Ad___ (word derived from a term that means "to call") Crossword Clue

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Ad___ (word derived from a term that means "to call") Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

DERIVED (adjective)
1. formed or developed from something else; not original
WORD (noun)
1. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
2. information about recent and important events
WORD (verb)
1. put into words or an expression

Hint 2: Anagram

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

More The Atlantic Crossword (10/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. (Prohibited) soccer maneuver in which a goalie handles the ball after receiving it from a teammate

9. Budget competition?

14. Magazine that covers abstractionists and the like

15. Sparing

16. The 1970s, culturally

17. "Supposing that's correct ..."

18. Many Sundance offerings, informally

19. Fiber-rich bit that might be used as a yogurt topping

21. Ender's Game actor Butterfield

22. "Want me to?"

24. Ward with multiple Emmys

26. Bunch

27. It might broadcast public-access programming

29. Slick

30. "Per my last email ..."

32. Lady Gaga album named after her aunt

34. Green-lit: var.

35. Brief times briefly

36. Pre-university exam for some Brits

39. Cry after a bit of a shock, maybe?

43. Relay responsibility

44. Lose control, maybe

46. Reject

47. Sporty car roof

49. Diffuse, as in nature

50. Spring

51. Need for some note takers

53. It starts on the winter solstice

54. Lifetime show about the production of a Bachelor-esque show

55. Instant-noodle brand

58. "I stand corrected!"

59. Early nickname for a bloc assembled in the late 1990s

60. Term used by brokers

61. People who might have a lot of class?

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1. Inaccurate numbers, say

2. Melodic passages in classical music

3. Revealing pictures?

4. Businesses that make money by the bucketload?

5. Suffix in the name of many hybrid-dog breeds

6. "___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)

7. Came up

8. Personal, say?

9. Sounds from a litter, maybe

10. Instruments with vaulted backs

11. Decide

12. Cringe-ly sentimental

13. Cry that might be heard in un estadio

15. Certain plea for divine intervention

20. Classic Nickelodeon show ___ That

22. Quenches

23. Where vacationers might go off the deep end?

25. Beer fermented at warm temperatures

31. Mazel ___!

33. Language in CODA, for short

35. Was conspicuous

36. Secret social-media account, colloquially

37. “Don’t go there!”

38. Journey of self-satisfaction

39. Many characters in The Shawshank Redemption

40. Barbaric

41. Forceful

42. Uses up

45. Fios, for one

48. Boy hero of The Hunger Games

52. Wax Ready-Strips maker

53. Home of some Bulldogs

54. Harlan County, ___ (1976 film about a coal miners' strike)

56. The __ (Boston skyscraper)

57. Cone counterpart

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