Becomes lighter in color Crossword Clue

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FADES

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

LIGHTER (noun)
1. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
2. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
LIGHTER (verb)
1. transport in a flatbottom boat
COLOR (noun)
1. any material used for its color
2. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
COLOR (adjective)
1. having or capable of producing colors
COLOR (verb)
1. decorate with colors
2. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (1/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Sound effect akin to "woof"

4. Philosophical question asked by someone studying Duchamp's "Fountain," perhaps

13. Condescend (to)

16. Peppers hotter than bird's eye chilis but not as hot as ghost peppers

17. Accelerated H.S. class for a someone who loves plants and animals, maybe

18. "Ahh, it's too hard to watch!"

19. Dance à la Michael Jackson

21. Trims the gristle from, as a steak

22. Fig. on a 30-Across

23. Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023

24. Burrowing insect

25. Vague small quantity

27. Godsends

28. Happen repeatedly

30. Annually filed statement for the I.R.S.

34. Wedding reception host

35. Columbus sch.

36. Conical dwelling traditionally made of hides

37. Form of emotional blackmail used to shift responsibility

39. Extravagant meal

40. Lake on the California-Nevada border

41. Send to hell

43. "The Office" role for Jenna Fischer

44. Actor Shepard of "Parenthood"

47. Not especially elegant, as writing

49. Practice of having one committed partner

51. Gestures of affection that can be performed over FaceTime

53. Up to

54. Mayo substitute made without animal products

55. Part of an act, in theater

56. Calorie-packed snack

57. One getting breakfast in bed on Mother's Day

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1. Surname for the second and sixth presidents

2. Seized vehicles, informally

3. Eponym for a series of numbers starting 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 …

4. "___ we're on the subject …"

5. Cut haphazardly

6. Lawyers' org

7. Clay oven traditionally used to make naan

8. What a TikTok or YouTube star is, as opposed to a movie star

9. Respect for one's own worth

10. Like a crowd at the World Cup

11. Orange part of a carrot

12. Syllables expressing disapproval

14. Liquor often paired with tonic water

15. "Heck yeah, that's more like it!"

20. Cute

24. Pack, as before a move

26. Truck used to transport oil

27. Count ___, jazz great nicknamed the "King of Swing"

28. Lower-priced gas option: Abbr.

29. Flightless bird of Australia

30. Bulls, in Spanish

31. "Gotta get a move on!"

32. Hi or lo follower

33. Divider on a volleyball court

38. "General consensus is …"

41. "Dapper" guy

42. Remove abruptly

43. Phony sort

45. __ acid (protein building block)

46. Tissue in a plant stem

47. Bat's habitat

48. Creditor's claim

49. Spanish word for table

50. Big initials in vitamin sales

52. Bro or sis

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