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Date: Monday, March 01, 2021
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle March 01, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Unruly throng | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Houston team | 6 |
| 3A | 10. Sound heard in a long hallway, maybe | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "___ Father who art in heaven ..." | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Engages in thievery | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Emotional state | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Baton Rouge sch. | 3 |
| 8A | 18. *Seattle, 1962 | 11 |
| 9A | 20. "And you?," to Caesar | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Queries | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Photos at the dentist's | 5 |
| 12A | 24. Happen next | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Pigs' digs | 3 |
| 14A | 27. *Paris, 1889 | 11 |
| 15A | 31. Partook of a meal | 3 |
| 16A | 34. Wake others up while you sleep, perhaps | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Ostensible | 8 |
| 18A | 37. 100% | 4 |
| 19A | 38. Theme park with an "Imagination!" pavilion | 5 |
| 20A | 40. Mont Blanc and Matterhorn | 4 |
| 21A | 41. "Why didn't I think of that!" | 8 |
| 22A | 43. Laudable Lauder | 5 |
| 23A | 44. Salt Lake City athlete | 3 |
| 24A | 45. *Chicago, 1893 | 11 |
| 25A | 48. "___ appétit!" | 3 |
| 26A | 49. More recent | 5 |
| 27A | 50. Word before shell or mail | 5 |
| 28A | 53. Rock band that electrifies audiences? | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Dull-colored | 4 |
| 30A | 58. Events for which the answers to the three starred clues were built | 11 |
| 31A | 61. Jack Nicholson's weapon in "The Shining" | 3 |
| 32A | 62. Burn soother | 4 |
| 33A | 63. The "P" in UPS | 6 |
| 34A | 64. "___ get you!" | 3 |
| 35A | 65. Wanders (about) | 4 |
| 36A | 66. Like some college bros | 6 |
| 37A | 67. After tax | 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. Unruly throng"
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 disorderly crowd of people
- Words that mean the same thing: ring, family, rout
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Houston team"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ASTROS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Sound heard in a long hallway, 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 the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- Words that mean the same thing: ring, repeat, recall
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ECHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. "___ Father who art in heaven ...""
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: OUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Engages in thievery"
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 an advantageous purchase
- Words that mean the same thing: steal, buy, slip
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Emotional state"
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 a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: humour, climate, modality
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Baton Rouge sch."
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: LSU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. *Seattle, 1962"
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: SPACENEEDLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. "And you?," to Caesar"
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: ETTU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Queries"
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 inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: necessitate, involve, call for
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Photos at the dentist's"
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: XRAYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Happen next"
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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
- Words that mean the same thing: result
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENSUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Pigs' digs"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, hordeolum, pigsty
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. *Paris, 1889"
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: EIFFELTOWER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Partook of a meal"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Words that mean the same thing: feed, exhaust, run through
- 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 16 Across: "34. Wake others up while you sleep, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the rattling noise produced when snoring
- Words that mean the same thing: snoring, saw logs, saw wood
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Ostensible"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: SOCALLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. 100%"
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 free of extraneous elements of any kind
- Words that mean the same thing: virginal, virgin, everlasting
- The opposite would be: impure, unsaturated
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Theme park with an "Imagination!" pavilion"
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: EPCOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Mont Blanc and Matterhorn"
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 mountain system in south-central europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: alp, the Alps
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. "Why didn't I think of that!""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NICEIDEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Laudable Lauder"
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: ESTEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Salt Lake City athlete"
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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. *Chicago, 1893"
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: FERRISWHEEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. "___ appétit!""
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: BON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. More recent"
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 not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Words that mean the same thing: New, unexampled, young
- The opposite would be: worn, old
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Word before shell or mail"
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 freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- Words that mean the same thing: escargot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Rock band that electrifies audiences?"
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: ACDC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Dull-colored"
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 dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
- Words that mean the same thing: olive-drab, somber, dreary
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Events for which the answers to the three starred clues were built"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert 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: WORLDSFAIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Jack Nicholson's weapon in "The Shining""
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 an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. Burn soother"
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 succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. The "P" in UPS"
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 wrapped container
- Words that mean the same thing: piece of ground, bundle, portion
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARCEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. "___ get you!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ailment, poorly
- The opposite would be: well
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Wanders (about)"
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 anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
- Words that mean the same thing: gallivant, jazz around, generalized anxiety disorder
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Like some college bros"
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: FRATTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. After tax"
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 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: internet, nett, profits
- The opposite would be: gross
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NET
Great job if you got it right!
