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Date: Friday, January 10, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle January 10, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Expressive cartoon avatar | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Absorbs | 6 |
| 3A | 14. Like some congressional bills | 7 |
| 4A | 15. A home in the major leagues? | 7 |
| 5A | 16. Loud and disorderly | 7 |
| 6A | 17. Steals | 7 |
| 7A | 18. When some contest entries are submitted, just in time | 12 |
| 8A | 20. In particular: Abbr. | 3 |
| 9A | 21. Language suffix | 3 |
| 10A | 22. Car ad abbr. | 3 |
| 11A | 25. Proofreader's notation | 4 |
| 12A | 28. Alley ___ | 3 |
| 13A | 30. 1954 Patti Page hit that begins "It was winter when you told me you were leaving" | 6 |
| 14A | 33. Leap out, so to speak | 3 |
| 15A | 34. Over three-fifths of its land is owned by the federal government | 5 |
| 16A | 36. Perfume | 5 |
| 17A | 37. Some fruit-filled desserts | 15 |
| 18A | 40. Tampa suburb named after a pope | 5 |
| 19A | 41. Flip a top off | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Sign | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Boil | 6 |
| 22A | 45. Tory party symbol | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Gym units | 4 |
| 24A | 47. Series ender | 3 |
| 25A | 48. TV character who went to high school for 122 years | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Capable, jocularly | 3 |
| 27A | 52. "Black Panther" genre | 12 |
| 28A | 58. Term for a group of moles | 7 |
| 29A | 61. 20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name | 7 |
| 30A | 62. "Sounds about right" | 7 |
| 31A | 63. Not as likely to hold water, say | 7 |
| 32A | 64. One who goes through the motions? | 6 |
| 33A | 65. "Goodness gracious!" | 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. Expressive cartoon avatar"
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: BITMOJI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "8. Absorbs"
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: SOPSUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "14. Like some congressional bills"
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 an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
- Words that mean the same thing: bus, charabanc, passenger vehicle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMNIBUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. A home in the major leagues?"
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 a city in western california on san francisco bay opposite san francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAKLAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Loud and disorderly"
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 unpleasantly loud and harsh
- Words that mean the same thing: strident, rowdy
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAUCOUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Steals"
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 someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- Words that mean the same thing: sea robber, pirate, plagiariser
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIRATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. When some contest entries are submitted, just in time"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: ONTHELASTDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. In particular: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- Words that mean the same thing: extrasensory perception, clairvoyance, second sight
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Language suffix"
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: ISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Car ad abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the month following march and preceding may
- Words that mean the same thing: April
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Proofreader's notation"
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: ITAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "28. Alley ___"
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: OOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. 1954 Patti Page hit that begins "It was winter when you told me you were leaving""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ICRIED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "33. Leap out, so to speak"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: pa, pour down, dad
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "34. Over three-fifths of its land is owned by the federal government"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a state in the rocky mountains
- Words that mean the same thing: Gem State, ID
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDAHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. Perfume"
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 perfume especially with a censer
- Words that mean the same thing: thurify, incense
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CENSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Some fruit-filled desserts"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: APPLESHORTCAKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "40. Tampa suburb named after a pope"
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: STLEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. Flip a top off"
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: UNCAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Sign"
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 liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Boil"
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 be noisy with activity
- Words that mean the same thing: boil, hum, buzz
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEETHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Tory party symbol"
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 hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- Words that mean the same thing: oak tree
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Gym units"
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 group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- Words that mean the same thing: lot, mark, curing
- The opposite would be: rise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Series ender"
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 last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Words that mean the same thing: n-th
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. TV character who went to high school for 122 years"
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: ALF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Capable, jocularly"
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: EPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. "Black Panther" genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: AFROFUTURISM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Term for a group of moles"
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: SPYRING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. 20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: CHRISTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. "Sounds about right""
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: IDAGREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Not as likely to hold water, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEEPIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. One who goes through the motions?"
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 a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
- Words that mean the same thing: attorney
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAWYER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. "Goodness gracious!""
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: BLESSME
Great job if you got it right!
