The clues for this crossword puzzle each contain one or more emoji. These emoji must be translated into a string of characters, either as their CLDR short name, or any of the many informal interpretations of their meanings, many of which can be found at Emojipedia. These translations are always interpreted as a string of letters, though many times that string is also simply the meaning of the associated word.
Here are the clues and their translations, as well as the entries associated with them:
Number | Clue | Answer | Translation |
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1 | Abbrev. on a 🏦 🚪 | FDIC | Abbrev. on a bank door |
5 | 🤖s, et al. | automatons | Robots, et al. |
10 | 👏 | clap | [Emoji of clapping hands] |
14 | Os🚗 winner 🏺ed | Leto | Oscar winner Jared |
15 | ⚾ transaction | trade | Baseball transaction |
16 | 🍍-producing 🏝 | Oahu | Pineapple-producing island |
17 | 🕐 of the 👨🦲win 🍜ers | Alec | One of the Baldwin brothers |
18 | 🎵d ⌚maker | Timex | Noted watch maker |
19 | The 🌞 is 🕐 | star | The sun is one |
20 | Si🕙amed for an airport 🚌 | WikiWikiWeb | Site named for an airport bus |
22 | “🥂” | cheers | “Cheers” |
24 | 🎱 game | pool | Eight-ball game |
25 | Every🕐, in 🇫🇷 | tout le monde | Everyone, in France |
26 | 💥erang, for 🎤rosoft 🏢, e.g. (hyph.) | add-in | Boomerang, for Microsoft Office, e.g. |
29 | Make a 🗿 | sculpt | Make a statue [moai] |
31 | G🐏my 🏆 ⏺ in 1984 | Beat It | Grammy Award record in 1984 |
33 | 🐒 vo🍧d by 🌭 Welker | Abu | Monkey voiced by Frank Welker |
34 | ♉y’⚔️aid after “or” | else | Bully’s word, said after “or” |
38 | Common 🎾 🤙 | let | Common tennis call |
39 | He played 🧬 Jen👪son in 🌊 ♨️ 🇺🇸 🀧: 🥇 Day of 🏕 | Chris Meloni | He played Gene Jenkinson in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp |
42 | 👂 | ear | [Emoji for ear] |
43 | Ja🌽’s 🍜er | Esau | Jacob’s brother |
45 | 🕐 bil🦁 y👂s | eon | One billion years |
46 | 🇦🇴, formerly | Ndongo | Angola, formerly |
48 | Nero’s 🥈 👰 | Poppea | Nero’s second bride |
51 | 🎸 👪 members | lutes | Guitar family members |
52 | 🐎 🧥 with colored s🍲s (hyph.) | dappled-gray | Horse coat with colored spots |
55 | _____ et C✋on | Moet | _____ et Chandon |
57 | Like a 🎰, ℹrmally (hyph.) | one-arm | Like a slot machine, informally |
58 | ♀ was 🕐 | Roman goddess | Venus was one |
62 | Basis for 🍿, in 🇪🇸 | maiz | Basis for popcorn, in Spain |
63 | Members of the ⬇ c👧 | peons | Members of the underclass |
65 | Poet Laureate 🕊 | Rita | Poet Laureate Dove |
66 | 👀, in La🥫 | ecce | Look, in Latin |
67 | To ❤ a lot | adore | To love a lot |
68 | P🖼 of QED | erat | Part of QED |
69 | Holy 👭 in 🇫🇷 (abbr.) | Stes. | Holy women, in France |
70 | 💂♂️ 💪ed with a 🔱, e.g. | spearman | Soldier [guardsman] armed with a spear [trident] |
71 | 🕸️s | webs | [Spiderweb emoji]s |
Down | |||
1 | 🐛 | flaw | [Emoji for bug] |
2 | 🥪 counter | deli | Sandwich counter |
3 | Thing in your 🛒 | item | Thing in your online shopping cart |
4 | P🖼 of ✈️ where the 👩✈️ sits | cockpit | Part of plane where the pilot sits |
5 | “❤ Me ➡” band R🔚ezvous _____ | At Two | “Love Me Right” band Rendezvous _____ |
