Capture the attention of Crossword Clue

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ARREST

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(verb)
1. thread on or as if on a string
2. remove the entrails of
(noun)
1. poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
2. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ATTENTION (noun)
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
CAPTURE (noun)
1. the act of taking of a person by force
2. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
CAPTURE (verb)
1. take possession of by force, as after an invasion
2. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ARREST
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (8/30/2025) Answers

Across

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16. Way out, say

17. Little dippers?

19. Targets for bark beetles

20. A&W or L&M

21. Botanical joint

22. Jerk

23. Cell service inits.

24. Neighbor of Baja California

26. "Funny how that works"

27. Heat setting, perhaps

29. "The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde"

30. Wind up in ruin

33. Classic warning to a knight

34. Kick-starter program?

35. "To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel)

36. Campus building

37. "Big" digit

38. Not say something in jest

40. "Toy Story" bully

41. ___ tov (Jewish holiday)

44. "I'm afraid ..."

45. Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

48. Library catalog ID

49. What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of

50. Director Johnson

51. Veteran of the seas

52. Prefix with musicology or linguistics

53. Moving well over 60, perhaps?

54. Leaves speechless

55. Moving

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Down

1. Swahili for "lion"

2. Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait

3. Grams

4. Come ___!

5. Lead-in to a puzzling question

6. Janelle of “Hidden Figures”

7. '22 or '23

8. Stadium sales

9. They may or may not happen

10. Classical theater

11. Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"

12. Major successes, so to speak

13. Spots for scrubs, for short

18. Patrolling a neighborhood

21. "I'd avoid that"

24. Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night"

25. "Soooo …?"

26. Wedding reception highlight, maybe

27. Fashion plate, maybe

28. Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly

30. On-the-go breakfast option

31. Giveaway

32. ___ deal

33. Tasteful invitation?

34. Family name of three BTS members

39. One tending kids

40. Bits of wood paneling

41. Vessel with two silent letters

42. Like the Mideast's Bahla Fort

43. Head to town?

46. Free (to)

47. 'Count me in!'

48. Org. concerned with reporting

49. Host nation of the 2028 Olympics

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