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Date: Monday, August 12, 2019
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
August 12, 2019 Monday NYT - Complete Across Solutions
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Sharp's counterpart, in music | 4 |
| 2A | 5. "Livin' la Vida ___" | 4 |
| 3A | 9. Stories with many chapters | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Like rain forest vegetation | 4 |
| 5A | 15. "Ars Amatoria" poet | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Story that lets you off the hook | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Theatrical honor | 9 |
| 8A | 19. Mountaineering spike | 5 |
| 9A | 20. Person to exchange letters with overseas | 6 |
| 10A | 21. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Jane Austen novel | 4 |
| 12A | 24. "Star Wars" role for Alec Guinness | 12 |
| 13A | 27. Put into operation | 7 |
| 14A | 30. They: Fr. | 3 |
| 15A | 31. Zig or zag | 4 |
| 16A | 32. Lauder with beauty products | 5 |
| 17A | 35. Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short | 3 |
| 18A | 38. Where education is pursued doggedly? | 15 |
| 19A | 42. "Mad ___" (Mel Gibson film) | 3 |
| 20A | 43. "It's a ___ shame" | 5 |
| 21A | 44. Approximately | 4 |
| 22A | 45. "You stink!" | 3 |
| 23A | 46. Sent out, as rays | 7 |
| 24A | 49. Delivery people? | 12 |
| 25A | 54. Foundry detritus | 4 |
| 26A | 55. Environmental prefix | 3 |
| 27A | 56. Inventor's quest | 6 |
| 28A | 60. Chicken raised for cooking | 5 |
| 29A | 62. "Hush, you!" | 9 |
| 30A | 64. Big-time football venue | 5 |
| 31A | 65. Honey-based drink | 4 |
| 32A | 66. Start to deteriorate, as a cord | 4 |
| 33A | 67. Put back to zero, say | 5 |
| 34A | 68. A and Z, in the alphabet | 4 |
| 35A | 69. Chop down | 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. Sharp's counterpart, in 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 level tract of land
- Words that mean the same thing: flavourless, directly, monotonous
- The opposite would be: indirectly, contrasty
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. "Livin' la Vida ___""
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: LOCA
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Clue 3 Across: "9. Stories with many chapters"
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 narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- Words that mean the same thing: saga
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAGAS
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Like rain forest vegetation"
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 drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- Words that mean the same thing: alcoholic, profuse, lavish
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUSH
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Clue 5 Across: "15. "Ars Amatoria" poet"
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 roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 bc - ad 17)
- Words that mean the same thing: Publius Ovidius Naso
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVID
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Story that lets you off the hook"
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 (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
- Words that mean the same thing: self-justification, exculpation, excuse
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIBI
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Theatrical honor"
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: OBIEAWARD
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Mountaineering spike"
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 metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PITON
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Person to exchange letters with overseas"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENPAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Fortune 500 listings: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- Words that mean the same thing: carbon monoxide gas, atomic number 27, romaine lettuce
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Jane Austen novel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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: EMMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. "Star Wars" role for Alec Guinness"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBIWANKENOBI
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Clue 13 Across: "27. Put into operation"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that put in motion or move to act
- Words that mean the same thing: propel, trigger off, motivate
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACTUATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "30. They: Fr."
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 midwestern state in north-central united states
- Words that mean the same thing: Illinois, Prairie State, IL
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ILS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Zig or zag"
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 circular segment of a curve
- Words that mean the same thing: spell, routine, grow
- The opposite would be: unbend
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TURN
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Clue 16 Across: "32. Lauder with beauty products"
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: ESTEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that considerate and solicitous care
- Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TLC
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Clue 18 Across: "38. Where education is pursued doggedly?"
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: OBEDIENCESCHOOL
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Clue 19 Across: "42. "Mad ___" (Mel Gibson film)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
- Words that mean the same thing: scoop, goop, liquid ecstasy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. "It's a ___ shame""
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: CRYIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Approximately"
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: ORSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. "You stink!""
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 cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- Words that mean the same thing: Bronx cheer, bird, hiss
- The opposite would be: applaud
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Sent out, as rays"
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 expel (gases or odors)
- Words that mean the same thing: give off, pass off, give out
- The opposite would be: absorb
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMITTED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "49. Delivery people?"
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: OBGYNDOCTORS
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Clue 25 Across: "54. Foundry detritus"
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 scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- Words that mean the same thing: dross, scoria
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "55. Environmental prefix"
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: ECO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "56. Inventor's quest"
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 document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- Words that mean the same thing: letters patent, manifest, plain
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PATENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "60. Chicken raised for cooking"
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 flesh of a castrated male chicken
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAPON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "62. "Hush, you!""
