Act bearishly Crossword Clue

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Act bearishly Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. deliver to an enemy by treachery
2. do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood
(noun)
1. the activity of persuading someone to buy

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ACT (verb)
1. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly
ACT (noun)
1. something that people do or cause to happen
2. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ELLS

More NYT Crossword (12/20/2025) Answers

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19. Generate clippings, say

20. First name in hog riding

21. Established fact

22. Let go of

23. Body layer

25. Events at which to release one's inner geek

27. Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacks

29. Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800s

30. Higher power?

31. They're stoked

32. Word with blue or open

33. Speak, as thou might

34. Kind of beard that follows the jawline

36. Dunderheaded

40. You __!

41. Punted

43. Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars

44. Org. that's gone to the dogs?

45. [Womp-womp]

47. Major magazine pieces

49. Delicatessen offering

50. Loser of the 2025 World Series

51. Where to follow local customs, it's said

52. Underhanded

53. Beach shade

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Down

1. Sworn

2. City, lake or canton de Suisse

3. Tip on quite a few bucks?

4. Extremely rare, facetiously

6. What might come with some baggage?

7. Dogsbody

8. Io or luna

9. When repeated, a small treat

10. Shamans, typically

11. Claps back

12. Mardi Gras parading societies

14. Tech job

16. Bills first introduced in 1861

18. Currency of Serbia

22. Exercise almost to a point of pain

24. Van Gogh retreat in southern France

26. Significant spread

28. Post-show celebration

30. Some spa treatments

31. Escapade

32. Agree to, in a way

33. Bath ___

34. Fashions

35. Clown locale

37. Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029

38. Field of the annual César Awards

39. One of the Wayans brothers

42. Day at the movies

45. Like some costs

46. Many a drop-down

48. ___ T

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