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• Today's Puzzle Difficulty
• Across Clues Table (33 clues)
• Across Clues - Detailed Hints
• Down Clues Table (33 clues)
• Down Clues - Detailed Hints
• Expert Solving Strategies
• Today's Puzzle Statistics

Today's Puzzle Difficulty: Tricky

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

Across Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. Bring together	5
2A	6. Alligatorid of Central and South America	6
3A	12. Fabric with diagonal ribbing	5
4A	13. Formula 1's Circuit de Monaco, e.g.	8
5A	15. Hip-hop artist with a 2018 Pulitzer	5
6A	16. Fine fodder for a Freudian analyst	9
7A	17. Call from a bridge	4
8A	18. State flower of Utah	4
9A	19. "Right?," in British lingo	5
10A	20. Pathetic	3
11A	21. Like some parties	4
12A	22. One may be hanging by a thread	6
13A	23. "We're under a lot of pressure!"	11
14A	26. Make it or break it	3
15A	27. Danger signal	9
16A	28. Blocks	4
17A	29. E-liquid	9
18A	31. Wished	4
19A	34. Outmoded living room fixtures	9
20A	37. Reddit Q&A	3
21A	38. Show to be fabricating?	11
22A	40. Blew up	6
23A	42. Festival flier	4
24A	43. Number of Beethoven operas	3
25A	44. Fishing accessory	5
26A	45. Consumes	4
27A	46. Retired rapper Azalea	4
28A	47. "Oppenheimer" setting	9
29A	49. From the British Isles, say	5
30A	50. "Happy to help!"	8
31A	51. County fair animal	5
32A	52. Lichtenstein's "Whaam!," e.g.	6
33A	53. County fair animal	5

Across Clues - Strategic Hints

1A: "1. Bring together"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that collect or gather
• Similar words include: accumulate, compile, gather
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: AMASS

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2A: "6. Alligatorid of Central and South America"

6 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a semiaquatic reptile of central and south america that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
• Similar words include: cayman
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CAIMAN

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3A: "12. Fabric with diagonal ribbing"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
• Similar words include: twill weave
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: TWILL

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4A: "13. Formula 1's Circuit de Monaco, e.g."

8 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ROADRACE

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5A: "15. Hip-hop artist with a 2018 Pulitzer"

5 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: LAMAR

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6A: "16. Fine fodder for a Freudian analyst"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: SEXDREAMS

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7A: "17. Call from a bridge"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: AHOY

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8A: "18. State flower of Utah"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SEGO

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9A: "19. "Right?," in British lingo"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: INNIT

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10A: "20. Pathetic"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - christina rossetti
• Similar words include: distressing, deplorable, lamentable
• Opposite of: glad

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Answer: SAD

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11A: "21. Like some parties"

4 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Similar words include: snoop, tell on, denounce
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: STAG

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12A: "22. One may be hanging by a thread"

6 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the leaf of a conifer
• Similar words include: acerate leaf, phonograph needle, goad
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: NEEDLE

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13A: "23. "We're under a lot of pressure!""

11 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: THEHEATISON

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14A: "26. Make it or break it"

3 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
• Similar words include: equivalence, equation, equality
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: PAR

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15A: "27. Danger signal"

9 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: ALARMBELL

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16A: "28. Blocks"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a decree that prohibits something
• Similar words include: ban, proscription, cast out
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BANS

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17A: "29. E-liquid"

9 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: VAPEJUICE

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18A: "31. Wished"

4 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
• Similar words include: beseech, tender, press
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BADE

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19A: "34. Outmoded living room fixtures"

9 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: PLASMATVS

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20A: "37. Reddit Q&A"

3 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: AMA

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21A: "38. Show to be fabricating?"

11 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___________

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Answer: CATCHINALIE

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22A: "40. Blew up"

6 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: GOTMAD

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23A: "42. Festival flier"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: KITE

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24A: "43. Number of Beethoven operas"

3 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
• Similar words include: 1, unmatchable, I
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ONE

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25A: "44. Fishing accessory"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: CREEL

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26A: "45. Consumes"

4 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the act of using
• Similar words include: utilisation, function, expend
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: USES

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27A: "46. Retired rapper Azalea"

4 letters Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: IGGY

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28A: "47. "Oppenheimer" setting"

9 letters Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _________

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Answer: LOSALAMOS

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29A: "49. From the British Isles, say"

5 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: ANGLO

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30A: "50. "Happy to help!""

8 letters Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: ISURECAN

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31A: "51. County fair animal"

5 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an indication of potential opportunity
• Similar words include: channelize, point, maneuver
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: STEER

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32A: "52. Lichtenstein's "Whaam!," e.g."

