Catch fire Crossword Clue

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BURN

(4 letters)

COMBUST

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
2. start to burn or burst into flames

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FIRE (verb)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
2. provide with fuel
FIRE (noun)
1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
2. feelings of great warmth and intensity
CATCH (verb)
1. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
2. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
CATCH (noun)
1. the act of catching an object with the hands
2. a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

BURN
(4 letters)
COMBUST
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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TIEING

More USA Today Crossword (9/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Snooze

5. "Wish" character who sings "This Wish"

9. ___ Faust (Rebecca Ferguson's character in the "Mission: Impossible" series)

13. Primates without tails

14. "Don't you see what this ___?"

16. Brunch e.g.

17. Like a cranberry martini, perhaps

18. Emmet Cohen jazz style

19. "I'm so sure" sound

20. Part of a remedy for a sick burn?

22. Overact, perhaps

24. Either "P" of P2P file sharing

25. Most kind

27. Parts of cherries

29. Lite-Brite piece

30. Little laugh

32. "___ Body Is Bible"

33. Rose features

36. Don't ___ yourself short

38. Creature unlikely to be invited to Rivendell

39. Performing without accompaniment

41. Country singer Jo ___ Messina

42. Cookie you can deep-fry

44. Walk quietly

45. Birth mo. for some Libras

46. Road trip rest spots

48. Casual shirt

49. Moves briskly

51. Word before "curl" or "dip"

53. Santa Monica's has a Ferris wheel

54. Yoga posture

55. Ghostly apparitions

59. Professor ___ (Clue character)

60. Wintry precipitation

62. Hoppy brews, for short

63. Waterproof sheet

64. Scroll read from at a bar mitzvah

65. ___ in (control)

66. Tip jar bills, often

67. Vanilla amts.

68. Wraps up

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1. Spreadsheet contents

2. Birthstone for some Libras

3. In absolutely no way certain

4. Self-___

5. "Whoa, ___ is the color of your energy"

6. Prophet

7. Fiery salsa ingredients

8. 'I'll take that as ___'

9. Stays too long, say

10. Kept an option available, say

11. Hotel room box

12. Second Reddit account, say

15. Design detail, for short

21. Sleeveless garments

23. "Not loving that"

27. Get outta here!

28. "Glee" character Schuester

29. Courteous

31. Put into office

34. "That looks good on you"

35. ___-Caps candy

37. "___ just say . . ."

40. Sure I'll give you a ride!

43. Highway entrances

47. Pride, e.g.

50. Leave the workforce

52. Actors listed in a playbill

53. "I'm happy our ___ crossed"

54. "Die Hard" actor Rickman

56. Pile

57. ___ of honor

58. IRS IDs

59. Perk for salaried workers (Abbr.)

61. Parking area

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