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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 74 (31 Across, 43 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.1 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Wednesday Puzzle March 30, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. They may be switched while cycling | 5 |
| 2A | 6. Shorthand pro | 5 |
| 3A | 11. Crossword solver's cry | 3 |
| 4A | 14. Deity with 99 names | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael | 9 |
| 6A | 17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist? | 15 |
| 7A | 19. Preserve, as ashes | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Vodka brand, informally | 5 |
| 9A | 21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies? | 10 |
| 10A | 26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others | 4 |
| 11A | 27. Blond at the bar, say | 3 |
| 12A | 28. Letters on a luxury handbag | 3 |
| 13A | 29. Chips brand | 7 |
| 14A | 31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Did so-so at school | 5 |
| 16A | 34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog? | 13 |
| 17A | 40. Cover for illicit activity | 5 |
| 18A | 41. "Right on!" | 4 |
| 19A | 43. "I don't want to hear the gory details" | 7 |
| 20A | 46. ___-C.I.O. | 3 |
| 21A | 49. Strands in a cell | 3 |
| 22A | 50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___ | 4 |
| 23A | 51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star? | 10 |
| 24A | 54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents | 5 |
| 25A | 56. One-point Scrabble draw | 5 |
| 26A | 57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict? | 15 |
| 27A | 63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity | 9 |
| 28A | 64. One in 1,000? | 5 |
| 29A | 65. Beat it! | 3 |
| 30A | 66. Bee teem? | 5 |
| 31A | 67. Internet admin | 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. They may be switched while cycling"
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 toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- Words that mean the same thing: gear wheel, geared wheel, pitch
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GEARS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "6. Shorthand pro"
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: STENO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "11. Crossword solver's cry"
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: AHA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "14. Deity with 99 names"
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 muslim name for the one and only god
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALLAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Raphael, Gabriel or Michael"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
- Words that mean the same thing: Angelica Archangelica, garden angelica
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ARCHANGEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "17. Cradlin' a Salinger protagonist?"
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: HOLDINCAULFIELD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Preserve, as ashes"
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: INURN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Vodka brand, informally"
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: STOLI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. "Footloose" star cookin' a fresh batch of brownies?"
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: KEVINBAKIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "26. "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a humorous play on words
- Words that mean the same thing: pun, paronomasia, wordplay
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PUNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "27. Blond at the bar, say"
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 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
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "28. Letters on a luxury handbag"
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: YSL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "29. Chips brand"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 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: DORITOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "31. Sentence ... or something found in a sentence"
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 word or expression used for some particular thing
- Words that mean the same thing: terminal figure, full term, condition
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TERM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Did so-so at school"
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: GOTAC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "34. The Great Emancipator sharin' URLs on his blog?"
Quick Info: This answer has 13 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: ABRAHAMLINKIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "40. Cover for illicit activity"
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 side that is forward or prominent
- Words that mean the same thing: straw man, strawman, presence
- The opposite would be: rear, back
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FRONT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "41. "Right on!""
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 not only so, but
- Words that mean the same thing: yea
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "43. "I don't want to hear the gory details""
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: SPAREME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "46. ___-C.I.O."
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 federation of north american labor unions that merged with the congress of industrial organizations in 1955
- Words that mean the same thing: American Federation of Labor
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "49. Strands in a cell"
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 (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- Words that mean the same thing: desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DNA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "50. Four-time Grammy winner India.___"
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: ARIE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "51. Bein' in debt to a "Wedding Crashers" co-star?"
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: OWINWILSON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "54. Some burrowing mouselike rodents"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that any of various small mouselike rodents of the family cricetidae (especially of genus microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
- Words that mean the same thing: vole, field mouse
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VOLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "56. One-point Scrabble draw"
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: NTILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "57. Massachusetts senator wagin' conflict?"
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: ELIZABETHWARRIN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "63. Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity"
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: MONEYTREE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "64. One in 1,000?"
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 punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
- Words that mean the same thing: Polygonia comma, comma butterfly
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COMMA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "65. Beat it!"
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 animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- Words that mean the same thing: eggs, bollock, testicle
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EGG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "66. Bee teem?"
