Do one better than Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. be the culminating event
2. pass by, over, or under without making contact
(noun)
1. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
2. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
(adjective)
1. situated at the top or highest position

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BETTER (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
2. (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
BETTER (adverb)
1. from a position of superiority or authority
BETTER (verb)
1. surpass in excellence
2. get better
BETTER (noun)
1. someone who bets
2. a superior person having claim to precedence
ONE (adjective)
1. (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
2. having the indivisible character of a unit
ONE (noun)
1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
2. a single person or thing

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (12/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. ___ Nicholas

6. Judge's seat, from the French

10. N.Y.C. airport

13. Star Wars droid familiarly

14. Side's length squared, for a square

15. Thrilla in Manila boxer

16. Recharge one's batteries

18. Prepared to bathe

20. Cool ___ cucumber

21. Balderdash!

23. Filled in (for), for short

24. Schmoozed (with)

27. Good, long bath

28. Slight injury from tripping

30. Bridge support

32. Karl Marx's "___ Kapital":

36. President Hoover

39. "You take credit cards?" response

42. Unconventional

43. Alternative to the pill, in brief

45. Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)

46. Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for

50. Location for a goatee or soul patch

52. Enchanted

55. Big-beaked tropical bird

57. One-named Brazilian soccer star

58. "If you ask me," to texters

59. Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters

61. Sci-fi writer Isaac

63. Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?

64. Tales of yore

65. Join in marriage

66. Lo-___ graphics

67. One-named Grammy winner from Ireland

68. ____ Cottontail

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1. Wife of Abraham, in the Bible

2. You __ right!

3. Ridiculous

4. "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World"

5. Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec

6. One who's rotten from the start

7. Singer Grande, to fans

8. Loch ___ monster

9. Opera great Enrico

10. Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss

11. On ___ (looking great, in slang)

12. Colonial-era pirate captain

17. Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)

19. Orchestral woodwind

22. Be on the wane

25. Crash-investigating org

26. Turning point in W.W. II

29. When doubled, an African fly

30. But, briefly

31. Like a ripe strawberry

33. Re-election restriction

34. Many a Wordsworth poem

35. Pea holder

37. Part of a barbecue rack

38. Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame

40. Suddenly stops working, as an engine

41. Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate

44. Beyond the continental shelf, say

46. Comic actor Van Dyke

47. Lacking the capacity

48. Prez before 10-Across

49. "Deck the Halls" syllables

50. Two-door auto

51. Outings for foxhounds

53. Show feelings onstage

54. Capital of Delaware

55. Lift on the slopes

56. Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip

60. Funny in a subtle way

62. Suffix with Benedict or elephant

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