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Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 77 (37 Across, 40 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.3 letters
July 15, 2021 Across Hints: NYT Thursday Crossword Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. "Delish!" | 6 |
| 2A | 5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit) | 5 |
| 3A | 10. Single at a bar, perhaps | 3 |
| 4A | 13. Brown powder | 5 |
| 5A | 15. Brown powder | 5 |
| 6A | 16. Costa ___ | 4 |
| 7A | 17. Popular pops | 5 |
| 8A | 18. Point a finger at | 5 |
| 9A | 19. Fan fave | 4 |
| 10A | 20. Kennel sound | 3 |
| 11A | 21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The" | 13 |
| 12A | 24. Prefix with beat or futurism | 4 |
| 13A | 26. Toy dog from Tibet | 9 |
| 14A | 27. Sport with Native American origins | 8 |
| 15A | 30. Melodramatist | 3 |
| 16A | 31. Kind of saxophone | 4 |
| 17A | 32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named | 3 |
| 18A | 34. Get cozy | 6 |
| 19A | 39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh | 17 |
| 20A | 43. "Excuse me" | 6 |
| 21A | 44. Do some patching, say | 3 |
| 22A | 45. Book after Joel | 4 |
| 23A | 46. Compadre | 3 |
| 24A | 48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint | 9 |
| 25A | 51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively | 9 |
| 26A | 56. Appear | 4 |
| 27A | 57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme? | 12 |
| 28A | 59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones | 3 |
| 29A | 62. Mine find | 4 |
| 30A | 63. Mother-of-pearl | 5 |
| 31A | 64. Motorola smartphone | 5 |
| 32A | 66. Flubs it | 4 |
| 33A | 67. Not using profanity, as a comedian | 5 |
| 34A | 68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle | 5 |
| 35A | 69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings | 3 |
| 36A | 70. Repeatedly comments (on) | 5 |
| 37A | 71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970 | 4 |
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. "Delish!""
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: YUMYUM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "5. "___ Sexy" (1991 dance hit)"
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: IMTOO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "10. Single at a bar, perhaps"
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 the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- Words that mean the same thing: angle, hint, tap
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "13. Brown powder"
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 beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
- Words that mean the same thing: chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COCOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "15. Brown powder"
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 long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
- Words that mean the same thing: algarroba, carob bean, locust pod
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CAROB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Across: "16. Costa ___"
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: RICA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "17. Popular pops"
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 carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- Words that mean the same thing: Coke, blow, coke
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "18. Point a finger at"
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 accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- Words that mean the same thing: charge, incrimination, blamed
- The opposite would be: absolve
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BLAME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Across: "19. Fan fave"
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: beau ideal, paragon, graven image
- 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 10 Across: "20. Kennel sound"
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: ARF
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "21. Southern newspaper that William Faulkner once contributed to, with "The""
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: TIMESPICAYUNE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "24. Prefix with beat or futurism"
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 rounded thickly curled hairdo
- Words that mean the same thing: Afro hairdo
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Toy dog from Tibet"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LHASAAPSO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Sport with Native American origins"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a game invented by american indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LACROSSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "30. Melodramatist"
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 meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- Words that mean the same thing: overact, ham actor, ham it up
- The opposite would be: underact
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HAM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "31. Kind of saxophone"
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 singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- Words that mean the same thing: contralto, countertenor
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALTO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "32. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named"
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 silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
- Words that mean the same thing: Na, sodium, atomic number 11
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "34. Get cozy"
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 close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- Words that mean the same thing: cuddle, snuggle, draw close
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NESTLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "39. Cultivars known for their yellow flesh"
Quick Info: This answer has 17 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: YUKONGOLDPOTATOES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "43. "Excuse me""
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 act of excusing a mistake or offense
- Words that mean the same thing: free pardon, forgiveness, amnesty
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PARDON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "44. Do some patching, 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 fasten by sewing; do needlework
- Words that mean the same thing: tailor, run up, stitch
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEW
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "45. Book after Joel"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about literature.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
- Words that mean the same thing: Book of Amos
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AMOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "46. Compadre"
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 close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- Words that mean the same thing: sidekick, pal up, chum
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "48. Quantity that's tied to one's carbon footprint"
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: ENERGYUSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "51. Second way of viewing things, figuratively"
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: OTHERHAND
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "56. Appear"
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 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- Words that mean the same thing: appear, look
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SEEM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "57. What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme?"
