__, willing, and able Crossword Clue

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__, willing, and able Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
2. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
(verb)
1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
(noun)
1. poised for action

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WILLING (adjective)
1. not brought about by coercion or force
2. disposed or inclined toward
WILLING (noun)
1. the act of making a choice
ABLE (adjective)
1. having a strong healthy body
2. have the skills and qualifications to do things well

Hint 3: Anagram

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DEARY

More Daily Themed Crossword (5/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Letters seen before "DEF"

4. Airport screening organization: Abbr.

7. Road ___ (fun vacation plan)

11. Nothing, on a soccer scoreboard

12. "Every dog ___ its day"

13. Red-haired ogress from "Shrek"

14. Disco __ of The Simpsons

15. Deer's kin found in Yellowstone

17. "At ___, soldier" (military officer's command)

19. Classic bump-and-slide board game where players "apologize" as they send each other's pawns back to the start, first introduced in 1934

20. "I hope you've learned your ___!" ("Do not do this again!")

22. "The Game of ___," board game where players make choices about career and family, introduced in 1860 and redesigned in 1960

25. Sir ___ John who sang "Tiny Dancer"

28. ___-inclusive (including everything)

29. ___ Motor Car Company, firm founded by Ransom E. Olds

30. Heineken or Budweiser product

33. Actress Arthur of "The Golden Girls"

34. "You can't get ___ of me that easily!"

35. Lifford of "Queen Sugar"

36. President Harry Truman's wife

37. "___ Land," colorful children's board game that sends players on a trek through a land of lollipops and licorice, first published in 1949

38. Went from large to small, as clothes after a wash

41. French for "me"

42. Raise, as a flag

43. "___ Four," two-player strategy game where players drop discs into a vertical grid to line up four in a row, first sold in 1974

47. Clumsy one's exclamation

48. De Armas of Knives Out

49. Sweetie, slangily

50. Barely manage, with "out"

51. Darken in the sun

52. ___ choy (salad green)

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Down

1. "A" in Q&A, for short

2. "He ___ off more than he could chew"

3. Murder mystery board game where players use hints to unmask the killer among suspects like Professor Plum and Mrs. White, released in 1949

4. "___ Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Nancy Sinatra hit)

5. Black Friday events

6. Say "what?" or "why?"

7. Wedding cake layer

8. Loud, hair-raising cry from a lion during a safari

9. ___ 500, annual motorsports event

10. Handle the tab, say

13. ___ desk (hotel reception area)

18. Pale or dark brew

19. All by oneself

21. Black dots in a slice of watermelon

22. Experimental location

23. Suffix with "infant" or "percent"

24. Tallahassee's state: Abbr.

26. Get one's hands on

27. German denial that sounds like and is an anagram of "nine"

29. Strategic world domination board game where players compete to take over the world with armies on a map, first launched in 1957

31. ___ around (football trick play)

32. Blu-___ Disc (data storage format)

34. Monopoly collection

36. Low-pitched guitar

37. Sir Arthur ___ Doyle who created Sherlock Holmes

38. Croc or moccasin, e.g.

39. Appealing musical refrain

40. Like a fruit ready to be eaten

41. "___ Lisa" (Louvre attraction painted in the early 16th century)

43. It may be let out of the bag

44. Gradually subside, as the tide

45. Baby's noise

46. "Tik-___ of Oz" (book by L. Frank Baum)

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