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 moving crowd
- Words that mean the same thing: teem, cloud, horde
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SWARM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "67. Internet admin"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYSOP
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Wednesday NYT Crossword March 30, 2022
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Cry of frustration | 3 |
| 2D | 2. Chess rating system | 3 |
| 3D | 3. ___ fours | 3 |
| 4D | 4. Minute hands, essentially | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Climb (up), as a pole | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Related to religious rites | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Old French coin | 3 |
| 9D | 9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins | 3 |
| 10D | 10. Bunglers | 4 |
| 11D | 11. Get too old to qualify | 6 |
| 12D | 12. "Over my dead body!" | 6 |
| 13D | 13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian | 6 |
| 14D | 16. Particularly particular | 8 |
| 15D | 18. Pencil remnants | 4 |
| 16D | 21. Actress Dennings | 3 |
| 17D | 22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace | 4 |
| 18D | 23. Crow, but not magpie | 4 |
| 19D | 24. "American ___" | 4 |
| 20D | 25. "Moi? Never!" | 4 |
| 21D | 30. Went on, as an errand | 3 |
| 22D | 32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit | 8 |
| 23D | 33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers | 3 |
| 24D | 35. Amount to | 3 |
| 25D | 36. Our genus | 4 |
| 26D | 37. Freshly | 4 |
| 27D | 38. Roadside bombs, for short | 4 |
| 28D | 39. One-billionth: Prefix | 4 |
| 29D | 42. Solo in spaceflight? | 3 |
| 30D | 43. "I need a hero!" | 6 |
| 31D | 44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro | 6 |
| 32D | 45. Under the weather | 6 |
| 33D | 46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union | 6 |
| 34D | 47. Texter's "I think" | 4 |
| 35D | 48. New Hampshire state flowers | 6 |
| 36D | 52. Bury | 5 |
| 37D | 53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson | 5 |
| 38D | 55. Declares | 4 |
| 39D | 58. As an aside, in a text | 3 |
| 40D | 59. The "E" of B.C.E. | 3 |
| 41D | 60. Info in an apt. listing | 3 |
| 42D | 61. Texter's "I think" | 3 |
| 43D | 62. Catch some Z's | 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. Cry of frustration"
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: GAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Chess rating system"
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: ELO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. ___ fours"
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 quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- Words that mean the same thing: whole, totally, completely
- The opposite would be: some, partly
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Minute hands, essentially"
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 length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
- Words that mean the same thing: spoke, wheel spoke, r
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RADII
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Climb (up), as a pole"
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 simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
- Words that mean the same thing: sputter, skin, struggle
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SHINNY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Related to religious rites"
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 of or relating to or near the sacrum
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SACRAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally"
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: TRANK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Old French coin"
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: ECU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Org. for Ducks and Penguins"
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: NHL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Bunglers"
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 awkward stupid person
- Words that mean the same thing: oaf, clod, stumblebum
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAFS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Get too old to qualify"
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: AGEOUT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. "Over my dead body!""
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: HELLNO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Hugo-winning "Hothouse" author Brian"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: ALDISS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Particularly particular"
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: NITPICKY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "18. Pencil remnants"
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 small lump or protuberance
- Words that mean the same thing: centre, essence, heart and soul
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NUBS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "21. Actress Dennings"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the leaves of the shrub catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- Words that mean the same thing: khat, cat, qat
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "22. Philosopher Zeno's birthplace"
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: ELEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "23. Crow, but not magpie"
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 word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: VERB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "24. "American ___""
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 material effigy that is worshipped
- Words that mean the same thing: graven image, perfection, beau ideal
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDOL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "25. "Moi? Never!""
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: NOTI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "30. Went on, as an errand"
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 move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- Words that mean the same thing: pass, die hard, bleed
- The opposite would be: malfunction, idle
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "32. Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic suit"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: MRFREEZE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "33. Intl. standard used by many astrologers"
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 local time at the 0 meridian passing through greenwich, england; it is the same everywhere
- Words that mean the same thing: UT, Greenwich Mean Time, UT1
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GMT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "35. Amount to"
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 surface area equal to 100 square meters
- Words that mean the same thing: represent, constitute, be
- The opposite would be: differ
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The answer is: ARE
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Clue 25 Down: "36. Our genus"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- Words that mean the same thing: human being, homophile, human
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: HOMO
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Clue 26 Down: "37. Freshly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that again but in a new or different way
- Words that mean the same thing: afresh
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ANEW
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Clue 27 Down: "38. Roadside bombs, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- This could be something that an explosive device that is improvised
- Words that mean the same thing: I.E.D., IED, improvised explosive device
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IEDS
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Clue 28 Down: "39. One-billionth: Prefix"
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: NANO
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Clue 29 Down: "42. Solo in spaceflight?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that imperial dynasty that ruled china (most of the time from 206 bc to ad 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of chinese civilization
- Words that mean the same thing: Han dynasty
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: HAN
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Clue 30 Down: "43. "I need a hero!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 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: SAVEME
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Clue 31 Down: "44. Computer language that sounds like a literary intro"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a computer language designed in europe to support natural language processing
- Words that mean the same thing: logic programing, logic programming
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PROLOG
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Clue 32 Down: "45. Under the weather"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that be ill or unwell
- Words that mean the same thing: ail, trouble, unwell
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: AILING
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Clue 33 Down: "46. "Ode to Joy," for the European Union"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
- Words that mean the same thing: hymn
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ANTHEM
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Clue 34 Down: "47. Texter's "I think""
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: FWIW
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Clue 35 Down: "48. New Hampshire state flowers"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about geography.
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- This could be something that any of various plants of the genus syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
- Words that mean the same thing: lilac
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: LILACS
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Clue 36 Down: "52. Bury"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that place in a grave or tomb
- Words that mean the same thing: bury, entomb, inhume
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: INTER
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Clue 37 Down: "53. The "L" of Samuel L. Jackson"
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: LEROY
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Clue 38 Down: "55. Declares"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the chance to speak
- Words that mean the same thing: aver, sound out, say
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SAYS
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Clue 39 Down: "58. As an aside, in a text"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: BTW
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Clue 40 Down: "59. The "E" of B.C.E."
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 period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- Words that mean the same thing: epoch, geological era, earned run average
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 41 Down: "60. Info in an apt. listing"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: RMS
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Clue 42 Down: "61. Texter's "I think""
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 united nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- Words that mean the same thing: International Maritime Organization
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: IMO
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Clue 43 Down: "62. Catch some Z's"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that a period of time spent sleeping
- Words that mean the same thing: sleep, pile, cat sleep
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: NAP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 46 | 62.2% |
| Short Answer | 20 | 27.0% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 4 | 5.4% |
| Geography | 2 | 2.7% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.4% |
| History | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 31 |
| Down Clues | 43 |
| Total Clues | 74 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.1 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Wednesday, 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 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