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: WHYYOULITTLE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "59. Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones"
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: SKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "62. Mine find"
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 deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- Words that mean the same thing: load
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LODE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "63. Mother-of-pearl"
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 iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- Words that mean the same thing: mother-of-pearl
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NACRE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "64. Motorola smartphone"
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: DROID
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "66. Flubs it"
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 to make a mistake or be incorrect
- Words that mean the same thing: slip, drift, stray
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ERRS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "67. Not using profanity, as a comedian"
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 weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- Words that mean the same thing: sporty, plumb, clean and jerk
- The opposite would be: unfairly, unclean
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CLEAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "68. "___ is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope": Aristotle"
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 young person (especially a young man or boy)
- Words that mean the same thing: youthfulness, young, younker
- The opposite would be: aged
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YOUTH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "69. Central concept of philosopher Zhuangzi's teachings"
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 adherent of any branch of taoism
- Words that mean the same thing: Taoist
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 36 Across: "70. Repeatedly comments (on)"
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 chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- Words that mean the same thing: mouth organ, mouth harp, harp
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HARPS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 37 Across: "71. The first one in The New York Times appeared in 1970"
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: OPED
Great job if you got it right!
July 15, 2021 Thursday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Southwest desert plant | 5 |
| 2D | 2. Dock | 4 |
| 3D | 3. Metric of grossness | 10 |
| 4D | 4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut | 3 |
| 5D | 5. Certain warhead transport, in brief | 4 |
| 6D | 6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g. | 9 |
| 7D | 7. Low culture, disparagingly | 5 |
| 8D | 8. Brass band sound | 6 |
| 9D | 9. Showily deferential | 8 |
| 10D | 10. Neaten | 6 |
| 11D | 11. Clickable things | 5 |
| 12D | 12. Prefix with -lithic | 5 |
| 13D | 14. Lone Star State athlete | 5 |
| 14D | 16. Certifier of music sales, for short | 4 |
| 15D | 22. Apple devices run on it | 3 |
| 16D | 23. "Along ___ spider ..." | 5 |
| 17D | 25. Palm part | 5 |
| 18D | 27. Easy two-pointer | 5 |
| 19D | 28. ___-Seltzer | 4 |
| 20D | 29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short | 3 |
| 21D | 33. Where a zipper gets caught? | 9 |
| 22D | 35. Put on | 5 |
| 23D | 36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish | 10 |
| 24D | 37. Some summer babies | 4 |
| 25D | 38. To be: Lat. | 4 |
| 26D | 40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete | 5 |
| 27D | 41. Using intuition | 8 |
| 28D | 42. Have | 3 |
| 29D | 47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears | 6 |
| 30D | 49. Night sch. class | 3 |
| 31D | 50. Thin, as a voice | 5 |
| 32D | 51. Small screech, for example | 5 |
| 33D | 52. Actress Birch | 5 |
| 34D | 53. Green power option, informally | 5 |
| 35D | 54. A scallop has up to 200 of these | 4 |
| 36D | 55. Not so cold | 5 |
| 37D | 58. Second place at a math competition? | 4 |
| 38D | 60. Symbol of highness | 4 |
| 39D | 61. Focus problem, for short | 4 |
| 40D | 65. Joey of children's fiction | 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. Southwest desert plant"
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 several evergreen plants of the genus yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of north america
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YUCCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Dock"
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 one of the muslim people of north africa; of mixed arab and berber descent; converted to islam in the 8th century; conqueror of spain in the 8th century
- Words that mean the same thing: wharf, tie up, berth
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Metric of grossness"
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: YUCKFACTOR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. Classic comedy figure who sported a bowl cut"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MOE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Certain warhead transport, in brief"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
- Words that mean the same thing: intercontinental ballistic missile
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICBM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. Phoenix and Washington, e.g."
