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Date: Tuesday, January 07, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (37 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle January 07, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Break-dancer, slangily | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Not yet out of contention | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Big, fat mouth | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Gun, as an engine | 5 |
| 5A | 15. "Silkwood" screenwriter Ephron | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Bigger than big | 4 |
| 7A | 17. "Hello" singer, 2015 | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Nickname for baseball's Reggie Jackson | 9 |
| 9A | 20. Long jumper, in hoops | 12 |
| 10A | 22. Call to the U.S.C.G. | 3 |
| 11A | 23. One of 10 felled in a strike | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Big name in lighters | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Terse affirmative | 3 |
| 14A | 28. Very slight probability | 14 |
| 15A | 32. On vacation | 4 |
| 16A | 33. Triage locales, briefly | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Bottom-left PC key | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Beyond well-done | 5 |
| 19A | 37. Audiophile's rack contents | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Ream unit | 5 |
| 21A | 39. What the "E" stands for in HOMES | 4 |
| 22A | 40. Trifling amount | 3 |
| 23A | 41. Subj. for an M.B.A. student | 4 |
| 24A | 42. Picture from Ansel Adams, say | 14 |
| 25A | 46. H.S. math class | 3 |
| 26A | 47. "___ favor" | 3 |
| 27A | 48. Island ring | 3 |
| 28A | 49. Wall St. debut | 3 |
| 29A | 51. What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are | 12 |
| 30A | 54. Relative via remarriage | 9 |
| 31A | 57. Reaction to the Beatles in 1964, e.g. | 5 |
| 32A | 58. Give a smooth surface | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Hoppy quaffs | 4 |
| 34A | 60. What a lenient boss might cut you | 5 |
| 35A | 61. Gave the heave-ho | 4 |
| 36A | 62. Turndown from Putin | 4 |
| 37A | 63. "Let It Go" singer in "Frozen" | 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. Break-dancer, slangily"
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: BBOY
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Clue 2 Across: "5. Not yet out of contention"
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: INIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Big, fat mouth"
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 device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Words that mean the same thing: lying in wait, pin down, entrap
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Gun, as an engine"
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: REVUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. "Silkwood" screenwriter Ephron"
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: NORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Bigger than big"
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 unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - w.r.inge
- Words that mean the same thing: immense, Brobdingnagian, vast
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. "Hello" singer, 2015"
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: ADELE
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Nickname for baseball's Reggie Jackson"
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: MROCTOBER
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Long jumper, in hoops"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: THREEPOINTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Call to the U.S.C.G."
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 an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Words that mean the same thing: so, sol, soh
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. One of 10 felled in a strike"
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 piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- Words that mean the same thing: immobilise, stick, personal identification number
- The opposite would be: unpin
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Big name in lighters"
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: BIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Terse affirmative"
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: IAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Very slight probability"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: GHOSTOFACHANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. On vacation"
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 not present; having left
- Words that mean the same thing: out, by, off
- The opposite would be: home
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Triage locales, briefly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
- Words that mean the same thing: emergency room, ER, Er
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Bottom-left PC key"
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: CTRL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Beyond well-done"
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 destroy by fire
- Words that mean the same thing: burn down, burned, burnt-out
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BURNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Audiophile's rack 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 soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
- Words that mean the same thing: cd, candle, atomic number 48
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Ream unit"
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 broad thin expanse or surface
- Words that mean the same thing: plane, weather sheet, shroud
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. What the "E" stands for in HOMES"
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 member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Trifling amount"
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 former french coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "41. Subj. for an M.B.A. student"
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: ECON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. Picture from Ansel Adams, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: LANDSCAPEPHOTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. H.S. math class"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about science/technology.
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: ALG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. "___ favor""
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: POR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. Island ring"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: chaplet, garland, wreath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Wall St. debut"
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 corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- Words that mean the same thing: initial offering, initial public offering
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IPO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: OUTSIDESHOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Relative via remarriage"
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: STEPNIECE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Reaction to the Beatles in 1964, e.g."
