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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 77 (38 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
July 16, 2024 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Group of cards in hearts or bridge | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Drawn-out tales | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Rise and shine | 6 |
| 4A | 12. Counts on | 6 |
| 5A | 14. 1959 Marilyn Monroe film … or what can be said of the drink featured in today's puzzle? | 13 |
| 6A | 16. Like the losers of a water balloon fight | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Architectural nooks | 7 |
| 8A | 18. Canyon's edge | 3 |
| 9A | 20. London-based cosmetics giant | 4 |
| 10A | 22. "Blue ___," classic Irving Berlin tune | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Tucker (out) | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Herr : German :: ___ : Spanish | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Pronoun frequently confused with its homophones | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Tenet | 7 |
| 15A | 30. Princess who helped Theseus escape the Minotaur | 7 |
| 16A | 32. Didn't wake up in a timely manner | 9 |
| 17A | 34. Lowly chess piece | 4 |
| 18A | 37. Variety #1, popular in the South | 5 |
| 19A | 38. Decorative pillowcase | 4 |
| 20A | 42. Came down to earth | 4 |
| 21A | 43. Variety #2, a major export of Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 22A | 44. Weighty book | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Shout from a forgetful actor | 4 |
| 24A | 46. Variety #3, named for a region in India | 5 |
| 25A | 47. Central points | 4 |
| 26A | 48. Smart society | 5 |
| 27A | 50. Desert haven | 5 |
| 28A | 51. What someone might remark after drinking the blend at the heart of this puzzle? | 13 |
| 29A | 57. Furry foot | 3 |
| 30A | 58. Feudal farmer | 7 |
| 31A | 59. "United Shades of America" channel | 3 |
| 32A | 61. Noshed | 3 |
| 33A | 62. Gift set for a newborn | 7 |
| 34A | 63. King topper | 3 |
| 35A | 64. Visibly embarrassed, perhaps | 3 |
| 36A | 65. Canadian exclamations | 3 |
| 37A | 66. Babe | 3 |
| 38A | 67. Casual top | 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. Group of cards in hearts or bridge"
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 cunning or deceitful action or device
- Words that mean the same thing: whoremaster, play a trick on, put-on
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Drawn-out tales"
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Words that mean the same thing: saga
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAGAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Rise and shine"
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 cause to become awake or conscious
- Words that mean the same thing: wake up, wake, rouse
- The opposite would be: fall asleep, cause to sleep
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWAKEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "12. Counts on"
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 something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
- Words that mean the same thing: combine, corporate trust, intrust
- The opposite would be: mistrust, distrust
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRUSTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. 1959 Marilyn Monroe film … or what can be said of the drink featured in today's puzzle?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SOMELIKEITHOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Like the losers of a water balloon fight"
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 wetness caused by water
- Words that mean the same thing: sloshed, moisture, tight
- The opposite would be: dry
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Architectural nooks"
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 small recess opening off a larger room
- Words that mean the same thing: bay, alcove
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALCOVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Canyon's edge"
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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- Words that mean the same thing: brim, flange, lip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. London-based cosmetics giant"
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 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: Upper Avon River, River Avon, 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 10 Across: "22. "Blue ___," classic Irving Berlin tune"
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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Words that mean the same thing: ski, sky, toss
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Tucker (out)"
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 hoop that covers a wheel
- Words that mean the same thing: fag out, run down, exhaust
- The opposite would be: refresh, interest
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Herr : German :: ___ : Spanish"
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 spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the english `mr' or `sir'
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Pronoun frequently confused with its homophones"
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: THEIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Tenet"
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 rule of personal conduct
- Words that mean the same thing: teaching, principle, commandment
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRECEPT
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Clue 15 Across: "30. Princess who helped Theseus escape the Minotaur"
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 beautiful daughter of minos and pasiphae; she fell in love with theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the minotaur's labyrinth
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARIADNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Didn't wake up in a timely manner"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that sleep longer than intended
- Words that mean the same thing: oversleep
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVERSLEPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Lowly chess 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 an article deposited as security
- Words that mean the same thing: instrument, soak, hock
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Variety #1, popular in the South"
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 cultivated in temperate regions
- Words that mean the same thing: mantrap, smasher, dish
- The opposite would be: keep quiet
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEACH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Decorative pillowcase"
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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Words that mean the same thing: assumed, imposter, pseud
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Came down to earth"
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: ALIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Variety #2, a major export of Sri Lanka"
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 superior grade of black tea; grown in india and sri lanka and java
- Words that mean the same thing: orange pekoe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEKOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. Weighty book"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a (usually) large and scholarly book
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Shout from a forgetful actor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a formation of people or things one beside another
- Words that mean the same thing: agate line, draw, subscriber line
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Variety #3, named for a region in India"
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 state in northeastern india
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASSAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Central points"
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 central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
- Words that mean the same thing: hub
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Smart society"
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 faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the large magellanic cloud
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MENSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Desert haven"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: haven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OASIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. What someone might remark after drinking the blend at the heart of this puzzle?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: NOTMYCUPOFTEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Furry foot"
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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- Words that mean the same thing: mitt, manus, hand
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Feudal farmer"
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 country person
- Words that mean the same thing: boor, Goth, churl
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEASANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. "United Shades of America" channel"
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: CNN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "61. Noshed"
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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Words that mean the same thing: corrode, eat, exhaust
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "62. Gift set for a newborn"
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 kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAYETTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. King topper"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: topnotch, one, sweep through
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Visibly embarrassed, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: red ink, cherry, violent
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. Canadian exclamations"
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: EHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. Babe"
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: HON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. Casual top"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: golf tee, football tee, tee up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEE
