__ and proper Crossword Clue

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__ and proper Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. dress primly
2. assume a prim appearance
(adjective)
1. affectedly dainty or refined
2. exaggeratedly proper

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PROPER (adjective)
1. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person’s character, needs
2. having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

More USA Today Crossword (9/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Moving day vehicle

4. UFC sport

7. "Thor" actor Hemsworth

12. "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" Mary J. ___

14. "That's my theory"

16. Spa garments

17. USPS delivery, colloquially

18. Cain's brother

19. Core belief

20. Compensated vacation (Abbr.)

21. Person's rank among others around them

25. Gumbo vegetable

26. Builds

30. Heroes' companions

35. Industry for Alibaba and Amazon

37. Lions' sounds

39. Oak or elm

40. Shush!

42. Really bringing it

44. Protractors measure them

46. Couldn't agree more!

47. "I'd like to be updated"

53. Knee stabilizer, for short

56. Spiral shape in DNA

57. Formally give

58. Post-abacus but pre-calculator device

60. Tower-building game

61. Person who plays a big part in Hollywood?

62. Word before "peace" or "child"

63. Some seeded loaves

64. Ottawa's province, for short

65. Honey wine

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Down

1. Using AI to program

2. Not stand the test of time

3. “Duck Hunt” console

4. Moistens, like produce

5. "Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe" painter

6. Yoga position

7. What people learn about through world travel

8. Let me think

9. You ___ what you sow

10. That so?

11. Musician's time to shine

12. Garments that might be shed upon returning home

13. University of New Mexico athlete

15. Spanish for “seven”

22. Noah's ___

23. Villains hideout

24. Give some background information before telling a story

27. Mini signal source?

28. Section of some wedding cakes

29. Winter glider

30. Org. whose website has a "Spay & Neuter" tab

31. Tehran's country

32. Tooth you can't eat with

33. "Interior Chinatown" actor Archie

34. ___ Lanka

38. Food stamp initials

41. Giggle sound

43. Engineered crop, for short

45. Oracles

48. Former ninth planet

49. Italian fashion hub

50. Apply, like pressure

51. Double-___ sword

52. Cherished

53. Genre inducing pleasant tingles (Abbr.)

54. Be sickeningly sweet

55. "Long ___" (Taylor Swift song)

59. Insult

60. "He's dead, ___" ("Star Trek" catchphrase)

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