Alternative to Word Crossword Clue

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Alternative to Word Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

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
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

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More NYT Crossword (6/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Delightful

11. Cock-a-hoop

15. "What if we just … didn't?"

16. Dancer's restraint?

17. Kitchen project with minimal cleanup

18. City on India's "golden triangle" tourism circuit

19. Castaway's place, perhaps

21. GPS calculation: Abbr.

22. Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g.

24. Word repeated in a fit of disbelief

25. That way

28. He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour"

32. Female lobster

33. On the topic of

34. Hindu rule of living

35. U-Haul competitor

37. GPS calculation: Abbr.

39. Some choppers

40. Give credit for

41. Wee, informally

43. 'Your point being . . .'

44. Defense council?

47. ___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish)

48. Musical group that went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could serve in the military

49. British ___ (colonial rule of India)

50. Lead-in to -ology, for the study of the atmosphere

52. Doesn't sit by

54. A bit stale, say

60. British buddy

61. Hit the hay, to a toddler

62. Its tail blows in the wind

63. "It's just me here"

64. Worry, worry, worry

65. When many rebellions emerge for the first time

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Down

1. "__ have thought . . ."

2. Sharpen

3. Moves a lot

4. Wanes, with "off"

5. Command from space command

6. Walks with a wobble

7. Persian poet who wrote the “Masnavi”

8. "Qui ___-vous?" (French for "Who are you?")

9. Kind of clock

10. City between Madrid and Ciudad Real

11. Person congratulated in a yard sign, maybe

12. Toy adorned with a tiny rubber cape

13. That blows!

14. Things analyzed in some forensic tests

23. Many a political piece

25. Homages to a prior era

26. "Look where you're going!"

27. Deliberately downplay

29. Suffix with urban

30. Out

31. Prom night rental

33. Like a fired-up sports crowd

36. Multipurpose shortening?

38. Put away

42. In a quietly dignified way

45. Plastic item in a lunchbox

46. ___ Oluo, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race"

47. Diamond pattern

51. Finish up by

53. Eject

55. Way up a mountain, perhaps

56. "Do ___ ..."

57. Light wind?

58. Super Bowl X M.V.P. ___ Swann

59. Diamond edges?

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