XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 07, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 07 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (34)
Clue #1: 1. Collect
Clue #2: 6. Shortening for bakers
Clue #3: 9. Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood
Clue #4: 14. Assembles
Clue #5: 17. "You didn't fool me"
Clue #6: 18. ___-Assyrian Empire, once the world's strongest military power
Clue #7: 19. Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps
Clue #8: 20. Top suit
Clue #9: 21. Generational disconnects
Clue #10: 23. First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100
Clue #11: 24. Takes the field?
Clue #12: 25. Package filler, often
Clue #13: 27. Yahoo rival
Clue #14: 28. Leaves aside?
Clue #15: 29. Spiral-shelled mollusks
Clue #16: 31. Spanish city that's home to the Alhambra
Clue #17: 34. Declining late in life
Clue #18: 35. Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue
Clue #19: 36. Likely lobby locale in D.C.
Clue #20: 38. Restaurant option that lacks options
Clue #21: 39. Makes haste
Antonyms: linger
Clue #22: 40. In-network grp.
Clue #23: 42. Channel
Clue #24: 43. Phisher's collection, for short
Clue #25: 44. Doozy
Clue #26: 46. What one of the letters in the luxury conglomerate LVMH stands for
Clue #27: 48. Baseball's "Master Melvin"
Clue #28: 49. Corruption below deck, perhaps
Clue #29: 51. ___-ace (queer identity)
Clue #30: 52. Colorful knit top with Scottish origins
Clue #31: 55. Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker
Clue #32: 56. Fumes
Clue #33: 57. Are, in Spanish
Antonyms: girl, daughter
Clue #34: 58. Couldn't not
Across Clues and Answers (34)
Clue #1: 1. Natural process we all go through
Antonyms: rejuvenate
Clue #2: 2. Leave everything behind
Clue #3: 3. Never ever
Clue #4: 4. ___Believes Cup, annual women's soccer tournament
Clue #5: 5. Finalizes, with "up"
Clue #6: 6. Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak
Clue #7: 7. Coffee rings, e.g.
Clue #8: 8. Campaign activity
Clue #9: 9. Directive in many a stovetop recipe
Clue #10: 10. N.L. East rival of NYM
Clue #11: 11. Like Junior Mints and Raisinets
Clue #12: 12. What a retrospective aims to produce
Clue #13: 13. One side in ancient Greece's Battle of the 300 Champions
Clue #14: 15. Mature
Antonyms: green
Clue #15: 16. "Euphoria" synonym that, like "Euphoria," is also the name of a hit TV show
Clue #16: 22. Sendups
Clue #17: 24. "Bare" bottom?
Antonyms: maximum, maximal
Clue #18: 26. Infiltrators of a sort
Clue #19: 28. Medicare component
Clue #20: 29. Oft-repeated bit of onomatopoeia
Clue #21: 30. Once named
Clue #22: 32. Pike, for instance: Abbr.
Clue #23: 33. Longtime animated TV character who hasn't had a speaking role since 2017
Clue #24: 37. One's parents, in modern slang
Clue #25: 38. Stops digging
Clue #26: 41. Got by
Clue #27: 43. Change seats?
Clue #28: 44. "Better sound through research" brand
Clue #29: 45. Gown go-with
Clue #30: 47. Core location
Clue #31: 49. Freaks (out)
Clue #32: 50. Lighting, sound production, etc.
Clue #33: 53. Unprocessed
Antonyms: cooked
Clue #34: 54. ___ moment
Expert Solving Strategies
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Saturday, August 17, 2024
NYTimes Saturday, August 17, 2024 - Crossword Clues Hints
The Crossword hints blog is an one of the most popular crossword clue puzzles with answers solver. Here are the clues and answers for today nyt puzzle.
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Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 17, 2024
Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.
