David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. Crossword Clue

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David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make an effort or attempt
2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
(noun)
1. an analytic or interpretive literary composition
2. a tentative attempt

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WALLACE (noun)
1. English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
2. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
FOSTER (adjective)
1. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
FOSTER (noun)
1. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
FOSTER (verb)
1. promote the growth of
2. help develop, help grow

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
EYASS

More NYT Crossword (7/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. Teacher's summons

6. - (6 Across)

11. Bench press muscle for short

14. - (14 Across)

18. ___ Basin (D.C. attraction)

19. Progeny

20. Didn't turn away

22. Texas A&M athlete

23. Prefix with media

24. Person providing a sworn account

25. "I really, really appreciate it!"

27. Unspoken communication syst.

28. After-the-fact discount

29. Not fresh

30. Big movie theater chain

31. Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet"

32. Paramedic's skill

35. Reward for a good puppy

37. Harbingers

39. One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be"

41. Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball

44. Like sheep, so to speak

46. Degree holder, informally

47. Displayed audacity

48. The Psychedelic ___ (rock band)

49. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

50. Explosive stuff

51. - (51 Across)

53. Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia"

54. - (54 Across)

55. Actress Shirley of "The Apartment"

57. - (57 Across)

59. "Nice idea!"

61. Beethoven's Third

63. Conspiring cliques

65. Judge of diamond value?

66. Grab (onto)

67. Word order

69. Britain's most prestigious military decoration

71. Fantasizes about

73. Block someone's passage, say

74. Scribble on, say

75. Egyptian symbol of life

76. Exits

77. Allow to enroll

79. Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys

80. Gets more expensive

82. Vague approximation

85. Restrictive undergarment

86. Word employment

88. Pia ___ (brain covering)

89. Pained yelps

90. Linings of nautilus shells

92. Hired detectives, for short

94. Slow ___ (Asian primate)

97. - (97 Across)

98. Prefix with "bar"

99. - (99 Across)

101. Stayed somewhere temporarily

104. Peak of religion?

106. No worries

107. Number ones

108. You're doing it every day

109. 'I'll pass'

110. Bank offering for a property buyer

111. Roommate who doesn't pay rent?

112. 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit

113. "T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa")

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Down

1. Right now!

2. This clue's number, cubed

3. Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut

4. Top priority on the agenda

5. Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy

6. [SEE TITLE]

7. Baton Rouge institution, familiarly

8. Five Pillars religion

9. Defeat in competition

10. Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___

11. Accepts a deal from the D.A., say

12. Spanish folk hero

13. Meets head-on

14. [SEE TITLE]

15. Nabokov novel

16. Whitesmith's material

17. Doc using an otoscope

20. TV's Don Draper and his co-workers

21. Took orders, say

26. Fortuneteller

30. Calm

31. Star Wars character Kylo ___

32. Plastic cap?

33. Tube-shaped pasta

34. Do some road maintenance on

36. Et cetera

38. Clear as ___ (not clear)

40. Western mountain range, informally

41. Arm bones

42. Christmas display pieces

43. E.R. V.I.P.s

45. Classic Italian appetizer

46. Paper source?

48. Rage

51. [SEE TITLE]

52. Puerto ___

53. Player's club

54. [SEE TITLE]

56. Despises

57. [SEE TITLE]

58. Brandy letters

60. Artist Chagall

62. Big heads

64. Travel a winding route

67. They're at the ends of some rainbows

68. Test for M.A. seekers

69. Explorer da Gama

70. Following behind

72. Making a comeback

73. Ambulance initials

76. Keep it together

77. Summer mo

78. Expression of frustration

79. Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski"

81. Suppressed, as emotions

82. It's in the pipeline

83. ___ never fly!

84. Asking for a human's attention, perhaps

87. They're often covered with dirt

91. ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics)

93. Coastal region of ancient Greece

95. 'The gram'

96. Pound the pavement?

97. [SEE TITLE]

98. "You don't need to tell me"

99. [SEE TITLE]

100. ___-Ball

101. Any of the U.C.s

102. Cry of playful discovery

103. Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___

105. Kitchen intruder

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