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Date: Saturday, November 09, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (33 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.5 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle November 09, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. "Do you think!?" | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Real yawner | 10 |
| 3A | 15. Scruff | 4 |
| 4A | 16. "S'alright!" | 10 |
| 5A | 17. Feel the pain | 4 |
| 6A | 18. Real drags | 10 |
| 7A | 19. One with something to prove | 10 |
| 8A | 21. Troubles | 4 |
| 9A | 22. Scale topper | 3 |
| 10A | 23. "And this affects me ... how?" | 4 |
| 11A | 24. Pack of hot dog buns, e.g. | 5 |
| 12A | 26. Think box | 4 |
| 13A | 28. Response to a morning knock | 4 |
| 14A | 29. "Such is my fate!" | 4 |
| 15A | 30. "That was really fun!" | 10 |
| 16A | 36. Grindelwald's portrayer in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Monkey suits | 5 |
| 18A | 38. 47-Down, for one | 4 |
| 19A | 39. 1981 Rick James hit that starts "She's a very kinky girl" | 10 |
| 20A | 41. Palindromic food | 4 |
| 21A | 42. Transportation option | 4 |
| 22A | 43. The Quakers of the N.C.A.A. | 4 |
| 23A | 44. Twisted | 5 |
| 24A | 46. Nine-time winner of the Sugar Bowl, informally | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Obsolescent aid for a businessperson, for short | 3 |
| 26A | 51. They might be curled or dipped | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Tried to tempt with | 10 |
| 28A | 55. "This is a travesty!" | 10 |
| 29A | 57. ___ Reader | 4 |
| 30A | 58. Pre-moving event | 10 |
| 31A | 59. One bending over backward | 4 |
| 32A | 60. Black breakfast beverage | 10 |
| 33A | 61. Insolent sort | 4 |
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. "Do you think!?""
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: ISIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Real yawner"
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: SNOOZEFEST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Scruff"
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 back side of the neck
- Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "16. "S'alright!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NOPROBLEMO
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Feel the pain"
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 dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- Words that mean the same thing: aching, yearn, languish
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACHE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Real drags"
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: UTTERBORES
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Clue 7 Across: "19. One with something to prove"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- Words that mean the same thing: prosecuting attorney, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PROSECUTOR
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Clue 8 Across: "21. Troubles"
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 aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- Words that mean the same thing: trouble, garlic, ail
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Scale topper"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Words that mean the same thing: x, 10, X
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. "And this affects me ... how?""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: OKSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "24. Pack of hot dog buns, e.g."
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 cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Words that mean the same thing: VIII, eight, octad
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCTET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Think box"
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 various edible seeds of plants of the family leguminosae used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: bean plant, noggin, noodle
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Response to a morning knock"
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: IMUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. "Such is my fate!""
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Words that mean the same thing: ala, regrettably, unluckily
- The opposite would be: luckily, fortunately
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. "That was really fun!""
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: IHADABLAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. Grindelwald's portrayer in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them""
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: DEPP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Monkey suits"
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 semiformal evening dress for men
- Words that mean the same thing: black tie, tuxedo, dinner jacket
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUXES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "38. 47-Down, for one"
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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. 1981 Rick James hit that starts "She's a very kinky girl""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUPERFREAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "41. Palindromic food"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that leavened bread baked in a clay oven in india; usually shaped like a teardrop
- Words that mean the same thing: nan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "42. Transportation option"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- Words that mean the same thing: inveigh, rails, revile
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "43. The Quakers of the N.C.A.A."
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 englishman and quaker who founded the colony of pennsylvania (1644-1718)
- Words that mean the same thing: William Penn, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. Twisted"
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 twist and press out of shape
- Words that mean the same thing: wring, gouge, rack
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WRUNG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "46. Nine-time winner of the Sugar Bowl, informally"
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: BAMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Obsolescent aid for a businessperson, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: personal organiser, organiser, organizer
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "51. They might be curled or dipped"
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 one of the digits of the foot
- Words that mean the same thing: toenail, toe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Tried to tempt with"
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: USEDASBAIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "55. "This is a travesty!""