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MALELEADS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Low culture, disparagingly"
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 worthless material that is to be disposed of
- Words that mean the same thing: crank, tear apart, chicken feed
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRASH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Brass band sound"
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: OOMPAH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Showily deferential"
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: OBEISANT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Neaten"
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: TIDYUP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. Clickable things"
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 (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
- Words that mean the same thing: ikon, icon, image
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ICONS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Prefix with -lithic"
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: PALEO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Lone Star State athlete"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTRO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "16. Certifier of music sales, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about music.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RIAA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "22. Apple devices run on it"
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 (greek mythology) a maiden seduced by zeus; when hera was about to discover them together zeus turned her into a white heifer
- Words that mean the same thing: Io
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Down: "23. "Along ___ spider ...""
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: CAMEA
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Clue 17 Down: "25. Palm part"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: FROND
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Clue 18 Down: "27. Easy two-pointer"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
- Words that mean the same thing: lay-up
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: LAYUP
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Clue 19 Down: "28. ___-Seltzer"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 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: ALKA
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Clue 20 Down: "29. Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: SNL
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Where a zipper gets caught?"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 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: SPEEDTRAP
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Clue 22 Down: "35. Put on"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- Words that mean the same thing: leg, phase, level
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: STAGE
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Clue 23 Down: "36. Popular hot-and-sour Thai dish"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about food & drink.
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- The word looks like this: __________
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The answer is: TOMYUMSOUP
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Clue 24 Down: "37. Some summer babies"
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 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in leo
- Words that mean the same thing: Leo the Lion, Lion, Leo
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: LEOS
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Clue 25 Down: "38. To be: Lat."
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: ESSE
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Clue 26 Down: "40. Headgear for many an extreme athlete"
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: GOPRO
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Clue 27 Down: "41. Using intuition"
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: ONAHUNCH
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Clue 28 Down: "42. Have"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that have ownership or possession of
- Words that mean the same thing: have, possess, ain
- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: OWN
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Clue 29 Down: "47. Syllables said with fingers in one's ears"
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: LALALA
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Clue 30 Down: "49. Night sch. class"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ESL
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Clue 31 Down: "50. Thin, as a voice"
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 having a tone of a reed instrument
- Words that mean the same thing: reedlike, wheezy
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: REEDY
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Clue 32 Down: "51. Small screech, for example"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: OWLET
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Clue 33 Down: "52. Actress Birch"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: THORA
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Clue 34 Down: "53. Green power option, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: HYDRO
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Clue 35 Down: "54. A scallop has up to 200 of these"
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 opinion or judgment
- Words that mean the same thing: optic, heart, eye
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EYES
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Clue 36 Down: "55. Not so cold"
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 pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; - george meredith
- Words that mean the same thing: skillful, dainty, decent
- The opposite would be: nasty
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The answer is: NICER
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Clue 37 Down: "58. Second place at a math competition?"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a expert clue about science/technology.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- Words that mean the same thing: 10, tenner, decade
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TENS
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Clue 38 Down: "60. Symbol of highness"
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 bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KITE
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Clue 39 Down: "61. Focus problem, for short"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- Words that mean the same thing: attention deficit disorder, ADD, hyperkinetic syndrome
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: ADHD
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Clue 40 Down: "65. Joey of children's fiction"
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: ROO
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 54 | 70.1% |
| Short Answer | 12 | 15.6% |
| Sports | 3 | 3.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.6% |
| Literature | 1 | 1.3% |
| History | 1 | 1.3% |
| Music | 1 | 1.3% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.3% |
| Science/Technology | 1 | 1.3% |
| Abbreviation | 1 | 1.3% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 37 |
| Down Clues | 40 |
| Total Clues | 77 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.3 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 17 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 Thursday, 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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Last Updated: September 16, 2025 at 07:39 AM
