Defeat thoroughly Crossword Clue

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DRUB

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. give a thrashing to; beat hard
2. beat the seeds out of a grain
(noun)
1. a swimming kick used while treading water

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

THOROUGHLY (adverb)
1. completely and absolutely (`good’ is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly’)
2. in an exhaustive manner
DEFEAT (noun)
1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
DEFEAT (verb)
1. win a victory over
2. thwart the passage of

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DRUB
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More Daily Pop Crossword (9/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. "___ on Pop" (classic Dr. Seuss book)

4. "The Wolf of ___ Street" (Leonardo DiCaprio film)

8. Suffragette Julia Ward ___

9. "Give ___, don't pollute!" (old Forest Service slogan) (2 wds.)

11. Actor who stars in the 2019 remake of "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.)

13. "The Problem With ___" (documentary about an Indian character on "The Simpsons")

14. Directional opposite of WSW

15. Depict unfairly, as data

17. Interoffice note

19. R&B group ___ Hill

21. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the ___" (Jules Verne classic)

22. Chinese-born architect I.M. ___

24. Religious devotion

26. Punk band who sang the 1989 hit song "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.)

29. The City & the City novelist Mieville

30. "Bel Canto" novelist Patchett

31. URL ending for most libraries

32. Go down snowy slopes

34. Text Message Status

38. "James and the Giant Peach" novelist Roald

40. TV's "___ Life to Live"

42. Soccer great Hamm who wrote "Go for the Goal" and "Winners Never Quit!"

43. Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.)

46. Actress Katherine who played Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy"

47. "The ___ Village" (seventh volume of Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events")

48. Batteries for some small electronics

49. 'Yippee!'

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Down

1. Bor-r-r-ring (Hyph.)

2. TV network founded by Oprah

3. One-named Brazilian soccer legend

4. ___ polo (Olympic sport)

5. This is so relaxing!

6. Lincoln ___ (construction toy)

7. Quick inspection, informally (Hyph.)

8. The Audacity of ___ (Barack Obama bestseller)

10. Sounds from a bird's nest

11. "Jelly's Last ___" (Broadway musical about Jelly Roll Morton)

12. Birth country of Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry

16. "Something Wicked This ___ Comes" (Ray Bradbury novel)

18. Tom Petty's "Into the Great Wide ___"

20. Once ___ A Time

23. Timeline divisions

25. Country lodges

27. Late afternoon meal, in Britain (2 wds.)

28. Home state of 43-Across and where "Pet Sematary" takes place

29. Fish and chips fish often

33. Department store chain that accepts Amazon returns

35. "Wuthering Heights" novelist Brontë

36. "___ Perfect Strangers" (Liane Moriarty novel adapted as a Hulu series)

37. Playground chasing game

39. Princess who told Han Solo I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee

41. Green-eyed emotion?

44. Jordan Spieth's sports org. (Abbr.)

45. Seoul-based automaker

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