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July 16, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Colored like saddle shoes | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Los Angeles football player | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Store selling Smedstorp sofas | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Spreadsheet boxes | 5 |
| 5D | 5. New York basketball player | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Martin of "Only Murders in the Building" | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Springtime astrological sign | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Courage, colloquially | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Incense residue | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Legendary | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Invariably | 6 |
| 12D | 13. Add, as to a batter | 6 |
| 13D | 15. Fish in a Japanese garden | 3 |
| 14D | 16. Yellow jacket, e.g. | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Trifling | 4 |
| 16D | 21. Plea that waives the right to a trial | 9 |
| 17D | 23. "End of discussion!" | 9 |
| 18D | 25. Gun, as an engine | 3 |
| 19D | 26. Gratuity | 3 |
| 20D | 28. Pig of children's cartoons | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Arboretum assortment | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Major metals manufacturer | 5 |
| 23D | 31. Shorten again, as a dress | 5 |
| 24D | 33. ___ Fifth Avenue | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Coconut producer | 4 |
| 26D | 35. Estrange | 8 |
| 27D | 36. Slowly whittled down | 8 |
| 28D | 39. Purring pet | 8 |
| 29D | 40. Factor in a restaurant review | 8 |
| 30D | 41. Jumble | 4 |
| 31D | 49. "Brooklyn of ___ hills was mine": Walt Whitman | 5 |
| 32D | 50. More than sporadically | 5 |
| 33D | 52. "Sure!" | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Many Caribbean islands | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Take advantage of | 3 |
| 36D | 55. Trail through the woods | 4 |
| 37D | 56. Not fooled by | 4 |
| 38D | 57. 3, for most disc golf holes | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Formerly known as | 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. Colored like saddle shoes"
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: TWOTONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Los Angeles football player"
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 the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
- Words that mean the same thing: wad, chock up, ram down
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Store selling Smedstorp sofas"
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: IKEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Spreadsheet boxes"
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 small compartment
- Words that mean the same thing: cubicle, mobile phone, cellphone
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CELLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. New York basketball player"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: KNICK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Martin of "Only Murders in the Building""
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: STEVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Springtime astrological sign"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in aries
- Words that mean the same thing: Aries the Ram, Ram
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Courage, colloquially"
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 fortitude and determination
- Words that mean the same thing: gut, gumption, moxie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Incense residue"
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 residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Legendary"
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 having an illustrious past
- Words that mean the same thing: celebrated, storeyed, historied
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STORIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Invariably"
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: ASEVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "13. Add, as to a batter"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STIRIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. Fish in a Japanese garden"
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: KOI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Yellow jacket, 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 white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a protestant denomination
- Words that mean the same thing: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WASP
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Clue 15 Down: "19. Trifling"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a small pond of standing water
- Words that mean the same thing: bare, simple
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MERE
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Clue 16 Down: "21. Plea that waives the right to a trial"
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: NOCONTEST
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Clue 17 Down: "23. "End of discussion!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: THATSTHAT
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Gun, as an engine"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that rate of revolution of a motor
- Words that mean the same thing: revolutions per minute, rev up, rpm
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: REV
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Gratuity"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Words that mean the same thing: bakshis, point, angle
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TIP
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Pig of children's cartoons"
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: PEPPA
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Arboretum assortment"
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 tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- Words that mean the same thing: shoetree, Tree, corner
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TREES
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Clue 22 Down: "30. Major metals manufacturer"
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: ALCOA
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Clue 23 Down: "31. Shorten again, as a dress"
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: REHEM
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Clue 24 Down: "33. ___ Fifth Avenue"
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: SAKS
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Clue 25 Down: "34. Coconut producer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
- Words that mean the same thing: palm tree, handle, ribbon
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PALM
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Clue 26 Down: "35. Estrange"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- Words that mean the same thing: alien, estrange, disaffect
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ALIENATE
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Clue 27 Down: "36. Slowly whittled down"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that separate the chaff from by using air currents
- Words that mean the same thing: winnow, fan, cull out
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: WINNOWED
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Clue 28 Down: "39. Purring pet"
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: HOUSECAT
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Clue 29 Down: "40. Factor in a restaurant review"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that a particular environment or surrounding influence
- Words that mean the same thing: ambience, atmosphere
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: AMBIANCE
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Clue 30 Down: "41. Jumble"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Words that mean the same thing: raft, pot, peck
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MESS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. "Brooklyn of ___ hills was mine": Walt Whitman"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that more than enough in size or scope or capacity
- Words that mean the same thing: plentiful, copious, rich
- The opposite would be: meager
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The answer is: AMPLE
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Clue 32 Down: "50. More than sporadically"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that many times at short intervals
- Words that mean the same thing: oftentimes, a great deal, ofttimes
- The opposite would be: rarely, infrequently
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The answer is: OFTEN
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Clue 33 Down: "52. "Sure!""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that not only so, but
- Words that mean the same thing: yea
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: YEAH
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Many Caribbean islands"
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 coral reef off the southern coast of florida
- Words that mean the same thing: cay, key, Florida key
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CAYS
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Take advantage of"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: utilise, apply, employment
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USE
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Trail through the woods"
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 course of conduct
- Words that mean the same thing: course, itinerary, track
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PATH
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Not fooled by"
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: ONTO
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Clue 38 Down: "57. 3, for most disc golf holes"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- Words that mean the same thing: equality, equation, equivalence
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAR
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Formerly known as"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NEE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 53 | 68.8% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 22.1% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 38 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 77 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, 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 24, 2025 at 09:39 AM
