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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, August 07, 2023
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
Across Clues Explained - Monday NYT Crossword August 07, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Not in a bottle, at a bar | 5 |
| 2A | 6. N.Y.C. home to van Gogh's "The Starry Night" | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Home of Mongolia and Myanmar | 4 |
| 4A | 14. "Thanks" in French | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Idle who sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while tied to a cross | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Bronzes in the sun | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Not a single person | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Counterpart of fem. | 4 |
| 9A | 19. Sound from a pigpen | 4 |
| 10A | 20. "Monster" on the web | 13 |
| 11A | 23. Flower with thorns | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Transfer from a device to the cloud, say | 6 |
| 13A | 27. Having a graceful and elegant bearing | 6 |
| 14A | 31. "Busy" buzzer | 3 |
| 15A | 32. Messenger molecule | 3 |
| 16A | 33. Pinnacle | 4 |
| 17A | 34. "Monster" on the highway | 10 |
| 18A | 38. Where hair roots grow | 5 |
| 19A | 40. Sailor's affirmation | 3 |
| 20A | 41. Not showing emotion | 5 |
| 21A | 42. "Monster" with a sweet tooth | 10 |
| 22A | 45. Word after muscle or dial | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Commercial prefix with Pen | 3 |
| 24A | 47. Not feeling well | 3 |
| 25A | 48. 00s, in James Bond novels | 6 |
| 26A | 50. Highly active person | 6 |
| 27A | 52. ___ and soul | 4 |
| 28A | 54. "Monster" who drains people emotionally | 13 |
| 29A | 60. Pic file format | 4 |
| 30A | 62. Literary heroine Jane | 4 |
| 31A | 63. Equipment in a control tower | 5 |
| 32A | 64. Shows, as a TV show | 4 |
| 33A | 65. 1982 film whose use of C.G.I. made it ineligible for a best visual effects Oscar | 4 |
| 34A | 66. Place of combat | 5 |
| 35A | 67. Sunset direction | 4 |
| 36A | 68. Roughly half of babies, to their parents | 4 |
| 37A | 69. Exams | 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. Not in a bottle, at a bar"
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: _____
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The answer is: ONTAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. N.Y.C. home to van Gogh's "The Starry Night""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: MOMA
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Clue 3 Across: "10. Home of Mongolia and Myanmar"
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 largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to europe on the west to form eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ASIA
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Clue 4 Across: "14. "Thanks" in French"
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: MERCI
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Idle who sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while tied to a cross"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIC
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Bronzes in the sun"
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 browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- Words that mean the same thing: tangent, suntan, bronze
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TANS
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Not a single person"
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: NOONE
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Clue 8 Across: "18. Counterpart of fem."
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: ____
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The answer is: MASC
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Clue 9 Across: "19. Sound from a pigpen"
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 short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
- Words that mean the same thing: grunt, squeal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OINK
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Clue 10 Across: "20. "Monster" on the web"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: INTERNETTROLL
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Flower with thorns"
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 any of many shrubs of the genus rosa that bear roses
- Words that mean the same thing: rear, come up, rosebush
- The opposite would be: set, sit down
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Transfer from a device to the cloud, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
- The opposite would be: download
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UPLOAD
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Clue 13 Across: "27. Having a graceful and elegant bearing"
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 be motionless, in suspension
- Words that mean the same thing: equanimous, poise, collected
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POISED
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Clue 14 Across: "31. "Busy" buzzer"
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 numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. Messenger molecule"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Pinnacle"
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 the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- Words that mean the same thing: pinnacle, vertex, superlative
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACME
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Clue 17 Across: "34. "Monster" on the highway"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SPEEDDEMON
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Clue 18 Across: "38. Where hair roots grow"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the skin that covers the top of the head
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCALP
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Clue 19 Across: "40. Sailor's affirmation"
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: AYE
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Clue 20 Across: "41. Not showing emotion"
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 member of the ancient greek school of philosophy founded by zeno
- Words that mean the same thing: stoical, unemotional person
- The opposite would be: emotional person
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOIC
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Clue 21 Across: "42. "Monster" with a sweet tooth"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SUGARFIEND
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Clue 22 Across: "45. Word after muscle or dial"
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 quality of a person's voice
- Words that mean the same thing: intone, feel, smell
- The opposite would be: atonicity
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Commercial prefix with Pen"
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 self-report personality inventory based on hans eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
- Words that mean the same thing: Eysenck Personality Inventory
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Not feeling well"
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 often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
- Words that mean the same thing: badly, ailment, inauspicious
- The opposite would be: well
