CONTRACTION: "[that thing] shall" Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION: "[that thing] shall" Crossword Answer

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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)
THING (noun)
1. a vaguely specified concern
2. an action

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More Missing Letter Crossword (10/4/2025) Answers

Across

1. ADJECTIVE: "humorous; comical"

6. ___ for forgiveness (grovel)

9. Playground retort

10. Find a job for

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12. Rep.'s rival, often

13. NOUN: "a large number of persons especially when collected together"

15. NOUN: "a Gentile physician and companion of the apostle Paul traditionally identified as the author of the third Gospel in the New Testament and of the book of Acts"

17. NOUN: "a song of praise to God"

21. "OK, got it now"

22. VERB: "to strip off an outer layer of"

23. Daly in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

24. The Underworld, in old Greece

26. ABBREVIATION: "province of eastern Canada extending from Hudson Bay to the Gaspé Peninsula"

28. John who sings "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"

31. NOUN: "any of various [substances] that contain ribose and uracil as structural components and are associated with the control of cellular chemical activities"

32. Classic Pontiac

33. NOUN: "the upper stratum of soil bound by grass and plant roots into a thick mat"

34. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in southern Arabia bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden"

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1. Abbr. seen where two roads meet

2. NOUN: "a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat"

3. NOUN: "a stupid person"

4. Spanish for "star"

5. Start of a pirate's chant

6. NOUN: "an arrangement in which two individuals are paired (as for mutual safety in a hazardous situation)"

7. NOUN SUFFIX: "language of (a particular place, country, or nationality)"

8. NOUN: "a precious or sometimes semiprecious stone cut and polished for ornament"

14. NOUN: "a [fib] about a small or unimportant matter that someone tells to avoid hurting another person"

15. It may be glossed or pierced

16. NOUN: "a member of an Indigenous people originally ranging through [several Western states]"

18. PLURAL NOUN: "adult male [people]"

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

25. VERB: "to resist attempts at"

26. P-T connectors

27. Number in Naples

29. Mining find

30. ___ sequitur (random statement)

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