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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, November 10, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
November 10, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Not up to the job | 5 |
| 2A | 6. "Butt out!," in brief | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Up to the job | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Subtly damaging | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Copy cat? | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Drives around in circles, perhaps | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Pharmaceutical plant | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Unified | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Low parts of an opera | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Comic strip with a teenage protagonist | 4 |
| 11A | 22. Study | 11 |
| 12A | 25. "House of Games" writer/director | 5 |
| 13A | 28. Cash in the music business | 7 |
| 14A | 29. Press | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Little, in Lyon | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Convent resident | 6 |
| 17A | 34. One who's been tapped on the shoulder | 3 |
| 18A | 35. Installation in a children's play area | 7 |
| 19A | 37. Make ___ | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Who says, in Shakespeare, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look" | 6 |
| 21A | 40. Start to charge? | 3 |
| 22A | 41. Reserve | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Highland wear | 7 |
| 24A | 44. Points to | 5 |
| 25A | 45. Many a shop outside a national park | 11 |
| 26A | 47. It's true! | 4 |
| 27A | 48. Group often costumed in robes | 5 |
| 28A | 49. Marvy | 3 |
| 29A | 52. Hautbois, en anglais | 4 |
| 30A | 53. "Oh, grow up!" | 10 |
| 31A | 55. Terminus of the Appian Way | 4 |
| 32A | 56. Potential source of interest | 10 |
| 33A | 57. Word with pigeon or pointy | 4 |
| 34A | 58. Confucius' "Book of ___" | 4 |
| 35A | 59. Walled-off divisions, metaphorically | 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. Not up to the job"
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 unfit or unsuitable
- Words that mean the same thing: unsound, indispose, bad
- The opposite would be: qualify, fit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNFIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. "Butt out!," in brief"
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: MYOB
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Up to the job"
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 (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: able-bodied, capable
- The opposite would be: unable
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABLE
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Subtly damaging"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that exceedingly harmful
- Words that mean the same thing: subtle, deadly, baneful
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERNICIOUS
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Copy cat?"
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 the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Words that mean the same thing: miaou, miaow, miaul
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEOW
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Drives around in circles, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOESDONUTS
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Pharmaceutical plant"
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
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Unified"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: single, unitary, ane
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONE
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Low parts of an opera"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- Words that mean the same thing: bass, basso, bass voice
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASSI
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Comic strip with a teenage protagonist"
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 small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- Words that mean the same thing: zit, pimple, hickey
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZITS
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Study"
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: HITTHEBOOKS
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Clue 12 Across: "25. "House of Games" writer/director"
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 united states playwright (born in 1947)
- Words that mean the same thing: David Mamet
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAMET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Cash in the music business"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: ROSANNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Press"
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 heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Words that mean the same thing: smoothing iron, Fe, branding iron
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Little, in Lyon"
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: PEU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Convent resident"
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 female person who has the same parents as another person
- Words that mean the same thing: baby, sis, babe
- The opposite would be: brother
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SISTER
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Clue 17 Across: "34. One who's been tapped on the shoulder"
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 term of address for a man
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIR
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Clue 18 Across: "35. Installation in a children's play area"
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: BALLPIT
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Clue 19 Across: "37. Make ___"
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 grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Who says, in Shakespeare, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look""
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 conqueror of gaul and master of italy (100-44 bc)
- Words that mean the same thing: Gaius Julius Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Sid Caesar
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAESAR
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Clue 21 Across: "40. Start to charge?"
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 god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Words that mean the same thing: Orcus
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIS
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Clue 22 Across: "41. Reserve"
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 (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- Words that mean the same thing: spare, keep, redeem
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Highland wear"
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 cloth having a crisscross design
- Words that mean the same thing: tartan, plaid
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TARTANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Points to"
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 short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- Words that mean the same thing: summon, cite, citation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CITES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Many a shop outside a national park"
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: TOURISTTRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. It's true!"
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 piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FACT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. Group often costumed in robes"
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 chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- Words that mean the same thing: consort, chorus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHOIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Marvy"
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 extremely pleasing
- Words that mean the same thing: fabulous
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAB
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Clue 29 Across: "52. Hautbois, en anglais"
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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Words that mean the same thing: hautbois, hautboy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. "Oh, grow up!""
