Des Moines native Crossword Clue

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Des Moines native Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a native or resident of Iowa

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DES (noun)
1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
2. synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
NATIVE (adjective)
1. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
2. as found in nature in the elemental form
NATIVE (noun)
1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
2. a person born in a particular place or country

More Universal Crossword (8/1/2025) Answers

Across

1. ___ room (place to play games)

4. Breakfast grains

8. Tariffs and others

13. Unlikely to develop a crush, briefly

14. Hollywood horror?

15. Afro, e.g.

16. *Kind of menu

18. Away from the shore

19. Skye of the movies

20. Cake cover

22. ___ queen!

23. Talk, talk and talk

26. Metro map markings

28. Cricket, e.g.

29. Janet, to Michael, informally

30. For every person

33. Virtual animal companion

35. Kagan of the Supreme Court

36. Spending limit

39. Crunchy party snack

41. Voters' marks

42. Celebrity who's who

44. Reese of baseball

46. Leave the runway, say

47. '60s DJ's collection

48. Killer whales

51. New Haven student

53. Overall

55. '90s DJ's collection

57. Nintendo villain

59. Singer Falana

60. Fleming or Hemingway

62. Betrays romantically ... or what each starred clue's answer contains?

65. They may go downhill

66. Inauguration recitation

67. AOL chats

68. Under an evil spell

69. A single time

70. 2000-2015 forensic series

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Down

1. Very fast

2. Slipups

3. Like some arcade machines

4. Not on

5. Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"

6. Poison

7. Work detail, for short

8. What it takes two to do

9. Feel sick

10. *Glasses in old comic book ads

11. Name that's an anagram of "Dean"

12. Covers with turf

15. Helpful tips

17. Alphabetically last noble gas

21. Introspective question

24. Put up, as a structure

25. "That said," in texts

27. Friend

29. 'Battle of the ___'

31. Start of a count

32. Dads

34. Salt's partner

35. Apply, as pressure

36. Meowing pet

37. Pie ___ mode

38. *Candy in a straw

40. Champions' cry

43. Breathe Me singer

45. Gut bacterium

47. Whopper tellers

49. Relating to a bit of physics?

50. __ Lot: Stephen King novel

52. Love, euphemistically

54. Indian yogurt drink

55. Alternative to credit

56. University in Durham

58. 'Me as well!'

61. Bit of a laugh

63. Non-Rx

64. Not just “a”

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