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. 00s, in James Bond novels"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- Words that mean the same thing: agent, federal agent, factor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENTS
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Clue 26 Across: "50. Highly active person"
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 generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DYNAMO
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Clue 27 Across: "52. ___ and soul"
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 entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- Words that mean the same thing: physical structure, organic structure, dead body
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BODY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. "Monster" who drains people emotionally"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: ENERGYVAMPIRE
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Clue 29 Across: "60. Pic file format"
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: JPEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "62. Literary heroine Jane"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a shallow salt lake in south central australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Eyre
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "63. Equipment in a control tower"
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 measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
- Words that mean the same thing: radiolocation, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "64. Shows, as a TV show"
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 affected manners intended to impress others
- Words that mean the same thing: strain, vent, melody
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "65. 1982 film whose use of C.G.I. made it ineligible for a best visual effects Oscar"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "66. Place of combat"
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 particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: sphere, area, domain
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "67. Sunset direction"
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 countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
- Words that mean the same thing: Occident, Rebecca West, western United States
- The opposite would be: east
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "68. Roughly half of babies, to their parents"
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 male human offspring
- Words that mean the same thing: Word, Logos, boy
- The opposite would be: daughter, girl
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "69. Exams"
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 trying something to find out about it
- Words that mean the same thing: tryout, trial run, try out
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TESTS
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Solve the Down: NYT Monday Puzzle August 07, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Prefix with potent or present | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Like many blinking signs that say "Open" | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Gait between a walk and a canter | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Teen's skin woe | 4 |
| 5D | 5. South Dakota's capital | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Viral jokes like Grumpy Cat and Sad Frog | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Make a formal speech | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Fine setting on a hose nozzle | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Built up, as interest | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Ring-shaped reef | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Japanese manga heroine with a feline sidekick named Luna | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Traveler's stopover | 3 |
| 13D | 13. Inquire | 3 |
| 14D | 21. Says yes, but silently | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Opinion columns, in brief | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Consecrate with oil | 6 |
| 17D | 26. Tango and foxtrot, for two | 6 |
| 18D | 27. Made the grade | 6 |
| 19D | 28. ___ Wall Street (protest movement) | 6 |
| 20D | 29. Designers of Disney attractions | 10 |
| 21D | 30. Actress Ward | 4 |
| 22D | 31. "___ there, done that" | 4 |
| 23D | 35. Container used to make a sand castle | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Single feature of a Cyclops | 3 |
| 25D | 37. Suffix with kitchen or bachelor | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Top-quality, as beef | 5 |
| 27D | 43. Broccoli tips | 7 |
| 28D | 44. Early word for a baby | 4 |
| 29D | 49. Fitness enthusiast, slangily | 6 |
| 30D | 51. Feeling of deep anxiety | 5 |
| 31D | 52. Lord ___, "Don Juan" poet | 5 |
| 32D | 53. Devices often found under stovetops | 5 |
| 33D | 55. Greek sandwich with tzatziki | 4 |
| 34D | 56. Trim (down) | 4 |
| 35D | 57. The ___ of March | 4 |
| 36D | 58. Tirade | 4 |
| 37D | 59. Some time periods | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Big part of a T. rex | 3 |
| 39D | 61. Pastry in a county fair competition | 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. Prefix with potent or present"
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: OMNI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Like many blinking signs that say "Open""
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 colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
- Words that mean the same thing: Ne, atomic number 10
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Gait between a walk and a canter"
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 slow pace of running
- Words that mean the same thing: lope, crib, clip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TROT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Teen's skin woe"
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 inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACNE
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Clue 5 Down: "5. South Dakota's capital"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that capital of the state of south dakota; located in central south dakota on the missouri river
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of South Dakota
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIERRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Viral jokes like Grumpy Cat and Sad Frog"
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 cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- Words that mean the same thing: meme
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Make a formal speech"
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 talk pompously
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Fine setting on a hose nozzle"
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 thin fog with condensation near the ground
- Words that mean the same thing: obnubilate, mist over, befog
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Built up, as interest"
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 grow by addition
- Words that mean the same thing: fall, accumulated, accrue
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACCRUED
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Ring-shaped reef"
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 island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOLL
