Break down in tears Crossword Clue

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CRY

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(noun)
1. convulsive gasp made while weeping
2. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
(verb)
1. weep convulsively

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BREAK (noun)
1. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
2. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
BREAK (verb)
1. enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
2. be released or become known; of news
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CRY
(3 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
BOS

More NYT Crossword (6/23/2025) Answers

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4. Classic dog name

11. IPod ___ (old music provider)

13. Bra or purse part

14. Not fake:

15. “Can it!”

17. Voting no

18. Devious fellow

19. ___ Juan, Puerto Rico

20. Insect in a nest

21. Quite a long time

23. "Nothing for me, thanks"

25. Locale for a goatee

28. Off-road ride, for short

30. Acknowledgment to a 31-Down operator

32. Pep rally sound

33. "Zip it!"

36. Like some mobile purchases

38. "What ___ you saying?"

39. Onstage comment to the audience

40. Shut it!

43. "Ransom" rapper ___ Tecca

44. Held back, as a news story

45. Final chapter

46. Quite frequently

47. Stephen Vincent ___, "John Brown's Body" poet

49. Stamp for a notary public

51. Nut that contains caffeine

53. Early web portal

55. Reprimands

59. Hollywood's Driver or Sandler

60. "Button it!"

62. Fuzzy green stuff on some trees

63. Scorpion pose or cobra pose

64. Samoa’s capital

65. Ballet, beadwork or bonsai

66. "In the middle of the night I call your name / Oh ___ / Oh ___" (John Lennon lyric)

67. Someone who might use a fake passport

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Down

1. 'No ifs, __ or buts!'

2. Sprinter Devers, three-time gold medal winner at the Olympics

3. The first "O" of "YOLO"

4. Org. to which to report a phone scam

5. Rubs the wrong way

6. ___ Lama (Tibetan leader)

7. Hosp. scan that's better for claustrophobes

8. Upper-house legislative proposal

9. Grains often found on top of an apple crisp

10. Dot on a radar screen

12. From days of yore

13. Encrypted messaging software

14. Breakfast items for Rocky in "Rocky"

16. Yorkie-___ (dog hybrid)

22. Vapor from a teapot

24. Underwater tracking aid

25. Nursery item with slatted sides

26. Fruit of the Loom rival

27. "That was so fun"

29. Salsa ___ (green sauce)

31. See 30-Across

33. What to eat ice cream with

34. Menial workers

35. Hanukkah coins

37. Groups of spin doctors, informally

41. Popular vitamin brand or its recommended dosage

42. Texas city in the book and film "Friday Night Lights"

46. "Welcome to Honolulu!"

48. Trunk of the body

50. Coolers of condos, e.g.

51. __ Sutra

52. Bad thing to find in a refrigerator

54. Air mattress problem

56. Pair that can be licked or locked

57. Faucet annoyance

58. *"Don't go anywhere!"

61. ___-Caps (candy brand)

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