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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.7 letters
Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword May 21, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Rolls dough, perhaps? | 10 |
| 2A | 11. Roll an ill-timed seven, with "out" | 4 |
| 3A | 15. It's all black and white | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Veg out | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Che Guevara, when he wrote "The Motorcycle Diaries" | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Private org. involved in the most Supreme Court cases | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Chic | 6 |
| 8A | 20. Some Yamaha products | 7 |
| 9A | 22. Settled down | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Selena's "Baila ___ Cumbia" | 4 |
| 11A | 26. Zoo heavyweight | 5 |
| 12A | 27. Didn't play, say | 3 |
| 13A | 28. What a duck might be | 7 |
| 14A | 30. Actor Levy | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Climb the social ladder, in a way | 7 |
| 16A | 32. Function | 4 |
| 17A | 33. It nowadays offers streaming recommendations | 7 |
| 18A | 36. Common pharmacy orders | 7 |
| 19A | 38. Purchase at a pro shop | 4 |
| 20A | 39. Barbecue coating | 7 |
| 21A | 41. Spanish diminutive suffix | 3 |
| 22A | 42. Schedule with little room for spontaneity | 7 |
| 23A | 43. Go back | 3 |
| 24A | 46. ___ Gabler, Ibsen title character | 5 |
| 25A | 48. Kind of sheet | 4 |
| 26A | 49. Catherine, e.g., in "Jules et Jim" | 4 |
| 27A | 50. NyQuil shelfmate | 7 |
| 28A | 52. Doles out | 6 |
| 29A | 54. ___ rage | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Ventriloquist's prop, maybe | 10 |
| 31A | 58. Names | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Makes clearly understood | 10 |
| 33A | 60. Editor's overruling | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Like some cookie cutters | 10 |
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. Rolls dough, perhaps?"
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: CARPAYMENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "11. Roll an ill-timed seven, with "out""
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 obscene terms for feces
- Words that mean the same thing: make, poop, turd
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. It's all black and white"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREOCOOKIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "16. Veg out"
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 hang loosely or laxly
- Words that mean the same thing: lounge about, bum, loaf
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOLL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "17. Che Guevara, when he wrote "The Motorcycle Diaries""
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: MEDSTUDENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Private org. involved in the most Supreme Court cases"
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: ACLU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Chic"
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 in the current fashion or style
- Words that mean the same thing: a la mode, in style, in vogue
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MODISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Some Yamaha products"
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: JETSKIS
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Clue 9 Across: "22. Settled down"
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: ALIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Selena's "Baila ___ Cumbia""
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: ESTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "26. Zoo heavyweight"
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 massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast asia and africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
- Words that mean the same thing: rhinoceros
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RHINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. Didn't play, say"
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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: seat, sit down, sit around
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. What a duck might be"
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: BATHTOY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Actor Levy"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy 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: DAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Climb the social ladder, in a way"
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: MARRYUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Function"
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 the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- Words that mean the same thing: office, function, theatrical role
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. It nowadays offers streaming recommendations"
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: TVGUIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. Common pharmacy orders"
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 prescription drug that is provided again
- Words that mean the same thing: refill, replenish, fill again
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REFILLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "38. Purchase at a pro shop"
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 hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- Words that mean the same thing: woodwind, Mrs. Henry Wood, Natalie Wood
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WOOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Barbecue coating"
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: MEATRUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Spanish diminutive suffix"
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: ITO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Schedule with little room for spontaneity"
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: SETPLAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Go back"
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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Words that mean the same thing: reflux, wane, ebb away
- The opposite would be: tide
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EBB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. ___ Gabler, Ibsen title character"
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: HEDDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Kind of sheet"
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 detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Words that mean the same thing: specification
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Catherine, e.g., in "Jules et Jim""
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: AMIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. NyQuil shelfmate"
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: ADVILPM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Doles out"
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 allow to have
- Words that mean the same thing: parcel out, lot, accord
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALLOTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. ___ rage"
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: ROID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Ventriloquist's prop, maybe"
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: HANDPUPPET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Names"
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 the new sounds added by dubbing
- Words that mean the same thing: knight, nickname, dub
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DUBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Makes clearly understood"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRIVESHOME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Editor's overruling"
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 printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Like some cookie cutters"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STARSHAPED
Great job if you got it right!
