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Date: Saturday, February 01, 2020
Difficulty Level: Challenging Thursday Puzzle
Total Clues: 66 (31 Across, 35 Down)
Average Word Length: 6.0 letters
Master Today's Across: NYT Saturday Puzzle February 01, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Draw | 10 |
| 2A | 11. One of the Argonauts in Greek myth | 4 |
| 3A | 15. Line at the bar | 10 |
| 4A | 16. "Whatever!" | 4 |
| 5A | 17. In direct confrontation | 10 |
| 6A | 18. Champagne-fueled song finale | 4 |
| 7A | 19. Make a full court press? | 3 |
| 8A | 20. The Oscars, for one | 5 |
| 9A | 21. Brokerage phrase | 5 |
| 10A | 22. Rep | 4 |
| 11A | 23. Smuggled weaponry | 7 |
| 12A | 25. Tycoons | 6 |
| 13A | 28. Entertained at a 29-Across, e.g. | 6 |
| 14A | 29. Covent Garden offering | 5 |
| 15A | 30. Spear carrier? | 9 |
| 16A | 33. Was completely uninformed | 15 |
| 17A | 35. Wine often paired with Roquefort cheese | 9 |
| 18A | 36. River through Carlsbad, N.M. | 5 |
| 19A | 37. Space ___ | 6 |
| 20A | 38. Cape Canaveral sight | 6 |
| 21A | 39. When dinosaurs roamed | 7 |
| 22A | 41. To the point | 4 |
| 23A | 42. Like dishwasher water | 5 |
| 24A | 43. Zayn formerly of One Direction | 5 |
| 25A | 45. Brewery letters | 3 |
| 26A | 48. Supreme Court term | 4 |
| 27A | 49. One ready to serve in an emergency | 10 |
| 28A | 51. "Home away from home" sloganeer | 4 |
| 29A | 52. Multitalented musician | 10 |
| 30A | 53. Keeps fresh, in the produce section | 4 |
| 31A | 54. World Series series | 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. Draw"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the force by which one object attracts another
- Words that mean the same thing: attractiveness, draw, attracter
- The opposite would be: repulsion
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATTRACTION
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "11. One of the Argonauts in Greek myth"
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 agency of the united nations affiliated with the world bank
- Words that mean the same thing: International Development Association, IDA
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IDAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "15. Line at the bar"
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: WHATLLITBE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "16. "Whatever!""
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 money extracted as a penalty
- Words that mean the same thing: hunky-dory, very well, OK
- The opposite would be: coarse
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: FINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "17. In direct confrontation"
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: NOSETONOSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "18. Champagne-fueled song finale"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SYNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. Make a full court press?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that french writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- Words that mean the same thing: litigate, process, Eugene Sue
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUE
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Clue 8 Across: "20. The Oscars, for one"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about movies/film.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that something that happens at a given place and time
- Words that mean the same thing: consequence, outcome, effect
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EVENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "21. Brokerage phrase"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium 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: ATPAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Rep"
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 credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- Words that mean the same thing: street cred, street credibility
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CRED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Smuggled weaponry"
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: RANARMS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Tycoons"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
- Words that mean the same thing: big businessman, top executive, magnate
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BARONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "28. Entertained at a 29-Across, e.g."
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: SUNGTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "29. Covent Garden offering"
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 drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
- Words that mean the same thing: opera house
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OPERA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Spear carrier?"
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: PICKLEJAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "33. Was completely uninformed"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 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: DIDNTGETTHEMEMO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "35. Wine often paired with Roquefort cheese"
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 semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around bordeaux in france; similar wine from california
- Words that mean the same thing: Sauterne
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAUTERNES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "36. River through Carlsbad, N.M."
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a tributary of the rio grande that flows southeastward from new mexico through western texas
- Words that mean the same thing: Pecos River
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PECOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "37. Space ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a military trainee (as at a military academy)
- Words that mean the same thing: cadet, plebe
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CADETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "38. Cape Canaveral sight"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
- Words that mean the same thing: gauntry
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GANTRY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "39. When dinosaurs roamed"
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: AGESAGO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "41. To the point"
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 marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- Words that mean the same thing: short, terse, crisp
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CURT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "42. Like dishwasher water"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that resembling lather or covered with lather
- Words that mean the same thing: lathery
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SUDSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "43. Zayn formerly of One Direction"
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 leader of a town or community in some parts of asia minor and the indian subcontinent
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALIK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Brewery letters"
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: IPA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "48. Supreme Court term"
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 characteristic state or mode of living
- Words that mean the same thing: biography, aliveness, animation
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIFE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "49. One ready to serve in an emergency"
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 member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MILITIAMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "51. "Home away from home" sloganeer"
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: ELAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "52. Multitalented musician"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 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: ONEMANBAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "53. Keeps fresh, in the produce section"
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 wetness caused by water
- Words that mean the same thing: moisture, wet
- The opposite would be: dry
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "54. World Series series"
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: POKERGAMES
Great job if you got it right!
