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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Thursday, June 09, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (40 Across, 34 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle June 09, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Some sleeveless undergarments, informally | 5 |
| 2A | 6. It may result in damages | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Hip-hop subgenre in Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Creature whose saliva acts as a blood thinner | 5 |
| 5A | 15. One side of a bet | 4 |
| 6A | 16. [giggle] | 4 |
| 7A | 17. "Queen" of 40-Down | 6 |
| 8A | 18. CeeLo Green's "Forget You" and the Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Mess With My Heart" | 10 |
| 9A | 20. Egg holder | 3 |
| 10A | 21. Shade | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Distribute, as pineapples? | 7 |
| 12A | 24. "Rugrats" dad | 3 |
| 13A | 25. Scatter | 5 |
| 14A | 27. Irene of old Hollywood | 5 |
| 15A | 28. Trace | 4 |
| 16A | 30. Sanctuary scrolls | 6 |
| 17A | 32. Place for a hammer and anvil | 3 |
| 18A | 33. Christmas display | 6 |
| 19A | 35. Wheelhouses | 5 |
| 20A | 37. With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle | 5 |
| 21A | 39. See 37-Across | 5 |
| 22A | 41. Comedian who said "Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself," familiarly | 5 |
| 23A | 43. Popular urban hangouts | 6 |
| 24A | 46. Cold War inits. | 3 |
| 25A | 49. Sappho, for one | 6 |
| 26A | 51. Spiritual teacher | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Steamed | 5 |
| 28A | 54. Best Actor winner for "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 5 |
| 29A | 56. Grist for a mill | 3 |
| 30A | 57. Sisterly | 7 |
| 31A | 59. Journalist ___ B. Wells | 3 |
| 32A | 60. Underground N.Y.C. group | 3 |
| 33A | 61. Increasingly common weather event akin to a hurricane | 10 |
| 34A | 63. One with Windows | 6 |
| 35A | 65. Come out of one's shell, say | 4 |
| 36A | 66. Word after G | 4 |
| 37A | 67. One-named former wrestler who twice won the W.W.E. Divas Championship | 5 |
| 38A | 68. "A Day Without Rain" singer | 4 |
| 39A | 69. Genderqueer identity | 4 |
| 40A | 70. Like a comet's path | 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. Some sleeveless undergarments, informally"
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: CAMIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. It may result in damages"
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 (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Hip-hop subgenre in Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road""
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 device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Words that mean the same thing: ambush, maw, cakehole
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Creature whose saliva acts as a blood thinner"
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 carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- Words that mean the same thing: bloodsucker, hirudinean, phlebotomise
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEECH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. One side of a bet"
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 (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- Words that mean the same thing: ended, all over, o'er
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVER
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Clue 6 Across: "16. [giggle]"
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: HEHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. "Queen" of 40-Down"
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: ARETHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. CeeLo Green's "Forget You" and the Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Mess With My Heart""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADIOEDITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Egg holder"
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 an enclosed space
- Words that mean the same thing: sack, Sauk, theca
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Shade"
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 quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- Words that mean the same thing: chromaticity, imbue
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Distribute, as pineapples?"
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: DOLEOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. "Rugrats" dad"
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: STU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Scatter"
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 spread by scattering ( is archaic)
- Words that mean the same thing: straw
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STREW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Irene of old Hollywood"
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: DUNNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. Trace"
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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: smidgeon, smidgen, shred
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Sanctuary scrolls"
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 the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Words that mean the same thing: Torah, Laws, Pentateuch
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORAHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Place for a hammer and anvil"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Words that mean the same thing: auricle, pinna, capitulum
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "33. Christmas display"
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 hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
- Words that mean the same thing: foundling hospital
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRECHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. Wheelhouses"
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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Words that mean the same thing: area, region, domain
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle"
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 location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- Words that mean the same thing: light, shortstop, abruptly
- The opposite would be: tall, retentive
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. See 37-Across"
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 form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- Words that mean the same thing: take, movie, moving picture
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FILMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. Comedian who said "Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself," familiarly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELLEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Popular urban hangouts"
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 inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- Words that mean the same thing: bow, condescend, stoup
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Cold War inits."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that formerly the predominant security police organization of soviet russia
- Words that mean the same thing: Committee for State Security, Soviet KGB
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KGB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Sappho, for one"
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 person who writes the words for songs
- Words that mean the same thing: lyricist
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LYRIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. Spiritual teacher"
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 hindu or buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GURU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Steamed"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about sports.
