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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, September 02, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle September 02, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. No-brainer? | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Seabird that can be tufted or horned | 6 |
| 3A | 13. Words that might be followed by "Hear! Hear!" | 6 |
| 4A | 14. Pepper with a "delayed fuse" | 7 |
| 5A | 15. Toy that's not really a toy? | 6 |
| 6A | 16. Lost at strip poker | 8 |
| 7A | 17. It has triangular blades | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Susceptible to burning, in a way | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Hot ___ | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Not needing to work | 10 |
| 11A | 23. Half a laugh | 3 |
| 12A | 25. Herd : buffalo :: bob : ___ | 5 |
| 13A | 26. Good name for a gallery owner | 5 |
| 14A | 30. Call from a server, maybe | 4 |
| 15A | 32. "Oversharing alert!" | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Flies like flies | 6 |
| 17A | 34. Statement from someone you should probably respond to with skepticism | 15 |
| 18A | 37. Fertile Crescent feeder | 6 |
| 19A | 38. Most common evening for "Dateline NBC" during its three-decade run: Abbr. | 3 |
| 20A | 39. It has a triangular blade | 4 |
| 21A | 40. Like Staten Island on a New York City subway map | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Campus noob | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Abbr. on a paper tray | 3 |
| 24A | 44. Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state | 10 |
| 25A | 47. Get high | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Thinks of with buyer's remorse, say | 4 |
| 27A | 51. Acquisition in Monopoly | 5 |
| 28A | 54. Snack crackers since 1921 | 8 |
| 29A | 56. Legacy competitor | 6 |
| 30A | 57. Publicity, of a sort | 7 |
| 31A | 58. "Sure … I guess" | 6 |
| 32A | 59. Gives a leg up | 6 |
| 33A | 60. Foraged delicacies | 6 |
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. No-brainer?"
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 dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- Words that mean the same thing: living dead, zombie spirit, zombi
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZOMBIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Seabird that can be tufted or horned"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUFFIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. Words that might be followed by "Hear! Hear!""
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: ATOAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Pepper with a "delayed fuse""
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: SERRANO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Toy that's not really a toy?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
- Words that mean the same thing: poodle dog
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POODLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Lost at strip poker"
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: GOTNAKED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. It has triangular blades"
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 grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEDGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Susceptible to burning, in a way"
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 traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: bonny, sightly, fairly
- The opposite would be: unfairly, foul
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Hot ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state of confusion and disorderliness
- Words that mean the same thing: good deal, passel, deal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESS
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Clue 10 Across: "20. Not needing to work"
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: SETFORLIFE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Half a laugh"
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 spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus crataegus
- Words that mean the same thing: hawthorn
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Herd : buffalo :: bob : ___"
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 fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Words that mean the same thing: cachet, stamp, seal of approval
- The opposite would be: unseal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Good name for a gallery owner"
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: ARTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Call from a server, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ADIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. "Oversharing alert!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Flies like flies"
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 moving crowd
- Words that mean the same thing: drove, swarm, teem
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWARMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Statement from someone you should probably respond to with skepticism"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
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: IMNOTASCIENTIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Fertile Crescent feeder"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an asian river; a tributary of the euphrates river
- Words that mean the same thing: Tigris River
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIGRIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Most common evening for "Dateline NBC" during its three-decade run: Abbr."
