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Date: Thursday, August 15, 2019
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (33 Across, 39 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Thursday Puzzle August 15, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Skin pic | 3 |
| 2A | 4. Apt hairstyle for a gunslinger? | 5 |
| 3A | 9. Travelocity mascot | 5 |
| 4A | 14. Sound of wonder | 3 |
| 5A | 15. Speed skater Ohno | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Splits into bits | 5 |
| 7A | 17. Easy quiz to grade [5] | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Craft-selling site | 4 |
| 9A | 21. Remove ID from, as a Facebook post | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Civil rights legis. of 1990 | 3 |
| 11A | 23. Bromantic activity [5] | 11 |
| 12A | 26. Rebel Turner | 3 |
| 13A | 27. Online admin | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Like the sexual references in PG-13 movies | 4 |
| 15A | 29. Tears | 5 |
| 16A | 33. Fixes, in a way | 5 |
| 17A | 34. Drugmaker's claim [6] | 13 |
| 18A | 38. Fits | 5 |
| 19A | 39. Really desire, with "over" | 5 |
| 20A | 40. Suffix with novel | 4 |
| 21A | 41. Is clearly blue | 5 |
| 22A | 45. What the first letter of 56-Down stands for | 3 |
| 23A | 46. TV star with a museum in Jamestown, N.Y. [4] | 11 |
| 24A | 52. Org. with a top 10 list | 3 |
| 25A | 53. High-percentage crime? | 5 |
| 26A | 54. Snack item once advertised as "WONDERfILLED" | 4 |
| 27A | 55. Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across | 15 |
| 28A | 59. Asinine | 5 |
| 29A | 60. ___ Mongolia | 5 |
| 30A | 61. Producer of the "Code Switch" and "Planet Money" podcasts | 3 |
| 31A | 62. Big swigs | 5 |
| 32A | 63. Topics in couples therapy | 5 |
| 33A | 64. Chain fastened to a ship's yard | 3 |
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. Skin pic"
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 tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- Words that mean the same thing: intertwine, cheapness, tackiness
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "4. Apt hairstyle for a gunslinger?"
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 vigorous blow
- Words that mean the same thing: make out, have intercourse, bash
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BANGS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "9. Travelocity mascot"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- Words that mean the same thing: dwarf
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GNOME
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Sound of wonder"
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 express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: aah
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OOH
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Clue 5 Across: "15. Speed skater Ohno"
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: _____
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The answer is: APOLO
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Splits into bits"
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 grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- Words that mean the same thing: Elmer Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Elmer Leopold Rice
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RICES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Easy quiz to grade [5]"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRUEORFALSETEST
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Craft-selling site"
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: ETSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Remove ID from, as a Facebook post"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UNTAG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Civil rights legis. of 1990"
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 an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- Words that mean the same thing: adenosine deaminase
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Bromantic activity [5]"
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: MALEBONDING
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Clue 12 Across: "26. Rebel Turner"
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: NAT
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Clue 13 Across: "27. Online admin"
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: SYSOP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Like the sexual references in PG-13 movies"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that correct by punishment or discipline
- Words that mean the same thing: tone down, meek, naturalize
- The opposite would be: wild
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "29. Tears"
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 tear or be torn violently
- Words that mean the same thing: rive, pull, rend
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RENDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Fixes, in a way"
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 cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- Words that mean the same thing: gum, mucilage, glue
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLUES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. Drugmaker's claim [6]"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: NOSIDEEFFECTS
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Clue 18 Across: "38. Fits"
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 (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- Words that mean the same thing: binge, turn, tear
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOUTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Really desire, with "over""
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 pretentious or silly talk or writing
- Words that mean the same thing: boloney, tommyrot, tosh
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DROOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "40. Suffix with novel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "41. Is clearly blue"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- Words that mean the same thing: weep, cry
- The opposite would be: laugh
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WEEPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. What the first letter of 56-Down stands for"
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 sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- Words that mean the same thing: spike, pinna, auricle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. TV star with a museum in Jamestown, N.Y. [4]"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUCILLEBALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "52. Org. with a top 10 list"
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 federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the department of justice
- Words that mean the same thing: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FBI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "53. High-percentage crime?"
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 an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
- Words that mean the same thing: vigorish
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: USURY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Snack item once advertised as "WONDERfILLED""
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 chocolate cookie with white cream filling
- Words that mean the same thing: oreo cookie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OREO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "55. Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REVERSEENGINEER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "59. Asinine"
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 devoid of intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: vacuous, asinine, fatuous
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INANE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "60. ___ Mongolia"
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 located inward; - leonard bernstein; - david denby; - a.r.gurney,jr.
- Words that mean the same thing: privileged, interior, inside
- The opposite would be: outer
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INNER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "61. Producer of the "Code Switch" and "Planet Money" podcasts"
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: NPR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "62. Big swigs"
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 endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- Words that mean the same thing: belted ammunition, bash, belt ammunition
- The opposite would be: unbelt
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BELTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Topics in couples therapy"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a condition requiring relief
- Words that mean the same thing: demand, pauperism, pauperization
- The opposite would be: obviate
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "64. Chain fastened to a ship's yard"
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: TYE
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Thursday NYT Crossword August 15, 2019
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Sacred symbol | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Some circulation channels | 6 |
| 3D | 3. So, humorously | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Filled and steamed bun, in Chinese cuisine | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Mortgage fig. | 3 |
| 6D | 6. Dullsville | 5 |
| 7D | 7. Prostate, e.g. | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Conductor Georg | 5 |
| 9D | 9. Coach Popovich with five N.B.A. championships | 5 |
| 10D | 10. Little carp | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Sub tenant? | 8 |
| 12D | 12. French ladies | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Jamaica ___, N.Y. (childhood home of Donald Trump) | 7 |
| 14D | 18. Some hieroglyphic symbols | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Start of many Mexican city names | 3 |
| 16D | 24. First name of Russia's first president | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Slanted column | 4 |
| 18D | 28. Sister network of Animal Planet and HGTV | 3 |
| 19D | 30. ___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch | 3 |
| 20D | 31. Aachen article | 3 |
| 21D | 32. West Coast airport code | 3 |
| 22D | 33. Aspic-like dish | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Attention-getting phrase | 8 |
| 24D | 35. Eclipse | 8 |
| 25D | 36. Office address abbr. | 3 |
| 26D | 37. Some game | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Barbecue cut | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Dark hue | 4 |
| 29D | 43. Rear | 6 |
| 30D | 44. About to go out | 6 |
| 31D | 46. Angler's purchases | 5 |
| 32D | 47. ___ Missouri | 3 |
| 33D | 48. Signal when to begin | 5 |
| 34D | 49. Memorable 2011 hurricane | 5 |
| 35D | 50. ___ Cheney, former second lady | 5 |
| 36D | 51. Chuck nicknamed the "King of Sitcoms" | 5 |
| 37D | 56. Treater of a deviated septum, for short | 3 |
| 38D | 57. Test whose scores range from 100 to 200, in brief | 3 |
| 39D | 58. Government agcy. much impersonated in scam calls | 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. Sacred symbol"
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 clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOTEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Some circulation channels"
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 large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
- Words that mean the same thing: aorta
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AORTAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. So, humorously"
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 in the way indicated; ; ; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
- Words that mean the same thing: so, thus
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THUSLY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Filled and steamed bun, in Chinese cuisine"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium 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: BAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Mortgage fig."
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 month following march and preceding may
- Words that mean the same thing: April
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APR
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Dullsville"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NOFUN
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Clue 7 Down: "7. Prostate, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
- Words that mean the same thing: secretory organ, secreter, secretor
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GLAND
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Conductor Georg"
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: SOLTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Coach Popovich with five N.B.A. championships"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard 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: GREGG
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Clue 10 Down: "10. Little carp"
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 luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Sub tenant?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
- Words that mean the same thing: aquanaut
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OCEANAUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. French ladies"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that title used for a married frenchwoman
- Words that mean the same thing: madame
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESDAMES
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Jamaica ___, N.Y. (childhood home of Donald Trump)"
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 everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
- Words that mean the same thing: estate of the realm, land, demesne
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESTATES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "18. Some hieroglyphic symbols"
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 opinion or judgment
- Words that mean the same thing: center, eyeball, oculus
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "19. Start of many Mexican city names"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: SAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. First name of Russia's first president"
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: BORIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Slanted column"
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: OPED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. Sister network of Animal Planet and HGTV"
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 considerate and solicitous care
- Words that mean the same thing: tender loving care
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TLC
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Clue 19 Down: "30. ___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 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: NED
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Clue 20 Down: "31. Aachen article"
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 denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
- Words that mean the same thing: d, five hundred, 500
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DER
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Clue 21 Down: "32. West Coast airport code"
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: SFO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "33. Aspic-like dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GELEE
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Attention-getting phrase"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: NOTABENE
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Eclipse"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that be more of a rival than
- Words that mean the same thing: outvie
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: OUTRIVAL
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Office address abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: STE
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Some game"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- Words that mean the same thing: domestic fowl, poultry, bird
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: FOWL
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Barbecue cut"
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: BEEFRIB
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Dark hue"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that of a very dark black
- Words that mean the same thing: ebony
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EBON
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Clue 29 Down: "43. Rear"
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 father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
- Words that mean the same thing: nurture, raise, bring up
- The opposite would be: child
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The answer is: PARENT
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Clue 30 Down: "44. About to go out"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that ready to fall asleep
- Words that mean the same thing: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SLEEPY
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Clue 31 Down: "46. Angler's purchases"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- Words that mean the same thing: enticement, bait, decoy
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LURES
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Clue 32 Down: "47. ___ Missouri"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that north american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- Words that mean the same thing: U.S.A., United States of America, US
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: USS
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Clue 33 Down: "48. Signal when to begin"
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: CUEIN
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Clue 34 Down: "49. Memorable 2011 hurricane"
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: IRENE
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Clue 35 Down: "50. ___ Cheney, former second lady"
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: LYNNE
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Clue 36 Down: "51. Chuck nicknamed the "King of Sitcoms""
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 united states actor (born in hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)
- Words that mean the same thing: Laszlo Lowestein, Peter Lorre
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LORRE
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Clue 37 Down: "56. Treater of a deviated septum, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ENT
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Clue 38 Down: "57. Test whose scores range from 100 to 200, in brief"
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: GED
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Clue 39 Down: "58. Government agcy. much impersonated in scam calls"
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 bureau of the treasury department responsible for tax collections
- Words that mean the same thing: Internal Revenue Service
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRS
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 41 | 56.9% |
| Short Answer | 16 | 22.2% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 4.2% |
| Sports | 3 | 4.2% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.8% |
| Literature | 2 | 2.8% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.8% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 33 |
| Down Clues | 39 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Thursday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
