"Don't believe the __" Crossword Clue

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"Don't believe the __" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. blatant or sensational promotion
(verb)
1. publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BELIEVE (verb)
1. judge or regard; look upon; judge
2. be confident about something
DON (noun)
1. the head of an organized crime family
2. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
DON (verb)
1. put clothing on one’s body

More New Yorker Crossword (6/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. With friends instead of a date, perhaps

5. Web destinations

10. Sounds from a pigeon cote

14. Dojo move also called a knife-hand strike

17. Dispenser in a hotel hallway

18. Nick and Nora’s pet dog, in “The Thin Man”

19. Golf club that’s slightly longer than a pitching wedge

20. Legume used in soup and dal

22. Iconic red desktop gadget in the film “Office Space”

23. Intensely odorous

24. Biblical character whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt

25. Approach the same point

26. Ravi Shankar's instrument

29. Malamute look-alike

30. Feathery neckwear

31. Appliance that might be self-cleaning

32. Velvet barriers outside night clubs

33. L. Frank ___ (author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”)

34. “Fantastic Mr. ___” (book made into a 2009 film)

35. What an ice cube is that water vapor isn’t

36. Separates into categories

37. Ran roughshod over

39. Garage occupier

40. Ways less travelled

41. Boxer who’s a bungler

45. Posing a question

46. Consumed hungrily

47. Home buyer's need usually

48. Action at the start of an auction

50. 'Stay in your ___!'

51. “I read the news today, oh, boy / Four thousand holes in Blackburn, ___”: The Beatles

52. Mud-bath locations

53. Appliance with a lint trap

54. Shape on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Down

1. Shirtless side, in some pickup basketball games

2. Unsaid yet understood

3. Pop idol’s concert venue

4. Strategy discussed in a locker room

5. Known to few

6. Blood of the gods

7. Watered down, as soup

8. Geologic time unit

9. Explores caves

10. Put on different clothes

11. Spot where diners shuck and slurp

12. Electing not to receive any more robotexts, say

13. Élite special-ops units in the U.S. Navy

15. Person who suits you?

21. Covetous feeling

23. Not candid, as a photo

25. Winged god with a bow

26. Easy interview questions, metaphorically

27. Brand-name bath bar that expands into a fluffy cloud when microwaved

28. Town name that’s a portmanteau of three U.S. state names

29. Features of Swiss cheese

32. Pretzel brand owned by Frito-Lay

33. The five ___ (New York City, in other words)

35. Stretch over

36. Beauty parlors

38. Des ___, Iowa

39. Pricey appetizer often served with toast, lemon wedges, and crème fraîche

41. Dollars : cents :: pounds : ___

42. Planetary path

43. Knightley of "The Imitation Game"

44. Someone summing

46. Refuse to admit

49. Golf course standard

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