Apt synonym for "wake-up call" Crossword Clue

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WAKE (noun)
1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
2. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
WAKE (verb)
1. stop sleeping
2. cause to become awake or conscious
SYNONYM (noun)
1. two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

More NYT Crossword (8/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Open with one's teeth?

6. Network that launched in 1994 with the film "Scent of a Woman"

11. Bed threads

14. Pre-Inca civilization known for its underground aqueducts and geoglyphs

15. November birthstone

16. CNBC subj.

17. Currently being tried

20. Seattle pro soccer team

22. "Look at this!"

23. Make a right turn?

24. Greek organization, informally

26. 4x platinum self-titled album of 2001

27. More saplike

29. "Sesame Street" character with a pet rock named Rocco

32. Alertness aid

34. Founder of Stoicism

35. Go the other way

36. Not just my

37. Loaded with energy

40. When doubled, first name in classic Hollywood

41. ___ Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran

42. Daughter of Saturn, in Roman myth

43. Just sat around

45. One sitting on a coop board?

46. Colombian offerings that may be served with hogao

49. Conditions

50. "___ counting?"

51. Check-in from a texter

53. Discombobulated

56. Large storage unit

59. Be a rat

62. 2007 horror sequel

63. "The Simpsons" character ___ Nahasapeemapetilon

64. Monotonous hum

65. Hat decoration in a marching band

66. Relay division

67. Word before park or after cheap

68. Less candid, perhaps

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Down

1. Some, in León

2. Allied grp.

3. Astronaut for whom a Pixar character is named

4. "You're not the only one!"

5. Longtime "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don

6. Start to type?

7. Action figures and such

8. Parrot

9. Indian P.M., 1991-96

10. Totino's frozen food offering

11. Tropical fruta

12. Pic file format

13. Put out

19. 911 responder

21. “Music for Airports” composer

24. Feudal estate

25. Lens solution brand

26. 10,000,000 ergs

28. 2004 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... and a hint to 3-, 10-, 29- and 33-Down

29. Bear of children's rhyme

30. Desert havens

31. "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"

32. Biblical "captain"

33. Gesture also known as "spirit fingers"

38. French bread?

39. Console for Chrono Trigger, in brief

44. Completely missed shot

47. It makes sense now

48. Soak

50. Microscopic

52. Insects responsible for virtually all fig pollination

53. Obsessively oriented

54. Record in a way

55. A little too pleased with oneself

56. Bloke

57. "The devourer of all things," per Ovid

58. Perpetually

60. Clumsy vessel

61. Bygone cousin of a kiwi

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