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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Monday, August 15, 2022
Difficulty Level: Medium Tuesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 78 (41 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 4.9 letters
August 15, 2022 Across Hints: NYT Monday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Fast-food pork sandwich | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Fail badly at the box office | 4 |
| 3A | 10. $20 dispensers | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Madison Square Garden, e.g. | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Minor hurt, in kidspeak | 4 |
| 6A | 16. "Dagnabbit!" | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Footwear giant headquartered in Boston, Mass. | 10 |
| 8A | 19. Hit 2021 film based on a Frank Herbert novel | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Give a hoot | 4 |
| 10A | 21. App customer | 4 |
| 11A | 22. TV, print, radio, etc. | 5 |
| 12A | 23. Parenthetical remarks | 6 |
| 13A | 25. Fait accompli | 8 |
| 14A | 27. Ex-Marine, e.g., informally | 3 |
| 15A | 28. Sounds of contented pleasure | 3 |
| 16A | 30. Do some threadwork | 3 |
| 17A | 31. Civil Rights ___ of 1964 | 3 |
| 18A | 32. Places of bliss | 5 |
| 19A | 34. Easter flower | 4 |
| 20A | 36. Cry to a birthing mother | 4 |
| 21A | 37. Ump's call after a first pitch … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across | 9 |
| 22A | 40. Actress Ward | 4 |
| 23A | 43. Fencing blade | 4 |
| 24A | 44. The "Aeneid" and "The Faerie Queene," for two | 5 |
| 25A | 48. Not get any younger | 3 |
| 26A | 49. Raggedy ___ (doll) | 3 |
| 27A | 50. Certain lap dog, informally | 3 |
| 28A | 52. Quick snooze | 3 |
| 29A | 53. Downward dog, for one | 8 |
| 30A | 56. Scribble absentmindedly | 6 |
| 31A | 58. Portly | 5 |
| 32A | 59. Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club" | 4 |
| 33A | 61. The "S" of A.S.A.P. | 4 |
| 34A | 62. Global center of Shia Islam | 4 |
| 35A | 63. Group of notes that often sounds sad | 10 |
| 36A | 65. Gossip, so to speak | 4 |
| 37A | 66. Work on, as an essay | 4 |
| 38A | 67. Like the sound of a creaky basement door | 5 |
| 39A | 68. Makes a choice | 4 |
| 40A | 69. Golf ball holders | 4 |
| 41A | 70. "Pointer" for giving presentations | 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. Fast-food pork sandwich"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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: MCRIB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Fail badly at the box office"
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 an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- Words that mean the same thing: bomb calorimeter, flush it, bombard
- The opposite would be: pass
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOMB
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Clue 3 Across: "10. $20 dispensers"
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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: automatic teller machine, atm, automated teller machine
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Madison Square Garden, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: field, orbit, domain
- 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 5 Across: "15. Minor hurt, in kidspeak"
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: OWIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. "Dagnabbit!""
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: DRAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Footwear giant headquartered in Boston, Mass."
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: NEWBALANCE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Hit 2021 film based on a Frank Herbert novel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
- Words that mean the same thing: sand dune
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DUNE
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Give a hoot"
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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- Words that mean the same thing: concern, charge, like
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CARE
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Clue 10 Across: "21. App customer"
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 makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- Words that mean the same thing: substance abuser, exploiter, drug user
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USER
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Clue 11 Across: "22. TV, print, radio, etc."