6 | _____ 🎁, a 🔫 from Des🥫y | Uriel’s | _____ gift, a gun from Destiny |
7 | 🦶 for 65 A✝, perhaps | iamb | Foot for 65 Across, perhaps |
8 | 👀ing the 💡 at the 🔚 of the tunnel? (abbr.) | NDE | Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel (abbr.) |
9 | “Savage ❤,” e.g. | sex column | “Savage Love,” e.g. |
10 | “🏰 on a ☁” 👩🎤 | Cosette | “Castle on a Cloud” singer |
11 | G❤ material | latex | Glove material |
12 | _____ 🌅’s 🌃 (🎞) | A Hard | _____ Day’s Night (film) |
13 | 👛 | purse | [Emoji of purse] |
21 | Femi🕘 order of 🇬🇷 🏛 | Ionic | Feminine order of Greek architecture |
23 | Dr🤢master’s 📲 | hup | Drillmaster’s call |
25 | 🛁s | tubs | [Emoji for tub]s |
26 | 📖y, w🤢ing, and _____ | able | Ready, willing, and _____ |
27 | “🕺 🦆” 👨🎤 Rick | Dees | “Disco Duck” singer Rick |
28 | ⭐ Trek 🤖 | Data | Star Trek android |
30 | 🕵 actor 🎤hael | Caine | Sleuth actor Michael |
32 | L🦉ands of 🇦🇷, 🇺🇾, and 🇧🇷 | The Pampas | Lowlands of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil |
35 | ⛪goer’s 🖊i⛺ period | Lent | Churchgoer’s penitent period |
36 | Common 🍳 🌿 | sage | Common cooking herb |
37 | 🇬🇷 god of 🏩 | Eros | Greek god of sex |
40 | Like a 🏋️♀️’s 💪s, perhaps | ropy | Like a weightlifter’s arms, perhaps |
41 | 🏃 while not in ⚙ | idled | Ran while not in gear |
44 | 👀s 🔼 | upgazes | Looks upward |
47 | Pulled a 🔫 faster than | outdrew | Pulled a gun faster than |
49 | 🏒 player Bobby | Orr | Hockey player Bobby |
50 | 🇪🇬 god of the 🌞 (hyph.) | Amon-Ra | Egyptian god of the sun |
52 | Hemi🌎s | domes | Hemispheres |
53 | Pass, as a 💵 | enact | Pass, as a bill |
54 | Do 🀩 main🕙ance on an ✈️ | de-ice | Do winter maintenance on an airplane |
56 | ♨️ | onsen | [Emoji for onsen] |
58 | Some⌛s there’s an 🐘 in 🕐 | room | Sometimes there’s an elephant in one |
59 | 🇮🇪, in 🇮🇪 | Eire | Ireland, in Ireland |
60 | At📌 with a 🗡️ | stab | Attack with a dagger |
61 | 👋gh🏫ers’ challenges | SATs | Highschoolers’ challenges |
64 | 🗽 ⌛ z🕐, in 🀧 | EDT | New York time zone, in summer |
The seven highlighted across entries are too long to fit into the grid. Each includes a string that can be replaced with a fruit emoji:
Taking the letters in the down entries that clash with each emoji, you get the string of letters IMXMENT. That indicative “X” can be replaced by one more fruit (🍑) to get the answer IMPEACHMENT.
F | D | I | C | A | U | 🍅 I | N | S | C | L | A | P | ||
L | E | T | O | T | R | A | D | E | O | A | H | U | ||
A | L | E | C | T | I | M | E | X | S | T | A | R | ||
W | I | 🥝 M | K | I | W | E | B | C | H | E | E | R | S | |
P | O | O | L | T | O | U | T | 🍋 X | D | E | ||||
A | D | D | I | N | S | C | U | L | P | T | ||||
B | E | A | T | I | T | A | B | U | E | L | S | E | ||
L | E | T | C | H | R | I | S | 🍈 M |
I | E | A | R | ||
E | S | A | U | E | O | N | N | D | O | N | G | O | ||
P | O | P | P | E | A | L | U | T | E | S | ||||
D | 🍎 E | D | G | R | A | Y | M | O | E | T | ||||
O | N | E | A | R | M | R | O | 🥭 N |
D | D | E | S | S | |
M | A | I | Z | P | E | O | N | S | R | I | T | A | ||
E | C | C | E | A | D | O | R | E | E | R | A | T | ||
S | T | E | S | S | 🍐 T | M | A | N | W | E | B | S |