Boston's Liberty Tree, e.g Crossword Clue

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Boston's Liberty Tree, e.g Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
2. any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LIBERTY (noun)
1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
2. leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
BOSTON (noun)
1. state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (9/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Bearded Smurf

5. Some Cubans

11. Mama's boy?

14. Farming prefix

15. Outfit for an infant

16. Debate Side

17. Many a modern business session (or a hasty tryst?)

19. Emmy winner Holbrook

20. Honeyed drinks

21. Solution in an IV drip

23. Share one’s thoughts (or what may develop after 17-Across?)

27. Citi Field player

29. Former flames

30. Texas city named for a Ukrainian city

34. Poetic feet

37. Political partner (or a possible product of 17- and 23-Across?)

40. Anvil sound

41. Is penitent

44. Catchers' wear

47. End for spy, kiss or nanny

49. Dog doc

50. Next of kin (or possible outcome of 17-, 23- and 37-Across?)

56. Headline

57. Wide valleys

58. Do the wrong thing

59. Event where the romance in 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across may start?

64. SoFi Stadium footballer

65. Turn sour, as milk

66. Post-shower attire

67. Planetarium depiction

68. Declares

69. At some previous point

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Down

1. Nobel-winning poet Octavio

2. Earlier than now

3. Supplier of forgotten lines, for stage actors

4. Person drawing a bead

5. New Yale students of 1969

6. Actually existing

7. Acquire

8. ___ live and breathe!

9. Free of suds

10. George of The Goldbergs

11. Big cat of Africa?

12. Grand Marnier flavoring

13. Phrase tacked on for emphasis

18. Astronaut Jemison

22. Deceives

23. Angsty music genre

24. Checked, on a form

25. Target, as with a water balloon

26. Online periodical, for short

31. Chump

32. “Live from New York!” letters

33. “Blonde” Oscar nominee de Armas

35. UFC sport

36. Cricket stick

38. Cuzco resident

39. Conjure up

42. Elusive swimmer

43. Epitome of a mess

44. Stingy sorts

45. Lake Shore Limited operator

46. Obsequious

48. Stick one’s nose in

51. Parts of spines and brakes

52. Suggestions

53. Begins to disappear

54. Copying

55. D.C. commuter choice

60. Period

61. Summer setting in NYC

62. Airer of 32-Down

63. "Fancy that!":

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