Antecedent Crossword Clue

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Antecedent Crossword Answer

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FOREBEAR

(8 letters)

ANCESTOR

(8 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. earlier in time
(noun)
1. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ANTECEDENT (noun)
1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2. anything that precedes something similar in time
ANTECEDENT (adjective)
1. preceding in time or order

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

FOREBEAR
(8 letters)
ANCESTOR
(8 letters)

More Apple+ Crossword (11/29/2025) Answers

Across

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18. Main character's protection

19. "All good"

21. "Nature of a ___" (Queen Latifah album)

22. Give a hot take

23. A in music class?

25. Rate

26. Showing contempt

30. Preferred

31. Retailer with scales

33. Mind-blown question

34. "Blue Ribbon" brewer

36. Verb that sounds like a letter

37. Something represented by a star

39. Obama-era health legislation, for short

40. Consume

43. Tied up

44. Beefcake description

46. Battle of the ___ (2017 sports dramedy)

48. Cook at a high temperature

49. Reluctant

50. Statement of awareness

53. Something you want to be caught doing

57. Architectural style of St. Patrick's Cathedral

59. Tape half

60. Genre often set in a high school

61. Unfamiliar

62. Sanctions

63. Spots

64. One more than 58-Down

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Down

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3. Fitting place to order a beer flight

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5. Like someone with a lot of savings?

6. Plenty

7. Christian in Hollywood

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25. Cook at a low temperature

26. Spread

27. "Aargh!"

28. App with a lined-paper icon

29. Journalist Ifill

30. They might be weighted

32. Gotcha

35. Laundry products encased in a polyvinyl-alcohol film

38. README, for example

41. Contract for discretion

42. General __ chicken

45. Digitally endorse

47. Worries

49. Caleb McLaughlin's Stranger Things character

50. Digging

51. Overly forbearing

52. Groundbreaking devices from ancient times

54. “The ___ of the Ancient Mariner”

55. "And with subtle sneer, and fawning ___ ..." (line from Oscar Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading Gaol")

56. Pop singer Del Rey

58. One less than 64-Across

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