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: REALMATURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. Terminus of the Appian Way"
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 capital and largest city of italy; on the tiber; seat of the roman catholic church; formerly the capital of the roman republic and the roman empire
- Words that mean the same thing: Eternal City, Roma, Italian capital
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. Potential source of interest"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
- Words that mean the same thing: investiture, investing, investment funds
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INVESTMENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "57. Word with pigeon or pointy"
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 walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
- Words that mean the same thing: toenail, toe
- The opposite would be: toeless
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "58. Confucius' "Book of ___""
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 35 Across: "59. Walled-off divisions, metaphorically"
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 cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- Words that mean the same thing: silo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILOS
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle November 10, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Bun, e.g. | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Like clothing worn to some '80s-themed parties | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Available | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Toeholds | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Morsel | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Renaissance faire performer such as a lutenist or juggler, perhaps | 8 |
| 7D | 7. "I love it, but it's too much" | 15 |
| 8D | 8. Only about 10% of human bodies have these | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Degs. with lab courses, often | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Famed archers | 7 |
| 11D | 11. "I don't approve of what you're doing, but OK" | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Makes off with the goods, in a way | 5 |
| 13D | 13. ___ milk | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Chesterfield, e.g. | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Rooster, but not a rooster | 3 |
| 16D | 23. Footing | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Taking care of things | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Abbr. at the end of a list | 4 |
| 19D | 26. Highlight of an opera | 4 |
| 20D | 27. "Stay tuned ..." | 10 |
| 21D | 30. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — ___" (2014 film) | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Overhang | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Manhattan options | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Former attorney general Bill | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Doubloons | 8 |
| 26D | 39. Prepared, as green beans | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Take in a little bit | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Rise | 6 |
| 29D | 44. Units divided into 100 points | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Verboten | 5 |
| 31D | 46. Things on mason jars or racing cars | 4 |
| 32D | 47. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written about one | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Stoke | 4 |
| 34D | 50. River through Florence | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Things made of stakes? | 4 |
| 36D | 53. Carnival location | 3 |
| 37D | 54. "I didn't want to know that!" | 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. Bun, e.g."
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: UPDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Like clothing worn to some '80s-themed parties"
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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: atomic number 10, Ne
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Available"
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 people who are free
- Words that mean the same thing: spare, detached, barren
- The opposite would be: block, confine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Toeholds"
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 agency in the department of justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Immigration and Naturalization Service, atomic number 49, IN
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Morsel"
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 small tasty bit of food
- Words that mean the same thing: titbit, choice morsel
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIDBIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Renaissance faire performer such as a lutenist or juggler, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a singer of folk songs
- Words that mean the same thing: jongleur, folk singer, poet-singer
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MINSTREL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "I love it, but it's too much""
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: YOUSHOULDNTHAVE
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Only about 10% of human bodies have these"
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: OUTIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Degs. with lab courses, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a bachelor's degree in science
- Words that mean the same thing: SB, BS, Bachelor of Science
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Famed archers"
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 large strong and aggressive woman
- Words that mean the same thing: Amazon, Amazon River, amazon
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMAZONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "I don't approve of what you're doing, but OK""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BELIKETHAT
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Makes off with the goods, in a way"
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 goods or money obtained illegally
- Words that mean the same thing: cabbage, boodle, moolah
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOOTS
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Clue 13 Down: "13. ___ milk"
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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- Words that mean the same thing: ewe, Ewe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EWES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Chesterfield, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- Words that mean the same thing: cake, pelage, coating
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Rooster, but not a rooster"
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 adult female chicken
- Words that mean the same thing: biddy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEN
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Footing"
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 relation that provides the foundation for something
- Words that mean the same thing: groundwork, cornerstone, footing
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASIS
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Taking care of things"
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: ONIT
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Abbr. at the end of a list"
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: MISC
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Clue 19 Down: "26. Highlight of an opera"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that an elaborate song for solo voice
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARIA
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Clue 20 Down: "27. "Stay tuned ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MORETOCOME
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Clue 21 Down: "30. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — ___" (2014 film)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PARTI
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Overhang"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EAVE
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Manhattan options"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the seed of the cereal grass
- Words that mean the same thing: rye whisky, Secale cereale, rye
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RYES
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Former attorney general Bill"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BARR
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Doubloons"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: PISTOLES
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Prepared, as green beans"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fry briefly over high heat
- Words that mean the same thing: saute
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SAUTEED
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Take in a little bit"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a small drink
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SIP
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Rise"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that go back in order of genealogical succession
- Words that mean the same thing: climb up, come up, move up
- The opposite would be: descend, set
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The answer is: ASCEND
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Units divided into 100 points"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
- Words that mean the same thing: carat, karat, kt
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CARATS
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Verboten"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a prejudice (especially in polynesia and other south pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- Words that mean the same thing: tabu, proscribed, verboten
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TABOO
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Things on mason jars or racing cars"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- Words that mean the same thing: brim, flange, lip
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RIMS
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Clue 32 Down: "47. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written about one"
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 fortified military post where troops are stationed
- Words that mean the same thing: fortify, fortress, garrison
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FORT
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Stoke"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
- Words that mean the same thing: fire
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FUEL
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Clue 34 Down: "50. River through Florence"
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 river in central italy rising in the apennines and flowing through florence and pisa to the ligurian sea
- Words that mean the same thing: River Arno, Arno River
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARNO
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Things made of stakes?"
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 the money risked on a gamble
- Words that mean the same thing: bet, depend, look
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BETS
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Carnival location"
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 former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Words that mean the same thing: Rio de Janeiro
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIO
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Clue 37 Down: "54. "I didn't want to know that!""
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: TMI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 69.4% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 15.3% |
| History | 3 | 4.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.2% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: August 29, 2025 at 04:47 PM
