Behind closed ___ Crossword Clue

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Behind closed ___ Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

CLOSED (adjective)
1. blocked against entry
2. used especially of mouth or eyes
BEHIND (adverb)
1. of timepieces
2. in debt
BEHIND (noun)
1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
BEHIND (adjective)
1. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

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Across

1. Search engine that integrates Microsoft Copilot

5. Front-___ news

9. The “B” in U.S.B.

12. Unnamed writer, briefly

13. H-1B, e.g.

15. Stuff swept out of a fireplace

16. Whiz

17. Dismissive farewell that comes from the 1995 film “Friday”

19. Take a load off

21. One of three for a grounded plug

22. Retail ___ (shopping intended to make oneself feel better)

24. Word that might refer to pairs of underwear or pairs of shoes

25. “___ it out!” (“Just tell me!”)

26. Ghostly noise

27. Mesh well with the group

29. Small batteries

31. Grumpy ___ (internet-famous pet known for her scowl)

34. Arriving at an “Aha!” moment . . . or what this puzzle is doing vis-à-vis its circled letters

38. Self-driving ___

39. Poems often written in the second person

40. “Interstellar” director Christopher

41. First-responder org. headquartered in downtown Brooklyn

43. Basic kind of earring

44. Cheese crumbled atop elote

47. Modern hit piece?

50. Bets that a stat will exceed the line

51. Buzzing, like a crowd

52. More, in Spanish

54. Collaboration

56. Post that might be described as a “wall of text”

57. Minecraft block crafted from gunpowder and sand

58. Decks used for fortune-telling

59. Word in a second-in-command’s title

60. The “A” of LMAO

61. N.Y.C. cultural institution whose permanent collection includes a giant Google Maps pin

62. Small, as chances

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Down

1. Potato-chip parcels

2. Nunavut native

3. Company’s guiding mission, metaphorically

4. Operating system that shares its name with an African mammal

5. Campaign aimed at influencing the public’s beliefs, informally

6. Office-supply brand specializing in labels

7. Motion pictures?

8. Suffix with Japan or Sudan

9. Part of a breakfast combo, perhaps

10. Leveraging

11. Layered hairdos

13. Type of German submarine used in both World Wars

14. Initial phase of software testing

18. Element alloyed with carbon to make steel

20. Cocktail or mocktail, e.g.

23. Awe-inspiring

24. Daniel who satirized internet content on his namesake Comedy Central show

26. Safety installations on a climbing-gym floor

27. Agcy. that can issue fines for indecency

28. Roth ___ (savings option)

29. Pop artist Warhol

30. Dating-app datum

31. Unsolicited sales message, say

32. Lovelace whose algorithm Note G is considered the first-ever computer program

33. Number written as 1010 in binary

35. University in New Rochelle

36. Key used to submit a form

37. Violent takeover

41. Like al-dente pasta

42. Performance at an E.D.M. festival

43. Petty arguments

44. Terra __

45. Hot boxes?

46. Parts of udders

47. Sound of an accelerating engine

48. Blood vessel depicted in the anatomical-heart emoji

49. Country-folk singer Griffith

51. Lead-in to futurism or punk

53. Acronym for numbers-oriented fields

55. Squad, slangily

56. What some campsites are built to accommodate

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