Benchmark Crossword Clue

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Benchmark Crossword Answer

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NORM

(4 letters)

STANDARD

(8 letters)

YARDSTICK

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
2. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
(adjective)
1. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
2. based on the meter as a standard of measurement

Hint 2: Clue Definition

BENCHMARK (noun)
1. a surveyor’s mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
2. a standard by which something can be measured or judged

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

NORM
(4 letters)
STANDARD
(8 letters)
YARDSTICK
(9 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (11/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. [Oh, well]

5. Totals

9. Amenable

13. Christmas-party offerings

14. Author of the satirical anti-imperialist essay “To the Person Sitting in Darkness”

15. ___ tradition

16. Vocal quality

17. Hardly a mansion

18. H.H. Munro's pen name

19. Terre Haute sch.

20. Sushi bar order

21. Facial-cleanser targets

22. Born to be a star, say

26. Next

27. Movement in several of Bach’s French Suites

28. Follower of six or seven

29. Opted against taking the subway, perhaps

31. “Absolutely Fabulous” protagonist Monsoon

33. Conditions

34. Palm starches

39. Something taken on a solo trip

42. Zipped

43. Costly thing, at times

46. Item in a makeup bag

48. Big circles covered in smaller circles?

50. Clear sky

51. Region of Africa

52. "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco

53. Setting for an iconic “Titanic” scene

54. Resident of Nizwa or Salalah

56. Co-star of Day-Lewis and Binoche in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

57. ___ wave

58. Stopped from smoldering, in a way

59. “I’m No Angel” actress Mae

60. Coffee specification

61. Civil-rights organizer Baker

62. “___ Perpetua” (Idaho motto)

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Down

1. Word that comes from the Greek for “given against”

2. Relaxed

3. Mass prayer

4. Approx. 160 degrees

5. Was alarmed, perhaps?

6. Lincoln Center venue that’s the home of the New York Philharmonic

7. One of four in a backgammon set

8. Show that popularized the phrase “talk amongst yourselves,” briefly

9. Become lenient

10. Ark’s resting place, in the Bible

11. Defiant challenge

12. “Hit the Floor” actress Kimberly

14. 1998 Alanis Morissette hit

20. Hot ___

21. Goads

23. Home of Cumberland Mtn. State Park

24. Language of the 2011 film “A Separation”

25. “My Struggle” author Karl ___ Knausgaard

30. Sergeant portrayed by Steve Martin

32. Purple-petalled flower

35. From ___ (thorough)

36. Bush-era Attorney General Alberto

37. Key player in some religious ceremonies?

38. Predicts, as the future

40. Stirrup setting

41. Vivacious wit

44. Pixel alternative

45. Jetted

47. Wrestling success

48. “Thirsty for More” sloganeer

49. Region of ancient Greece

54. Mining haul

55. Podcaster and self-help author Robbins

56. “What We ___ to Each Other” (book by the moral philosopher T. M. Scanlon)

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