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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 76 (35 Across, 41 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.0 letters
December 12, 2023 Across Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Paper size longer than letter | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet | 4 |
| 3A | 10. ___ melt (sandwich) | 4 |
| 4A | 14. Start of a serial | 5 |
| 5A | 15. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" singer/lyricist | 4 |
| 6A | 16. Start and end of every row in Pascal's triangle | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Crotchety geezer with a heart of gold? | 15 |
| 8A | 20. Raggedy ___ | 3 |
| 9A | 21. In a permissive manner | 5 |
| 10A | 22. King, queen or rook | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Paper-___ | 4 |
| 12A | 25. City bird | 6 |
| 13A | 26. "Home Sweet Home" needlepoint pillow, e.g.? | 12 |
| 14A | 31. Seal up | 5 |
| 15A | 32. Greek god of love | 4 |
| 16A | 33. Streetcar, to a Brit | 4 |
| 17A | 37. Word with pressure, pocket or pollution | 3 |
| 18A | 38. Takes offense at | 7 |
| 19A | 41. Rink surface | 3 |
| 20A | 42. Capital of Azerbaijan | 4 |
| 21A | 44. Heredity unit | 4 |
| 22A | 45. Sorts | 5 |
| 23A | 47. Coup d'état that's been judicially suspended? | 12 |
| 24A | 50. Hotel Bible name | 6 |
| 25A | 53. "If all ___ fails ..." | 4 |
| 26A | 54. Decorate | 5 |
| 27A | 55. "To your health!" toast | 5 |
| 28A | 58. Employer of manicurists and pedicurists | 3 |
| 29A | 61. Where social graces were once taught ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 15 |
| 30A | 64. Like some farewells | 4 |
| 31A | 65. Febreze target | 4 |
| 32A | 66. Tickle | 5 |
| 33A | 67. Hellenic H's | 4 |
| 34A | 68. Baseball's Alonso or Rose | 4 |
| 35A | 69. "Designing Women" and "Young Sheldon" actress | 5 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Paper size longer than letter"
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 established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- Words that mean the same thing: effectual, sound
- The opposite would be: illegal
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LEGAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet"
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: XRAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. ___ melt (sandwich)"
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 tropical american prickly pear of jamaica
- Words that mean the same thing: tuna fish, Opuntia tuna, Anguilla sucklandii
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TUNA
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Clue 4 Across: "14. Start of a serial"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 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: PARTI
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Clue 5 Across: "15. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" singer/lyricist"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BONO
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Clue 6 Across: "16. Start and end of every row in Pascal's triangle"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: ace, 1, single
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ONES
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Clue 7 Across: "17. Crotchety geezer with a heart of gold?"
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: GRUMPYOLDMENSCH
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Raggedy ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANN
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Clue 9 Across: "21. In a permissive manner"
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 in a permissively lenient manner
- Words that mean the same thing: leniently
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAXLY
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Clue 10 Across: "22. King, queen or rook"
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 separate part of a whole
- Words that mean the same thing: tack together, slice, firearm
- The opposite would be: disassemble
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIECE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Paper-___"
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 lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- Words that mean the same thing: slender, lose weight, slight
- The opposite would be: thicken, full
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THIN
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Clue 12 Across: "25. City bird"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIGEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. "Home Sweet Home" needlepoint pillow, e.g.?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: SEWINGKITSCH
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Clue 14 Across: "31. Seal up"
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 temporal end; the concluding time
- Words that mean the same thing: conclusion, tightlipped, fill up
- The opposite would be: far, distant
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOSE
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Clue 15 Across: "32. Greek god of love"
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 (greek mythology) god of love; son of aphrodite; identified with roman cupid
- Words that mean the same thing: sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EROS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Streetcar, to a Brit"
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 conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
- Words that mean the same thing: ropeway, streetcar, trolley
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "37. Word with pressure, pocket or pollution"
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 mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- Words that mean the same thing: send, transmit, gentle wind
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AIR
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Clue 18 Across: "38. Takes offense at"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that feel bitter or indignant about
- Words that mean the same thing: begrudge, resent
- The opposite would be: wish
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RESENTS
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Clue 19 Across: "41. Rink surface"
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 water frozen in the solid state
- Words that mean the same thing: shabu, trash, meth
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Capital of Azerbaijan"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a port city on the caspian sea that is the capital of azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Azerbaijan
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAKU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Heredity unit"
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 (genetics) a segment of dna that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding dna as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
- Words that mean the same thing: factor, cistron
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GENE
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Clue 22 Across: "45. Sorts"
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 category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- Words that mean the same thing: sort, kind, form
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KINDS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "47. Coup d'état that's been judicially suspended?"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 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: STAYEDPUTSCH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "50. Hotel Bible name"
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: GIDEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "53. "If all ___ fails ...""
