Area of expertise Crossword Clue

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Area of expertise Crossword Answer

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SPHERE

(6 letters)

FIELD

(5 letters)

SPECIALTY

(9 letters)

BAILIWICK

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
2. physical energy or intensity

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EXPERTISE (noun)
1. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
AREA (noun)
1. a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
2. a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SPHERE
(6 letters)
FIELD
(5 letters)
SPECIALTY
(9 letters)
BAILIWICK
(9 letters)

More LA Times Crossword (1/7/2026) Answers

Across

1. Running sport

6. Thrown for a loop

10. Lure in

14. Moves like a fleeing deer

16. Sushi wrapper

17. Rep on arm day

18. 1991 operation that ended with the liberation of Kuwait

20. Molecule part

21. Focus to win a contest?

22. Flower bed tool

23. Sault __ Marie

24. Sushi option

26. Celestial event such as the Perseids

30. "Succession" actor Culkin

32. Steal from

33. Prototype: Abbr.

34. Basilica niche

35. ___ economy

37. Structure whose roof begins near its foundation

39. Communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing

42. Two ___ and a lie (icebreaker game)

44. Leb. neighbor

45. Frittata need

49. Lucky acorns, eventually

50. Superlative suffix

52. Balance sheet column

54. Sweet finish for fried chicken

57. Large load

58. Cards, in NFL scores

59. "__ got it!"

60. Freeze over

62. Make a bad impression?

64. Perfectly satisfactory, or an apt description of 18-, 26-, 39-, and 54-Across

68. Puts away the dishes?

69. Taiwanese computer company

70. Stewpot with a conical lid

71. Chow for a sow

72. Surrender as territory

73. Stiletto alternative

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Down

1. Up in the air, briefly

2. Fish-to-be

3. Down Under denizens

4. Site with tech reviews

5. Hwang Dong-hyuk's "Squid Game," e.g.

6. Hill worker

7. Happy holler

8. Representation of uncertainty on a graph

9. Assists, in hoops lingo

10. Type of A/V connector

11. Best in a pool

12. Mentee

13. __ Fudd

19. Good to go

24. Alias lead-in

25. With it

27. Conclusion starter

28. Beeper

29. Provides an address

31. Chew out

36. Hardware and software support

38. Feline in an alley

40. Wee

41. Nabisco cracker

42. Painfully close to home

43. Met by chance

46. Make bank

47. Classic Pontiac

48. Oft-protected fig.

51. Completely surrounded

53. Move back and forth

54. God of the underworld

55. Nobel-winning physicist Paul

56. Skin blemish

61. Encourage

63. Baking meas.

65. Ancient Eur. realm

66. Bank corp. with an orange lion logo

67. Once called

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