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Date: Monday, July 08, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Monday Puzzle July 08, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Al who created Li'l Abner | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Chatting online, in brief | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Almost any offer that's too good to be true | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Doozy | 4 |
| 5A | 15. "I swear!" | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Robe in old Rome | 4 |
| 7A | 17. The "A" of U.A.E. | 4 |
| 8A | 18. *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry | 10 |
| 9A | 20. *Level on the military wage scale | 8 |
| 10A | 22. Player in front of a net | 6 |
| 11A | 23. What sailors and beachgoers breathe | 6 |
| 12A | 24. Uncouth person | 4 |
| 13A | 25. Colorado summer hrs. | 3 |
| 14A | 26. *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house | 8 |
| 15A | 30. Things coiled on the sides of houses | 5 |
| 16A | 33. With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Single-stranded genetic molecule | 3 |
| 18A | 35. ___ and crafts | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues | 5 |
| 20A | 37. Tylenol target | 4 |
| 21A | 38. "You got it now?" | 3 |
| 22A | 39. Toyota hybrid | 5 |
| 23A | 40. North Pole resident | 5 |
| 24A | 41. *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys | 8 |
| 25A | 43. Amusement | 3 |
| 26A | 44. See 33-Across | 4 |
| 27A | 45. Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto" | 6 |
| 28A | 49. ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners | 6 |
| 29A | 52. *Shade akin to olive | 8 |
| 30A | 54. *Sorority types who go out a lot | 10 |
| 31A | 56. Eugene O'Neill's "___ Christie" | 4 |
| 32A | 57. Help with a crime | 4 |
| 33A | 58. Letter-shaped fastener | 5 |
| 34A | 59. "Veni, ___, vici" | 4 |
| 35A | 60. Hellmann's product, informally | 4 |
| 36A | 61. Daytime or Primetime awards | 5 |
| 37A | 62. Holler | 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. Al who created Li'l Abner"
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: CAPP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Chatting online, in brief"
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: IMING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Almost any offer that's too good to be true"
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 fraudulent business scheme
- Words that mean the same thing: mulct, rook, defraud
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Doozy"
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 very attractive or seductive looking woman
- Words that mean the same thing: mantrap, looker, smasher
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LULU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. "I swear!""
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: NOLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Robe in old Rome"
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 one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient rome
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOGA
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Clue 7 Across: "17. The "A" of U.A.E."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a semitic people originally from the arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks arabic and who inhabits much of the middle east and northern africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Arabian
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: POINTGUARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. *Level on the military wage scale"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that rank in a military organization
- Words that mean the same thing: rating, military rank, military rating
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAYGRADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Player in front of a net"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- Words that mean the same thing: goalkeeper, netkeeper, goaltender
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOALIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. What sailors and beachgoers breathe"
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: SEAAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Uncouth person"
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 crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- Words that mean the same thing: churl, Goth, tyke
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Colorado summer hrs."
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: MDT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "26. *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAINTGUN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Things coiled on the sides of houses"
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 socks and stockings and tights collectively (the british include underwear)
- Words that mean the same thing: hose down, hose, hosiery
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic"
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 east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
- Words that mean the same thing: sesame, Benjamin Kubelsky, benne
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BENNY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Single-stranded genetic molecule"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. ___ and crafts"
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 studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- Words that mean the same thing: artistic creation, humanities, prowess
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: PANDG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Tylenol target"
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 symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- Words that mean the same thing: ail, anguish, painfulness
- The opposite would be: pleasure
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. "You got it now?""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: run into, watch, visualise
- 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 22 Across: "39. Toyota hybrid"
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: PRIUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. North Pole resident"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at christmas
- Words that mean the same thing: Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "41. *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POPGROUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "43. Amusement"
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 activities that are enjoyable or amusing
- Words that mean the same thing: playfulness, merriment, play
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FUN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "44. See 33-Across"
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 local and well-defined elevation of the land
- Words that mean the same thing: mound, Benny Hill, pitcher's mound
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "45. Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto""
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 socialist who wrote the communist manifesto with karl marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
- Words that mean the same thing: Friedrich Engels
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENGELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners"
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: SAFECO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. *Shade akin to olive"
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: PEAGREEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. *Sorority types who go out a lot"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: PARTYGIRLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. Eugene O'Neill's "___ Christie""
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 former copper coin of pakistan and india
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Help with a crime"
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 assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Letter-shaped fastener"
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: UBOLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "59. "Veni, ___, vici""
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: VIDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "60. Hellmann's product, informally"
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 egg yolks and oil and vinegar
- Words that mean the same thing: mayonnaise
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAYO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "61. Daytime or Primetime awards"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an annual award by the academy of television arts and sciences for outstanding achievements in television
- Words that mean the same thing: Emmy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMMYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "62. Holler"
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 loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- Words that mean the same thing: squall, shout out, call
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YELL
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle July 08, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Applauds | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Enveloping glows, old-style | 5 |
| 3D | 3. ___ del Rey, Calif. | 5 |
| 4D | 4. *Darts and snooker | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Somewhat | 6 |
| 6D | 6. An emoji may suggest it | 4 |
| 7D | 7. 1970s tennis champ Nastase | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Writer Anaïs | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Dig into work | 8 |
| 10D | 10. E. B. White's "___ Little" | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Unwanted stocking stuffer | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Prefix with cultural | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Prepared, as dinner or a bed | 4 |
