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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (34 Across, 36 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword February 12, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Fast food order | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Balderdash | 8 |
| 3A | 14. Making of an impression? | 5 |
| 4A | 15. 1962 #1 hit for the Crystals featuring a biker on the record sleeve | 9 |
| 5A | 17. Rock genre | 5 |
| 6A | 18. Bit of census data | 9 |
| 7A | 19. Slips | 4 |
| 8A | 20. ___ hulu manu (feathery adornment) | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Actor James of "The Blacklist" | 6 |
| 10A | 22. People with a language of the same name | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Steamed source of stimulation | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Famille member | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Voting rights activist who founded Fair Fight Action | 12 |
| 14A | 30. Russian dumplings | 6 |
| 15A | 31. Facility | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Some undergrad degs. | 3 |
| 17A | 35. Where an athlete might dunk | 7 |
| 18A | 37. Miser | 7 |
| 19A | 39. Org. tracking metadata | 3 |
| 20A | 40. A sculpture of a three-legged one is considered lucky in feng shui | 4 |
| 21A | 42. ___ James, the so-called "King of the Slide Guitar" | 6 |
| 22A | 43. "You have to look at the bigger picture" | 12 |
| 23A | 45. Group whose logo is a mirror ambigram | 4 |
| 24A | 48. N.B.A. great Baylor | 5 |
| 25A | 49. Goddess: Lat. | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Cavort | 6 |
| 27A | 53. Central square, perhaps | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Though commonly known as vegetables, botanically they are fruit | 4 |
| 29A | 55. Wicca symbol | 9 |
| 30A | 57. Two-time Grammy winner Bryson | 5 |
| 31A | 58. Condiment made with peanuts | 9 |
| 32A | 59. Conversation starter | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Dodge S.U.V.s | 8 |
| 34A | 61. Pal of Kent and Lane | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Fast food order"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a small band of jazz musicians
- Words that mean the same thing: jazz group, jazz band
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMBO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Balderdash"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Words that mean the same thing: rant, fustian, bombast
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAPTRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "14. Making of an impression?"
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 the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
- Words that mean the same thing: mimicry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APERY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. 1962 #1 hit for the Crystals featuring a biker on the record sleeve"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: HESAREBEL
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Rock genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: alloy, metallic element, metallic
- The opposite would be: nonmetallic
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: METAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Bit of census data"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETHNICITY
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Clue 7 Across: "19. Slips"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: drift, slip, stray
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. ___ hulu manu (feathery adornment)"
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 flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- Words that mean the same thing: wreath, coronal, chaplet
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Actor James of "The Blacklist""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SPADER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. People with a language of the same name"
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Steamed source of stimulation"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- Words that mean the same thing: caffe latte
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Famille member"
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: PERE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Voting rights activist who founded Fair Fight Action"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STACEYABRAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Russian dumplings"
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 small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried
- Words that mean the same thing: piroshki, pirozhki
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIROGI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Facility"
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 freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- Words that mean the same thing: easiness, rest, relieve
- The opposite would be: difficulty
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Some undergrad degs."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
- Words that mean the same thing: BA, atomic number 56, Ba
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Where an athlete might dunk"
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: ICEBATH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Miser"
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 selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- Words that mean the same thing: niggard, churl, skinflint
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCROOGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Org. tracking metadata"
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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. A sculpture of a three-legged one is considered lucky in feng shui"
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 any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- Words that mean the same thing: anuran, toad frog, frog
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. ___ James, the so-called "King of the Slide Guitar""
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: ELMORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. "You have to look at the bigger picture""
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CONTEXTISKEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Group whose logo is a mirror ambigram"
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: ABBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. N.B.A. great Baylor"
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: ELGIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Goddess: Lat."
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 federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
- Words that mean the same thing: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Cavort"
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 a proud stiff pompous gait
- Words that mean the same thing: tittup, sashay, strut
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PRANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "53. Central square, perhaps"
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: TAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Though commonly known as vegetables, botanically they are fruit"
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 seed of a pea plant used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: pea plant, pea
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Wicca symbol"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
- Words that mean the same thing: pentacle, pentangle
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENTAGRAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "57. Two-time Grammy winner Bryson"
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: PEABO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Condiment made with peanuts"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SATESAUCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Conversation starter"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an expression of greeting
- Words that mean the same thing: howdy, hullo, hi
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Dodge S.U.V.s"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a city in north central mexico; mining center
- Words that mean the same thing: Durango, Victoria de Durango
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DURANGOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Pal of Kent and Lane"
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: OLSEN
Great job if you got it right!