Across Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Ireland's second-best-selling musical act after U2. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ENYA
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The clue is 5. Forsythia, for one. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SHRUB
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The clue is 10. Verbally waver. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: HAW
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The clue is 13. Something shown to a rude houseguest. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: DOOR
Possible Answer : threshold, doorway, room_access, door
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The clue is 14. Mistreatment. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: ABUSE
Possible Answer : mistreat, ill-treatment, maltreatment, ill-usage, revilement, contumely, pervert, blackguard, vilification, step, misuse, ill-use, maltreat, shout, ill-treat, insult, clapperclaw, abuse
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The clue is 15. "___ Agua Para Chocolate" (hit 1992 foreign-language film). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: COMO
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The clue is 16. One might clean up lots of toys. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: DOGGROOMER
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The clue is 18. Potatoes, in Indian cuisine. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ALOO
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The clue is 19. Grown in ___ (brand of frozen French fries). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: IDAHO
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The clue is 20. Reason one might read a "Speed Hump" sign and laugh. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: DIRTYMIND
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The clue is 22. One might be "slippery". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ELM
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The clue is 23. Epic backdrop, maybe. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: WAR
Possible Answer : war, state_of_war, warfare
Possible Opposite Answer : peace, make_peace
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The clue is 25. Some skintight clothing. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SHAPERS
Possible Answer : maker, shaping_machine, shaper
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The clue is 26. Coal miner's discovery. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: SEAM
Possible Answer : wrinkle, crease, line, crinkle, furrow, bed, seam
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The clue is 28. Josh who voices Olaf in "Frozen". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: GAD
Possible Answer : gad, generalized_anxiety_disorder, spur, GAD, anxiety_reaction, jazz_around, gallivant
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The clue is 30. Initial tentative attempt. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: FORAY
Possible Answer : despoil, maraud, reave, foray, strip, plunder, rifle, raid, ransack, pillage, loot
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The clue is 31. Nonstop flight?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: STAIRMASTER
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The clue is 35. Jamie Lee Curtis or Neve Campbell, notably. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: SCREAMQUEEN
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The clue is 37. Really loses one's cool. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)
The answer: GOESNUCLEAR
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The clue is 39. Planned Parenthood doc. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: OBGYN
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The clue is 42. Often-bracketed bit of Latin. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SIC
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The clue is 43. Mark as important, in a way. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: STAR
Possible Answer : virtuoso, adept, sensation, prima, lead, headliner, hotshot, principal, wiz, champion, mavin, leading, whizz, whiz, star, maven, wizard, starring, ace, genius, star_topology, stellar, superstar, asterisk
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The clue is 45. You! All of you!. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: SOLVERS
Possible Answer : problem_solver, convergent_thinker, solver
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The clue is 48. Lunes, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: DIA
Possible Answer : DIA, Defense_Intelligence_Agency
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The clue is 50. The "1" in 8-8-1, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: TIE
Possible Answer : bond, standoff, tie, link, railroad_tie, tie_beam, wed, bind, necktie, attach, sleeper, crosstie, association, affiliation, linkup, tie-up, connect, tie-in, link_up, draw, marry, splice
Possible Opposite Answer : disconnect, untie
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The clue is 51. "Hold please"?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: INEEDAHUG
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The clue is 53. River through Glasgow. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CLYDE
Possible Answer : Clyde
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The clue is 55. What lions can do that pumas cannot. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ROAR
Possible Answer : wail, bellow, yawl, yaup, roar, yowl, bellowing, hollering, ululate, thunder, boom, hollo, roaring, holla, holloa, howl, holler
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The clue is 56. "A deal's a deal!". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)
The answer: NOBACKSIES
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The clue is 58. ThinkPads, originally. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: IBMS
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The clue is 59. ___ anglaise (rich custard). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: CREME
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The clue is 60. Survey unit. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ACRE
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The clue is 61. Cry for help. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SOS
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The clue is 62. Toaster's opening. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: HERES
Possible Answer : Here, Hera, here
