Chicago suburb Crossword Clue

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Chicago suburb Crossword Answer

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NILES

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EVANSTON

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CICERO

(6 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SUBURB (noun)
1. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
CHICAGO (noun)
1. largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
2. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

NILES
(5 letters)
EVANSTON
(8 letters)
CICERO
(6 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (8/29/2025) Answers

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16. In need of attention, as a sore

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19. Kappa preceder

20. Campus org.

21. Fashion’s Lagerfeld

22. "___ the loneliest number..."

23. Limit, on many a hwy.

26. Bathroom floor item

29. Hoppy brews

30. "So sorry to hear that!"

31. Attractive, exciting quality

34. Lyrical Lipa

37. New Haven is on it

40. She’s sheared

41. Almond Joy cousin

42. Fancy footwork

43. Beer bubbles

44. “Loot” playwright Joe

45. Famed airport eponym

51. Hard to get to know

52. “___ I” (1991 Nicholson Baker book)

53. Racket’s finish, maybe

56. Novel outline

57. Makes peppier

60. Deputy

61. What you eat and drink

62. Language of Great Britain

63. 1987 role for Costner

64. No trouble at all

65. ___ tea

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Down

1. Won’t stop talking

2. ___ facto

3. He succeeded Rishi

4. Swimmer said to be slippery

6. Use, as influence

7. How a double-entendre may be delivered

8. Reversible kitchenware brand

9. Reed often seen on a guitar

10. Half of an Iowa city

11. “To read ___ is to hear it with our eyes”: Octavio Paz

12. Make good as new, as a pool cue

13. Grind in rage, as one’s teeth

18. Preventative shot

22. Skating rink figures

23. Dull, difficult task

24. Aficionado

25. Alternatives to Surface Pros

26. Lone

27. Eats

28. Literary Tyler

31. “...set the herring ___ in brine”: Eugene Field

32. Fancy feather

33. Horned piper

34. Number divided by two?

35. Negate

36. Ace-after-a-deuce result

38. Gotta go!

39. Nashville venue

43. Seven piano keys can make them

44. A bit weird

45. Four-time Olympics host

46. Skate park trick

47. Parka parts

48. Rodin’s “The Thinker” and “The Kiss,” e.g.

49. More than mean

50. Split ___ (New Zealand band with the 1977 song “Crosswords”)

53. Artist Schiele

54. Diminutive suffix

55. Optimistic

57. Last part of a drink, often

58. 86,400 segundos

59. Sgt. e.g.

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