Bring to bear Crossword Clue

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EXERT

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(noun)
1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage
2. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
(verb)
1. use up, consume fully
2. avail oneself to

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BRING (verb)
1. bestow a quality on
2. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
BEAR (verb)
1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
2. have on one’s person
BEAR (noun)
1. an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
2. massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

EXERT
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Hint 4: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (6/27/2026) Answers

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18. Cry for help

19. Third-rate

21. Broadcast in installments

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25. Camus novel

26. Prize whose first winner was “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in 1987

28. Legend of music

32. Victorian, e.g.

33. Unguarded on the court

34. Diva, stereotypically

37. Jessica of "Sin City"

40. “Jeopardy!” reunion, to some uninvited, say

44. Constitution statement granting Congress the power to pass “necessary and proper” bills

48. Romania's currency

49. Made arrangements, in a way

50. Site of many sweaters

56. Medea, to Circe

58. Where the action is?

59. “Halt, salt!”

63. Show stopper?

67. Grande, familiarly

68. Tex. neighbor

69. Goldberg Variations composer

70. Grammy winner for “Tears in Heaven”

74. Düsseldorf denial

75. Comics canine

76. Back muscle, briefly

77. First name in country music

78. Natural inclinations

79. Put down again

82. Heart of Paris

86. Times of London puzzle solvers figure them out

90. Flinched

95. Simile center

96. It’s characterized by long, cold winters

98. Aggressive pitch

103. Pigeonhole

104. Like northern Italy

105. Moisturizer brand

106. Hockey's Tikkanen

108. Torque symbol

111. JFK guesses

112. Benchmark U.S. birthday celebrated in eight of this puzzle’s Across answers

120. Clear

121. Laundry annoyance

125. Welcoming, as a new year

126. Dot-___ (web businesses)

127. Romanian composer George

128. FICA funds it

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Down

1. SFO setting

2. Canal site

3. Green of "Casino Royale"

4. Al Gore and Cory Booker practice it

5. Dubai dignitary

6. Breakaway group

7. Perfect mark

8. Honest to a fault

9. A standard musical reference point is two octaves above it

10. "___ Is Born"

11. Capital south of the Caspian Sea

12. Long haul

13. "Holy moly!"

14. Hacienda room

15. Galoot

16. Blue shades

17. Has no requirement to

20. GOP fundraiser

22. Words before averages or the jungle

24. "Wicked" director Jon

27. Lab connection

28. Gladiator maker

29. Lecher's look

30. Cold coating

35. Double duty?

36. South American monkey

38. Angels, on scoreboards

39. Nonetheless …

41. Sign for one born on Cinco de Mayo

42. Get under control

43. Water carrier

45. Bee follower

46. Agcy. monitoring outbreaks

47. Grimm character

51. Part of Q.E.D

52. Exact copy

53. Compare

54. Dark

55. Campfire chow

57. Catchall abbr

59. Multiple choices

60. Dark Lord of the Sith

61. Tough on the stomach

62. Blind followers

64. Old show shifter

65. Bass, e.g.

66. Apply gently

70. Kay Thompson character

71. Mischievous one

72. Suffix for meteor or magnet

73. Fundraiser for pols

78. Swelter

80. H.S. supporters

81. OMG or LOL, e.g.

83. Hobbit’s foe

84. Common Market inits.

85. The Bruins’ sch.

87. Bruins, to Brutus

88. Green

89. Cellos and violas, in mus.

91. Drove ahead

92. Café additive

93. Sicilian erupter

94. Civil rights activist Morris

97. Tech squads

98. Bozos, in Canadian slang

99. Lafrenière of the New York Rangers

100. Beverly Cleary character

101. Conking out

102. Protein-rich legume

107. Public argument

109. Impatient

110. School in the U.K.

113. Cruise ship retired and converted into a floating UAE hotel

114. Coffee dispensers

115. Othello fellow

116. White House advisory grp.

117. Sporty car roof

118. Cake shop worker

119. Retinoid target

122. Kinda

123. Sgt. e.g.

124. Crunch target

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