CONTRACTION: "[fail to]" Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION (noun)
1. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
FAIL (verb)
1. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
2. be unsuccessful

More Missing Letter Crossword (6/28/2026) Answers

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1. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco 1813–1901 Italian composer"

6. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "coastal region of Hawaii in the western part of the island of Hawaii"

10. Appreciate something beautiful, say

14. "...to fetch ___ of water"

15. Bakery worker, at times

16. Record label for Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

17. ADJECTIVE: "occurring or developing without premeditation"

20. Class for some immigrants, briefly

21. "The Sopranos" role

22. Exactly right

23. Ink dispenser

24. VERB: "to have in the mind as a purpose"

26. NOUN: "a group problem-solving technique that involves the spontaneous contribution of ideas from all members of the group"

32. Words from someone pointing at something

33. Shire in "Rocky" and "Rocky IV"

34. Pan stuff

36. Tudyk or Ritchson

37. Prefix with gon or hedron

38. Nonsense talk

39. ___ McStuffins (cartoon about a kid veterinarian)

40. Curie or Kondo

41. Blender setting

42. NOUN: "a shrewd operator especially in business or politics"

45. COMBINING FORM: "wood"

46. VERB: "to shed tears often noisily"

47. VERB: "to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment"

50. NOUN: "a distinctive quality or atmosphere that seems to surround someone or something"

52. Future CEO's degree, maybe

55. PHRASE: "scheduled to be talked about"

59. Jewish month

60. NOUN: "a greatly loved or admired person"

61. Last part of a song, often

63. Guest bed, in a pinch

64. Allow to board, as a bus driver might a passenger

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1. Flower holder

2. Omar in 2020's "Fatal Affair"

3. Julia of "Addams Family Values"

4. Way to go: Abbr.

5. "Five stars from me!"

6. "Knight Rider" car

7. Number next to nueve

8. ADJECTIVE: "used to identify a woman by her maiden family name"

9. Cast's place, often

10. NOUN: "the third zodiacal constellation that is pictorially represented as the twins Castor and Pollux sitting together"

11. "Pig in ___" (traditional bluegrass song)

12. NOUN: "a quality that makes something exciting, interesting, etc."

13. Prefix meaning "outside"

18. NOUN: "a native or inhabitant of [a Nordic country]"

19. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Barack (Hussein) 1961– American politician; 44th president of the U.S. (2009–17)"

23. Hassle

24. Shed one's skin or shell, say

25. Spanish suffix meaning "place of business"

26. Word in very cold temperatures

27. VERB: "to touch or grasp by extending a part of the body (such as a hand)"

28. Item in a teenager's room

29. NOUN: "any of a genus...of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra that have a heavy sparsely hairy body and the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis"

30. Bete ___ (archenemy)

31. Suffix with care

32. Feeling blue

35. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Ann 1736–1784 American (English-born) Shaker"

37. NOUN: "a building used by a college or university for some special purpose"

38. NOUN: "the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar"

40. Fictional president Selina ___

41. NOUN: "a lightweight umbrella used as a sunshade"

43. VERB: "to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power"

44. Beige-like color

47. Campus area

48. High hairstyle

49. In the blink ___ eye (quickly)

50. Dating from

51. Where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played college ball

52. Strike-stopper

53. Suffix like -ville or -town

54. Unsigned, briefly

56. Talk smack about

57. Wedding day words

58. "Looks like we'll have to ___"

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