Contraction in “Jingle Bells” Crossword Clue

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Contraction in “Jingle Bells” Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

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)
JINGLE (verb)
1. make a sound typical of metallic objects
JINGLE (noun)
1. a metallic sound
2. a comic verse of irregular measure

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More New Yorker Crossword (4/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. Base for a curry, perhaps

10. Apt rhyme for “trap”

13. Material refined to produce yellowcake

16. Identifier of potential stars

18. Team ___

19. Darn, say

20. Bring on

21. Landed

22. “Wow, imagine that”

25. What a colon might mean

28. Branch of Islam

29. D.C. athlete

30. 'I figured it out!'

31. Tiny margin

32. Crack or quip

35. Following days, quaintly

37. Beautifully expressive, as language

38. South American city at the base of the mountains Guadalupe and Monserrate

39. Iowa city named for a nineteenth-century congressman from Massachusetts

40. Datum on a dating-app profile

41. Aurora, by another name

42. Bad thing to pick

43. Algonquian language

44. Eager request from the bench

48. Word after "Christmas" or "New Year's"

49. Love, in Latin

50. ___ cracker (snack invented by a temperance-preaching minister)

54. Faulty firework

55. Tool with retractable feet?

57. In the style of

58. Rigid sucker

59. Chap

60. Wares in a famous tongue twister

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Down

1. "No ___ about it!"

2. Part of Q.E.D

3. Painter who depicted what he called “the Camembert of time”

4. ___ punch

5. “To Kill a Mockingbird” surname

6. California artist known for her wire sculptures

7. Chats online, briefly

8. One sharing leadership responsibilities

9. Symphony that was originally named for Napoleon

10. Iconic giveaway line

11. Source of the term “sour grapes”

12. "Jurassic World" actor Chris

14. Lead-in to zone or vision

17. Change for a twenty-pound note, casually

23. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “___ Side of Paradise”

24. Strappy tank

25. One of five in each line of a sonnet

26. Get outta here!

27. Spot determined by one’s history

31. Pressure point?

32. Deli purchases often baked with caraway seeds

33. All the __

34. “Ventriloquist and Crier in the Moor” artist Paul

36. Word with elbow or wiggle

37. Texting abbr. equivalent to 💀 or 😂

39. Gradually pile up

42. Big name in fact checking

43. Immaculate

44. Damper ___ (piano part)

45. Something to grab onto if swallowed by a cartoon whale

46. Certain religious leader

47. Sharp stock-market decline

51. More than just toss

52. Central Asia's ___ Sea

53. Sounds from a litter

56. Baby goat’s cry

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