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Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
March 23, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Letter-shaped girder | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Prejudice | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Male delivery | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Starts hearts, say | 5 |
| 5A | 14. Tiny fly | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Copy | 3 |
| 7A | 16. Job interview for a wannabe tax collector? | 11 |
| 8A | 18. Certain Dominican | 3 |
| 9A | 19. What's mined to keep? | 3 |
| 10A | 20. Setting depicted in the Sistine Chapel | 4 |
| 11A | 21. 10:1, e.g. | 4 |
| 12A | 23. ___ X | 7 |
| 13A | 26. Teri of "Tootsie" | 4 |
| 14A | 28. "Bless you" preceder | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Place to get some "me time" | 6 |
| 16A | 34. What the surfing enthusiast has? | 15 |
| 17A | 38. "Movin' ___" | 4 |
| 18A | 39. Preceder of "TV" on cable TV | 3 |
| 19A | 40. Brand of cornstarch | 4 |
| 20A | 41. Name for a huge marathon? | 15 |
| 21A | 46. On the wrong path | 6 |
| 22A | 47. Go halfsies on | 5 |
| 23A | 48. Too cute, on the Thames | 4 |
| 24A | 50. Hangs tight | 7 |
| 25A | 54. Compact ___ | 4 |
| 26A | 56. Story that goes on and on ... and on | 4 |
| 27A | 58. She might give you her coat | 3 |
| 28A | 59. Spout (off) | 3 |
| 29A | 60. Unwelcome sight on a bill ... or a clue to 16-, 34- and 41-Across | 11 |
| 30A | 64. ___ dye (chemical coloring) | 3 |
| 31A | 65. Is rife (with) | 5 |
| 32A | 66. Who might say "Take me to your leader" | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Kind of bulb, in brief | 3 |
| 34A | 68. Basket shot from behind the arc, in hoops slang | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Singer Cyrus | 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. Letter-shaped girder"
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: IBEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Prejudice"
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 partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- Words that mean the same thing: preconception, prejudice, diagonal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BIAS
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Male delivery"
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 youthful male person
- Words that mean the same thing: son, male child
- The opposite would be: girl, female child
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOY
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Clue 4 Across: "13. Starts hearts, say"
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 a particular instance of buying or selling
- Words that mean the same thing: look at, business deal, mountain
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEALS
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Clue 5 Across: "14. Tiny fly"
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 minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIDGE
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Clue 6 Across: "15. Copy"
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 primates with short tails or no tail at all
- Words that mean the same thing: imitator, caricature, copycat
- 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 7 Across: "16. Job interview for a wannabe tax collector?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: IRSAUDITION
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Certain Dominican"
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 woman religious
- Words that mean the same thing: nun buoy, conical buoy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUN
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Clue 9 Across: "19. What's mined to keep?"
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 a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORE
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Clue 10 Across: "20. Setting depicted in the Sistine Chapel"
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 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Words that mean the same thing: heaven, Garden of Eden, Shangri-la
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. 10:1, 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 likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- Words that mean the same thing: betting odds
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODDS
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Clue 12 Across: "23. ___ X"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALCOLM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Teri of "Tootsie""
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: GARR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. "Bless you" preceder"
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: ACHOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Place to get some "me time""
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: DAYSPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. What the surfing enthusiast has?"
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: BOARDINGPASSION
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Clue 17 Across: "38. "Movin' ___""
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: ONUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Preceder of "TV" on cable TV"
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: TRU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Brand of cornstarch"
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 formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between canis major and the southern cross; now divided into carina and pyxis and puppis and vela
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Name for a huge marathon?"
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: RUNOFTHEMILLION
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Clue 21 Across: "46. On the wrong path"
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 away from the right path or direction
- Words that mean the same thing: wide
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTRAY
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Clue 22 Across: "47. Go halfsies on"
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 extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- Words that mean the same thing: break, cleave, schism
- The opposite would be: unite
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPLIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "48. Too cute, on the Thames"
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 affectedly dainty or refined
- Words that mean the same thing: prim, niminy-piminy, mincing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Hangs tight"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SITSPAT
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Clue 25 Across: "54. Compact ___"
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 sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- Words that mean the same thing: saucer, magnetic disk, magnetic disc
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DISC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "56. Story that goes on and on ... and on"
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "58. She might give you her coat"
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 member of a people living in southern benin and togo and southeastern ghana
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EWE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "59. Spout (off)"
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 informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: toss off, pop up, popular
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "60. Unwelcome sight on a bill ... or a clue to 16-, 34- and 41-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: EXTRACHARGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "64. ___ dye (chemical coloring)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that relating to or containing the azo radical
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AZO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. Is rife (with)"
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 be teeming, be abuzz
- Words that mean the same thing: stream, pour, swarm
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEEMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Who might say "Take me to your leader""
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 a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: noncitizen, alienate, unknown
- The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Kind of bulb, 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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Words that mean the same thing: head, direct, leave
- The opposite would be: follow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Basket shot from behind the arc, in hoops slang"
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 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: deuce-ace, trine, trio
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TREY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Singer Cyrus"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: MILEY
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Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword March 23, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Hot to trot" or "cool as a cucumber" | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Yogi who said "You can observe a lot by just watching" | 5 |
| 3D | 3. Studio supporter | 5 |
| 4D | 4. Similar to | 3 |
| 5D | 5. East Lansing school, in brief | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Quick snack | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Naming | 5 |
| 8D | 8. "Give it ___" | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Married women, in Oaxaca | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Green Day or Black Sabbath | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Magnum ___ | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Kyoto dough | 3 |
| 13D | 14. The 15th or so | 8 |
| 14D | 17. Home to Jawaharlal Nehru University | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Cures, in a way | 8 |
| 16D | 24. Alternatives to garages | 8 |
| 17D | 25. Neurotic condition, for short | 3 |
| 18D | 27. ___-compliant | 3 |
| 19D | 29. Nasty sorts | 5 |
| 20D | 31. Assistant who asks "What can I help you with?" | 4 |
| 21D | 32. Comic strip that's the source of the line "We have met the enemy and he is us" | 4 |
| 22D | 33. Soon, poetically | 4 |