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Japanese manga heroine with a feline sidekick named Luna"
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: SAILORMOON
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Traveler's stopover"
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 hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- Words that mean the same thing: hostel, lodge, auberge
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INN
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Inquire"
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 inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: call for, inquire, postulate
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "21. Says yes, but silently"
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 sign of assent or salutation or command
- Words that mean the same thing: nod
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NODS
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Opinion columns, in brief"
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: OPEDS
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Clue 16 Down: "25. Consecrate with oil"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that choose by or as if by divine intervention
- Words that mean the same thing: anele, inunct, oil
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ANOINT
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Tango and foxtrot, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- Words that mean the same thing: terpsichore, dancing, saltation
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: DANCES
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Made the grade"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that go across or through
- Words that mean the same thing: buy the farm, give-up the ghost, elapse
- The opposite would be: be born, fail
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The answer is: PASSED
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Clue 19 Down: "28. ___ Wall Street (protest movement)"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that keep busy with
- Words that mean the same thing: fill, engage, concern
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: OCCUPY
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Designers of Disney attractions"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: IMAGINEERS
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Clue 21 Down: "30. Actress Ward"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: SELA
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Clue 22 Down: "31. "___ there, done that""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- Words that mean the same thing: cost, comprise, personify
- The opposite would be: differ
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The answer is: BEEN
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Container used to make a sand castle"
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 roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- Words that mean the same thing: pailful, bucket
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PAIL
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Single feature of a Cyclops"
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 organ of sight
- Words that mean the same thing: center, eyeball, centre
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EYE
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Suffix with kitchen or bachelor"
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: ETTE
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Top-quality, as beef"
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 number that has no factor but itself and 1
- Words that mean the same thing: blossom, prime of life, heyday
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: PRIME
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Broccoli tips"
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 diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)
- Words that mean the same thing: floret, floweret
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: FLORETS
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Early word for a baby"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: pop, papa, pa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DADA
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Clue 29 Down: "49. Fitness enthusiast, slangily"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GYMRAT
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Clue 30 Down: "51. Feeling of deep anxiety"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ANGST
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Clue 31 Down: "52. Lord ___, "Don Juan" poet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
- Words that mean the same thing: Lord George Gordon Byron, Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BYRON
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Devices often found under stovetops"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting
- Words that mean the same thing: oven
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OVENS
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Clue 33 Down: "55. Greek sandwich with tzatziki"
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 greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread
- Words that mean the same thing: gyroscope
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: GYRO
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Clue 34 Down: "56. Trim (down)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that decrease gradually or bit by bit
- Words that mean the same thing: peel, trim, pare down
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PARE
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Clue 35 Down: "57. The ___ of March"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in the roman calendar: the 15th of march or may or july or october or the 13th of any other month
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDES
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Clue 36 Down: "58. Tirade"
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 bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fustian, bombast, spout
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RANT
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Clue 37 Down: "59. Some time periods"
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: ERA, earned run average, epoch
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERAS
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Big part of a T. rex"
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 part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- Words that mean the same thing: rebuke, remonstrate, chaffer
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: JAW
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Pastry in a county fair competition"
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 dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- Words that mean the same thing: Proto-Indo European
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PIE
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 60 | 78.9% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 13.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 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 Monday, 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!
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: August 31, 2025 at 03:38 PM