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 means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- Words that mean the same thing: culture medium, spiritualist, mass medium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEDIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Parenthetical remarks"
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 line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Words that mean the same thing: excursus, aside, divagation
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIDES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Fait accompli"
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: DONEDEAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Ex-Marine, e.g., informally"
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 doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- Words that mean the same thing: ex-serviceman, veteran, veterinarian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VET
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Clue 15 Across: "28. Sounds of contented pleasure"
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: AHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Do some threadwork"
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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: sew together, run up, stitch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Civil Rights ___ of 1964"
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 legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- Words that mean the same thing: deed, number, bit
- The opposite would be: refrain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACT
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Clue 18 Across: "32. Places of bliss"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- Words that mean the same thing: Garden of Eden, promised land, nirvana
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDENS
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Clue 19 Across: "34. Easter flower"
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 liliaceous plant of the genus lilium having showy pendulous flowers
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LILY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "36. Cry to a birthing mother"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the act of applying force in order to move something away
- Words that mean the same thing: force, drive, promote
- The opposite would be: pull
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUSH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "37. Ump's call after a first pitch … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: STRIKEONE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "40. Actress Ward"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium 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: SELA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "43. Fencing blade"
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 fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. The "Aeneid" and "The Faerie Queene," for two"
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 narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Words that mean the same thing: epos, epic, epic poem
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPICS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Not get any younger"
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 how long something has existed
- Words that mean the same thing: senesce, historic period, maturate
- The opposite would be: rejuvenate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "49. Raggedy ___ (doll)"
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: ANN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "50. Certain lap dog, informally"
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 disparaging term for a british person
- Words that mean the same thing: pommy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POM
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Clue 28 Across: "52. Quick snooze"
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 period of time spent sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: snooze, sleep, short sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "53. Downward dog, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: YOGAPOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Scribble absentmindedly"
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 an aimless drawing
- Words that mean the same thing: scribble, scrabble
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOODLE
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Clue 31 Across: "58. Portly"
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 a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
- Words that mean the same thing: portly, sturdy, hardy
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club""
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 wife or mistress of zeus and mother of apollo and artemis in ancient mythology; called latona in roman mythology
- Words that mean the same thing: Latona
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "61. The "S" of A.S.A.P."
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 in the near future
- Words that mean the same thing: presently, shortly, before long
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "62. Global center of Shia Islam"
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 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: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
- 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 35 Across: "63. Group of notes that often sounds sad"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MINORCHORD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. Gossip, so to speak"
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 part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- Words that mean the same thing: soil, crap, poop
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIRT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. Work on, as an essay"
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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: cut, edit out, delete
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 38 Across: "67. Like the sound of a creaky basement door"
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 suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- Words that mean the same thing: eery
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EERIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 39 Across: "68. Makes a choice"
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 select as an alternative over another
- Words that mean the same thing: choose, prefer, opt
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 40 Across: "69. Golf ball holders"
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 starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Words that mean the same thing: teeing ground, tee up, tee
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 41 Across: "70. "Pointer" for giving presentations"
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 acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
- Words that mean the same thing: optical maser
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASER
Great job if you got it right!
August 15, 2022 Monday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Counterpart of a "she-shed" | 7 |
| 2D | 2. Folded, as paper | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Overhaul, as an article | 7 |
| 4D | 4. Under the covers | 5 |
| 5D | 5. What did ewe say? | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Snakes that strangle | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Possessed | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Super-quick snooze | 10 |
| 9D | 9. "Busy" insect | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Did some summing | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Canadian P.M. Justin | 7 |
| 12D | 12. Fiends | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Kind of technology in some modern military aircraft | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Rich with vegetation | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Kitten's cry | 3 |
| 16D | 24. Either "E" of ESE | 4 |
| 17D | 26. R&B singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You" | 4 |
| 18D | 29. Toy that attaches to a garden hose | 10 |
| 19D | 33. Top-secret government org. | 3 |
| 20D | 35. 1950s prez | 3 |
| 21D | 36. Liveliness | 3 |
| 22D | 38. Nevada gambling city | 4 |
| 23D | 39. Dory's friend, in a Pixar film | 4 |
| 24D | 40. Commits at the altar | 7 |
| 25D | 41. Narcissist's "journey" | 7 |
| 26D | 42. Works made of toy bricks | 7 |
| 27D | 45. Not alfresco | 7 |
| 28D | 46. One of about 53 in a typical Oreo cookie | 7 |
| 29D | 47. Hardly a penny pincher | 7 |
| 30D | 49. Like the name Rob Banks, for a criminal | 3 |
| 31D | 51. Bad smell | 4 |
| 32D | 54. Mothers' sisters | 5 |
| 33D | 55. "___, meenie, miney, mo" | 5 |
| 34D | 57. Irish surname that anagrams to A SHOE | 5 |
| 35D | 60. Young 'uns | 4 |
| 36D | 63. Was introduced to | 3 |
| 37D | 64. Sheet of an animated cartoon | 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. Counterpart of a "she-shed""
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: MANCAVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Folded, as paper"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
- Words that mean the same thing: crease, rake, wrinkle
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CREASED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Overhaul, as an article"
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 something that has been written again
- Words that mean the same thing: revision, rescript
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REWRITE
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Clue 4 Down: "4. Under the covers"
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: INBED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. What did ewe say?"
