Current event? Crossword Clue

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Current event? Crossword Answer

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EDDY

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SHOCK

(5 letters)

NEAPTIDE

(8 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

EVENT (noun)
1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
2. a special set of circumstances
CURRENT (noun)
1. a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
2. a flow of electricity through a conductor
CURRENT (adjective)
1. occurring in or belonging to the present time

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

EDDY
(4 letters)
SHOCK
(5 letters)
NEAPTIDE
(8 letters)

More The Atlantic Crossword (12/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. Certain public-transportation guide

7. Humiliates

13. Quincy's multihyphenate daughter

14. One in a rental

15. Grunge band that got its name from a 1965 Russ Meyer film

16. Gently towel off

17. "___ the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable": Virgil

18. FBI head?

19. "The Swamp," to locals

20. Dot-com that built the Navigator browser

21. Liquid Glass platform

22. Sleep numbers?

24. Indie band named after a keyboard command

26. Ben, to Jerry Stiller

27. Night-vision aid

28. Consider

30. "I didn't know that was possible!"

32. Ecosystem that typically includes corals

35. Haul

37. ___ the season

39. Word after moving or sidewalk

41. Movement that encourages people to get off social media

46. Common prom-night rental, for short

47. Crackers in a popular competitive-eating challenge

48. Like Last Week Tonight and Saturday Night Live

50. Made a drastic move, maybe

51. Like the cottage-core aesthetic

52. Ingratiate

53. Examples of excellence

54. Cancel

55. Crate ___ (record collector's activity)

56. Swarmed

57. Part of a stereotypical finance-bro uniform

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Down

1. Trait of one who likes cheese?

2. One who might walk you down the aisle

3. Coastlines

4. Residents of Crete during the Bronze Age

5. City that's home to Sira Fortress

6. "___ us what you owe us" (WNBA-union slogan)

7. Famous gatekeeper

8. Goes toward

9. Doesn't follow, maybe

10. Spicy onion-and-tomato curry

11. Mesmerized

12. Art brut and Bauhaus, e.g.

13. What your blood might do when you're spooked

15. They're known for breaking things

18. Hat that might have a tassel

20. "Can't improve upon that!"

23. "Color me impressed!"

29. Inspire

31. Get the dub, say

33. Book a table for one, maybe

34. Design that's characterized by a series of rounded grooves

36. Color similar to maroon

38. Calamity causer

40. C-suite types

41. What a thumbs-up emoji might indicate

42. Parks and Recreation setting

43. Future fraternity member

44. It's Kind of a Funny Story author Vizzini

45. Confine, as a bird

49. Star Battles might test it

51. Irish-exit, maybe

53. Adobe file type

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