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Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (36 Across, 34 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
October 17, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares | 8 |
| 2A | 9. Highlands memorials | 6 |
| 3A | 15. Like Davy Jones's locker | 8 |
| 4A | 16. Request before a deal | 6 |
| 5A | 17. Type face? | 8 |
| 6A | 18. Treaty signed by Carter and Brezhnev | 6 |
| 7A | 19. Some last a lifetime | 4 |
| 8A | 20. Grind | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Hunger (for) | 4 |
| 10A | 23. Summer Mass. hrs. | 3 |
| 11A | 24. ___ Yonath, 2009 Chemistry co-Nobelist | 3 |
| 12A | 25. No-goodnik | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Roman's foe in the Gallic Wars | 4 |
| 14A | 28. Building supports | 5 |
| 15A | 30. "Veep" actress Chlumsky | 4 |
| 16A | 31. About to explode, maybe | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Do some supermarket work | 7 |
| 18A | 35. More repulsive | 6 |
| 19A | 37. Chemistry student's expense | 6 |
| 20A | 38. With 61-Across, two-time N.C.A.A. football champs of the 2010s | 7 |
| 21A | 40. Inexperienced with | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Puts away | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Alternatives to Nikes | 5 |
| 24A | 44. God with a chariot pulled by goats | 4 |
| 25A | 47. Overseer of millions at work, perhaps | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Govt. research grant org. | 3 |
| 27A | 49. Ending with xylyl | 3 |
| 28A | 50. Goblins, old-style | 4 |
| 29A | 52. Follow | 5 |
| 30A | 54. Changed one's tune, in brief? | 4 |
| 31A | 55. One side of the Ural Mountains | 6 |
| 32A | 57. Who definitely isn't the real McCoy? | 8 |
| 33A | 59. Setting for "The Great Escape" | 6 |
| 34A | 60. Present person | 8 |
| 35A | 61. See 38-Across | 6 |
| 36A | 62. One of five depicted in this puzzle | 8 |
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. Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares"
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: QUINCUNX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "9. Highlands memorials"
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 mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
- Words that mean the same thing: cairn terrier, cairn
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAIRNS
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Clue 3 Across: "15. Like Davy Jones's locker"
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 beneath the surface of the sea
- Words that mean the same thing: submarine
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNDERSEA
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Request before a deal"
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: ANTEUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "17. Type face?"
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 representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMOTICON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Treaty signed by Carter and Brezhnev"
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: SALTII
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Some last a lifetime"
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 decree that prohibits something
- Words that mean the same thing: forbidding, BAN, cast out
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BANS
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Grind"
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 grind together, of teeth
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GNASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Hunger (for)"
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 strong sexual desire
- Words that mean the same thing: crave, thirst, lecherousness
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Summer Mass. hrs."
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: EDT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "24. ___ Yonath, 2009 Chemistry co-Nobelist"
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 enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADA
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Clue 12 Across: "25. No-goodnik"
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 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- Words that mean the same thing: bum, puke, lowlife
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Roman's foe in the Gallic Wars"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of a european people who once occupied britain and spain and gaul prior to roman times
- Words that mean the same thing: Kelt
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CELT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Building supports"
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 man who is virile and sexually active
- Words that mean the same thing: rivet, macho-man, stud poker
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STUDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. "Veep" actress Chlumsky"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a former copper coin of pakistan and india
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. About to explode, maybe"
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 feeling or showing extreme anger
- Words that mean the same thing: ireful
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Do some supermarket work"
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 stock again
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESTOCK
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Clue 18 Across: "35. More repulsive"
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: ICKIER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Chemistry student's expense"
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: LABFEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. With 61-Across, two-time N.C.A.A. football champs of the 2010s"
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: CLEMSON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "40. Inexperienced with"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEWAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Puts away"
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 informal terms for a meal
- Words that mean the same thing: eat, use up, 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: EATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Alternatives to Nikes"
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 large american feline resembling a lion
- Words that mean the same thing: puma, panther, Felis concolor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. God with a chariot pulled by goats"
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 (norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with teutonic donar
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "47. Overseer of millions at work, perhaps"
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 the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
- Words that mean the same thing: chief financial officer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CFO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Govt. research grant org."
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 agency in the department of health and human services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- Words that mean the same thing: National Institutes of Health
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. Ending with xylyl"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the compass point midway between northeast and east
- Words that mean the same thing: east northeast
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Goblins, old-style"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- Words that mean the same thing: brownie, pixie, pixy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Follow"
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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
- Words that mean the same thing: result
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENSUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "54. Changed one's tune, in brief?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that comment on music to be played
- Words that mean the same thing: disk-jockey, DJ, disc-jockey
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DJED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "55. One side of the Ural Mountains"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of eurasia); the british use `europe' to refer to all of the continent except the british isles
- Words that mean the same thing: European Union, EC, EEC
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EUROPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Who definitely isn't the real McCoy?"
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: HATFIELD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "59. Setting for "The Great Escape""
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: STALAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "60. Present person"
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 a person who is present and participates in a meeting
- Words that mean the same thing: attendant, meeter, attender
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTENDEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "61. See 38-Across"
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 terrorist organization in sri lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent tamil state called eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
- Words that mean the same thing: Panthera tigris, World Tamil Movement, LTTE
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIGERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "62. One of five depicted in this puzzle"
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: PLUSSIGN
Great job if you got it right!
