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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, October 02, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (33 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.7 letters
NYT Saturday Crossword Across Clues - October 02, 2021 Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Bagel choices | 7 |
| 2A | 8. Info on a medicine bottle | 6 |
| 3A | 14. How a first date is experienced | 8 |
| 4A | 16. ___ d'état | 6 |
| 5A | 17. Penalty for a polluter | 8 |
| 6A | 18. Biased | 6 |
| 7A | 19. Sprout | 3 |
| 8A | 20. Pearl Harbor hero for whom a future U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to be named | 11 |
| 9A | 22. Student in College Station, Tex. | 5 |
| 10A | 24. Some bags in boxes | 4 |
| 11A | 25. New Deal program, for short | 3 |
| 12A | 26. Judge | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Props for some plays? | 5 |
| 14A | 29. "The Godfather" actor | 4 |
| 15A | 30. Accords, e.g. | 6 |
| 16A | 32. Date you might not put on the calendar | 5 |
| 17A | 33. Ate the last cookie, say | 13 |
| 18A | 36. Goes bad | 5 |
| 19A | 37. Intensify | 6 |
| 20A | 38. Big name in Deco | 4 |
| 21A | 39. What's the big deal? | 5 |
| 22A | 40. Subjects of the 2018 book "Seeds of Science," for short | 4 |
| 23A | 44. At least one | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Item of prison contraband | 4 |
| 25A | 46. Was serious about | 5 |
| 26A | 47. Like mysterious matters, often ... or hotels | 11 |
| 27A | 51. Dr.'s order | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Cigarette that's assembled by hand, informally | 6 |
| 29A | 53. Cost-effective | 8 |
| 30A | 55. Filers of amicus briefs, often | 6 |
| 31A | 56. Place to get a cab | 8 |
| 32A | 57. Feel it the next day | 6 |
| 33A | 58. Goes gently to the bottom | 7 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
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Clue 1 Across: "1. Bagel choices"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that east indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
- Words that mean the same thing: sesame, benny, Sesamum indicum
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SESAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "8. Info on a medicine bottle"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
- Words that mean the same thing: dose
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOSAGE
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Clue 3 Across: "14. How a first date is experienced"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONLYONCE
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Clue 4 Across: "16. ___ d'état"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAISON
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Penalty for a polluter"
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: GREENTAX
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Biased"
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 having an oblique or slanted direction
- Words that mean the same thing: sloping, diagonal, slanted
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASLANT
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Clue 7 Across: "19. Sprout"
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 boy or man
- Words that mean the same thing: cub, gent, laddie
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAD
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Pearl Harbor hero for whom a future U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to be named"
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: DORISMILLER
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Clue 9 Across: "22. Student in College Station, Tex."
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: AGGIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "24. Some bags in boxes"
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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: teatime, afternoon tea, Camellia sinensis
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. New Deal program, 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: WPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Judge"
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 keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- Words that mean the same thing: view as, take for, hold
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Props for some plays?"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. "The Godfather" actor"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Accords, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- Words that mean the same thing: saloon, sedan, sedan chair
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEDANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Date you might not put on the calendar"
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 date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
- Words that mean the same thing: rendezvous, assignation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRYST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Ate the last cookie, say"
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: COULDNTRESIST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. Goes bad"
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 cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- Words that mean the same thing: sour, sourness, acidify
- The opposite would be: sweeten
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOURS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Intensify"
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 make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
- Words that mean the same thing: heighten, intensify, compound
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEEPEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Big name in Deco"
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: ERTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. What's the big deal?"
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 game played with playing cards
- Words that mean the same thing: bill of fare, circuit board, card game
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Subjects of the 2018 book "Seeds of Science," for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about science/technology.
