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Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
January 28, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Sigh of satisfaction | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Longtime SeaWorld attraction | 5 |
| 3A | 9. University of Florida athlete | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Less than forthcoming | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Yakked and yakked | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Get hitched hastily | 5 |
| 7A | 17. "The wart stops here" sloganeer | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Suit coat feature | 5 |
| 9A | 20. "Cimarron" novelist Ferber | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Impolite looks | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Leonardo da Vinci's "___ Lisa" | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Zoom up | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Civil rights activist with a Harlem thoroughfare named after him | 8 |
| 14A | 27. Disposable drink receptacle popular at parties | 7 |
| 15A | 31. For | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Mine cart contents | 3 |
| 17A | 33. Cutting-edge technology? | 5 |
| 18A | 35. Masters of meditation | 5 |
| 19A | 37. So-called "millennials" | 11 |
| 20A | 40. White-feathered wader | 5 |
| 21A | 42. Squander | 5 |
| 22A | 43. New Deal inits. | 3 |
| 23A | 44. Dungeons & Dragons monster | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Copycat's drink order | 7 |
| 25A | 51. Keyboard shortcut for "undo," on a PC | 8 |
| 26A | 54. Ireland, to an Irish poet | 4 |
| 27A | 55. Stow, as cargo | 4 |
| 28A | 56. Birds' bills | 5 |
| 29A | 59. It begins on Ash Wednesday | 4 |
| 30A | 60. 7'1" Shaquille | 5 |
| 31A | 62. March Madness quartet ... or, collectively, the second parts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across? | 9 |
| 32A | 64. Creator of Yertle the Turtle | 5 |
| 33A | 65. Treasure cache | 5 |
| 34A | 66. General at Gettysburg | 3 |
| 35A | 67. Made a mistake | 5 |
| 36A | 68. Health teacher's subject, informally | 5 |
| 37A | 69. Consumed | 3 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Sigh of satisfaction"
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: AHH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Longtime SeaWorld attraction"
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: SHAMU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. University of Florida athlete"
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 either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
- Words that mean the same thing: alligator
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GATOR
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Less than forthcoming"
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 affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- Words that mean the same thing: overmodest, demure
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COY
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Yakked and yakked"
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: RANON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Get hitched hastily"
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 run away secretly with one's beloved
- Words that mean the same thing: run off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELOPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. "The wart stops here" sloganeer"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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: COMPOUNDW
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Suit coat feature"
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 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
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. "Cimarron" novelist Ferber"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Impolite looks"
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 facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
- Words that mean the same thing: leer, sneer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Leonardo da Vinci's "___ Lisa""
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 island to the northwest of wales
- Words that mean the same thing: Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MONA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Zoom up"
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 act of rising upward into the air
- Words that mean the same thing: surge, soar up, hang glide
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Civil rights activist with a Harlem thoroughfare named after him"
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: MALCOLMX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Disposable drink receptacle popular at parties"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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: SOLOCUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. For"
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 athlete who plays for pay
- Words that mean the same thing: professional
- The opposite would be: amateur, anti
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Mine cart contents"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Cutting-edge technology?"
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 an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
- Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Masters of meditation"
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 united states baseball player (born 1925)
- Words that mean the same thing: Lawrence Peter Berra, yogi, Yogi
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOGIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. So-called "millennials""
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: GENERATIONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. White-feathered wader"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGRET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Squander"
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 any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- Words that mean the same thing: wastefulness, liquidate, neutralize
- The opposite would be: conserve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WASTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. New Deal inits."
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 powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
- Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Dungeons & Dragons monster"
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: ORC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Copycat's drink order"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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: THESAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Keyboard shortcut for "undo," on a PC"
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: CONTROLZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Ireland, to an Irish poet"
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 early name of ireland that is now used in poetry
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. Stow, as cargo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that remove with or as if with a ladle
- Words that mean the same thing: laden, load up, ladle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "56. Birds' bills"
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 beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- Words that mean the same thing: peck, neb, pecker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "59. It begins on Ash Wednesday"
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 period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Words that mean the same thing: lend, add, bestow
- The opposite would be: borrow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. 7'1" Shaquille"
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: ONEAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. March Madness quartet ... or, collectively, the second parts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across?"
