Caress Crossword Clue

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Caress Crossword Answer

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PET

(3 letters)

FONDLE

(6 letters)

RUB

(3 letters)

PAT

(3 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a light touch with the hands
2. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
(verb)
1. row at a particular rate
2. strike a ball with a smooth blow

Hint 2: Clue Definition

CARESS (verb)
1. touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
CARESS (noun)
1. a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PET
(3 letters)
FONDLE
(6 letters)
RUB
(3 letters)
PAT
(3 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Universal Crossword (1/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. African snake

6. Cabbagey side dish

10. Soft-serve vessel

14. Opposite of rural

15. Part of the ozone layer that's shrinking

16. Enthusiastic

17. Film franchise that parodies the horror genre (In this answer, unscramble letters 3-6)

19. Big ___ theory

20. Ken Jennings, for “Jeopardy!”

21. "Thanks, I ___ you one"

22. California's San Fernando ___

24. Winter hrs. in Pittsburgh

26. Ingenuous

28. "I'm gonna begin ... now!" (... letters 3-11 into a name that starts with "C")

33. Organ with a canal

34. "Drag Race" challenge filled with insults

35. They're waved by magicians

38. Guiding belief

40. Small earring

42. Lopsided victory

43. Websites like Brickipedia

45. Location of the radius

47. One-___ street

48. Grocery store section with greens (... letters 6-13 into a name that starts with "I")

51. Garment worn with a choli

52. Portuguese for "year"

53. Marry

54. Low-scoring shutout in soccer

56. Penultimate Greek letter

58. Sacred bird in ancient Egypt

62. Poet Limon

63. Leave without paying (... letters 3-6)

66. “Totally tubular!”

67. Simplifies

68. Wash off

69. Cunning

70. Ginger cookies

71. Lieu

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Down

1. Soft food

2. With the bow, in music

3. Execs' degrees

4. Trade without money

5. ___ luck!

6. ___-and-tell

7. The apartment in "The Apartment," e.g.

8. Beef star Wong

9. Crop-destroying beetle

10. San Francisco vehicle

11. Track shape

12. Number of things in a nonet

13. Pushing the boundaries

18. New York's is "Excelsior"

23. Profess

27. Genuine

28. Just a __

29. MLB's Pine ___ Incident

30. "Is everyone all set?"

31. Maggie in the Senate

32. Has the answer

36. Two-purpose

37. Eyelid irritation

39. Mangia!

41. Attracted

44. Language of the clue at 39-Down

46. Comedian ___ Martin

48. Property destroyer

49. Shepherdess in a nursery rhyme

50. 'Ta-da!'

51. Skyrockets

55. 'Beware the __ of March'

57. Back talk

59. The ___ of one's existence

60. "Barbie" actress Rae

61. Leave fur all over

64. Surveillance org.

65. Co-workers of RNs

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