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 irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
- Words that mean the same thing: cacoethes, manic disorder, passion
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MANIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "58. Give a smooth surface"
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 setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "59. Hoppy quaffs"
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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Words that mean the same thing: ale
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "60. What a lenient boss might cut you"
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 dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- Words that mean the same thing: morass, slack off, loose
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. Gave the heave-ho"
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 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: AXED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. Turndown from Putin"
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: NYET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "63. "Let It Go" singer in "Frozen""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELSA
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle January 07, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Spoiled sorts | 5 |
| 2D | 2. One monopolizing a mattress | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Describing one's bathroom routine in detail, say | 11 |
| 4D | 4. Time for a TV log | 4 |
| 5D | 5. How LPs were originally recorded | 6 |
| 6D | 6. "Me neither" | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Cell window fixtures | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Military science subject | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Hammer-wielding Norse god | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Cause chafing, perhaps | 3 |
| 11D | 11. 969, for Methuselah at his death | 3 |
| 12D | 12. One ___ customer | 3 |
| 13D | 14. Gets a furtive glimpse of | 7 |
| 14D | 19. Part of I.T., for short | 4 |
| 15D | 21. "Alas!" | 4 |
| 16D | 25. Like some flagrant fouls | 11 |
| 17D | 26. Lot unit | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Go soft | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Dominated, in gamer lingo | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Sick and tired | 5 |
| 21D | 31. "Gesundheit!" elicitor | 5 |
| 22D | 35. ___ Fleck, banjo virtuoso | 4 |
| 23D | 36. River of Eurasia | 4 |
| 24D | 37. In a crude way | 8 |
| 25D | 38. Splits that may give rise to sects | 7 |
| 26D | 40. Nova ___ (Halifax native, say) | 7 |
| 27D | 41. Sword with a sensor | 4 |
| 28D | 43. Like cocoons and cotton candy | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Like Liesl, among the von Trapp children | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Public perception, in political lingo | 6 |
| 31D | 50. Port of Honshu | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Essay offering an alternative viewpoint | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Drink similar to a Slurpee | 4 |
| 34D | 53. In fine fettle | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Place where one might get a mani-pedi | 3 |
| 36D | 55. Line on a bill just above the total | 3 |
| 37D | 56. First lady | 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. Spoiled sorts"
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 very troublesome child
- Words that mean the same thing: brat, terror, bratwurst
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. One monopolizing a mattress"
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: BEDHOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Describing one's bathroom routine in detail, say"
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: OVERSHARING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Time for a TV log"
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 period extending from dec. 24 to jan. 6
- Words that mean the same thing: Christmas, Yuletide, Christmastime
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YULE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. How LPs were originally recorded"
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: INMONO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Me neither""
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: NORI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Cell window fixtures"
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: IRONBARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Military science subject"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
- Words that mean the same thing: manoeuvre, tactic, maneuver
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TACTICS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Hammer-wielding Norse god"
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 (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Cause chafing, perhaps"
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 an unforeseen obstacle
- Words that mean the same thing: fray, fret, snag
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. 969, for Methuselah at his death"
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 how long something has existed
- Words that mean the same thing: historic period, maturate, senesce
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. One ___ customer"
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: PER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Gets a furtive glimpse of"
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: PEEPSAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Part of I.T., for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
- Words that mean the same thing: technical school
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TECH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. "Alas!""
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 feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- Words that mean the same thing: ruth, compassionate, compassion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PITY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Like some flagrant fouls"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that characterized by conscious design or purpose
- Words that mean the same thing: designed, knowing
- The opposite would be: undesigned
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTENTIONAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Lot unit"
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 unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Words that mean the same thing: Akko, Akka, Accho
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Go soft"
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 process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: thawing, meld, disappear
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MELT
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Dominated, in gamer lingo"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: possess, own, have
- The opposite would be: unowned
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The answer is: OWNED
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Sick and tired"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: FEDUP
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Clue 21 Down: "31. "Gesundheit!" elicitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ACHOO
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Clue 22 Down: "35. ___ Fleck, banjo virtuoso"
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: BELA
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Clue 23 Down: "36. River of Eurasia"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: URAL
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Clue 24 Down: "37. In a crude way"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in coarse pieces
- The opposite would be: finely
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: COARSELY
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Splits that may give rise to sects"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that division of a group into opposing factions
- Words that mean the same thing: schism, split
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SCHISMS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Nova ___ (Halifax native, say)"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: SCOTIAN
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Sword with a sensor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EPEE
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Like cocoons and cotton candy"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- Words that mean the same thing: gyrate, spin out, birl
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SPUN
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Like Liesl, among the von Trapp children"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the offspring who came first in the order of birth
- Words that mean the same thing: firstborn
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ELDEST
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Public perception, in political lingo"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
- Words that mean the same thing: eye, optic, oculus
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OPTICS
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Port of Honshu"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that port city on southern honshu on osaka bay; a commercial and industrial center of japan
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OSAKA
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Essay offering an alternative viewpoint"
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: OPED
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Drink similar to a Slurpee"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ICEE
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Clue 34 Down: "53. In fine fettle"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a soldier of the american revolution who was hanged as a spy by the british; his last words were supposed to have been `i only regret that i have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
- Words that mean the same thing: pressure, Nathan Hale, George Ellery Hale
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HALE
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Place where one might get a mani-pedi"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: resort hotel, watering place, health club
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SPA
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Line on a bill just above the total"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
- Words that mean the same thing: taxation, task, assess
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TAX
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Clue 37 Down: "56. First lady"
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 (old testament) adam's wife in judeo-christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; god created eve from adam's rib and placed adam and eve in the garden of eden
- Words that mean the same thing: eventide, even, evening
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EVE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 66.2% |
| Short Answer | 15 | 20.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.7% |
| Science/Technology | 2 | 2.7% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 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 | 14 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 08:38 PM
