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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
February 26, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Bit of strategy | 6 |
| 2A | 7. Painting technique used in van Gogh's "The Starry Night" | 7 |
| 3A | 14. Good as gold, and others? | 6 |
| 4A | 15. High-m.p.g. vehicle | 8 |
| 5A | 16. One having a certain video chat | 6 |
| 6A | 17. This just in! | 8 |
| 7A | 18. What happens while you're busy making other plans, it's said | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Italian architect Ponti | 3 |
| 9A | 21. ___ and Ole (stock characters in Upper Midwest jokes) | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Revolution around o sol | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Makers of parts | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Be present | 5 |
| 13A | 28. Expression of support | 3 |
| 14A | 30. Expression of contempt | 3 |
| 15A | 31. One who might meet with angels, for short | 3 |
| 16A | 32. Things used by star witnesses? | 15 |
| 17A | 38. Meet somebody you've heard lots about | 15 |
| 18A | 39. Creator's leeway | 15 |
| 19A | 40. Jill Biden ___ Jacobs | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Mauna ___ | 3 |
| 21A | 42. Something found after many years? | 3 |
| 22A | 43. Fencing sport with bamboo swords | 5 |
| 23A | 46. Film composer Morricone | 5 |
| 24A | 48. Seat occupier, for short | 3 |
| 25A | 51. Stylish | 4 |
| 26A | 53. Like 2021 | 3 |
| 27A | 54. It has its faults, informally | 4 |
| 28A | 55. Club's premier venue | 8 |
| 29A | 58. Bring aboard, sci-fi-style | 6 |
| 30A | 60. How many Amish barns are raised | 8 |
| 31A | 61. Robinhood competitor | 6 |
| 32A | 62. Patronized, in a way | 7 |
| 33A | 63. Indenting aid | 6 |
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. Bit of strategy"
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 plan for attaining a particular goal
- Words that mean the same thing: tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TACTIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "7. Painting technique used in van Gogh's "The Starry Night""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMPASTO
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Clue 3 Across: "14. Good as gold, and others?"
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 mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- Words that mean the same thing: literal error, misprint, literal
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRATA
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Clue 4 Across: "15. High-m.p.g. vehicle"
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: GREENCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. One having a certain video chat"
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: SKYPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. This just in!"
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: LATENEWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "18. What happens while you're busy making other plans, it's said"
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 characteristic state or mode of living
- Words that mean the same thing: aliveness, sprightliness, life story
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIFE
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Italian architect Ponti"
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: GIO
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Clue 9 Across: "21. ___ and Ole (stock characters in Upper Midwest jokes)"
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: SVEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Revolution around o sol"
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 palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the plo in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
- Words that mean the same thing: Fatah-RC, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Makers of parts"
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 flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- Words that mean the same thing: comb, combing, coxcomb
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Be present"
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 have an existence, be extant
- Words that mean the same thing: live, be, subsist
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EXIST
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Clue 13 Across: "28. Expression of support"
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: RAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. Expression 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 15 Across: "31. One who might meet with angels, 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 the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
- Words that mean the same thing: chief operating officer, chief executive officer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Things used by star witnesses?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert 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: SPACETELESCOPES
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Clue 17 Across: "38. Meet somebody you've heard lots about"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: PUTAFACETOANAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Creator's leeway"
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: ARTISTICLICENSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Jill Biden ___ Jacobs"
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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Mauna ___"
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: LOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Something found after many years?"
