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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, October 20, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 70 (35 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
October 20, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Friday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Stipulation that's more common in a seller's market | 4 |
| 2A | 5. Centers of some centers | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Exchange words, in a way | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Stops along the way, say | 10 |
| 5A | 16. Lamenting words | 4 |
| 6A | 17. It clearly divides people | 10 |
| 7A | 18. Hat material for the paranoid | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Cry during an argument between siblings | 3 |
| 9A | 20. OK, in Oaxaca | 5 |
| 10A | 21. Like an adjustable drinking straw | 5 |
| 11A | 22. Active ingredient in Off! | 4 |
| 12A | 23. Struck down | 5 |
| 13A | 25. Occasions to read the Haggadah | 6 |
| 14A | 28. Gift for guests | 8 |
| 15A | 31. Setting for a battle in "Lawrence of Arabia" | 5 |
| 16A | 32. Spilling a drink on someone or dancing on a host's sofa | 9 |
| 17A | 33. Banksy work | 5 |
| 18A | 34. Slip | 3 |
| 19A | 35. A.C. converter | 5 |
| 20A | 36. Irreverent Christmas tune | 9 |
| 21A | 38. Big name in pest control | 5 |
| 22A | 39. Second half? | 8 |
| 23A | 40. Worries over small details | 6 |
| 24A | 41. Cousin of a wolverine | 5 |
| 25A | 42. What red might indicate | 4 |
| 26A | 43. Spikes, for example | 5 |
| 27A | 45. Help | 5 |
| 28A | 47. Preening sort | 3 |
| 29A | 50. Particle | 4 |
| 30A | 51. One with bright and dark sides | 10 |
| 31A | 53. Godawful | 4 |
| 32A | 54. Sole supporters | 10 |
| 33A | 55. ___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for "Dune" | 4 |
| 34A | 56. Sharon who starred in "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" | 5 |
| 35A | 57. Frontier direction during frontier times | 4 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Stipulation that's more common in a seller's market"
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: ASIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. Centers of some centers"
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 chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- Words that mean the same thing: atrium
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATRIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Exchange words, in a way"
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 of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- Words that mean the same thing: sparring
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPAR
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Stops along the way, say"
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: MOTELROOMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Lamenting words"
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: AHME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. It clearly divides people"
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 a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic
- Words that mean the same thing: Plexiglas
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PLEXIGLASS
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Clue 7 Across: "18. Hat material for the paranoid"
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 piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- Words that mean the same thing: cross, queer, transparency
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "19. Cry during an argument between siblings"
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 informal terms for a mother
- Words that mean the same thing: mammy, ma, mummy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "20. OK, in Oaxaca"
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: BUENO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "21. Like an adjustable drinking straw"
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: BENDY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "22. Active ingredient in Off!"
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: DEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "23. Struck down"
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 inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- Words that mean the same thing: afflict, smite
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMOTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "25. Occasions to read the Haggadah"
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 (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
- Words that mean the same thing: Seder, Passover supper
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEDERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Gift for guests"
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: GOODYBAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "31. Setting for a battle in "Lawrence of Arabia""
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 jordan's port; located in southwestern jordan on the gulf of aqaba
- Words that mean the same thing: Akaba, Al Aqabah
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AQABA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Spilling a drink on someone or dancing on a host's sofa"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert 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: PARTYFOUL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "33. Banksy work"
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 painting that is applied to a wall surface
- Words that mean the same thing: wall painting
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MURAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Slip"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: stray, mistake, slip
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "35. A.C. converter"
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 thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
- Words that mean the same thing: semiconductor diode, rectifying valve, crystal rectifier
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DIODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "36. Irreverent Christmas tune"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SANTABABY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Big name in pest control"
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: ORKIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. Second half?"
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: ALTEREGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Worries over small details"
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 an excited state of agitation
- Words that mean the same thing: tiff, bicker, hustle
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FUSSES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "41. Cousin of a wolverine"
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 fur of an otter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OTTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "42. What red might indicate"
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 state of owing something (especially money)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEBT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "43. Spikes, for example"
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 situation
- Words that mean the same thing: skid, brake shoe, place
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "45. Help"
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 means of serving
- Words that mean the same thing: help, service
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AVAIL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "47. Preening sort"
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 man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- Words that mean the same thing: clotheshorse, sheik, dandy
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "50. Particle"
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 tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- Words that mean the same thing: smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "51. One with bright and dark sides"
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: EVILGENIUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "53. Godawful"
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 not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- Words that mean the same thing: unappeasable, dark, low
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRIM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "54. Sole supporters"
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: GELINSERTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "55. ___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for "Dune""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty, Han
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HANS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "56. Sharon who starred in "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: GLESS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "57. Frontier direction during frontier times"
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 countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
- Words that mean the same thing: due west, Dame Rebecca West, Benjamin West
- The opposite would be: east
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEST
Great job if you got it right!
