ABBREVIATION: "a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation" Crossword Clue

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ABBREVIATION: "a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation" Crossword Answer

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OCCUPATION (noun)
1. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
2. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
ABBREVIATION (noun)
1. a shortened form of a word or phrase
2. shortening something by omitting parts of it

More Missing Letter Crossword (1/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. ABBREVIATION OR NOUN: "[America's political leader]...often used like a nickname"

6. Iranian holy city

9. NOUN: "a defense of having been at the time of the commission of an act elsewhere than at the place of commission"

10. Suffix with fig or stat

11. NOUN: "a soft surface-ripened cheese with a thin grayish-white rind and a yellow interior"

13. VERB: "to diminish or destroy by degrees"

16. NOUN: "a child's nurse or caregiver"

19. VERB: " to talk boastfully"

21. NOUN: "an international organization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare originally of young men"

22. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in eastern Asia comprising Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other islands in the western Pacific"

24. Alley-___ (basketball play)

25. The nose, casually

27. ADJECTIVE: "in a...forceful manner"

31. Letter after kay

32. Gossipy intro

33. NOUN: "a sum paid or charged for a service"

34. Fail to take quick action

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Down

1. Ms. ___-Man

2. Suffix with "pay" or "cray"

3. NOUN: "a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited (as in a cornerstone) for preservation until discovery by some future age"

4. PREFIX: "to an extreme or excessive degree"

5. NOUN: "one of the twelve disciples of Jesus"

6. NOUN: "[widow] who is [female parent] of the reigning sovereign

7. Hockey great Bobby

8. NOUN: "one who lives in a [big city] or displays [big-city] manners or customs"

12. Party time, briefly

14. Prez from Texas

15. NOUN: "a [fund] in which income taxes on certain deposits and on all gains are deferred until withdrawals are made"

17. Corporal, for example (abbr.)

18. Flap one’s gums

20. NOUN: "a band of antisocial adolescents"

23. Like an extremely well-pitched game

26. Part of the Labor Dept.

27. Foul caller

28. "I'm impressed with your work!"

29. NOUN: "a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat"

30. ADJECTIVE: "lacking precipitation or humidity"

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