'___ and steady wins the race' Crossword Clue

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'___ and steady wins the race' Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. cause to proceed more slowly
2. become slow or slower
(adverb)
1. of timepieces
2. without speed (`slow’ is sometimes used informally for `slowly’)
(adjective)
1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
2. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STEADY (adjective)
1. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
2. relating to a person who does something regularly
STEADY (noun)
1. a person loved by another person
STEADY (verb)
1. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
2. make steady
STEADY (adverb)
1. in a steady manner
RACE (verb)
1. compete in a race
2. cause to move fast or to rush or race
RACE (noun)
1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
2. a canal for a current of water

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Daily Themed Crossword (5/8/2026) Answers

Across

1. "A Nightmare on ___ Street" (1984 movie)

4. Weight-to-height calculation: Abbr.

7. Dog’s “happy” tail movement

10. "What ___ around comes around"

12. Informal shirts

13. Water, when solid

14. What is scored in a game of soccer

15. Boat propellers

16. Scottish boy

17. "That's the ___" (usual standard)

19. Spicy pepper used to add heat to salsas and curries, that was once believed to be harmful for human consumption

21. "Aren't ___ charming pair?": 2 wds.

22. "You ain't seen nothing ___!"

23. Sandwich meat often eaten with 1d

26. Medicines sold without a prescription Abbr.

28. Cries uncontrollably

32. Obligation

34. In-N-___ Burger

36. Egg ___ yung (Chinese dish)

37. Floppy ___ (obsolete storage device)

38. Flower that is yet to bloom

40. "It's not all ___ and games!"

41. Chop with an axe

43. Starchy root veggie used to make fries and chips, that was once believed to be deadly for human consumption

45. Like a certain wall in China

47. "It's just ___ feared!": 2 wds.

48. Spanish for 'uncle'

49. Sweet treat used to make brownies and cookies, that was once believed to be harmful for human consumption

54. Sean Lennon's mother Yoko ___

55. "I'm Just ___" (Ryan Gosling song)

56. Home ___ (baseball batter's victory)

57. "___ O 'Shanter" (Robert Burns poem)

58. "___-haw!" (cowboy's shout)

59. It’s tapped out

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Down

1. Easter basket filler

2. Restroom, to a Londoner

3. "___ Girls," 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan

4. "Billy, Don't ___ Hero" ('70s song): 2 wds.

5. "Have ___ on me!" ("Show compassion!")

6. "___ the girl you were talking about?": 2 wds.

7. ___ Smith, star of "The Pursuit of Happyness"

8. Purple berry in a smoothie

9. Alternative to a H.S. degree: Abbr.

12. Juicy, red vegetable used to make ketchup and sauces, that was once believed to be deadly for human consumption

18. ___ Speedwagon ("Time for Me to Fly" hitmaker)

20. "___ never too late to learn..."

23. Mason's trough

24. Young Darth Vader's nickname

25. Edible fungus with a spongy cap used in stir-fries and stews, that was once believed to be deadly for human consumption

27. Baby bear

29. "Like water ___ duck's back": 2 wds.

30. Boxing event

31. Prefix with "gram" to mean an ultrasound image

33. ___-ball (arcade game)

35. Rapper ___ Shakur of "Dear Mama"

39. "I can only ___ much": 2 wds.

42. Screwball

44. “Just discovered this,” in textspeak: Abbr.

45. ___ Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin" actress

46. What you used to be?

48. Tater ___ (snack made from 43a)

50. Zero's counterpart, in binary code

51. Biblical boat boarded by bears, boars, and boas

52. Monday follower, for short

53. University department, for short

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