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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 79 (41 Across, 38 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.2 letters
Across Clues Explained - Tuesday NYT Crossword February 21, 2023
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Like plans and eggs | 4 |
| 2A | 5. High-five, e.g. | 4 |
| 3A | 9. With 68-Across, ulterior motive … or what 21-, 37- and 59-Across each has? | 6 |
| 4A | 15. Start of a conclusion | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Rose or Rozelle of sports | 4 |
| 6A | 17. Get situated | 6 |
| 7A | 18. "Darn!" | 4 |
| 8A | 19. Bring in | 4 |
| 9A | 20. Bestows, in the Bible | 6 |
| 10A | 21. New York City-born ice cream brand with a Danish-sounding name | 10 |
| 11A | 24. A scarf might cover it | 4 |
| 12A | 25. Group of nine | 6 |
| 13A | 26. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" | 5 |
| 14A | 28. Long-running sketch show, in brief | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Fab Four drummer | 5 |
| 16A | 31. The Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison) | 5 |
| 17A | 32. Word before angle or awake | 4 |
| 18A | 33. Next-to-last Greek letter | 3 |
| 19A | 35. "The Bourne Identity" org. | 3 |
| 20A | 36. Home to the Taj Mahal | 4 |
| 21A | 37. 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa's reindeer | 16 |
| 22A | 43. The "E" in the mnemonic HOMES | 4 |
| 23A | 44. "Well, well, well!" | 3 |
| 24A | 45. Airport screening grp. | 3 |
| 25A | 46. Wambach in the National Soccer Hall of Fame | 4 |
| 26A | 47. Bowling alley features | 5 |
| 27A | 49. Slabs | 5 |
| 28A | 54. Word often confused with "lay" | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Macho sorts | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Perfume ingredient | 6 |
| 31A | 57. ZZ Top, for one | 4 |
| 32A | 59. Name for the star on Israel's flag | 10 |
| 33A | 61. Sparkly headpieces | 6 |
| 34A | 63. Certain inebriate | 4 |
| 35A | 64. Apian abode | 4 |
| 36A | 65. "Do it again!" | 6 |
| 37A | 66. "Will do!" | 4 |
| 38A | 67. Dell competitor | 4 |
| 39A | 68. See 9-Across | 6 |
| 40A | 69. Certain bulbs, in brief | 4 |
| 41A | 70. Loch ___ | 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. Like plans and eggs"
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 put into a certain place or abstract location
- Words that mean the same thing: set, position, put down
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. High-five, e.g."
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 blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- Words that mean the same thing: bang, smacking, smack
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLAP
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Clue 3 Across: "9. With 68-Across, ulterior motive … or what 21-, 37- and 59-Across each has?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that prevent from being seen or discovered
- Words that mean the same thing: shroud, enshroud, obscure
- The opposite would be: show
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIDDEN
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Clue 4 Across: "15. Start of a conclusion"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERGO
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Clue 5 Across: "16. Rose or Rozelle of sports"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: PETE
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Clue 6 Across: "17. Get situated"
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 countries of asia
- Words that mean the same thing: East, orientate, point
- The opposite would be: disorient
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ORIENT
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Clue 7 Across: "18. "Darn!""
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 heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
- Words that mean the same thing: skank, filth
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRUD
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Clue 8 Across: "19. Bring in"
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 earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- Words that mean the same thing: realise, gain, realize
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EARN
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Clue 9 Across: "20. Bestows, in the Bible"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: GIVETH
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Clue 10 Across: "21. New York City-born ice cream brand with a Danish-sounding name"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAAGENDAZS
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Clue 11 Across: "24. A scarf might cover it"
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 back side of the neck
- Words that mean the same thing: scruff, nucha
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAPE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Group of nine"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- Words that mean the same thing: niner, nine, Nina from Carolina
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENNEAD
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Clue 13 Across: "26. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life""
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 film maker (1897-1991)
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Capra, Frank Capra
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAPRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "28. Long-running sketch show, in brief"
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: SNL
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Clue 15 Across: "30. Fab Four drummer"
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 rock star and drummer for the beatles (born in 1940)
- Words that mean the same thing: Starkey, Ringo Starr, Richard Starkey
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STARR
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Clue 16 Across: "31. The Wizard of ___ Park (Thomas Edison)"
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: MENLO
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Clue 17 Across: "32. Word before angle or awake"
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 having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- Words that mean the same thing: all-embracing, spacious, all-inclusive
- The opposite would be: narrow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WIDE
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Clue 18 Across: "33. Next-to-last Greek letter"
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 unit of pressure
- Words that mean the same thing: pounds per square inch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSI
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Clue 19 Across: "35. "The Bourne Identity" org."
