Avoid, as a playground ball Crossword Clue

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Avoid, as a playground ball Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
(noun)
1. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PLAYGROUND (noun)
1. an area where many people go for recreation
2. yard consisting of an outdoor area for children’s play
BALL (noun)
1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
2. United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
BALL (verb)
1. form into a ball by winding or rolling

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (9/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. Kind of appointment to make at tooth-hurty, in a classic joke

8. Accompany, as a bodyguard might

14. Heart-covered message passed in class, perhaps

15. Uses a razor on

16. Money wasted due to poor decision making, slangily

17. Shredded

18. "A Visit From the Goon Squad" author Jennifer

19. Some creative college students

21. Gmail folder between "Snoozed" and "Drafts"

22. Stat for a baseball slugger

23. Words from someone who's feeling blue

25. First responder, for short

28. Alley-___ (fancy basketball combo)

30. Initials on a schedule when things are still up in the air

31. Rodent with 22 tentacles on its snout

35. Japanese glaze often used on chicken or salmon

36. Something Wile E. Coyote might light with a match

37. Debut on Wall Street, for short

38. Informal word for a formal suit

39. ___Kosh B'Gosh (children's overalls brand)

40. Embellishment on a letter in some fonts

43. He loves ewe, baa, baa, baa!

45. Hairstyle that might be combed with a pick

49. "Whatever, I can't stop you from feeling angry"

52. Bird known for its complex social behaviors, including holding "funerals"

53. Like some movies unsuitable for children

54. Glaring inconsistency in a movie's narrative

56. French relative of whist

57. Tart green drinks

58. Confer (upon)

59. Dons gingerly, as a shoe over a sore ankle

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2. Bottled water brand

3. Brightly colored fish in a tank

4. Something Wile E. Coyote might light with a match

5. Greek letter whose name is also a word for a tiny amount

6. Beatle who wrote "Octopus's Garden" and "Don't Pass Me By"

7. Classic illustration of an idea

8. It is "it is" in Spanish

9. Traditional room divider in a Japanese home

10. Billiards shot that bounces off the rail or an opponent's ball

11. Fill too full, as a store

12. Like cloth shopping bags

13. Common recipe amt. for baking soda or baking powder

14. Isn't exactly honest

20. Constriction of pupils

24. Daniel ___ Kim ("Lost" actor)

26. Permanently injure

27. 'Have a taste'

29. Green paste often served with pasta

31. Young women, in Spanish

32. What someone might miss after being in an urban area for a long time

33. Speaker's lectern

34. Little girls, in Spanish

35. Font

36. Throw shade at

41. Unmoving, in chemistry

42. Gave, as a meal

44. Older Obama daughter

46. Hobbit friend of Samwise Gamgee

47. Scott ___, Phillies baseball player who was the 1997 N.L. Rookie of the Year

48. Is in the hole

50. Word after home or witches'

51. Titles for some Portuguese monks

53. Jewish title

55. Prop for a golf ball

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