___ up to (approach in a subtle way) Crossword Clue

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___ up to (approach in a subtle way) Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. move sideways
2. move unobtrusively or furtively

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUBTLE (adjective)
1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
2. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
APPROACH (noun)
1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
2. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
APPROACH (verb)
1. move towards
2. come near in time

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DEILS

More Apple+ Crossword (7/21/2026) Answers

Across

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13. Falling to pieces

15. Attentive to the small stuff

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18. Video-game company that made the Dreamcast

19. More cruel

21. Early version of a song

23. “Correct answer” sound

26. Not imaginary

28. Alter ___ (second selves)

30. Affirmative response to “Shall we?”

31. Earned-run average, for example

33. Revise

35. Sewer rodent

36. Ribs, collard greens, candied yams, etc. (Continued at 51-Across)

38. As ___ as a bug in a rug

40. Bug spray brand

43. Stuck-up person

45. Get bigger

47. Applaud

49. Water, in Spanish

51. See 36-Across

53. Place with room service

55. "Roughly speaking"

57. "___ the Explorer"

59. Two sounds in response to a fireworks show

61. Short snoozes

63. Young 'un

64. Word that might be shouted at an automated phone menu by a frustrated customer

67. Casino spinner with red-and-black numbers

68. DVD extra that didn’t make it into the movie

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Down

1. Summed

2. St. Denis Medical actor Mekki

3. Now and then

4. Big body of water

5. MLB player ___ Bryant

6. Wasn't feeling well

7. Knuckle rub on the head

8. Put in order

9. ___ chi

10. An ___ on the agenda

11. Grapes grow on them

12. Necessarily involve

14. ___ Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Judith Butler book)

16. Competitor of United and Southwest

20. Pacing yourself involves getting some of this

22. Grains in granola

24. Deities

27. Country bordered by Cambodia

29. Perform in a choir

32. Spicy-___ roll (sushi order)

34. Football field surface

37. Company’s insignia

39. “I’m glad to hear that!”

40. Number between siete and nueve

41. Elevator selection

42. Grandaunt’s nephew

44. Comedy legend Carol

46. Chewbacca’s species

48. 🫛

50. Thank you, in Swahili

52. Highly motivated

54. French surname that literally means “the street”

56. Decided

58. 'Someone Like You' singer

60. The H in “wth?!”

62. See 65-Down

65. Up-and-down playground fixtures (Continued at 62-Down)

66. Cannabis component

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