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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (39 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 23, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Beverage that may come with a bag | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Gulf nation | 4 |
| 3A | 8. Noisy drinker's sound | 5 |
| 4A | 13. Dada artist Jean | 3 |
| 5A | 14. "Warrior princess" of old TV | 4 |
| 6A | 15. Capital of Vietnam | 5 |
| 7A | 16. Poets + 10 = Serves drinks | 8 |
| 8A | 18. Relating to living things | 6 |
| 9A | 19. Kazakhs and Uzbeks, e.g. | 6 |
| 10A | 20. Stratford-upon-___ | 4 |
| 11A | 22. First U.S. state alphabetically: Abbr. | 3 |
| 12A | 23. Religious offshoot | 4 |
| 13A | 24. They may share a tartan | 4 |
| 14A | 25. Gear rented at a mountain | 4 |
| 15A | 26. Country with the longest border along the Adriatic Sea | 7 |
| 16A | 29. Growths on rocks and bark | 7 |
| 17A | 31. German sunrise direction | 3 |
| 18A | 32. Mailing label abbr. | 4 |
| 19A | 34. Actress Lupita | 6 |
| 20A | 35. Small amphibian + 7 = Story worth covering | 9 |
| 21A | 37. Garden pavilion | 6 |
| 22A | 40. Javier Bardem's role in 2021's "Being the Ricardos" | 4 |
| 23A | 41. Make a faux pas | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Staffers listed on a masthead | 7 |
| 25A | 46. One on the lam | 7 |
| 26A | 48. Google ___ | 4 |
| 27A | 49. Lock lips | 4 |
| 28A | 51. Pub serving | 4 |
| 29A | 52. World finance org. | 3 |
| 30A | 53. Parent company of Facebook | 4 |
| 31A | 54. Court entertainer | 6 |
| 32A | 56. Got exactly | 6 |
| 33A | 58. Phase + 1 = Ancient period | 8 |
| 34A | 60. Family member via marriage | 5 |
| 35A | 61. Round of applause | 4 |
| 36A | 62. ___-brained (not smart) | 3 |
| 37A | 63. Landing spots? | 5 |
| 38A | 64. Graph line | 4 |
| 39A | 65. Prez after F.D.R. | 3 |
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. Beverage that may come with a bag"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, afternoon tea, Camellia sinensis
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Gulf nation"
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 strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "8. Noisy drinker's sound"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that eat noisily
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLURP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Dada artist Jean"
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 alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
- Words that mean the same thing: Hans Arp, Jean Arp
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. "Warrior princess" of old TV"
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: XENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Capital of Vietnam"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the capital city of vietnam; located in north vietnam
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Vietnam
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HANOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "16. Poets + 10 = Serves drinks"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert 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: BARTENDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Relating to living things"
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 of or relating to living organisms
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIOTIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Kazakhs and Uzbeks, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a native or inhabitant of asia
- Words that mean the same thing: Asiatic, Asian
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Stratford-upon-___"
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 river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn
- Words that mean the same thing: River Avon, Upper Avon River, Upper Avon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. First U.S. state alphabetically: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Religious offshoot"
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 subdivision of a larger religious group
- Words that mean the same thing: religious sect, religious order, faction
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. They may share a tartan"
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 group of people related by blood or marriage
- Words that mean the same thing: tribe, kin, kin group
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "25. Gear rented at a mountain"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: ski
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "26. Country with the longest border along the Adriatic Sea"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a republic in the western balkans in south-central europe in the eastern adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the habsburg monarchy and yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Hrvatska, Republic of Croatia
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CROATIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Growths on rocks and bark"
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 any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- Words that mean the same thing: lichen
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LICHENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. German sunrise direction"
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: OST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. Mailing label 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: ATTN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "34. Actress Lupita"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium 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: NYONGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Small amphibian + 7 = Story worth covering"
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: NEWSEVENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "37. Garden pavilion"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small roofed building affording shade and rest
- Words that mean the same thing: summerhouse
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAZEBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Javier Bardem's role in 2021's "Being the Ricardos""
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: DESI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Make a faux pas"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: drift, mistake, slip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Staffers listed on a masthead"
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 person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
- Words that mean the same thing: editor in chief, editor program, editor
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDITORS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. One on the lam"
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 someone who escapes
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESCAPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Google ___"
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 diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- Words that mean the same thing: function, single-valued function, map
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Lock lips"
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 act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- Words that mean the same thing: osculate, snog, buss
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KISS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. Pub serving"
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 british imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
- Words that mean the same thing: dry pint
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. World finance org."
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 united nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
- Words that mean the same thing: International Monetary Fund
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Parent company of Facebook"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: META
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. Court entertainer"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
- Words that mean the same thing: fool, motley fool
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JESTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. Got exactly"
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 attach something somewhere by means of nails
- Words that mean the same thing: apprehend, smash, complete
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAILED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Phase + 1 = Ancient period"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: STONEAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "60. Family member via marriage"
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: INLAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. Round of applause"
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 (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- Words that mean the same thing: mitt, manus, paw
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. ___-brained (not smart)"
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 seed of a pea plant used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: pea plant
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "63. Landing spots?"
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 flight of stairs or a flight of steps
- Words that mean the same thing: stair, footprint, stride
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "64. Graph line"
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 straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- Words that mean the same thing: axis of rotation, bloc, axis vertebra
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "65. Prez after F.D.R."
