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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (34 Across, 34 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.9 letters
Across Clues Explained - Saturday NYT Crossword June 22, 2024
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Fermented mixture in Japanese cooking | 9 |
| 2A | 10. Locale named in the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" | 5 |
| 3A | 15. Some theatrical transitions | 9 |
| 4A | 16. Refused to release | 5 |
| 5A | 17. Stovetop convenience | 9 |
| 6A | 18. Emmy winner Uzo | 5 |
| 7A | 19. Mo. in which the U.S. Constitution was signed | 3 |
| 8A | 20. Worsening situation from which there is no escape | 11 |
| 9A | 22. 10th in a series | 5 |
| 10A | 24. Run into | 4 |
| 11A | 25. "___ the Next One," Grammy-winning Jay-Z song of 2009 | 4 |
| 12A | 26. Slurped treat | 4 |
| 13A | 27. Go window shopping, perhaps | 6 |
| 14A | 29. A migraine sufferer might take one, for short | 3 |
| 15A | 30. Small-game hunters | 8 |
| 16A | 32. Dreaded time for many | 6 |
| 17A | 34. An eternity | 4 |
| 18A | 35. ___Plus (pharmacy brand) | 4 |
| 19A | 36. Cop | 6 |
| 20A | 39. Raises, as a sensitive subject | 8 |
| 21A | 43. Arundhati ___, Booker Prize-winning author | 3 |
| 22A | 44. One in the last line of defense, typically | 6 |
| 23A | 46. Completely take advantage of | 4 |
| 24A | 47. ___ urbis conditae, date of the founding of Rome | 4 |
| 25A | 49. "It was a lover and his ___" (beginning of a song in "As You Like It") | 4 |
| 26A | 50. Just must | 5 |
| 27A | 51. Temporary water provider | 11 |
| 28A | 54. Vin Diesel's role in the "Fast & Furious" movies | 3 |
| 29A | 55. Proverbial payee | 5 |
| 30A | 56. Casino where Siegfried and Roy made their Las Vegas debut | 9 |
| 31A | 58. Follow | 5 |
| 32A | 59. "Some friendly advice ..." | 9 |
| 33A | 60. Slips through the cracks | 5 |
| 34A | 61. Plants used in early genetics experiments | 9 |
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. Fermented mixture in Japanese cooking"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MISOPASTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "10. Locale named in the Beach Boys' "Kokomo""
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 popular island resort in the netherlands antilles
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARUBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Some theatrical transitions"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENTRACTES
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Refused to release"
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: SATON
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Stovetop convenience"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SPOONREST
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Emmy winner Uzo"
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: ADUBA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Mo. in which the U.S. Constitution was signed"
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 month following august and preceding october
- Words that mean the same thing: Sept, September
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEP
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Worsening situation from which there is no escape"
Quick Info: This answer has 11 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEATHSPIRAL
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Clue 9 Across: "22. 10th in a series"
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 10th letter of the greek alphabet
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KAPPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "24. Run into"
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 meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- Words that mean the same thing: match, sports meeting, satisfy
- The opposite would be: diverge
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. "___ the Next One," Grammy-winning Jay-Z song of 2009"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard 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: ONTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "26. Slurped treat"
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: ICEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "27. Go window shopping, perhaps"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: PEERIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. A migraine sufferer might take one, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- Words that mean the same thing: encephalogram, electroencephalogram
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EEG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Small-game hunters"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- Words that mean the same thing: terrier
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERRIERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "32. Dreaded time for many"
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 the second day of the week; the first working day
- Words that mean the same thing: Mon
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MONDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "34. An eternity"
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 longest division of geological time
- Words that mean the same thing: eon, aeon
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "35. ___Plus (pharmacy brand)"
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: ATRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Cop"
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: FESSUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "39. Raises, as a sensitive subject"
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 a decorative pin worn by women
- Words that mean the same thing: breastpin, broach, initiate
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BROACHES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Arundhati ___, Booker Prize-winning author"
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: ROY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. One in the last line of defense, typically"
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 the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- Words that mean the same thing: guard, base hit, condom
- The opposite would be: danger
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAFETY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Completely take advantage of"
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 socks and stockings and tights collectively (the british include underwear)
- Words that mean the same thing: hose down, hosiery, hosepipe
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. ___ urbis conditae, date of the founding of Rome"
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: ANNO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "49. "It was a lover and his ___" (beginning of a song in "As You Like It")"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- Words that mean the same thing: jeune fille, young girl, lassie
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LASS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Just must"
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: GOTTA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "51. Temporary water provider"
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: PLANTSITTER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "54. Vin Diesel's role in the "Fast & Furious" movies"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
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: DOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. Proverbial payee"
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 someone who plays the bagpipe
- Words that mean the same thing: bagpiper, genus Piper
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PIPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "56. Casino where Siegfried and Roy made their Las Vegas debut"
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: TROPICANA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "58. Follow"
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 issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
- Words that mean the same thing: result
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ENSUE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "59. "Some friendly advice ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HERESATIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "60. Slips through the cracks"
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 gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- Words that mean the same thing: seep, ooze
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEEPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "61. Plants used in early genetics experiments"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: sweetpea, Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWEETPEAS
Great job if you got it right!