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: ELSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "54. Decorate"
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 make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: invest, deck, decorate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ADORN
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Clue 27 Across: "55. "To your health!" toast"
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: SKOAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "58. Employer of manicurists and pedicurists"
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 health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- Words that mean the same thing: health club, watering place, watering hole
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "61. Where social graces were once taught ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme"
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: FINISHINGSCHOOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "64. Like some farewells"
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 or displaying warmth or affection
- Words that mean the same thing: adoring, partial, warm
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FOND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "65. Febreze target"
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 property detected by the olfactory system
- Words that mean the same thing: smell, olfactory perception, scent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ODOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Tickle"
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 occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- Words that mean the same thing: divert, disport
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Hellenic H's"
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 terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional basque party; want to create an independent homeland in spain's western pyrenees
- Words that mean the same thing: Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, eta
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. Baseball's Alonso or Rose"
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: PETE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. "Designing Women" and "Young Sheldon" actress"
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: POTTS
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December 12, 2023 Down Hints: NYT Tuesday Crossword Guide
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Sports org. that awards the Vare Trophy | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Bring in | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Labor that requires brawn, not brains | 9 |
| 4D | 4. After-hours banking convenience, in brief | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Cosmetic pencil | 8 |
| 6D | 6. Microsoft game console | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Tape dispenser insert | 4 |
| 8D | 8. Raggedy ___ | 4 |
| 9D | 9. ___ Kippur | 3 |
| 10D | 10. This evening | 7 |
| 11D | 11. Wipe from the memory, jocularly | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Longtime manufacturer of Sweethearts | 5 |
| 13D | 13. Very pale | 5 |
| 14D | 18. Comic actor Bowen | 4 |
| 15D | 19. Film with a huge cast | 4 |
| 16D | 24. "The Barber and ___ Wife" ("Sweeney Todd" song) | 3 |
| 17D | 25. Attention-getting sound | 4 |
| 18D | 26. Sign of healing | 4 |
| 19D | 27. Director Kazan | 4 |
| 20D | 28. Novelist Ken | 5 |
| 21D | 29. Greek goddess of peace | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Having well-defined muscles | 5 |
| 23D | 34. Removes the shampoo from, say | 9 |
| 24D | 35. Rock band on Butt-head's T-shirt | 4 |
| 25D | 36. Chicken wire pattern | 4 |
| 26D | 39. "The Candy House" author Jennifer | 4 |
| 27D | 40. Yarmulke, e.g. | 8 |
| 28D | 43. Data in password managers | 7 |
| 29D | 46. "___ a long story" | 3 |
| 30D | 48. Oodles | 4 |
| 31D | 49. Mattar paneer ingredients | 4 |
| 32D | 50. Embarrassing blunder | 5 |
| 33D | 51. Nincompoop | 5 |
| 34D | 52. Prima ___ | 5 |
| 35D | 55. Team | 4 |
| 36D | 56. Muscle problem | 4 |
| 37D | 57. Story time monster | 4 |
| 38D | 59. The Washington ___ | 4 |
| 39D | 60. Drinks labeled "XXX" in comics | 4 |
| 40D | 62. Short trip | 3 |
| 41D | 63. Med. plan choice | 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. Sports org. that awards the Vare Trophy"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LPGA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. 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: make, take in, pull in
- 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 3 Down: "3. Labor that requires brawn, not brains"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GRUNTWORK
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Clue 4 Down: "4. After-hours banking convenience, in brief"
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 unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- Words that mean the same thing: asynchronous transfer mode, automated teller machine, atmosphere
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Cosmetic pencil"
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: LIPLINER
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Clue 6 Down: "6. Microsoft game console"
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: XBOX
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Tape dispenser insert"
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 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- Words that mean the same thing: ramble, roll up, cast
- The opposite would be: unwind
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROLL
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Clue 8 Down: "8. Raggedy ___"
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: ANDY
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Clue 9 Down: "9. ___ Kippur"
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: YOM
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Clue 10 Down: "10. This evening"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the present or immediately coming night
- Words that mean the same thing: this evening, this night
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TONIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Wipe from the memory, jocularly"
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: UNSEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Longtime manufacturer of Sweethearts"
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: NECCO
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Clue 13 Down: "13. Very pale"
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 anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - mary w. shelley
- Words that mean the same thing: white, blanched, bloodless
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASHEN
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Clue 14 Down: "18. Comic actor Bowen"
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 the bright positive masculine principle in chinese dualistic cosmology
- The opposite would be: yin
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YANG
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Clue 15 Down: "19. Film with a huge cast"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
