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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 79 (38 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.6 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle March 01, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Yaks | 4 |
| 2A | 5. *Gulf Coast waterway | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Simpson family member who says "Get bent!" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Eye layer containing the iris | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Reunion attendees, informally | 5 |
| 6A | 16. "Never Have I ___" (Mindy Kaling Netflix series) | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Aspiring doc's exam | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Imam's holy book | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Campbell of "Scream" | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Sandwich known by its initials | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Not taking sides | 7 |
| 12A | 23. ___ de plume | 3 |
| 13A | 24. One-up | 5 |
| 14A | 26. "Yay, me!" | 5 |
| 15A | 28. *Main drag of the French Quarter | 13 |
| 16A | 34. *Celebration with king cakes | 9 |
| 17A | 35. Chick's chirp | 4 |
| 18A | 38. Eccentric | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Varieties | 4 |
| 20A | 43. No power? | 4 |
| 21A | 44. "Absolutely!" | 3 |
| 22A | 45. Singer Celine | 4 |
| 23A | 46. What nephology is the study of | 6 |
| 24A | 49. Foe of Austin Powers | 6 |
| 25A | 51. Wombs | 5 |
| 26A | 53. Bird in a gaggle | 5 |
| 27A | 54. Rapper Mos ___ | 3 |
| 28A | 56. Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares | 7 |
| 29A | 58. N.Y.C. airport | 3 |
| 30A | 61. Psyched about | 5 |
| 31A | 63. Once around the track | 3 |
| 32A | 64. Harlem Renaissance writer Locke | 5 |
| 33A | 66. "Later!" | 5 |
| 34A | 67. Mine find | 3 |
| 35A | 68. "I put the sing in single" singer | 5 |
| 36A | 69. Ship's backbone | 4 |
| 37A | 70. *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré") | 3 |
| 38A | 71. [Wrong answer!] | 4 |
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. Yaks"
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 light informal conversation for social occasions
- Words that mean the same thing: chin wagging, chit-chat, chitchat
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GABS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. *Gulf Coast waterway"
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 swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in mississippi and louisiana)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAYOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Simpson family member who says "Get bent!""
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 member of the british order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
- Words that mean the same thing: baronet
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Eye layer containing the iris"
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 part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UVEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Reunion attendees, informally"
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 white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
- Words that mean the same thing: grad, potassium alum, ammonia alum
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALUMS
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Clue 6 Across: "16. "Never Have I ___" (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)"
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 at any time
- Words that mean the same thing: always, e'er, of all time
- The opposite would be: never
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Aspiring doc's exam"
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: MCAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Imam's holy book"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the sacred writings of islam revealed by god to the prophet muhammad during his life at mecca and medina
- Words that mean the same thing: al-Qur'an, Book, Quran
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KORAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Campbell of "Scream""
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 upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "20. Sandwich known by its initials"
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 sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- Words that mean the same thing: bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Not taking sides"
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 one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- Words that mean the same thing: inert, indifferent, impersonal
- The opposite would be: chromatic, positive
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEUTRAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. ___ de plume"
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: NOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. One-up"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that be or do something to a greater degree
- Words that mean the same thing: scoop, outmatch, exceed
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. "Yay, me!""
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: IRULE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. *Main drag of the French Quarter"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: BOURBONSTREET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. *Celebration with king cakes"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARDIGRAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Chick's chirp"
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 short weak cry of a young bird
- Words that mean the same thing: cheep, peek, chirp
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Eccentric"
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 informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- Words that mean the same thing: round the bend, daft, barmy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BATTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Varieties"
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 kind of person
- Words that mean the same thing: ilk, like
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. No power?"
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 vote that blocks a decision
- Words that mean the same thing: blackball, negative, interdict
- The opposite would be: permit, allow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VETO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. "Absolutely!""
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 affirmative
- The opposite would be: no
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Singer Celine"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. What nephology is the study of"
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 any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- Words that mean the same thing: overcast, corrupt, fog
- The opposite would be: clear up
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOUDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Foe of Austin Powers"
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: DREVIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Wombs"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- Words that mean the same thing: womb, uterus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTERI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Bird in a gaggle"
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 web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- Words that mean the same thing: fathead, jackass, goof
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. Rapper Mos ___"
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: DEF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: BIGEASY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. N.Y.C. airport"
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 35th president of the united states; established the peace corps; assassinated in dallas (1917-1963)
- Words that mean the same thing: Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JFK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Psyched about"
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: UPFOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Once around the track"
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 the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- Words that mean the same thing: lick, overlap, swosh
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Harlem Renaissance writer Locke"
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: ALAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. "Later!""
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: SEEYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "67. Mine find"
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 mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "68. "I put the sing in single" singer"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: LIZZO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "69. Ship's backbone"
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 projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- Words that mean the same thing: swag, careen, lurch
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "70. *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré")"
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 past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- Words that mean the same thing: onetime, honest-to-god, previous
- The opposite would be: young, new
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OLD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "71. [Wrong answer!]"
