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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle May 01, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Disney princess who sings "A Whole New World" | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Basic yoga position | 5 |
| 3A | 13. Baby 43-Across | 8 |
| 4A | 14. Died down | 6 |
| 5A | 16. Catering to the very wealthy | 8 |
| 6A | 17. Wimbledon-winning Williams | 6 |
| 7A | 18. Places to hole up | 5 |
| 8A | 19. La-di-da | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Org. for which Anthony Fauci worked for 54 years | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Bond yield: Abbr. | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Big stretch | 3 |
| 12A | 26. Hollow center? | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Fa follower | 3 |
| 14A | 28. Sound made by a sneaker, say? | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Unfortunate wedding forecast | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Soprano ___ Te Kanawa | 4 |
| 17A | 33. Typed correspondence | 5 |
| 18A | 35. Taqueria topping | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter | 11 |
| 20A | 39. Lab containers | 5 |
| 21A | 41. Good thing to have in one's eye? | 5 |
| 22A | 42. Their proprietors may be keepers | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Hoppers between lily pads | 5 |
| 24A | 45. Surrounded by | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Bit in a bar | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Spanish title: Abbr. | 3 |
| 27A | 51. Legal representative: Abbr. | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Actress de Armas | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Falcon and Stone in the G.I. Joe franchise: Abbr. | 3 |
| 30A | 55. Pointers | 4 |
| 31A | 57. Classic children's novel set in the Swiss Alps | 5 |
| 32A | 59. Washed away | 6 |
| 33A | 61. Citizens of Dubai, e.g. | 8 |
| 34A | 64. Fantasy author Pierce | 6 |
| 35A | 65. On the books? | 8 |
| 36A | 66. One of Indiana's state symbols | 5 |
| 37A | 67. Scented ingredient in some hand creams and shampoos | 7 |
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. Disney princess who sings "A Whole New 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 any of several shrubs and vines of the genus jasminum chiefly native to asia
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JASMINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "8. Basic yoga position"
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 native to eastern asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian water lily, genus Lotus, Nymphaea lotus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOTUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. Baby 43-Across"
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 larval frog or toad
- Words that mean the same thing: pollywog, polliwog, tadpole
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TADPOLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Died down"
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 make less active or intense
- Words that mean the same thing: slack, let up, abate
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABATED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Catering to the very wealthy"
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 designed for consumers with high incomes; - new yorker
- The opposite would be: downmarket
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPMARKET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Wimbledon-winning Williams"
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: SERENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. Places to hole up"
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 habitation of wild animals
- Words that mean the same thing: den, lair
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. La-di-da"
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 showily imitative of art or artists
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Org. for which Anthony Fauci worked for 54 years"
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 agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Bond yield: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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: INT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Big stretch"
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 longest division of geological time
- Words that mean the same thing: aeon
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Hollow center?"
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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Words that mean the same thing: elevation, ALT, elevated railway
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Fa follower"
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 colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: so, soh, colloidal solution
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Sound made by a sneaker, say?"
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: PSST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Unfortunate wedding forecast"
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 (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- Words that mean the same thing: showery
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAINY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Soprano ___ Te Kanawa"
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: KIRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Typed correspondence"
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 (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Words that mean the same thing: netmail, e-mail, electronic mail
- The opposite would be: snail mail
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Taqueria topping"
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 spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany mexican foods
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of numerous plants of the genus erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri, wallflower
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WALLFLOWERS
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Clue 20 Across: "39. Lab containers"
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 small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- Words that mean the same thing: ampule, phial, ampoule
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VIALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Good thing to have in one's eye?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an appearance of reflected light
- Words that mean the same thing: glimmer, glint, lambency
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "42. Their proprietors may be keepers"
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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Words that mean the same thing: hostel, hostelry, lodge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Hoppers between lily pads"
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 various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- Words that mean the same thing: salientian, toad, anuran
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FROGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Surrounded by"
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: AMID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Bit in a bar"
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 annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Spanish title: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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: SRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Legal representative: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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: ATT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Actress de Armas"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Falcon and Stone in the G.I. Joe franchise: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: LTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Pointers"
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 extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Words that mean the same thing: angle, steer, confidential information
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Classic children's novel set in the Swiss Alps"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEIDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Washed away"
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 become ground down or deteriorate
- Words that mean the same thing: eat away, scoured, gnaw at
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERODED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Citizens of Dubai, e.g."
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: EMIRATIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Fantasy author Pierce"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TAMORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. On the books?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LITERARY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. One of Indiana's state symbols"
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 any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: paeony
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. Scented ingredient in some hand creams and shampoos"
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 any of several plants of the genus freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FREESIA
Great job if you got it right!
