Alternative to caps: Abbr. Crossword Clue

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Alternative to caps: Abbr. Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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More NYT Crossword (7/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fashionable spots

10. Meeting that's been cut short?

14. Device used in making snow cones

16. Lead

17. What might provide you an opportunity to walk in someone else's shoes?

18. Group with the hits "Honey, Honey" and "Money, Money, Money"

19. Something won by successful Olympians

21. Emmy winner Ann of "The Handmaid's Tale"

22. "Awesome!"

23. Shared fantasies?

25. "The gloves are off!"

27. Lab in one's house, maybe

28. Like some high-fiber snacks

30. Ingredient in Swedish knäckebröd

31. [Wrong answer!]

34. Grind up, in a way

36. Rite-of-passage events for high schoolers

38. You and me both

41. Waft fragrant smoke around

42. Actress Taylor-Joy

43. Tricksters

44. Prey for a mountain lion

45. It has its time and place: Abbr.

47. Things that could happen

49. Light

51. Let on a court, say

53. Co-founder of the A.C.L.U.'s Women's Rights Project, familiarly

56. Plains people

57. Second person seen in "Hamlet"

59. Immodest outburst

61. The so-called "hurricane bird," because of its reputation for seeking shelter from storms at the last possible moment

62. Knockout alternative

64. "Santa Claus in Camp" artist, 1863

65. "This has waited long enough, yes?"

66. Like koalas, in Australia

67. Some craft outlets

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Down

1. One of a nursery rhyme quintet

2. Seat of Marion County, Fla.

3. Jim Croce's ___ Brown, who is "meaner than a junkyard dog"

4. 1980s Chrysler innovation

5. It's made of diamonds

6. Directly

7. Actor/playwright Davis who wrote "Purlie Victorious"

8. "It was only a practice round!"

9. Ward of “Sisters”

10. A great deal

11. Coach's lack, often

12. Underground scheme?

13. Providers of support for travelers

15. Fired up again

24. Shingles problem that a set of nails might address

26. Word with set, cast or writer

27. Predigital recording devices

29. Where an annoying person might be told to go?

31. "Good job!"

32. A.M. station

33. Ambient sound said to be more soothing than its "white" counterpart

35. Whole lot (of)

37. Tally of those driven home, for short

39. Color of an ovarian cancer awareness ribbon

40. One might check a box for it

46. Kind of dish

48. Dallies

50. Easily set off

52. What some sisters become

53. Secretary of state beginning in 2025

54. Game day sight

55. Pool set?

58. They might be thrown out if they run

60. Philip with two National Book Awards

63. Unprofessional letters?

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