February 12, 2022 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Figure skating move based on the arabesque in ballet | 9 |
| 2D | 2. Theatrically exaggerated behavior | 9 |
| 3D | 3. Population calculation scope | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Cuup products | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Olive ___ | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Comic relief role in "Tarzan" | 6 |
| 7D | 7. 1970 music documentary that won an Oscar for Best Original Score | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Hard wood | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Goes for the gold? | 4 |
| 10D | 10. What comes before the fall? | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Features of many season premieres | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Stomach | 5 |
| 13D | 13. "Great" man | 5 |
| 14D | 16. Zither relative | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Flatter effusively | 7 |
| 16D | 23. Italian for "tied together" | 6 |
| 17D | 24. Modern and Classical periods | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Parent of a cygnet | 3 |
| 19D | 28. Antithesis of a hedonist | 7 |
| 20D | 29. Noted spelling expert | 6 |
| 21D | 32. Focus of literary agents | 9 |
| 22D | 33. Obliging | 9 |
| 23D | 34. "Later!" | 9 |
| 24D | 36. Not fancy in the least | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Ashram sounds | 3 |
| 26D | 41. Fast-food chain with the slogan "UnFreshing Believable" | 7 |
| 27D | 43. Three-beat gait | 6 |
| 28D | 44. Annual event with Ski Slopestyle and Skateboard Vert | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Starters, for short | 4 |
| 30D | 46. It's found at the bottom of the food pyramid | 5 |
| 31D | 47. Language family of Swahili or Zulu | 5 |
| 32D | 51. ___ Milà, landmark building in Barcelona | 4 |
| 33D | 52. 2011 Pulitzer winner Jennifer | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Spa offering | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Word after throw or scatter | 3 |
| 36D | 57. Aromatic noodle soup | 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. Figure skating move based on the arabesque in ballet"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: CAMELSPIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Theatrically exaggerated behavior"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard 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: OPERATICS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Population calculation scope"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: METROAREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Cuup products"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- Words that mean the same thing: brassiere, bandeau, bra
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Olive ___"
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: OYL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Comic relief role in "Tarzan""
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: CHEETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. 1970 music documentary that won an Oscar for Best Original Score"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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: LETITBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Hard wood"
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 residue that remains when something is burned
- Words that mean the same thing: ash tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Goes for the gold?"
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 cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- Words that mean the same thing: tear apart, pan, goat god
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. What comes before the fall?"
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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- Words that mean the same thing: get off, travel, head trip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Features of many season premieres"
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 summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- Words that mean the same thing: recapitulate, recap, retread
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RECAPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Stomach"
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 put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- Words that mean the same thing: support, put up, bear
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "Great" man"
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 disciple of jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by catholics as the vicar of christ on earth and first pope
- Words that mean the same thing: St. Peter the Apostle, dick, pecker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PETER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Zither relative"
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 harp used by ancient greeks for accompaniment
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LYRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Flatter effusively"
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: LAYITON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. Italian for "tied together""
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 (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
- Words that mean the same thing: smooth
- The opposite would be: staccato
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEGATO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Modern and Classical periods"
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: era, epoch, earned run average
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. Parent of a cygnet"
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 nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
- Words that mean the same thing: filbert, black-backed gull, Larus marinus
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. Antithesis of a hedonist"
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 someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- Words that mean the same thing: spartan, ascetical, abstainer
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASCETIC
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Noted spelling expert"
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 (arthurian legend) the magician who acted as king arthur's advisor
- Words that mean the same thing: pigeon hawk, Falco columbarius
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MERLIN
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Focus of literary agents"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: BOOKDEALS
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Obliging"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; ; ; - disraeli
- Words that mean the same thing: concordant, conformable, consonant
- The opposite would be: disagreeable
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The answer is: AGREEABLE
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Clue 23 Down: "34. "Later!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SEEYASOON
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Not fancy in the least"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
- Words that mean the same thing: detest, hatred
- The opposite would be: love
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The answer is: HATE
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Ashram sounds"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OMS
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Fast-food chain with the slogan "UnFreshing Believable""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: DELTACO
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Three-beat gait"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
- Words that mean the same thing: lope
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CANTER
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Annual event with Ski Slopestyle and Skateboard Vert"
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: XGAMES
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Starters, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: APPS
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Clue 30 Down: "46. It's found at the bottom of the food pyramid"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- Words that mean the same thing: dinero, lolly, dough
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BREAD
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Language family of Swahili or Zulu"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of central and south africa
- Words that mean the same thing: Bantoid language
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BANTU
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Clue 32 Down: "51. ___ Milà, landmark building in Barcelona"
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: CASA
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Clue 33 Down: "52. 2011 Pulitzer winner Jennifer"
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: EGAN
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Spa offering"
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 british politician (1788-1850)
- Words that mean the same thing: Sir Robert Peel, flake off, flake
- The opposite would be: dress
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The answer is: PEEL
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Word after throw or scatter"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
- Words that mean the same thing: carpeting, carpet
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RUG
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Clue 36 Down: "57. Aromatic noodle soup"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PHO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 48 | 68.6% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 17.1% |
| Food & Drink | 3 | 4.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.3% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 36 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 12 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 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