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 the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
- Words that mean the same thing: Friday
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. It has a triangular blade"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Like Staten Island on a New York City subway map"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- Words that mean the same thing: insert, gusset
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Campus noob"
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: FROSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Abbr. on a paper tray"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: LTR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
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: GOBLINMODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Get high"
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: sailplane, hang glide, surge
- 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 26 Across: "50. Thinks of with buyer's remorse, say"
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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Words that mean the same thing: herb of grace, regret, Ruta graveolens
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Acquisition in Monopoly"
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 building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOTEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Snack crackers since 1921"
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: CHEEZITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "56. Legacy competitor"
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 musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "57. Publicity, of a sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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: AIRTIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. "Sure … I guess""
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: UHOKAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Gives a leg up"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of giving hope or support to someone
- Words that mean the same thing: encourage, hike, further
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOOSTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Foraged delicacies"
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 any of various edible mushrooms of the genus morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
- Words that mean the same thing: morel
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MORELS
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword September 02, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Irradiates | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Platte Valley people | 4 |
| 3D | 3. They might go to extremes | 10 |
| 4D | 4. One means of gaining access | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Much of Tonga | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Bastille Day saison | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Eponymous German bacteriologist | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Mantel piece | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Cinematic specification | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Phony | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Agnes, in Argentina | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Quick greetings | 4 |
| 13D | 14. Gets dirty | 5 |
| 14D | 16. Top-selling concession item at San Francisco's Oracle Park | 11 |
| 15D | 18. Gets in a lather | 5 |
| 16D | 21. Some Greek cheeses | 5 |
| 17D | 22. Fuss (over) | 4 |
| 18D | 23. The world's first Black-led republic | 5 |
| 19D | 24. Replying to emails, scheduling meetings, etc., informally | 5 |
| 20D | 27. Shocked reaction | 10 |
| 21D | 28. "Just the check" | 5 |
| 22D | 29. Perfume part | 5 |
| 23D | 31. "I'd do it again!" | 9 |
| 24D | 33. Quake | 5 |
| 25D | 35. Nickname that can be a diminutive of a family member | 4 |
| 26D | 36. Smooths, as silk | 5 |
| 27D | 41. Alternative to a tulip glass | 5 |
| 28D | 42. Holiday cheer? | 6 |
| 29D | 45. They may be held during the national anthem | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Giving sort | 5 |
| 31D | 47. One crossing the line | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Reds state | 4 |
| 33D | 49. Bubbly chocolate bar brand | 4 |
| 34D | 52. Shorthand for unnamed co-authors | 4 |
| 35D | 53. Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome" | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Unwanted spot, informally | 3 |
| 37D | 56. Grand total | 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. Irradiates"
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 sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- Words that mean the same thing: micro-cook, microwave, nuke
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Platte Valley people"
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 the siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the platte and missouri rivers in nebraska
- Words that mean the same thing: Oto
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. They might go to extremes"
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: MOODSWINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. One means of gaining access"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BADGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Much of Tonga"
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 island
- Words that mean the same thing: islet, isle
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISLETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Bastille Day saison"
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: ETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Eponymous German bacteriologist"
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: PETRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Mantel piece"
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 large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: URN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Cinematic specification"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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: FRAMERATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Phony"
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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Words that mean the same thing: forge, simulated, postiche
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Agnes, in Argentina"
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: INES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Quick greetings"
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 sign of assent or salutation or command
- Words that mean the same thing: nod
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Gets dirty"
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 the state of being covered with unclean things
- Words that mean the same thing: land, dirt, ground
- The opposite would be: clean
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Top-selling concession item at San Francisco's Oracle 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: GARLICFRIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "18. Gets in a lather"
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 mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: form bubbles, fizz, sparkle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Some Greek cheeses"
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: FETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "22. Fuss (over)"
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 color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
- Words that mean the same thing: grovel, toady, bootlick
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAWN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "23. The world's first Black-led republic"
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 republic in the west indies on the western part of the island of hispaniola; achieved independence from france in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Words that mean the same thing: Hayti, Hispaniola, Republic of Haiti
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAITI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "24. Replying to emails, scheduling meetings, etc., informally"
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: ADMIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "27. Shocked reaction"
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: TRIPLETAKE
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Clue 21 Down: "28. "Just the check""
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: IMSET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "29. Perfume part"
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 formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ESTER
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Clue 23 Down: "31. "I'd do it again!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: NOREGRETS
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Quake"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- Words that mean the same thing: temblor, earthquake, quake
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SEISM
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Nickname that can be a diminutive of a family member"
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: "36. Smooths, as silk"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that metal shackles; for hands or legs
- Words that mean the same thing: iron, chains, atomic number 26
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IRONS
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Alternative to a tulip glass"
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 high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- Words that mean the same thing: fluting, transverse flute, flute glass
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: FLUTE
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Holiday cheer?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: HOHOHO
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Clue 29 Down: "45. They may be held during the national anthem"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the top edge of a vessel or other container
- Words that mean the same thing: lip, brim, rim
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BRIMS
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Giving sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that person who makes a gift of property
- Words that mean the same thing: conferrer, giver, presenter
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DONOR
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Clue 31 Down: "47. One crossing the line"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Words that mean the same thing: strikebreaker, blackleg, fink
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SCAB
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Reds state"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region
- Words that mean the same thing: Buckeye State, OH, Ohio River
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OHIO
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Clue 33 Down: "49. Bubbly chocolate bar brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AERO
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Shorthand for unnamed co-authors"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ETAL
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Clue 35 Down: "53. Macaulay's "___ of Ancient Rome""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- Words that mean the same thing: lay, pose, place
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LAYS
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Unwanted spot, informally"
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 small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- Words that mean the same thing: hickey, pimple
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ZIT
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Grand total"
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 quantity of money
- Words that mean the same thing: gist, kernel, add
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SUM
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 77.1% |
| Short Answer | 6 | 8.6% |
| Geography | 5 | 7.1% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 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 Saturday, 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 31, 2025 at 03:50 AM