May 21, 2022 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. They can lead to long sentences | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Nipple ring? | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Website with the slogan "Dive into anything" | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Put forward | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Isn't oneself? | 4 |
| 6D | 6. "Yeah, that's right!" | 10 |
| 7D | 7. Admin on 3-Down, e.g. | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Barely make do, with "by" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Michelangelo, e.g. | 11 |
| 10D | 10. Word before and after "à" | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Look bad together | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Many a Rolling Stone cover subject | 8 |
| 13D | 13. At the end of the day | 8 |
| 14D | 14. What some invitees bring to parties | 8 |
| 15D | 21. "___ me!" | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Opposite of dewy-eyed | 11 |
| 17D | 25. Lord's Prayer possessive | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Antioxidant drink brand | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Luxury attire for white-tie events | 10 |
| 20D | 31. Feature of many a military obstacle course | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Lightly roast | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Devotees of Team Edward and Team Jacob, in fandom slang | 8 |
| 23D | 34. Unseated | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Positive impression | 8 |
| 25D | 37. "Sounds like a good time!" | 3 |
| 26D | 40. "There's an ___ for that" | 3 |
| 27D | 42. ___ Minella (monkey Muppet) | 3 |
| 28D | 43. Genre for the All-American Rejects | 6 |
| 29D | 44. Rude refusal | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Outshone | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Accomplished, old-style | 5 |
| 32D | 49. Early software version | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Results of some successful defenses | 4 |
| 34D | 53. Verdant | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Long of "The Best Man" | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Save for later, in a way | 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. They can lead to long sentences"
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 punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
- Words that mean the same thing: comma, Polygonia comma, comma butterfly
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Nipple ring?"
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 small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
- Words that mean the same thing: ring of color
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Website with the slogan "Dive into anything""
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: REDDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Put forward"
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 (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- Words that mean the same thing: put forward, situate, deposit
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POSIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Isn't oneself?"
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 new testament book describing the development of the early church from christ's ascension to paul's sojourn at rome
- Words that mean the same thing: dissemble, deed, move
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "Yeah, that's right!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOUHEARDME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Admin on 3-Down, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a british teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- Words that mean the same thing: modernistic, modern
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Barely make do, with "by""
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: EKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Michelangelo, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: NINJATURTLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Word before and after "à""
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: TETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Look bad together"
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 loud resonant repeating noise
- Words that mean the same thing: brush, clangor, skirmish
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Many a Rolling Stone cover subject"
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: ROCKIDOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. At the end of the day"
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: ALLINALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. What some invitees bring to parties"
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: PLUSONES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. "___ me!""
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 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- Words that mean the same thing: examine, render, attempt
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Opposite of dewy-eyed"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: STREETSMART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Lord's Prayer possessive"
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: THY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. Antioxidant drink brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the tibeto-burman language spoken in the dali region of yunnan
- Words that mean the same thing: Baic
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Luxury attire for white-tie events"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERACAPES
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Feature of many a military obstacle course"
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 water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- Words that mean the same thing: muck up, muck, mire
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. Lightly roast"
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 support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: blackguard, costa, jest at
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. Devotees of Team Edward and Team Jacob, in fandom slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
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: TWIHARDS
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Unseated"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: VOTEDOUT
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Positive impression"
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: GOODVIBE
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Clue 25 Down: "37. "Sounds like a good time!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that activities that are enjoyable or amusing
- Words that mean the same thing: sport, playfulness, play
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: FUN
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Clue 26 Down: "40. "There's an ___ for that""
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: APP
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Clue 27 Down: "42. ___ Minella (monkey Muppet)"
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: SAL
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Genre for the All-American Rejects"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: EMOPOP
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Rude refusal"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: BITEME
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Outshone"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that get the better of
- Words that mean the same thing: scoop, trump, outflank
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BESTED
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Accomplished, old-style"
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: DIDST
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Early software version"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that the 1st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ALPHA
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Results of some successful defenses"
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 doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study
- Words that mean the same thing: PhD, Ph.D.
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PHDS
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Verdant"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- Words that mean the same thing: profuse, plushy, lavish
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LUSH
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Long of "The Best Man""
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: NIA
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Save for later, in a way"
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: DVR
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 72.9% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 20.0% |
| History | 3 | 4.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 36 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.7 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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 09, 2025 at 09:37 PM
