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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (32 Across, 34 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
January 14, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Terms of address | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Hit sounds | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Sister from another mister | 6 |
| 4A | 12. More on the up and up? | 6 |
| 5A | 14. Offer that can't be refused, in business | 15 |
| 6A | 17. Key in a corner | 3 |
| 7A | 18. Tipped off | 7 |
| 8A | 19. Market event, in brief | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Word of woe | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Design deets | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Show off one's physique, in a way | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Day in movies | 5 |
| 13A | 26. ___-di-dah | 3 |
| 14A | 27. Ride in space | 5 |
| 15A | 28. "Copy" machines? | 13 |
| 16A | 31. Designer Michael | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Tie up | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Sign of enforced boundaries | 13 |
| 19A | 38. Suit | 5 |
| 20A | 39. Japanese tech giant | 3 |
| 21A | 40. Fearlessness | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Video game turn | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Go ___ | 5 |
| 24A | 45. Eject | 4 |
| 25A | 46. D.O.J. V.I.P.s | 3 |
| 26A | 47. Husky apparatus | 7 |
| 27A | 49. "Get it?" | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Dated TV star? | 15 |
| 29A | 53. Patronize, as a resort | 6 |
| 30A | 54. Hardens | 6 |
| 31A | 55. Ones unlikely to order the house wine, say | 5 |
| 32A | 56. Go-getter | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Terms of address"
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: MAAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Hit sounds"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: bash, whop, bonk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Sister from another mister"
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: GALPAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "12. More on the up and up?"
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 advanced in complexity or elaboration
- Words that mean the same thing: gamy, eminent, in high spirits
- The opposite would be: low
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIGHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Offer that can't be refused, in business"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOSTILETAKEOVER
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Key in a corner"
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: ESC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Tipped 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 warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
- Words that mean the same thing: alarm, alert
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALERTED
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Market event, in brief"
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 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 9 Across: "20. Word of woe"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Words that mean the same thing: ala, unluckily, regrettably
- The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Design deets"
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 optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
- Words that mean the same thing: specification, glasses, spectacles
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPECS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Show off one's physique, 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 the act of flexing
- Words that mean the same thing: bend, deform, turn
- The opposite would be: unbend, straighten
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Day in movies"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (greek mythology) wife of nereus and mother of the nereids
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DORIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. ___-di-dah"
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 syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- Words that mean the same thing: la
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Ride in space"
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 witty remark
- Words that mean the same thing: wisecrack, crack, sortie
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. "Copy" machines?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: WALKIETALKIES
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Clue 16 Across: "31. Designer Michael"
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 ancient hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
- Words that mean the same thing: homer, kor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KORS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Tie 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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
- Words that mean the same thing: berth, tie up, moorland
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Sign of enforced boundaries"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: NOTRESPASSING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Suit"
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 accord or comport with
- Words that mean the same thing: suit, beseem
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEFIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Japanese tech giant"
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 acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
- Words that mean the same thing: necrotizing enterocolitis
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Fearlessness"
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 the locus of feelings and intuitions
- Words that mean the same thing: heart and soul, nitty-gritty, inwardness
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Video game turn"
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 a characteristic state or mode of living
- Words that mean the same thing: liveliness, lifespan, life sentence
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIFE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Go ___"
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 relating to or caused by a virus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VIRAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Eject"
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 expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- Words that mean the same thing: barf, puke, sick
- The opposite would be: keep down
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. D.O.J. V.I.P.s"
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 white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- Words that mean the same thing: Ag, atomic number 47, silver
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Husky apparatus"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sled pulled by dogs
- Words that mean the same thing: mush, dog sleigh, dog sled
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOGSLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. "Get 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 the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Words that mean the same thing: go through, watch, fancy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Dated TV star?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: THEBACHELORETTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. Patronize, as a resort"
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: STAYAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Hardens"
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 cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- Words that mean the same thing: harden, inure, indurate
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INURES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. Ones unlikely to order the house wine, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Words that mean the same thing: snob, snoot, snot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "56. Go-getter"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a fierce or audacious person
- Words that mean the same thing: Panthera tigris
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIGER
Great job if you got it right!
