Caper Crossword Clue

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Caper Crossword Answer

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SKIP

(4 letters)

GAMBOL

(6 letters)

FROLIC

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. ludicrously odd
(verb)
1. act as or like a clown
(noun)
1. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

Hint 2: Clue Definition

CAPER (noun)
1. a crime (especially a robbery)
2. a playful leap or hop
CAPER (verb)
1. jump about playfully

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SKIP
(4 letters)
GAMBOL
(6 letters)
FROLIC
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More New Yorker Crossword (3/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Generic term for a scrunchie or ponytail holder

10. Loops in in a way

14. Unprincipled principals

16. "Pick me! Pick me!"

17. Theatrical tricks

18. Request from a thirsty toddler, perhaps

19. First episode, perhaps

20. Subject of an 1880 pamphlet by Friedrich Engels

22. Saint with a namesake Slavic alphabet

24. More imminent

25. Kind of periodical, for short

27. Knotty

30. What empty promises might inspire

35. Bring on

36. Couples

37. Original network for “Antiques Roadshow”

38. The game Werewolf, by another name

39. Elasticity

40. Mysterious cosmic substance

42. “Severance” executive producer Ben

44. Vinegar go-with

45. “___ Restaurant” (Arlo Guthrie song)

47. Prop for a wizard

51. Accept, after some back-and-forth

54. Dish

56. Eponym for a Queens stadium

57. Word coined to refer to the fear of being without one’s cellphone

59. School-supporting orgs.

60. Shenanigans

61. “O.K., check your inbox”

62. Beams over, say

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Down

1. Hinged fastener

3. Autostrada’s locale

4. Strictness

5. Paper headquartered in midtown Manhattan, familiarly

6. A cuff is a folded one

7. Where some savings are stashed, for short

8. They’re off the table

9. Ad mascot with a British accent

10. Accessory depicted in many Magritte paintings

11. Something taken before starting a run

12. Calf protectors?

13. Bogus

15. Descendants

21. Santa ___

23. Sentence-ending word in the creole language Singlish

26. Let the dogs out?

28. Buffalo's county

29. Letter starter

30. Newton’s elements?

31. Working hard

32. Biblical sea monster

33. Gut assessment, so to speak

34. Beer-brand inits.

38. Place for floats and splits

40. Not bad

41. Prefix with take or place

43. Wee

46. Battle of the ___ (deadly Western Front offensive of the First World War)

48. Olympian Ohno

49. Feature of fruits, whole grains, legumes, and vegetables

50. Playfully tease, say

51. Easy marks

52. Spanish direction

53. “Hahahahaha,” in textspeak

55. Big name in chips

58. Q: Why is a raven like a writing desk? A: Because ___ wrote on both

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