Conductor's reference Crossword Clue

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Conductor's reference Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
2. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
(verb)
1. gain points in a game
2. assign a grade or rank to, according to one’s evaluation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REFERENCE (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
REFERENCE (verb)
1. refer to
CONDUCTOR (noun)
1. the person who leads a musical group
2. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (7/18/2026) Answers

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19. Very traditional sort

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22. Jennifer who won a Pulitzer for "A Visit From the Goon Squad"

23. Concerning

24. Weight

26. Orange video game character who appears in "Wreck-It Ralph"

27. Retailer with mountains in its logo

28. Persuade, as on a course of action

29. Shade

30. Smartphone feature that debuted worldwide in 2011

34. Hot

35. Kind of acid partly responsible for sourdough's tang

37. "Sorry, that's way above my pay grade"

40. Black ___

41. Line holders

42. Brilliant example

43. Digs up by the roots

46. Cry at the end of a countdown

47. Dead center?

48. Song whose titular subject has a "dark brown voice"

49. Mesh

50. One side of many a transaction

52. Backs up on its own, say

55. Titular animated dog of children's TV

56. Go down swinging, perhaps

57. What might add a bit of flavor to a salsa?

58. Company bought by Tempur-Pedic in 2012

59. W.W. II-era occupation for baseball's Moe Berg, following his playing career

60. Rides

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Down

1. Left

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8. Shrewd

9. You might give this to someone you want to avoid

10. Outward appearance

11. Instrument that's held at about a 45-degree angle from the player's body

12. Inner tube?

14. "Bonjour, ___ amis!"

16. Figures listed on Zocdoc, for short

20. Gustav Klimt masterpiece

25. Choose

26. Charlatans

28. Exercises with a "butterfly" variation, in which the soles of one's feet are pressed together

29. Overtook?

31. Cosmetic additive that comes from the Southwest

32. Flowering period

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38. Report

39. Items frozen in cryopreservation

43. Flute, for one

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46. Bygone recorders

47. Grabber

49. Race of supernatural spirits

51. Fall back

53. You might look up to this

54. Unpleasant digs

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