NYT Friday Crossword Down Clues - October 20, 2023 Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Distinction not used in the military | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Eschewing help | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Tabloid pair | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Undertone of Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Makes the case | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Vacancy sign | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Bookbinding leather | 4 |
| 8D | 8. "My deepest apologies" | 9 |
| 9D | 9. Jerk | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Adage for the risk-averse | 11 |
| 11D | 11. D.I.Y. booster seats | 10 |
| 12D | 12. In an atmosphere of | 4 |
| 13D | 13. Have faith | 4 |
| 14D | 15. Oh, the humanities! | 11 |
| 15D | 21. Some nudes | 11 |
| 16D | 22. Testing grounds for aspiring politicians | 11 |
| 17D | 24. Pithy remark | 3 |
| 18D | 25. Central Asian savory pastry | 5 |
| 19D | 26. ___ rights | 5 |
| 20D | 27. "Heck, yeah!" | 10 |
| 21D | 28. Actress Greta of "Camille" | 5 |
| 22D | 29. ___ Cornish, former co-host of "All Things Considered" | 5 |
| 23D | 30. Dales | 5 |
| 24D | 32. Rocky road ingredient? | 9 |
| 25D | 37. Stingy sort? | 3 |
| 26D | 40. Pretends | 6 |
| 27D | 42. "Venus de Milo With Drawers" and "Lobster Telephone" | 5 |
| 28D | 43. Sound from the satisfied | 4 |
| 29D | 44. Dance in a ring | 4 |
| 30D | 46. Nasty | 4 |
| 31D | 47. Awesome, in modern slang | 4 |
| 32D | 48. Backup plans | 4 |
| 33D | 49. "Hey, you!" | 4 |
| 34D | 51. Drive, with "on" | 3 |
| 35D | 52. Misoneism, n.: Hatred of anything ___ | 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. Distinction not used in the military"
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: AMPM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Eschewing help"
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 activity that is performed alone without assistance
- Words that mean the same thing: alone, unaccompanied
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOLO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Tabloid pair"
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 distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Words that mean the same thing: token, detail, particular
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ITEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Undertone of Cole Porter's "Let's Do It""
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 activities associated with sexual intercourse
- Words that mean the same thing: arouse, wind up, gender
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Makes the case"
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 present reasons and arguments
- Words that mean the same thing: contend, fence, reason
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARGUES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Vacancy sign"
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: TOLET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Bookbinding leather"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. "My deepest apologies""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMSOSORRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Jerk"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- Words that mean the same thing: buttocks, fucking, backside
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Adage for the risk-averse"
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: SAFETYFIRST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. D.I.Y. booster seats"
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 a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
- Words that mean the same thing: telephone book, phone book, phonebook
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PHONEBOOKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. In an atmosphere of"
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: AMID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Have faith"
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 have confidence or faith in
- Words that mean the same thing: swear, trust, bank
- The opposite would be: mistrust
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RELY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "15. Oh, the humanities!"
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: LIBERALARTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Some nudes"
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: BODYDOUBLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Testing grounds for aspiring politicians"
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: DEBATETEAMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Pithy remark"
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 clever remark
- Words that mean the same thing: Ministry of Transportation test, bon mot, MOT test
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Central Asian savory pastry"
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: SAMSA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "26. ___ rights"
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 is of equal standing with another in a group
- Words that mean the same thing: be, peer, rival
- The opposite would be: inadequate, unequal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EQUAL
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Clue 20 Down: "27. "Heck, yeah!""
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: DARNTOOTIN
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Clue 21 Down: "28. Actress Greta of "Camille""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states film actress (born in sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- Words that mean the same thing: Greta Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GARBO
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Clue 22 Down: "29. ___ Cornish, former co-host of "All Things Considered""
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: AUDIE
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Clue 23 Down: "30. Dales"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
- Words that mean the same thing: glen
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GLENS
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Clue 24 Down: "32. Rocky road ingredient?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: PEAGRAVEL
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Clue 25 Down: "37. Stingy sort?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BEE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Pretends"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that make believe with the intent to deceive
- Words that mean the same thing: feign, affect, simulate
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FEIGNS
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Clue 27 Down: "42. "Venus de Milo With Drawers" and "Lobster Telephone""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that surrealist spanish painter (1904-1989)
- Words that mean the same thing: Salvador Dali, Dali
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DALIS
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Sound from the satisfied"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an utterance made by exhaling audibly
- Words that mean the same thing: suspiration, suspire
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SIGH
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Clue 29 Down: "44. Dance in a ring"
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: HORA
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Clue 30 Down: "46. Nasty"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that morally reprehensible
- Words that mean the same thing: loathsome, worthless, noisome
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VILE
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Clue 31 Down: "47. Awesome, in modern slang"
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 event of something burning (often destructive)
- Words that mean the same thing: fervour, flack, blast
- The opposite would be: hire
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The answer is: FIRE
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Clue 32 Down: "48. Backup plans"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- Words that mean the same thing: come out, come out of the closet, out
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OUTS
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Clue 33 Down: "49. "Hey, you!""
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: PSST
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Clue 34 Down: "51. Drive, with "on""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- Words that mean the same thing: eggs, testis, ballock
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: EGG
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Clue 35 Down: "52. Misoneism, n.: Hatred of anything ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- Words that mean the same thing: novel, newfangled, young
- The opposite would be: worn, old
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The answer is: NEW
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 55 | 78.6% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 12.9% |
| Food & Drink | 2 | 2.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Music | 1 | 1.4% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 70 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 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: August 30, 2025 at 04:23 AM
