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Date: Friday, September 11, 2020
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 72 (35 Across, 37 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.4 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Friday Puzzle September 11, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Fans of the Bible? | 10 |
| 2A | 11. It's hardly a breath of fresh air | 4 |
| 3A | 15. Apartment units | 10 |
| 4A | 16. Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial | 4 |
| 5A | 17. Necked, jocularly | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Sort (through) | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Perspectives | 5 |
| 8A | 20. Starters | 5 |
| 9A | 22. Bobs and weaves | 3 |
| 10A | 23. Phone-unlocking option | 4 |
| 11A | 25. Pictures | 7 |
| 12A | 27. "Auntie," on the telly | 3 |
| 13A | 30. Dreaded examination | 5 |
| 14A | 32. Like bells | 4 |
| 15A | 33. Achilles' heel, e.g. | 4 |
| 16A | 35. Lap-sitter | 3 |
| 17A | 36. Solution for a chef, maybe | 5 |
| 18A | 37. Not on time, but that's OK | 15 |
| 19A | 41. Talent, in slang | 5 |
| 20A | 42. Sister language of Thai | 3 |
| 21A | 43. Member of the House of Saud, e.g. | 4 |
| 22A | 44. ___ nut | 4 |
| 23A | 45. Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee | 5 |
| 24A | 47. Seventh of 24 | 3 |
| 25A | 48. Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together | 7 |
| 26A | 50. Right columns? | 4 |
| 27A | 52. Roar from a crowd | 3 |
| 28A | 53. Proverbial back-breaker | 5 |
| 29A | 55. King ___ | 5 |
| 30A | 59. "My, my!" | 4 |
| 31A | 61. Get out of here! | 10 |
| 32A | 63. Miguel in "Coco," por ejemplo | 4 |
| 33A | 64. Sweet Indian beverage | 10 |
| 34A | 65. "Rock or Bust" rockers | 4 |
| 35A | 66. One who's about ready to go out? | 10 |
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. Fans of the Bible?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: PALMFRONDS
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Clue 2 Across: "11. It's hardly a breath of fresh air"
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 air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
- Words that mean the same thing: smogginess
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SMOG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Apartment units"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SQUAREFEET
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Clue 4 Across: "16. Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial"
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 an island of central hawaii (between molokai and kauai); the chief island of the state
- Words that mean the same thing: Oahu Island
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OAHU
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Clue 5 Across: "17. Necked, jocularly"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: SUCKEDFACE
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Clue 6 Across: "18. Sort (through)"
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 move as if through a sieve
- Words that mean the same thing: strain, sieve
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SIFT
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Clue 7 Across: "19. Perspectives"
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 the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Words that mean the same thing: yield, contract, withdraw
- The opposite would be: abstain, give
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAKES
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Clue 8 Across: "20. Starters"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy 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: ATEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "22. Bobs and weaves"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies
- Words that mean the same thing: practise, come, answer
- The opposite would be: unmake
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "23. Phone-unlocking option"
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 act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- Words that mean the same thing: read, skim, rake
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SCAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "25. Pictures"
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 ability to form mental images of things or events
- Words that mean the same thing: imaging, mental imagery, imagination
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMAGERY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "27. "Auntie," on the telly"
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: BBC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "30. Dreaded examination"
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 an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or cpa
- Words that mean the same thing: inspect, scrutinize, audited account
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "32. Like bells"
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 crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- Words that mean the same thing: reverberate, stave, surround
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RUNG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "33. Achilles' heel, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an imperfection in an object or machine
- Words that mean the same thing: fault, blemish, defect
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FLAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "35. Lap-sitter"
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 small amount (especially of a drink)
- Words that mean the same thing: sum, tot up, add
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "36. Solution for a chef, maybe"
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 water containing salts
- Words that mean the same thing: seawater, saltwater
- The opposite would be: fresh water
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BRINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "37. Not on time, but that's OK"
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: FASHIONABLYLATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "41. Talent, in slang"
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 irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- Words that mean the same thing: chop, chopper, chop shot
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CHOPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "42. Sister language of Thai"
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 member of a buddhist people inhabiting the area of the mekong river in laos and thailand and speaking the lao language; related to the thais
- Words that mean the same thing: Laotian
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "43. Member of the House of Saud, e.g."
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 an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in africa or arabia)
- Words that mean the same thing: amir, emeer, ameer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EMIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "44. ___ nut"
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 tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
- Words that mean the same thing: Musgoi, Cola acuminata, Daba
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KOLA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "45. Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966)
- Words that mean the same thing: Michael Gerald Tyson, Mike Tyson
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TYSON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "47. Seventh of 24"
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 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: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ETA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "48. Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together"
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 partial or total loss of memory
- Words that mean the same thing: memory loss, blackout
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMNESIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "50. Right columns?"
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 prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- Words that mean the same thing: blue-pencil, redact, cut
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EDIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "52. Roar from a crowd"
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: RAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "53. Proverbial back-breaker"
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 plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- Words that mean the same thing: husk, wheat, chaff
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STRAW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "55. King ___"
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 venomous asiatic and african elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COBRA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "59. "My, my!""
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: EGAD
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "61. Get out of here!"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ESCAPEROOM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "63. Miguel in "Coco," por ejemplo"
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: NINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "64. Sweet Indian beverage"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MANGOLASSI
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "65. "Rock or Bust" rockers"
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: ACDC
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "66. One who's about ready to go out?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a sleepy person
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SLEEPYHEAD
Great job if you got it right!
