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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, June 09, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
June 09, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. A train might get pulled along it | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Plastic surgeon's concern | 4 |
| 3A | 10. Home theater purchase | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Environmental organization that has ships | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Diamond measurement | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Animals that all share the same "birthday" (January 1) | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Title paratrooper in a 1998 war film | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Hill worker | 3 |
| 9A | 20. Settled (on) | 4 |
| 10A | 21. Taro and jicama | 6 |
| 11A | 23. Singer with the 1960 #2 hit "Puppy Love" | 4 |
| 12A | 24. Choir section | 6 |
| 13A | 25. Game you can't stand to win? | 13 |
| 14A | 29. Take the edge off, say | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Stop putting in effort | 5 |
| 16A | 31. It might get smoked | 3 |
| 17A | 34. Decoupage need | 4 |
| 18A | 35. Like a sore loser, perhaps | 5 |
| 19A | 36. Greek philosopher known for reductio ad absurdum arguments | 4 |
| 20A | 37. "Baby at my breast," in a Shakespearean tragedy | 3 |
| 21A | 38. Low-cut, laceless shoes | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Particulars, informally | 5 |
| 23A | 40. "Ain't that the truth!" | 13 |
| 24A | 43. Common Jesuit school name | 6 |
| 25A | 44. Becomes difficult to see through, with "up" | 4 |
| 26A | 45. Things to believe in | 6 |
| 27A | 46. Who's Who filler, informally | 4 |
| 28A | 47. Bluefin alternative | 3 |
| 29A | 50. Actor Esparza with four Tony nominations | 4 |
| 30A | 51. Like hyperbolic comments | 10 |
| 31A | 54. Upfront payment before a deal is made | 4 |
| 32A | 55. Postseason college football game formerly sponsored by Tostitos | 10 |
| 33A | 56. Alternative to an elbow | 4 |
| 34A | 57. Contronym that means moving quickly or not moving at all | 4 |
| 35A | 58. Like some Brie | 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. A train might get pulled along it"
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 long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- Words that mean the same thing: gangway
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AISLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Plastic surgeon's concern"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- Words that mean the same thing: scrape, pit, pock
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Home theater purchase"
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 television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
- Words that mean the same thing: high-definition television
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HDTV
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Environmental organization that has ships"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GREENPEACE
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Diamond measurement"
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 particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- Words that mean the same thing: region, arena, field
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AREA
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Animals that all share the same "birthday" (January 1)"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a horse bred for racing
- Words that mean the same thing: bangtail, racehorse, race horse
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RACEHORSES
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Title paratrooper in a 1998 war film"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: RYAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Hill worker"
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 social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
- Words that mean the same thing: emmet, pismire
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. Settled (on)"
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: ALIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Taro and jicama"
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 fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Tuber, tuber, Tuber
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUBERS
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Clue 11 Across: "23. Singer with the 1960 #2 hit "Puppy Love""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ANKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Choir section"
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 adult male singing voice above baritone
- Words that mean the same thing: strain, tenor voice, tenor
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENORS
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Clue 13 Across: "25. Game you can't stand to win?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MUSICALCHAIRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Take the edge off, 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 become ground down or deteriorate
- Words that mean the same thing: gnaw at, gnaw, fret
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERODE
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Clue 15 Across: "30. Stop putting in effort"
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 shore of a sea or ocean
- Words that mean the same thing: sea-coast, slide, glide
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. It might get smoked"
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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- Words that mean the same thing: ham it up, jambon, overplay
- The opposite would be: underact
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAM
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Clue 17 Across: "34. Decoupage need"
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 cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- Words that mean the same thing: paste, gum, mucilage
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. Like a sore loser, perhaps"
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: POUTY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Greek philosopher known for reductio ad absurdum arguments"
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 ancient greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 bc)
- Words that mean the same thing: Zeno of Elea, Zeno of Citium
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ZENO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. "Baby at my breast," in a Shakespearean tragedy"
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 of southern europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- Words that mean the same thing: Egyptian cobra, Vipera aspis, Naja haje
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Low-cut, laceless shoes"
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 mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- Words that mean the same thing: heart, ticker, pump
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUMPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Particulars, 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: DEETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. "Ain't that the truth!""
