Fall opener: Abbr. Crossword Clue

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Fall opener: Abbr. Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the month following August and preceding October
2. people descended from a common ancestor

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OPENER (noun)
1. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
2. a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)
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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More NYT Crossword (11/13/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Finally! Me time!"

12. "___ gratia artis"

15. Total area

16. Native American Heritage Mo.

17. "Nothing better!"

18. Word with ginger or cream

19. Org. that measures A.Q.I.

21. "Little help here"

23. Customs

25. Look

27. Scintilla

28. Dueling equipment

30. Formal guidance?

33. ___ Z

35. What a deck may be stacked with?

36. Greek letter that becomes another Greek letter when its first two letters are dropped

38. It's seriously entertaining

39. Raise a false red flag

41. Memphis-to-Nashville dir.

42. Salsa partner

44. Reach for the stars, say

48. Parks of Montgomery

49. Inspiration

51. ___ colada (mocktail)

52. Like many a vault

55. [That's *my* kibble!]

57. Bloomer

58. "I'll pass"

59. "Pick up the pace!"

62. Country music's ___ Young Band

63. "So, there's this special person …"

64. Two shakes of a lamb's tail

65. "Heaven forbid!"

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Down

1. Acquiesce

2. Perform an entrechat, e.g.

3. Not at all plain

4. Not gross

5. Vittles

6. Spiny succulents

7. Chosen, in a way

8. Lays waste to?

9. Louisville Slugger material

10. Major hunk

11. French bean

12. Rhetorical device like "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

13. Relief pitcher?

14. Lissome

22. "You've gotta be kidding me!"

24. "OK, fine, I get it …"

26. Ye olde quaff

29. Bouillabaisse and hasenpfeffer

31. Progenitor

32. Argot

34. Plains tribe

36. "What style!"

37. Big name in discount supermarkets

39. Lutheran hymn

40. Doesn't sit still

42. Common origami figures

43. Fourth-to-last word of the Gettysburg Address

45. Relative of a mandrill

46. "No clue!"

47. Doohickey

50. Sci-fi companion who speaks "binary," familiarly

53. Actor Jannings or artist Nolde

54. Hagia Sophia feature

56. Way off, sometimes

60. One working with canines, maybe

61. "Pachinko" author Min Jin ___

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