Esoteric Crossword Clue

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HARDTOG

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Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ESOTERIC (adjective)
1. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HARDTOG
(7 letters)

More USA Today Crossword (10/24/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Do You Want To ___ a Snowman?"

6. Where you might study your partner's reactions?

9. ___-Caps (movie treat)

12. "Severance" persona

13. Moist towelette

14. She/___

15. Fiona Apple album with "Criminal"

16. Like some bangs

17. Minecraft resource

18. "I am inimitable / I am an ___" ("Wait for It" lyric)

20. Ctrl+Z command

21. Beth Ford, for Land O'Lakes

23. Bank deposit?

24. Appraise

26. Mint or cilantro

28. Thumbs-up, e.g.

32. Probability

33. Leave it to beaver

36. Sparkly headpiece

37. Workplaces for some NPs

38. ___-leaf tea

40. Good to go

41. No ___ (error message)

43. Shenzi, Banzai and Ed

44. Mariah Carey song with the lyric "It's so deep in my daydreams"

46. Puts on

47. Speech pattern with rising intonation

50. Pop

52. Beam of sunlight

53. Head up

54. Like a weak excuse

57. Old movies channel

58. Cellist Casals

59. Interlibrary transactions

62. Singer Corinne Bailey ___

63. Running in place?

64. Heart chambers

65. "Your point being?"

66. Suffix for "legal"

67. "I'm afraid . . ."

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Down

1. Joke

2. Start to cycle?

3. Pet that may spend all day on the couch

4. "Not true!"

5. Places to get lattes and latkes

6. "Friends" star Kudrow

7. Give it up

8. "Love on Top" singer, for short

9. Was really bright

10. ___ Rope (fruity candy)

11. "Twist, lick, dunk" cookies

13. Royal residence overlooking the Thames

16. "Red ___ Supernova"

19. Kaine Zajaz's "The Witcher" character

20. ___ as directed

21. Convos

22. Unsettling

25. "omg really?"

27. The Cosmopolitan's Ghost Donkey, for one

29. NFL scores

31. Singer-songwriter Kitchie

33. A driver's license might serve as one

34. Pigeon pose, for one

35. Cluttered

37. Approximation (Abbr.)

39. British ref. work

42. Accessories for some stampers

43. Jekyll vs. ___ (trick-taking game)

44. Fleeting trend

45. London neighborhood

47. The "U" in UV

48. It might crack under pressure

49. Made less wild

51. World-class reference?

55. Ready, willing and ___

56. Greek I

58. Sweet potato ___

60. It's nothing, really

61. Vocalize

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