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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, July 09, 2022
Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (34 Across, 32 Down)
Average Word Length: 6.1 letters
July 09, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Quinceañera honoree | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Draft pick? | 9 |
| 3A | 15. Hub for Nollywood movies | 5 |
| 4A | 16. What a snake or dragon can represent | 9 |
| 5A | 17. Go/no-go directive | 5 |
| 6A | 18. Despise | 9 |
| 7A | 19. "Midnight Cowboy" role | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Achieved something wondrous | 9 |
| 9A | 21. Worked together (with) | 10 |
| 10A | 23. Bit of summer wear, informally | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Adroit, as a trick | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Home of the Plain of Jars, a UNESCO World Heritage site | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Pair of pants? | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Indoor rowing machine, in brief | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Group that counts Harding, Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy as former members | 4 |
| 16A | 29. Louis ___ (predecessor of the franc) | 3 |
| 17A | 30. 1982 film with the tagline "Behind every great man, there is a woman!" | 7 |
| 18A | 32. Material in some china | 7 |
| 19A | 36. Halloween costume requiring a full-body suit | 3 |
| 20A | 37. Subject of a smash hit? | 4 |
| 21A | 38. Big retailer of camping gear | 3 |
| 22A | 39. Make no effort to stop something | 5 |
| 23A | 42. Charged | 4 |
| 24A | 43. Cameron with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | 4 |
| 25A | 44. Like many place mats | 4 |
| 26A | 45. Actress with an Emmy nomination for FX's "Atlanta" | 10 |
| 27A | 47. Dealer's new offering, perhaps | 9 |
| 28A | 49. Starter course | 5 |
| 29A | 50. Snarled | 9 |
| 30A | 51. Ratio of two sides in a right-angled triangle, in brief | 5 |
| 31A | 52. Submissions for a casting director | 9 |
| 32A | 53. Shake | 5 |
| 33A | 54. They're sported while going on a run | 9 |
| 34A | 55. Wannabe | 5 |
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. Quinceañera honoree"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: CHICA
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Clue 2 Across: "6. Draft pick?"
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: CRAFTBREW
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Clue 3 Across: "15. Hub for Nollywood movies"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that chief port and economic center of nigeria; located in southwestern nigeria on the gulf of guinea; former capital of nigeria
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LAGOS
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Clue 4 Across: "16. What a snake or dragon can represent"
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: LUNARYEAR
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Go/no-go directive"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ABORT
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Despise"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that find repugnant
- Words that mean the same thing: abhor, loathe, execrate
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ABOMINATE
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Clue 7 Across: "19. "Midnight Cowboy" role"
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: RATSO
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Achieved something wondrous"
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: _________
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The answer is: MADEMAGIC
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Clue 9 Across: "21. Worked together (with)"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that act together or towards others or with others
- Words that mean the same thing: interact
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTERACTED
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Clue 10 Across: "23. Bit of summer wear, 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 an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
- Words that mean the same thing: armored combat vehicle, tank car, storage tank
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TANK
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Clue 11 Across: "24. Adroit, as a trick"
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 clean or organized
- Words that mean the same thing: full-strength, slap-up, keen
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEAT
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Clue 12 Across: "25. Home of the Plain of Jars, a UNESCO World Heritage site"
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 mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern asia; achieved independence from france in 1949
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian, Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAOS
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Clue 13 Across: "26. Pair of pants?"
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 either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
- Words that mean the same thing: lung
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUNGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Indoor rowing machine, in brief"
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 cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERG
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Clue 15 Across: "28. Group that counts Harding, Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy as former members"
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 large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in europe and `moose' in north america
- Words that mean the same thing: wapiti, American elk, Alces alces
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELKS
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Clue 16 Across: "29. Louis ___ (predecessor of the franc)"
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: DOR
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Clue 17 Across: "30. 1982 film with the tagline "Behind every great man, there is a woman!""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard 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: TOOTSIE
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Clue 18 Across: "32. Material in some china"
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: BONEASH
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Clue 19 Across: "36. Halloween costume requiring a full-body suit"
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 any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Words that mean the same thing: imitator, caricature, aper
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APE
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Clue 20 Across: "37. Subject of a smash hit?"
