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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (34 Across, 42 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Tuesday Puzzle May 30, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Word-for-word | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Thorny savanna tree | 6 |
| 3A | 14. Reach, as a goal | 7 |
| 4A | 15. Like some nosy questions | 7 |
| 5A | 16. Dogs like Snoopy | 7 |
| 6A | 17. Trade restriction | 7 |
| 7A | 18. Biblical possessive | 3 |
| 8A | 19. Nickname that might drop -vin or -eb | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Director Howard | 3 |
| 10A | 21. General idea | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Brotherhood | 10 |
| 12A | 27. Reddit Q&A | 3 |
| 13A | 28. Mo. shared by Leo and Virgo | 3 |
| 14A | 29. "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book) | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Baloney | 8 |
| 16A | 33. Some pickles | 5 |
| 17A | 37. Brought together | 7 |
| 18A | 38. Eye for a long time | 7 |
| 19A | 40. Attach with a string or cord | 5 |
| 20A | 41. Title role in the Best Picture of 1962 | 8 |
| 21A | 42. Cry of disgust | 3 |
| 22A | 44. "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco | 3 |
| 23A | 45. "Chai" in English | 3 |
| 24A | 46. Aeronaut propelled by hot air | 10 |
| 25A | 50. Soak up the sun | 4 |
| 26A | 51. Beverage that might be blonde or brown | 3 |
| 27A | 52. Like merlot wine | 3 |
| 28A | 53. "Ich bin ___ Berliner" | 3 |
| 29A | 54. Tart light-green drink | 7 |
| 30A | 57. Feels remorse over | 7 |
| 31A | 61. Made an angry face | 7 |
| 32A | 62. Stupefied | 7 |
| 33A | 63. Hero of a Virgil epic | 6 |
| 34A | 64. Legal term meaning "guilty mind" | 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. Word-for-word"
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 mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- Words that mean the same thing: typo, real, misprint
- The opposite would be: figurative
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LITERAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "8. Thorny savanna tree"
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 any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus acacia
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACACIA
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Clue 3 Across: "14. Reach, as a goal"
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 to gain with effort
- Words that mean the same thing: reach, accomplish, attain
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHIEVE
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Clue 4 Across: "15. Like some nosy questions"
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 question or examine thoroughly and closely
- Words that mean the same thing: dig into, examine, poke into
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROBING
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Dogs like Snoopy"
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 small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- Words that mean the same thing: beagle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAGLES
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Trade restriction"
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 government order imposing a trade barrier
- Words that mean the same thing: trade embargo, trade stoppage
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMBARGO
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Biblical possessive"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THY
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Nickname that might drop -vin or -eb"
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: CAL
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Director Howard"
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 a chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
- Words that mean the same thing: Bokkos, Daffo
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. General idea"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- Words that mean the same thing: substance, sum, heart
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Brotherhood"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a social club for male undergraduates
- Words that mean the same thing: frat, brotherhood, sodality
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRATERNITY
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Clue 12 Across: "27. Reddit Q&A"
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: AMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Mo. shared by Leo and Virgo"
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 july and preceding september
- Words that mean the same thing: August
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Baloney"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- Words that mean the same thing: jazz, wind, nothingness
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALARKEY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Some pickles"
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 aromatic old world herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
- Words that mean the same thing: dill, Anethum graveolens, dill weed
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DILLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Brought together"
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 to bring or combine together or with something else
- Words that mean the same thing: mingle, integrated, mix
- The opposite would be: divide, disunify
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNIFIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. Eye for a long time"
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: STAREAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Attach with a string or cord"
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: TIEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Title role in the Best Picture of 1962"
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 roman martyr; supposedly lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- Words that mean the same thing: T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAWRENCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Cry of disgust"
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: UGH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that black tropical american cuckoo
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. "Chai" in English"
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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: tea leaf, teatime, Camellia sinensis
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Aeronaut propelled by hot air"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who flies a balloon
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BALLOONIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "50. Soak up the sun"
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 derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- Words that mean the same thing: relish, savour, enjoy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BASK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. Beverage that might be blonde or brown"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Like merlot wine"
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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: bolshy, carmine, ruby
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. "Ich bin ___ Berliner""
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: EIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "54. Tart light-green drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that sweetened beverage of lime juice and water
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIMEADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "57. Feels remorse over"
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 polite refusal of an invitation
- Words that mean the same thing: declination, regret, repent
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REGRETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Made an angry face"
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 frown with displeasure
- Words that mean the same thing: scowl
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCOWLED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. Stupefied"
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: INADAZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Hero of a Virgil epic"
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 mythical greek warrior who was a leader on the trojan side of the trojan war; hero of the aeneid
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AENEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "64. Legal term meaning "guilty mind""
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: MENSREA
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NYT Tuesday Crossword Down Clues - May 30, 2023 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Place for experiments | 3 |
| 2D | 2. What rinks have and neat drinks don't | 3 |
| 3D | 3. "Untrue!" | 9 |
| 4D | 4. With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Depend (on) | 4 |
| 6D | 6. N.Y.C.'s Fifth, e.g. | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Adornment worn above the elbow | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Corn holder | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Lawyers' grp. | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Wispy clouds | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Block of gold | 5 |
| 13D | 13. "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (biographical novel about Michelangelo) | 5 |
| 14D | 15. Bog fuel | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Hard to pin down | 4 |
| 16D | 21. Entire range | 5 |
| 17D | 22. ___ Perry, award-winning author of "South to America" | 5 |
| 18D | 23. Phony | 4 |
| 19D | 24. Felt remorse over | 4 |
| 20D | 25. Speed-detecting device | 5 |
| 21D | 26. Bête ___ (pet peeve) | 5 |
| 22D | 31. On the wrong side (of) | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Rock's Starr | 5 |
| 24D | 34. Offered quiet sympathy, in a way | 9 |
| 25D | 35. Feature of sneakers, typically, but not loafers | 5 |
| 26D | 36. The "turf" of a "surf and turf" | 5 |
| 27D | 38. Comic ___ (oft-mocked typeface) | 4 |
| 28D | 39. Nincompoop | 4 |
