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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, October 07, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.7 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle October 07, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Plot development with twists? | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Enfants terribles | 4 |
| 3A | 14. Detective in high-grossing films of 1984, 1987 and 1994 | 9 |
| 4A | 15. Glossed over? | 5 |
| 5A | 16. Weapon now known as an LGM-118 Peacekeeper | 9 |
| 6A | 17. Warmly welcoming | 5 |
| 7A | 18. Swing state? | 4 |
| 8A | 19. "And that's proof enough" | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Quite | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Dir. from the Music City to the Motor City | 3 |
| 11A | 22. Not plugged in | 7 |
| 12A | 24. Sticks one's neck out, perhaps | 7 |
| 13A | 26. Anomalous figure | 7 |
| 14A | 30. "Toy Story 3" villain, for short | 5 |
| 15A | 31. "Forget about it!" | 8 |
| 16A | 32. Club ___ Wan (where "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" opens) | 3 |
| 17A | 33. "Forget about it!" | 7 |
| 18A | 36. Radio Hall-of-Famer Charlamagne ___ God | 3 |
| 19A | 37. Perfect square for the circumference of pie | 8 |
| 20A | 39. Blood of the gods | 5 |
| 21A | 41. America's longest-serving first lady, familiarly | 7 |
| 22A | 42. Fixtures at rodeos | 7 |
| 23A | 44. One who's served admirally? | 7 |
| 24A | 46. 2/19/45 invasion site, informally | 3 |
| 25A | 47. Neighborhood near Tarzana | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Football datum: Abbr. | 3 |
| 27A | 51. Certain offshoot | 4 |
| 28A | 53. Driven, say | 5 |
| 29A | 54. Written in it this clue is | 9 |
| 30A | 56. Unrefined | 5 |
| 31A | 57. Arrived at by ballot | 9 |
| 32A | 58. Multitude | 4 |
| 33A | 59. Soldiers hardened by many battles | 9 |
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. Plot development with twists?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: HEDGEMAZE
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Clue 2 Across: "10. Enfants terribles"
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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Words that mean the same thing: hob, scamp, gremlin
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IMPS
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Clue 3 Across: "14. Detective in high-grossing films of 1984, 1987 and 1994"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about movies/film.
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: AXELFOLEY
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Clue 4 Across: "15. Glossed over?"
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 make slick or smooth
- Words that mean the same thing: slick, satiny, flowing
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SLEEK
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Weapon now known as an LGM-118 Peacekeeper"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MXMISSILE
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Warmly welcoming"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
- Words that mean the same thing: homy, homelike, homely
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HOMEY
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Swing state?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- Words that mean the same thing: temper, humor, humour
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MOOD
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Clue 8 Across: "19. "And that's proof enough""
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 relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
- Words that mean the same thing: quantum electrodynamics
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: QED
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Quite"
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: ______
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The answer is: SOVERY
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Clue 10 Across: "21. Dir. from the Music City to the Motor City"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
- Words that mean the same thing: north northeast, nor'-nor'-east
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NNE
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Clue 11 Across: "22. Not plugged in"
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 (often followed by `of') not aware
- Words that mean the same thing: incognizant
- The opposite would be: aware
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNAWARE
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Clue 12 Across: "24. Sticks one's neck out, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that come out into view, as from concealment
- Words that mean the same thing: egress, come forth, emerge
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMERGES
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Clue 13 Across: "26. Anomalous figure"
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 person who lives away from his place of work
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OUTLIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. "Toy Story 3" villain, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: LOTSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. "Forget about it!""
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: NOCHANCE
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Clue 16 Across: "32. Club ___ Wan (where "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" opens)"
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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
- Words that mean the same thing: obeah
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBI
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Clue 17 Across: "33. "Forget about it!""
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: BADIDEA
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Clue 18 Across: "36. Radio Hall-of-Famer Charlamagne ___ God"
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: THA
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Clue 19 Across: "37. Perfect square for the circumference of pie"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIZZABOX
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Clue 20 Across: "39. Blood of the gods"
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 (greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods
- Words that mean the same thing: festering, sanies, purulence
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICHOR
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Clue 21 Across: "41. America's longest-serving first lady, familiarly"
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: ELEANOR
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Clue 22 Across: "42. Fixtures at rodeos"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the amount that many barrels might hold
- Words that mean the same thing: cask, bbl, barrelful
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BARRELS
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Clue 23 Across: "44. One who's served admirally?"