| 23D | 34. When doubled, a Pacific paradise | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Albatross | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Rosemary Clooney, to George Clooney | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Does a service station job | 8 |
| 27D | 42. Farrah of the original "Charlie's Angels" | 7 |
| 28D | 43. Actor Sheridan who co-starred in "Ready Player One" | 3 |
| 29D | 44. Hipbone-related | 5 |
| 30D | 45. Like candles before singing "Happy Birthday" | 3 |
| 31D | 49. Cosmetician Lauder | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Rising sea levels, e.g. | 5 |
| 33D | 52. "Wow, you shouldn't have ..." | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Itty-bitty | 5 |
| 35D | 54. Go out briefly? | 4 |
| 36D | 55. It can carry a tune | 4 |
| 37D | 57. One side in a college football rivalry since 1890 | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Bud | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Child of the '70s, e.g. | 3 |
| 40D | 62. Showboater | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Woman's nickname that drops "-son" | 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. "Hot to trot" or "cool as a cucumber""
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 a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- Words that mean the same thing: idiomatic expression, set phrase, dialect
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDIOM
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Yogi who said "You can observe a lot by just watching""
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 baseball player (born 1925)
- Words that mean the same thing: Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BERRA
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Studio supporter"
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 an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EASEL
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Similar to"
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. East Lansing school, in brief"
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: MSU
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Quick snack"
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 wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- Words that mean the same thing: prick, seize with teeth, burn
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BITE
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Naming"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IDING
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Clue 8 Down: "8. "Give it ___""
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 gone by; or in the past
- Words that mean the same thing: agone
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGO
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Married women, in Oaxaca"
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 spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the english `mrs' or `madam'
- Words that mean the same thing: Senora
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SENORAS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Green Day or Black Sabbath"
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 unofficial association of people or groups
- Words that mean the same thing: banding, stripe, isthmus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAND
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Magnum ___"
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 musical work that has been created
- Words that mean the same thing: musical composition, piece of music, composition
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Kyoto dough"
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 yearning for something or to do something
- Words that mean the same thing: yearn, languish, ache
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. The 15th or so"
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: MIDMONTH
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Clue 14 Down: "17. Home to Jawaharlal Nehru University"
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 city in north central india
- Words that mean the same thing: Old Delhi
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DELHI
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Cures, in a way"
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: DRYSALTS
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Alternatives to garages"
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 garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
- Words that mean the same thing: car port, carport
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARPORTS
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Neurotic condition, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: OCD
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Clue 18 Down: "27. ___-compliant"
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 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: ___
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The answer is: ADA
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Clue 19 Down: "29. Nasty sorts"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Words that mean the same thing: fiend, monster, ogre
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OGRES
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Assistant who asks "What can I help you with?""
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: SIRI
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Clue 21 Down: "32. Comic strip that's the source of the line "We have met the enemy and he is us""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: POGO
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Soon, poetically"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that at another time
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANON
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Clue 23 Down: "34. When doubled, a Pacific paradise"
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: BORA
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Albatross"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an onerous or difficult concern
- Words that mean the same thing: encumbrance, load, burden
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ONUS
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Rosemary Clooney, to George Clooney"
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 sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Words that mean the same thing: aunty, auntie
- The opposite would be: uncle
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The answer is: AUNT
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Does a service station job"
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: PUMPSGAS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Farrah of the original "Charlie's Angels""
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: FAWCETT
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Actor Sheridan who co-starred in "Ready Player One""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TYE
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Hipbone-related"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of or relating to the ilium
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ILIAC
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Like candles before singing "Happy Birthday""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the humanistic study of a body of literature
- Words that mean the same thing: light, fire up, ignite
- The opposite would be: extinguish, unlighted
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The answer is: LIT
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Cosmetician Lauder"
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: ESTEE
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Rising sea levels, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- Words that mean the same thing: hazard, expose, risk
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PERIL
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Clue 33 Down: "52. "Wow, you shouldn't have ...""
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: AWGEE
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Itty-bitty"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (used informally) very small
- Words that mean the same thing: bittie, teentsy, bitty
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TEENY
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Go out briefly?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that a light fitful sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: snooze, drowse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DOZE
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Clue 36 Down: "55. It can carry a tune"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IPOD
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Clue 37 Down: "57. One side in a college football rivalry since 1890"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- Words that mean the same thing: ground forces, US Army, U. S. Army
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ARMY
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Bud"
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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Words that mean the same thing: crony, sidekick, pal up
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAL
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Child of the '70s, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that being one more than nine
- Words that mean the same thing: ten, 10, x
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: XER
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Clue 40 Down: "62. Showboater"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- Words that mean the same thing: jambon, overplay, ham actor
- The opposite would be: underact
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The answer is: HAM
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Woman's nickname that drops "-son""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that united states prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
- Words that mean the same thing: Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Marcellus Clay
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ALI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 67.1% |
| Short Answer | 18 | 23.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.3% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 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 18, 2025 at 04:45 PM
