Bonus game periods, for short Crossword Clue

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Bonus game periods, for short Crossword Answer

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BONUS (noun)
1. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
2. anything that tends to arouse
SHORT (adjective)
1. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
2. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
SHORT (verb)
1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
2. create a short circuit in
SHORT (adverb)
1. at a disadvantage
2. quickly and without warning
SHORT (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

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More USA Today Crossword (12/24/2025) Answers

Across

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14. Home to the Golestan Palace

15. Sound transmission

16. Match before a final

17. "Don't say another ___!"

18. Exams for aspiring JDs

19. DC superhero with adventures on Earth and in space

22. Veggie that makes people tear up

23. Tilling tool

24. Accessible building feature

28. Really scare

31. Palindromic rally vehicle

33. Three in Italian

34. Cook's creation

36. "Ya don't say . . ."

37. Winged woman with a heart-fletched arrow in "Rhythm Heaven"

39. Make art, say

42. Leaky faucet sound

43. ___ Beta Kappa

46. People in charge

48. Many a Dinah Shore Weekend participant

50. __ and downs

51. National Cat Lady Day mo.

53. Greek column style

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59. Blanc or noir grape

60. Each

61. "Lord of the Rings" actor Miranda

63. Was a passenger

64. "Velvet Buzzsaw" actor Russo

65. ___ and switch

66. Did some strokes

67. Vehicle for going down a snowy hill

68. Mined minerals

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Down

1. Less grimy

2. "Buffy the ___ Slayer"

3. Romantic hopeful

4. New Zealand fruit or bird

5. Get the wrinkles out of

6. Pi Day's month

7. Like some cats or pools

8. Retail event

9. Book that might be an instant classic

10. Mathematician Lovelace

11. Illuminated

12. ___ Angeles

16. Composer Joplin

20. Bring to life

21. Filled pastry that isn't vegetarian

25. Play a part

26. Opposite of "menos"

27. Con's counterpart

29. Like holidays observed at the national level

30. Woot!

32. Contributes to a group gift, say

35. TV screen type

37. Young chap

38. Browser address

39. Compacted mass

40. Fixes

41. "Whoa there!"

43. Sticky stuff from an evergreen

44. Ponytail holder

45. 'Monsters, ___'

47. Some pickle slices

49. Great ape?

52. Fight off

55. Sweet, fizzy drink

56. Thing in a shopping cart

57. "She gets the job ___" (Chappell Roan lyric)

58. Slanted column?

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