"Da ___" (nickname for a world-famous Chicagoan) Crossword Clue

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"Da ___" (nickname for a world-famous Chicagoan) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
2. the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Hint 2: Clue Definition

NICKNAME (noun)
1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name)
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
NICKNAME (verb)
1. give a nickname to

Hint 3: Anagram

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More USA Today Crossword (7/9/2026) Answers

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4. "Sum" homophone

8. ___ couture

13. Not against

14. Flibbertigibbet

16. Stripped-down NPR music event

18. Role-play

19. ___ Braden (civil rights activist)

20. Really lay on, like a horn

21. Butt one can bum

22. Ocean color

24. ___ fairy

26. Luau dish

27. Ingredient in beer and bread

31. 'Soon!'

33. Poetic shoutout

35. What a facepalm might mean

36. Crow sounds

37. More unusual

40. Accessibility law, for short

41. Insta post

42. Queen Latifah, e.g.

44. Like a friend who always has your back

47. That lady

49. Vintage

50. Purr-fect spot for sleeping, playing and scratching

53. "Te ___ mucho!"

54. Cheeky

56. Celebrity couple?

57. Rodent in a lab

58. YouTubers and TikTokkers, e.g.

61. Green Bay Packers fan

62. ___ tai

63. Scatter some seeds

64. Nile vipers

65. Likely response to "Who wants to go to Disneyland?"

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1. Enthusiast

2. "Stay tuned . . . we'll be right back!"

3. Like an arid climate

4. Play part

5. Sick burn

6. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

7. '. . . you get the idea'

8. Pullover shirt with buttons at the neckline

9. Like knowledge that might elicit a "How on EARTH did you know that?!"

10. Lyft alternative

11. Ripped

12. Phone number add-on (Abbr.)

15. Father-___ (expectant parent)

16. Strategic

17. Japanese soup stock

23. Roller coaster, e.g.

25. Channel with "Young Sheldon" reruns

28. Highway beautification program

29. Game series with warp pipes and mushroom power-ups

30. Questlove's band

32. Apex

34. Omit the word "not" in "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (as happened in a King James reprint dubbed the Wicked Bible), say

38. ___ golf

39. N95 masks, e.g.

43. Swell smell

45. Not quite right

46. Shoestrings

48. Lure into a sting operation

51. Actress Daly

52. Property documents

54. Fashionable Manhattan neighborhood

55. Once more

58. Includes on an email

59. J to ___ L-O! The Remixes (2002 album)

60. "I SO did not need to know that"

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