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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, December 22, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle December 22, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Numbers can be read in this | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Org. that offers free at-home hearing tests | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Scholz of German politics | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Spanish count | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Make it up? | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Making headlines, say | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Bed cover | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Emphatic suffix | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Big name in vegan cheese | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Like conventional music | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Children's TV character whose last name is Márquez | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Big break | 6 |
| 13A | 25. Some break dancers, informally | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Plays the wrong way | 6 |
| 15A | 28. Telenovela profession | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Rama is one, in Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi novel "Rendezvous With Rama" | 9 |
| 17A | 32. Locale dubbed the "Las Vegas of the East" | 5 |
| 18A | 33. Knock hard | 3 |
| 19A | 34. Who wrote "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" | 5 |
| 20A | 35. Words from someone who doesn't want to be taken seriously | 9 |
| 21A | 37. Deservingness | 5 |
| 22A | 38. Elitists | 6 |
| 23A | 39. Riffs on, modernly | 5 |
| 24A | 40. Lovely, in Spanish | 6 |
| 25A | 41. Buds | 4 |
| 26A | 42. Tackles | 5 |
| 27A | 43. Lewis who played Grizabella on Broadway | 5 |
| 28A | 45. Texter's "Ta-ta!" | 3 |
| 29A | 48. Little bit of make-up? | 4 |
| 30A | 49. One working on a keynote | 10 |
| 31A | 51. Card-dealing casino device | 4 |
| 32A | 52. Last-ditch remedies for computer problems | 10 |
| 33A | 53. Authors | 4 |
| 34A | 54. Cloverleaf cluster? | 4 |
| 35A | 55. Fix, as a bowline | 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. Numbers can be read in this"
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 the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Words that mean the same thing: Pentateuch, Laws
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Org. that offers free at-home hearing tests"
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 an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
- Words that mean the same thing: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AARP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Scholz of German politics"
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: OLAF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Spanish count"
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: UNODOSTRES
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Make it up?"
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 growth in strength or number or importance
- Words that mean the same thing: rebel, ascending, spring up
- The opposite would be: go to bed, descent
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Making headlines, say"
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 sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWSWORTHY
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Bed cover"
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 state of being covered with unclean things
- Words that mean the same thing: ground, begrime, dirt
- The opposite would be: clean
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Emphatic suffix"
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 fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: fundament, fanny, backside
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Big name in vegan cheese"
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: DAIYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Like conventional music"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
- Words that mean the same thing: tonic
- The opposite would be: atonal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Children's TV character whose last name is Márquez"
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: DORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Big break"
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 division of a group into opposing factions
- Words that mean the same thing: split
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCHISM
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Clue 13 Across: "25. Some break dancers, informally"
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: BBOYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Plays the wrong way"
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 weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
- Words that mean the same thing: rig, chouse, chess
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHEATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Telenovela profession"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: TEAMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Rama is one, in Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi novel "Rendezvous With Rama""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: ALIENSHIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Locale dubbed the "Las Vegas of the 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 a former portuguese province on the south coast of china and two islands in the south china sea; reverted to china in 1999
- Words that mean the same thing: Macao
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MACAU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Knock hard"
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 cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Words that mean the same thing: trash, genus Pan, pan off
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "34. Who wrote "Beauty is truth, truth beauty""
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 englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Keats
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "35. Words from someone who doesn't want to be taken seriously"
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: IMKIDDING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "37. Deservingness"
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 any admirable quality or attribute
- Words that mean the same thing: meritoriousness, deserve, virtue
- The opposite would be: demerit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MERIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "38. Elitists"
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 person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Words that mean the same thing: beak, hooter, snob
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "39. Riffs on, modernly"
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 cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- Words that mean the same thing: meme
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "40. Lovely, in Spanish"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BONITA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "41. Buds"
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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Words that mean the same thing: brother, buddy, pal up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "42. Tackles"
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: HASAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "43. Lewis who played Grizabella on Broadway"
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: LEONA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "45. Texter's "Ta-ta!""
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: CYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "48. Little bit of make-up?"
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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Words that mean the same thing: speck, particle, mote
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "49. One working on a keynote"
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: PIANOTUNER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "51. Card-dealing casino device"
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 footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
- Words that mean the same thing: brake shoe, skid, horseshoe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "52. Last-ditch remedies for computer problems"
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: HARDRESETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "53. Authors"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- Words that mean the same thing: pen, penitentiary, write
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "54. Cloverleaf cluster?"
