Blow the match Crossword Clue

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Blow the match Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BLOW (verb)
1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
2. be in motion due to some air or water current
BLOW (noun)
1. an impact (as from a collision)
2. a strong current of air
MATCH (noun)
1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
2. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
MATCH (verb)
1. set into opposition or rivalry
2. be equal to in quality or ability

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More NYT Crossword (4/7/2026) Answers

Across

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5. El ___, mythical city of gold

11. Initials often seen next to THC

14. Quotes

16. Gave out, as charm

17. Reply to a ship's captain

18. It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere

20. ___ fly, play that results in a run and an out

21. Dog's reward after a trick

22. Connection point

23. "How can this be?!"

24. Decided to pay later, say

26. Combo meal, usually

28. Apple tablet?

29. Idles, with "around"

31. Handy

32. Hair goo

33. ____ track, song that insults another artist

34. One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice

35. Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps

38. Economic improvement

41. Japanese noodle

42. Most common word in English

45. Communication method with dits and dahs

46. Martial art whose name means "way of the sword"

48. So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"

49. Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually

51. "I can't hear you!"

53. Rolling in it

54. Done

56. Alleviated

57. Lawyer (Abbr.)

58. Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across

61. Prefix with physical or politics

62. Marie ___, women's magazine

63. Dye for body art

64. Use salt instead of sugar, say

65. What an underage person usually gets at a bar?

66. Lose one's footing

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Down

1. Star pitcher

2. Casual musical project

3. Everlasting

4. Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time

5. __ Moines Iowa

6. Big bovines

7. Remove, as heavy grime

8. Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi

9. Feints, in hockey

10. Dedicated lines

11. Turn in one's chips

12. Narrow way to win

13. Toy cipher ring

15. Improvisational vocal style

19. Language of "amore"

23. Organ meats

24. Arrange, as a match's outcome

25. Pear variety

27. Unit of arcade currency

30. Cigar residue

33. Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees

34. Bent down

35. ___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park

36. One under Attila's rule

37. 3 to 1 are good ones

38. Resentment

39. Better mannered

40. John Deere product

43. Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances?

44. Supernatural ability, for short

46. Bulletproof material

47. What you blink with

48. Mascara makes them stand out

50. Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day

52. Every's partner

55. Still reddish, as a steak

58. Secretly loop in on an email

59. Flanders of “The Simpsons”

60. Siesta

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