“___ mouth, insert foot . . .” Crossword Clue

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“___ mouth, insert foot . . .” Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
2. not defended or capable of being defended
(verb)
1. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
2. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
(noun)
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. where the air is unconfined

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MOUTH (verb)
1. express in speech
2. articulate silently; form words with the lips only
MOUTH (noun)
1. the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
2. a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
INSERT (noun)
1. (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
2. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
INSERT (verb)
1. insert casually
2. put or introduce into something

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More New Yorker Crossword (10/22/2025) Answers

Across

1. Chip's partner

4. Tights mishap

8. “The Devil Wears ___ 2” (upcoming sequel starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway)

13. Pattern that can be hard to notice?

14. Zipped (past)

15. Shrub with fragrant purple flowers

16. Redding who covered Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”

17. Nickname for the lump of cartilage around the larynx

19. Quick moneymaking scheme

21. "Yes, captain!"

22. Muscles shown off by a crop top

23. Wherefore __ thou Romeo?

24. “Thank you, Captain Obvious”

25. Drop back into hot oil

27. Stick-to-itiveness

32. Relinquished, as territory

33. “La ___” (Spanish-language song about a cockroach)

34. “Woo-hoo, I did it!”

35. Genetic material found in fossilized mosquitoes, in “Jurassic Park”

36. "I Have a ___" (Martin Luther King Jr. speech)

37. Villain

39. Outdoes

40. Marshall who argued Brown v. Board of Education and later served on the Supreme Court

41. Items on a to-do list

42. __ de plume

43. 2 funny!

44. 'I'll take that as ___'

46. Rarely

50. 'End of story'

52. Rich pasta topping such as Alfredo

54. Former Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg

55. Nimble

56. Unit of lettuce

57. Wrinkle remover

58. Pasadena Tournament of ___ (host of an annual New Year parade)

59. What's more

60. Shaming sound

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Down

1. Result of a successful cyberattack

2. “It made me so sad when we were apart”

3. Ritzy

4. Van Gogh's "The ___ Night"

5. Silently signal to

6. The "A" in U.A.E.

7. Emerald or ruby

8. Employ ruthless tactics in pursuit of a goal

9. Like a banana that’s no longer green

10. High points of a vacation in Switzerland?

11. Spanish surrealist Salvador

12. Laptop brand

13. ___-Cola

18. Place to sweat at the gym without moving a muscle

20. Kitschy outdoor figurines with pointy hats

24. Windshield sticker

26. Long leg bone

27. Like a fine-___ machine

28. Isn’t heartless

29. Some “I, Tonya” extras

30. Totally unacceptable

31. Thanksgiving tubers

32. Growth under the skin

33. Software-storage medium that AOL mass-mailed in the nineties

38. Destines to a dire fate

41. “Holy” city in Ohio?

43. “Star Wars” director George

46. Cesarean souvenir

47. “And so,” snootily

48. Waikiki wreaths

49. Chip's partner

50. Coal or propane

51. Something impolite to do in public but encouraged at the dentist’s office

53. "Eureka!"

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