June 22, 2024 Saturday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Set for a campsite | 7 |
| 2D | 2. One way to be left | 7 |
| 3D | 3. Bung, e.g. | 7 |
| 4D | 4. What the Royal Crown of Spain is plated with | 3 |
| 5D | 5. It's black and white (or sometimes red) | 5 |
| 6D | 6. Historically, it corresponded with how much a farmer could plow in one day | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Alternatives to irons | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Guinea pigs, e.g. | 7 |
| 9D | 9. Book with the story of Purim | 6 |
| 10D | 10. "Now!" | 4 |
| 11D | 11. It's tuned for tunes | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Went from 0 to 180, say | 7 |
| 13D | 13. Noncarbonated drink with bubbles | 7 |
| 14D | 14. Illuminating example | 7 |
| 15D | 21. Handheld object used to release excess energy | 7 |
| 16D | 23. French family members | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Trading card enthusiasts? | 7 |
| 18D | 28. "A Doll's House" protagonist | 4 |
| 19D | 31. Cash substitutes | 4 |
| 20D | 33. ___ cheese | 5 |
| 21D | 35. Creative outlet? | 8 |
| 22D | 36. Ballet exercises done at a barre | 7 |
| 23D | 37. Celebrity gossip site | 7 |
| 24D | 38. Think piece? | 7 |
| 25D | 39. Cover with scattered objects | 7 |
| 26D | 40. Much-anticipated outing | 7 |
| 27D | 41. First country to hold elections using internet voting | 7 |
| 28D | 42. Nautical navigation aids | 7 |
| 29D | 45. All ___ (phrase in some nondenominational church names) | 6 |
| 30D | 48. Better | 5 |
| 31D | 50. Mill fill | 5 |
| 32D | 52. Cuban instrument that ironically has six strings | 4 |
| 33D | 53. Sport that allows some corps-Ã -corps (body-to-body) contact | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Complete, with "off" | 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. Set for a campsite"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MESSKIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. One way to be left"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: INPEACE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Bung, e.g."
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 an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
- Words that mean the same thing: conversation stopper, show-stopper, plug
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STOPPER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. What the Royal Crown of Spain is plated with"
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: ORO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. It's black and white (or sometimes red)"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of china and tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family ailuropodidae
- Words that mean the same thing: panda bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ailurus fulgens
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PANDA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Historically, it corresponded with how much a farmer could plow in one day"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in english-speaking countries
- Words that mean the same thing: Akko, Akka, Accho
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ACRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Alternatives to irons"
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 a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
- Words that mean the same thing: steamer, long-neck clam, steamer clam
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEAMERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Guinea pigs, e.g."
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 someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
- Words that mean the same thing: examinee, testee
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TESTEES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Book with the story of Purim"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that (old testament) a beautiful jewess chosen by the king of persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the jews in persia (an event celebrated by jews as the feast of purim)
- Words that mean the same thing: Book of Esther
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ESTHER
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. "Now!""
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 as soon as possible
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASAP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. It's tuned for tunes"
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 medium for communication
- Words that mean the same thing: radiocommunication, radio receiver, receiving set
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADIO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Went from 0 to 180, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: UTURNED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Noncarbonated drink with bubbles"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOBATEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Illuminating example"
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 an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- Words that mean the same thing: doctrine of analogy
- The opposite would be: apophatism
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANALOGY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Handheld object used to release excess energy"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STIMTOY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. French family members"
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: PERES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Trading card enthusiasts?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PENPALS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "28. "A Doll's House" protagonist"
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: NORA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "31. Cash substitutes"
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 an informal debt instrument; representing `i owe you'
- Words that mean the same thing: IOU
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOUS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "33. ___ cheese"
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 tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACHO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "35. Creative outlet?"
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: ARTSTORE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "36. Ballet exercises done at a barre"
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 liqueur poured over shaved ice
- Words that mean the same thing: ice, frappe
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: FRAPPES
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Clue 23 Down: "37. Celebrity gossip site"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: EONLINE
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Clue 24 Down: "38. Think piece?"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: SYNAPSE
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Clue 25 Down: "39. Cover with scattered objects"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that cover by strewing
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: BESTREW
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Much-anticipated outing"
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: HOTDATE
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Clue 27 Down: "41. First country to hold elections using internet voting"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a republic in northeastern europe on the baltic sea
- Words that mean the same thing: Republic of Estonia, Esthonia
- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: ESTONIA
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Nautical navigation aids"
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: SEAMAPS
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Clue 29 Down: "45. All ___ (phrase in some nondenominational church names)"
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 strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
- Words that mean the same thing: faith, trust, organized religion
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: FAITHS
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Clue 30 Down: "48. Better"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ONEUP
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Mill fill"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that grain intended to be or that has been ground
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GRIST
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Clue 32 Down: "52. Cuban instrument that ironically has six strings"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: TRES
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Clue 33 Down: "53. Sport that allows some corps-Ã -corps (body-to-body) contact"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: EPEE
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Complete, with "off""
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 tight-fitting headdress
- Words that mean the same thing: detonator, ceiling, crownwork
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: CAP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 53 | 77.9% |
| Short Answer | 3 | 4.4% |
| Music | 2 | 2.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| History | 1 | 1.5% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.5% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
| Geography | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 34 |
| Down Clues | 34 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.9 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 11 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, 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 24, 2025 at 08:22 PM
