Body part that can serve as a pencil holder Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
2. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HOLDER (noun)
1. the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
2. a holding device
PENCIL (noun)
1. a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
2. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
PENCIL (verb)
1. write, draw, or trace with a pencil

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More NYT Crossword (2/9/2026) Answers

Across

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5. Mariner's septet

9. Picket line crosser

13. Like a situation with only bad outcomes

15. St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park

16. Voice above tenor

17. Thanksgiving boatful

18. Spanish cat

19. Nutritionist's plan

20. Main drag through Sin City

23. Fancy meeting you here!

24. Apply, as a new skill

25. Indigenous Southwestern people

30. Delicious

31. Trireme implement

32. Valuable bit in a prospector's pan

37. Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally

38. "Nope, not for me"

39. Online "haha!"

40. Steep-walled canyon

41. Hoarse voice

42. Hockey player who typically plays the entire game

44. Explosive-sounding TV channel

45. Crow's call

46. Punk-inspired music genre

47. Minor disruption in the proceedings

49. [Their typo, not mine!]

51. Be a passenger

55. Question to a scaredy-cat … to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!"

58. "You have a point there"

60. Lake on Ohio’s northern border

61. Nine-member musical group

62. Lack of difficulty

63. Pimples

64. Like a lot

65. Amazed

66. From ___ to riches

67. Water pitcher

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Down

1. ___-Saxon

2. Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony

3. Overflowing (with)

4. Apportioned

5. Long stories

6. Wipe clean

7. "America's Got Talent" segments

8. Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball

9. British novelist Jones

10. Portable writing surface

11. Devoured

12. Spam spewer

14. Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show

21. Sanskrit word for "teacher"

22. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ___

26. Massive

27. Pick from the menu

29. Tiny hill-dweller

30. Bellow

32. Measurement around the waist

33. Resident of Muscat

34. Something that's beyond help

35. Luminesce

36. India's smallest state by area

37. What students abide by when they don't cheat

40. Precious stone

42. Period before starting more school

43. Georgia ___, Atlanta school

45. Pool player's stick

48. Words to live by

49. Taking to court

50. Some frozen drinks

52. No need to remind me

53. Outdoor John?

54. 'Come in!'

56. Oceanic predator

57. "All ___ day's work"

58. Drink served by the Mad Hatter

59. Like the fish in poke

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