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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, April 01, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (37 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
April 01, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. You might bid on it | 4 |
| 2A | 5. First man, in Maori mythology | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Lead to | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Plant | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Encumbrance | 4 |
| 6A | 16. It makes il mondo go 'round | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Bathroom cabinet item | 9 |
| 8A | 19. More than flirt with | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Vegas machine with the best odds? | 3 |
| 10A | 21. A head | 4 |
| 11A | 22. "American ___" (Neil Gaiman novel that won the Hugo and Nebula) | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Japanese electronics brand | 4 |
| 13A | 24. Brain freeze cause | 7 |
| 14A | 27. Product often advertising 99.99% effectiveness | 13 |
| 15A | 31. "Headliner" of the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar | 6 |
| 16A | 32. ___ Ren of "The Force Awakens" | 4 |
| 17A | 33. Big 12 sch. | 3 |
| 18A | 36. Makes a small, plaintive sound | 4 |
| 19A | 37. K.C.-to-Detroit direction | 3 |
| 20A | 38. Ad Council output, for short | 4 |
| 21A | 39. Grp. that advertised in "The Book of Mormon" playbills, surprisingly | 3 |
| 22A | 40. Command after mistakenly pressing Ctrl+Z | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Spicy kind of seasoning | 6 |
| 24A | 44. It might help clear things up | 13 |
| 25A | 47. Nocturnal marsupial | 7 |
| 26A | 49. Event with Easter eggs | 4 |
| 27A | 50. Runs | 4 |
| 28A | 51. Behind | 4 |
| 29A | 52. Where the cucumbers are not for eating | 3 |
| 30A | 55. Play matchmaker for | 5 |
| 31A | 57. Sound filler | 9 |
| 32A | 59. Upper atmosphere | 5 |
| 33A | 60. Little rascal | 4 |
| 34A | 61. Damage | 4 |
| 35A | 62. Authority | 5 |
| 36A | 63. Federation formed in 1922, for short | 4 |
| 37A | 64. Like many college film projects | 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. You might bid on it"
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: EBAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. First man, in Maori mythology"
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: TIKI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Lead to"
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 make children
- Words that mean the same thing: father, engender, generate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEGET
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Plant"
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 molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the systeme international d'unites
- Words that mean the same thing: groyne, mol, counterspy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOLE
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Encumbrance"
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 an onerous or difficult concern
- Words that mean the same thing: burden, load, incumbrance
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. It makes il mondo go 'round"
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: AMORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Bathroom cabinet item"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
- Words that mean the same thing: gargle
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOUTHWASH
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Clue 8 Across: "19. More than flirt with"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HITON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Vegas machine with the best odds?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: cash dispenser, automated teller machine, asynchronous transfer mode
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. A head"
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 (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- Words that mean the same thing: to each one, for each one, apiece
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EACH
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Clue 11 Across: "22. "American ___" (Neil Gaiman novel that won the Hugo and Nebula)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
- Words that mean the same thing: idol, god, divinity
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Japanese electronics brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIWA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. Brain freeze cause"
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: SLURPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Product often advertising 99.99% effectiveness"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: HANDSANITIZER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. "Headliner" of the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWEETY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. ___ Ren of "The Force Awakens""
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: KYLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Big 12 sch."
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: ISU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. Makes a small, plaintive sound"
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 street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
- Words that mean the same thing: miaul, meow, sea mew
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. K.C.-to-Detroit direction"
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
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Ad Council output, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; psa is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of psa in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- Words that mean the same thing: prostate specific antigen, PSA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. Grp. that advertised in "The Book of Mormon" playbills, surprisingly"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Command after mistakenly pressing Ctrl+Z"
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 do over, as of (part of) a house
- Words that mean the same thing: make over, remodel, reconstruct
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Spicy kind of seasoning"
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 person of european descent born in the west indies or latin america
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CREOLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. It might help clear things up"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: WINDOWCLEANER
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Clue 25 Across: "47. Nocturnal marsupial"
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 small furry australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
- Words that mean the same thing: phalanger, possum
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPOSSUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Event with Easter eggs"
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 englishman and pre-raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
- Words that mean the same thing: hunting, Holman Hunt, hunt down
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUNT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Runs"
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 affected manners intended to impress others
- Words that mean the same thing: pose, send, publicise
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. Behind"
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 being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
- Words that mean the same thing: latterly, belatedly, tardily
- The opposite would be: early
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Where the cucumbers are not for eating"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: resort hotel, health club, watering place
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Play matchmaker for"
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 equipment designed to serve a specific function
- Words that mean the same thing: frame-up, apparatus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SETUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "57. Sound filler"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that water containing salts
- Words that mean the same thing: seawater, brine
- The opposite would be: fresh water
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SALTWATER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Upper atmosphere"
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 fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- Words that mean the same thing: vinyl ether, ethyl ether, ethoxyethane
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Little rascal"
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 native of yorkshire
- Words that mean the same thing: kid, nipper, boor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TYKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Damage"
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 physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: damage, injury, trauma
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "62. Authority"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: SAYSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "63. Federation formed in 1922, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a former communist country in eastern europe and northern asia; established in 1922; included russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (ukraine and byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 december 1991
- Words that mean the same thing: Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USSR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "64. Like many college film projects"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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!
Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle April 01, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. ___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open winner | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Kick hard | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Who might be asked for a donation, in brief | 4 |
| 4D | 4. "___ again ..." | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Illegally parked car, maybe | 7 |
| 6D | 6. How some pet food is sold | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Potent marijuana | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Suffix with bull or bear | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Cry of contempt | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Citizenship test taker, perhaps | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Get put away | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Eat at | 5 |
| 13D | 13. It may be perfect for writing | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Job at a bank, say | 5 |
| 15D | 23. Some sources of vitamin C | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Ocular affliction | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Wee | 3 |
| 18D | 26. Emmy winner Aduba | 3 |
| 19D | 27. Code inits. | 4 |
| 20D | 28. How you might feel looking at the Northern Lights | 4 |
| 21D | 29. Fit for a big write-up, say | 10 |
| 22D | 30. "Right?!" | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Closing activity | 4 |
| 24D | 35. ___ interface | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Biblical land near the kingdoms of Judah and Moab | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Scotch flavorer | 4 |
| 27D | 40. E.R. staffers | 3 |
| 28D | 41. Brown. follower | 3 |
| 29D | 42. Mess | 7 |
| 30D | 43. Get more 45-Down | 5 |
| 31D | 45. See 43-Down | 6 |
| 32D | 46. Gets ready, as a cue stick | 6 |
| 33D | 47. Fertile spots | 5 |
| 34D | 48. Masterwork completed in 1499 | 5 |
| 35D | 51. Snack brand owned by PepsiCo | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Holiday cookie shape | 4 |
| 37D | 53. Sassy | 4 |
| 38D | 54. Drove | 4 |
| 39D | 56. Whiz | 3 |
| 40D | 57. Nickname that's an alphabet trio | 3 |
| 41D | 58. "I've got it!" | 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. ___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open winner"
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: EMMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Kick hard"
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 footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- Words that mean the same thing: iron heel, kick, iron boot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Who might be asked for a donation, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
- Words that mean the same thing: graduate, potassium alum, ammonium alum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALUM
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Clue 4 Down: "4. "___ again ...""
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 up to the present time
- Words that mean the same thing: as yet, until now, still
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YET
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Illegally parked car, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TOWAWAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. How some pet food is sold"
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: INACAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Potent marijuana"
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: KUSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Suffix with bull or bear"
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: ISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Cry of contempt"
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: BAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Citizenship test taker, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who leaves one country to settle in another
- Words that mean the same thing: emigree, outgoer, emigrant
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMIGRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Get put away"
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: GOTOPRISON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Eat at"
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 become ground down or deteriorate
- Words that mean the same thing: gnaw at, wear away, eat away
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. It may be perfect for writing"
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 grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- Words that mean the same thing: tense up, strain
- The opposite would be: relax, lax
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENSE
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Job at a bank, say"
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 act of stealing
- Words that mean the same thing: holdup, burglarize, stickup
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HEIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "23. Some sources of vitamin C"
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 sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Words that mean the same thing: fruit drink, ade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Ocular affliction"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Words that mean the same thing: sty, eye infection, hordeolum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STYE
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Wee"
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: LIL
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Clue 18 Down: "26. Emmy winner Aduba"
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: UZO
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Code inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a set of tags and rules (conforming to sgml) for using them in developing hypertext documents
- Words that mean the same thing: hypertext markup language, hypertext mark-up language
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HTML
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Clue 20 Down: "28. How you might feel looking at the Northern Lights"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that inspire awe in
- Words that mean the same thing: awestricken, awe, awful
- The opposite would be: unawed
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The answer is: AWED
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Fit for a big write-up, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper
- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: NEWSWORTHY
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Clue 22 Down: "30. "Right?!""
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: IKNOW
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Closing activity"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a particular instance of selling
- Words that mean the same thing: sales event, sales agreement, cut-rate sale
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SALE
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Clue 24 Down: "35. ___ interface"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: substance abuser, exploiter, drug user
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: USER
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Biblical land near the kingdoms of Judah and Moab"
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: EDOM
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Scotch flavorer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: ____
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The answer is: PEAT
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Clue 27 Down: "40. E.R. staffers"
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 radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
- Words that mean the same thing: RN, Rn, registered nurse
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RNS
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Brown. follower"
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: EDU
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Mess"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a confused multitude of things
- Words that mean the same thing: fuddle, mare's nest, clutter up
- The opposite would be: unclutter
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The answer is: CLUTTER
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Clue 30 Down: "43. Get more 45-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
- Words that mean the same thing: regenerate, reincarnate
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RENEW
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Clue 31 Down: "45. See 43-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- Words that mean the same thing: take, emergence, emerge
- The opposite would be: recall
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The answer is: ISSUES
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Clue 32 Down: "46. Gets ready, as a cue stick"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a soft whitish calcite
- Words that mean the same thing: methamphetamine, crank, glass
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CHALKS
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Fertile spots"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: haven, oasis
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OASES
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Masterwork completed in 1499"
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 representation of the virgin mary mourning over the dead body of jesus
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PIETA
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Clue 35 Down: "51. Snack brand owned by PepsiCo"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- Words that mean the same thing: pose, put, position
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LAYS
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Clue 36 Down: "52. Holiday cookie shape"
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 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- Words that mean the same thing: superstar, principal, hotshot
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STAR
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Clue 37 Down: "53. Sassy"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- Words that mean the same thing: impertinent, irreverent, saucy
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PERT
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Clue 38 Down: "54. Drove"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Words that mean the same thing: USA, US Army, regular army
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARMY
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Clue 39 Down: "56. Whiz"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an athlete who plays for pay
- Words that mean the same thing: professional
- The opposite would be: con, anti
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The answer is: PRO
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Clue 40 Down: "57. Nickname that's an alphabet trio"
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: STU
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Clue 41 Down: "58. "I've got it!""
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: AHA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 71.8% |
| Short Answer | 14 | 17.9% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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 Friday, 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 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
