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Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (37 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
December 23, 2020 Across Hints: NYT Wednesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Mint ___ | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Franz who wrote "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us" | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Dream time, in brief | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Everything together | 5 |
| 5A | 15. "... the bombs bursting ___" | 5 |
| 6A | 16. I | 3 |
| 7A | 17. Prospect | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Interval for a scheduled blastoff | 12 |
| 9A | 20. 10th and 11th, e.g. | 12 |
| 10A | 22. Serves and receives, say | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Westernmost country in continental Afr. | 3 |
| 12A | 24. Quick haircut | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Blizzards are produced in them, familiarly | 3 |
| 14A | 29. Press (down) | 4 |
| 15A | 32. Extremely | 6 |
| 16A | 36. They intersect in Montréal | 4 |
| 17A | 38. ___ Paulo | 3 |
| 18A | 39. Kind of planning | 6 |
| 19A | 40. Carriers of meteorological instruments ... as suggested by this puzzle's theme? | 15 |
| 20A | 43. Immediately following | 6 |
| 21A | 44. Cloth that goes to waist? | 3 |
| 22A | 45. Overindulger of the grape | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Beginnings | 6 |
| 24A | 47. Lawless figure with legendary fighting skills | 4 |
| 25A | 49. Office linkup | 3 |
| 26A | 50. Repeated things in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Worker for a hosp., maybe | 3 |
| 28A | 54. Gradually faster, in mus. | 5 |
| 29A | 57. Rend | 11 |
| 30A | 63. Wonder-ful product? | 11 |
| 31A | 65. Locale of 1974's Rumble in the Jungle | 5 |
| 32A | 66. ___ Honor | 3 |
| 33A | 67. Absinthe flavorer | 5 |
| 34A | 68. Kind of account | 5 |
| 35A | 69. "___-hoo!" | 3 |
| 36A | 70. Speeches that go off the rails | 5 |
| 37A | 71. Smooth and lustrous | 5 |
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. Mint ___"
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 bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
- Words that mean the same thing: mint julep
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JULEP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Franz who wrote "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that czech novelist who wrote in german about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
- Words that mean the same thing: Franz Kafka
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KAFKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Dream time, 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 recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
- Words that mean the same thing: rapid eye movement, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Everything together"
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: INALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. "... the bombs bursting ___""
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: INAIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. I"
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 inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- Words that mean the same thing: self-importance, self, egotism
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Prospect"
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 the visual percept of a region
- Words that mean the same thing: aspect, scene, prospect
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VISTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Interval for a scheduled blastoff"
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: LAUNCHWINDOW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. 10th and 11th, e.g."
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: EXTRAINNINGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Serves and receives, 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 a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- Words that mean the same thing: host, boniface, Host
- The opposite would be: parasite
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOSTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Westernmost country in continental Afr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a fractional monetary unit of japan and indonesia and cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Quick haircut"
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 state of arrangement or appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: clean-cut, trim down, snip
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Blizzards are produced in them, familiarly"
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: DQS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Press (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 a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- Words that mean the same thing: tamp down, pack, tamper
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAMP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "32. Extremely"
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: EVERSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "36. They intersect in Montréal"
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 european strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- Words that mean the same thing: herb of grace, sorrow, rue
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "38. ___ Paulo"
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: SAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "39. Kind of planning"
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 the particular occupation for which you are trained
- Words that mean the same thing: vocation, life history, calling
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAREER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "40. Carriers of meteorological instruments ... as suggested by this puzzle's theme?"
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: WEATHERBALLOONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. Immediately following"
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: HEREON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Cloth that goes to waist?"
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 (west indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
- Words that mean the same thing: obeah
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Overindulger of the grape"
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 chronic drinker
- Words that mean the same thing: rummy, inebriate, drunkard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Beginnings"
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 the beginning or early stages
- Words that mean the same thing: oncoming, onslaught, onrush
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONSETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Lawless figure with legendary fighting skills"
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: XENA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. Office linkup"
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 local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices
- Words that mean the same thing: local area network
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Repeated things in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers""
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 liquid excretory product
- Words that mean the same thing: take a leak, weewee, wee-wee
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Worker for a hosp., maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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: EMT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Gradually faster, in mus."
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: ACCEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "57. Rend"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 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: TEARASUNDER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. Wonder-ful product?"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLICEDBREAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. Locale of 1974's Rumble in the Jungle"
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 basic unit of money in zaire
- Words that mean the same thing: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian Congo, Congo
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZAIRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. ___ Honor"
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: HER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Absinthe flavorer"
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 native to egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
- Words that mean the same thing: aniseed, anise seed, anise plant
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANISE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Kind of account"
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 (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- Words that mean the same thing: e-mail, electronic mail, netmail
- The opposite would be: snail mail
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. "___-hoo!""