Possible Opposite Answer : there
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The clue is 63. Randall's elder daughter on "This Is Us". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: TESS
Possible Answer : si, atomic_number_52, te, Te, tellurium, ti
Down Clues and Answers:
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The clue is 1. Goes down the drain, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: EDDIES
Possible Answer: twist, eddy, Mary_Morse_Baker_Eddy, whirl, Eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, Mary_Baker_Eddy
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The clue is 2. Thinks (on). Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: NOODLES
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The clue is 3. Stretcher bearers?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: YOGAMATS
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The clue is 4. Frustrated cry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: ARGH
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The clue is 5. Portuguese title. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: SAO
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The clue is 6. "True Detective" and "The Wire," for two. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: HBODRAMAS
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The clue is 7. One-named poet from the 13th century. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: RUMI
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The clue is 8. App audience. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: USERS
Possible Answer: substance_abuser, drug_user, exploiter, user
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The clue is 9. Sea bed?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: BERTH
Possible Answer: bunk, place, moorage, built_in_bed, office, mooring, wharf, post, berth, tie_up, billet, spot, position, slip, situation, moor
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The clue is 10. Like Medina, Saudi Arabia, vis-Ã -vis Medina, Ohio. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: HOLIER
Possible Answer: holy
Possible Opposite Answer : unholy
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The clue is 11. So-called "king of the Egyptian gods". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: AMONRA
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The clue is 12. Rustic. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: WOODSY
Possible Answer: woodsy, arboreous, arboraceous, woody
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The clue is 15. Scouting gatherings. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: CAMPOREES
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The clue is 17. Spat. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ROW
Possible Answer: row, words, quarrel, wrangle, rowing, course, run-in, dustup
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The clue is 21. "Get me?". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: YAFEEL
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The clue is 24. Match up. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: AGREE
Possible Answer: hold, harmonize, match, gibe, jibe, fit, agree, tally, consort, fit_in, concord, check, correspond, harmonise, accord, concur
Possible Opposite Answer : disagree
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The clue is 27. Fashions out of whatever's lying around. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: MACGYVERS
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The clue is 29. Sends to hell. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: DAMNS
Possible Answer: hoot, darn, imprecate, anathemise, beshrew, maledict, shucks, anathemize, tinker's_dam, bedamn, damn, tinker's_damn, curse, red_cent, shit
Possible Opposite Answer : bless
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The clue is 32. Worked on a collapsible table, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: IRONED
Possible Answer: press, iron, ironed, iron_out
Possible Opposite Answer : unironed
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The clue is 33. Hit Netflix show whose pilot episode is titled "Red Light, Green Light". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)
The answer: SQUIDGAME
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The clue is 34. Stanley of "Julie & Julia". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: TUCCI
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The clue is 36. Low-cost lager from Anheuser-Busch, familiarly. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)
The answer: NATTYICE
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The clue is 38. Eleven in Las Vegas. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)
The answer: RAIDERS
Possible Answer: despoiler, plunderer, pillager, raider, looter, freebooter, spoiler
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The clue is 39. God slain by his brother, then resurrected by his wife. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: OSIRIS
Possible Answer: Osiris
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The clue is 40. Animal also known as a pygmy chimpanzee. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: BONOBO
Possible Answer: Pan_paniscus, bonobo, pygmy_chimpanzee
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The clue is 41. Sparkles. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: GLEAMS
Possible Answer: gleaming, lambency, gleam, glimmer, glow, shine, glisten, glint, glitter
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The clue is 44. ___ Puffs. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)
The answer: REESES
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The clue is 46. In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: RANCH
Possible Answer: ranch, cattle_ranch, cattle_farm, spread
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The clue is 47. Buttress, with "up". Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)
The answer: SHORE
Possible Answer: set_ashore, shore, prop, shoring, prop_up, land, shore_up
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The clue is 49. Frustrated cry. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: ACK
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The clue is 52. Eschew the subway, say. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: UBER
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The clue is 54. Something that's good to do a 180 on?. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)
The answer: LSAT
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The clue is 57. These, in French. Can you find the Answer?
Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)
The answer: CES
Possible Answer: cerium, atomic_number_58, Ce
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
August 25, 2020 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint
Quick Navigation - Table of Contents
- Puzzle Overview & Difficulty
- Across Clues (35 clues)
- Down Clues (43 clues)
- Category Breakdown
- Complete Puzzle Statistics
- Pro Solving Tips
- Related Crossword Solutions
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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (35 Across, 43 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.8 letters
Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword August 25, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
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| 1A | 1. A bit cracked | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Perch for a mountain goat | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Maker of the first mass-produced car with an all-aluminum body | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Like an area that's off-limits | 4 |
| 5A | 15. Unexciting Yahtzee roll | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Image in an sonogram | 5 |
| 7A | 17. 16-ounce sirloin that Shylock brought to the cookout? | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Dow Jones, e.g. | 5 |
| 9A | 21. One less than penta- | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Three on a sundial | 3 |
| 12A | 25. End part | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Mark Antony's request to the farmer when he realized he didn't have enough corn for the cookout? | 14 |
| 14A | 34. Brain test, in brief | 3 |
| 15A | 35. Weapon with two accents in its name | 4 |
| 16A | 36. Quarterback ___ | 5 |
| 17A | 37. Fat in some piecrusts | 4 |
| 18A | 39. Opposite of tautness | 5 |
| 19A | 42. Wee | 4 |
| 20A | 43. Toast, essentially | 5 |
| 21A | 45. Jerk, slangily | 4 |
| 22A | 47. Laudatory poem | 3 |
| 23A | 48. Cry from Hamlet when he spotted his favorite spice mix at the cookout? | 14 |
| 24A | 52. Alternative to Levi's | 4 |
| 25A | 53. ___ & Perrins (sauce brand) | 3 |
| 26A | 54. "How adorable!" | 3 |
| 27A | 57. Things guitarists and prospectors both use | 5 |
| 28A | 60. Currency of Serbia | 5 |
| 29A | 64. Lady Macbeth's declaration upon checking the steaks at the cookout? | 15 |
| 30A | 67. Flood embankment | 5 |
| 31A | 68. Genuine | 4 |
| 32A | 69. Europe's tallest volcano | 4 |
| 33A | 70. Adjective for Caroline | 5 |
| 34A | 71. William who took a bow | 4 |
| 35A | 72. Donna of old TV | 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. A bit cracked"
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 slightly open
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: AJAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Perch for a mountain goat"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a steep rugged rock or cliff
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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Ready for the answer? Click here!
The answer is: CRAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Maker of the first mass-produced car with an all-aluminum body"
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: ACURA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Like an area that's off-limits"
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: NOGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Unexciting Yahtzee roll"
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 set of two similar things considered as a unit
- Words that mean the same thing: twain, distich, partner off
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Image in an sonogram"
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 unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
- Words that mean the same thing: foetus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FETUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. 16-ounce sirloin that Shylock brought to the cookout?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THEPOUNDOFFLESH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Dow Jones, e.g."
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 numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
- Words that mean the same thing: exponent, indicant, index finger
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INDEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. One less than penta-"
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 brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TETRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a quick throw
- Words that mean the same thing: timid, unsure, diffident
- The opposite would be: confident
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Three on a sundial"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: trio, trinity, trey
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: III
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. End 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 the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- Words that mean the same thing: nates, arse, rear
- The opposite would be: head
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Mark Antony's request to the farmer when he realized he didn't have enough corn for the cookout?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: LENDMEYOUREARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "34. Brain test, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- Words that mean the same thing: encephalogram, electroencephalogram
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "35. Weapon with two accents in its name"
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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. Quarterback ___"
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 person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: hook, snitch, purloin
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SNEAK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Fat in some piecrusts"
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 soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
- Words that mean the same thing: embroider, aggrandise, dramatize
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LARD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Opposite of tautness"
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 dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- Words that mean the same thing: slake, slack up, drop-off
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "42. Wee"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- Words that mean the same thing: bantam, diminutive, petite
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. Toast, essentially"
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 food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- Words that mean the same thing: dough, scratch, gelt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BREAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "45. Jerk, slangily"
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 implement used in the practice of a vocation
- Words that mean the same thing: shaft, creature, instrument
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOOL
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Clue 22 Across: "47. Laudatory poem"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "48. Cry from Hamlet when he spotted his favorite spice mix at the cookout?"