Down Clues Decoded - Friday NYT Crossword September 11, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Attention getter | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Lead-in to culture | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Unfortunate thing to be out of | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Nets | 5 |
| 5D | 5. Alternative to 7Up | 6 |
| 6D | 6. Like the circle in the 7Up logo | 3 |
| 7D | 7. Intermittently | 8 |
| 8D | 8. Dandy | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Trickery | 6 |
| 10D | 10. Tick off | 5 |
| 11D | 11. Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna | 3 |
| 12D | 12. Something that might be sacrificed at the altar? | 10 |
| 13D | 13. "Never mind!" | 10 |
| 14D | 14. Full of grit | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Unite | 5 |
| 16D | 24. Jaguars, e.g. | 5 |
| 17D | 26. Trickery | 5 |
| 18D | 27. With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally | 3 |
| 19D | 28. Bad spells | 10 |
| 20D | 29. Liquid paper? | 10 |
| 21D | 31. Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented | 5 |
| 22D | 34. With 36-Down, what plasma may be removed from | 5 |
| 23D | 36. See 34-Down | 5 |
| 24D | 38. "Check" | 5 |
| 25D | 39. It comes before overtime | 8 |
| 26D | 40. Slice of life, maybe | 3 |
| 27D | 45. Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula | 6 |
| 28D | 46. "___ done!" | 6 |
| 29D | 48. Game site | 5 |
| 30D | 49. Objects | 5 |
| 31D | 51. Literally, "law" | 5 |
| 32D | 54. Face covering of a sort | 4 |
| 33D | 56. Big producer of speakers | 4 |
| 34D | 57. Santa ___, Calif. | 4 |
| 35D | 58. Surrounded by | 4 |
| 36D | 60. Nonfiction film, informally | 3 |
| 37D | 62. Really jump out | 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. Attention getter"
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 2 Down: "2. Lead-in to culture"
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 shade of blue tinged with green
- Words that mean the same thing: turquoise, greenish blue, aquamarine
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AQUA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Unfortunate thing to be out of"
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 your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- Words that mean the same thing: circumstances, lot, portion
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LUCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Nets"
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 recognizable kind
- Words that mean the same thing: micturate, relieve oneself, stimulate
- The opposite would be: unmake, break
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MAKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Alternative to 7Up"
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: FRESCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Like the circle in the 7Up logo"
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 red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- Words that mean the same thing: cherry-red, bolshie, Marxist
- The opposite would be: gain
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Intermittently"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 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: OFFANDON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Dandy"
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 clean or organized
- Words that mean the same thing: straight, slap-up, peachy
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Trickery"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the quality of being fraudulent
- Words that mean the same thing: dissembling, deception, misrepresentation
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DECEIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Tick off"
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 water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
- Words that mean the same thing: steam clean, steamer
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STEAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- Words that mean the same thing: so, soh, sol
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Something that might be sacrificed at the altar?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: MAIDENNAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. "Never mind!""
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: OHFORGETIT
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Clue 14 Down: "14. Full of grit"
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 marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; ; -judith crist
- Words that mean the same thing: plucky
- The opposite would be: gutless
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUTSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Unite"
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 take in marriage
- Words that mean the same thing: espouse, splice, get hitched with
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MARRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "24. Jaguars, e.g."
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 motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- Words that mean the same thing: machine, auto, motorcar
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AUTOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "26. Trickery"
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 shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- Words that mean the same thing: slyness, chicane, shenanigan
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GUILE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "27. With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally"
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: BFF
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Clue 19 Down: "28. Bad spells"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: BLACKMAGIC
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Liquid paper?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: CASHONHAND
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Clue 21 Down: "31. Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a republic in southern europe on the italian peninsula; was the core of the roman republic and the roman empire between the 4th century bc and the 5th century ad
- Words that mean the same thing: Italia, Italian Republic
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ITALY
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Clue 22 Down: "34. With 36-Down, what plasma may be removed from"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that all of something including all its component elements or parts
- Words that mean the same thing: all, hale, wholly
- The opposite would be: fractional, half
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The answer is: WHOLE
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Clue 23 Down: "36. See 34-Down"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- Words that mean the same thing: origin, stock, profligate
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: BLOOD
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Clue 24 Down: "38. "Check""
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: IPASS
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Clue 25 Down: "39. It comes before overtime"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: BASEWAGE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Slice of life, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard 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, earned run average, geological era
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ERA
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Clue 27 Down: "45. Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any bone of the tarsus
- Words that mean the same thing: tarsal bone
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: TARSAL
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Clue 28 Down: "46. "___ done!""
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that in a nice way
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: NICELY
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Clue 29 Down: "48. Game site"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- This could be something that a particular environment or walk of life
- Words that mean the same thing: sphere, domain, field
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ARENA
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Objects"
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 distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- Words that mean the same thing: token, particular, detail
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: ITEMS
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Clue 31 Down: "51. Literally, "law""
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
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- This could be something that the whole body of the jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
- Words that mean the same thing: Laws, Pentateuch
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TORAH
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Clue 32 Down: "54. Face covering of a sort"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ACNE
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Clue 33 Down: "56. Big producer of speakers"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that indian physicist who with albert einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
- Words that mean the same thing: Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: BOSE
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Clue 34 Down: "57. Santa ___, Calif."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
- Words that mean the same thing: genus Rosa
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ROSA
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Clue 35 Down: "58. Surrounded by"
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: AMID
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Clue 36 Down: "60. Nonfiction film, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about movies/film.
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- This could be something that a licensed medical practitioner
- Words that mean the same thing: MD, Department of Commerce, physician
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: DOC
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Clue 37 Down: "62. Really jump out"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- Words that mean the same thing: dada, tonic, belt down
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: POP
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 56 | 77.8% |
| Short Answer | 11 | 15.3% |
| History | 2 | 2.8% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 1 | 1.4% |
| Sports | 1 | 1.4% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.4% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 37 |
| Total Clues | 72 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.4 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 Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
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