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: NAVYVET
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Clue 24 Across: "46. 2/19/45 invasion site, informally"
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 bloody and prolonged operation on the island of iwo jima in which american marines landed and defeated japanese defenders (february and march 1945)
- Words that mean the same thing: Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IWO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Neighborhood near Tarzana"
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: ENCINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Football datum: 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 27 Across: "51. Certain offshoot"
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 subdivision of a larger religious group
- Words that mean the same thing: faction, religious sect, religious order
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECT
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Clue 28 Across: "53. Driven, say"
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: TYPEA
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Clue 29 Across: "54. Written in it this clue is"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YODASPEAK
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Clue 30 Across: "56. Unrefined"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRASS
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Clue 31 Across: "57. Arrived at by ballot"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELECTEDTO
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Clue 32 Across: "58. Multitude"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- Words that mean the same thing: boniface, innkeeper, master of ceremonies
- The opposite would be: parasite
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOST
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Clue 33 Across: "59. Soldiers hardened by many battles"
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 work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- Words that mean the same thing: oldtimer, warhorse, old-timer
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WARHORSES
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Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle October 07, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Jon of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Gas giant | 10 |
| 3D | 3. Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creator | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Zero-emission aircraft | 7 |
| 5D | 5. Puff pieces? | 3 |
| 6D | 6. House of worship | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Weaver's work? | 6 |
| 8D | 8. Heroine in a legendary franchise | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Setting for vitreous humor | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Unofficial 1984 Olympics anthem | 7 |
| 11D | 11. ___ stock (speculative investment) | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Use binoculars, say | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Liquor brand in a blue bottle | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Cat breed with American and Celtic lineages | 9 |
| 15D | 20. A.1., for one | 5 |
| 16D | 23. Golfer's selection | 4 |
| 17D | 24. Employ the secret service? | 5 |
| 18D | 25. Get wildly enthusiastic | 9 |
| 19D | 27. Overwhelmed with details | 10 |
| 20D | 28. Sound off on? | 10 |
| 21D | 29. Sees through adolescence | 5 |
| 22D | 31. "Forget about it!" | 3 |
| 23D | 34. From conception | 5 |
| 24D | 35. High-sided boat | 4 |
| 25D | 38. Like "Duck Soup," it's said, among all Marx Brothers films | 7 |
| 26D | 40. Refrigerator compartment | 7 |
| 27D | 42. Pub crawl and then some | 6 |
| 28D | 43. Develop a bond, say | 6 |
| 29D | 45. Davis of film | 5 |
| 30D | 47. Make a lasting impression? | 4 |
| 31D | 48. "Wedding Bell Blues" songwriter Laura | 4 |
| 32D | 49. Figures in an audit, in brief | 4 |
| 33D | 52. Ring decisions, for short | 4 |
| 34D | 54. Material for Voldemort's wand and Robin Hood's bow | 3 |
| 35D | 55. Pou ___ (vantage point) | 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. Jon of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm""
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: HAMM
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Gas giant"
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: EXXONMOBIL
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Punish, in a way, as a YouTube creator"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that deprive of value for payment
- Words that mean the same thing: demonetise
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEMONETIZE
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Zero-emission aircraft"
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 aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
- Words that mean the same thing: glider, sailplane
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLIDERS
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Puff pieces?"
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: EFS
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Clue 6 Down: "6. House of worship"
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 (islam) a muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOSQUE
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Weaver's work?"
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 who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, stranger, alien
- The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIENS
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Heroine in a legendary franchise"
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: ZELDA
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Setting for vitreous humor"
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 organ of sight
- Words that mean the same thing: oculus, center, centre
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYE
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Unofficial 1984 Olympics anthem"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILOVELA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. ___ stock (speculative investment)"
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 cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Use binoculars, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- Words that mean the same thing: match, compeer, equal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Liquor brand in a blue bottle"
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: SKYY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Cat breed with American and Celtic lineages"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHORTHAIR
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Clue 15 Down: "20. A.1., for one"
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 flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUCE
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Golfer's selection"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
- Words that mean the same thing: Ellen Price Wood, woodwind instrument, woods
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WOOD
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Clue 17 Down: "24. Employ the secret service?"
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 run away secretly with one's beloved
- Words that mean the same thing: run off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELOPE
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Get wildly enthusiastic"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOBANANAS
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Overwhelmed with details"
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: INTHEWEEDS
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Sound off on?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ECHOLOCATE
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Sees through adolescence"
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 back of a military formation or procession
- Words that mean the same thing: lift, keister, backside
- The opposite would be: head, front
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REARS
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Clue 22 Down: "31. "Forget about it!""
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 quantity of no importance
- Words that mean the same thing: goose egg, aught, null
- The opposite would be: allow, permit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIX
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Clue 23 Down: "34. From conception"
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: _____
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The answer is: ABOVO
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Clue 24 Down: "35. High-sided boat"
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 small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- Words that mean the same thing: walleye, jack salmon, rowboat
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DORY
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Clue 25 Down: "38. Like "Duck Soup," it's said, among all Marx Brothers films"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that ludicrous, foolish
- Words that mean the same thing: cockamamy, clownlike, goofy
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ZANIEST
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Refrigerator compartment"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- Words that mean the same thing: snappy, nappy, nippy
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: CRISPER
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Pub crawl and then some"
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 tool for bending
- Words that mean the same thing: toot, carousal, booze-up
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BENDER
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Develop a bond, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cause to be attached
- Words that mean the same thing: tie, confiscate, seize
- The opposite would be: detach
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The answer is: ATTACH
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Davis of film"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that any of the numerous plants of the genus viola
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Viola
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: VIOLA
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Make a lasting impression?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make an etching of
- Words that mean the same thing: engrave
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ETCH
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Clue 31 Down: "48. "Wedding Bell Blues" songwriter Laura"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NYRO
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Clue 32 Down: "49. Figures in an audit, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a united states state to be certified by that state
- Words that mean the same thing: CPA, certified public accountant
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CPAS
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Ring decisions, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
- Words that mean the same thing: technical knockout, TKO
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TKOS
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Clue 34 Down: "54. Material for Voldemort's wand and Robin Hood's bow"
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 wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the english yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YEW
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Pou ___ (vantage point)"
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: STO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 47 | 69.1% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 13.2% |
| Movies/Film | 3 | 4.4% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 4.4% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.9% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.7 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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 30, 2025 at 09:37 AM
