___ on a true story Crossword Clue

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___ on a true story Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. having a base
2. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TRUE (adverb)
1. as acknowledged
TRUE (verb)
1. make level, square, balanced, or concentric
TRUE (adjective)
1. accurately fitted; level
2. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
TRUE (noun)
1. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
STORY (noun)
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. a trivial lie

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (10/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Filet mignon or T-bone, e.g.

6. In good shape

9. Name found in "scam artist"

14. Britney Spears hit from 2000

17. Work of fiction told through letters or diary entries

18. Athletic grp. for Duke and U.N.C.

19. "Hah, told ya!"

20. "So ___ heard!"

21. ___ butter (lotion ingredient)

23. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff

24. Sound from an owl

25. Gossipy sort, from the Yiddish

27. Adds some seasoning to

28. Light-hearted flick with a happy ending

34. What you're "on" when you're euphoric, metaphorically

35. Some fortunetellers give them

39. Comic book sound effect similar to "Bam!"

40. Reason for some infant tears

42. Battery-powered tool for some stringed instruments

48. Popular laundry detergent brand

49. Casual greetings

50. "Naked" rodent

52. Abbreviation on a business card

53. Idolizes

56. W.W. II vet with a Purple Heart, say

57. Specific eating plans

58. Word after welcome or yoga

59. ___ and conditions

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Down

1. Extremely simple

2. Cooking competition show since 2006

3. Lacking distinct gender traits, as in linguistics

4. Donkey, by another name

5. First-aid boxes, e.g

6. Grime

7. State where you can rent a six-ton "hotel" that looks like a potato

8. Ready for a nap, maybe

9. A zebra's is short and stiff compared to a horse's

10. In the past

11. Pasta that might be stuffed with ricotta

12. 50-50, in the Senate

13. Channels between bays and oceans, say

15. Means of entry

16. Banks who hosted "America's Next Top Model"

22. Admitted a mistake, metaphorically

24. One struggling to make ends meet

26. Let happen

27. Speedy hedgehog of video games

29. "You've ___ to be kidding!'

30. Not just my

31. Poem of praise

32. Genes

33. Prefix with day, night or afternoon

35. Mediterranean salad with bulgur and tomato

36. One of twelve followers of Jesus, in the Bible

37. Sparkly stuff that might stay on your hands for a long time after a craft project

38. Secondary weapon holstered at the hip, in the Wild West

39. Set of buttons pressed for access, maybe

41. Large stringed instruments

43. "I've got a ___ to pick with you!"

44. Kind of bell or clock

45. Brownish hue in some old photos

46. Put up, as a building

47. Kind of radical art movement

50. They might get breakfast in bed on a Sunday in May

51. Something staked down at a campsite

54. Used a chair

55. Pronoun with her

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