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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
September 18, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Qt. and gal. | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Letting in a little light, perhaps | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Org. at the center of modern "name, image and likeness" legislation | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Surname on a 2010 "True Grit" poster | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Home of a massive flock | 10 |
| 6A | 17. "Oh, our sides are hurting!" | 4 |
| 7A | 18. In great demand | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Makeup kit for a summer look | 14 |
| 9A | 21. No neophyte | 6 |
| 10A | 22. Left with nothing | 7 |
| 11A | 23. Subject of the 2018 best-selling account "On Desperate Ground" | 9 |
| 12A | 26. ___ fly | 3 |
| 13A | 27. 2010 Atlantic hurricane that was the largest up to that time | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Close one | 3 |
| 15A | 29. Poetic contraction | 3 |
| 16A | 30. What a ganzfeld experiment tests for | 3 |
| 17A | 31. Homoerotic viewing | 7 |
| 18A | 33. "That's quite enough!" | 3 |
| 19A | 36. Actress Claire of "The Crown" | 3 |
| 20A | 37. "Ni ___" (Mandarin greeting) | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Metaphor for a 100-degree day | 4 |
| 22A | 39. "___, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere": G. K. Chesterton | 3 |
| 23A | 40. Upgrade for a train passenger | 9 |
| 24A | 42. Deadlock | 7 |
| 25A | 45. Have a drink, old-style | 6 |
| 26A | 46. Really risked it | 14 |
| 27A | 49. Start of many a party | 10 |
| 28A | 50. Join (up) | 4 |
| 29A | 52. Common dorm accommodation | 10 |
| 30A | 53. Post hoc, ___ propter hoc (logical fallacy) | 4 |
| 31A | 54. Cause of lightheadedness? | 4 |
| 32A | 55. Sister brand of Guess? and Calvin Klein | 4 |
| 33A | 56. File type | 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. Qt. and gal."
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: AMTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Letting in a little light, perhaps"
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 slightly open
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AJAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Org. at the center of modern "name, image and likeness" legislation"
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: NCAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Surname on a 2010 "True Grit" poster"
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: COEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "14. Home of a massive flock"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEGACHURCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. "Oh, our sides are hurting!""
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: LMAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. In great demand"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATAPREMIUM
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Makeup kit for a summer look"
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!
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The answer is: BRONZERPALETTE
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Clue 9 Across: "21. No neophyte"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OLDPRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Left with nothing"
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 make void or empty of contents
- Words that mean the same thing: void, empty, vacate
- The opposite would be: fill
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMPTIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Subject of the 2018 best-selling account "On Desperate Ground""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOREANWAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. ___ fly"
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 an enclosed space
- Words that mean the same thing: theca, sack, pouch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. 2010 Atlantic hurricane that was the largest up to that time"
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: IGOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Close one"
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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Words that mean the same thing: pal up, sidekick, chum up
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAL
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Clue 15 Across: "29. Poetic contraction"
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: TIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. What a ganzfeld experiment tests for"
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 apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, second sight
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Homoerotic viewing"
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: GAYPORN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. "That's quite enough!""
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: TMI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Actress Claire of "The Crown""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. "Ni ___" (Mandarin greeting)"
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 10 hao equal 1 dong in vietnam
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Metaphor for a 100-degree day"
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 kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. "___, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere": G. K. Chesterton"
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 products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: artistic production, artistic creation, nontextual matter
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ART
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Upgrade for a train passenger"
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: PARLORCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. Deadlock"
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 situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- Words that mean the same thing: stalemate, dead-end street, standstill
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMPASSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Have a drink, old-style"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIBATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. Really risked it"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: WENTOUTONALIMB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Start of many a party"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation
- Words that mean the same thing: iceboat
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICEBREAKER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Join (up)"
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 cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- Words that mean the same thing: team up, squad
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Common dorm accommodation"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHAREDROOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Post hoc, ___ propter hoc (logical fallacy)"
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 (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. Cause of lightheadedness?"
