We Will Go" composer | 4 |
| 31A | 57. What valedictorians have | 9 |
| 32A | 58. Hunger or thirst | 4 |
| 33A | 59. He is one | 8 |
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Clue 1 Across: "1. Bygone ad figure in a tuxedo and sunglasses"
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: JOECAMEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "9. Form, as a lasting memory"
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 make an etching of
- Words that mean the same thing: engrave
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETCH
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Clue 3 Across: "13. Oman, for one"
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 country or territory ruled by a sultan
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SULTANATE
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Stick in the mud"
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 soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- Words that mean the same thing: slop, grind to a halt, morass
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Arboreal fragrance"
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 close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANDALWOOD
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Clue 6 Across: "16. 3-D movie option"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: IMAX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. ___ fun"
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 tall coarse perennial american herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- Words that mean the same thing: prod, stab, garget
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Nonstandard: 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 a unit of electrical power in an ac circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
- Words that mean the same thing: volt-ampere
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Tea flavorer in the Middle East"
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 aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
- Words that mean the same thing: Eugenia aromaticum, garlic clove, cleave
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Not holding back emotions"
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 clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- Words that mean the same thing: give, exposed, clear
- The opposite would be: shut, close
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Early settler of Greenland"
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: ERICTHERED
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Clue 12 Across: "24. Origin of many refugees once in 26-Across, for short"
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: NAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Tombstone locale: Abbr."
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: ARIZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. See 24-Across"
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 largest and southernmost island in the marianas which is administered as a territory of the united states; it was ceded by spain to the united states in 1898
- Words that mean the same thing: GU
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. A-O.K."
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: HOTSYTOTSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. Man's name meaning "Jehovah is God""
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 english essayist (1775-1834)
- Words that mean the same thing: Lamb, Charles Lamb
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Nimbi"
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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Words that mean the same thing: atmosphere, glory, halo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AURAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. "The Avengers" role"
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 (norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of balder and was overcome by thor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOKI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Whom nobody plays with"
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: SOLOARTIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Bad for growth, in a way"
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 lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- Words that mean the same thing: desiccated, desiccate, waterless
- 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 21 Across: "40. Either half of a duo with 14 #1 country hits"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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: JUDD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Digs"
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 number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- Words that mean the same thing: launch pad, plod, diggings
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Clique's aspirations, in modern lingo"
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: SQUADGOALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Polo playing?"
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: TERI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Stanley of the "Hunger Games" movies"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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: TUCCI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Attitude"
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 of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- Words that mean the same thing: sass, rim, back talk
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. ___ of Solomon"
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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Words that mean the same thing: ode
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Figure in a corner"
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 (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- Words that mean the same thing: short-change, swindle, gip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROOK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. TV host fluent in eight languages"
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: TREVORNOAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. "A-Hunting We Will Go" composer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. What valedictorians have"
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: AAVERAGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "58. Hunger or thirst"
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 state of extreme poverty
- Words that mean the same thing: require, privation, deficiency
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "59. He is one"
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: INERTGAS
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle December 21, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Target of some filters | 9 |
| 2D | 2. Bygone | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Texter's "When are you coming?" | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Give birth, as whales do | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Name signed on the Camp David Accords | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Language of Polynesia | 5 |
| 7D | 7. W.W. II zone | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Wasn't down | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Writer who pioneered in naturalism | 9 |
| 10D | 10. ___ Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Really fancy | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Bewitched | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Two-time host city of the FIFA World Cup | 8 |
| 14D | 15. Boozehounds | 7 |
| 15D | 19. I.O.U., e.g. | 4 |
| 16D | 22. Alternatives to apartamentos | 5 |
| 17D | 23. Unpublicized date | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Bit of Communist Chinese attire | 9 |
| 19D | 28. Leader of Greece? | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Top | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Arm muscle, informally | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Nixes, as a plan | 9 |
| 23D | 32. Snowy resorts | 8 |
| 24D | 33. Whence the words "nosh" and "tush" | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Car that sounds like a Cockney greeting | 4 |
| 26D | 42. Need for a milkshake | 5 |
| 27D | 43. Website for crowdsourcing answers | 5 |
| 28D | 44. School 50 miles west of Brown, informally | 5 |
| 29D | 45. Doan's shelfmate | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Hepatologist's focus | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Squash, e.g. | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Neighbor of Fiji | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Chi preceder | 3 |
| 34D | 54. Zipped | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Publisher of yellow journalism | 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. Target of some filters"
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: JUNKEMAIL
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Bygone"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OLDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Texter's "When are you coming?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Give birth, as whales do"
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 release ice
- Words that mean the same thing: have young, break up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CALVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Name signed on the Camp David Accords"
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: ANWAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Language of Polynesia"
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 ethnic minority of polynesian and melanesian descent who speak maori and live in new zealand
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAORI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. W.W. II zone"
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: ETO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Wasn't down"
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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Words that mean the same thing: moderate, result, take
- The opposite would be: follow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Writer who pioneered in naturalism"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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: EMILEZOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. ___ Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an island in indonesia in the malay archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the lesser sunda islands
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIMOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Really fancy"
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 have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- Words that mean the same thing: hunger, starve, thirst
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Bewitched"
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 cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
- Words that mean the same thing: jinxed, witch, glamour
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEXED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Two-time host city of the FIFA World Cup"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
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: SAOPAULO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Boozehounds"
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 porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- Words that mean the same thing: sponge, leech, sponger
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPONGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. I.O.U., e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
- Words that mean the same thing: check, tab
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Alternatives to apartamentos"
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: CASAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "23. Unpublicized date"
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 date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- Words that mean the same thing: assignation, rendezvous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRYST
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Bit of Communist Chinese attire"
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: MAOJACKET
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Leader of Greece?"
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: HARDG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "29. Top"
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 be or do something to a greater degree
- Words that mean the same thing: exceed, scoop, surpass
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "30. Arm muscle, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "31. Nixes, as a plan"
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 a professional killer who uses a gun
- Words that mean the same thing: triggerman, hero sandwich, hired gun
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: TORPEDOES
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Snowy resorts"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SKIAREAS
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Whence the words "nosh" and "tush""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a dialect of high german including some hebrew and other words; spoken in europe as a vernacular by many jews; written in the hebrew script
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: YIDDISH
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Car that sounds like a Cockney greeting"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AUDI
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Clue 26 Down: "42. Need for a milkshake"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- Words that mean the same thing: strew, chaff, pale yellow
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STRAW
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Website for crowdsourcing answers"
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: QUORA
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Clue 28 Down: "44. School 50 miles west of Brown, informally"
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: UCONN
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Doan's shelfmate"
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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks aleve and anaprox and aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
- Words that mean the same thing: Anaprox, naproxen sodium, Aflaxen
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALEVE
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Hepatologist's focus"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin a; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- Words that mean the same thing: liver-colored
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LIVER
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Squash, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- Words that mean the same thing: disport, summercater, sportswoman
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SPORT
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Neighbor of Fiji"
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 monarchy on a polynesian archipelago in the south pacific; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1970
- Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TONGA
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Chi preceder"
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 native or inhabitant of thailand
- Words that mean the same thing: Siamese, Thai
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAI
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Zipped"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Words that mean the same thing: incline, fly the coop, turn tail
- The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
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The answer is: RAN
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Publisher of yellow journalism"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a small piece of cloth or paper
- Words that mean the same thing: nark, devil, razz
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RAG
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 72.1% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 13.2% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 4.4% |
| Geography | 3 | 4.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Music | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, 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 28, 2025 at 06:29 AM
