Dibs! Crossword Clue

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Dibs! Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
2. explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
(verb)
1. get from the earth by excavation
2. lay mines

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DIBS (noun)
1. a claim of rights

Hint 3: Anagram

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More The Atlantic Crossword (3/8/2026) Answers

Across

1. Phrase replacing Women on some bathroom doors

11. Plot for growth

14. News about a promotion or new partner, e.g.

15. Bigger than big

16. Like someone at a transition point, maybe?

17. Verb that can be conjugated as sera and sommes

18. Body part with "toe beans"

19. Essential ingredient in jamón con piña

20. At an angle

22. Cowboy Carter artist, to fans

23. Pick from a hat, perhaps

25. Don't take time to prepare, say

28. Boston Fleet org.

29. Nowhere to be found, in short

30. Name that means "hope" in Slavic languages

33. Process pain

34. "Make it stop!"

36. Better than fair

37. Dissuade

40. Ones punching for a belt?

41. Take time to prepare, say

44. Crocheting, e.g.

46. Opposite of lat.

47. Sang part of "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah," e.g.

48. Some prefer it salted

49. No, to Fern Brady

52. Psychic-type Pokémon that evolves into Kadabra

53. Excuses

57. Rocks out?

58. Cry from someone who has gotten lost?

59. Peppermint-extract amt.

60. Time light takes to travel one foot

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2. Great News actor Fey

3. More than one

4. Gender-neutral French article

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6. Source of imitation bronze?

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8. Badger, maybe

9. Abbreviation in many phone commericals

10. Nosy meddlers

11. Shirt with a steadfast collar

12. Bird with great and snowy varieties

13. Owners' papers

15. "Oh, you're back?"

21. Excited response to "How was the game?"

22. What you might slip on when dancing?

23. Preventing success

24. ___-Garros (annual Grand Slam event)

25. Awesome, casually

26. 'Close call!'

27. Like some duos

28. Certain advanced degree: abbr.

31. Runny part of many a fried egg

32. Often-skipped YouTube preludes

35. Concert arrangements?

38. Mindless repetition

42. Language that develops for communication across cultures

43. What's paid to Muses, say

44. "U! S! A!" for one

45. Some boudoir wear

48. Nevada city where much of Mrs. Davis is set

49. Group Finland joined in 2023

50. B-ball connection?

51. Abbreviation before a year

54. Investigative journalist Tarbell

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56. ___ deck (rhyming name for an exercise also known as a machine fly)

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