6 letters Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: POPART

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33A: "53. County fair animal"

5 letters Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
• Similar words include: horse cavalry, sawhorse, gymnastic horse
• Pattern: _____

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Answer: HORSE

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Down Clues - Complete List

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Closing words of a historic 1963 speech	6
2D	2. Sinister cackle	7
3D	3. Many a modern chess-playing program	7
4D	4. Totally kill it	4
5D	5. Camera spec	3
6D	6. Heel	3
7D	7. Actor Brody	6
8D	8. Nobel-winning daughter of Marie Curie	5
9D	9. The 'rents, perhaps	7
10D	10. European football club founded in 1899	7
11D	11. Birds and tree squirrels	7
12D	13. Clutch hitter nicknamed "Mr. October"	13
13D	14. Kitchen brand	3
14D	16. Flight restriction?	8
15D	18. Obsolescent office accessory	8
16D	21. Blood bank supply	4
17D	22. What someone with boundless ambition "knows"	8
18D	24. Multibillionaire, e.g.	4
19D	25. Certain brain freezers	8
20D	28. Submissive sort, informally	4
21D	30. Sugar source	4
22D	31. It comes in handy when the chips are downed	7
23D	32. Lovingly, in a score	7
24D	33. Is courting out of one's league, so to speak	7
25D	35. Poster of TikTok tutorials, e.g.	7
26D	36. Some hits, in music and baseball	7
27D	38. Square dance figure	6
28D	39. Kid-lit character who often loses his tail	6
29D	41. Stiller's partner in comedy	5
30D	45. Name on a "Kill Bill" poster	3
31D	46. Hooked on	4
32D	48. It's the law	3
33D	49. Shade of gray	3

Down Clues - Strategic Hints

1D: "1. Closing words of a historic 1963 speech"

6 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ATLAST

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2D: "2. Sinister cackle"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MWAHAHA

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3D: "3. Many a modern chess-playing program"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AIMODEL

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4D: "4. Totally kill it"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that kill intentionally and with premeditation
• Similar words include: murder, polish off, dispatch
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SLAY

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5D: "5. Camera spec"

3 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: SLR

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6D: "6. Heel"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who is morally reprehensible
• Similar words include: heel, dog, blackguard
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: CAD

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7D: "7. Actor Brody"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: ADRIEN

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8D: "8. Nobel-winning daughter of Marie Curie"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: IRENE

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9D: "9. The 'rents, perhaps"

7 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: MAANDPA

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10D: "10. European football club founded in 1899"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: ACMILAN

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11D: "11. Birds and tree squirrels"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
• Similar words include: nester, squatter, homesteader
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: NESTERS

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12D: "13. Clutch hitter nicknamed "Mr. October""

13 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____________

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Answer: REGGIEJACKSON

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13D: "14. Kitchen brand"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ___

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Answer: OXO

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14D: "16. Flight restriction?"

8 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident
• Similar words include: seat belt
• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SEATBELT

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15D: "18. Obsolescent office accessory"

8 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: STAMPPAD

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16D: "21. Blood bank supply"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
• Similar words include: serum, blood serum
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: SERA

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17D: "22. What someone with boundless ambition "knows""

8 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: NOLIMITS

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18D: "24. Multibillionaire, e.g."

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a person who possesses great material wealth
• Similar words include: stimulate, let, get
• Opposite of: abstain, lack

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Answer: HAVE

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19D: "25. Certain brain freezers"

8 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ________

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Answer: SLUSHIES

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20D: "28. Submissive sort, informally"

4 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the 2nd letter of the greek alphabet
• Similar words include: genus Beta
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: BETA

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21D: "30. Sugar source"

4 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
• Similar words include: lambast, flog, lambaste
• Pattern: ____

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Answer: CANE

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22D: "31. It comes in handy when the chips are downed"

7 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: BAGCLIP

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23D: "32. Lovingly, in a score"

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

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Answer: AMOROSO

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24D: "33. Is courting out of one's league, so to speak"

7 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: DATESUP

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25D: "35. Poster of TikTok tutorials, e.g."