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: YOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Speeches that go off the rails"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Words that mean the same thing: fustian, mouth off, ranting
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RANTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. Smooth and lustrous"
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 having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- Words that mean the same thing: slick, silken, silklike
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SILKY
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Wednesday Puzzle December 23, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Malarkey | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Pioneering computer operating system | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Word with dance or chance | 4 |
| 4D | 4. High rollers? | 8 |
| 5D | 5. World | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Place for a firing | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Stands up for dustpans, say: Abbr. | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Inspiration for "Damn Yankees" | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Family | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Like a newspaper's morgue files | 8 |
| 11D | 11. Puts back in its original state, as a videotape | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Barbra Streisand collection? | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Does a landscaper's job | 4 |
| 14D | 19. ASDFGHJKL;', on a keyboard | 7 |
| 15D | 21. More or less | 8 |
| 16D | 25. Premium movie theater seat | 8 |
| 17D | 26. Long-running sci-fi show, for short | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race" | 5 |
| 19D | 28. Roebuck's onetime business partner | 5 |
| 20D | 30. Bang up, e.g. | 3 |
| 21D | 31. Alternative to a street address | 5 |
| 22D | 33. Grease up again | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Ingredient in some medicinal teas | 5 |
| 24D | 35. Director Welles | 5 |
| 25D | 37. Saturated (in) | 7 |
| 26D | 41. Where drinks may be charged to a room | 8 |
| 27D | 42. Lisa Simpson's grandpa | 3 |
| 28D | 48. Wows | 6 |
| 29D | 51. Writer Gertrude | 5 |
| 30D | 53. Scary cry on a beach | 7 |
| 31D | 54. Like most fireplace grates | 4 |
| 32D | 55. Royal role for Liz | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Enemy of Antony, in ancient Rome | 6 |
| 34D | 58. From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g. | 4 |
| 35D | 59. Fruit drinks | 4 |
| 36D | 60. Product offering "round the clock protection" | 4 |
| 37D | 61. Composer Satie | 4 |
| 38D | 62. Trust | 4 |
| 39D | 64. Aid in protein synthesis | 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. Malarkey"
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 style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- Words that mean the same thing: swing music, swing
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: JIVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Pioneering computer operating system"
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 trademark for a powerful operating system
- Words that mean the same thing: UNIX system, UNIX operating system
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNIX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Word with dance or chance"
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 temporal end; the concluding time
- Words that mean the same thing: finale, finish, concluding
- The opposite would be: first
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. High rollers?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ELTRAINS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. World"
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 (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, and pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
- Words that mean the same thing: satellite, major planet
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLANET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Place for a firing"
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 furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KILN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Stands up for dustpans, say: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ANAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Inspiration for "Damn Yankees""
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 alchemist of german legend who sold his soul to mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
- Words that mean the same thing: Faustus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAUST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Family"
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 person having kinship with another or others
- Words that mean the same thing: clan, akin, blood-related
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Like a newspaper's morgue files"
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 of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARCHIVAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Puts back in its original state, as a videotape"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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: REWINDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Barbra Streisand collection?"
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: EGOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Does a landscaper's job"
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 loft in a barn where hay is stored
- Words that mean the same thing: pout, hayloft, cut down
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOWS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "19. ASDFGHJKL;', on a keyboard"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: HOMEROW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. More or less"
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: INASENSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "25. Premium movie theater seat"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
- Words that mean the same thing: reclining chair, lounger
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: RECLINER
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Clue 17 Down: "26. Long-running sci-fi show, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DRWHO
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- Words that mean the same thing: queen mole rat, queer, female monarch
- The opposite would be: male monarch, king
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The answer is: QUEEN
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Roebuck's onetime business partner"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make very hot and dry
- Words that mean the same thing: singe, sear, char
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SEARS
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Clue 20 Down: "30. Bang up, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the month following february and preceding april
- Words that mean the same thing: deflower, blemish, defect
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MAR
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Alternative to a street address"
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: POBOX
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Clue 22 Down: "33. Grease up again"
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: REOIL
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Ingredient in some medicinal teas"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of various plants of the genus senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: SENNA
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Director Welles"
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: ORSON
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Saturated (in)"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that devote (oneself) fully to
- Words that mean the same thing: engross, steep, infuse
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: STEEPED
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Where drinks may be charged to a room"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: HOTELBAR
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Lisa Simpson's grandpa"
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: ABE
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Clue 28 Down: "48. Wows"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that affect with wonder
- Words that mean the same thing: bewilder, stupefy, perplex
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: AMAZES
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Clue 29 Down: "51. Writer Gertrude"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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- This could be something that a mug intended for serving beer
- Words that mean the same thing: beer mug, Gertrude Stein
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STEIN
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Clue 30 Down: "53. Scary cry on a beach"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: TSUNAMI
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Clue 31 Down: "54. Like most fireplace grates"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of a light grey
- Words that mean the same thing: ash-grey, ash-gray
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ASHY
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Clue 32 Down: "55. Royal role for Liz"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: CLEO
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Enemy of Antony, in ancient Rome"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
- Words that mean the same thing: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: CICERO
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Clue 34 Down: "58. From Eden to the land of Nod, 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 the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Words that mean the same thing: eastern United States, Orient, E
- The opposite would be: west
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The answer is: EAST
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Clue 35 Down: "59. Fruit drinks"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- This could be something that a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
- Words that mean the same thing: ade, fruit drink
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ADES
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Clue 36 Down: "60. Product offering "round the clock protection""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
- Words that mean the same thing: telephone dial
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DIAL
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Clue 37 Down: "61. Composer Satie"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ERIK
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Clue 38 Down: "62. Trust"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that have confidence or faith in
- Words that mean the same thing: trust, bank, swear
- The opposite would be: mistrust
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The answer is: RELY
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Clue 39 Down: "64. Aid in protein synthesis"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from dna to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- Words that mean the same thing: ribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RNA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 50 | 65.8% |
| Short Answer | 13 | 17.1% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.6% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 2 | 2.6% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.6% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 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 Wednesday, 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 20, 2025 at 01:38 PM