| 14D | 19. Foolish, informally | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Frees (of) | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Marching halftime crews | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Fence in | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Mom's mom, for short | 4 |
| 19D | 28. The "U" of I.C.U. | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Mom's mom | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Lock securer | 4 |
| 22D | 31. ___ O's (breakfast cereal) | 4 |
| 23D | 32. One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous | 4 |
| 24D | 33. Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder | 5 |
| 25D | 36. What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel | 8 |
| 26D | 37. *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings | 8 |
| 27D | 39. $$$$, on Yelp | 5 |
| 28D | 40. Like choir music | 4 |
| 29D | 42. Run-down area | 6 |
| 30D | 43. Lavish meals | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Counting-off word | 5 |
| 32D | 47. 1980s tennis champ Ivan | 5 |
| 33D | 48. Creature that leaves a slimy trail | 5 |
| 34D | 49. What an email filter filters | 4 |
| 35D | 50. Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" | 4 |
| 36D | 51. Glenn of the Eagles | 4 |
| 37D | 52. School event with a king and a queen | 4 |
| 38D | 53. "For Better or for Worse" mom | 4 |
| 39D | 55. Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code | 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. Applauds"
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 sudden very loud noise
- Words that mean the same thing: gonorrhoea, bam, bang
- The opposite would be: boo
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Enveloping glows, old-style"
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 sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- Words that mean the same thing: aura, halo, aureole
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AURAE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ del Rey, Calif."
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: PLAYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. *Darts and snooker"
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: PUBGAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Somewhat"
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: INPART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. An emoji may suggest it"
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 characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: temper, climate, humour
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. 1970s tennis champ Nastase"
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: ILIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Writer Anaïs"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: NIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Dig into work"
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: GETGOING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. E. B. White's "___ Little""
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 united states painter best known for his portraits of george washington (1755-1828)
- Words that mean the same thing: Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STUART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Unwanted stocking stuffer"
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 fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the carboniferous period
- Words that mean the same thing: char, ember
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Prefix with cultural"
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: AGRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Prepared, as dinner or a bed"
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 give certain properties to something
- Words that mean the same thing: pull in, wee, cause
- The opposite would be: unmake, unmade
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. Foolish, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a variety of albatross with black feet
- Words that mean the same thing: black-footed albatross, goonie, gooney
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Frees (of)"
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 relieve from
- Words that mean the same thing: rid, disembarrass, free
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Marching halftime crews"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an unofficial association of people or groups
- Words that mean the same thing: set, circle, stripe
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BANDS
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Fence in"
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: PENUP
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Mom's mom, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that the mother of your father or mother
- Words that mean the same thing: granny, nanna, grannie
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GRAN
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Clue 19 Down: "28. The "U" of I.C.U."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: building block, unit of measurement, social unit
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: UNIT
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Mom's mom"
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: NANA
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Lock securer"
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 fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HASP
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Clue 22 Down: "31. ___ O's (breakfast cereal)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OREO
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Clue 23 Down: "32. One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- Words that mean the same thing: dance step, tread, footfall
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STEP
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Clue 24 Down: "33. Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BAIUL
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Clue 25 Down: "36. What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
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- This could be something that an introduction to a play
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: PROLOGUE
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Clue 26 Down: "37. *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: PANGRAVY
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Clue 27 Down: "39. $$$$, on Yelp"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that having a high price
- Words that mean the same thing: pricey, dear, costly
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PRICY
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Clue 28 Down: "40. Like choir music"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- This could be something that the imperial dynasty of china from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
- Words that mean the same thing: sing, Song dynasty, babble
- The opposite would be: keep quiet
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The answer is: SUNG
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Run-down area"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that formerly the restricted quarter of many european cities in which jews were required to live
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GHETTO
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Clue 30 Down: "43. Lavish meals"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that a ceremonial dinner party for many people
- Words that mean the same thing: spread, fete, feed
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FEASTS
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Counting-off word"
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: EENIE
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Clue 32 Down: "47. 1980s tennis champ Ivan"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that united states tennis player (born in czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a united states citizen (born in 1960)
- Words that mean the same thing: Ivan Lendl
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LENDL
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Clue 33 Down: "48. Creature that leaves a slimy trail"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- Words that mean the same thing: escargot
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SNAIL
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Clue 34 Down: "49. What an email filter filters"
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 canned meat made largely from pork
- Words that mean the same thing: junk e-mail
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SPAM
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Clue 35 Down: "50. Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: AABA
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Clue 36 Down: "51. Glenn of the Eagles"
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 earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of njorth and brother of freya; originally of the vanir; later with the aesir
- Words that mean the same thing: Freyr
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FREY
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Clue 37 Down: "52. School event with a king and a queen"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- Words that mean the same thing: promenade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PROM
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Clue 38 Down: "53. "For Better or for Worse" mom"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ELLY
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Clue 39 Down: "55. Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IBM
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 62 | 81.6% |
| Short Answer | 5 | 6.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 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: October 01, 2025 at 08:23 PM
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