Achilles' ___, phrase from Greek mythology used to refer to a weakness Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. someone who is morally reprehensible
2. (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
(verb)
1. put a new heel on
2. tilt to one side

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ACHILLES (noun)
1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable–his `Achilles’ heel’
MYTHOLOGY (noun)
1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
2. the study of myths

More Daily Themed Crossword (5/29/2026) Answers

Across

1. Tear, as wrapping paper

4. Farewell word often accompanied by a hand wave

7. On/ ___ (light switch setting)

10. Make a modification, as to a document

12. Quaker grain

13. ___ hours (early morning)

14. "Hello ___!" (popular smartphone catchphrase containing a word hidden in "motorboat")

15. Suffix with "Cray" for a popular art supplies company

16. ___ mortals (simple humans)

17. "Just Do It" sportswear brand

19. Huckleberry ___ (Mark Twain character)

20. Water carriers

23. 60 minute periods, for short

24. Prefix with "center" or "dermal"

25. Did you know that bees build a ___ (edible nest) using hexagons to store the most honey using the least wax?

31. Coke containers

33. Broadway's "Five Guys Named ___"

34. Sheep's bleat

35. Remove painful knots from hair, say

38. Avocado or coconut product

39. Eddington director Aster

40. Did you know that a nautilus ___ (hard outer covering) grows in a logarithmic spiral and always keeps the same shape as it gets bigger?

42. ___ Simpson, Homer's son

44. There's one in this cluuee, for short

46. Did you know that a ___ (forest giant) records its age as concentric rings that you can count?

47. Bright attention-grabbing advertisement, like in Vegas or Times Square: 2 wds.

51. Title of respect for Anthony Hopkins

52. A-E connection

53. Prefix with "plasm" to mean a layer of a cell's cytoplasm

54. "From ___ Z" (entirely): 2 wds.

55. "Tea" in China

56. Did you know that the placement of a sunflower ___ (sprouting plant part) fits an interlocking spiral formed by Fibonacci numbers?

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Down

1. Sleep state for the dreamer: Abbr.

2. "Don't mind if ___" (2 wds.)

3. Plum’s center

4. It can be found in a library

5. New Haven’s Ivy League school

6. When a Lyft driver will show up: Abbr.

7. Actor Wilson of "Marley & Me"

8. Did you know that a ___ (plant with fronds) leaf grows in a fractal pattern, with each little leaflet mimicking the whole shape?

9. Lawyer's charge, say

11. Dial ___ (telephone sound)

16. Assorted items, for short

18. Suffix with "self" or "fool"

19. Cook, as onion rings

20. Chest muscle, for short

21. Tablet that may be Air or Pro

22. Did you know that a ___ (common conifer) plant produces cones with scales arranged in upwards and downwards Fibonacci spirals?

26. Prefix with "present" to mean present everywhere

27. Drink enjoyed next to a Christmas tree, for short

28. Slender orchestra instrument

29. Postal sackful

30. It may be passed in fields or courts

32. Gaze intently

36. Frida Kahlo's creation

37. NBA Tonight channel: Abbr.

41. Gardener's watering tubes

42. Englishman, informally

43. Aviation-related prefix with "nautical" or "plane"

44. ___-savvy (proficient in using computers)

45. Jedi with an unusual speech pattern

46. Organization taking X-rays?: Abbr.

47. Network for Jimmy Fallon's talk show: Abbr.

48. Break the ___ (get the conversation going)

49. Former telecom giant: Abbr.

50. Fall asleep, with "off"

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