January 10, 2020 Friday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Manhattan, e.g., informally | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Mononymous model | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Hardware fastener | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Mont-Saint-___ (French tourist island) | 6 |
| 5D | 5. High winds | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Puff pieces? | 8 |
| 7D | 7. "Insecure" creator Rae | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Greeted someone | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Succotash ingredient, at times | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Part of some McDonald's restaurants | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Convened | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Article in Arles | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Workplaces for dets. | 3 |
| 14D | 15. Decides | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Gradually steal | 9 |
| 16D | 23. P's and q's typer | 6 |
| 17D | 24. Take umbrage at | 6 |
| 18D | 25. "Skip me" | 5 |
| 19D | 26. Highlights collection, maybe | 6 |
| 20D | 27. Java product | 6 |
| 21D | 29. Locale of a noted 1941 attack | 4 |
| 22D | 31. Letters on cosmonauts' helmets, once | 4 |
| 23D | 32. Newsroom units | 5 |
| 24D | 34. The "I" of I. M. Pei | 4 |
| 25D | 35. Penguin predator | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Languor | 8 |
| 27D | 39. Admit defeat, in modern slang | 8 |
| 28D | 44. Money maker | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Funnies | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Premium ticket spec | 4 |
| 31D | 51. Make into mush | 5 |
| 32D | 53. What Vulcan was the god of | 4 |
| 33D | 54. Golden State school inits. | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Goddess wearing a vulture headdress | 4 |
| 35D | 56. Check | 4 |
| 36D | 57. "What's ___ ..." | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Meaning of an embossed "S," maybe | 3 |
| 38D | 59. Smack on the street, e.g., for short | 3 |
| 39D | 60. Side-to-side motion | 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. Manhattan, e.g., informally"
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: BORO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Mononymous model"
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: IMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Hardware fastener"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: TNUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Mont-Saint-___ (French tourist island)"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: MICHEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. High winds"
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 slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- Words that mean the same thing: hautboy, oboe, hautbois
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Puff pieces?"
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: JUULPODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. "Insecure" creator Rae"
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: ISSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Greeted someone"
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: SAIDHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Succotash ingredient, at times"
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 long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- Words that mean the same thing: gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OKRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Part of some McDonald's restaurants"
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: PLAYAREA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Convened"
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 seventh and last day of the week; observed as the sabbath by jews and some christians
- Words that mean the same thing: pose, Sabbatum, sit around
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Article in Arles"
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: UNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Workplaces for dets."
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 silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
- Words that mean the same thing: palladium, atomic number 46, Pd
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Decides"
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 select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: prefer, opt, choose
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Gradually steal"
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: SIPHONOFF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. P's and q's typer"
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 the finger farthest from the thumb
- Words that mean the same thing: pinky, little finger
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PINKIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Take umbrage at"
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 feel bitter or indignant about
- Words that mean the same thing: begrudge
- The opposite would be: wish
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. "Skip me""
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: IPASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "26. Highlights collection, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TOPTEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "27. Java product"
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 java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APPLET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "29. Locale of a noted 1941 attack"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAHU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "31. Letters on cosmonauts' helmets, once"
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: CCCP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "32. Newsroom units"
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 piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- Words that mean the same thing: desk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DESKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "34. The "I" of I. M. Pei"
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: IEOH
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Penguin predator"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- Words that mean the same thing: grampus, killer whale, sea wolf
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ORCA
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Languor"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- Words that mean the same thing: languor, inanition, sluggishness
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: LETHARGY
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Admit defeat, in modern slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: TAKETHEL
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Money maker"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who earn wages in return for their labor
- Words that mean the same thing: wage earner
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: EARNER
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Funnies"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a relatively long narrow piece of something
- Words that mean the same thing: funnies, uncase, strip show
- The opposite would be: dress
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The answer is: STRIPS
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Premium ticket spec"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
- Words that mean the same thing: box
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LOGE
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Make into mush"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- Words that mean the same thing: strain
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PUREE
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Clue 32 Down: "53. What Vulcan was the god of"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the event of something burning (often destructive)
- Words that mean the same thing: dismiss, can, displace
- The opposite would be: hire
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The answer is: FIRE
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Golden State school inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: UCSB
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Goddess wearing a vulture headdress"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of geb; sister and wife of osiris
- Words that mean the same thing: Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Inter-Services Intelligence
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ISIS
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Clue 35 Down: "56. Check"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- Words that mean the same thing: root, radical, stalk
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STEM
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Clue 36 Down: "57. "What's ___ ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english statesman who opposed henry viii's divorce from catherine of aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of utopia, the ideal state
- Words that mean the same thing: to a greater extent, more than, Thomas More
- The opposite would be: fewer, less
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The answer is: MORE
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Meaning of an embossed "S," maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SIL
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Smack on the street, e.g., for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: organiser, personal digital assistant, personal organizer
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PDA
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Side-to-side motion"
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 erratic deflection from an intended course
- Words that mean the same thing: swerve, gape, yawn
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: YAW
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 72.2% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 18.1% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 4.2% |
| History | 3 | 4.2% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 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 moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 07:14 PM
