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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (33 Across, 33 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword June 28, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Typical ice cream servings | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Talkative | 6 |
| 3A | 13. "Try and do better!" | 7 |
| 4A | 15. Traditional medicine uses its oil | 7 |
| 5A | 16. Two pair beats it in poker | 7 |
| 6A | 17. Terrible things | 7 |
| 7A | 18. Totally vanished | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Tip of a plane | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Tierney of "The Affair" | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Theater's ___'acte | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Trade | 4 |
| 12A | 24. "Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs ___" | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Twosome | 3 |
| 14A | 26. "Take heed, ___ summer comes, or cuckoo-birds do sing": "The Merry Wives of Windsor" | 3 |
| 15A | 27. Tagged surreptitiously, as on an email | 5 |
| 16A | 29. Tantalizing film preview | 13 |
| 17A | 34. Tipplers drink this in the belief it helps sober them up | 9 |
| 18A | 35. Thieves' stash, maybe | 13 |
| 19A | 39. Three Stooges member, for a time | 5 |
| 20A | 40. "Touch and Go" singer Ocasek | 3 |
| 21A | 41. Toxicological E.R. cases | 3 |
| 22A | 43. To what effect? | 3 |
| 23A | 44. Thames-side art gallery | 4 |
| 24A | 46. TDs or FGs | 4 |
| 25A | 47. Thunderous, as a crowd | 5 |
| 26A | 50. Turin-based automaker ___ Romeo | 4 |
| 27A | 51. "To: All Staff" note | 4 |
| 28A | 52. Testarossa or Portofino | 7 |
| 29A | 54. Transgressive, say | 7 |
| 30A | 56. Table the rehearsal for a bit, say | 7 |
| 31A | 57. Tiger's slot on the schedule, e.g. | 7 |
| 32A | 58. Thought through, with "out" | 6 |
| 33A | 59. Third-largest country in the European Union, after France and Spain | 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. Typical ice cream servings"
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 quantity a scoop will hold
- Words that mean the same thing: max, scoop up, Georgia home boy
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCOOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Talkative"
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 full of trivial conversation
- Words that mean the same thing: talky, newsy, gabby
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHATTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. "Try and do better!""
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: TOPTHIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. Traditional medicine uses its oil"
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: TEATREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Two pair beats it in poker"
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: ACEHIGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Terrible things"
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 intense and profound fear
- Words that mean the same thing: horror, repulsion, repugnance
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HORRORS
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Totally vanished"
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 change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- Words that mean the same thing: run short, drop dead, exit
- The opposite would be: stop, malfunction
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GONE
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Tip of a plane"
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 organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- Words that mean the same thing: intrude, wind, nozzle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Tierney of "The Affair""
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: MAURA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Theater's ___'acte"
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: ENTR
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Trade"
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 an equal exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: switch, trade, barter
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. "Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs ___""
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: NIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Twosome"
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 two items of the same kind
- Words that mean the same thing: twosome, duette, brace
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DUO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. "Take heed, ___ summer comes, or cuckoo-birds do sing": "The Merry Wives of Windsor""
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: ERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "27. Tagged surreptitiously, as on an email"
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: BCCED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "29. Tantalizing film preview"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: TEASERTRAILER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Tipplers drink this in the belief it helps sober them up"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOTCOFFEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Thieves' stash, maybe"
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: TREASURETROVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Three Stooges member, for a time"
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: SHEMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. "Touch and Go" singer Ocasek"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: RIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Toxicological E.R. cases"
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 doctor's degree in optometry
- Words that mean the same thing: oculus dexter, Doctor of Optometry, OD
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. To what effect?"
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: HOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Thames-side art gallery"
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 united states poet and critic (1899-1979)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Orley Allen Tate, Allen Tate
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. TDs or FGs"
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: STAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Thunderous, as a crowd"
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: AROAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Turin-based automaker ___ Romeo"
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: ALFA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. "To: All Staff" note"
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 written proposal or reminder
- Words that mean the same thing: memorandum, memoranda
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Testarossa or Portofino"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: FERRARI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Transgressive, say"
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 deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
- Words that mean the same thing: base
- The opposite would be: moral
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMMORAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Table the rehearsal for a bit, say"
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: TAKETEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Tiger's slot on the schedule, e.g."