| 29D | 41. Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors | 4 |
| 30D | 43. Throngs | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Model airplane material | 5 |
| 32D | 47. Girl who went down a rabbit hole | 5 |
| 33D | 48. Fruit that makes your lips pucker | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Have to have | 4 |
| 35D | 50. See 4-Down | 5 |
| 36D | 53. Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" | 4 |
| 37D | 55. Woolly mama | 3 |
| 38D | 56. In the style of | 3 |
| 39D | 57. Crater's edge | 3 |
| 40D | 58. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir. | 3 |
| 41D | 59. Philosopher Lao-___: Var. | 3 |
| 42D | 60. Pirate's domain | 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. Place for experiments"
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 workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- Words that mean the same thing: research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. What rinks have and neat drinks don't"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: Methedrine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, glass
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Untrue!""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: THATSALIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Words that mean the same thing: 8, viii, octonary
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Depend (on)"
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 have confidence or faith in
- Words that mean the same thing: swear, trust, bank
- The opposite would be: mistrust
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RELY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. N.Y.C.'s Fifth, e.g."
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: AVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon""
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 chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- Words that mean the same thing: lupus erythematosus, LE
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Adornment worn above the elbow"
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 band worn around the arm for decoration
- Words that mean the same thing: arm band
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARMLET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Corn holder"
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 nut of any of several trees of the genus corylus
- Words that mean the same thing: filbert, Larus marinus, black-backed gull
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Lawyers' grp."
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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Wispy clouds"
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 usually coiled
- Words that mean the same thing: cirrus, cirrhus, cirrus cloud
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIRRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Block of gold"
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 metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
- Words that mean the same thing: metal bar, block of metal
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INGOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (biographical novel about Michelangelo)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- Words that mean the same thing: torture, suffering, excruciation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Bog fuel"
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 partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Hard to pin down"
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 showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- Words that mean the same thing: clever, cagey, chary
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Entire range"
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 complete extent or range:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GAMUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "22. ___ Perry, award-winning author of "South to America""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMANI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "23. Phony"
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 something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- Words that mean the same thing: wangle, bastard, false
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAKE
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Clue 19 Down: "24. Felt remorse over"
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 feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- Words that mean the same thing: repent, rue, regret
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RUED
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Clue 20 Down: "25. Speed-detecting device"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
- Words that mean the same thing: radiolocation, radio detection and ranging, microwave radar
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RADAR
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Clue 21 Down: "26. Bête ___ (pet peeve)"
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: NOIRE
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Clue 22 Down: "31. On the wrong side (of)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that especially of a ship's lines etc
- Words that mean the same thing: foul, fouled
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AFOUL
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Clue 23 Down: "32. Rock's Starr"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: RINGO
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Offered quiet sympathy, in a way"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: LENTANEAR
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Feature of sneakers, typically, but not loafers"
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 cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: lacing, enlace, lace up
- The opposite would be: untwine
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The answer is: LACES
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Clue 26 Down: "36. The "turf" of a "surf and turf""
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 slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STEAK
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Comic ___ (oft-mocked typeface)"
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: SANS
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Clue 28 Down: "39. Nincompoop"
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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: taunt, twerp, rag
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TWIT
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Clue 29 Down: "41. Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors"
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 put into a certain place or abstract location
- Words that mean the same thing: set, place, put
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LAID
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Clue 30 Down: "43. Throngs"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a vast multitude
- Words that mean the same thing: horde, legion, drove
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: HORDES
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Model airplane material"
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 strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
- Words that mean the same thing: balsa wood, Ochroma lagopus
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BALSA
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Clue 32 Down: "47. Girl who went down a rabbit hole"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: ALICE
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Clue 33 Down: "48. Fruit that makes your lips pucker"
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 yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
- Words that mean the same thing: maize, gamboge, Citrus limon
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LEMON
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Clue 34 Down: "49. Have to have"
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 condition requiring relief
- Words that mean the same thing: want, involve, motivation
- The opposite would be: obviate
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The answer is: NEED
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Clue 35 Down: "50. See 4-Down"
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 warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- Words that mean the same thing: boo, bird, Bronx cheer
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BIRDS
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EGAN
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Clue 37 Down: "55. Woolly mama"
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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EWE
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Clue 38 Down: "56. In the style of"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ALA
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Clue 39 Down: "57. Crater's edge"
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 shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- Words that mean the same thing: flange, brim, lip
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RIM
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Clue 40 Down: "58. St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir."
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 compass point midway between northeast and east
- Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENE
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Clue 41 Down: "59. Philosopher Lao-___: Var."
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: TZE
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Clue 42 Down: "60. Pirate's domain"
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 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: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 61.8% |
| Short Answer | 19 | 25.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.3% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 42 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 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 Tuesday, 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: September 02, 2025 at 04:26 AM