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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Words that mean the same thing: lodge, inn, hostel
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "55. Fix, as a bowline"
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 tie again or anew
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RETIE
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - December 22, 2023 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Bigeye, for one | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Gender-neutral possessive | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Parts of tables | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Stream interrupters | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Question expressing amazement | 12 |
| 6D | 6. They may have glass ceilings | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Appealing to an indie audience, maybe | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Meeting extender | 9 |
| 9D | 9. ___.D (therapist's deg.) | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "… apparently" | 11 |
| 11D | 11. Largest part | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Exactly the way you see me | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Was defeated | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Skyrockets | 5 |
| 15D | 21. "Take my word for it, you're going to love this" | 12 |
| 16D | 22. Address components | 11 |
| 17D | 24. Acrylic finish? | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Support piece | 4 |
| 19D | 26. "Didn't you just leave?" | 10 |
| 20D | 27. Family units | 5 |
| 21D | 28. Letters that might make a long story short? | 3 |
| 22D | 29. Course that may cover Dante and Ferrante, familiarly | 9 |
| 23D | 30. Terse affirmation | 4 |
| 24D | 31. Setting for most Laker home games: Abbr. | 3 |
| 25D | 36. One of three in Fiji? | 3 |
| 26D | 39. Misselthwaite ___, setting of "The Secret Garden" | 5 |
| 27D | 40. Soak (in) | 5 |
| 28D | 41. Scummy locales | 5 |
| 29D | 42. Gate feature | 4 |
| 30D | 44. Get on the job | 4 |
| 31D | 45. "Your guide to a better future" website | 4 |
| 32D | 46. Figure in Sherpa folklore | 4 |
| 33D | 47. 19-Across, to a Brit | 4 |
| 34D | 49. Preantepenultimate letter | 3 |
| 35D | 50. Single-___ | 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. Bigeye, for one"
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 tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
- Words that mean the same thing: tuna fish, tunny, Anguilla sucklandii
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Gender-neutral possessive"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: ace, I, one
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Parts of tables"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- Words that mean the same thing: run-in, row, wrangle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Stream interrupters"
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 public promotion of some product or service
- Words that mean the same thing: advertizing, advertisement, advert
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Question expressing amazement"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: HOWDOYOUDOIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. They may have glass ceilings"
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 any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- Words that mean the same thing: atrium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATRIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Appealing to an indie audience, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that showily imitative of art or artists
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Meeting extender"
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 present or use over, with no or few changes
- Words that mean the same thing: rehash, hash over, retrograde
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REHASHING
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Clue 9 Down: "9. ___.D (therapist's deg.)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: PSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "… apparently""
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: ORSOITSEEMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Largest part"
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: LIONSSHARE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Exactly the way you see me"
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: ASIAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Was defeated"
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 dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- Words that mean the same thing: flow, cut down, accrue
- The opposite would be: ascend, rise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Skyrockets"
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 the act of rising upward into the air
- Words that mean the same thing: soar up, soar upwards, soar
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. "Take my word for it, you're going to love this""
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: THANKMELATER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Address components"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DOMAINNAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Acrylic finish?"
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: CEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Support piece"
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 signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- Words that mean the same thing: ray, radiate, broadcast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "26. "Didn't you just leave?""
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: BACKSOSOON
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Clue 20 Down: "27. Family units"
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 group of people related by blood or marriage
- Words that mean the same thing: kin group, kindred, tribe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLANS
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Clue 21 Down: "28. Letters that might make a long story short?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TMI
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Clue 22 Down: "29. Course that may cover Dante and Ferrante, familiarly"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: APITALIAN
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Clue 23 Down: "30. Terse affirmation"
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: ITIS
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Clue 24 Down: "31. Setting for most Laker home games: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that standard time in the 8th time zone west of greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Pacific Time, Pacific Standard Time
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PST
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Clue 25 Down: "36. One of three in Fiji?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a very small circular shape
- Words that mean the same thing: window pane, Transportation, superman
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DOT
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Misselthwaite ___, setting of "The Secret Garden""
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 the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
- Words that mean the same thing: manor house
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MANOR
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Soak (in)"
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 28 Down: "41. Scummy locales"
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 small lake
- Words that mean the same thing: pond, pool
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PONDS
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Gate feature"
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 fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HASP
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Get on the job"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Words that mean the same thing: pull in, bring in, clear
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EARN
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Clue 31 Down: "45. "Your guide to a better future" website"
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: CNET
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Clue 32 Down: "46. Figure in Sherpa folklore"
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 large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas
- Words that mean the same thing: abominable snowman
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: YETI
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Clue 33 Down: "47. 19-Across, to a Brit"
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: fundament, fanny, backside
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARSE
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Clue 34 Down: "49. Preantepenultimate letter"
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 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PHI
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Clue 35 Down: "50. Single-___"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: habit, utilize, purpose
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 55 | 78.6% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 12.9% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.9% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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: August 28, 2025 at 07:17 PM
