Card you might have up your metaphorical sleeve Crossword Clue

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Card you might have up your metaphorical sleeve Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
2. proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
(verb)
1. succeed at easily
2. play (a hole) in one stroke
(adjective)
1. of the highest quality

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

METAPHORICAL (adjective)
1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
SLEEVE (noun)
1. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
2. small case into which an object fits

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (7/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fried flatbread made with green onions

16. Ended things decisively

17. Picked individual menu items rather than a combo

18. Stage of sleep where dreams take place

19. Doe or buck

20. ___ ring (colorful 1970s fad)

21. Vase-shaped pitcher

23. Organize a blind date for, say

27. Like clothes at a thrift store

31. Seek a political office

32. Try to win over

35. Campaign for peace in the 1960s, e.g.

40. "The Last Supper" artist

41. On-the-go hand wipes

42. Sketch comedy show since 1975, in brief

43. Margaret ___ (stand-up comedian)

44. Frank Herbert sci-fi novel adapted into a two-part film

45. Ornamental pillow covers

47. Chocolate bar with a buttery toffee center

51. First part of a play

54. Fuzzy feet

58. Mama sheep

59. Lobster accompaniment that's actually French

64. "I thought at least THAT was off-limits, but no?"

65. Be fully prepared

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Down

1. Gooey treat by a campfire

2. Rod who was a seven-time A.L. batting champ

3. Request to be included on a text thread

4. Harper ___, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author

5. Fatty ingredient in some pie crusts

6. Slushy gas station drink

7. Word on a shoppe sign

8. Comes closer

9. Buddy

10. Actress Ortiz or de Armas

11. Network with a peacock logo

12. Lock up, as hand muscles when writing for too long

13. Prefix with dynamic

14. The Green Hornet’s sidekick

15. Squeaked (out)

22. Totally destroys

24. Gradually wore away, as soil

25. Island nation north of Fiji

26. Not level.

28. Sample strip of fabric or paint

29. ___ Kitt, "Santa Baby" singer

30. Archenemy of the Fantastic Four

32. Left home, maybe

33. A single time

34. Redding who sang "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"

35. ___ for the poor

36. Gas in some Las Vegas signs

37. Work endlessly

38. Cut, as the grass

39. Tiny arachnids that might cause an allergic reaction

45. Order to attack, as with guard dogs

46. Totally and utterly pooped

48. Actress Knightley of "Pride and Prejudice"

49. Wasn't just renting

50. Like marshland or a high-pitched voice

51. In its current condition, as a house on the market

52. Something that you might ask all your friends to sign after breaking a bone

53. Fish that's commonly canned

55. Exclamation of frustration

56. Prudent and sensible

57. "The Lion King" villain with a dedicated fanbase of "sympathizers"

60. When a plane is due to leave, for short

61. "I get it"

62. Cambridge-based research university

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