Quick Info: This answer has 14 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: AYTHERESTHERUB
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Clue 24 Across: "52. Alternative to Levi's"
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 sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
- Words that mean the same thing: lee side, Tsung Dao Lee, Bruce Lee
- The opposite would be: windward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "53. ___ & Perrins (sauce brand)"
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 unit of length of thread or yarn
- Words that mean the same thing: pastureland, ley, grazing land
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. "How adorable!""
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: AWW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. Things guitarists and prospectors both use"
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 person or thing chosen or selected
- Words that mean the same thing: plectron, pick, clean
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PICKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. Currency of Serbia"
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 100 dinars equal 1 rial in iran
- Words that mean the same thing: Jordanian dinar, Bahrain dinar, Libyan dinar
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DINAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "64. Lady Macbeth's declaration upon checking the steaks at the cookout?"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WHATSDONEISDONE
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Clue 30 Across: "67. Flood embankment"
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 formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEVEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "68. Genuine"
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 any rational or irrational number
- Words that mean the same thing: existent, genuine, literal
- The opposite would be: insubstantial, nominal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "69. Europe's tallest volcano"
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 inactive volcano in sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in europe (10,500 feet)
- Words that mean the same thing: Mt Etna, bunsen burner, Mount Etna
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "70. Adjective for Caroline"
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 english phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
- Words that mean the same thing: angelical, perfumed, sweet-smelling
- The opposite would be: dry, sour
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "71. William who took a bow"
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 swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- Words that mean the same thing: secern, evidence, recite
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TELL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "72. Donna of old TV"
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 tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
- Words that mean the same thing: Walter Reed, John Reed, beating-reed instrument
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REED
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August 25, 2020 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | 1. Voting no | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Legend of pop music | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Like wine and cheese, typically | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Lure deceptively | 6 |
| 5D | 5. PC component | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Chew someone out, maybe | 4 |
| 7D | 7. White House worker | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Capri has a blue one | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Things to get in order | 7 |
| 10D | 10. Bit of animation | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Some Four Corners natives | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Fraternity activity | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Like a fireplace the morning after, say | 4 |
| 14D | 18. Rust, chemically | 5 |
| 15D | 19. Madame, across the Rhine | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Handfuls for a babysitter | 4 |
| 17D | 26. Spring time | 4 |
| 18D | 27. 1960s counterculture guru Timothy | 5 |
| 19D | 28. "Snowy" bird | 5 |
| 20D | 29. Fish with no pelvic fins | 3 |
| 21D | 30. First Nobel laureate from Ireland | 5 |
| 22D | 31. Things that rhythm lacks? | 5 |
| 23D | 32. Aretha Franklin's genre | 5 |
| 24D | 33. ___ terrier | 4 |
| 25D | 34. Old isle of exile | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Roald who wrote "The BFG" | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Barracks item | 3 |
| 28D | 41. Department store eponym | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Recessed, as eyes | 7 |
| 30D | 46. English city north of Sheffield | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Actress Tara | 4 |
| 32D | 50. Armed guard, perhaps | 6 |
| 33D | 51. Las Vegas player | 6 |
| 34D | 54. Leatherworking implements | 4 |
| 35D | 55. "That was close!" | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Sand castle destroyer | 4 |
| 37D | 58. Patella's place | 4 |
| 38D | 59. Member of an elite team | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Word often followed by a colon | 4 |
| 40D | 62. Either of two wives of King Henry VIII | 4 |
| 41D | 63. Show literacy | 4 |
| 42D | 65. Casual shirt | 3 |
| 43D | 66. "___ bite!" | 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. Voting no"
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 who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- The opposite would be: pro
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTI
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Clue 2 Down: "2. Legend of pop music"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- Words that mean the same thing: John the Divine, privy, whoremonger
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JOHN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Like wine and cheese, typically"
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 people who are old collectively
- Words that mean the same thing: cured, of age, ripened
- The opposite would be: young, rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Lure deceptively"
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: ROPEIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. PC component"
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 (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- Words that mean the same thing: C.P.U., processor, mainframe
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CPU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Chew someone out, maybe"
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 loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Words that mean the same thing: rabbit on, claptrap, spout
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RANT
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Clue 7 Down: "7. White House worker"
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 officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- Words that mean the same thing: aide-de-camp, auxiliary, adjutant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Capri has a blue one"
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 small cave (usually with attractive features)
- Words that mean the same thing: grot
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GROTTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Things to get in order"
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 matters of personal concern
- Words that mean the same thing: personal business, liaison, amour
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFFAIRS
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Bit of animation"
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: CEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Some Four Corners natives"
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 member of the shoshonean people of utah and colorado and new mexico
- Words that mean the same thing: Ute
