Africa’s “City of a Thousand Minarets” Crossword Clue

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Africa’s “City of a Thousand Minarets” Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
2. a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AFRICA (noun)
1. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
THOUSAND (adjective)
1. denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
THOUSAND (noun)
1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (9/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. Avoids all intake

6. Dregs of humanity

10. Popular food fish

14. Action film sequence

15. Bird that yields a moisturizing oil

16. Star of “Matewan” and “Lone Star”

18. Zoom call annoyance

19. Washingtons Grand __ Dam

20. Soda brand with many flavors

21. Unconvincing

24. Singer-songwriter who’s the subject of Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away”

27. Brightness measures, briefly

28. Spanish honorific

29. Prospector's finds

30. Hotel booking

32. Baked appetizer at Luigi’s

36. Man with a mission

37. “Forrest Gump” lieutenant

38. To whom Mork reported on “Mork & Mindy”

39. Pill taken at bedtime

41. Praises

42. Catches in the act

43. High degree

45. Last letter

46. Jazz pianist who played in Miles Davis’s band

50. Fair-minded

51. Cannabis product

52. Country that spans 11 time zones

54. Historical chapter

55. Actor whose breakout role was Oberyn Martell on “Game of Thrones”

60. "Me time" destination

61. Noodle creations?

62. Cheese soaked in brine

63. "I expected better from you"

64. Looping lock

65. Doing the best

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1. Org. that might remove a curse

2. Sound of contentment

3. Alfred Hitchcock title

4. Magician's feat

5. Nothing to write home about

6. They’re not worn in mosques

7. Tip of the South American continent

8. Capitalize on

9. Côte d’Azur sight

10. Paparazzi attractor

11. City on the Missouri River

12. Began eating

14. It blinks to denote seconds on an Apple Watch

17. Stephen King novel named for a dog

20. Cosa ___

21. Cotton ball fragments

22. Attain the level of

23. Fourth-wall-breaking comment

25. Miracle-__

26. Found a new buyer for, say

28. Self-help guru Chopra

31. Channel watched by soldiers?

32. Bounder

33. Maker of diesel-powered vehicles

34. Junctures

35. Like engagement ring diamonds

37. Medical problem

40. “The Rookie” broadcaster

43. Cuban bread

44. Door securer

46. Common X-ray focus

47. Stringed instruments

48. Surname of the “Wicked Game” singer

49. Like much of the Midwest

50. Golden Fleece seeker

53. Shakespeare schemer

55. Snap

56. Collegiate address ender

57. Album inclusion

58. Bother

59. Hawaiian guitar’s place

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