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Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
April 28, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Honey bunch? | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Hodgepodge | 4 |
| 4A | 13. Gemstone discovered on Mars in 2008 | 4 |
| 5A | 14. Justice Sotomayor | 5 |
| 6A | 15. Clay pot used for cooking | 4 |
| 7A | 16. ___ vu | 4 |
| 8A | 17. Light purple | 5 |
| 9A | 18. Nobody wins them | 4 |
| 10A | 19. Endorsement from a brand's account? | 14 |
| 11A | 22. Desert rarity | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Posh | 6 |
| 13A | 24. Some Halloween candy discovered in February? | 12 |
| 14A | 29. Virginia who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway" | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Measure of gold purity | 5 |
| 16A | 31. Is sick with | 3 |
| 17A | 34. ___ duck | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Got out of a slump? | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Shelter by a campfire | 4 |
| 20A | 37. California's second-busiest airport, after LAX | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Of the Vatican | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Number with all its letters in alphabetical order | 5 |
| 23A | 40. When the whole clan gets their eyebrows done? | 12 |
| 24A | 42. They hold hands | 6 |
| 25A | 45. "___ it the truth!" | 4 |
| 26A | 46. CliffsNotes version of "Huckleberry Finn"? | 14 |
| 27A | 51. Sch. near Beverly Hills | 4 |
| 28A | 52. Accepted college applicant | 5 |
| 29A | 53. Clickable symbol | 4 |
| 30A | 55. Substandard | 4 |
| 31A | 56. Jay Gatsby's love in "The Great Gatsby" | 5 |
| 32A | 57. Highway division | 4 |
| 33A | 58. Boutique | 4 |
| 34A | 59. Some volunteers at music festivals, for short | 4 |
| 35A | 60. Position to fill | 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. Honey bunch?"
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 flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- Words that mean the same thing: coxcomb, combing, ransack
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: COMB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
- Words that mean the same thing: golf game
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOLF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Hodgepodge"
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 chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
- Words that mean the same thing: hashish, haschisch, hasheesh
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Gemstone discovered on Mars in 2008"
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 translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPAL
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Clue 5 Across: "14. Justice Sotomayor"
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: SONIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "15. Clay pot used for cooking"
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 leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in india for writing paper
- Words that mean the same thing: ola
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OLLA
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Clue 7 Across: "16. ___ vu"
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: DEJA
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Clue 8 Across: "17. Light purple"
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 plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: lavender, lilac-colored
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LILAC
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Clue 9 Across: "18. Nobody wins them"
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 neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- Words that mean the same thing: tie beam, crosstie, tie-in
- The opposite would be: disconnect, untie
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "19. Endorsement from a brand's account?"
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: COMPANYRETWEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Desert rarity"
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 water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: rain down, pelting, rainwater
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Posh"
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 imposingly fashionable and elegant
- Words that mean the same thing: swank
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWANKY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "24. Some Halloween candy discovered in February?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: OLDBAGOFTWIX
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Clue 14 Across: "29. Virginia who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway""
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 author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the bloomsbury group (1882-1941)
- Words that mean the same thing: Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, Virginia Woolf
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WOOLF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Measure of gold purity"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
- Words that mean the same thing: carat, kt
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KARAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Is sick with"
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 (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- Words that mean the same thing: experience, have, accept
- The opposite would be: refuse, lack
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAS
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Clue 17 Across: "34. ___ duck"
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 someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- Words that mean the same thing: game, crippled, gimpy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Got out of a slump?"
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: SATUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Shelter by a campfire"
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 portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
- Words that mean the same thing: encamp, camp out, bivouac
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. California's second-busiest airport, after LAX"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SFO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Of the Vatican"
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 proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the apostles
- Words that mean the same thing: apostolic, pontifical, apostolical
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAPAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Number with all its letters in alphabetical order"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- Words that mean the same thing: xl, XL, twoscore
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FORTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. When the whole clan gets their eyebrows done?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: FAMILYTWEEZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "42. They hold hands"
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 joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
- Words that mean the same thing: articulatio radiocarpea, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WRISTS
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Clue 25 Across: "45. "___ it the truth!""
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: AINT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "46. CliffsNotes version of "Huckleberry Finn"?"