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: TEETIME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "58. Thought through, with "out""
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: SUSSED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "59. Third-largest country in the European Union, after France and Spain"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the scandinavian peninsula
- Words that mean the same thing: Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Tuesday Puzzle June 28, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Theatrically presented | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Tropical source of milk | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Type of sandal | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Turn the ___ cheek | 5 |
| 5D | 5. The Eagles, on scoreboards | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Taurus, Virgo, Libra, etc. | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Top dog at a corp. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Tort basis | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Twin-blade razor brand | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Thrash | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Toto in "The Wizard of Oz," e.g. | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Two-word tenet of improv comedy | 6 |
| 13D | 14. Tub accessory | 13 |
| 14D | 15. This is what a tailor seeks to provide | 13 |
| 15D | 20. Tailoring-related | 9 |
| 16D | 27. Tall one or cold one, in Germany | 4 |
| 17D | 28. Title role for Liz Taylor, in brief | 4 |
| 18D | 30. Throat-clearing sound | 4 |
| 19D | 31. Telenovela, e.g. | 4 |
| 20D | 32. Travelers from afar, for short | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Toward the stern | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Transcendentalist who wrote "Walden" | 7 |
| 23D | 36. Thoroughly overhauls | 7 |
| 24D | 37. Thing checked at a polling station | 7 |
| 25D | 38. Teriyaki appetizer, maybe | 7 |
| 26D | 39. Treats very unfairly, in slang | 6 |
| 27D | 42. Taken dishonestly | 6 |
| 28D | 45. Type of chair | 5 |
| 29D | 46. Thwacked, biblically | 5 |
| 30D | 48. Trojan War god | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Tempo | 4 |
| 32D | 53. Tomato shade | 3 |
| 33D | 55. Tabby's cry | 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. Theatrically presented"
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 perform (a play), especially on a stage
- Words that mean the same thing: arranged, present, give away
- The opposite would be: unstaged
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STAGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Tropical source of milk"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
- Words that mean the same thing: cocoanut, Cocos nucifera, coconut palm
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COCONUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Type of sandal"
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: OPENTOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Turn the ___ cheek"
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 not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the white queen
- Words that mean the same thing: early, former
- The opposite would be: same
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTHER
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Clue 5 Down: "5. The Eagles, on scoreboards"
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 21st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Taurus, Virgo, Libra, etc."
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 perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- Words that mean the same thing: sign, signalise, signboard
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIGNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Top dog at a corp."
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 corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
- Words that mean the same thing: chief operating officer, chief executive officer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Tort basis"
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 any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: hurt, damage, scathe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Twin-blade razor 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: ATRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Thrash"
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 beat severely with a whip or rod
- Words that mean the same thing: rebuke, call down, chew up
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROUNCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Toto in "The Wizard of Oz," e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERRIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Two-word tenet of improv comedy"
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: YESAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Tub accessory"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: SHOWERCURTAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. This is what a tailor seeks to provide"
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: THEPERFECTFIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Tailoring-related"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or relating to the sartorius muscle
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SARTORIAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "27. Tall one or cold one, in Germany"
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 coffin along with its stand
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "28. Title role for Liz Taylor, in brief"
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: CLEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "30. Throat-clearing sound"
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 utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: hem
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AHEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "31. Telenovela, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- Words that mean the same thing: goop, scoop, max
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "32. Travelers from afar, for short"
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: ETS
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Toward the stern"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- Words that mean the same thing: astern, abaft
- The opposite would be: fore
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "35. Transcendentalist who wrote "Walden""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states writer and social critic (1817-1862)
- Words that mean the same thing: Henry David Thoreau
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOREAU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "36. Thoroughly overhauls"
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 use again in altered form
- Words that mean the same thing: retread, rework, make over
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REWORKS
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Thing checked at a polling station"
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: VOTERID
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Teriyaki appetizer, maybe"
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: EDAMAME
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Treats very unfairly, in slang"
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 line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- Words that mean the same thing: lance, beam of light, ray
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SHAFTS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Taken dishonestly"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that take without the owner's consent
- Words that mean the same thing: slip, steal
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: STOLEN
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Type of chair"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978)
- Words that mean the same thing: Charles Eames
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: EAMES
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Thwacked, biblically"
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 inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- Words that mean the same thing: afflict, smite
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SMOTE
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Trojan War god"
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 (greek mythology) greek god of war; son of zeus and hera; identified with roman mars
- Words that mean the same thing: are, ar
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARES
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Tempo"
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 magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- Words that mean the same thing: value, range, grade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RATE
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Tomato shade "
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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: cherry-red, Marxist, blood-red
- The opposite would be: gain
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The answer is: RED
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Clue 33 Down: "55. Tabby's cry"
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 sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Words that mean the same thing: sea mew, meow, miaul
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MEW
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 71.2% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 13.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 3.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 3.0% |
| History | 2 | 3.0% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 33 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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!
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 09, 2025 at 04:25 AM