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TELLMEABOUTIT
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Clue 24 Across: "43. Common Jesuit school name"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that spaniard and roman catholic theologian and founder of the society of jesus; a leading opponent of the reformation (1491-1556)
- Words that mean the same thing: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOYOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "44. Becomes difficult to see through, with "up""
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 droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- Words that mean the same thing: daze, becloud, cloud
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "45. Things to believe in"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- Words that mean the same thing: tenet, dogma
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "46. Who's Who filler, informally"
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: BIOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "47. Bluefin alternative"
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: AHI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "50. Actor Esparza with four Tony nominations"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: RAUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "51. Like hyperbolic comments"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- Words that mean the same thing: amplify, exaggerated, hyperbolise
- The opposite would be: understate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OVERSTATED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. Upfront payment before a deal is made"
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 (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "55. Postseason college football game formerly sponsored by Tostitos"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FIESTABOWL
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Clue 33 Across: "56. Alternative to an elbow"
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: PSST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. Contronym that means moving quickly or not moving at all"
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 abstaining from food
- Words that mean the same thing: fasting, debauched, dissipated
- The opposite would be: slow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "58. Like some Brie"
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 characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- Words that mean the same thing: fluid
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUNNY
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Friday Puzzle June 09, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. District of India that's home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Modern site of ancient Persepolis | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Result of a split decision? | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Common middle name | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Option in a photo editing app | 7 |
| 6D | 6. Much-debated grammar topic | 11 |
| 7D | 7. Thrown | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Top club in Vegas | 3 |
| 9D | 9. "You've got nothing to worry about" | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Secretly feel | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Laundry room detritus | 10 |
| 12D | 12. Glum drops | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Shoe brand with an iconic checkerboard design | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Lively dance | 5 |
| 15D | 22. Kelvin or newton | 4 |
| 16D | 23. Hill worker | 4 |
| 17D | 24. "I've never seen anything like it" | 11 |
| 18D | 25. Prefix with phone | 4 |
| 19D | 26. What some QR codes contain | 4 |
| 20D | 27. It's all-inclusive | 10 |
| 21D | 28. Many a Porsche 911 | 5 |
| 22D | 32. Pro fighter? | 4 |
| 23D | 33. 65%, e.g. | 4 |
| 24D | 35. Achieves | 8 |
| 25D | 36. Subject of a statue that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Gunpowder ___ (1605 English conspiracy) | 4 |
| 27D | 39. Brightest point in Canis Major, familiarly | 7 |
| 28D | 41. Certain loophole | 6 |
| 29D | 42. Increase | 5 |
| 30D | 43. Slightly favors, with "to" | 5 |
| 31D | 45. Lobster pot, e.g. | 4 |
| 32D | 46. Some queens but not kings | 4 |
| 33D | 47. Scores and scores | 4 |
| 34D | 48. Axed | 4 |
| 35D | 49. Without direction | 4 |
| 36D | 52. Through | 3 |
| 37D | 53. ___-Bakr, close adviser of Muhammad | 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. District of India that's home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites"
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 city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Modern site of ancient Persepolis"
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 a theocratic islamic republic in the middle east in western asia; iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Persia, Islamic Republic of Iran
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Result of a split decision?"
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 subdivision of a larger religious group
- Words that mean the same thing: religious order, faction, religious sect
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SECT
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Common middle name"
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 united states filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in america (born in 1957)
- Words that mean the same thing: lee side, Tsung Dao Lee, Robert E. Lee
- The opposite would be: windward
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Option in a photo editing app"
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 make better or more attractive
- Words that mean the same thing: raise, heighten
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENHANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Much-debated grammar topic"
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: SERIALCOMMA
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Thrown"
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 the actors in a play
- Words that mean the same thing: regurgitate, be sick, roll
- The opposite would be: keep down
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Top club in Vegas"
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 smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: adept, hotshot, angiotensin converting enzyme
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. "You've got nothing to worry about""
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: RESTEASY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Secretly feel"
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 sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- Words that mean the same thing: nurse, haven, seaport
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARBOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Laundry room detritus"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: DRYERSHEET
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Glum drops"
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 process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- Words that mean the same thing: split, pluck, shoot down
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Shoe brand with an iconic checkerboard design"
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 any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
- Words that mean the same thing: vanguard, new wave, caravan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VANS
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Clue 14 Down: "15. Lively dance"
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 music performed for dancing the polka
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POLKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Kelvin or newton"
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 any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
- Words that mean the same thing: whole, unit of measurement, social unit
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNIT
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Clue 16 Down: "23. Hill worker"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- Words that mean the same thing: aide-de-camp, auxiliary, adjutant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIDE
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Clue 17 Down: "24. "I've never seen anything like it""
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: ___________
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The answer is: THATSAFIRST
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Clue 18 Down: "25. Prefix with phone"
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: MEGA
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Clue 19 Down: "26. What some QR codes contain"
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 address of a web page on the world wide web
- Words that mean the same thing: universal resource locator, uniform resource locator, URL
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: URLS
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Clue 20 Down: "27. It's all-inclusive"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SOUPTONUTS
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Clue 21 Down: "28. Many a Porsche 911"
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 car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: COUPE
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Clue 22 Down: "32. Pro fighter?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- The opposite would be: pro
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANTI
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Clue 23 Down: "33. 65%, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number
- Words that mean the same thing: virtually, to the highest degree, nigh
- The opposite would be: fewest, least
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The answer is: MOST
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Achieves"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: PULLSOFF
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Subject of a statue that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that (greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient greek mythology; son of rhea and cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of hera; brother of poseidon and hades; father of many gods; counterpart of roman jupiter
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Zeus
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ZEUS
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Clue 26 Down: "38. Gunpowder ___ (1605 English conspiracy)"
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 secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- Words that mean the same thing: plot of land, plot of ground, secret plan
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PLOT
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Brightest point in Canis Major, familiarly"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: DOGSTAR
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Clue 28 Down: "41. Certain loophole"
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 small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
- Words that mean the same thing: eyehole, grommet, grummet
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: EYELET
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Increase"
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 act of giving hope or support to someone
- Words that mean the same thing: hike, advance, further
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BOOST
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Clue 30 Down: "43. Slightly favors, with "to""
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 property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- Words that mean the same thing: lean, inclination, angle
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LEANS
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Clue 31 Down: "45. Lobster pot, e.g."
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 device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- Words that mean the same thing: trammel, bunker, hole
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TRAP
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Clue 32 Down: "46. Some queens but not kings"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- Words that mean the same thing: cost, represent, embody
- The opposite would be: differ
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The answer is: BEES
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Scores and scores"
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 sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Words that mean the same thing: Aten
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ATON
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Clue 34 Down: "48. Axed"
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 make or shape as with an axe
- Words that mean the same thing: hew out, hew, hand-hewn
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HEWN
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Clue 35 Down: "49. Without direction"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in an idle manner
- Words that mean the same thing: lazily
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IDLY
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Clue 36 Down: "52. Through"
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: VIA
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Clue 37 Down: "53. ___-Bakr, close adviser of Muhammad"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ABU
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 57 | 79.2% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 11.1% |
| History | 3 | 4.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.8% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.8% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 13 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, 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!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 01, 2025 at 09:18 PM
