"___ upon a time ..." (fairy tale starter) Crossword Clue

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"___ upon a time ..." (fairy tale starter) Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. on one occasion
2. at a previous time

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FAIRY (noun)
1. offensive term for a homosexual man
2. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
STARTER (noun)
1. an electric motor for starting an engine
2. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Daily Themed Crossword (10/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. Place to get a drink and play some darts (rhymes with "tub")

4. Number associated with birthdays

7. Joan of ___ (historical figure)

10. "What ___ told you that ship hasn't sailed?": 2 wds.

11. Singer Grande of "The Boy Is Mine," to fans

12. ___ as a fiddle (hale and hearty)

13. *Device or gadget, and something Q may make to aid James Bond in combat

15. Large male pig

16. ___ Weasley, Harry Potter's best pal

17. Flight's landing hour: Abbr.

20. *Film ___, what Daniel Craig or Pierce Brosnan participated in to make James Bond movies

22. *Spy on someone, like James Bond

24. Train stop, for short

25. Wall Street launch (anagram of "opi"): Abbr.

26. ___-smacking good (like a tasty meal)

28. Place to grab a cappuccino

32. *James Bond's code number ... and the underlying connection between the themed entries at 13a, 20a, 22a, 44a, 51a, 44d, and 47d

36. "Pay ___ mind" ("Just ignore the matter"): 2 wds.

37. "___ is me!" ("Oh no!")

38. "How to ___ Away with Murder" (TV show starring Viola Davis)

39. If I Ruled the World rapper

42. Explosive letters

44. *Word for a criminal, that you could use to describe the villains that James Bond cracks down on

46. Sticky road goo

48. Letters on a "will pay you back" note

49. ___ de Janeiro (city in Brazil)

51. *Loud sound that may be heard as James Bond walks away from an explosion

54. Popular '60s dress style

55. Attempt

56. Baby doctors, for short

57. "___ habits die hard"

58. Second largest ocean, for short

59. Pudding fruit, perhaps

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Down

1. Plum’s center

2. Alien's ride Abbr.

3. Science class with dissection, for short

4. Ooh and ___ (sounds of amazement)

5. "Ewww!"

6. Octopus limb count

7. Jimi Hendrix's hairdo

8. Laugh ___ (very amusing)

9. FedEx unit, for short

14. "The Wolf of Wall Street" actor DiCaprio, fondly

18. ___ plaza (highway fare locale)

19. "I baked ___ just for you" (apple dessert): 2 wds.

22. Apt name for a Dalmatian

23. "Proper" or "common" grammar part

25. ___ Amin, role for Forest Whitaker (anagram of "dii")

27. Comic punch sound

29. "A" of GPA, for short

30. Plumber's charge

31. Doctor you may visit when you have a cold: Abbr.

33. Pro ___ (free of charge)

34. Like freshly-made tea

35. Dispatched, as an email

40. Heart's main supply line

41. Maxi ___ (bottomwear)

43. "I'll put that on your ___" ("I'll add it to the bill")

44. *Stylish and popular, and a word you could use to describe James Bond

45. Actor Paul ___ of "Friends"

47. *Top of the building, and somewhere you would expect to see James Bond's action sequences involving leaping from building to building

48. "Here's my two cents ..." in textspeak: Abbr.

50. Popeye's Olive ___

52. ___-Wan Kenobi, "Star Wars" character

53. Chinese food additive that adds a certain "je ne sais quoi," say: Abbr.

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