Butterfly catchers Crossword Clue

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Butterfly catchers Crossword Answer

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NETS

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

BUTTERFLY (noun)
1. a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
2. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
BUTTERFLY (verb)
1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
2. cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

Nets
(4 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (10/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Tablet downloads

5. Household felines

9. Overexcited, informally

14. "Wherefore art __ Romeo?"

15. Do damage to

16. Small and glittering, as eyes

17. Wines and dines

18. Brainstorm

19. Nickname for an NCO

20. Fishy pizza topping

22. Playful aquatic mammal

23. Bring back on staff

24. Parsley or thyme

26. Sports cable channel

29. Beaded calculating tool

33. Infield covers

37. Granola grains

39. Folk wisdom

40. Woodwind instrument

41. Opinion piece

42. Women's links org.

43. Gas station machine

44. Cutlet meat

45. So far

46. Paper fastener

48. Piece of lettuce

50. Hearing organs

52. Showy flower

57. Wizardry student Potter

60. Fungal pizza topping

63. Truism

64. Actress Hathaway

65. Luxurious

66. Reddish hair tint

67. Play the leading role

68. "Understood"

69. Invite to enter

70. Optimistic emotion

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Down

1. Engaged in battle

2. Call up

3. Doggie

4. Japanese fish dish

5. Sour cream and __ dip

6. German auto

7. Genealogy chart

8. Hidden supply

9. Soak up

10. Beefy pizza topping

11. Acting role

12. Slight advantage

13. Salon colorist

21. Metal-bearing rocks

25. Not at all difficult

27. Sit for a photo

28. Twangy-sounding

30. Exact duplicate

31. Craving

32. Chair or sofa

33. Outperforms

34. Border on

35. Italy's capital, in Italy

36. Spicy pizza topping

38. "Tall" story

41. At any time

45. In the distance

47. Nonprofessional guy

49. Cling (to)

51. Shatter to bits

53. Offer to a hitchhiker

54. Off the leash

55. "None for me, thanks"

56. Fireplace residue

57. Sounds of laughter

58. Lumberjacks' tools

59. Skating surface

61. Golden Rule word

62. Break sharply

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