Crescent moon, for instance Crossword Clue

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Crescent moon, for instance Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
2. any distinct time period in a sequence of events
(verb)
1. adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition
2. arrange in phases or stages

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRESCENT (adjective)
1. resembling the new moon in shape
CRESCENT (noun)
1. any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
INSTANCE (noun)
1. an occurrence of something
2. an item of information that is typical of a class or group
INSTANCE (verb)
1. clarify by giving an example of

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (6/30/2025) Answers

Across

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10. Garment for Dracula

14. Big Stuf cookie

15. Exchange of negative commercials

16. Certain draft picks?

17. My heavens!

19. Bout enders, for short

20. Shift, Tab and Return

21. Nine-digit ID

22. Nickname for Haydn or Hemingway

25. 'Hold it right there!'

27. Occupation

28. Bay Area airport code

30. Great Lakes tribe

31. Walk heavily, as through muck or snow

33. ___ Alamos, N.M.

35. Beast that brays

36. Classic Robert De Niro line in "Taxi Driver" … or a hint for 17-, 25-, 51- and 61-Across

41. Noah's ___

42. Total up

43. Fiddlesticks!

45. George Jetson's dog

48. Timothy Leary's drug of choice

50. ___ Lanka

51. "Absolutely, positively not!"

55. No longer on one's plate

57. Sheepish look, maybe

58. Murmur during a massage

59. ___ bean

60. ___ we forget …

61. "I'm done with you"

65. Italy's Villa d'___

66. Parisian cap

67. 'Hello, sailor!'

68. Eye annoyance

69. Carne ___ (grilled dish)

70. Aloha State goose

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Down

1. Gear tooth

2. Where the Wild Things ___

3. Baby's game

4. Moves like molasses

5. Art town NNE of Santa Fe

6. End of a school's email address

7. "Nothing but net" sound

8. Cowboy's rope

9. Sporting event venue

10. Counterpart of a dog lover

11. Base that dissolves in water

12. Magazine with a celebrity on almost every cover

13. Pieces of 1,000 words or so

18. Soapmaking supplies

23. Comfy clothes for sleepytime

24. "___ camoly!"

25. Cashmere or angora

26. Where eggs hatch

29. Carping

32. Buyer's protection

34. Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre

35. 'No ifs, __ or buts!'

37. Ancient city fooled by a horse

38. Not being used

39. A milk drinker may have one

40. Raison d'___

44. Confession in a confessional

45. They're right at 90°

46. Most achy

47. Serpentine

49. Hand out hands

52. ___ the Hutt ("Star Wars" villain)

53. 'Now I remember!'

54. The so-called "Princess of Power"

56. Birdlike

59. Crumbly cheese in a Greek salad

62. Gave sustenance to

63. Particle that's either positive or negative

64. Sea "sí"

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