Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across Crossword Clue

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Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
2. presaging ill fortune
(noun)
1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
(adverb)
1. (`ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
2. unfavorably or with disapproval

Hint 2: 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)
HOMOPHONE (noun)
1. two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

More NYT Crossword (12/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Against

5. Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband

9. Suisse peak

13. Spoils

14. Work of Bellini or Bizet

16. Stead

17. SEAL … SWAT … B …

19. Some ways off

20. Plane divider

21. English town known for its salt

23. Sustainable start?

26. Author Zora ___ Hurston

28. Utopia … 10 … ideal …

34. Warms up for a race, say

35. Columbus's smallest ship

36. No harm no foul!

37. Bus. page news

38. Landing area in a long jump

40. Sign for cheap admission

41. Word with heavy or scrap

43. Slip (out), in a way

44. Cry over spilt milk?

45. Puff … Komodo … Smaug …

48. Take inspiration from

49. Quote from Homer

50. Cable staple since 1972

51. A replay might be seen in this

55. Echo starter

59. Prepares to throw

61. Fish … scuba … Army …

63. Reunion Group

64. Subject of an Oscars announcement

65. What a dog might do to its owner

66. Lottery-style gambling game

67. Dreamcast developer

68. Puts two and two together, say

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Down

1. Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers"

2. Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant

3. Steps up to, as the line

4. Right-leaning type

5. Super-trendy

6. Electrified Olympic weapon

7. Collect, as rewards

8. Huggers

9. In the style of

10. Something learned the hard way, often

11. Organization promoting international goodwill

12. Coin with 12 stars on it

15. Acting collectively

18. Un-solid-ify

22. Be worthy of

25. Sol's sister

27. Toward the back of the boat

28. Big wheels in the Vatican?

29. Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954)

30. Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this

31. "... — quit!"

32. Art class staple

33. Abrupt endings, of a sort

34. 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend

38. Narrow openings

39. Big Apple debut in 2010

42. This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president

44. "Lux-ur-ious!"

46. Nick of "Cape Fear"

47. Pan in the butt?

50. Cybersecurity concern

52. Electrical units

53. Maze runners, sometimes

54. Universal donor's type, informally

56. Children's author Blyton

57. Popular stick-figure webcomic

58. Quizzes

60. ___-cone

62. New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker

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