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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (36 Across, 40 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle March 21, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Annual destination of about 2.5 million pilgrims | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Array outside the United Nations headquarters | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Actress Grier of action films | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Even a little bit | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Place to clip a wireless mic | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Softball stat | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Injury that's so embarrassing no one is allowed to mention it? | 11 |
| 8A | 19. Taylor Swift's "___ Song" | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Not just yet | 5 |
| 10A | 21. One of clubs? | 6 |
| 11A | 23. It's no walk in the park | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Conical dwelling | 5 |
| 13A | 28. Home to the Munch Museum | 4 |
| 14A | 29. Tampa Bay footballer, familiarly | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Result of forgetting to pack a toothbrush for a Doha vacation? | 11 |
| 16A | 32. Big bungle | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Avoid a collision at the last second, say | 6 |
| 18A | 35. "End of story!" | 6 |
| 19A | 37. Soldier's affirmative | 6 |
| 20A | 41. Artery openers | 6 |
| 21A | 45. Childbirth assistant | 5 |
| 22A | 46. Cuban dance performed at a Russian villa? | 11 |
| 23A | 50. Toilet paper layer | 3 |
| 24A | 51. Plant in some juices and lotions | 4 |
| 25A | 52. Pittsburgh-based giant in the metals industry | 5 |
| 26A | 53. Scene of chaos | 4 |
| 27A | 54. Made the grade | 6 |
| 28A | 56. Earthy pigment | 5 |
| 29A | 58. Penultimate Greek letter | 3 |
| 30A | 59. Indistinct muttering from a ring-tailed primate? | 11 |
| 31A | 64. Heart test readout, for short | 3 |
| 32A | 65. ___ of Hearts (tart-stealing Wonderland character) | 5 |
| 33A | 66. Fruit whose name precedes "fruit" in the name of another fruit | 5 |
| 34A | 67. Competed in a marathon | 3 |
| 35A | 68. Lieu | 5 |
| 36A | 69. Matches up | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Annual destination of about 2.5 million pilgrims"
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 joint capital (with riyadh) of saudi arabia; located in western saudi arabia; as the birthplace of muhammad it is the holiest city of islam
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MECCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Array outside the United Nations headquarters"
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 emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- Words that mean the same thing: flagstone, ease off, signal flag
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLAGS
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Clue 3 Across: "11. Actress Grier of action films"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: PAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Even a little bit"
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: ATALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Place to clip a wireless mic"
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 lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAPEL
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Softball stat"
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 run that is the result of the batter's performance
- Words that mean the same thing: run batted in
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RBI
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Injury that's so embarrassing no one is allowed to mention it?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TABOOBOOBOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Taylor Swift's "___ Song""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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 9 Across: "20. Not just yet"
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 coming at a subsequent time or stage
- Words that mean the same thing: late, belated, by and by
- The opposite would be: early
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. One of clubs?"
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 one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- Words that mean the same thing: fellow member, extremity, phallus
- The opposite would be: nonmember
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEMBER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. It's no walk in the park"
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 journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TREK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Conical dwelling"
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 native american tent; usually of conical shape
- Words that mean the same thing: tipi, teepee
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Home to the Munch Museum"
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 capital and largest city of norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on norway's southern coast
- Words that mean the same thing: Christiania, capital of Norway
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OSLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Tampa Bay footballer, familiarly"
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: BUC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Result of forgetting to pack a toothbrush for a Doha vacation?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: QATARTARTAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Big bungle"
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 acronym often used by soldiers in world war ii: situation normal all fucked up
- Words that mean the same thing: fucked-up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNAFU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Avoid a collision at the last second, say"
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 the act of turning aside suddenly
- Words that mean the same thing: curve, yaw, sheer
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWERVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. "End of story!""
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 amount of time
- Words that mean the same thing: flow, menses, catamenia
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERIOD
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Clue 19 Across: "37. Soldier's affirmative"
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: YESSIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Artery openers"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
- Words that mean the same thing: stent
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STENTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "45. Childbirth assistant"
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 assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
- Words that mean the same thing: labor coach, birthing coach, monitrice
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOULA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "46. Cuban dance performed at a Russian villa?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: DACHACHACHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "50. Toilet paper layer"
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 one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- Words that mean the same thing: supply, run, cater
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "51. Plant in some juices and lotions"
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 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 25 Across: "52. Pittsburgh-based giant in the metals industry"
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: ALCOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Scene of chaos"
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 state of confusion and disorderliness
- Words that mean the same thing: tidy sum, mint, heap
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. Made the grade"
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 go across or through
- Words that mean the same thing: evanesce, go across, reach
- The opposite would be: fail, be born
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PASSED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. Earthy pigment"
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 earth pigment
- Words that mean the same thing: chocolate, deep brown, coffee
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UMBER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. Penultimate Greek letter"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: pounds per square inch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. Indistinct muttering from a ring-tailed primate?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: LEMURMURMUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Heart test readout, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
- Words that mean the same thing: ECG, electrocardiogram, cardiogram
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EKG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "65. ___ of Hearts (tart-stealing Wonderland character)"
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 deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- Words that mean the same thing: scallywag, varlet, scalawag
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "66. Fruit whose name precedes "fruit" in the name of another fruit"
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 any of various juicy fruit of the genus vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
- Words that mean the same thing: grape vine, grapeshot, grapevine
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "67. Competed in a marathon"
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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Words that mean the same thing: flow, execute, carry
- The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "68. Lieu"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- Words that mean the same thing: lieu, place, position
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "69. Matches up"
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 make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- Words that mean the same thing: synchronise, sync, synchronize
- The opposite would be: desynchronise, desynchronize
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYNCS
Great job if you got it right!
