Come up against Crossword Clue

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ENCOUNTER

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(verb)
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AGAINST (preposition)
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; in this sense often preceded by over.
COME (verb)
1. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
2. add up in number or quantity
COME (noun)
1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ENCOUNTER
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More New Yorker Crossword (5/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. #

6. Garment sized according to volume

9. Joyce Carol Oates novel that depicts the effects of violence on a Detroit family

13. Alternative to plastic, at a bar

16. Allocate stars to

17. Question to see whether someone’s down

19. Like street lights designed to lessen ecological damage

20. Overdone

21. Derisive

22. Flour used to make injera

23. Defendant in a noteworthy 2000 copyright case

25. Sign off on

27. Run again

28. Muscular

29. They’re full of stories

33. Ancient civilization that manufactured rubber balls

34. Alternative to 😱, maybe

35. Word from the Inuit for “house”

36. Inexplicable behavior, improbable coincidences, etc.

38. Light crackers

39. Helpers, so to speak

40. Covers for 39-Across

41. Hormonal IUDs bigger than Skylas

44. Matter measure

45. Very unlikely to react

46. Nacreous material

48. Significant other

51. Toni Morrison's second novel

52. Gem created in a pressurized chamber

54. Hip-hop subgenre pioneered in Atlanta

55. Subject of some personal boundary-setting

56. “Know that I kept it ___, you know I kept it fun” (Beyoncé lyric)

57. Gloria in Excelsis __

58. Low areas

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Down

1. Play-fight by fluttering, as chickens do

2. __ Krishna

3. Did an impression of

4. Character introduced in “The Force Awakens”

5. “No justice, no peace,” for one

6. Charli XCX album associated with lime green

7. Soy-flavored soup toppings with jammy insides

8. Floor

9. Cause for the activist Miss Major

10. It’s good to kick a bad one

11. Exercise at the keyboard

12. Poem’s rhythmic structure

14. Travels overseas?

15. Letters delivered at the end of the week?

21. Board game in which forces of nature attempt to prevent a colonial invasion

22. Tech support?

24. Ooh and __

25. Member of a nineteen-nineties dynasty

26. Vehicle in which Miranda Priestly says, “Everybody wants to be us”

27. LeAnn who appears as herself in “Coyote Ugly”

28. Catchy song

29. Be present without judging, idiomatically

30. Cat or crocodile’s pupil

31. There have been four, including the Hadean

32. “Rescue me from this bad date!”

37. 'Snakes ___ Plane'

40. “Three Strong Women” author NDiaye

41. Gives a fine coating, in a way

42. Accustom

43. Loosen up

44. Put together

47. Hip-hop radio host Darden

48. Let off steam

49. Follower of “Rain” or “Take” in songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100

50. Works requiring dedication?

52. What takes Michael Pollan on the first trip of his “travelogue” in “How to Change Your Mind”

53. It’s responsible for the N and C in N.Y.C.

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