October 17, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Saturday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. NATO alphabet letter before Romeo | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Needing to be tucked in, say? | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Disclaimer hinting at false humility | 15 |
| 4D | 4. Brings home | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Shout, in Chamonix | 3 |
| 6D | 6. SOS responder, for short | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Newborn | 7 |
| 8D | 8. Site of Coleridge's "stately pleasure-dome" | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Paper alternative to plastic | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Political commentator Navarro | 3 |
| 11D | 11. "___ never work" | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Whence a memorable emperor's fall | 15 |
| 13D | 13. Gadfly | 8 |
| 14D | 14. Reaction to an unexpected joke | 8 |
| 15D | 21. ___ City (Baghdad district) | 4 |
| 16D | 27. Ornaments | 5 |
| 17D | 28. Sharpen, as a razor | 5 |
| 18D | 29. Palindromic tennis champ of the 1990s | 5 |
| 19D | 30. Hitting | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Bronze: Lat. | 3 |
| 21D | 34. Old ___ | 3 |
| 22D | 35. Tailgate party sight | 8 |
| 23D | 36. French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter | 8 |
| 24D | 39. Theater director Trevor with three Tonys | 4 |
| 25D | 40. Language from which "peyote" comes | 7 |
| 26D | 43. Unfortunate event | 6 |
| 27D | 45. Flamingo's support, often | 6 |
| 28D | 46. Blush | 6 |
| 29D | 51. Flounder relative | 4 |
| 30D | 52. Brain wave readers, for short | 4 |
| 31D | 53. "Really? Is nobody on my side now?" | 4 |
| 32D | 54. Rackets | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Something to shoot for | 3 |
| 34D | 58. Morocco's next-largest city after Casablanca | 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. NATO alphabet letter before Romeo"
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 french-speaking capital of the province of quebec; situated on the saint lawrence river
- Words that mean the same thing: Quebec City
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: QUEBEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Needing to be tucked in, say?"
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 deprive of certain characteristics
- Words that mean the same thing: unmake, undo
- The opposite would be: make, made
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNMADE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Disclaimer hinting at false humility"
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: IDONTLIKETOBRAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Brings home"
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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: profit, internet, mesh
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Shout, in Chamonix"
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: CRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. SOS responder, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USCG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Newborn"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a baby from birth to four weeks
- Words that mean the same thing: newborn baby, newborn, newborn infant
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEONATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Site of Coleridge's "stately pleasure-dome""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard 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: XANADU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Paper alternative to plastic"
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 money in the form of bills or coins
- Words that mean the same thing: Johnny Cash, hard cash, hard currency
- The opposite would be: credit
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Political commentator Navarro"
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 mother of the ancient irish gods; sometimes identified with danu
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "___ never work""
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: ITLL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Whence a memorable emperor's fall"
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: RETURNOFTHEJEDI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Gadfly"
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 (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- Words that mean the same thing: pain, pain in the neck
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUISANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Reaction to an unexpected joke"
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: SPITTAKE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. ___ City (Baghdad district)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: SADR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "27. Ornaments"
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 state of arrangement or appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: clipping, shave, trim
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "28. Sharpen, as a razor"
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 leather strap used to sharpen razors
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STROP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "29. Palindromic tennis champ of the 1990s"
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 united states tennis player (born in yugoslavia in 1973)
- Words that mean the same thing: Monica Seles
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SELES
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Clue 19 Down: "30. Hitting"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ATBAT
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Bronze: Lat."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AES
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Clue 21 Down: "34. Old ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- Words that mean the same thing: figure, find, realise
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SAW
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Tailgate party sight"
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: ICECHEST
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Clue 23 Down: "36. French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter"
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: CLAFOUTI
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Theater director Trevor with three Tonys"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: NUNN
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Language from which "peyote" comes"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a member of any of various indian peoples of central mexico
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: NAHUATL
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Clue 26 Down: "43. Unfortunate event"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- Words that mean the same thing: misadventure, mischance, bad luck
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MISHAP
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Clue 27 Down: "45. Flamingo's support, often"
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: ONELEG
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Clue 28 Down: "46. Blush"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- Words that mean the same thing: blush, crimson, flush
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: REDDEN
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Clue 29 Down: "51. Flounder relative"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the underside of footwear or a golf club
- Words that mean the same thing: lone, exclusive, fillet of sole
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SOLE
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Clue 30 Down: "52. Brain wave readers, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- Words that mean the same thing: electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EEGS
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Clue 31 Down: "53. "Really? Is nobody on my side now?""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ETTU
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Clue 32 Down: "54. Rackets"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Words that mean the same thing: blare, din, ruckus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DINS
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Something to shoot for"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
- Words that mean the same thing: equation, equivalence, equality
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAR
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Clue 34 Down: "58. Morocco's next-largest city after Casablanca"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a city in north central morocco; religious center
- Words that mean the same thing: Fez, iron, atomic number 26
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: FES
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 71.4% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 15.7% |
| Geography | 4 | 5.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 36 |
| Down Clues | 34 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 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 Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 21, 2025 at 09:17 PM
