Capital whose Al-Azhar University was founded over 1,000 years ago Crossword Clue

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Capital whose Al-Azhar University was founded over 1,000 years ago Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
2. a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNIVERSITY (noun)
1. a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
2. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
CAPITAL (noun)
1. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
2. the federal government of the United States
CAPITAL (adjective)
1. uppercase
2. first-rate

Hint 3: Anagram

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CORIA

More WSJ Crossword (4/14/2026) Answers

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10. Crib cries

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15. Alternative to Nikes

16. Still competitive

17. Conveyance for a casino worker?

19. James or Jones of music

20. Little soldier

21. Cap projection

22. Asset for a team

23. Watched a friend’s feline, say

25. Conveyance for a luxury hotel?

27. Overly suave

28. Recede gradually

31. “The Power of Oat for Sensitive Skin” brand

32. Hedgerow nesters

34. Words on a Wonderland cake

36. Cotton from Ark., e.g.

37. Conveyance for prisoners?

40. Org. that handles returns

43. Gracefully supple

44. Tiffany products

48. Member of a brainy bunch

50. Response to rodents

52. Bakery buy

53. Conveyance for a London rental?

55. Land south of the Pyrenees

57. Like many “Twilight Zone” episodes

58. Take out, in a way

61. The Dutch House novelist Patchett

62. Chip’s cartoon buddy

63. Conveyance for celebrities?

65. Manipulative sort

66. Bert’s TV buddy

67. Flash of inspiration

68. Walkers, for short

69. Repurposed frat sheets, maybe

70. "Hey, you!"

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Down

1. Flipped out

2. Like some markets and concerts

3. Where Starbucks started

4. Immigrants subj.

5. Fairy tale figure

6. Face, in slang

7. Texter's "As I see it"

9. Sixth sense, briefly

10. Frank

11. Resort between Cannes and Nice

12. Chart-topper

13. Extends a visit

18. Green of "Casino Royale"

22. Display for the first time

24. Connect, as a phone to a computer

26. Crib cry

29. Second to none

30. Get into a lather?

33. Relief for grief

35. Orange or hazel

38. Singer Simone

39. Comic Bargatze

40. That's the last straw!

41. Turn loose

42. Like rush-hour traffic, often

45. Goes pillaging

46. George and Louis, for two

47. Showed absolutely no talent for

49. “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden ___

51. The X’s of XOXO

54. Stylishly quaint

56. Exacta or trifecta, e.g.

59. Pealed

60. Opera excerpt

63. Determined

64. Tear

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