CBS franchise Crossword Clue

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CBS franchise Crossword Answer

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CSI

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

FRANCHISE (noun)
1. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company’s goods or services in a particular area
2. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
FRANCHISE (verb)
1. grant a franchise to

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

CSI
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More WSJ Crossword (8/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. SAT prep study

6. Blue-green hue

10. Use your incisors

14. Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela

15. Catch some waves

16. Anise-flavored Greek liqueur

17. Jennifer with multiple platinum albums

18. Birthplace of Fibonacci and Galileo

19. Voice above a tenor

20. Having two flat surfaces always equidistant, as a sheet of glass

23. New Rules' singer __ Lipa

25. Gothic novelist Radcliffe

26. Catchall category: Abbr.

27. Like some loans

32. Incite

33. Ballgame delayer

34. Refrain from a night of heavy drinking?

41. “Keep quiet” contracts, for short

42. Nickel back word

44. Suit stand, by another name

48. Org. regulating the Pac-12 and Big Ten

50. Feel remorse for

51. Cal. spans

52. Common storefront sign, and a hint to 20-, 27-, 34- and 44-Across

57. Now it's clear

58. Arrived

59. Spacious

62. 32-nation grp.

63. Bitter brews, briefly

64. Follow

65. Narrow valley

66. Send salacious selfies, say

67. Title pages?

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1. Kilmer of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”

2. Gold, in Granada

3. Spot for a Brit, casually

4. Explorer Tasman

5. Exotic market

6. Quakers of Colorado?

7. Witty comment

8. Bear in the night sky

9. At a distance

10. Shark in front of a net, say

11. Dummy letters in cryptography

12. Ancient Mexican

13. Fleece stuff

21. Opposite of SSW

22. “I don’t need ___” (restaurant regular’s comment)

23. "What's the ___?" ("Who cares?")

24. Nickel back word

28. Antlered animal

29. Criticize savagely

30. Temporary trend

31. Copacabana Beach setting

35. China's Zhou ___

36. Words at a wedding

37. Skin pic

38. Designer’s deg.

39. Depp of “Nosferatu”

40. At any point

43. Martians, e.g. (Abbr.)

44. Encrust, like 60-Down might

45. Physicist Rutherford

46. Big ___ California

47. Turned sharply

48. Twangy

49. Largest of the Greek islands

52. Send an online reminder to

54. Stare in awe

55. “The Odyssey” film format

56. Top-notch

60. See 44-Down

61. Agreeable answer

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