"___ ___ a word!" (humorous bit of grammar policing) Crossword Clue

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"_ _ a word!" (humorous bit of grammar policing) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

GRAMMAR (noun)
1. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
HUMOROUS (adjective)
1. full of or characterized by humor

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (2/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. 2000 coin debut that honored a Shoshone trail guide

16. Hoppy, light-colored beer

17. Material for pre-ripped jeans

18. Folder for emails that haven't been sent yet

19. ___ Major (the Big Dipper)

20. One of 88 on a piano

21. "___-roh!" (Astro catchphrase)

22. Spasmodic muscle movement

23. Elegant bird in a Tchaikovsky ballet

25. Fishing rod attachment

27. Domed feature of the Capitol

29. British pop singer Rita

30. Have the required courage

31. Safety feature first used in commercially sold vehicles in 1973 (but not popularized until the '90s)

35. Most considerate

37. Raw meat delicacy

38. Oust

40. Military rank above cpl.

41. Cooks, as a pot roast

43. General __ chicken

44. 3-D medical scans

46. There are four of them in a gal.

47. ___-de-sac (many a suburban street)

48. Kung __ chicken

49. Regarding

51. Persian king whose name anagrams to RADIUS

54. Deal with problems for someone, as as press secretary might

57. "Fifty Shades of Grey" protagonist whose surname sounds like a shade of gray

58. Midwest city that shares its name with a New York City borough

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1. Anti-D.U.I. grp. on campus

2. "The Kite Runner" protagonist

3. Some surgical births

4. Exhibiting great skill

5. Waist measurement

6. Cards that can be high or low

7. "That ___ then, this is now!"

8. Connected to a bedroom, as a bathroom

9. Remark that makes an immediate impression, from the French

10. Some parents

11. Hyperbolically ancient

12. "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang

13. Sri ___

14. Extraterrestrial

15. 'Ratatouille' rat

22. Legal wrong

24. Skin growth that might be frozen off

25. Big name in smart TVs

26. ___ Brockovich, activist portrayed by Julia Roberts

27. Bob Marley, for one

28. Flatbreads served with Indian curries

30. Opening line in a letter requesting Christmas presents

32. "Seven Nation Army" and "Another One Bites the Dust" have iconic ones

33. 2012 film that won Best Picture

34. Understands as a joke

36. Actress Mazar

37. Collection that might be hung on a rack next to dress shirts

39. Queens neighborhood that shares its name with an Oregon city

42. Something taken by a Mensa hopeful

43. Serving dish for soup

44. Word before Kea or Loa, in Hawaiian volcano names

45. Saoirse of "Lady Bird" and "Little Women"

47. Magna ___

48. British word for a baby carriage

50. "ASAP!"

51. One might be rented at a co-working space

52. Sch. near Hollywood

53. Doesn't just look

55. '. . . or so'

56. "I'm your number one ___!!"

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