Actual Crossword Clue

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Actual Crossword Answer

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TRUE

(4 letters)

DEFACTO

(7 letters)

DEFACTO

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2. capable of being treated as fact
(adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
(noun)
1. any rational or irrational number
2. an old small silver Spanish coin

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ACTUAL (adjective)
1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2. presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TRUE
(4 letters)
DEFACTO
(7 letters)
Defacto
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (9/2/2026) Answers

Across

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9. Roll of sticky cellophane

13. Tiresome person

14. Share a border with

15. Carpentry joint part

16. Kayak or canoe

17. "...borrower __ lender be"

18. Evaluated

19. Closest star system to the sun

22. Second notes of scales

23. __ Miserables

24. Female sibling.

28. Loses firmness

30. Tempe sch.

33. Spots of land in the sea

34. Software trials

36. Peace Nobelist Wiesel

37. Oreo filling

38. Ready to harvest

39. Subatomic emissions caused by lightning

41. Weather-tracking tool

42. Repeated letters in "summer"

43. __ fish sandwich

44. Puts back at zero

45. Enemy

46. Small battery size

47. Atlanta-based carrier

54. Reef material

56. Ocean's motion

57. Possess

58. Great happiness

59. Metallic rocks

60. Amenable (to)

61. Mo. when fall starts

62. Whispery "Hey you!"

63. Breathe quickly

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Down

1. Swedish supergroup quartet

2. __ as a cucumber (calm)

3. Sandy golf hazard

4. Meyers of late-night TV

5. Ballroom performer

6. Woodwind instruments

7. Go right or left

8. Doctor's "right now!"

9. Rips (apart)

10. Prefix for freeze

11. "The Raven" writer

12. Conclude

15. Most accurate

20. Greek war god

21. Seaweed

24. Long battle

25. Muslim's faith

26. Gets thinner

27. Be abundant (with)

28. Informal farewell

29. S&L dispensers

30. Step __ (bow out)

31. Mar. 17 honoree

32. App customers

34. High-fiber cereal

35. Chapters of history

37. Salad dressing bottle

40. 54-Across islands

44. Hardest to find

45. Lavish meal

46. Support staff?

47. Faucet problem

48. Situated on

49. Broadcasts

50. Denny's competitor

51. California wine region

52. Smooth out

53. Mailed out

54. 60 Minutes network

55. Spanish cheer

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