Apt letters missing from "c_ _tom_ _ _" Crossword Clue

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Apt letters missing from "c_ _tom_ _ _" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

LETTERS (noun)
1. scholarly attainment
2. the literary culture
MISSING (adjective)
1. nonexistent
2. not able to be found

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

More NYT Crossword (8/27/2025) Answers

Across

1. It might be rigged

5. Genre for Blackpink or BTS

9. N.B.A. or M.L.B. V.I.P.s

12. "No way!"

13. ___ Sea, shrinking body of water that was once the world's third-largest lake

14. Rock's ___ Maiden

15. Wildlife that may nest on Hawaiian golf courses

16. Bag with handles

17. Some absurdist art

18. "Anything sounds good to me"

21. Poke bowl fish

22. "I'm so great!"

23. Basic couturier offering

27. Highs ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle

28. Arthur who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

29. Same here

31. Letters on some moisturizer bottles

34. Philosophy followed by Benjamin Franklin

36. Rascals

37. "Reputation" or "Midnights," for Taylor Swift

38. It's how the story goes

39. Ctrl+Z

41. Talking point

43. Expression of disapproval

44. Exhausted

46. State of confusion

47. Gary Oldman or Ian McKellen, e.g.

48. Devour

50. Extra

53. Ticket seller's take

54. Failing epically

61. Not at home

62. Foundation for a proposal?

63. Diving position with bent hips and straight legs

64. The Prancing Pony and the Admiral Benbow are fictional ones

65. Latin behold

66. All over

67. Govt. group with cryptologists on staff

68. Goes on and on and on

69. Screw them!

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Down

1. S.F. transit option

2. "I'm standing right here, you know!"

3. One end of the day

4. Sister goddesses who personify destiny

5. Hurricane that's the subject of the 2006 documentary "When the Levees Broke"

6. Vessel's front

7. Statement in a courtroom

8. Statement in a courtroom

9. Contents of some boats

10. Router hookup

11. Trap

14. Creatives may jot them in a notebook

19. What have we here?

20. Key worker?

23. Perennially struggling with

25. Like pea-soup fog

26. One aspect to consider in making a decision

27. Who often brushes dirt off home plate

30. Honor _____ thieves

31. Flower part

32. Value

33. One orientation of a playing card during a magic trick

35. Saying "hmm ...," perhaps

40. Where to get some "Fresh Air"

42. "Come on, help me out"

45. Buttery confections

47. Some computers and televisions

49. "___ Canto" (Ann Patchett novel)

50. Once more

51. Lows ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle

52. Roman goddess of fertility

55. One tool for scrolling on a computer

56. Quechua speaker

57. Prominent feature of an alpaca

58. Little

59. Scraped (out)

60. Hides a tear, say

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