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: GMOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. At least one"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that one or some or every or all without specification
- Words that mean the same thing: whatsoever, whatever
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Item of prison contraband"
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 knife used as a weapon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHIV
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "46. Was serious about"
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 mean or intend to express or convey
- Words that mean the same thing: stand for, think, entail
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Like mysterious matters, often ... or hotels"
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: CHECKEDINTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Dr.'s order"
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 use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
- Words that mean the same thing: magnetic resonance imaging
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MRI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Cigarette that's assembled by hand, informally"
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: ROLLIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. Cost-effective"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
- Words that mean the same thing: economical
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ECONOMIC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Filers of amicus briefs, often"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the alliance of nations that fought the axis in world war ii and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the united nations in 1945
- Words that mean the same thing: ally, friend
- The opposite would be: foe
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALLIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. Place to get a cab"
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: WINERACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Feel it the next day"
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: BESORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Goes gently to the bottom"
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 long wooden bench with a back
- Words that mean the same thing: determine, take root, steady down
- The opposite would be: float
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SETTLES
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Saturday Crossword Down Clues - October 02, 2021 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. "Great news!" | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Bring to a boil | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Heavy hitter | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Floor support | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Café du ___ (landmark shop in New Orleans's French Quarter) | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Within: Prefix | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Leave a mark | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Most Best Picture winners | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Refueling spot | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Window part | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Invariably | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Lapped, e.g. | 8 |
| 13D | 13. One in the running | 7 |
| 14D | 15. Canned lines? | 13 |
| 15D | 21. Blows a gasket | 7 |
| 16D | 23. "Uh-huh" | 6 |
| 17D | 27. Like the years of most presidential inaugurations | 3 |
| 18D | 28. Quick fix | 7 |
| 19D | 29. [awkward] | 6 |
| 20D | 31. Pair seen three times in "All's Well That Ends Well" | 3 |
| 21D | 32. Lao-___ | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Lawn game seen regularly on ESPN beginning in 2017 | 8 |
| 23D | 34. Screams over | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Mini-albums, for short | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Alaskan king, e.g. | 7 |
| 26D | 39. Posers are forever saying it | 6 |
| 27D | 41. The hare, but not the tortoise | 6 |
| 28D | 42. One way to serve chili | 6 |
| 29D | 43. Nowheresville, with "the" | 6 |
| 30D | 45. Lift user | 5 |
| 31D | 46. Painter with a famous garden | 5 |
| 32D | 48. Muse of history | 4 |
| 33D | 49. TV series with Agt. Leroy Jethro Gibbs | 4 |
| 34D | 50. Something you might watch with your parents | 4 |
| 35D | 54. Leftover morsel | 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. "Great news!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOGLAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Bring to a boil"
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 put into a rage; make violently angry
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENRAGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Heavy hitter"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
- Words that mean the same thing: sledgehammer, maul, sleigh
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEDGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Floor support"
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 5 Down: "5. Café du ___ (landmark shop in New Orleans's French Quarter)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MONDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Within: Prefix"
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: ENTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Leave a mark"
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 mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Words that mean the same thing: cicatrix, scratch, mark
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Most Best Picture winners"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- Words that mean the same thing: drama, dramatic play, play
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DRAMAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Refueling spot"
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 fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Words that mean the same thing: haven
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OASIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Window part"
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 structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Invariably"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: ASALWAYS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Lapped, e.g."
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: GONEPAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. One in the running"
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 commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
- Words that mean the same thing: freshman, neophyte, newbie
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENTRANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Canned lines?"
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: EXITINTERVIEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Blows a gasket"
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: SEESRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. "Uh-huh""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMSURE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Like the years of most presidential inaugurations"
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 not divisible by two
- Words that mean the same thing: unmatched, leftover, queer
- The opposite would be: even
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. Quick fix"
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: BANDAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "29. [awkward]"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that draw back, as with fear or pain
- Words that mean the same thing: funk, creep, recoil
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRINGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "31. Pair seen three times in "All's Well That Ends Well""
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 angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Words that mean the same thing: altitude, el, elevated
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "32. Lao-___"
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: TSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. Lawn game seen regularly on ESPN beginning in 2017"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
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: CORNHOLE
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Screams over"
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: OUTYELLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "35. Mini-albums, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EPS
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Alaskan king, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SEACRAB
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Posers are forever saying it"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
- Words that mean the same thing: high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CHEESE
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Clue 27 Down: "41. The hare, but not the tortoise"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
- Words that mean the same thing: mammalian
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MAMMAL
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Clue 28 Down: "42. One way to serve chili"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ONRICE
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Nowheresville, with "the""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an implement consisting of a length of wood
- Words that mean the same thing: cling, stick by, bewilder
- The opposite would be: move, dislodge
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The answer is: STICKS
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Clue 30 Down: "45. Lift user"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who skis
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SKIER
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Painter with a famous garden"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that french impressionist painter (1840-1926)
- Words that mean the same thing: Claude Monet
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: MONET
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Muse of history"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that (greek mythology) the muse of history
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CLIO
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Clue 33 Down: "49. TV series with Agt. Leroy Jethro Gibbs"
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: NCIS
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Clue 34 Down: "50. Something you might watch with your parents"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the quality of a person's voice
- Words that mean the same thing: timbre, feeling, musical note
- The opposite would be: atonicity
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The answer is: TONE
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Clue 35 Down: "54. Leftover morsel"
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: ORT
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 53 | 77.9% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 11.8% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.5% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.5% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.5% |
| Music | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.7 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 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 14, 2025 at 03:18 PM
