Actor Val of "Top Gun" Crossword Clue

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Actor Val of "Top Gun" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

ACTOR (noun)
1. a person who acts and gets things done
2. a theatrical performer
TOP (verb)
1. be the culminating event
2. pass by, over, or under without making contact
TOP (noun)
1. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
2. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
TOP (adjective)
1. situated at the top or highest position

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

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (5/22/2026) Answers

Across

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7. "… this I know, for the Bible tells ___"

11. Camembert relative

15. And others, in Latin

16. Group of acorn-dropping trees

18. White lie humorously tacked onto an embarrassing question

20. Bendable body part

21. ___ Blanc (European peak)

22. Slow-witted sorts

23. Help! letters

24. Give Mom and Dad a ring, say

27. Mrs. Addams, to Gomez

30. Portuguese greeting

33. 'Huh, neat'

35. Actress Rodriguez or Gershon

36. "___ Demon Hunters," 2025 animated film that spawned four simultaneous Billboard top 10 hits

37. Strategically fight conflict using friendliness and generosity

40. Lacking any depth or width, for short

41. Something written on a Post-it

42. Taken care of

43. Metric weights: Abbr.

44. Spot for a puppy pedicure

46. Like a soldier who has failed to report, for short

47. Like mysteries that are still mysteries

49. Suffix with beauti- or plenti-

51. Philosopher with a “razor”

55. Hair removal brand whose name rhymes with "hair"

56. In that case

57. How a harmless but verbally aggressive person might be described

61. Fastest set of moves to win a game of chess (which depends on white playing very poorly)

62. Paprika and pepper, e.g.

63. Painful eye malady

64. Supportive board on a bed frame

65. Stun guns

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Down

1. Notable features of pelicans and toucans

2. "Don't worry about that"

3. Chocolate-coated desserts on sticks

4. Nobel-winning author Wiesel

5. Digits to put in an ATM

6. Greek "S"

7. Beethoven piano composition that was given its famous nickname after his death

8. Celestial body with living conditions potentially suitable for humans

9. Upbeat genre with horns

10. On/___ switch

11. Wooden toy train brand whose name sounds enthusiastic

12. Fishing rod attachment

13. "___ that what I said?"

14. When planes are due to take off, for short

17. "Can I take your ___?"

19. Genre for Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie

24. Eat, slangily, with "down"

25. Prefix denoting "all"

26. "By any ___ necessary..."

28. Word shouted by an auctioneer

30. Workspace that prioritizes collaboration over privacy

31. Faded in brightness

32. Lhasa ___, toy dog breed from Tibet

33. "Fine, fine, I get it"

34. Fabric that wrinkles easily

36. Didn't just suspect

38. Preschool kiddos

39. Written alternative to a ☠️, in a Gen Z text

44. Sneakers named for wild cats

45. Enthusiastic, as a reader:

48. Surrealist painter Max

50. Loamy soil

51. Slow-witted sorts

52. Coagulate

53. Sicken with sentiment:

54. Willing and ___

56. Long-legged wading bird that might have a black head

58. Parts of apartments, for short

59. ___-El (Superman's birth name)

60. Shout at a Greek wedding

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