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 percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
- Words that mean the same thing: bell, tam-tam, chime
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Big retailer of camping gear"
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: REI
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Clue 22 Across: "39. Make no effort to stop something"
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: SITBY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Charged"
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 chadic language spoken in northern nigeria
- Words that mean the same thing: press, invite, conjure
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Cameron with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope (thus establishing a sea route from the atlantic to asia) (1450-1500)
- Words that mean the same thing: Bartholomeu Diaz, Dias, Bartholomeu Dias
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIAZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "44. Like many place mats"
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 closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- Words that mean the same thing: ovate, elliptical, egg-shaped
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "45. Actress with an Emmy nomination for FX's "Atlanta""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ZAZIEBEETZ
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "47. Dealer's new offering, perhaps"
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: LATEMODEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "49. Starter course"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that formally making a person known to another or to the public
- Words that mean the same thing: introduction, presentation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INTRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "50. Snarled"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INATANGLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "51. Ratio of two sides in a right-angled triangle, in brief"
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 ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: cotangent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COTAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "52. Submissions for a casting director"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEMOREELS
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Clue 32 Across: "53. Shake"
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 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- Words that mean the same thing: duck, put off, sidestep
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "54. They're sported while going on a run"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: SKIPASSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "55. Wannabe"
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 a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
- Words that mean the same thing: poseur, toughie, stumper
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POSER
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NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - July 09, 2022 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Wind known for its warmth | 8 |
| 2D | 2. What might lead a person to drink | 8 |
| 3D | 3. "Time to split" | 8 |
| 4D | 4. Symbol of confinement | 6 |
| 5D | 5. ___ Place, one of the original 28 stations of the New York City subway | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Specialty of Rhode Island cuisine | 8 |
| 7D | 7. Flexible musical tempos | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Vacuum tube parts | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Illustrious | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Baseboard, e.g. | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Intrinsically | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Washington airport, informally | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Attacking a sub, say | 6 |
| 14D | 14. Settings for some scuba dives | 6 |
| 15D | 22. Holden's brother in "The Catcher in the Rye" | 5 |
| 16D | 26. Out of bounds, in a way | 4 |
| 17D | 28. Spot | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Foundation, often | 5 |
| 19D | 31. Variety of games | 8 |
| 20D | 32. Incorporeal | 8 |
| 21D | 33. Mozart's "Voi, che sapete" and others | 8 |
| 22D | 34. Business of the Dutch East India Company | 8 |
| 23D | 35. Informal title in city government | 8 |
| 24D | 37. Fleet runner | 7 |
| 25D | 39. Pool side | 6 |
| 26D | 40. Zeljko ___, 2008 Emmy winner for "Damages" | 6 |
| 27D | 41. Japanese mat | 6 |
| 28D | 42. Scout's collection | 6 |
| 29D | 43. From square one | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Districts | 5 |
| 31D | 46. Contractor at a gym? | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Max ___ (couture label) | 4 |
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. Wind known for its warmth"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLARINET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. What might lead a person to drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HABANERO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. "Time to split""
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: IGOTTAGO
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Symbol of confinement"
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 woman's close-fitting foundation garment
- Words that mean the same thing: stays, girdle
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CORSET
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Clue 5 Down: "5. ___ Place, one of the original 28 stations of the New York City subway"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that british politician (born in the united states) who was the first woman to sit in the british house of commons (1879-1964)
- Words that mean the same thing: Nancy Witcher Astor, John Jacob Astor, Viscountess Astor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Specialty of Rhode Island cuisine"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLAMCAKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Flexible musical tempos"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
- Words that mean the same thing: rubato
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUBATOS
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Vacuum tube parts"
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 positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- Words that mean the same thing: anode
- The opposite would be: cathode
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANODES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Illustrious"
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 widely known and esteemed
- Words that mean the same thing: illustrious, far-famed, famous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAMED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Baseboard, e.g."
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 state of arrangement or appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: trimming, tailored, pare
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Intrinsically"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: BYNATURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Washington airport, informally"
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 40th president of the united states (1911-2004)
- Words that mean the same thing: President Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REAGAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Attacking a sub, say"
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 act of consuming food
- Words that mean the same thing: deplete, consume, eat on
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EATING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Settings for some scuba dives"
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 something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
- Words that mean the same thing: bust up, shipwreck, crash
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WRECKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Holden's brother in "The Catcher in the Rye""
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: ALLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "26. Out of bounds, in a way"
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 desire strongly or persistently
- Words that mean the same thing: retentive, tenacious, foresighted
- The opposite would be: short, unretentive
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LONG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "28. Spot"
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 catch sight of
- Words that mean the same thing: descry, spy, spot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESPY
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Foundation, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the recipient of funds or other benefits
- Words that mean the same thing: beneficiary
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DONEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "31. Variety of games"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the top horizontal work surface of a table
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TABLETOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "32. Incorporeal"
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 not having a material body
- Words that mean the same thing: discorporate, unbodied, bodyless
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: BODILESS
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Mozart's "Voi, che sapete" and others"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a short aria
- Words that mean the same thing: arietta, short aria
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ARIETTAS
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Business of the Dutch East India Company"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SEATRADE
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Informal title in city government"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: HIZZONER
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Fleet runner"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that small swift graceful antelope of africa and asia having lustrous eyes
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: GAZELLE
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Pool side"
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 matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: solid, solid state, solidness
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SOLIDS
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Zeljko ___, 2008 Emmy winner for "Damages""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: IVANEK
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Japanese mat"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: TATAMI
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Scout's collection"
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 an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
- Words that mean the same thing: badge
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BADGES
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Clue 29 Down: "43. From square one"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: DENOVO
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Districts"
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 a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- Words that mean the same thing: partition, district, geographical zone
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ZONES
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Contractor at a gym?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BICEP
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Max ___ (couture label)"
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 hindu god of death; opposite of kama
- Words that mean the same thing: Dolichotis patagonum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: MARA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 46 | 69.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 5 | 7.6% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 6.1% |
| History | 2 | 3.0% |
| Movies/Film | 2 | 3.0% |
| Sports | 2 | 3.0% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 3.0% |
| Geography | 2 | 3.0% |
| Music | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 32 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 6.1 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 challenging level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 6 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 08, 2025 at 08:41 PM
