Astronaut Shepard Crossword Clue

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Astronaut Shepard Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

ASTRONAUT (noun)
1. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
SHEPARD (noun)
1. United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
2. astronaut who made the first United States’ suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)

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More WSJ Crossword (4/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Long way to go?

5. Tibia's place

9. Sahara spot

14. Preach!

15. Natural manner

16. Image Awards presenter

17. Popular hard seltzer brand

19. Sylvester’s five-time co-star

20. Head wrap

21. Gate fixture

23. Calico call

24. Lead-in to Tomé or Paulo

26. Where to find the Drake Passage

28. Time off from work

32. Yacht spot

33. Austrian’s “Alas!”

34. That mare

36. Noted bankruptcy of 2001

39. Movie staple of 1960s TV, and a clue to 17-, 26-, 53- and 66-Across

44. Fertile Crescent nation

45. Affectionate sign-off

46. Fresh start

47. Ready for bed, perhaps

50. Joins others in criticizing

53. Situation Room setting

56. Overburden

57. "Sorta" suffix

58. Greek public space

60. Ring for breakfast

64. Brief period

66. Something negotiated by a union

68. Alternative to bow ties

69. Pound of poems

70. Big brass

71. “Like a Rock” singer Bob

72. Precious

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Down

1. “Heavens!,” in many a meme

2. Texter's "As I see it"

3. Golda of Israeli politics

4. Focusing

5. Brief time

6. Lecture setting

7. Oscar with a Golden Globe

8. What you might open while browsing

9. Sailing

10. Drivers' org.

11. Alaskan fishing migrations

12. Less welcoming

13. Give rise to

18. Old-time exclamation

22. IRS worker

25. Pearl Harbor site

27. Tiny amount

28. Egg pouches

29. 2012 top 10 hit for Flo Rida

30. Caring very much for

31. "___ out!"

35. "Toy Story" dinosaur

37. Nabisco offering

38. Light you sight at night

40. Isn’t informal?

41. Alternative to sparkling

42. Dandyish dude

43. Way out

48. Happy little dance

49. Charmingly deceived

51. R&D settings

52. Track bet

53. Gossamer strands

54. Cosmetics magnate Lauder

55. Chew the greenery

59. Where to find Akbar the Great’s tomb

61. France, formerly

62. Idris of films

63. Economical, as writing

65. Phila.-to-NYC heading

67. Anvil site

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