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Daily NYT Crossword Facts
Here are some interesting facts about today’s crossword:
- Largest clue: 2020 Taylor Swift song with the lyric Youll poke that bear til her claws come out
- Smallest clue: Per
- Total number of clues: 74
- Total number of solutions: 74
- Average clue length: 23.68 characters
- Clues with numbers: 3
- Longest solution: EEQUALSMSQUARED
- Shortest solution: WAT
- Number of unique solutions: 74
- Percentage of clues that are questions: 2.7%
- Clue with the most vowels: Onetime extravaganzas that included diving displays and water ballets
- Clue with the most consonants: 2020 Taylor Swift song with the lyric Youll poke that bear til her claws come out
- Most frequent word in the clues: in
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