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 the cry made by sheep
- Words that mean the same thing: blat, blate, bleat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Snakes that strangle"
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 long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Words that mean the same thing: feather boa, boa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOAS
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Possessed"
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 have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, own
- The opposite would be: unowned
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OWNED
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Super-quick snooze"
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: MICROSLEEP
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Clue 9 Down: "9. "Busy" insect"
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 any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEE
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Did some summing"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
- Words that mean the same thing: contribute, tally, bestow
- The opposite would be: take away, subtract
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADDED
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Clue 11 Down: "11. Canadian P.M. Justin"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: TRUDEAU
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Fiends"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an insane person
- Words that mean the same thing: madman, maniac, lunatic
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: MANIACS
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Kind of technology in some modern military aircraft"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that avoiding detection by moving carefully
- Words that mean the same thing: stealing
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: STEALTH
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Rich with vegetation"
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 person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- Words that mean the same thing: succulent, profuse, souse
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LUSH
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Kitten's cry"
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 sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- Words that mean the same thing: miaul, sea mew, miaou
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MEW
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Either "E" of ESE"
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 cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
- Words that mean the same thing: eastern United States, due east, eastward
- The opposite would be: west
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The answer is: EAST
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Clue 17 Down: "26. R&B singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEYO
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Toy that attaches to a garden hose"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: SLIPNSLIDE
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Clue 19 Down: "33. Top-secret government org."
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 united states cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect united states information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information
- Words that mean the same thing: National Security Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NSA
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Clue 20 Down: "35. 1950s prez"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that united states general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of nazi germany; 34th president of the united states (1890-1961)
- Words that mean the same thing: President Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IKE
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Clue 21 Down: "36. Liveliness"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that liveliness and energy
- Words that mean the same thing: ginger, peppiness
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: PEP
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Clue 22 Down: "38. Nevada gambling city"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a city in western nevada at the foot of the sierra nevada mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: RENO
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Clue 23 Down: "39. Dory's friend, in a Pixar film"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: NEMO
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Clue 24 Down: "40. Commits at the altar"
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: SAYSIDO
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Clue 25 Down: "41. Narcissist's "journey""
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that act in a way that attracts attention
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: EGOTRIP
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Clue 26 Down: "42. Works made of toy bricks"
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: LEGOART
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Clue 27 Down: "45. Not alfresco"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that within a building
- Words that mean the same thing: inside
- The opposite would be: outside, outdoors
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The answer is: INDOORS
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Clue 28 Down: "46. One of about 53 in a typical Oreo cookie"
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 unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- Words that mean the same thing: gram calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: CALORIE
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Hardly a penny pincher"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that english poet and critic (1909-1995)
- Words that mean the same thing: Stephen Spender, scattergood, spendthrift
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SPENDER
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Like the name Rob Banks, for a criminal"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- Words that mean the same thing: liable, clever, apposite
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: APT
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Bad smell"
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 property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: smell, odour, olfactory sensation
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ODOR
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Clue 32 Down: "54. Mothers' sisters"
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 sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- Words that mean the same thing: auntie, aunt, aunty
- The opposite would be: uncle
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The answer is: AUNTS
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Clue 33 Down: "55. "___, meenie, miney, mo""
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: EENIE
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Irish surname that anagrams to A SHOE"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: OSHEA
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Clue 35 Down: "60. Young 'uns"
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 small amount (especially of a drink)
- Words that mean the same thing: yearling, tally, toddler
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TOTS
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Clue 36 Down: "63. Was introduced to"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that come together
- Words that mean the same thing: run across, see, touch
- The opposite would be: diverge
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The answer is: MET
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Clue 37 Down: "64. Sheet of an animated cartoon"
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: CEL
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 69.2% |
| Short Answer | 17 | 21.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 41 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 78 |
| Average Answer Length | 4.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 10 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!
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 08, 2025 at 01:43 AM
