Mediocre To Gen Z Crossword Clue (2024)

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What is a four letter word for mediocre? ›

Now the average age is probably in the mid- to late 30s, and the people making puzzles are much more diverse.

Of the four theme entries cited in the revealer clue, I found 52A's “Counterpart to a landline” to be the easiest to solve (even if landlines may have fallen out of fashion) — MOBILE PHONE.

unexceptional, bog-standard (British, Irish, slang), no great shakes (informal), fair to middling (informal), vanilla (slang)

decent, dull, inferior, middling, ordinary, second-rate, so-so, undistinguished, uninspired.

Research has shown a positive correlation between crossword puzzles and daily life functions, especially for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Experts emphasize that larger clinical trials are needed to unravel the observed associations between crossword puzzles and how our brains function.

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Thursday-plus" in difficulty.

“People with high IQs tend to do better with dementia because there is more cognitive reserve. However, once dementia sets in one cannot overcome the degenerative process by doing cognitive tasks like crossword puzzles. It may slow the process down somewhat though.”

1. The New York Times Crossword.

Can you play NYT crossword without Internet? ›

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"What goes up must come down," e.g.

The answer is axiom.

Mondays have the most straightforward clues and Saturday clues are the hardest, or involve the most wordplay. Contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzles are midweek difficulty, not the hardest. They're just bigger. A typical Monday clue will be very straightforward and drive you almost directly to the answer.

Fill-Ins, also known as Fill-It-Ins or Word Fill-Ins, are a variation of the common crossword puzzle in which words, rather than clues, are given, and the solver must work out where to place them. Fill-Ins are common in puzzle magazines along with word searches, cryptograms, and other logic puzzles.

A four-letter word is a short word that people consider to be rude or offensive, usually because it refers to sex or other private bodily functions. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.