January 14, 2023 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. What one might use to lash out? | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Genre prefix | 3 |
| 3D | 3. Capital on the island of Upolu | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Places with multiple outlets | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Tired excuses? | 15 |
| 6D | 6. Word when you can't find the word | 15 |
| 7D | 7. Engages in some outdoor recreation | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Like fine wine, but not fine olive oil | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Soup sometimes served with hanh dam | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Birthplace of flamenco | 7 |
| 11D | 11. "Easy!" | 6 |
| 12D | 13. Drives away | 6 |
| 13D | 14. Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Foot the bill | 5 |
| 15D | 16. Women's surfwear brand | 4 |
| 16D | 21. Fine neckwear | 7 |
| 17D | 23. Fabled tooth-takers | 7 |
| 18D | 25. Clothing portmanteau | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Tiny bit | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Face reddener | 3 |
| 21D | 30. ___ Banos, Calif. | 3 |
| 22D | 33. They come straight from the horse's mouth | 6 |
| 23D | 34. Balances | 7 |
| 24D | 35. Intrinsically | 5 |
| 25D | 36. Internet company whose logo is a cat wearing earphones | 7 |
| 26D | 37. Says "Hey" to, say | 6 |
| 27D | 38. Unpleasant sound from a tuba | 4 |
| 28D | 41. Cutesy to a fault | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Words to remember, for short | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Téa of "Madam Secretary" | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Harry Belafonte catchword | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Generic, e.g. | 4 |
| 33D | 51. Outlaw | 3 |
| 34D | 52. Poetic palindrome | 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 one might use to lash out?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MASCARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Genre prefix"
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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Words that mean the same thing: elevation, EL, altitude
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Capital on the island of Upolu"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the capital of western samoa
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Western Samoa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Places with multiple outlets"
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 public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
- Words that mean the same thing: shopping center, mall, plaza
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Tired excuses?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEEPLESSNIGHTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Word when you can't find the word"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- Words that mean the same thing: doojigger, gimmick, doodad
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHATCHAMACALLIT
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Engages in some outdoor recreation"
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 long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
- Words that mean the same thing: hiking, hike up, raise
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Like fine wine, but not fine olive oil"
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 people who are old collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: older, get on, of age
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate, young
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Soup sometimes served with hanh dam"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: PHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Birthplace of flamenco"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a city in southwestern spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in spain
- Words that mean the same thing: Sevilla
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEVILLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "Easy!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: GOSLOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "13. Drives away"
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 cause to move back by force or influence
- Words that mean the same thing: push back, revolt, fight off
- The opposite would be: attract
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REPELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Part of a river that ironically doesn't contain the mouth"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- Words that mean the same thing: brain, point, manoeuver
- The opposite would be: rear, tail
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Foot the bill"
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 something considered choice to eat
- Words that mean the same thing: kickshaw, do by, goody
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TREAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "16. Women's surfwear brand"
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: ROXY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Fine neckwear"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILKTIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "23. Fabled tooth-takers"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- Words that mean the same thing: fag, fagot, fairy
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAIRIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Clothing portmanteau"
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: SKORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "27. Tiny bit"
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: SKOSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "29. Face reddener"
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 strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- Words that mean the same thing: anger, ira, wrath
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "30. ___ Banos, Calif."
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: LOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. They come straight from the horse's mouth"
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 characteristic sounds made by a horse
- Words that mean the same thing: neigh, whicker, whinny
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEIGHS
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Balances"
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 the time at which something is supposed to begin
- Words that mean the same thing: kickoff, start, outgrowth
- The opposite would be: middle
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The answer is: OFFSETS
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Intrinsically"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PERSE
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Internet company whose logo is a cat wearing earphones"
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: NAPSTER
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Says "Hey" to, say"
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 express greetings upon meeting someone
- Words that mean the same thing: recognize, greet, recognise
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GREETS
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Unpleasant sound from a tuba"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cry plaintively
- Words that mean the same thing: baa, blate, bleat
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BLAT
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Cutesy to a fault"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that affectedly dainty or refined
- Words that mean the same thing: mincing, dainty, prim
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TWEE
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Words to remember, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: VOCAB
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Téa of "Madam Secretary""
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: LEONI
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Harry Belafonte catchword"
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: DAYO
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Generic, e.g."
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 substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
- Words that mean the same thing: dose, do drugs
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DRUG
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Outlaw"
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 decree that prohibits something
- Words that mean the same thing: banish, ostracise, banning
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BAN
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Poetic palindrome"
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: ___
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The answer is: ERE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 48 | 72.7% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 18.2% |
| Geography | 2 | 3.0% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.5% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 32 |
| Down Clues | 34 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 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: September 04, 2025 at 09:38 PM