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Fraternity activity"
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 moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- Words that mean the same thing: hie, Benjamin Rush, induce
- The opposite would be: delay, linger
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Like a fireplace the morning after, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that of a light grey
- Words that mean the same thing: ash-gray, ash-grey
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASHY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Rust, chemically"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OXIDE
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Clue 15 Down: "19. Madame, across the Rhine"
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 german courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRAU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Handfuls for a babysitter"
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 (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- Words that mean the same thing: rapscallion, pixy, hob
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMPS
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Spring time"
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 period of 40 weekdays from ash wednesday to holy saturday
- Words that mean the same thing: Lententide, bestow, bring
- The opposite would be: borrow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LENT
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Clue 18 Down: "27. 1960s counterculture guru Timothy"
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 united states psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including lsd) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)
- Words that mean the same thing: Timothy Francis Leary, Tim Leary, Timothy Leary
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEARY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "28. "Snowy" bird"
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 any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGRET
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Fish with no pelvic fins"
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 fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EEL
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Clue 21 Down: "30. First Nobel laureate from Ireland"
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 irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- Words that mean the same thing: William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEATS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "31. Things that rhythm lacks?"
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: AEIOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "32. Aretha Franklin's genre"
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: RANDB
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Clue 24 Down: "33. ___ terrier"
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: SKYE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "34. Old isle of exile"
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: ELBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "38. Roald who wrote "The BFG""
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 tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
- Words that mean the same thing: catjang pea, pigeon pea, dhal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAHL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Down: "40. Barracks item"
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 sheath worn to protect a finger
- Words that mean the same thing: camp bed, fingerstall, crib
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Down: "41. Department store eponym"
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 cosmetic preparation used by women in egypt and arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOHL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Down: "44. Recessed, as eyes"
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: DEEPSET
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Clue 30 Down: "46. English city north of Sheffield"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a city on the river aire in west yorkshire in northern england; a center of the clothing industry
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEEDS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Actress Tara"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of david hume (1710-1796)
- Words that mean the same thing: Thomas Reid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REID
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Armed guard, perhaps"
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 someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
- Words that mean the same thing: see, date, accompaniment
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESCORT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Down: "51. Las Vegas player"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- Words that mean the same thing: plunderer, pillager, spoiler
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAIDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Down: "54. Leatherworking implements"
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 pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
- Words that mean the same thing: awl
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: AWLS
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Clue 35 Down: "55. "That was close!""
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: WHEW
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Sand castle destroyer"
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 one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- Words that mean the same thing: moving ridge, beckon, undulate
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: WAVE
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Patella's place"
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 hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
- Words that mean the same thing: stifle, human knee, articulatio genus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: KNEE
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Clue 38 Down: "59. Member of an elite team"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- Words that mean the same thing: Navy SEAL, sealskin, seal of approval
- The opposite would be: unseal
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The answer is: SEAL
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Word often followed by a colon"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a brief written record
- Words that mean the same thing: bank note, remark, government note
- The opposite would be: ignore
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The answer is: NOTE
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Clue 40 Down: "62. Either of two wives of King Henry VIII"
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 queen of england and scotland and ireland; daughter if james ii and the last of the stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last english ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANNE
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Show literacy"
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 something that is read
- Words that mean the same thing: show, study, scan
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: READ
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Clue 42 Down: "65. Casual shirt"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: golf tee, tee up, football tee
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TEE
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Clue 43 Down: "66. "___ bite!""
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: sick, complaint, ominous
- The opposite would be: well
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The answer is: ILL
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 58 | 74.4% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 14.1% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 43 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.8 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM