Alternatives to the foxtrot Crossword Clue

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Alternatives to the foxtrot Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

FOXTROT (noun)
1. a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
FOXTROT (verb)
1. dance the foxtrot

Hint 2: Anagram

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PENTOSES

More The Atlantic Crossword (10/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Succumb to rage bait, in Gen Z slang

9. Algonquin dwelling

15. Become fixed, as a gaze

16. Use one's noggin

17. Islander who might eat fungee and pepper pot

18. Cleared, say

19. One whose writing gets chewed out?

20. Magic man, once

22. Event arranged in a matter of seconds?

23. Online hookup?

25. The Fifth Element director Besson

27. They're paid to play, for short

29. Droop

31. Small juice containers?

33. Doc who leads the Sinister Six

34. "That comes at a cost, and I'll be collecting it!"

38. Lab assistant, maybe?

39. "Let's get one thing straight, buddy"

40. Cooling units, for short

41. "Saint" in Portuguese

42. Speaks casually?

43. Burlesque performance, for example

45. Lowest possible value of axe, in Scrabble

47. Passing the bar, maybe?

51. Gave rise to

53. Sivaism, for example

56. Glee actor Rivera

57. Daikon relative

59. "So what?"

61. Cry after doing something tricky?

62. Seeing someone who's way out of your league, say

63. Pepper by-product?

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Down

1. Demand

2. "Set it and forget it" company

3. Emulated Jackson or Washington

4. Where people might take to the hills?

5. Blanket ___ (annoying bedmate)

6. Albatross, metaphorically

7. State that's home to the Uinta Mountains

8. Like most Bantu languages

9. Checkmate or knockout, in chess boxing

10. Named

11. "C'mon, we forgot to set an alarm!"

12. Gemstone that has a bluish internal sheen

13. Supported nearby farmers, say

14. Chicago ___ (NBC show)

21. Planet named after the Tongvan deity of creation

24. Purplish hues

26. Resort city on the Côte d'Azur

28. Spot for night lights?

30. Flirt with, maybe

32. Deadpool & Wolverine actor

34. "Abso-pinkin'-lutely!"

35. Bounces off the walls?

36. "Who'da thunk it?"

37. Colonizing colonist?

38. Savage roast

39. ___ Casas (16th-century advocate for Indigenous peoples)

44. Future, e.g.

46. Result of taking it from the top?

48. It might move things from bank to bank

49. Look at with longing

50. Grinds

52. Space case

54. Shanghai Noon actor

55. Classic NPR-donation-drive swag

57. Puts up some Halloween decorations, for short?

58. The Pale Blue Eye character

60. Not trans

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