Boston's "Hitch ___" Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

HITCH (noun)
1. a period of time spent in military service
2. an unforeseen obstacle
HITCH (verb)
1. to hook or entangle
2. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
BOSTON (noun)
1. state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

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More Missing Letter Crossword (9/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "usually slack flesh (such as a dewlap, wattle, or the pendulous part of a double chin) associated with the cheeks, lower jaw, or throat"

5. Peeved cries

9. #1 amigo

12. End in ___ (require overtime)

13. You're using yours now

14. Architect Saarinen

15. NOUN: "a group of water-soluble [substances] that are found especially in yeast, seed germs, eggs, liver and flesh, and vegetables"

18. Wood used for shovel handles

19. Digital Dostoyevsky, say

20. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Alvin 1931–1989 American dancer and choreographer"

21. Georgia's largest city, briefly

22. Part of DC

23. NOUN: "a person concerned with...data (such as statistics)"

30. NOUN: "a sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers"

31. VERB: "to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent"

32. Classic record label

33. Puts in with the other ingredients

34. Bring up, as an issue

35. NOUN: "a native or inhabitant of [a northwestern European nation]"

36. Big line on a map (abbr.)

37. Catches on tape

38. A pair of pints

39. NOUN: "a lack of certainty about whether something is right or wrong"

42. Raisin ___ (cereal)

43. Gobble up

44. ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to them or themselves"

46. Former Russian rulers

49. Program-starting file extension

52. NOUN: "any of a breed of medium-sized [dogs] having a flat moderately long...coat"

55. NOUN: "a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent"

56. ___ Wap ("Trap Queen" singer)

57. NOUN: "the masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be"

58. ADJECTIVE: "quaintly unconventional"

59. VERB: "to cast one's weight to one side for support"

60. Cabell or Slaughter of baseball fame

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1. Coffee named for an island

2. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Harrison Gray 1837–1917 American general and journalist"

3. PREPOSITION: "in respect to"

4. Actress Michele or Salonga

5. Florence's river

6. ___ San Lucas (Mexican resort)

7. VERB: "to strike out with the foot or feet"

8. ___-Cone (frozen fun)

9. PHRASE: "to do a daring or risky deed"

10. Costing nothing

11. Jimi Hendrix's "___ Lady"

13. It begins with Genesis

14. Protestant denom.

16. ___ chance (ran into each other)

17. Only U.S. state that borders exactly one other U.S. state

21. Iowa city

22. VERB: "to deceive or cheat"

23. Greet without a word

24. NOUN: "a corrupt or sordid part"

25. NOUN: "an area of activity, interest, or knowledge"

26. VERB: "to go upward with gradual or continuous progress"

27. Most common last name in Italy

28. Atlanta school

29. Martin who directed "Sounder" and "Norma Rae"

30. Do more ___ than good

34. Johnson who directed "Looper" and "Fair Play"

35. Hearts or Diamonds, say

37. Roadside lighting

38. COMBINING FORM: "in some sense or degree"

41. "Baker Street" singer ___ Rafferty

44. "Weekend's just about here!"

45. Hot-day fun

46. Indigenous language widely spoken in Canada

47. NOUN: "the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet"

48. Letters before a name on an envelope

49. "Westworld" actress ___ Rachel Wood

50. COMBINING FORM: "strange; foreign"

51. Rowing machine units

53. Org. with 32 teams

54. CBS's logo

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