May 01, 2024 Down Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Covers with a glossy black varnish | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Cops to | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Play-fight | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Inventor who might be described as dotty or dashing? | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Kind | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Once called | 3 |
| 7D | 7. "It is," in Ibiza | 4 |
| 8D | 8. In conclusion | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Falls in line | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Roofing material | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Contents of a kitchen drawer | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Some prank pullers | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Subject of an annual festival in the Netherlands | 5 |
| 14D | 15. "The Black ___" (1987 crime fiction best seller) | 6 |
| 15D | 20. Kylo ___, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" villain | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Said aloud | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Green party? | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Dabbling ducks | 5 |
| 19D | 31. Volunteer's words | 5 |
| 20D | 32. "Actions have consequences" principle | 5 |
| 21D | 34. Sports org. for the Colorado Rapids | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Mediterranean or Baltic | 3 |
| 23D | 36. "Care for a taste?" | 8 |
| 24D | 37. "___ Dies Dreaming" (2022 best-selling novel) | 4 |
| 25D | 38. One direction | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Rainbow's end | 6 |
| 27D | 40. Ensnared | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Word with "casual" or "Freaky" | 6 |
| 29D | 44. Beatmaker's genre | 3 |
| 30D | 46. Tiki bar drink | 6 |
| 31D | 47. Former Indian prime minister Gandhi | 6 |
| 32D | 48. East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby" | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Hard-nosed | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Rule of ___ (comedic principle) | 5 |
| 35D | 56. Word with care or aware | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Corn units | 4 |
| 37D | 60. "Well, whoop-de-___" | 3 |
| 38D | 62. Onetime Russian space station | 3 |
| 39D | 63. Meteor tail? | 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. Covers with a glossy black varnish"
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 string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of asia extending 1,300 miles between the sea of japan and the western pacific ocean
- Words that mean the same thing: japan, Nihon, Japan
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JAPANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Cops to"
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 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- Words that mean the same thing: admit, acknowledge, intromit
- The opposite would be: reject, deny
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADMITS
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Play-fight"
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 any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- Words that mean the same thing: sparring
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Inventor who might be described as dotty or dashing?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
- Words that mean the same thing: Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Morse code
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MORSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Kind"
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 kind of person
- Words that mean the same thing: like
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Once called"
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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEE
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Clue 7 Down: "7. "It is," in Ibiza"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. In conclusion"
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 the item at the end
- Words that mean the same thing: in conclusion, last, finally
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASTLY
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Falls in line"
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 be obedient to
- Words that mean the same thing: obey
- The opposite would be: disobey
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBEYS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Roofing material"
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 any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- Words that mean the same thing: Jack, Jack-tar, seafarer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Contents of a kitchen drawer"
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 an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
- Words that mean the same thing: utensil
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTENSILS
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Some prank pullers"
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 an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
- Words that mean the same thing: elder, senior
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENIORS
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Subject of an annual festival in the Netherlands"
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 any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TULIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. "The Black ___" (1987 crime fiction best seller)"
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 any of several plants of or developed from the species dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of mexico and central america and colombia
- Words that mean the same thing: Dahlia pinnata
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAHLIA
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Clue 15 Down: "20. Kylo ___, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" villain"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: REN
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Said aloud"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an examination conducted by spoken communication
- Words that mean the same thing: oral examination, oral exam, unwritten
- The opposite would be: aboral, anal
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The answer is: ORAL
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Green party?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a naive or inexperienced person
- Words that mean the same thing: naive
- The opposite would be: sophisticated
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The answer is: NAIF
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Dabbling ducks"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a blue-green color or pigment
- Words that mean the same thing: teal, blue green, bluish green
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TEALS
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Volunteer's words"
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: ILLGO
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Clue 20 Down: "32. "Actions have consequences" principle"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (hinduism and buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KARMA
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Clue 21 Down: "34. Sports org. for the Colorado Rapids"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a master's degree in library science
- Words that mean the same thing: Master of Library Science, cubic centimetre, milliliter
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MLS
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Mediterranean or Baltic"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Words that mean the same thing: ocean
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEA
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Clue 23 Down: "36. "Care for a taste?""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: WANTSOME
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Clue 24 Down: "37. "___ Dies Dreaming" (2022 best-selling novel)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OLGA
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Clue 25 Down: "38. One direction"
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 countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
- Words that mean the same thing: Benjamin West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield, western United States
- The opposite would be: east
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The answer is: WEST
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Rainbow's end"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: purplish, purple, reddish blue
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: VIOLET
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Ensnared"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: INATRAP
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Word with "casual" or "Freaky""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
- Words that mean the same thing: Fri
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FRIDAY
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Beatmaker's genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: pat, strike, tap
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RAP
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Tiki bar drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MAITAI
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Former Indian prime minister Gandhi"
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: INDIRA
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Clue 32 Down: "48. East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DAISY
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Hard-nosed"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the rear part of a ship
- Words that mean the same thing: tail end, backside, stark
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STERN
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Rule of ___ (comedic principle)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: tierce, trinity, III
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: THREE
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Word with care or aware"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that your consciousness of your own identity
- Words that mean the same thing: ego
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SELF
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Corn units"
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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Words that mean the same thing: pinna, spike, capitulum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EARS
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Clue 37 Down: "60. "Well, whoop-de-___""
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: DOO
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Clue 38 Down: "62. Onetime Russian space station"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MIR
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Clue 39 Down: "63. Meteor tail?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ITE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 49 | 64.5% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 17.1% |
| Abbreviation | 4 | 5.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.9% |
| Literature | 3 | 3.9% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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: August 26, 2025 at 01:45 AM
