56-Across, in metaphor Crossword Clue

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METAPHOR (noun)
1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
ACROSS (adverb)
1. transversely

More WSJ Crossword (4/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. A young one is called a squeaker

5. 1980s band with an exclamation point

9. Poles, e.g.

14. Singer India.___

15. Ineffable quality

16. Lose your cool

17. Insult regarding one’s Marxist leanings?

19. Player with a star on his cap

20. Like some tuna orders

22. She took silver to Yamaguchi’s gold in the 1992 Winter Games

23. Very much like

26. Insult regarding one’s stature?

31. Booms and bangs, for example

32. They arrive in saucers

33. Highway divider

36. Insult regarding one’s male pattern baldness?

42. Haifa hello

43. Lennon's mate

45. Stand for a photo

48. 'Address?'

52. Insult regarding one’s physique?

55. Crows, say

56. Forest flier

57. Slips by

59. Sam of "Jurassic Park"

62. Insult regarding one’s family?

66. Oscar-winning composer Morricone

67. Benjamin Disraeli, e.g.

68. Albert or Victoria, e.g.

69. Solomonic sorts

70. Regarded guardedly

71. Besides

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Down

1. Musical measure

2. It’s all in vein

3. Lend a hand

4. Change from commercial to residential, say

5. Deliberately malicious

6. Gargoyle in Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

7. Calculus calculations

8. Bittern’s habitat

9. Massage site, sometimes

10. ___ Vegas

11. Funny business

12. Patience, e.g.

13. Vamooses

18. Fascinated by

21. Mixologist’s mixer

23. Leave speechless

24. Friends and acquaintances

25. Insecure star Rae

27. Lion's warning

28. Funny Fey

30. Expressionist artist Nolde

34. “Music for Airports” composer

35. Floor model

37. Kids' road trip game

38. P look-alikes

39. Soup server

40. Helix

41. Complicated problem

44. Switch ups?

45. Chophouse choices

46. Ivanhoe’s love

47. Running without moving

49. Flipped

50. Fired

51. Go at it

53. "Tiny Alice" playwright

54. Asian peninsula

58. Sweater opening?

60. Fairway placement

61. ___ Angeles

63. Computer that refuses to open the pod bay doors

64. Gives the nod to

65. Casual attire

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