Country nearest to the Equator without touching it Crossword Clue

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Country nearest to the Equator without touching it Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NEAREST (adverb)
1. (superlative of `near’ or `close’) within the shortest distance
TOUCHING (noun)
1. the event of something coming in contact with the body
2. the act of putting two things together with no space between them
TOUCHING (adjective)
1. arousing affect

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (5/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Don't believe it!

4. Soccer great Mia

8. Prepared (for)

14. Feature of a spy film

16. Scalper's transaction

17. Prairie bloom for which a creamery is named

18. DC good guy

19. They're found in a circle

20. Dispensary inits.

22. Late spring or early summer bloom

23. Leave speechless

24. Texter's "I can't even"

26. In perpetuity

28. Winter coat

29. Narrow margin of victory

30. Lunchbox staple, informally

33. All primes except 2

38. Hybridized, botanically … or like four pairs of answers in this puzzle (and the circled letters they intersect on)?

40. 'Stop right there!'

41. "Great Scott!"

42. Bird adapted for silent flight

43. Charging option

44. Deciding periods, in brief

45. Airdrops?

46. [I'm a good boy!]

47. Summer cooler

50. Movement started by Tarana Burke in 2006

53. Dip

55. Philosopher William of ___

57. Become part of a club

59. ___ method (type of teaching)

61. Bloom whose toxic nectar is one source of "mad honey"

62. Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease

63. A bad review might merit a rotten one

64. Like some advice

65. Manhattan liquor

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1. First sign of fall

2. Family tree addition

3. One of 12 in a Pulitzer-winning piece by composer/pianist William Bolcom

4. Blossom in a lei

5. Period in history

6. Bed cover

7. Scary Spice, by another nickname

8. Texter's "just a sec"

9. Harvesting machine

10. Cousin of edelweiss

11. Pattern based on nature, for short

12. Stylish flair

13. Turn down

15. King, in Portuguese

21. First word from a wedding officiant

25. Home of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music

27. Alice, in Wonderland

28. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.

29. Very, slangily

30. Politician Buttigieg

31. Partner of “born”

32. Sport with throws

33. Siete + uno

34. Cry in a gunfight

35. Cutie pie

36. Gives a lift

37. Besties

39. 'I'll pass'

43. Flower found at the end of a rainbow?

45. Cold, hard cash

46. Ancient marketplace

47. Company man?

48. "Link" in a botanical chain

49. Play the host

50. Nitty-gritty

51. Automaker Ferrari

52. Airport transport

54. Some vipers

56. Viper, e.g.

58. Language of Vientiane

60. Smoke

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