Bringing up the rear Crossword Clue

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Bringing up the rear Crossword Answer

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LASTINLINE

(10 letters)

INLAST

(6 letters)

DEADLAST

(8 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. persist for a specified period of time
2. continue to live and avoid dying
(noun)
1. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
2. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
(adverb)
1. the item at the end
(adjective)
1. not to be altered or undone
2. occurring at or forming an end or termination

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BRINGING (noun)
1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
REAR (adjective)
1. located in or toward the back or rear
REAR (verb)
1. rise up
2. cause to rise up
REAR (noun)
1. the side of an object that is opposite its front
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

LASTINLINE
(10 letters)
INLAST
(6 letters)
DEADLAST
(8 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More New Yorker Crossword (2/19/2025) Answers

Across

1. Like Bashful

4. Bird that delivers babies, in folklore

13. Soothing botanical

14. Beauty-industry metaphor for the optimism that cosmetics represent

16. Michael of "Superbad"

17. Twenty-four-hour markdown

18. University of Maryland athlete

20. Sends blue messages on an iPhone?

21. Person who might shout “¡Goooool!” or “Going . . . going . . . gone!”

24. Marsupial pal of Pooh

25. Reason for some flight cancellations

26. Procedure done at a hundred to a hundred and twenty b.p.m.

29. Check from the I.R.S.

32. Beats co-founder Dr. ___

33. It gets a new ring annually

34. One-eyed Norse god

35. “I wish I could ___ that!” (response to a cringeworthy video)

37. Hydrant hookup

38. Far from tongue-burningly spicy

39. 'I'll pass'

40. Camera stand

42. Bank-lobby fixture

43. Word before "soda" or "sandwich"

45. Co. name ender

46. Parochial-school attire that’s a challenge to iron

51. Forbidden by polite society

54. Unburdened by worries

55. Provide art for a picture book, say

58. Measure of land area

59. Unexpected developments in a story

60. Shut forcefully

61. Woodworkers’ tools

62. Follows orders

63. Number of Canadian provinces

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Down

1. “To ___, perchance to dream”: Hamlet

2. Typical Wes Craven flick

3. Not just for a season or two

4. Makes some purchases

5. Health potions of old

6. Easy job for a detective

7. Like London’s iconic phone booths and double-decker buses

8. Automaker owned by Hyundai

9. Eye surgery tool

10. Cleaning product that shares its name with a Trojan War hero

11. Mineral that’s put on pretzels and icy roads

12. “___ bien!” (“Very good!,” in French)

13. Talent-show routines

15. Financial landmark on Wall St.

19. Lots and lots

22. Feeling yesterday’s workout, perhaps

23. Chirp

26. Pattern in a field sometimes attributed to aliens

27. Mexican coin

28. Vibrating part of a clarinet

29. Capital of Italy, to the locals

30. How to make a long story short?

31. ___ cap (antiquated form of schoolroom punishment)

33. Heads-up

36. Simba’s childhood best friend

41. What unleavened bread doesn’t do

44. Warren who starred in “Dick Tracy”

46. Sulks

47. Not sure which way to turn

48. ___ rehearsal

49. Aired again, as a TV show

50. Abound (with)

51. Undrinkable contents of a certain coffee-shop cup

52. Penne ___ vodka

53. Try to extinguish a birthday candle

56. Number of towers in a Tolkien title

57. Chest bone

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