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 gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. Fencing sport with bamboo swords"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: KENDO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Film composer Morricone"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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: ENNIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Seat occupier, 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 informal abbreviation of `representative'
- Words that mean the same thing: repp
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Stylish"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy 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: TONY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "53. Like 2021"
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 not divisible by two
- Words that mean the same thing: rummy, unmated, leftover
- The opposite would be: even
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "54. It has its faults, informally"
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 city in southwestern colombia in a rich agricultural area
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CALI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. Club's premier venue"
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: MAINROOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "58. Bring aboard, sci-fi-style"
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: BEAMUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "60. How many Amish barns are raised"
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: INONEDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Robinhood competitor"
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: ETRADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "62. Patronized, in a way"
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: DINEDAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "63. Indenting aid"
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: TABSET
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - February 26, 2021 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Producer of 15-Acrosses | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Oscar nominee for "Argo" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Narcissist's ploy | 15 |
| 4D | 4. It's on a roll | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Follower of McCarthy | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Boatload | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Levin who wrote "The Stepford Wives" | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Team with "Mr." and "Mrs." mascots | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Irritant | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Appropriate | 5 |
| 11D | 11. What Grand Canyon tourists enjoy | 15 |
| 12D | 12. Large marble | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Choice words | 3 |
| 14D | 15. Capital of every country? | 13 |
| 15D | 20. Dolt | 8 |
| 16D | 23. James Beard award winners | 5 |
| 17D | 24. Northernmost part of the U.K. | 8 |
| 18D | 26. "___ legit" | 5 |
| 19D | 27. "Lovely ___ You" (song by the Moody Blues) | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Flavoring of Cedilla liqueur | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Defeat soundly, slangily | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Setting for a blender | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Pic on a pec, say | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Amour de ___ (self-love: Fr.) | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Equatorial plantation crop | 5 |
| 26D | 37. Force on Earth, in brief | 4 |
| 27D | 44. "Go, and catch a falling star" poet | 5 |
| 28D | 45. Stop here ___ (traffic sign) | 5 |
| 29D | 47. "Intuition tells me ..." | 5 |
| 30D | 49. Sidestep | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Lab tube | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Diminutive master of film | 4 |
| 33D | 54. Potato or pasta, informally | 4 |
| 34D | 55. Prefix with century | 3 |
| 35D | 56. What Friday has, unlike any other day of the week? | 3 |
| 36D | 57. ___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry's flavor) | 3 |
| 37D | 59. Pilot's info, for short | 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. Producer of 15-Acrosses"
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 unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
- Words that mean the same thing: Nikola Tesla
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TESLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Oscar nominee for "Argo""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ARKIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Narcissist's ploy"
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: CRYFORATTENTION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. It's on a roll"
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 long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
- Words that mean the same thing: record, tapeline, mag tape
- The opposite would be: erase
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Follower of McCarthy"
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: ITE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Boatload"
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 goods carried by a large vehicle
- Words that mean the same thing: payload, freight, load
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Levin who wrote "The Stepford Wives""
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 militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland
- Words that mean the same thing: anger, ire, Provos
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Team with "Mr." and "Mrs." mascots"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: METS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Irritant"
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 an annoyed or irritated mood
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEEVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Appropriate"
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 an addition that extends a main building
- Words that mean the same thing: annexe, wing, extension
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. What Grand Canyon tourists enjoy"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: SCENICPANORAMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Large marble"
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 23rd letter of the hebrew alphabet
- Words that mean the same thing: shooter
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Choice words"
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 state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: OR, operating theater, Beaver State
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Capital of every country?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
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: GLOBALECONOMY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Dolt"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person of subnormal intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: changeling, idiot, imbecilic
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMBECILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. James Beard award winners"
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 a professional cook
- Words that mean the same thing: chef
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHEFS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Northernmost part of the U.K."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an archipelago of about 100 islands in the north atlantic off the north coast of scotland
- Words that mean the same thing: Shetland sheepdog, Zetland, Shetland Islands
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHETLAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. "___ legit""
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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- Words that mean the same thing: appear, look, seem
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEEMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "27. "Lovely ___ You" (song by the Moody Blues)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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: TOSEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "29. Flavoring of Cedilla liqueur"
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: ACAI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. Defeat soundly, slangily"
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 slap with the flat of the hand
- Words that mean the same thing: paddle, larrup
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPANK
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Setting for a blender"
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 food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- Words that mean the same thing: strain
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "34. Pic on a pec, say"
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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: Thematic Apperception Test, tackiness, cheapness
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAT
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Amour de ___ (self-love: Fr.)"
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: SOI
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Equatorial plantation crop"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that tropical american tree producing cacao beans
- Words that mean the same thing: Theobroma cacao, cacao tree, chocolate tree
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CACAO
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Force on Earth, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ONEG
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Clue 27 Down: "44. "Go, and catch a falling star" poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- This could be something that english clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
- Words that mean the same thing: John Donne
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DONNE
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Clue 28 Down: "45. Stop here ___ (traffic sign)"
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: ONRED
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Clue 29 Down: "47. "Intuition tells me ...""
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: IDBET
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Sidestep"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that escape, either physically or mentally
- Words that mean the same thing: fudge, dodge, bilk
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ELUDE
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Lab tube"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube
- Words that mean the same thing: pipette
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PIPET
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Diminutive master of film"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: YODA
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Clue 33 Down: "54. Potato or pasta, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CARB
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Clue 34 Down: "55. Prefix with century"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
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- This could be something that used in combination to denote the middle
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MID
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Clue 35 Down: "56. What Friday has, unlike any other day of the week?"
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 black tropical american cuckoo
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ANI
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Clue 36 Down: "57. ___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry's flavor)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that annual grass of europe and north africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OAT
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Pilot's info, 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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ETA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 39 | 55.7% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 22.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.3% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 4.3% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.9% |
| Movies/Film | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 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 19, 2025 at 06:31 AM
