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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, June 07, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.8 letters
Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword June 07, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Lead-in to fish | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Doing long-distance, say | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Flaps | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Best Actor winner Malek | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Curved blade | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Partly: Prefix | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Noodle in miso broth | 4 |
| 8A | 18. Smug affirmative | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Memorable chase scene vehicle in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" | 8 |
| 10A | 22. "I love mankind … it's ___ I can't stand": Linus from "Peanuts" | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Quarters, e.g. | 7 |
| 12A | 24. Like some families | 7 |
| 13A | 25. Knot | 5 |
| 14A | 26. The world's largest one, produced by the coco de mer, weighs up to 55 pounds | 4 |
| 15A | 27. First woman to land a triple axel in major competition | 3 |
| 16A | 28. Lets breathe | 7 |
| 17A | 31. Concerning | 4 |
| 18A | 32. Figure of speech? | 15 |
| 19A | 36. Qualified | 4 |
| 20A | 37. Feature of many haute couture dresses | 7 |
| 21A | 38. Picked-up item | 3 |
| 22A | 39. Window shade | 4 |
| 23A | 40. Removes out of respect, perhaps | 5 |
| 24A | 44. Like an anecdote, one hopes | 7 |
| 25A | 46. Immoderate amount | 7 |
| 26A | 48. His #12 is retired for the Jets | 6 |
| 27A | 49. "Never in a million years!" | 8 |
| 28A | 50. Backpedaling qualifier | 10 |
| 29A | 52. Massachusetts college specializing in engineering | 4 |
| 30A | 53. Title in court | 4 |
| 31A | 54. Measure of regret? | 5 |
| 32A | 55. D.C.'s lack in Congress | 4 |
| 33A | 56. "Welcome" sights | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Newspaper assignments | 5 |
| 35A | 58. Much of a flock | 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. Lead-in to fish"
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 pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- Words that mean the same thing: crop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Doing long-distance, say"
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 remote and separate physically or socially; ; - w.h.hudson
- Words that mean the same thing: aside, isolated, obscure
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APART
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Flaps"
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 rapid active commotion
- Words that mean the same thing: ado, hustle, flurry
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADOS
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Best Actor winner Malek"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
- Words that mean the same thing: ramus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Curved blade"
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 fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- Words that mean the same thing: sabre, cavalry sword
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SABER
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Partly: Prefix"
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: DEMI
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Noodle in miso broth"
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: UDON
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Smug affirmative"
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: IDIDINDEED
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Memorable chase scene vehicle in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MINECART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. "I love mankind … it's ___ I can't stand": Linus from "Peanuts""
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 (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: mass, citizenry, the great unwashed
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEOPLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Quarters, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: BARGAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Like some families"
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 combine into one
- Words that mean the same thing: go, flux, intermingle
- The opposite would be: unblended
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLENDED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Knot"
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 vicious angry growl
- Words that mean the same thing: snarl up, mat, maze
- The opposite would be: disentangle, unsnarl
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNARL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. The world's largest one, produced by the coco de mer, weighs up to 55 pounds"
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 hard fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: source, seminal fluid, germ
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. First woman to land a triple axel in major competition"
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: ITO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "28. Lets breathe"
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 expose to fresh air
- Words that mean the same thing: oxygenate, air out, activate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AERATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Concerning"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ASTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. Figure of speech?"
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: SOAPBOXPREACHER
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Qualified"
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 (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
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Feature of many haute couture dresses"
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: BIASCUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Picked-up item"
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 bill in a restaurant
- Words that mean the same thing: tab key, chit, check
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Window shade"
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 quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- Words that mean the same thing: touch, shade, tone
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Removes out of respect, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: doff
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOFFS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Like an anecdote, one hopes"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- Words that mean the same thing: risible, amuse, comical
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMUSING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Immoderate amount"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the state of being more than full
- Words that mean the same thing: glut, oversupply, excess
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SURFEIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. His #12 is retired for the Jets"
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: NAMATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. "Never in a million years!""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OHHELLNO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Backpedaling qualifier"
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: INAGOODWAY
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Clue 29 Across: "52. Massachusetts college specializing in engineering"
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: OLIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Title in court"
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 title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- Words that mean the same thing: get, bring forth, forefather
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. Measure of regret?"
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 unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
- Words that mean the same thing: snow leopard, troy ounce, oz.
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUNCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "55. D.C.'s lack in Congress"
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 choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- Words that mean the same thing: voting, voter turnout, right to vote
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VOTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "56. "Welcome" sights"
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 thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- Words that mean the same thing: felt up, Master of Arts in Teaching, lusterlessness
- The opposite would be: disentangle, unsnarl
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. Newspaper assignments"
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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Words that mean the same thing: desk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DESKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "58. Much of a flock"
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!
NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - June 07, 2024 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Things to brush off | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Trigonometry unit | 6 |
| 3D | 3. ___ St. Brown, N.F.L. star nicknamed "Sun God" | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Muscat, for one | 9 |
| 5D | 5. 2007 Alicia Keys release featuring the #1 hit "No One" | 5 |
| 6D | 6. God father? | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Not much at all | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Like male summer tanagers | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Ingredient in a Long Island iced tea | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Extension : Chrome :: ___ : Firefox | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Chicago specialty | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Litmus test of a chef's basic culinary skills | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Way to an alley, perhaps | 8 |
| 14D | 19. ___-blind admission | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Actor McLaughlin of "Stranger Things" | 5 |
| 16D | 24. They might be pint-size | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Green party figure, for short? | 5 |
| 18D | 29. Legendary figure whose first name sounds like something he's known for doing | 9 |
| 19D | 30. Getting rid of | 5 |
| 20D | 31. Cooking for one's partner, say | 9 |
| 21D | 32. Theme in "Rosemary's Baby" | 8 |
| 22D | 33. Craze of late-2000s politics | 8 |
| 23D | 34. Picture on a sleeve | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Lorde of feminist literature | 5 |
| 25D | 39. Eponym of a popular vodka brand | 4 |
| 26D | 41. Chap | 6 |
| 27D | 42. Like the universe, according to Aristotle | 6 |
| 28D | 43. They're the pits | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Wise ones | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Part of many a beachside restaurant's name | 5 |
| 31D | 47. "Is the pope Catholic?!" | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Has | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Directly | 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. Things to brush off"
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 very small quantity of something
- Words that mean the same thing: bum, puke, skunk
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRUMBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Trigonometry unit"
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 the unit of plane angle adopted under the systeme international d'unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
- Words that mean the same thing: rad
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADIAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ St. Brown, N.F.L. star nicknamed "Sun God""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: AMONRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Muscat, for one"
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: WINEGRAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. 2007 Alicia Keys release featuring the #1 hit "No One""
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: ASIAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. God father?"
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 chaplain in one of the military services
- Words that mean the same thing: Holy Joe, sky pilot, Father
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PADRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Not much at all"
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: ABIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Like male summer tanagers"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: redness, reddened, cherry-red
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Ingredient in a Long Island iced tea"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: TRIPLESEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Extension : Chrome :: ___ : Firefox"
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: ADDON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Chicago specialty"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: DEEPDISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Litmus test of a chef's basic culinary skills"
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 beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
- Words that mean the same thing: omelet
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMELETTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Way to an alley, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIDEDOOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. ___-blind admission"
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 condition requiring relief
- Words that mean the same thing: postulate, motive, pauperism
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Actor McLaughlin of "Stranger Things""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: CALEB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. They might be pint-size"
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 general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- Words that mean the same thing: beer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Green party figure, for short?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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: STPAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "29. Legendary figure whose first name sounds like something he's known for doing"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: ROBINHOOD
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Getting rid of"
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 chop or split with an ax
- Words that mean the same thing: axe, ax
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AXING
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Cooking for one's partner, say"
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: ACTOFLOVE
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Theme in "Rosemary's Baby""
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 belief in and reverence for devils (especially satan)
- Words that mean the same thing: demonism, diabolism
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SATANISM
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Craze of late-2000s politics"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: OBAMANIA
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Picture on a sleeve"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ALBUMART
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Lorde of feminist literature"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AUDRE
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Eponym of a popular vodka brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to german occupation during world war ii and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
- Words that mean the same thing: Marshal Tito, Josip Broz
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TITO
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Chap"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a boy or man
- Words that mean the same thing: familiar, blighter, young man
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FELLOW
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Like the universe, according to Aristotle"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
- The opposite would be: infinite
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FINITE
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Clue 28 Down: "43. They're the pits"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- Words that mean the same thing: Isidor Feinstein Stone, gemstone, Harlan Fisk Stone
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: STONES
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Wise ones"
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 mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- Words that mean the same thing: sag, salvia, sage
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SAGES
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Part of many a beachside restaurant's name"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- Words that mean the same thing: shanty, domicile, hut
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SHACK
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Clue 31 Down: "47. "Is the pope Catholic?!""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: UHYES
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Has"
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 have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, own
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OWNS
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Directly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that that which is deserved or owed
- Words that mean the same thing: referable, imputable, ascribable
- The opposite would be: undue
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The answer is: DUE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 58 | 85.3% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 5.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.4% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 33 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.8 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 25, 2025 at 05:44 AM