March 21, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Step on it! | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Announcement from a flight attendant, for short | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Iconic San Francisco transport | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Wear for Dracula | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Not just some | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Broccoli tops | 7 |
| 7D | 7. Southeast Asian language | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Police dept. alert | 3 |
| 9D | 9. What the acorn said when it grew up, in a classic math joke | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Gin flavoring | 4 |
| 11D | 11. "Survivor" host Jeff | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Spanish grandmother | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Something to reflect on? | 6 |
| 14D | 18. Possibly glitchy software release | 4 |
| 15D | 22. To a greater degree | 6 |
| 16D | 23. Largest in a set of kitchen measurers: Abbr. | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Ancient alphabet character | 4 |
| 18D | 26. "___ Patrol" (Nickelodeon show) | 3 |
| 19D | 27. Palindromic poetic preposition | 3 |
| 20D | 30. Fixed share of work | 5 |
| 21D | 31. 100% vegan cosmetics brand | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Casts a wide net, maybe | 6 |
| 23D | 36. Appealing to self-indulgent impulses | 8 |
| 24D | 38. Figure on the cover of Action Comics #1 | 8 |
| 25D | 39. Societal woes | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Emanations from the sun | 4 |
| 27D | 42. Org. that uses Zambonis | 3 |
| 28D | 43. "Tic ___ Dough" (bygone game show) | 3 |
| 29D | 44. Searched exhaustively | 7 |
| 30D | 46. Snazzily dressed | 6 |
| 31D | 47. U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline | 6 |
| 32D | 48. Give support in efforts to acquire a loan, say | 6 |
| 33D | 49. Soccer legend Mia | 4 |
| 34D | 53. ___ Christmas | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Antlered animals | 4 |
| 36D | 57. Creepy-crawlies | 4 |
| 37D | 60. Astronaut Jemison | 3 |
| 38D | 61. Sch. in Charlottesville | 3 |
| 39D | 62. Bars to be scanned, in brief | 3 |
| 40D | 63. Hi-___ photo | 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. Step on it!"
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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Words that mean the same thing: tangle, mat up, flat
- The opposite would be: disentangle, unsnarl
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Announcement from a flight attendant, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Homeland and Freedom
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Iconic San Francisco transport"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard 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: CABLECAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Wear for Dracula"
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 anything that covers or conceals
- Words that mean the same thing: dissemble, robe, clothe
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Not just some"
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: ALOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Broccoli tops"
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 diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)
- Words that mean the same thing: floweret, floret
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLORETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Southeast Asian language"
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Police dept. alert"
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: APB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. What the acorn said when it grew up, in a classic math joke"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GEOMETRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Gin flavoring"
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 wild plum of northeastern united states having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
- Words that mean the same thing: Prunus alleghaniensis, Prunus spinosa, Alleghany plum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Survivor" host Jeff"
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: PROBST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Spanish grandmother"
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: ABUELA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Something to reflect on?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIRROR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Possibly glitchy software release"
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 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Beta
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. To a greater degree"
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: MORESO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Largest in a set of kitchen measurers: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TBSP
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Ancient alphabet character"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
- Words that mean the same thing: runic letter
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUNE
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Clue 18 Down: "26. "___ Patrol" (Nickelodeon show)"
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 clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
- Words that mean the same thing: manus, mitt, hand
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAW
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Palindromic poetic preposition"
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: ERE
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Fixed share of work"
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 prescribed number
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: QUOTA
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Clue 21 Down: "31. 100% vegan cosmetics brand"
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: AVEDA
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Casts a wide net, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- Words that mean the same thing: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, angle
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FISHES
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Appealing to self-indulgent impulses"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
- Words that mean the same thing: effete
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: DECADENT
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Figure on the cover of Action Comics #1"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person with great powers and abilities
- Words that mean the same thing: Zen, pane, Ubermensch
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SUPERMAN
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Societal woes"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Words that mean the same thing: complaint, ailment, ill
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ILLS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Emanations from the sun"
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 column of light (as from a beacon)
- Words that mean the same thing: irradiation, ray, irradiate
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RAYS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Org. that uses Zambonis"
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: NHL
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Clue 28 Down: "43. "Tic ___ Dough" (bygone game show)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAC
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Searched exhaustively"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that examine minutely
- Words that mean the same thing: flush, scrub, abrade
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SCOURED
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Snazzily dressed"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- Words that mean the same thing: rakish, snappy, spruce
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DAPPER
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Clue 31 Down: "47. U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in northwestern north america; the 49th state admitted to the union
- Words that mean the same thing: Last Frontier, AK
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ALASKA
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Give support in efforts to acquire a loan, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that sign jointly
- Words that mean the same thing: co-sign
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: COSIGN
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Soccer legend Mia"
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: HAMM
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Clue 34 Down: "53. ___ Christmas"
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 full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - wordsworth
- Words that mean the same thing: mirthful, zippy, jovial
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MERRY
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Antlered animals"
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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Words that mean the same thing: elk, Cervus elaphus, European elk
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELKS
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Creepy-crawlies"
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 general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- Words that mean the same thing: hemipteran, beleaguer, badger
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BUGS
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Clue 37 Down: "60. Astronaut Jemison"
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: MAE
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Clue 38 Down: "61. Sch. in Charlottesville"
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: UVA
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Clue 39 Down: "62. Bars to be scanned, in brief"
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: ___
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The answer is: UPC
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Clue 40 Down: "63. Hi-___ photo"
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 widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- Words that mean the same thing: reticuloendothelial system, ray, Ra
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RES
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 65.8% |
| Short Answer | 15 | 19.7% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 40 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium 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: September 03, 2025 at 02:20 PM
