Distance runner Zátopek Crossword Clue

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Distance runner Zátopek Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

DISTANCE (verb)
1. go far ahead of
2. keep at a distance
DISTANCE (noun)
1. size of the gap between two places
2. the interval between two times
RUNNER (noun)
1. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
2. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

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More LA Times Crossword (1/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Old car from Sweden

5. ___ Rica

14. Bike trick also called a stoppie

15. Poker buy-ins

16. Ciao!

17. Neurochemicals that act as natural painkillers

19. Fluid-filled cavity

20. Italian staple

21. Story-sharing app, briefly

23. "I'm on vacay" notification

24. Prisoner

26. "Peter Pan" protagonist

28. Bon __

31. Low-calorie sweetener

33. Source of minerals

34. Garden pest with tentacles

36. __ Mujeres Mexico

37. One way to stop a cab?

39. JD seekers' hurdles

41. Baking instruction

44. German article

46. Heads-up

48. ___ Paulo Brazil

49. Classifications for nouns in some languages

52. Wild

54. Lets use

55. Saved option

57. Lennox of R&B

58. Weasellike critter

60. First lady of the 1950s

64. Obsolete phone part

66. One way to tumble, or what can be found four times in this puzzle

68. Scope prefix

69. Wide-mouthed

70. Hawk

71. Rough words?

72. Brusque

73. Marketplace with personalized gifts

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Down

1. Leak slowly

2. "The Piano" Oscar winner Paquin

3. Puts two and two together

4. Part of a knitted outfit for a baby

5. Part of a knitted outfit for a baby

6. Taking a gap year, say

7. Spell

8. Reacts to suspense

9. Admin. aide

10. Succinct "I could go on"

11. Thousand Island base

12. "This ain't normal"

13. "Heart Don't Lie" singer Jackson

18. ___ and raves

22. Piercing tools

25. Playwright Arthur

27. Bed fellows?

28. Rep. from the Bronx

29. Expert

30. Plants with a long life cycle

32. Star fish?

35. Knock about

38. "The Secret Life of Bees" novelist

40. Garments that may lead to cold shoulders

42. Not close

43. Tik's partner

45. Loch for monster hunters

47. Last word in doughnuts

49. “— my pleasure”

50. More spine-tingling

51. Freeload

53. Feed a cold ___ a fever

56. Meteorology tool

59. Udder part

61. Bump into

62. Stops along the way

63. Sink hole feature, perhaps

65. Novelist Tolstoy

67. Vendetta's origin?

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