Degrees earned by aspiring professors Crossword Clue

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ASPIRING (adjective)
1. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (9/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Hindrances to teamwork

5. Bullet point on an agenda

9. Alternative to tap or insert, with a credit card

14. Spot where a student might keep glue sticks and scissors

15. "This is the final straw!"

17. Ancient Peruvian

18. Unexpected developments, in a baseball metaphor

19. Aunt, in Spanish

21. Hardly ever

22. Things for track runners to jump over

24. Raises a paddle at an auction

25. Go 45 in a school zone, say

26. Strauss of blue jean fame

27. South Asian lentil dish

30. Disney princess who kisses a frog

31. Long on-air fund-raising events

33. Actor Elba of "Luther"

34. A long time ___

35. Character who has been played by Tim Allen, Ed Asner and Tom Hanks

36. Words after "When you've made your decision …"

38. Attire for an astronaut, informally

39. "As I ___ Dying" (Faulkner novel)

40. Prepares to hide a dog bone, maybe

41. One of 12 on a calendar

42. Charged particles

43. Comforts, as a crying baby

45. Debt security with a fairly high-grade credit rating

48. Slangy word for a potato

49. World of Warcraft creature often depicted with green skin

50. Writing utensil that produces sparkly ink

52. ___ vera gel (sunburn remedy)

53. Got stuck on a sandbar, as a boat

54. "I feel ___!" (words from someone experiencing validation)

55. "In conclusion..."

56. Concludes

57. "I have a secret!"

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1. ___ Wharton, "Ethan Frome" novelist

2. Brilliant notion

3. Gathering for watching the Academy Awards

4. Horn-heavy music genre

5. Needed to be scratched

6. Dull sounds made by things that have fallen

7. Things attached to a headband for a cat costume

8. VH1 sister channel

9. Like many a cheesy movie, to fans

10. "The Devil ___ Prada"

11. Stopover on a Caribbean cruise

12. Medicine tablet or capsule

13. Site for selling homemade goods

16. Infer (from)

20. Words requesting that someone stay

23. Material for many overalls

24. Hits ___ the belt

26. Plastic bricks that can be used to build models of the London's Tower Bridge and Paris's Notre Dame

27. Bite-size treats akin to funnel cake

28. Michael Corleone and Jay Gatsby, for two

29. Entrance exam for future attorneys

30. Cash register drawer

31. Sour tastes

32. "___ it occurred to you …?"

37. More considerate

41. Piles of dirt, e.g.

42. Tiny specks

43. Opposite of save, when it comes to money

44. Aroma

45. City that is home to the Taj Mahal

46. Actor Rickman

47. Put together, as pages in a book

48. Like cotton candy or yarn

51. Pinkish spheres on a sushi roll

52. Poisonous snake on the Nile

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