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NYT Crossword Clues
Daily NYT Crossword Facts
Here are some interesting facts about today’s crossword:
- Largest clue: Biblical patriarch who had ha added to his name when he was 99 years old
- Smallest clue: Dads
- Total number of clues: 74
- Total number of solutions: 74
- Average clue length: 25.7 characters
- Clues with numbers: 8
- Longest solution: DISCOMBOBULATED
- Shortest solution: ABS
- Number of unique solutions: 74
- Percentage of clues that are questions: 2.7%
- Clue with the most vowels: Biblical patriarch who had ha added to his name when he was 99 years old
- Clue with the most consonants: Biblical patriarch who had ha added to his name when he was 99 years old
- Most frequent word in the clues: of
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