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 an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- Words that mean the same thing: glory, annulus, ring
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HALO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "55. Sister brand of Guess? and Calvin Klein"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: DKNY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "56. File type"
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 uttering in an irritated tone
- Words that mean the same thing: rasping, wood file
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RASP
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - September 18, 2021 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Patella neighbor, in brief | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Some parenting websites | 8 |
| 3D | 3. Tragic downfall? | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Buttinsky | 7 |
| 5D | 5. E-commerce alternative to Square or Stripe | 9 |
| 6D | 6. Grand ___ | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Bio lab supply | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Beat poet? | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Genre popularized by Limp Bizkit and Korn | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Star journalist? | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Not quite right | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Riz ___, Emmy winner for 2016's "The Night Of" | 5 |
| 13D | 15. Squeeze | 4 |
| 14D | 16. Holds the door for, say | 7 |
| 15D | 20. 150-year-old org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 | 3 |
| 16D | 21. Merle Haggard tune "___ From Muskogee" | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Custom | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Leading character | 5 |
| 19D | 29. Force behind many disinformation campaigns | 9 |
| 20D | 31. Started fuming | 7 |
| 21D | 32. Stroke, perhaps | 3 |
| 22D | 33. What might be next to cue cards | 8 |
| 23D | 34. Humans, in sci-fi slang | 8 |
| 24D | 35. About | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Stereotypical kegger attendee | 7 |
| 26D | 38. Traveler around the world | 7 |
| 27D | 39. Like some sleeping problems | 6 |
| 28D | 40. Aid in breaching castle walls | 6 |
| 29D | 41. Kind of change | 3 |
| 30D | 42. "Wouldn't that be nice" | 5 |
| 31D | 43. Anime genre featuring giant robots | 5 |
| 32D | 44. Made the case against? | 4 |
| 33D | 47. "All right, we get it!" | 4 |
| 34D | 48. Strip lighting | 4 |
| 35D | 51. Mess of hair | 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. Patella neighbor, in brief"
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: ACL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Some parenting websites"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOMBLOGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Tragic downfall?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- Words that mean the same thing: tear
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEARDROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Buttinsky"
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 spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
- Words that mean the same thing: snoop
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOOPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. E-commerce alternative to Square or Stripe"
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: AMAZONPAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Grand ___"
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: JETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Bio lab supply"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- Words that mean the same thing: nutrient agar, agar-agar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Beat poet?"
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 someone who performs rap music
- Words that mean the same thing: knocker, doorknocker
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAPPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Genre popularized by Limp Bizkit and Korn"
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: NUMETAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Star journalist?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRITIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Not quite right"
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 mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- Words that mean the same thing: sharp, intense, ague
- The opposite would be: obtuse, chronic
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACUTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Riz ___, Emmy winner for 2016's "The Night Of""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AHMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "15. Squeeze"
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 crowd or pack to capacity
- Words that mean the same thing: bone, bone up, chock up
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Holds the door for, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HELPSIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. 150-year-old org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021"
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 lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
- Words that mean the same thing: National Rifle Association
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Merle Haggard tune "___ From Muskogee""
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: OKIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Custom"
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 how something is done or how it happens
- Words that mean the same thing: style, elbow room, means
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Leading character"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the 1st letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALPHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Force behind many disinformation campaigns"
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: TROLLARMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "31. Started fuming"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOTSORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. Stroke, perhaps"
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 an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. What might be next to cue cards"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TVCAMERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "34. Humans, in sci-fi slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEATBAGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "35. About"
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!
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The answer is: INRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "36. Stereotypical kegger attendee"
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: FRATBRO
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Traveler around the world"
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 man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- Words that mean the same thing: satellite, artificial satellite
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ORBITER
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Like some sleeping problems"
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: APNEAL
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Clue 28 Down: "40. Aid in breaching castle walls"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PETARD
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Clue 29 Down: "41. Kind of change"
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 slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- Words that mean the same thing: petroleum, oil colour, anoint
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OIL
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Clue 30 Down: "42. "Wouldn't that be nice""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IWISH
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Clue 31 Down: "43. Anime genre featuring giant robots"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MECHA
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Clue 32 Down: "44. Made the case against?"
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 institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- Words that mean the same thing: process, litigate, sue
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SUED
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Clue 33 Down: "47. "All right, we get it!""
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: OKOK
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Strip lighting"
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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: Ne, atomic number 10
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEON
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Mess of hair"
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 cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Words that mean the same thing: pout, mop up, swab
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MOP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 72.1% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 19.1% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.9% |
| History | 1 | 1.5% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 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 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!
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Last Updated: September 14, 2025 at 09:16 PM
