Extremely competitive Crossword Clue

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COMPETITIVE (adjective)
1. involving competition or competitiveness
2. showing a fighting disposition
EXTREMELY (adverb)
1. to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
2. to an extreme degree

More USA Today Crossword (10/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Like the name Mary Berry for a food journalist

4. Umami-rich paste

8. ___ Penguin (nickname for an extinct species roughly the size of Charles Barkley)

12. Doritos flavor in a blue bag

15. Dancer's co-worker?

17. Journal passage

18. Gripping tool

19. Unrefined metal

20. Semester, for example

21. Stir the ___

22. "I'll have another, thanks!"

24. "The Secret of ___ Inish"

26. Sra., in English

27. Assent to a parent

30. Infuriates

32. Microdosed drug

33. GPS guess

34. Objection to a parent

35. Camp bed

36. Post operation?

37. Thus far

38. Undefeated boxer Laila

39. Types of beers, breads and whiskeys

40. Underwater detection system first used by da Vinci

43. 'Toodles!'

45. "Huh! Weird . . ."

48. Twists in hoses

51. "Buenas tardes"

52. Yours and mine

54. Cove e.g.

55. Country where Anthony Bourdain ate ouzi in the Empty Quarter

56. Red Cross event

58. Big-time enthusiast

59. House level

60. "Right away, boss!"

61. Exercise facility

62. Captain Hook's right hand?

63. Number of years in a decade

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Down

1. 'Back in Black' band

2. Billiards

3. Major fraternity event in "Animal House"

4. Yoga accessory

5. Inapt place for outside voices

6. Rejects with contempt

7. "Well, gosh!"

8. Their work is very underground

9. Like someone deeply immersed in internet culture

10. Microbe

11. ___ port in a storm

13. Sweet summer sidewalk business

14. Paying close attention

15. Nixed

23. Washington WNBA player

24. Queen of Country McEntire

25. Heavy responsibility

26. Doc's prescription

28. Chiwere speakers

29. Highlights and Zoobooks, for short

31. Cats, in Spanish

32. "Hahaha!"

35. P-p-p-poker place

36. Low-quality internet content . . . or what might happen after watching it

41. Rookie gamers, casually

42. Grown-ups

44. 'Just joking!'

45. Flip-flop, in Australia

46. Comfortably cozy

47. Chili heat unit

49. First Minion identified by name

50. Editor's "let it stand"

53. Feeling the effects of a workout

57. Change the color of

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