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: HIGHSPEEDTWAIN
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Clue 27 Across: "51. Sch. near Beverly Hills"
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: UCLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "52. Accepted college applicant"
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 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- Words that mean the same thing: accommodate, accept, include
- The opposite would be: deny, exclude
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADMIT
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Clue 29 Across: "53. Clickable symbol"
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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
- Words that mean the same thing: picture, image, ikon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "55. Substandard"
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 people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- Words that mean the same thing: short, piteous, poor people
- The opposite would be: rich people, rich
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "56. Jay Gatsby's love in "The Great Gatsby""
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 any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DAISY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "57. Highway division"
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 narrow way or road
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "58. Boutique"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- Words that mean the same thing: browse, snitch, give away
- The opposite would be: boycott
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "59. Some volunteers at music festivals, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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: EMTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "60. Position to fill"
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 position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
- Words that mean the same thing: expansion slot, one-armed bandit, time slot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLOT
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Tuesday NYT Crossword April 28, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Cape ___, landing place of the Mayflower | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Big oil cartel, in brief | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Chief butler | 9 |
| 4D | 4. At fault | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Enter | 4 |
| 6D | 6. The low, low price of | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Pinocchio, e.g. | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Popular app feature that generates funny photos | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Candle drippings | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Completely unfamiliar | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Smooth and glossy | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Done in a rush | 5 |
| 13D | 14. "Hammered" for "drunk," e.g. | 5 |
| 14D | 20. Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose" | 4 |
| 15D | 21. Complete fool | 4 |
| 16D | 24. Birds that can turn their heads 270° in either direction | 4 |
| 17D | 25. Bread purchase | 4 |
| 18D | 26. African animal with striped hindquarters | 5 |
| 19D | 27. Deadly | 5 |
| 20D | 28. "I'm serious" | 5 |
| 21D | 31. Seriously at odds with general opinion | 9 |
| 22D | 32. 1998 DreamWorks film | 4 |
| 23D | 33. Eye affliction | 4 |
| 24D | 35. "The Maltese Falcon" detective | 8 |
| 25D | 36. Things pedicurists file | 8 |
| 26D | 38. Apt anagram of TAPS | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Texting equivalent of "This is just my opinion, but ..." | 4 |
| 28D | 40. Musical neighbor of G | 6 |
| 29D | 41. Ragged | 5 |
| 30D | 42. Soundly defeats, colloquially | 5 |
| 31D | 43. Maker of digital cameras and printers | 5 |
| 32D | 44. Arctic home | 5 |
| 33D | 47. Mild yellow cheese | 4 |
| 34D | 48. Give off, as heat | 4 |
| 35D | 49. ___ track (rap song with insults) | 4 |
| 36D | 50. Eating pizza with a fork and knife, to New Yorkers | 4 |
| 37D | 54. Court divider | 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. Cape ___, landing place of the Mayflower"
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 vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- Words that mean the same thing: pod, rag, ride
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Big oil cartel, in brief"
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 organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
- Words that mean the same thing: Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPEC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Chief butler"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAJORDOMO
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Clue 4 Down: "4. At fault"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- Words that mean the same thing: blameful, blameworthy, censurable
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAMABLE
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Enter"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GOIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. The low, low price of"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that being the only one; single and isolated from others
- Words that mean the same thing: but, sole, solitary
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONLY
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Pinocchio, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
- Words that mean the same thing: prevaricator
- The opposite would be: square shooter
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Popular app feature that generates funny photos"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FACESWAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Candle drippings"
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: HOTWAX
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Completely unfamiliar"
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 comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: unknown, outlander, disaffect
- The opposite would be: acquaintance, citizen
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIEN
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Smooth and glossy"
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 make slick or smooth
- Words that mean the same thing: aerodynamic, satiny, silken
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEEK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Done in a rush"
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 excessively quick
- Words that mean the same thing: precipitous, precipitate, precipitant
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HASTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. "Hammered" for "drunk," 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 informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: lingo, put one across, jargon
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLANG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "20. Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose""
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 french cabaret singer (1915-1963)
- Words that mean the same thing: Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIAF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Complete fool"
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 someone who is regarded as contemptible
- Words that mean the same thing: taunting, tantalize, rag
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWIT
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Birds that can turn their heads 270° in either direction"
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 nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- Words that mean the same thing: hooter, bird of night, bird of Minerva
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWLS
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Bread purchase"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
- Words that mean the same thing: arse around, bum about, waste one's time
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LOAF
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Clue 18 Down: "26. African animal with striped hindquarters"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
- Words that mean the same thing: Okapia johnstoni
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OKAPI
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Deadly"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that bringing death
- Words that mean the same thing: calamitous, disastrous, fateful
- The opposite would be: nonfatal
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The answer is: FATAL
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Clue 20 Down: "28. "I'm serious""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- Words that mean the same thing: sincerely, in truth, unfeignedly
- The opposite would be: insincerely
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The answer is: TRULY
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Seriously at odds with general opinion"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about history.
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- This could be something that characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
- Words that mean the same thing: heterodox, dissident
- The word looks like this: _________
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The answer is: HERETICAL
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Clue 22 Down: "32. 1998 DreamWorks film"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANTZ
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Clue 23 Down: "33. Eye affliction"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- Words that mean the same thing: eye infection, sty, hordeolum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: STYE
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Clue 24 Down: "35. "The Maltese Falcon" detective"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SAMSPADE
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Things pedicurists file"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the nail at the end of a toe
- Words that mean the same thing: toe, toenail
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: TOENAILS
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Apt anagram of TAPS"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
- Words that mean the same thing: dab, chuck, pat
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PATS
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Texting equivalent of "This is just my opinion, but ...""
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: FWIW
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Clue 28 Down: "40. Musical neighbor of G"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FSHARP
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Clue 29 Down: "41. Ragged"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that showing signs of wear and tear
- Words that mean the same thing: cheap, tacky, loud
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TATTY
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Clue 30 Down: "42. Soundly defeats, colloquially"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: WHUPS
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Clue 31 Down: "43. Maker of digital cameras and printers"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: RICOH
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Clue 32 Down: "44. Arctic home"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
- Words that mean the same thing: iglu
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IGLOO
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Mild yellow cheese"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that mild yellow dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EDAM
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Give off, as heat"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: let out, pass off, utter
- The opposite would be: absorb
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The answer is: EMIT
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Clue 35 Down: "49. ___ track (rap song with insults)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- This could be something that god of the underworld; counterpart of greek pluto
- Words that mean the same thing: affront, insult, Dis
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DISS
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Clue 36 Down: "50. Eating pizza with a fork and knife, to New Yorkers"
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: NONO
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Clue 37 Down: "54. Court divider"
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 computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the tcp/ip network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: meshwork, clear, profits
- The opposite would be: gross
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The answer is: NET
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 60 | 83.3% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 5.6% |
| Music | 3 | 4.2% |
| History | 3 | 4.2% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 14 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 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 25, 2025 at 02:22 PM