7 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _______

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: VLOGGER

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26D: "36. Some hits, in music and baseball"

7 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that badminton played with one person on each side
• Similar words include: 1, I, single
• Pattern: _______

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Answer: SINGLES

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27D: "38. Square dance figure"

6 letters 💭 Category: Abbreviation

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a social or business visitor
• Similar words include: phoner, company, caller-out
• Pattern: ______

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Answer: CALLER

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28D: "39. Kid-lit character who often loses his tail"

6 letters 💭 Category: Wordplay

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ______

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Answer: EEYORE

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29D: "41. Stiller's partner in comedy"

5 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: _____

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Answer: MEARA

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30D: "45. Name on a "Kill Bill" poster"

3 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a benevolent aspect of devi; `splendor'
• Similar words include: genus Uma
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: UMA

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31D: "46. Hooked on"

4 letters 💭 Category: Proper Noun

Solving Hints:

• Pattern: ____

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Answer: INTO

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32D: "48. It's the law"

3 letters 💭 Category: Common Word

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
• Similar words include: act as, dissemble, bit
• Opposite of: refrain

Click to reveal answer (spoiler alert!)

Answer: ACT

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33D: "49. Shade of gray"

3 letters 💭 Category: General Knowledge

Solving Hints:

• Think of something that the residue that remains when something is burned
• Similar words include: ash tree
• Pattern: ___

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Answer: ASH

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Expert Solving Strategies

Start Smart

Begin with fill-in-the-blank clues and short 3-4 letter words. These are your foundation.

Decode the Clues

Question marks indicate wordplay or puns. "Maybe" suggests multiple interpretations.

Use Cross-References

Let intersecting letters guide you. One correct answer unlocks several others.

Build Vocabulary

Common crossword words repeat. Learning them speeds up future solving.

Today's Puzzle Stats

33 Across Clues

33 Down Clues

66 Total Clues

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December 15, 2021 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

Quick Navigation - Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (35 clues)
• Category Breakdown
• Complete Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis

Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle

Total Clues: 72 (37 Across, 35 Down)

Average Word Length: 5.2 letters

NYT Wednesday Crossword Across Clues - December 15, 2021 Solutions

No.	Clue	Letters
1A	1. "___ fair in love and war"	4
2A	5. Is down with	3
3A	8. Loved, loved, loved	5
4A	13. Edible part of a taro plant	4
5A	14. "SOS!"	4
6A	15. Place for pigeons to sit	5
7A	16. Unit of 17-Across	4
8A	17. See 16-Across	4
9A	18. Shade akin to cream	5
10A	19. Speculations that don't pay off	14
11A	22. Start of a tax form	5
12A	23. Firework's path	3
13A	24. Like the anagram "I'll make a wise phrase" for "William Shakespeare"	3
14A	25. Journeys for people who are relocating	11
15A	32. Boast	4
16A	34. Landed	4
17A	35. "City Without Walls" poet	5
18A	36. Early DVR device	4
19A	37. Accumulating bank deposits?	5
20A	39. One responsive to voice commands	4
21A	40. Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns	5
22A	42. Cut of a dress, maybe	4
23A	43. Large number	4
24A	44. Some court winners	11
25A	47. "___ but a scratch!"	3
26A	48. Obama ___ (2009-17)	3
27A	49. High-end Italian scooter	5
28A	51. Sign in some clothing stores ... or a hint to 19-, 25- and 44-Across	14
29A	57. Louis-Dreyfus of "Veep"	5
30A	58. Japanese noodle	4
31A	59. Centers of activity	4
32A	60. Citizen of Muscat	5
33A	61. Meadows	4
34A	62. Head of a brewery?	4
35A	63. Messed around (with)	5
36A	64. Subject of Netflix's "Have a Good Trip"	3
37A	65. Followers of morns	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. "___ fair in love and war""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALLS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Across: "5. Is down with"

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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
• Words that mean the same thing: take, take in, consume
• The opposite would be: abstain, lack
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Across: "8. Loved, loved, loved"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATEUP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Across: "13. Edible part of a taro plant"

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 (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
• Words that mean the same thing: origin, settle, stem
• The opposite would be: descendant
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Across: "14. "SOS!""

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 activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• Words that mean the same thing: serve, avail, help oneself
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HELP

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Across: "15. Place for pigeons to sit"

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 projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
• Words that mean the same thing: shelf
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEDGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Across: "16. Unit of 17-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 unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
• Words that mean the same thing: Accho, Akka, Akko
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACRE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Across: "17. See 16-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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
• Words that mean the same thing: sphere, orbit, country
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AREA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Across: "18. Shade akin to cream"

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 very light brown
• Words that mean the same thing: ecru
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BEIGE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Across: "19. Speculations that don't pay off"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: BADINVESTMENTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Across: "22. Start of a tax form"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LINEA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Across: "23. Firework's path"

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 electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Words that mean the same thing: electric discharge, spark, curve
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Across: "24. Like the anagram "I'll make a wise phrase" for "William Shakespeare""

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 (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
• Words that mean the same thing: tending, apposite, liable
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: APT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Across: "25. Journeys for people who are relocating"

Quick Info: This answer has 11 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ONEWAYTRIPS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Across: "32. Boast"

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 black birds having a raucous call
• Words that mean the same thing: gasconade, vaporing, bragging
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CROW

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Across: "34. Landed"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Across: "35. "City Without Walls" poet"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that united states poet (born in england) (1907-1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: W. H. Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AUDEN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Across: "36. Early DVR device"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIVO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Across: "37. Accumulating bank deposits?"

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 mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
• Words that mean the same thing: silt up, silt
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SILTS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Across: "39. One responsive to voice commands"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIRI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Across: "40. Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns"

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ADELA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Across: "42. Cut of a dress, maybe"

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 long narrow opening
• Words that mean the same thing: dent, scratch, slice
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SLIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Across: "43. Large number"

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 person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
• Words that mean the same thing: emcee, horde, master of ceremonies
• The opposite would be: parasite
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HOST

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Across: "44. Some court winners"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SERVICEACES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Across: "47. "___ but a scratch!""

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 light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
• Words that mean the same thing: ti, Ti, te
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TIS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Across: "48. Obama ___ (2009-17)"

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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• Words that mean the same thing: earned run average, geological era, epoch
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ERA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Across: "49. High-end Italian scooter"

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 type genus of the vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
• Words that mean the same thing: genus Vespa
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: VESPA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Across: "51. Sign in some clothing stores ... or a hint to 19-, 25- and 44-Across"

Quick Info: This answer has 14 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SORRYNORETURNS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Across: "57. Louis-Dreyfus of "Veep""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JULIA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Across: "58. Japanese noodle"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UDON

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Across: "59. Centers of activity"

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 scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
• Words that mean the same thing: locus, venue, locale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Across: "60. Citizen of Muscat"

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 native or inhabitant of oman
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OMANI

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Across: "61. Meadows"

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 unit of length of thread or yarn
• Words that mean the same thing: pasture, pastureland, grazing land
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LEAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Across: "62. Head of a brewery?"

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 mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• Words that mean the same thing: froth, sparkle, effervesce
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: FOAM

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Across: "63. Messed around (with)"

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 behave carelessly or indifferently
• Words that mean the same thing: play, diddle, dally
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TOYED

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 36 Across: "64. Subject of Netflix's "Have a Good Trip""

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 powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
• Words that mean the same thing: lysergic acid diethylamide
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LSD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 37 Across: "65. Followers of morns"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AFTS

  Great job if you got it right!

December 15, 2021 Wednesday NYT - All Down Answers

No.	Clue	Letters
1D	1. Type of horse known for endurance riding	4
2D	2. High regard for one's hometown, say	10
3D	3. Act high and mighty toward	10
4D	4. Gertrude who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose ..."	5
5D	5. "Take this!"	4
6D	6. Draft choices	4
7D	7. Expectorated	4
8D	8. Canadian birthplace of Rae Dawn Chong and Michael J. Fox	7
9D	9. Young love	9
10D	10. Make tweaks to	4
11D	11. Boots from Down Under	4
12D	12. Difference between icky and picky?	3
13D	14. Some fine cigars	7
14D	20. ___-Latin (language of the Vatican)	3
15D	21. Shortest month of the year	3
16D	24. Assume the role of	5
17D	26. Beethoven's "Für ___"	5
18D	27. Cather who wrote "O Pioneers!"	5
19D	28. Website?	5
20D	29. Un-screw-up-able	10
21D	30. Longhaired feline	10
22D	31. Piques	5
23D	33. Leading role in the "X-Men" films	9
24D	38. Abolitionist Thaddeus	7
25D	41. Battle of Britain attack	7
26D	45. Low island or reef	3
27D	46. Cry between "ready" and "go"	3
28D	50. Bacteria-inhibiting drug	5
29D	51. ___ wrestling	4
30D	52. Skin-care brand	4
31D	53. ___ and void	4
32D	54. Volume of Horace	4
33D	55. Answer to the riddle "What can go up and down without moving?"	4
34D	56. Popular game with virtual people, with "The"	4
35D	57. Scribble (down)	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. Type of horse known for endurance riding"

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 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ARAB

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 2 Down: "2. High regard for one's hometown, say"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LOCALPRIDE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 3 Down: "3. Act high and mighty toward"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: LORDITOVER

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 4 Down: "4. Gertrude who wrote "Rose is a rose is a rose ...""

Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a mug intended for serving beer
• Words that mean the same thing: beer mug, Gertrude Stein
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEIN

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 5 Down: "5. "Take this!""

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 present location; this place
• Words that mean the same thing: hither, Hera
• The opposite would be: there
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HERE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 6 Down: "6. Draft choices"

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 general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
• Words that mean the same thing: ale
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 7 Down: "7. Expectorated"

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 quarrel about petty points
• Words that mean the same thing: bickering, tiff, skewer
• The opposite would be: boo
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SPAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 8 Down: "8. Canadian birthplace of Rae Dawn Chong and Michael J. Fox"

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 one of the three prairie provinces in western canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ALBERTA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 9 Down: "9. Young love"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: TEENCRUSH

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 10 Down: "10. Make tweaks to"

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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
• Words that mean the same thing: delete, edit out, cut
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: EDIT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 11 Down: "11. Boots from Down Under"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: UGGS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 12 Down: "12. Difference between icky and picky?"

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 liquid excretory product
• Words that mean the same thing: weewee, relieve oneself, pass water
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PEE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 13 Down: "14. Some fine cigars"

Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the capital and largest city of cuba; located in western cuba; one of the oldest cities in the americas
• Words that mean the same thing: Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: HAVANAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 14 Down: "20. ___-Latin (language of the Vatican)"

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 (used as a combining form) recent or new
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NEO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 15 Down: "21. Shortest month of the year"

Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that the month following april and preceding june
• Words that mean the same thing: Crataegus laevigata, English hawthorn, Crataegus oxycantha
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: MAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 16 Down: "24. Assume the role of"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ACTAS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 17 Down: "26. Beethoven's "Für ___""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ELISE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 18 Down: "27. Cather who wrote "O Pioneers!""

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WILLA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 19 Down: "28. Website?"

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 floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
• Words that mean the same thing: Ionic, noggin, bonce
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ATTIC

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 20 Down: "29. Un-screw-up-able"

Quick Info: This answer has 10 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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: IDIOTPROOF

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 21 Down: "30. Longhaired feline"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: PERSIANCAT

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 22 Down: "31. Piques"

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 state of agitated irritation
• Words that mean the same thing: snit
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SNITS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 23 Down: "33. Leading role in the "X-Men" films"

Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that a native or resident of michigan
• Words that mean the same thing: carcajou, skunk bear, glutton
• The word looks like this: _________
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: WOLVERINE

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 24 Down: "38. Abolitionist Thaddeus"

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 united states psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed stevens' power law to replace fechner's law (1906-1973)
• Words that mean the same thing: George Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, S. Smith Stevens
• The word looks like this: _______
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: STEVENS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 25 Down: "41. Battle of Britain attack"

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!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: AIRRAID

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 26 Down: "45. Low island or reef"

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 coral reef off the southern coast of florida
• Words that mean the same thing: key, Florida key
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: CAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 27 Down: "46. Cry between "ready" and "go""

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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
• Words that mean the same thing: plant, define, adjust
• The opposite would be: rise
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SET

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 28 Down: "50. Bacteria-inhibiting drug"

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 antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require paba
• Words that mean the same thing: sulpha, sulfonamide, sulfa drug
• The word looks like this: _____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SULFA

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 29 Down: "51. ___ wrestling"

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 japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SUMO

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 30 Down: "52. Skin-care brand"

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: OLAY

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 31 Down: "53. ___ and void"

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 quantity of no importance
• Words that mean the same thing: naught, nil, zip
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: NULL

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 32 Down: "54. Volume of Horace"

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 lyric poem with complex stanza forms
• Words that mean the same thing: ode
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ODES

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 33 Down: "55. Answer to the riddle "What can go up and down without moving?""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.

Here's how to solve it:

• This could be something that an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
• Words that mean the same thing: route
• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: ROAD

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 34 Down: "56. Popular game with virtual people, with "The""

Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.

Here's how to solve it:

• The word looks like this: ____
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: SIMS

  Great job if you got it right!

Clue 35 Down: "57. Scribble (down)"

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 brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
• Words that mean the same thing: mite, touch, tinge
• The word looks like this: ___
• Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
• Ready for the answer? Click here!

  The answer is: JOT

  Great job if you got it right!

Category Breakdown

Category	Number of Clues	Percentage
General Knowledge	53	73.6%
Short Answer	12	16.7%
History	2	2.8%
Celebrity/Entertainment	1	1.4%
Geography	1	1.4%
Literature	1	1.4%
Movies/Film	1	1.4%
Sports	1	1.4%

Complete Puzzle Statistics

Metric	Value
Across Clues	37
Down Clues	35
Total Clues	72
Average Answer Length	5.2 letters
Shortest Answer	3 letters
Longest Answer	14 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 Wednesday, 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 13, 2025 at 04:40 AM