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: IMOUTRAGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. ___ Reader"
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: UTNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "58. Pre-moving event"
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: GARAGESALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "59. One bending over backward"
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 united states baseball player (born 1925)
- Words that mean the same thing: Yogi Berra, Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOGI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "60. Black breakfast beverage"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ENGLISHTEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. Insolent sort"
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 person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- Words that mean the same thing: snob, prig, snoot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNOT
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Saturday NYT Crossword November 09, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Not fitting | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Stereotypical exclamation from Hercule Poirot | 9 |
| 3D | 3. FaceTime or Wallet | 9 |
| 4D | 4. Butt end? | 4 |
| 5D | 5. Crept (by) | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Them | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Decide one will | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Dirt pie ingredient | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Part of a Halloween costume accompanying a sword | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Die down | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Aircraft that excels at water landings | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Like the woods suddenly falling silent | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Refine | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Get rid of | 4 |
| 15D | 20. Forever and a day | 3 |
| 16D | 25. Forest newbie | 3 |
| 17D | 27. In the customary way | 10 |
| 18D | 28. It might be put in your head | 4 |
| 19D | 29. Spots | 3 |
| 20D | 30. "How typical ..." | 9 |
| 21D | 31. Pitch | 4 |
| 22D | 32. Get rid of | 3 |
| 23D | 33. "Cry, the Beloved Country" author | 9 |
| 24D | 34. Rapturous reception for Oprah Winfrey? | 9 |
| 25D | 35. Gob | 3 |
| 26D | 40. Hightailed it | 3 |
| 27D | 43. Hearing aids, in brief | 3 |
| 28D | 44. Amazon, e.g. | 5 |
| 29D | 45. Corporate shuffle, for short | 5 |
| 30D | 46. Brought forth | 5 |
| 31D | 47. First female singer to have three simultaneous top 10 hits as a lead artist | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Tyler Perry title character | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Face-planted | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Buster Brown's dog | 4 |
| 35D | 53. It's a cinch! | 4 |
| 36D | 54. Believes hook, line and sinker | 4 |
| 37D | 56. ___ Fridays | 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. Not fitting"
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 not elegant or graceful in expression
- Words that mean the same thing: cumbersome, awkward, inept
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INAPT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Stereotypical exclamation from Hercule Poirot"
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: SACREBLEU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. FaceTime or Wallet"
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: IPHONEAPP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Butt end?"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: tee, golf tee, football tee
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Crept (by)"
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 to go stealthily or furtively
- Words that mean the same thing: creep, hook, abstract
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNUCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Them"
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: NOTUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Decide one will"
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: OPTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Dirt pie ingredient"
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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Part of a Halloween costume accompanying a sword"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZORROMASK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Die down"
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 gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Words that mean the same thing: ebb out, ebb down, wane
- The opposite would be: tide
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EBB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Aircraft that excels at water landings"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
- Words that mean the same thing: pontoon plane
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLOATPLANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Like the woods suddenly falling silent"
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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- Words that mean the same thing: eery
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EERIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Refine"
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 small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
- Words that mean the same thing: smell out, smell, sense
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMELT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Get rid of"
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 act of flipping a coin
- Words that mean the same thing: thresh about, toss away, discard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOSS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "20. Forever and a day"
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 longest division of geological time
- Words that mean the same thing: aeon
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Forest newbie"
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 awkward and inexperienced youth
- Words that mean the same thing: rookie, laddie, sonny boy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CUB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. In the customary way"
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: ASPERUSUAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. It might be put in your head"
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 content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- Words that mean the same thing: estimation, theme, musical theme
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. Spots"
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 public promotion of some product or service
- Words that mean the same thing: ad, advertizement, advertizing
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "30. "How typical ...""
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: ITFIGURES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "31. Pitch"
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 violent throw
- Words that mean the same thing: throw, cast, lunge
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HURL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "32. Get rid of"
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 edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: ax
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: AXE
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Clue 23 Down: "33. "Cry, the Beloved Country" author"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: ALANPATON
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Clue 24 Down: "34. Rapturous reception for Oprah Winfrey?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: STANDINGO
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Clue 25 Down: "35. Gob"
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 united states unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
- Words that mean the same thing: long ton, gross ton, net ton
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TON
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Hightailed it"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Words that mean the same thing: persist, run, run for
- The opposite would be: idle, malfunction
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The answer is: RAN
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Clue 27 Down: "43. Hearing aids, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
- Words that mean the same thing: Pennsylvania, Keystone State, P.A.
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PAS
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Clue 28 Down: "44. Amazon, 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 an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- Words that mean the same thing: cleaning lady, charwoman, cleaning woman
- The opposite would be: man
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The answer is: WOMAN
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Corporate shuffle, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: REORG
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Brought forth"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make children
- Words that mean the same thing: father, bring forth, sire
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BEGAT
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Clue 31 Down: "47. First female singer to have three simultaneous top 10 hits as a lead artist"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ADELE
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Tyler Perry title character"
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: MADEA
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Face-planted"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ATEIT
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Buster Brown's dog"
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: TIGE
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Clue 35 Down: "53. It's a cinch!"
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 framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
- Words that mean the same thing: waistcloth, window sash, girdle
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SASH
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Clue 36 Down: "54. Believes hook, line and sinker"
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 advantageous purchase
- Words that mean the same thing: corrupt, purchase, bribe
- The opposite would be: sell
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The answer is: BUYS
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Clue 37 Down: "56. ___ Fridays"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TGI
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 72.9% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 14.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.3% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.5 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 29, 2025 at 03:05 AM
