Fall bloomer Crossword Clue

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Fall bloomer Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
2. star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BLOOMER (noun)
1. an embarrassing mistake
2. a flower that blooms in a particular way
FALL (verb)
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come into the possession of
FALL (noun)
1. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
2. when a wrestler’s shoulders are forced to the mat

Hint 3: Anagram

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1. "Awesome!"

4. Many profs

8. What a crush might make you do

13. Predator with dermal denticles

18. Silent film actor Jannings

20. Reclined

21. More intense, as an emotion

22. Early stage of a drug trial

23. Peace symbol

24. Adage promoting thrift

27. Itty-bitty

29. Return filers, for short

30. Barely keeps going, with "along"

31. Fish with leaf-shaped larvae

32. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject

35. Start of a historic triple boast

37. Seminole's rival, in college athletics

38. Liturgical singer

39. Quick cut

40. Subtitle alternative

43. Yogurt drink in Delhi

45. Monklike, in a way

48. Angle variable in geometry

50. Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)

53. Periodical, informally

55. Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees

56. Duck known for its insulating feathers

57. Make smelly

59. One of 12, astrologically

61. Balderdash!

62. "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short

63. 'Omigosh!'

64. Drug enforcer, informally

66. "When We Were Young" singer, 2015

68. Its capital is Roma

72. Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry

77. A failed transaction

78. Good but not great grade

79. Tennis great Arthur

80. ___ King Cole

81. Fall asleep, with "off"

82. Word with constrictor or feather

83. Goddess of the dawn

85. Car-pooling convenience

88. Taco bar adjective

91. ___ Féin

92. ___ room

94. Showing less bias

95. Musical staff symbol

96. Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing

99. "Sounds like a blast!"

101. Mini-gulp

102. Some Ivy Leaguers

104. Meeting that goes above and beyond?

106. Intimate

110. Bitter

112. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject

115. Badge-pinning site

117. Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment

119. Spanish for "wealthy"

120. Get in the game?

121. Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across

125. D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon"

126. Paradise

127. Pucker producer, perhaps

128. Modernists, informally

129. Department store department

130. Vikings, for example

131. Long members of the onion family

132. Nervous

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Down

1. Discount merchandise indicator

2. Organism that moves using pseudopodia

3. Change the course of

4. ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)

5. Two farthings, informally

6. Deny responsibility for

7. Like certain easy-to-install hardware components

8. Much of Diego Rivera's work

9. Young Scot

10. 'You can count on me!'

11. It can become amber

12. Streetcar

13. Doo-wop's "___ Na Na"

14. Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire

15. (If) necessary

16. Scottish dance

17. Offspring

19. "Enemies, a Love Story" actress

22. GoodFellas Oscar winner

25. Perspective

26. Demonstrate frugality, in a way

28. Got tinier

33. Hosts, in brief

34. Tolkien monster

36. Exams for ambitious H.S. students

39. Date night bookings

41. Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau

42. Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon

44. Having impeded growth

46. Bird with an S-shaped neck

47. Place for pliers

49. Muslim head scarf

50. Target with, as a pickup line

51. Scribe in a courtroom, in brief

52. Prepares for an interview, say

54. Notorious Chicago bootlegger

58. What a dog uses to "shake"

60. Island location of Iolani Palace

62. Say something fresh

65. Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

67. Information in a prescription

69. Out of this world?

70. Silly

73. Hoarders network

74. Shoe originally known as a "Weejun"

75. Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song

76. Wow

84. Like many farm stand purchases

86. "Dodgeball" star Vince

87. Specific charge on an invoice

88. Cooling units, in brief

89. Poli ___

90. Pork-based taco option

91. Snowmobile brand

93. Made cozy

97. Suffix in British English

98. Makeup of a nervous system, largely

100. Layer of a farm

103. Locale for camel racing

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107. Overflowed (with)

108. Reunion attendees

109. Cause for a QB's celebration

111. Fries in England

112. Deuce topper

113. "I'll take another card!"

114. Cheeky

115. Like cotton candy

116. Lead-in to pilot or pay

118. Grayish, say

122. Emphatic refusal in Germany

123. Stir-fry staple

124. Dress (up)

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