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 independent agency of the united states government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the director of central intelligence under the supervision of the president and national security council
- Words that mean the same thing: Central Intelligence Agency
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CIA
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Clue 20 Across: "36. Home to the Taj Mahal"
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 city in northern india; former capital of the mogul empire; site of the taj mahal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGRA
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Clue 21 Across: "37. 1970s auto that shares part of its name with one of Santa's reindeer"
Quick Info: This answer has 16 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: VOLKSWAGENDASHER
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Clue 22 Across: "43. The "E" in the mnemonic HOMES"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a member of an iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of lake erie in northern ohio and northwest pennsylvania and western new york
- Words that mean the same thing: Lake Erie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "44. "Well, well, well!""
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: OHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "45. Airport screening grp."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an agency established in 2001 to safeguard united states transportation systems and insure safe air travel
- Words that mean the same thing: Transportation Security Administration
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TSA
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Clue 25 Across: "46. Wambach in the National Soccer Hall of Fame"
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: ABBY
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Clue 26 Across: "47. Bowling alley features"
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 narrow way or road
- Words that mean the same thing: lane
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LANES
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Clue 27 Across: "49. Slabs"
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 well-built sexually attractive man
- Words that mean the same thing: lump, hunk
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUNKS
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Clue 28 Across: "54. Word often confused with "lay""
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 a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Words that mean the same thing: consist, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
- The opposite would be: stand, arise
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIE
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Clue 29 Across: "55. Macho sorts"
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: HEMEN
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Clue 30 Across: "56. Perfume ingredient"
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 any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KETONE
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Clue 31 Across: "57. ZZ Top, for one"
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 cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- Words that mean the same thing: tierce, deuce-ace, leash
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. Name for the star on Israel's flag"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MAGENDAVID
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Clue 33 Across: "61. Sparkly headpieces"
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 jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- Words that mean the same thing: tiara
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIARAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "63. Certain inebriate"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a chronic drinker
- Words that mean the same thing: sot, rummy, drunkard
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "64. Apian abode"
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 teeming multitude
- Words that mean the same thing: beehive
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HIVE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "65. "Do it again!""
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 extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENCORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "66. "Will do!""
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: ONIT
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Clue 38 Across: "67. Dell competitor"
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 type genus of the aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Acer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACER
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Clue 39 Across: "68. See 9-Across"
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 temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- Words that mean the same thing: docket, schedule, agendum
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AGENDA
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Clue 40 Across: "69. Certain bulbs, in brief"
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 diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- Words that mean the same thing: LED, light-emitting diode
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 41 Across: "70. Loch ___"
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 strip of land projecting into a body of water
- Words that mean the same thing: cape
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NESS
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February 21, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Tres ___ cake | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Unmitigated | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Lizard with a crest | 6 |
| 4D | 4. Jackie Robinson, for one | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Go on a shopping spree | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Headliner | 4 |
| 7D | 7. The faintest amount | 6 |
| 8D | 8. "The Pirates of ___" (Gilbert and Sullivan operetta) | 8 |
| 9D | 9. Motorcycle, in slang | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Olympic skater Slutskaya | 5 |
| 11D | 11. High-maintenance headliner | 4 |
| 12D | 12. Dramatic exhalation | 8 |
| 13D | 13. Double ___ (variety of pun) | 8 |
| 14D | 14. Math degree? | 3 |
| 15D | 22. Wyatt and Virgil of the Wild West | 5 |
| 16D | 23. First-aid equipment | 7 |
| 17D | 27. Lines on a map | 5 |
| 18D | 29. Kind of jet | 4 |
| 19D | 31. Sports star inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2021 | 7 |
| 20D | 32. Third word in many limericks | 3 |
| 21D | 34. Very muscular, in slang | 5 |
| 22D | 37. Wiener schnitzel meat | 4 |
| 23D | 38. Circling, as a satellite | 8 |
| 24D | 39. Subject of HBO's 2013 biopic "Behind the Candelabra" | 8 |
| 25D | 40. Anthem lyricist with a musical name | 3 |
| 26D | 41. Off-base? | 8 |
| 27D | 42. Sounded satisfied, say | 5 |
| 28D | 48. Something that can roar or purr | 6 |
| 29D | 50. Salt Lake City resident | 6 |
| 30D | 51. Rookie | 6 |
| 31D | 52. Cutlery | 6 |
| 32D | 53. Passover repasts | 6 |
| 33D | 55. Amass a mass | 5 |
| 34D | 56. Sailor's speed | 5 |
| 35D | 58. ___ Lady (nickname for Margaret Thatcher or the Eiffel Tower) | 4 |
| 36D | 60. Camelot lady | 4 |
| 37D | 61. Sri Lankan specialty | 3 |
| 38D | 62. The moon's ___ of Tranquillity | 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. Tres ___ cake"
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 man with strong sexual desires
- Words that mean the same thing: lecher, letch, lech
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LECHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Unmitigated"
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 without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- Words that mean the same thing: pure, thoroughgoing, unadulterated
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARRANT
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Clue 3 Down: "3. Lizard with a crest"
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 large herbivorous tropical american arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in central america and south america
- Words that mean the same thing: common iguana, Iguana iguana
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IGUANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Jackie Robinson, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a shifty deceptive person
- Words that mean the same thing: corn dodger, fox, slyboots
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DODGER
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Clue 5 Down: "5. Go on a shopping spree"
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 pass time in a specific way
- Words that mean the same thing: expend, pass, drop
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPEND
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Headliner"
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 an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- Words that mean the same thing: jumper lead, jumper cable, direct
- The opposite would be: deficit, follow
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEAD
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Clue 7 Down: "7. The faintest amount"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATRACE
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Clue 8 Down: "8. "The Pirates of ___" (Gilbert and Sullivan operetta)"
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: PENZANCE
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Clue 9 Down: "9. Motorcycle, in slang"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- Words that mean the same thing: grunter, hogget, pig
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Olympic skater Slutskaya"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: IRINA
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Clue 11 Down: "11. High-maintenance headliner"
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 distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- Words that mean the same thing: prima donna
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: DIVA
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Clue 12 Down: "12. Dramatic exhalation"
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: DEEPSIGH
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Double ___ (variety of pun)"
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: ENTENDRE
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Clue 14 Down: "14. Math degree?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about science/technology.