Solve the Down: NYT Saturday Puzzle February 01, 2020
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Grain bristles | 4 |
| 2D | 2. Grand | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Issue a charge against | 4 |
| 4D | 4. Suggestion from Waze: Abbr. | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Party planner's plan B | 12 |
| 6D | 6. Pumpkin spice ingredient | 6 |
| 7D | 7. Having some valuable points? | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Get ___ | 4 |
| 9D | 9. Plugs up | 9 |
| 10D | 10. Born overseas | 3 |
| 11D | 11. Conditional programming line | 11 |
| 12D | 12. Mission for a Home Depot customer | 10 |
| 13D | 13. Former kingdom of central Vietnam | 5 |
| 14D | 14. Ball handlers? | 5 |
| 15D | 21. Option for downtown streets | 12 |
| 16D | 22. Ear locks? | 11 |
| 17D | 24. Decorative motif in ancient Egyptian art | 4 |
| 18D | 25. Beach displays, informally | 4 |
| 19D | 26. South Seas capital | 4 |
| 20D | 27. Quality of 2% milk | 10 |
| 21D | 28. Spots | 5 |
| 22D | 30. Puzzle piece made up of five squares | 9 |
| 23D | 31. Subject for Enrique Iglesias | 4 |
| 24D | 32. Upbeat and hopeful | 4 |
| 25D | 34. The kid in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" | 4 |
| 26D | 38. Ax with a pick? | 6 |
| 27D | 39. Tons | 5 |
| 28D | 40. Trait of Loki | 5 |
| 29D | 41. The tropics, for one | 5 |
| 30D | 44. Supermodel Wek | 4 |
| 31D | 45. Scholar of Islamic law | 4 |
| 32D | 46. Porthole part | 4 |
| 33D | 47. Added details | 4 |
| 34D | 49. Finish off, with "up" | 3 |
| 35D | 50. Noted org. with a brief history? | 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. Grain bristles"
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 slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
- Words that mean the same thing: awn
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AWNS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Grand"
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 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- Words that mean the same thing: chiliad, 1000, grand
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: THOU
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Issue a charge against"
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: TASE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Suggestion from Waze: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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: RTE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Party planner's plan B"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTERNATEDAY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Pumpkin spice ingredient"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
- Words that mean the same thing: Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum, garlic clove
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLOVES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Having some valuable points?"
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 plate with tin
- Words that mean the same thing: put up, pronged, can
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TINED
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Get ___"
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: ITON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Plugs up"
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 hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- Words that mean the same thing: blockade, hinder, close up
- The opposite would be: free
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OBSTRUCTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Born overseas"
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 (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Conditional programming line"
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: IFSTATEMENT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Mission for a Home Depot customer"
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: DIYPROJECT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "13. Former kingdom of central Vietnam"
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 communist state in indochina on the south china sea; achieved independence from france in 1945
- Words that mean the same thing: Viet Nam, Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANNAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "14. Ball handlers?"
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 person with unusual powers of foresight
- Words that mean the same thing: prophesier, vaticinator, oracle
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEERS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "21. Option for downtown streets"
Quick Info: This answer has 12 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANGLEPARKING
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "22. Ear locks?"
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: CORNTASSELS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "24. Decorative motif in ancient Egyptian art"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANKH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "25. Beach displays, informally"
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 alternative names for the body of a human being
- Words that mean the same thing: physique, material body, physical body
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BODS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "26. South Seas capital"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about geography.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the capital of western samoa
- Words that mean the same thing: capital of Western Samoa
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: APIA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Down: "27. Quality of 2% milk"
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: REDUCEDFAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Down: "28. Spots"
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 piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- Words that mean the same thing: sit, situation, sit around
- The opposite would be: arise, stand
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SITES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Down: "30. Puzzle piece made up of five squares"
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: PENTOMINO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Down: "31. Subject for Enrique Iglesias"
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 (roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of greek eros
- Words that mean the same thing: Cupid
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Down: "32. Upbeat and hopeful"
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 reflecting optimism
- Words that mean the same thing: blushful, rose-colored, rosy-cheeked
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ROSY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Down: "34. The kid in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid""
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: GREG
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Down: "38. Ax with a pick?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GUITAR
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Clue 27 Down: "39. Tons"
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: ASLEW
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Clue 28 Down: "40. Trait of Loki"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- Words that mean the same thing: cunning, trickery, craft
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: GUILE
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Clue 29 Down: "41. The tropics, for one"
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 weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- Words that mean the same thing: climate
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CLIME
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Clue 30 Down: "44. Supermodel Wek"
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: ALEK
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Clue 31 Down: "45. Scholar of Islamic law"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that (islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for shiites an imam is a recognized authority on islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
- Words that mean the same thing: imaum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: IMAM
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Clue 32 Down: "46. Porthole part"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
- Words that mean the same thing: paneling, dose, acid
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: PANE
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Clue 33 Down: "47. Added details"
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: ANDS
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Clue 34 Down: "49. Finish off, with "up""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- Words that mean the same thing: swob, pout, swab
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: MOP
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Clue 35 Down: "50. Noted org. with a brief history?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
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- This could be something that a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by arabs
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ABA
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 77.3% |
| Short Answer | 4 | 6.1% |
| History | 4 | 6.1% |
| Music | 2 | 3.0% |
| Geography | 2 | 3.0% |
| Movies/Film | 1 | 1.5% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 31 |
| Down Clues | 35 |
| Total Clues | 66 |
| Average Answer Length | 6.0 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Saturday, and these puzzles are usually challenging level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 6 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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Last Updated: September 27, 2025 at 09:18 AM
