___ vortex (icy phenomenon) Crossword Clue

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___ vortex (icy phenomenon) Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. being of crucial importance
2. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PHENOMENON (noun)
1. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
2. a remarkable development
VORTEX (noun)
1. the shape of something rotating rapidly
2. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More USA Today Crossword (12/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. Challenging H.S. science course

6. Git!

10. Twin Cities airport (Abbr.)

13. Like a visage in a haunted house, often

14. Prefix with "educator" or "medic"

15. Row, row, row your boat with one

16. 1 or 2 on the Kinsey scale, perhaps

19. Chappell Roan subgenre

20. Frogs kid-lit friend

21. Baking measurement: Abbr.

23. Opening at a coin-op arcade

24. Podcast units, for short

26. Drink that can be made in a siphon brewer

28. Light brown

29. "Castle ___ Cloud" ("Les Miserables" song)

30. Valencia school for creatives

31. "Am not!" reply

33. For fear that

34. Warm-but-breathable synthetic material

37. Got 100% on

39. "Good enough"

40. Crunchy orange snacks

43. Appropriate

44. Student-run org. supporting LGBTQ+ youth

47. Vegas NFL player

48. Wharton degree, for short

49. Experts

50. Doc who inserts ear tubes

51. Teeny arachnid

53. Sewing kit items

55. No. 1 hit from "Back to the Future"

58. Scary

59. Lo-cal

60. Top picks, for short

61. "Drunk in Love" co-writer Moon

62. Online crafts marketplace

63. Long lock

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Down

1. Totally horrified

2. One-pot dish from Valencia

3. Shirt fastener

4. Lacking skill

5. Other, in Spanish

6. Letters on Banana Boat products

7. Comes to a stop

8. Cookie with an Apple Pie a la Mode flavor

9. Mexican state known for mole

10. Group of emus

11. Like bland pretzels

12. Car-radio features

17. Prince, for the Rolling Stones in '81

18. Revered person

22. Annoyance

25. Jamaican ___ (creole language)

27. "Nurse Jackie" actor Edie

29. "Critical Role" monster

30. Team work?

31. Helped

32. Quaint word meaning "frequently"

34. "I also don't do that"

35. Texas city on the Rio Grande

36. Summer time zone in NYC

37. One-hundredth of Pooh's forest

38. Emulated Gregorian monks

41. Office sub

42. Maryland state bird

44. Flow state

45. Gets a clue?

46. Weigh the pros and cons

48. Gets introduced to

52. Fool

54. Sound of derision

56. ___ out a living

57. ___ Mysterio (WWE wrestler)

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