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- This could be something that last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- Words that mean the same thing: n-th
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NTH
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Clue 15 Down: "22. Wyatt and Virgil of the Wild West"
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: EARPS
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Clue 16 Down: "23. First-aid equipment"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a thin sliver of wood
- Words that mean the same thing: splint
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SPLINTS
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Clue 17 Down: "27. Lines on a map"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a partly sheltered anchorage
- Words that mean the same thing: road, route, roadstead
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ROADS
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Clue 18 Down: "29. Kind of jet"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that british artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- Words that mean the same thing: King Lear, Edward Lear
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LEAR
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Clue 19 Down: "31. Sports star inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2021"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: MIAHAMM
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Third word in many limericks"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a state in northwestern united states on the pacific
- Words that mean the same thing: constitute, Evergreen State, make up
- The opposite would be: differ
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The answer is: WAS
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Clue 21 Down: "34. Very muscular, in slang"
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: SWOLE
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Clue 22 Down: "37. Wiener schnitzel meat"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that meat from a calf
- Words that mean the same thing: veau
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: VEAL
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Clue 23 Down: "38. Circling, as a satellite"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that move in an orbit
- Words that mean the same thing: orb, orbit, revolve
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ORBITING
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Clue 24 Down: "39. Subject of HBO's 2013 biopic "Behind the Candelabra""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: LIBERACE
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Clue 25 Down: "40. Anthem lyricist with a musical name"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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- This could be something that metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- Words that mean the same thing: winder, distinguish, central
- The opposite would be: atonality
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The answer is: KEY
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Off-base?"
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: GONEAWOL
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Sounded satisfied, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- Words that mean the same thing: ooh, aah
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: AAHED
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Clue 28 Down: "48. Something that can roar or purr"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- Words that mean the same thing: locomotive engine, railway locomotive, locomotive
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ENGINE
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Clue 29 Down: "50. Salt Lake City resident"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that a native or resident of utah
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: UTAHAN
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Clue 30 Down: "51. Rookie"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
- Words that mean the same thing: novitiate, tiro, beginner
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: NOVICE
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Clue 31 Down: "52. Cutlery"
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 edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- Words that mean the same thing: knife, tongue
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: KNIVES
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Clue 32 Down: "53. Passover repasts"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of passover
- Words that mean the same thing: Passover supper, Seder
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: SEDERS
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Clue 33 Down: "55. Amass a mass"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a secret store of valuables or money
- Words that mean the same thing: amass, compile, squirrel away
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HOARD
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Clue 34 Down: "56. Sailor's speed"
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 tight cluster of people or things
- Words that mean the same thing: Calidris canutus, mi, gnarl
- The opposite would be: unravel, unknot
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KNOTS
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Clue 35 Down: "58. ___ Lady (nickname for Margaret Thatcher or the Eiffel Tower)"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
- Words that mean the same thing: Fe, smoothing iron, branding iron
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IRON
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Clue 36 Down: "60. Camelot lady"
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 town in north central oklahoma
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ENID
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Clue 37 Down: "61. Sri Lankan specialty"
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 beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
- Words that mean the same thing: teatime, Camellia sinensis, tea leaf
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TEA
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Clue 38 Down: "62. The moon's ___ of Tranquillity"
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 division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- Words that mean the same thing: ocean
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SEA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 60 | 75.9% |
| Short Answer | 10 | 12.7% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 3 | 3.8% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.5% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.5% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 41 |
| Down Clues | 38 |
| Total Clues | 79 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.2 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 16 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 Tuesday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 04, 2025 at 04:42 AM
