Catch fire Crossword Clue

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Catch fire Crossword Answer

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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

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

More USA Today Crossword (6/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. The moon has eight

7. Tiny troublemaker

10. Spanish for "that"

13. Convincing, like evidence

14. ___ economy

15. Knee stabilizer, for short

16. Like sauna users, perhaps

17. Going according to plan

19. Deems appropriate

21. Pinkie-side arm bone

22. Person who learns lines

25. ___-quoted

26. Scornful smile

27. Panache

28. Northwest Territories neighbor

30. Icy sidewalk sprinkle

31. Mini golf hole number

32. ___ space

35. Cookie with an April Fool's Day "Dill Pickle Flavored Fudge" variety

36. "Totes a possibility"

38. Some savings plans

40. Mint green or pale pink

42. Verb that sounds like a letter

43. Toughness

44. Lists of items up for discussion

46. Tool for filling up water balloons

47. "Ted ___" (show starring Hannah Waddingham)

50. The "O" in BYOB

51. Scatter around

52. Slightly

53. Touring bands' workers

55. "Are You That ___?" (Aaliyah song)

57. Earth's third-largest desert

61. 12-Down words, perhaps

62. Go ___ out

63. Like a pizza that's ready to be served

64. "Jeopardy!" host Jennings

65. "___-hee!"

66. Quaking trees

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Down

1. Windows devices, often

2. "___ did you do that?!"

3. It's said to be 'just a number'

4. "Add spices until you think it's yummy," in a recipe

5. Go in

6. Eyelid problem

8. Catcher's glove

9. FedEx Cup org.

10. Aerie builder

11. Play part

12. Rite place at the rite time?

17. Like New World Stages shows in New York City

18. Manage operations by the book

20. Type of eclipse

22. "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller

23. American Red Cross founder Barton

24. "Tall" stories

26. Name that's a homophone of 39-Down

28. Cider fruit

29. Wine choices

33. Miscue

34. Bring up

37. Word before "name" or "recognition"

39. Hearty, slow-cooked dish

41. Praise may inflate it

45. Noggin

47. Type of eye surgery

48. Residence

49. Alvin, ___ and Theodore

51. Marine mammals that bark

53. ___ model

54. Barbie star Rae

56. Bumblebee ___ (mammal that weighs less than a penny)

58. Get 100% on

59. ___ faire

60. Commercials

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