Cosmetics alternative to Essie Crossword Clue

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Cosmetics alternative to Essie Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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More NYT Crossword (12/4/2025) Answers

Across

1. Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house

6. Onetime Volvo competitor

10. Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV"

14. Concession admission

15. Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh

16. Heard, but not seen

17. Also + Frozen water

19. Actress Rooney

20. Hoopsters might hang on to them

21. Mate

22. Name of eight English kings

23. Put into practice

24. Three squared + Slide

27. Brand with "counting sheep" mascots

29. 'Stop right there!'

30. ___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million

31. Veterinarian's interest

35. Buzzed, in a way

36. Italian "darling" + Top-shelf

39. Deep shade of green

40. Like kilts and some drapes

41. "___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux

42. Prefix with tracking

43. Uncool bunch

47. Northern tribe + Toe trouble

52. "Niiiiice!"

53. Dances around?

54. Org. with a fraud hotline

55. ___ upon a midnight dreary …

56. Stink

57. Auto + Consumed

60. Cavuto of cable news

61. Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin

62. Sharp fingernail, humorously

63. Curling current

64. Get the win over

65. Multiheaded monster of myth

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Down

1. Oranges, but not apples

2. Precocious literary resident of the Plaza Hotel

3. One who expects the apocalyptic worst

4. Aims to sell for, as a price

5. Last name in "The Last Jedi"

6. Evil one

7. Flexible

8. Eyebrow, essentially

9. Sweetie

10. Follows through on one's R.S.V.P., say

11. Turns the volume way up

12. Posture

13. Toy with a scent trademarked by Hasbro

22. Clutch producer

24. Mamas mama

25. Swinton of 2024's "The Room Next Door"

26. Hawaii, often, on a map

28. Besmirches

32. Head of the design firm behind One Dallas Center

33. Noggin

34. Stein's contents

35. Secrete

36. A little rusty, perhaps

37. Element of a certain belt

38. Period of abstinence, for some

39. Speed equal to roughly 767 miles per hour

42. It'll find a way, for short

44. Noted name in clowns

45. Falsify, as a photo

46. Two-time Grammy-winning Easton

48. Primitive

49. When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title

50. Go around

51. Troupe for troops, in brief

55. Jazz great Anita

57. Greenhorn

58. Input on an alcohol retailer's website

59. Advanced degree

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