March 01, 2021 Down Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Undercover operative | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Remove from power | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Inelegant problem-solving technique | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Nincompoop | 3 |
| 5D | 5. One of the Twin Cities | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Cups, saucers, pot, etc. | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Eight lamb chops, typically, or a frame for 15 pool balls | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Cheers at a fĂştbol match | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Nine-digit government ID | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Manicurist's board | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Musical finale | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Sacred | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Lyric poems | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Like a 10th or 11th inning, in baseball | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Not at liberty | 6 |
| 16D | 25. Visualize | 3 |
| 17D | 26. Sunni or Shia, in Islam | 4 |
| 18D | 27. TV channel for college sports | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Arctic native | 5 |
| 20D | 29. ___ the Grouch | 5 |
| 21D | 30. Ply with chocolates and roses, say | 3 |
| 22D | 31. Kind of vehicle to take off-road | 10 |
| 23D | 32. Shelter that might be made of buffalo skin | 5 |
| 24D | 33. '50s Ford flop | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Made a verbal attack, with "out" | 6 |
| 26D | 38. Garden of earthly delights | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Pay-___-view | 3 |
| 28D | 42. Words spoken after a big raise? | 5 |
| 29D | 43. "Yu-u-uck!" | 3 |
| 30D | 46. Charge with a crime | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Hush-hush | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Gymnast Simone | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Promotional goodies handed out at an event | 4 |
| 34D | 51. The Big Easy, in brief | 4 |
| 35D | 52. Three-time A.L. M.V.P. (2003, 2005 and 2007), informally | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Miles away | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Sweetheart, in Salerno | 4 |
| 38D | 56. One of several on a tractor-trailer | 4 |
| 39D | 57. Pants holder-upper | 4 |
| 40D | 59. Tanning lotion stat | 3 |
| 41D | 60. Sneaky | 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. Undercover operative"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Words that mean the same thing: groin, jetty, gram molecule
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Remove from power"
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 remove from a position or office
- Words that mean the same thing: kick out, throw out, drum out
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Inelegant problem-solving technique"
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: BRUTEFORCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Nincompoop"
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: hind end, shtup, nookie
- 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 5 Down: "5. One of the Twin Cities"
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: STPAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Cups, saucers, pot, etc."
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: TEASET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Eight lamb chops, typically, or a frame for 15 pool balls"
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 framework for holding objects
- Words that mean the same thing: wheel, gouge, stand
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Cheers at a fĂştbol match"
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: OLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Nine-digit government ID"
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: SSN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Manicurist's board"
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 hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMERY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Musical finale"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the closing section of a musical composition
- Words that mean the same thing: finale
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CODA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Sacred"
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 sacred place of pilgrimage
- Words that mean the same thing: holy place, sanctum
- The opposite would be: unholy
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Lyric poems"
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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- Words that mean the same thing: ode
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Like a 10th or 11th inning, in baseball"
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 minor actor in crowd scenes
- Words that mean the same thing: redundant, duplicate, surplus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EXTRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Not at liberty"
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 held in servitude
- The opposite would be: free
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNFREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Visualize"
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 seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Words that mean the same thing: run into, witness, encounter
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Sunni or Shia, in Islam"
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: ____
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The answer is: SECT
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Clue 18 Down: "27. TV channel for college sports"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ESPNU
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Arctic native"
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 member of a people inhabiting the arctic (northern canada or greenland or alaska or eastern siberia); the algonquians called them eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the inuit (`the people')
- Words that mean the same thing: Eskimo, Esquimau
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: INUIT
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Clue 20 Down: "29. ___ the Grouch"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
- Words that mean the same thing: Academy Award
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OSCAR
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Ply with chocolates and roses, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that seek someone's favor
- Words that mean the same thing: court, solicit, romance
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WOO
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Clue 22 Down: "31. Kind of vehicle to take off-road"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: ALLTERRAIN
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Shelter that might be made of buffalo skin"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a native american tent; usually of conical shape
- Words that mean the same thing: teepee, tipi
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TEPEE
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Clue 24 Down: "33. '50s Ford flop"
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: EDSEL
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Made a verbal attack, with "out""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that beat severely with a whip or rod
- Words that mean the same thing: lather, strap, trounce
- The opposite would be: unlash
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The answer is: LASHED
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Garden of earthly delights"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Words that mean the same thing: heaven, paradise, Shangri-la
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDEN
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Pay-___-view"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PER
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Words spoken after a big raise?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IFOLD
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Clue 29 Down: "43. "Yu-u-uck!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EWW
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Charge with a crime"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that accuse formally of a crime
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: INDICT
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Hush-hush"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- Words that mean the same thing: occult, hugger-mugger, closed book
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SECRET
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Gymnast Simone"
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 digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- Words that mean the same thing: gall, bile
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BILES
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Promotional goodies handed out at an event"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that valuable goods
- Words that mean the same thing: pillage, droop, keel
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SWAG
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Clue 34 Down: "51. The Big Easy, in brief"
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: NOLA
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Three-time A.L. M.V.P. (2003, 2005 and 2007), informally"
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: AROD
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Miles away"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AFAR
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Clue 37 Down: "54. Sweetheart, in Salerno"
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: CARA
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Clue 38 Down: "56. One of several on a tractor-trailer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AXLE
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Clue 39 Down: "57. Pants holder-upper"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- Words that mean the same thing: belt out, bang, belt ammunition
- The opposite would be: unbelt
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The answer is: BELT
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Clue 40 Down: "59. Tanning lotion stat"
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 degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
- Words that mean the same thing: sun protection factor
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SPF
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Clue 41 Down: "60. Sneaky"
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 marked by skill in deception
- Words that mean the same thing: knavish, foxy, dodgy
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SLY
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 66.7% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 20.5% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 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!
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