Easy __ (simple) Crossword Clue

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Easy __ (simple) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

EASY (adjective)
1. not hurried or forced
2. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
EASY (adverb)
1. with ease (`easy’ is sometimes used informally for `easily’)
2. without speed (`slow’ is sometimes used informally for `slowly’)
SIMPLE (adjective)
1. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
SIMPLE (noun)
1. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

Hint 2: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (3/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. 'Any moment now!'

5. Rotisserie rod

9. Sandpaper surface

13. Spaceship story genre

14. Solemn pledge

15. Make over, as a kitchen

16. Sports field with 18 GREEN fairways

18. Author unknown: Abbr.

19. Tip of a shoe

20. Cause damage to

21. Yankee great Mickey

23. Urban thoroughfares

25. Plant with fronds

26. Flavor enhancer initials

27. Walking leisurely

31. Land measure

34. Shaped like a 0

37. Swerves

39. From ancient times

40. Little

41. Best imaginable

42. Not so much

44. 'Beware the __ of March'

45. Directs attention away from

47. Stovetop soup vessel

49. Barely passing grades

50. Medal of Honor recipient

54. Made to adhere, as glue

57. Having achy muscles

58. Kitten's sound

59. Fuzzy brown fruit

60. GREEN-clad Irish elf

63. 'What's __ for me?'

64. Is in debt

65. Not quite ''Correct''

66. Say it isn’t so

67. Little salamander

68. Job for an actor

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Down

1. Leave in a rush

2. Petroleum ship

3. __ on a tangent (digressing)

4. Specialty market segments

5. Goes bad, as milk

6. Section

7. Word in TGIF

8. Central ideas

9. GREEN-skinned apple

10. Payment on a lease

11. Revered celebrity

12. Voice inflection

13. Cpl.'s superiors

17. Money spent

22. Neighborhoods

24. GREEN Wizard of Oz destination

25. Creates origami

27. Guys

28. Apple tablet?

29. Main Egyptian river

30. Gooey hair products

31. Very eager

32. Formally hand over

33. Coral ridge

35. Battery measures

38. Smooth and glossy

43. Tire in a trunk

46. Sri Lanka's former name

48. Mine vehicle

50. Lowest-quality

51. Online message

52. Put back into service

53. Possesses

54. Lose traction

55. Pitchfork point

56. Triumphant cry

57. Gush forth

61. Female sheep

62. Med. care group

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