Fairy tale starter Crossword Clue

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Fairy tale starter Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. on one occasion
2. at a previous time

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FAIRY (noun)
1. offensive term for a homosexual man
2. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
STARTER (noun)
1. an electric motor for starting an engine
2. a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CONE

More Vox Crossword (9/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. Protective camera cover

8. Dream state, briefly

11. Toss with a high arc

14. Mask opening

15. Scrutinize

17. "___ and 58-Across" (1939 play made into a movie starring Cary Grant)

18. Apartment balcony

19. Honored with a party

20. Drama critic played by Cary Grant in the film "17-Across and 58-Across"

21. Propose, as a theory

24. Nevertheless, for short

27. Presentation aid

28. Cancel, at NASA

33. Herman ___ (plastic surgeon who assists 41-Across)

35. Love in Lima

36. "An American Tragedy" author Theodore

37. Knot-tying craft

40. Turtledove

41. Role played by Boris Karloff on Broadway and Raymond Massey in the film

42. Republic on the Red Sea

44. Bleachers, for example

45. Tiny colonist

46. Religious self-deniers

49. Surname of the family at the center of "17-Across and 58-Across"

53. Set one's sites on

57. Book of words

58. "17-Across and ___" (1939 play made into a movie directed by Frank Capra)

60. Board, in a way

61. Golf course reservation

62. Pursue passionately

63. Race as an engine

64. Like mortarboards at graduation

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Down

1. Faller in the fall

2. Jane of literature

3. Home tweet home?

4. Wool producers

5. Leads, as an orchestra

6. Smith biopic role

7. Chest muscle, for short

8. Snappy comeback

9. Use as energy

10. Abby and ___ (the murderous aunts in "17-Across and 58-Across")

11. "Taken" star Neeson

13. Ballpark beverage

16. Pre-op procedure

20. Before noon, poetically

22. "Shall I compare ___ to a summer's day?"

23. ___ and square

24. "17-Across and 58-Across" character who thinks he's President Roosevelt

25. Newly employed person

26. Early morning hr.

29. Brother of Lisa and Maggie

30. Fred Astaire's birthplace

31. Cicero, for one

32. Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

34. Title for a king

37. Defensive ditch

38. Prefix with social

39. Mt. Rainier's range, with The

41. Express disdain

43. Auto racing org.

44. Fifth part of an act

47. Pyramid material

48. River-bank deposits

49. Sounded, as a bugle

50. Gambling spot near Tahoe

51. Large show, for short

52. Wheaton of "Stand by Me"

54. "The check's in the ___"

55. Anvil seller of cartoons

56. ___ off (mad)

58. Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame

59. Rural pasture

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