Basics of literacy Crossword Clue

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Basics of literacy Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LITERACY (noun)
1. the ability to read and write
BASICS (noun)
1. principles from which other truths can be derived
2. a statement of fundamental facts or principles

Hint 3: Anagram

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More New Yorker Crossword (5/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Place to harvest cranberries

4. Semester, say

8. 'Hear, hear!'

12. Dollar bills

14. Got audibly upset in public

16. ___ of one’s existence (constant source of frustration)

17. Bodybuilding title once held by Arnold Schwarzenegger

18. "Respect" singer Franklin

20. Surrender

21. Birth control option briefly

22. Body's trunk

23. Pester

24. They might be taken down during a lecture

26. Two-time Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning

27. Delivered an address

30. “Z,” to a Brit

31. Nineteen-twenties gangster who was nicknamed Scarface

33. Bygone Apple media player

35. Lunar phenomenon caused by the red glow of light passing through Earth’s atmosphere

37. Slant

38. Things that are so beneficial as to seem divine in origin

42. Cape ___, Massachusetts

43. Agreements not to fight

45. Section of a historical time line

46. Entry room

48. Scream upon seeing a spider, maybe

49. Egged on

51. Police alert, for short

54. Lacking scruples

55. Best Actor nominee for “Schindler’s List”

58. Italian lake near the Swiss border

59. Position for which a race is held every six years

60. Bump on a log

61. Whirlpool

62. Furtive "Hey you!"

63. ___ and outs

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Down

1. Taiwanese drink with tapioca bubbles

2. Hot at the craps table, say

3. Not brand-name

4. Road repairing goo

5. More than just shots in the dark

6. Go back on a deal

7. ___ Marian (Robin Hood’s love)

8. Playing card that can be high or low

9. Deserved

10. Came after

11. Food, water, and shelter, for humans

13. Solidifies, as Jell-O

14. Sport for U.F.C. fighters

15. Kristoffs reindeer in Frozen

19. Hullabaloo

23. 33-Across version that was smaller than a Mini

25. ___ layer (region of the stratosphere that absorbs harmful solar radiation)

28. Perch for a pigeon

29. The “D” in L.E.D.

32. Adhere to, with “by”

34. Play ___ (feign unconsciousness)

36. Deride

37. ’NSync or New Kids on the Block, e.g.

39. Cocktail made of gin, vermouth, and Campari

40. “Yeah, you wish”

41. Pitiful bunches

42. Duplicated

44. Break from the classroom or the courtroom

46. What “F” might stand for on a test

47. Diatribe

50. Winner over scissors

53. Sound from a microwave

54. Insect in a colony

56. "April showers bring ___ flowers"

57. Grain in a granola bar

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