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: FINALFOUR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Creator of Yertle the Turtle"
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: SEUSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. Treasure cache"
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 treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
- Words that mean the same thing: treasure trove
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. General at Gettysburg"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Words that mean the same thing: Bruce Lee, leeward, Robert Edward Lee
- The opposite would be: windward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. Made a mistake"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: stray, slip, err
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "68. Health teacher's subject, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that stimulate sexually
- Words that mean the same thing: wind up, excite, arouse
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEXED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "69. Consumed"
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 goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
- Words that mean the same thing: eat, corrode, eat on
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATE
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - January 28, 2020 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. What a keycard provides | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Jinx | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Book with psalms | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Sign indicating a sold-out performance | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Transport by truck | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Actress Hathaway | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Internet connection device | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Do a Christmas morning activity | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Solidify | 3 |
| 10D | 10. San Antonio mission | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Branch of mathematics concerned with Möbius strips and Klein bottles | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Body scan for a claustrophobe | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Takes a breather | 7 |
| 14D | 18. One with a shortened sentence | 7 |
| 15D | 22. Camera type, in brief | 3 |
| 16D | 26. State animal of South Dakota | 6 |
| 17D | 28. Synagogue singer | 6 |
| 18D | 29. Function | 3 |
| 19D | 30. ___ capita | 3 |
| 20D | 34. Like most vegetables at a salad bar | 3 |
| 21D | 36. Personal identity | 7 |
| 22D | 37. Majesty | 8 |
| 23D | 38. Parlor ink, for short | 3 |
| 24D | 39. Suffix meaning "approximately" | 3 |
| 25D | 40. Fence off | 7 |
| 26D | 41. Awful pun | 7 |
| 27D | 45. Stick up | 3 |
| 28D | 46. Chin dimples | 6 |
| 29D | 48. Colored part of the iris | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Ballroom dance that originated in France | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Menu selection | 6 |
| 32D | 52. Poke fun at | 5 |
| 33D | 53. Kinshasa's country, formerly | 5 |
| 34D | 57. Fort ___ (gold depository) | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Put money in the bank | 4 |
| 36D | 61. You'll trip if you drop it | 3 |
| 37D | 63. Took the reins | 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. What a keycard provides"
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 right to enter
- Words that mean the same thing: admission, entree, approach
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACCESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Jinx"
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 (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
- Words that mean the same thing: fetich, fetish, juju
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOODOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Book with psalms"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a songbook containing a collection of hymns
- Words that mean the same thing: hymnbook, hymnary
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HYMNAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Sign indicating a sold-out performance"
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: SRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Transport by truck"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of drawing or hauling something
- Words that mean the same thing: hale, catch, cart
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Actress Hathaway"
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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Internet connection device"
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 (from a combination of modulate and demodulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MODEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Do a Christmas morning activity"
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 remove the outer cover or wrapping of
- Words that mean the same thing: let out, undo, expose
- The opposite would be: wrap
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNWRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Solidify"
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 colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- Words that mean the same thing: colloidal gel, mousse, gelatin
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. San Antonio mission"
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 siege and massacre at a mission in san antonio in 1836; mexican forces under santa anna besieged and massacred american rebels who were fighting to make texas independent of mexico
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Branch of mathematics concerned with Möbius strips and Klein bottles"
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 topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
- Words that mean the same thing: network topology, analysis situs, topographic anatomy
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOPOLOGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Body scan for a claustrophobe"
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: OPENMRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Takes a breather"
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 become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- Words that mean the same thing: unwind, slow down, loose
- The opposite would be: stiffen, strain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RELAXES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. One with a shortened sentence"
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 someone released on probation or on parole
- Words that mean the same thing: probationer
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAROLEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Camera type, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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: SLR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "26. State animal of South Dakota"
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 small wolf native to western north america
- Words that mean the same thing: Canis latrans, prairie wolf, brush wolf
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COYOTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "28. Synagogue singer"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the musical director of a choir
- Words that mean the same thing: precentor, hazan, choirmaster
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CANTOR
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Function"
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 act of using
- Words that mean the same thing: enjoyment, consumption, manipulation
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USE
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Clue 19 Down: "30. ___ capita"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PER
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Clue 20 Down: "34. Like most vegetables at a salad bar"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that informal terms for nakedness
- Words that mean the same thing: stark naked, bleak, naked as a jaybird
- The opposite would be: cooked
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The answer is: RAW
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Clue 21 Down: "36. Personal identity"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: ONESELF
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Clue 22 Down: "37. Majesty"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- Words that mean the same thing: grandness, magnanimousness, magnificence
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: GRANDEUR
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Clue 23 Down: "38. Parlor ink, 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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: sleaze, intertwine, Thematic Apperception Test
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAT
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Suffix meaning "approximately""
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: ISH
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Fence off"
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 enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- Words that mean the same thing: insert, enwrap, shut in
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ENCLOSE
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Awful pun"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who groans
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: GROANER
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Clue 27 Down: "45. Stick up"
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 take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
- Words that mean the same thing: gazump, soak, fleece
- The opposite would be: undercharge
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The answer is: ROB
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Clue 28 Down: "46. Chin dimples"
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 split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- Words that mean the same thing: cleft, fissure, scissure
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CLEFTS
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Clue 29 Down: "48. Colored part of the iris"
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 small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
- Words that mean the same thing: ring of color
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: AREOLA
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Ballroom dance that originated in France"
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 stately court dance in the 17th century
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MINUET
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Menu selection"
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 principal dish of a meal
- Words that mean the same thing: admission, access, accession
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ENTREE
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Poke fun at"
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 someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
- Words that mean the same thing: beleaguer, card, prickteaser
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TEASE
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Kinshasa's country, formerly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the basic unit of money in zaire
- Words that mean the same thing: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian Congo, Congo
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ZAIRE
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Fort ___ (gold depository)"
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 scottish theologian who founded presbyterianism in scotland and wrote a history of the reformation in scotland (1514-1572)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Knox
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KNOX
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Clue 35 Down: "58. Put money in the bank"
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 (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- Words that mean the same thing: salvage, deliver, pull through
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAVE
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Clue 36 Down: "61. You'll trip if you drop it"
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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: LSD
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Clue 37 Down: "63. Took the reins"
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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Words that mean the same thing: chair, leave, run
- The opposite would be: follow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LED
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 44 | 59.5% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 21.6% |
| History | 3 | 4.1% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.7% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.7% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.7% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.4% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 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 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!
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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
