Competent Crossword Clue

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Competent Crossword Answer

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CAPABLE

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. having a strong healthy body
2. have the skills and qualifications to do things well

Hint 2: Clue Definition

COMPETENT (adjective)
1. adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
2. properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CAPABLE
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (9/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Dislike very much

6. Mind-reading ability: Abbr.

9. Doctor's prescriptions, for short

13. Airline vehicle

14. Clarinet insert

16. Seniors' advocacy group

17. Fence rails

18. Make less complicated

19. Dental exam picture

20. STUDENTS WALK HERE

23. Lab maze runner

24. Dot-__ (internet company)

25. Dropped-pie sounds

29. __ the line (obeyed)

31. Sound of scolding

34. Big family, informally

35. Very shortly

36. Slightest trace

37. LET OTHER DRIVERS GO HERE

40. __ Star (Texas symbol)

41. Airport landing guesses: Abbr.

42. Be of ___ (assist)

43. Surgical areas (Abbr.)

44. Harvard U.'s locale

45. Mall tenants

46. Good friend

47. Salad dressing ingredient

48. CARS ENTER THE ROAD HERE

56. Rescue

57. Chair or sofa

58. Serving of pie

59. Watches closely

60. Story that might be 'tall'

61. Owl's claw

62. Freight weights

63. Roofing material

64. Paid out

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Down

1. Smartphone downloads

2. Like-minded voting group

3. __-browned potatoes

4. Not fooled by

5. Finally turned (to)

6. Standing tall

7. Blacken on a grill

8. Mexican coin

9. Wise adage

10. Deserve to receive

11. Pull from behind

12. Secret agent

15. Climber's downward path

21. __ Vegas, NV

22. Grass from a farm

25. Flair for fashion

26. Earlier in time

27. Bank's property claims

29. Robes for Julius Caesar

30. __ and aahs

31. Pisa's tall attraction

32. Give, as an opinion

33. Bout-ending blows

35. Takes a chair

36. In that case

38. Pragmatic person

39. Endures longer than

44. Waiting room reading, for short

45. 'Dear __ or Madam . . .'

46. Push as a button

47. Playful river mammal

48. Tuna sandwich spread

49. Tied, as a score

50. Clean and orderly

51. Formal party

52. Back of an envelope

53. Manicurist's tool

54. Clickable image

55. Penny

56. 'On your mark, get ___ . . .'

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