___ on the back Crossword Clue

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___ on the back Crossword Answer

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PATS

(4 letters)

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(adjective)
1. having only superficial plausibility
2. exactly suited to the occasion
(noun)
1. the sound made by a gentle blow
2. a light touch or stroke
(verb)
1. hit lightly
2. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

Hint 2: Clue Definition

BACK (noun)
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
BACK (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. establish as valid or genuine
BACK (adverb)
1. in or to or toward a past time
2. at or to or toward the back or rear
BACK (adjective)
1. located at or near the back of an animal
2. of an earlier date

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PATS
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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APT

More Universal Crossword (10/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Silicon piece

6. New Balance competitor

10. Author, activist and educational YouTuber Green

14. Furious

15. South Indian food often served with chutney

16. Yemen neighbor

17. Evening chocolaty drink, maybe

19. Kind of soup at a sushi bar

20. Elects (to)

21. Big time?

22. Permitted

23. Is no longer

24. Filled food with a green wrapping

27. Owl noises

29. Chutzpah

30. Starting squad

32. In support of

33. Letters between names

36. French stew for which Julia Child penned a popular recipe

41. Pet in many a viral video

42. Martini request

43. Measure up

44. 2001-22 Apple product

46. "Will you allow me to demonstrate?"

47. Iconic breakfast sandwich

55. Some chocolate-making equipment

56. Form 1040 org.

57. Google Maps alternative

58. Tubular woodwind

59. Tendency to like rap, say ... or a hint to the playable first words of 17-, 24-, 36- and 47-Across

62. Programming language whose logo is a coffee cup

63. Stable diet?

64. Square dance group, e.g.

65. Picked out of a lineup briefly

66. Cubicle furnishing

67. Doggie

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1. Black ___ spider

2. Venezuelan corn cake

3. Informative one-page document

4. SEA guesses

5. NBA official

6. Totes cute

7. MCAT terminology, say

8. '. . . more or less'

9. Duracell size

10. They usually leave the park

11. Pal, in Panama

12. Stuffy-sounding

13. Hillock

18. What tofu may replace

22. Permitted

24. Scour

25. Intensely eager

26. Hindu spiritual adviser

28. Clumsy person

30. "Easy" letters

31. Assam export

32. Cook in hot oil

33. Starter at an Italian restaurant

34. Colorful fish in a pond

35. Picnic pest

37. Leslie __ Jr. of "Hamilton"

38. Pakistani language

39. Optimist's words

40. Chap

44. My parents are gonna kill me!

45. Best Buy buys

46. "This and that" category: Abbr.

47. Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.

48. Become spoiled

49. Fielder's need

50. "Dukes"

51. Search, as for weapons

53. San Diego State athlete

54. Pearly whites

57. Baylor University's city

59. Twitch admin

60. Dubai's country, briefly

61. Outdo

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