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: BZZT
Great job if you got it right!
March 01, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. *Cajun stew | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Arrive at ahead of | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Parked oneself | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Prepare, as a king cake | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Baseball family name | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Steppes dwelling | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Actor Epps | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Annapolis inst. | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen" | 3 |
| 11D | 11. *St. Charles or Esplanade | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Uprising | 6 |
| 13D | 13. *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina | 5 |
| 14D | 21. Screenwriter Ephron | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Former Italian money | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Empty, as a purse | 7 |
| 17D | 27. Lives (in) | 7 |
| 18D | 29. "Hang on a sec," in texts | 3 |
| 19D | 30. Singer Anita of the swing era | 4 |
| 20D | 31. Evening, in ads | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Some NCOs | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Attempt | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Plastic pipe material, in brief | 3 |
| 24D | 36. ___ sauce (sushi roll topper) | 3 |
| 25D | 37. *Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish | 8 |
| 26D | 40. *Music heard at Preservation Hall | 8 |
| 27D | 41. Colorful pond fish | 3 |
| 28D | 42. NBC hit since '75 | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Actress Messing | 5 |
| 30D | 48. ___ Lanka | 3 |
| 31D | 49. Uno + uno | 3 |
| 32D | 50. Queenly | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Ice house | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Stared in wonder | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Twilight time | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Fencing event | 4 |
| 37D | 57. ___ Grey tea | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Soda's pop? | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Shoelace or muscle problem | 4 |
| 40D | 62. Popeye's Olive | 3 |
| 41D | 65. Women's ___ | 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. *Cajun stew"
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 of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
- Words that mean the same thing: Abelmoschus esculentus, okra plant, okra
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUMBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion"
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: AVCLUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Arrive at ahead of"
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: BEATTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Parked oneself"
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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: pose, posture, seat
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Prepare, as a king cake"
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 cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
- Words that mean the same thing: broil
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Baseball family name"
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: ALOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Steppes dwelling"
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 circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic mongol and turkic people of central asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YURT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Actor Epps"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Annapolis inst."
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: USNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mountain or tall hill
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. *St. Charles or Esplanade"
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 line of approach
- Words that mean the same thing: boulevard
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVENUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Uprising"
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 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- Words that mean the same thing: insurrection, uprising, gross out
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REVOLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina"
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: TREME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "21. Screenwriter Ephron"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Former Italian money"
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 basic unit of money on malta; equal to 100 cents
- Words that mean the same thing: Italian lira, Maltese lira, Turkish lira
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Empty, as a purse"
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: DUMPOUT
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Lives (in)"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make one's home in a particular place or community
- Words that mean the same thing: lodge in, reside, occupy
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: RESIDES
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Clue 18 Down: "29. "Hang on a sec," in texts"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BRB
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Singer Anita of the swing era"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ODAY
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Evening, in ads"
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: NITE
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Some NCOs"
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: SGTS
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Attempt"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- Words that mean the same thing: judge, stress, adjudicate
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TRY
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Plastic pipe material, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables
- Words that mean the same thing: premature ventricular contraction, polyvinyl chloride
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PVC
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Clue 24 Down: "36. ___ sauce (sushi roll topper)"
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 the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EEL
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Clue 25 Down: "37. *Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ETOUFFEE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. *Music heard at Preservation Hall"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: LIVEJAZZ
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Colorful pond fish"
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: KOI
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Clue 28 Down: "42. NBC hit since '75"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SNL
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Actress Messing"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DEBRA
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Clue 30 Down: "48. ___ Lanka"
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: SRI
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Uno + uno"
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 federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
- Words that mean the same thing: DO, manage, coif
- The opposite would be: unmake
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The answer is: DOS
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Queenly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- Words that mean the same thing: purple, royal stag, regal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROYAL
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Ice house"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
- Words that mean the same thing: iglu
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IGLOO
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Stared in wonder"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that look with amazement; look stupidly
- Words that mean the same thing: breach, gawp, yawn
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GAPED
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Twilight time"
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 time of day immediately following sunset
- Words that mean the same thing: gloam, gloaming, nightfall
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DUSK
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Fencing event"
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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPEE
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Clue 37 Down: "57. ___ Grey tea"
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 british peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EARL
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Soda's pop?"
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 effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
- Words that mean the same thing: froth, foam, sparkle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIZZ
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Shoelace or muscle problem"
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 tight cluster of people or things
- Words that mean the same thing: Calidris canutus, mi, air mile
- The opposite would be: unravel, unknot
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNOT
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Clue 40 Down: "62. Popeye's Olive"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OYL
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Clue 41 Down: "65. Women's ___"
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: LIB
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 59.5% |
| Short Answer | 19 | 24.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 8 | 10.1% |
| Literature | 3 | 3.8% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 38 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 79 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.6 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 medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 11, 2025 at 03:19 PM
