Abysmal Crossword Clue

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Abysmal Crossword Answer

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BAD

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ATROCIOUS

(9 letters)

LOUSY

(5 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

ABYSMAL (adjective)
1. resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
2. very great; limitless

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

BAD
(3 letters)
ATROCIOUS
(9 letters)
LOUSY
(5 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (11/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Clean, in a way

6. Wander (about)

9. Surprising part of a dénouement

14. Large cereal container

16. Kind of down

17. Food for the hive

18. Lineup, so to speak

19. Place that’s right on the map?

21. Coins with reeded edges

23. Run

25. Dyeing technique that employs wax

26. A.T. & T., for one

28. Center

29. A few

30. Change at a cash bar, often

32. Yogic breathing practice that creates a soft, ocean-like sound

35. Predominant emotion

36. It’s fit to be tied

37. “I’ll keep that in mind”

38. Country whose flag represents blue skies over golden wheat fields

40. Assuages

41. Checking out

42. They might be ticklish

43. Concept in Gramscian Marxism

45. Put a pin in it!

48. Progress made on a daunting task, idiomatically

53. Best-case

54. Notching win after win

55. Game that involves drawing

56. It’s often made in the morning

57. Maudlin

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Down

1. Additive color model, briefly

2. Indignation

3. Scottish refusal

4. Savor, as Scotch

5. Sheer size

6. Embellishes

7. Dubbels or tripels

8. Request that might precede an admission of guilt

9. Person undergoing an examination

10. Cartoon character described by his creator as “a history of my own frustration and war with all tools, multiplied only slightly”

11. Lupino of Hollywood

12. “I’m ___”

13. Uno più due

15. Smooth and shiny

20. ___ wrench

21. Crack from a pop

22. Reassurance from an Arizonan

24. Gives

25. French loanword for a delicate ornamental piece

26. Joe who is the only person in M.L.B. history with more than two thousand hits as a player and two thousand wins as a manager

27. Shared things

28. Quiet

29. Xanthous poriferan who lives in a bromeliad infructescence, familiarly

31. Woeful

33. It’s more likely to be seen on a cupcake than on a muffin

34. Quants, e.g.

39. Danny of “Moonstruck”

40. MiniDiscs, e.g.

44. Feature of a donkey

45. Palindromic diminutive

46. Foofaraw

47. Furry friend, perhaps

49. Syllable that might be sung while skipping

50. Short sound of surprise

51. Stuff without substance

52. Cloud-storage space?

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