___ Van Winkle Crossword Clue

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___ Van Winkle Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
(verb)
1. take without the owner’s consent
2. tear or be torn violently

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WINKLE (verb)
1. remove or displace from a position
2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
WINKLE (noun)
1. edible marine gastropod
2. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
VAN (noun)
1. the leading units moving at the head of an army
2. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

More Daily Pop Crossword (3/8/2026) Answers

Across

1. CBS police drama starring Shemar Moore

5. "The __ and the Furious": action film franchise

9. Competition in the 2002 film "Spellbound"

12. Aesop critter who loses to the tortoise

13. Eckhart Tolle's "___ Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" (2 wds.)

14. "The Young Pope" and "The New Pope" actor Jude

15. Name of a Great Lake and a New York canal

16. Concerning, on a memo (2 wds.)

17. ___-Ida Tater Tots

18. "Tailspin" novelist whose birthday is March 12 (2 wds.)

21. Piglet's mother

22. Common email attachment format

23. Greek letter between upsilon and chi

26. Member of a hotel's cleaning staff

29. Lubricates, as a squeaky door

32. "White Bone" novelist whose birthday is March 13 (2 wds.)

35. Long-tongued dog in "Garfield"

36. Droops over time

37. "Big Little Lies" cable network

38. ___ chi (Chinese martial art)

42. "Razor Girl" novelist whose birthday is March 12 (2 wds.)

47. "___ From the Madding Crowd" (Thomas Hardy novel)

48. "___ of the Flies" (William Golding novel)

49. Killer primates in Michael Crichton's "Congo"

51. "Double Fantasy" artist Yoko

52. Skin lotion ingredient

53. Sci-fi princess played by Carrie Fisher

54. Crimson

55. Take care of, with "to"

56. Turn to water, as ice cubes

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Down

1. "___ Will Be Loved" (Maroon 5 hit song)

2. Armed military conflicts

3. Opera solo

4. Kids older than 12

5. Golf course areas between tees and putting greens

6. Actress Paquin of Netflix's "Alias Grace"

7. Person from Belgrade

8. Pipsqueak

9. "Let Her Cry" band Hootie & the ___

10. Bring home, as a salary

11. Farm female that can be used as a pronoun in a rebus

19. Stephen King's "Under the ___"

20. Scent

23. Con’s opposite, in a debate

24. Stayed out of sight

25. Anchorage-to-Nome sled dog race

27. Hoppy brew initials

28. Kicked down a notch

30. High-arcing tennis shot

31. __-cone: shaved ice treat

33. Shakespearean king who says, "O, that way madness lies"

34. Continent where many James Clavell novels are set

39. ___ ease (anxious) (2 wds.)

41. Biblical hymn

42. Prop for Fred Astaire

43. Center of a bagel

44. Food Network's "___ Chef America"

45. Fencing sword with no cutting edge

46. "Brighton Beach Memoirs" playwright Simon

47. "___ Whom the Bell Tolls," Ernest Hemingway novel

50. Plopped down on the sofa

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