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: HST
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword May 23, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Hot sauce brand | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Whiteboard cleaners | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Jam flavor | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Plow pullers | 4 |
| 5D | 5. ___ Wearhouse (clothing chain) | 4 |
| 6D | 6. & | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Like a twangy voice | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Part of the leg below the knee | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Language spoken west of 15-Across | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Free, as a seat | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Making turbulent | 7 |
| 12D | 12. "Guernica" painter | 7 |
| 13D | 17. British "bye-bye" | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Supervisor + 9 = Quality that makes a fish hard to eat | 8 |
| 15D | 21. Kilmer who played Batman | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Revered animals in ancient Egypt | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Kaput | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Karate-like exercise program | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Annoyed + 2 = "Success!" | 8 |
| 20D | 30. Jaded person | 5 |
| 21D | 33. Actor Beatty | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Makes after expenses | 4 |
| 23D | 36. Vivaldi duet? | 4 |
| 24D | 37. Many births in late spring, astrologically | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Firm in one's stance | 7 |
| 26D | 39. Email attachment with compressed content | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Words written in marble | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Pulls out of a deal | 7 |
| 29D | 43. Pull back | 7 |
| 30D | 45. "Pull up a chair!" | 3 |
| 31D | 47. Basilica recess | 4 |
| 32D | 50. Younger Obama daughter | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Kittens' cries | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Mitchell whose "Blue" was named #1 on NPR's "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women" list | 4 |
| 35D | 55. Codas | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Napkin's place | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Civic duty, of a sort | 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. Hot sauce brand"
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 mexican state on the gulf of campeche
- Words that mean the same thing: red pepper, Tabasco sauce
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TABASCO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Whiteboard cleaners"
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 an implement used to erase something
- Words that mean the same thing: eraser
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERASERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Jam flavor"
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 asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
- Words that mean the same thing: yellowish pink, apricot tree, salmon pink
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APRICOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Plow pullers"
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 domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - bible
- Words that mean the same thing: cows, Bos taurus, kine
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OXEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Wearhouse (clothing chain)"
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 force of workers available
- Words that mean the same thing: men, workforce, hands
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. &"
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: AND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Like a twangy voice"
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 consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
- Words that mean the same thing: nasal consonant, os nasale, nasal bone
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NASAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Part of the leg below the knee"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- Words that mean the same thing: skin, shin bone, sputter
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Language spoken west of 15-Across"
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Free, as a seat"
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: UNTAKEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Making turbulent"
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 be agitated
- Words that mean the same thing: roiled, turbulent, boil
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROILING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. "Guernica" painter"
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 prolific and influential spanish artist who lived in france (1881-1973)
- Words that mean the same thing: Pablo Picasso
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PICASSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "17. British "bye-bye""
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: TATA
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Supervisor + 9 = Quality that makes a fish hard to eat"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
- Words that mean the same thing: gauntness, bonyness, emaciation
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: BONINESS
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Clue 15 Down: "21. Kilmer who played Batman"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: VAL
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Revered animals in ancient Egypt"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- Words that mean the same thing: disgorge, CAT, quat
- The opposite would be: keep down
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The answer is: CATS
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Kaput"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the act of firing a projectile
- Words that mean the same thing: pullulate, dash, slam
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SHOT
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Karate-like exercise program"
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: TAEBO
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Annoyed + 2 = "Success!""
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: ITWORKED
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Jaded person"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who is critical of the motives of others
- Words that mean the same thing: faultfinder
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CYNIC
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Actor Beatty"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NED
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Makes after expenses"
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 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: network, lucre, cyberspace
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NETS
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Vivaldi duet?"
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: VEES
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Many births in late spring, astrologically"
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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in gemini
- Words that mean the same thing: Twins, Twin, Gemini
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: GEMINIS
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Firm in one's stance"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
- Words that mean the same thing: intransigent, inexorable, adamantine
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ADAMANT
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Email attachment with compressed content"
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: ZIPFILE
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Words written in marble"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: EPITAPH
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Pulls out of a deal"
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 the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
- Words that mean the same thing: revoke, renegue on, renege
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RENEGES
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Pull back"
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 (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- Words that mean the same thing: pull in one's horns, pull back, pull away
- The opposite would be: advance
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The answer is: RETREAT
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Clue 30 Down: "45. "Pull up a chair!""
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 be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: baby-sit, model, pose
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
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The answer is: SIT
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Basilica recess"
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 domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- Words that mean the same thing: apsis
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: APSE
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Younger Obama daughter"
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: SASHA
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Kittens' cries"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
- Words that mean the same thing: miaou, mew gull, miaow
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MEWS
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Mitchell whose "Blue" was named #1 on NPR's "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women" list"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: JONI
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Codas"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: remnant, death, remainder
- The opposite would be: beginning, begin
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The answer is: ENDS
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Napkin's place"
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 upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Words that mean the same thing: lap up, circle, lap covering
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LAP
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Civic duty, of a sort"
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 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
- Words that mean the same thing: taxation, assess, task
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAX
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 64.5% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 15.8% |
| History | 4 | 5.3% |
| Geography | 4 | 5.3% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 39 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 9 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 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 02, 2025 at 07:40 AM
