Barely defeated Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
2. having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DEFEATED (noun)
1. people who are defeated
DEFEATED (adjective)
1. disappointingly unsuccessful
2. beaten or overcome; not victorious
BARELY (adverb)
1. almost not
2. by a little

More WSJ Crossword (4/25/2026) Answers

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5. Temple building

9. Small amounts

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17. Foil for Garfield

18. Nest on a cliff

19. Scoundrel

20. Tableland’s kin

21. Display next to a museum guide?

23. Livornese love

24. Lanikai Beach setting

25. Early lifeboat?

26. Bart's bus driver

27. Give away some heirloom flatware?

30. Discordant

33. Shade-loving perennial

34. Black Sea port, to natives

35. Alligator's cousin

36. Frankfurter cry

38. “Mansfield Park” author

40. Time slot for a greyhound sprint?

44. Analyzes, in English class

47. Calling for quick action

48. Flamenco cry

49. Back of a soccer goal

51. Maintain

52. Proof of ownership

53. NBC show with cold opens

55. Person in a box

58. Coffey of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

59. Not very bright

61. In the style of

63. Best performer in a 12-part challenge?

66. 'You made that up!'

68. Recurring plot element

70. Sparkling Italian wine

71. Campus known for its rotunda?

75. Spot to gloss over

77. Touched down

80. Broody rock

81. Scoundrel

83. Blog feed letters

85. City north of Oklahoma City

87. Caterpillars, e.g.

90. Once known as

91. Graphic design deg.

93. Person receiving guidance

95. Still together

96. Issue involving web ownership?

99. Comes up

102. Sound from a pound

103. Curiosity and Perseverance, e.g.

104. Fully committed

106. Names on a marquee

109. Narcissistic trait

111. Note on a prescription bottle?

114. Tennis legend Arthur

115. Hoppy beverage

118. Rider of Sleipnir

119. Feline hybrid

120. Rides just out of a bubbly rinse?

123. Propensity

124. Like krypton

126. Wild way to run

127. Snaky shape

128. Like a bad breakup

129. Call for

130. Rewards for waiting

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Down

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2. Cause of a wrinkled nose

3. Rock icon known for his strut

4. Worker in an orchard

5. Consign to fate

6. Hunter in the night sky

7. Trucker's truck

8. Patch up

9. Hair Buster Gel brand

10. Low-seed tomatoes

11. “You have to let me!”

12. Government office

13. Lays eyes on

14. Coming at just the right time

15. Briquette residue

16. Isles’s first name on “Rizzoli & Isles”

18. Draws

20. Slowly decays

22. City south of Oklahoma City

28. "Well, hello there"

29. Minute amounts

31. “King of Terriers”

32. Scottish Highlander

35. Ready for the cobbler, perhaps

37. Captain’s staff

39. Muscle twitches

40. Absolute flop

41. Attitude barometer

42. Triumphant

43. Washington of "Philadelphia"

45. Sandusky’s county

46. Name on a marquee

50. Source of support for a driver

54. Traffic cop, briefly

56. Ones who incite shrieks from crowds

57. Rewards a poetry reading performer

60. Auction action

62. Set things right

64. One-time link

65. Puts on mute

67. Good things to have

69. Event with lots of horsing around

71. Where a sub may be built

72. Country led by a sultan

73. Transgressions that risk damnation

74. Flying solo

76. Country led by a supreme leader

78. Lionel Messi’s club since 2023

79. Stadium levels

82. Dorsey of “Queen Sugar”

84. Made level

86. Hedgehog home

88. Gaol or theatre, e.g.

89. Breezing through

92. Piccolo’s kin

94. Wished one could trade places with

97. Neither fem. nor neut.

98. Intersected

100. "Seinfeld" role for Julia

101. Marsh plants

104. Sun-dried brick

105. Mineral deposits

107. Claims to be true

108. Like some martinis and money

110. Cockpit dial

112. Single-___ (tourney format)

113. Fall scene

116. Play thing

117. Pops the question?

121. Honorific words

122. Sill sunner

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