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 28 Across: "54. Best Actor winner for "Bohemian Rhapsody""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MALEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "56. Grist for a mill"
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 segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- Words that mean the same thing: lumber, logarithm
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "57. Sisterly"
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 like or characteristic of or befitting a sister
- Words that mean the same thing: sisterlike, sisterly
- The opposite would be: brotherly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SORORAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. Journalist ___ B. Wells"
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 of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
- Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Underground N.Y.C. group"
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: MTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Increasingly common weather event akin to a hurricane"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUPERSTORM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. One with Windows"
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: PCUSER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "65. Come out of one's shell, say"
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 periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
- Words that mean the same thing: moult, slough, molting
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOLT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "66. Word after 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 the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- Words that mean the same thing: ring mail, chain armour, ring armor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "67. One-named former wrestler who twice won the W.W.E. Divas Championship"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)
- Words that mean the same thing: Leroy Robert Paige, Satchel Paige
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "68. "A Day Without Rain" singer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: ENYA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "69. Genderqueer identity"
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: ENBY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Across: "70. Like a comet's path"
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 form an arch or curve
- Words that mean the same thing: arcuate, arciform, arch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARCED
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Thursday Puzzle June 09, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Old Coke" vis-à-vis New Coke, in marketing | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Faucet accessory | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Rom-com staples | 9 |
| 4D | 4. I, to Einstein | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Bygone rulers | 5 |
| 6D | 6. One wearing a traje de luces ("suit of light") in the ring | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Eggs | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Star with low luminosity | 8 |
| 9D | 9. The Minutemen, e.g. | 4 |
| 10D | 10. What Britain left in 2020, in brief | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Fixed up | 6 |
| 12D | 12. Ingredient in sushi rolls and poke bowls | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Bother persistently | 6 |
| 14D | 19. Seasoned sailor | 7 |
| 15D | 22. Ridiculous introduction? | 7 |
| 16D | 26. ___ Now (onetime political button) | 3 |
| 17D | 29. Place for icing | 4 |
| 18D | 31. Did a job on | 7 |
| 19D | 34. Calls | 7 |
| 20D | 36. Urban ill | 4 |
| 21D | 38. Bank offering with a fixed payment schedule | 8 |
| 22D | 40. Otis Redding's genre | 9 |
| 23D | 42. Actress Long | 3 |
| 24D | 44. Mentored one | 7 |
| 25D | 45. Powdered, in a way | 7 |
| 26D | 46. Words on a candy heart | 6 |
| 27D | 47. E-commerce site with a portmanteau name | 7 |
| 28D | 48. By a narrow margin | 6 |
| 29D | 50. By a narrow margin | 6 |
| 30D | 53. Mexican sandwich | 5 |
| 31D | 55. Italian sportswear brand named after a Greek letter | 5 |
| 32D | 58. "Look ___!" | 4 |
| 33D | 62. Bone to pick at dinner, say | 3 |
| 34D | 64. Tesla, for one | 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. "Old Coke" vis-à-vis New Coke, in marketing"
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 a creation of the highest excellence
- Words that mean the same thing: classical, Greco-Roman, definitive
- The opposite would be: nonclassical
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLASSIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Faucet accessory"
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 an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AERATOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Rom-com staples"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEETCUTES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. I, to Einstein"
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: ICH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Bygone rulers"
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 title for the former hereditary monarch of iran
- Words that mean the same thing: Shah, Shah of Iran
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHAHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. One wearing a traje de luces ("suit of light") in the ring"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TORERO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Eggs"
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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Words that mean the same thing: egg cell, ovum
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Star with low luminosity"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: REDDWARF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. The Minutemen, 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 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: trine, III, leash
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. What Britain left in 2020, in brief"
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: THEEU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Fixed up"
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 do over, as of (part of) a house
- Words that mean the same thing: remake, reconstruct, redo
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REDONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Ingredient in sushi rolls and poke bowls"
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: AHITUNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Bother persistently"
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 annoy persistently
- Words that mean the same thing: tease, badger, beleaguer
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PESTER
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Clue 14 Down: "19. Seasoned sailor"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: OLDSALT
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Ridiculous introduction?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
- Words that mean the same thing: dead, absolutely, perfectly
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: UTTERLY
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Clue 16 Down: "26. ___ Now (onetime political button)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: geological era, epoch, earned run average
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 17 Down: "29. Place for icing"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Words that mean the same thing: yen, smart, aching
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACHE
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Clue 18 Down: "31. Did a job on"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
- Words that mean the same thing: burglarise, burgle, burglarize
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: HEISTED
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Clue 19 Down: "34. Calls"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- Words that mean the same thing: beef, hollo, holloa
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: HOLLERS
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Clue 20 Down: "36. Urban ill"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SMOG
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Clue 21 Down: "38. Bank offering with a fixed payment schedule"
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: TERMLOAN
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Clue 22 Down: "40. Otis Redding's genre"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SOULMUSIC
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Clue 23 Down: "42. Actress Long"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NIA
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Clue 24 Down: "44. Mentored one"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: PROTEGE
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Clue 25 Down: "45. Powdered, in a way"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that sweeten with sugar
- Words that mean the same thing: saccharify, sweet, sweet-flavored
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SUGARED
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Clue 26 Down: "46. Words on a candy heart"
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: KISSME
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Clue 27 Down: "47. E-commerce site with a portmanteau name"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: GROUPON
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Clue 28 Down: "48. By a narrow margin"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - w.b.yeats
- Words that mean the same thing: scantily, hardly, scarcely
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BARELY
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Clue 29 Down: "50. By a narrow margin"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in a slim or slender manner
- Words that mean the same thing: slenderly, slightly
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SLIMLY
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Clue 30 Down: "53. Mexican sandwich"
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: TORTA
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Clue 31 Down: "55. Italian sportswear brand named after a Greek letter"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
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- This could be something that the 10th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KAPPA
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Clue 32 Down: "58. "Look ___!""
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: ATME
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Clue 33 Down: "62. Bone to pick at dinner, 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 support resembling the rib of an animal
- Words that mean the same thing: roast, costa, make fun
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RIB
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Clue 34 Down: "64. Tesla, for one"
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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Words that mean the same thing: railroad car, gondola, railcar
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CAR
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 52 | 70.3% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 16.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.4% |
| Sports | 3 | 4.1% |
| History | 2 | 2.7% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 40 |
| Down Clues | 34 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 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 Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 09, 2025 at 01:32 PM