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: OHBEQUIET
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Clue 30 Across: "64. Big-time football venue"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: bowl, stadium, scene of action
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. Honey-based drink"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
- Words that mean the same thing: Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Start to deteriorate, as a cord"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a noisy fight
- Words that mean the same thing: ruffle, scratch, rub
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Put back to zero, say"
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 device for resetting instruments or controls
- Words that mean the same thing: readjust
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESET
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Clue 34 Across: "68. A and Z, in the alphabet"
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 either extremity of something that has length
- Words that mean the same thing: terminate, oddment, cease
- The opposite would be: begin, beginning
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Chop down"
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 dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- Words that mean the same thing: fall, cut down, descend
- The opposite would be: increase, ascend
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FELL
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Monday NYT Crossword August 12, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Theatrical failure | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Auto maintenance job, informally | 4 |
| 3D | 3. X ___ xylophone | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Where stray animals are taken | 8 |
| 5D | 5. Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Sperm targets | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Approximately | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Supplemental item | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Weaken | 3 |
| 10D | 10. "Futurama" figures | 6 |
| 11D | 11. U.S. base in 28-Down, informally | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Detonation of 7/16/45 | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Egyptian peninsula | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Irving Berlin's "Blue ___" | 5 |
| 16D | 25. Teeny-___ | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Certain utility: Abbr. | 4 |
| 18D | 27. Quark's place | 4 |
| 19D | 28. Havana's home | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, informally | 4 |
| 21D | 33. Biol., for one | 3 |
| 22D | 34. Guiding principle | 5 |
| 23D | 35. Legal wrong | 4 |
| 24D | 36. Misplace | 4 |
| 25D | 37. Lump of soil | 4 |
| 26D | 39. Stylized "W" for Microsoft Word, e.g. | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Wear away | 5 |
| 28D | 41. Something extremely cool, paradoxically | 8 |
| 29D | 45. Past | 6 |
| 30D | 47. Two-wheelers | 6 |
| 31D | 48. Baghdad's land | 4 |
| 32D | 49. One of five for composer John Williams | 5 |
| 33D | 50. Sound loudly, as a trumpet | 5 |
| 34D | 51. Registers awe | 5 |
| 35D | 52. "___, All Ye Faithful" | 5 |
| 36D | 53. Singer/songwriter Leonard | 5 |
| 37D | 57. Dublin's land | 4 |
| 38D | 58. Actress Patricia of "Hud" | 4 |
| 39D | 59. "Bye for now," in a text | 4 |
| 40D | 61. Singer ___ King Cole | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Deserving to get gonged | 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. Theatrical failure"
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 arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- Words that mean the same thing: washout, right, floating-point operation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Auto maintenance job, informally"
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 substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
- Words that mean the same thing: lubricating substance, lubricator, lubricant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUBE
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Clue 3 Down: "3. X ___ xylophone"
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 seventh month of the hindu calendar
- Words that mean the same thing: Asvina
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIN
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Where stray animals are taken"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THEPOUND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOWLIT
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Sperm targets"
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 female reproductive cell; the female gamete
- Words that mean the same thing: egg cell, ovum
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVA
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Approximately"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIRCA
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Supplemental item"
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: ADDON
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Weaken"
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 watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- Words that mean the same thing: play out, exhaust, blackjack
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAP
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Clue 10 Down: "10. "Futurama" figures"
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 person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- Words that mean the same thing: disaffect, estrange, alienate
- The opposite would be: citizen, acquaintance
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALIENS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. U.S. base in 28-Down, informally"
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: GITMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Detonation of 7/16/45"
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: ABOMB
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Egyptian peninsula"
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 mountain peak in the southern sinai peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which moses received the ten commandments
- Words that mean the same thing: Mount Sinai, Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Desert
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SINAI
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AABA
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Irving Berlin's "Blue ___""
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 atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- Words that mean the same thing: sky, toss, pitch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SKIES
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Clue 16 Down: "25. Teeny-___"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (used informally) very small
- Words that mean the same thing: bitty, teensy-weensy, teensy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEENY
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Certain utility: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELEC
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Quark'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 (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
- Words that mean the same thing: particle, speck, mote
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATOM
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Havana's home"
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 communist state in the caribbean on the island of cuba
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Cuba
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CUBA
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, informally"
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: TREX
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Biol., for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SCI
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Clue 22 Down: "34. Guiding principle"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Words that mean the same thing: dogma
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TENET
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Legal wrong"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
- Words that mean the same thing: civil wrong
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TORT
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Misplace"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Words that mean the same thing: mislay, fall back, fall behind
- The opposite would be: gain, profit
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The answer is: LOSE
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Lump of soil"
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 compact mass
- Words that mean the same thing: ball, goon, chunk
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CLOD
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Clue 26 Down: "39. Stylized "W" for Microsoft Word, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- 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: ikon, picture, image
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ICON
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Wear away"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that become ground down or deteriorate
- Words that mean the same thing: gnaw, wear away, eat at
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ERODE
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Something extremely cool, paradoxically"
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: HOTSTUFF
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Clue 29 Down: "45. Past"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that past events to be put aside
- Words that mean the same thing: gone, departed, water under the bridge
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: BYGONE
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Two-wheelers"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine
- Words that mean the same thing: moped
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: MOPEDS
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Clue 31 Down: "48. Baghdad's land"
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 republic in the middle east in western asia; the ancient civilization of mesopotamia was in the area now known as iraq
- Words that mean the same thing: Irak, Al-Iraq, Republic of Iraq
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IRAQ
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Clue 32 Down: "49. One of five for composer John Williams"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
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- This could be something that an annual award by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
- Words that mean the same thing: Academy Award
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OSCAR
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Clue 33 Down: "50. Sound loudly, as a trumpet"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a loud harsh or strident noise
- Words that mean the same thing: blaring, beep, clamor
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BLARE
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Registers awe"
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 expression of openmouthed astonishment
- Words that mean the same thing: gap, breach, gawp
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GAPES
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Clue 35 Down: "52. "___, All Ye Faithful""
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: OCOME
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Clue 36 Down: "53. Singer/songwriter Leonard"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: COHEN
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Dublin's land"
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 republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of ireland; achieved independence from the united kingdom in 1921
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republic
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EIRE
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Clue 38 Down: "58. Actress Patricia of "Hud""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEAL
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Clue 39 Down: "59. "Bye for now," in a text"
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: TTYL
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Clue 40 Down: "61. Singer ___ King Cole"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NAT
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Deserving to get gonged"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- Words that mean the same thing: sorry, tough, defective
- The opposite would be: unregretful, goodness
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The answer is: BAD
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 71.1% |
| Short Answer | 7 | 9.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 5 | 6.6% |
| Abbreviation | 3 | 3.9% |
| Music | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 Monday, and these puzzles are usually medium level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 4 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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