- Words that mean the same thing: epic poem, heroic poem, epical
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EPIC
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Clue 16 Down: "24. "The Barber and ___ Wife" ("Sweeney Todd" song)"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
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: HIS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "25. Attention-getting sound"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PSST
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "26. Sign of healing"
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 someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- Words that mean the same thing: blackleg, strikebreaker, rat
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAB
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Clue 19 Down: "27. Director Kazan"
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 english essayist (1775-1834)
- Words that mean the same thing: Charles Lamb, Lamb
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ELIA
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Clue 20 Down: "28. Novelist Ken"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
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- This could be something that united states writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001)
- Words that mean the same thing: Ken Elton Kesey, Ken Kesey
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: KESEY
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Clue 21 Down: "29. Greek goddess of peace"
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 22 Down: "30. Having well-defined muscles"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- Words that mean the same thing: chant, modulate, intone
- The opposite would be: toneless
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The answer is: TONED
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Clue 23 Down: "34. Removes the shampoo from, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: RINSESOUT
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Clue 24 Down: "35. Rock band on Butt-head's T-shirt"
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: ACDC
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Chicken wire pattern"
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 number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles
- Words that mean the same thing: meshwork, meshing, engage
- The opposite would be: disengage
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The answer is: MESH
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Clue 26 Down: "39. "The Candy House" author Jennifer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EGAN
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Clue 27 Down: "40. Yarmulke, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- Words that mean the same thing: calvaria, helmetflower
- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: SKULLCAP
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Data in password managers"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: USERIDS
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Clue 29 Down: "46. "___ a long story""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
- Words that mean the same thing: information technology, IT
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ITS
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Oodles"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a large number or amount
- Words that mean the same thing: rafts, gobs, net ton
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TONS
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Mattar paneer ingredients"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that seed of a pea plant used for food
- Words that mean the same thing: pea plant, pea
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PEAS
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Clue 32 Down: "50. Embarrassing blunder"
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 socially awkward or tactless act
- Words that mean the same thing: slip, solecism, faux pas
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GAFFE
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Clue 33 Down: "51. Nincompoop"
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 person of subnormal intelligence
- Words that mean the same thing: imbecile, cretin, moron
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: IDIOT
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Clue 34 Down: "52. Prima ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an italian woman of rank
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: DONNA
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Clue 35 Down: "55. Team"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- Words that mean the same thing: side of meat, English, incline
- The opposite would be: top
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The answer is: SIDE
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Clue 36 Down: "56. Muscle problem"
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 tight cluster of people or things
- Words that mean the same thing: nautical mile, ravel, mile
- The opposite would be: unknot, unravel
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The answer is: KNOT
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Clue 37 Down: "57. Story time monster"
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 cruel wicked and inhuman person
- Words that mean the same thing: fiend, devil, demon
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: OGRE
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Clue 38 Down: "59. The Washington ___"
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 position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- Words that mean the same thing: situation, send, Emily Price Post
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: POST
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Clue 39 Down: "60. Drinks labeled "XXX" in comics"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the united states an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- Words that mean the same thing: ale
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ALES
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Clue 40 Down: "62. Short trip"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- Words that mean the same thing: record hop, skip, hop-skip
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: HOP
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Clue 41 Down: "63. Med. plan choice"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
- Words that mean the same thing: health maintenance organization
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: HMO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 67.1% |
| Short Answer | 9 | 11.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 7 | 9.2% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.6% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.6% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 41 |
| Total Clues | 76 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.0 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 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: August 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
