Fancy feather Crossword Clue

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Fancy feather Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. clean with one’s bill
2. dress or groom with elaborate care
(noun)
1. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
2. a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FEATHER (noun)
1. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
2. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
FEATHER (verb)
1. grow feathers
2. turn the paddle; in canoeing
FANCY (verb)
1. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
2. imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind
FANCY (noun)
1. something many people believe that is false
2. a predisposition to like something
FANCY (adjective)
1. not plain; decorative or ornamented

More NYT Crossword (1/12/2026) Answers

Across

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6. Bird's dramatic dive

11. Place to store a lawn mower

15. Hawaiian greeting

16. ___ cold brew

17. Concluding part of a song

18. Rhyming advice to a spitting talker

21. Halt

22. ___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity)

23. Use, as machinery

24. Lots and lots

27. Acronym of affection in ASL

28. E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive"

31. Rhyming advice to a gym rat

36. Avoids, as capture

38. French "not"

39. Prefix that means all

40. Garage jobs involving grease guns

41. If all ___ fails...

43. Comic/TV host O'Brien

44. Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward

45. Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across

46. Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit

47. Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes

51. Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across

52. Massachusetts' Cape __

53. Smooched

55. "I'll take the blame here"

59. Liquid that circulates in a plant

60. Locale for Adam and Eve

64. Rhyming advice to a procrastinator

67. Fairy tale villain

68. Lock of hair

69. Leaf on a sushi tray

70. Broad inlets

71. Handle, as matters

72. Conceal for the time being, as information

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Down

1. Get a grade other than an F

2. Mattress supporter

3. Toy that can go "around the world"

4. You might let these "fall where they may"

5. A chef might wear a puffy white one

6. Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop

7. Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice"

8. Baseball's Mel

9. " … in that range"

10. Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun"

11. So great it's unnerving

12. Georgetown athlete

13. Put in a good word, perhaps?

14. Something circled on a calendar

19. Presentations during a product unveiling

20. Move, to a Realtor

25. More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S.

26. Plaints of puppies

28. One with many Insta followers, perhaps

30. Toy cube inventor Erno

32. Scottish negative

33. Test an OB may perform in the second trimester

34. Silly

35. Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush

37. Where meats and cheeses are often displayed

41. Blunder

42. Vegetable that looks like a large scallion

43. Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science)

45. Incomplete sets on sale

46. Source of motivation, in modern lingo

48. Verb preceder, typically

49. Most sagacious

50. Parent's declaration in response to defiance

54. New ___ (capital of India)

55. "Get outta my hair!," in a text

56. Discipline for the flexible

57. Rage

58. Ripped up

61. Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare

62. Canadian gas brand

63. Element with the symbol Ne

65. Last of 26 letters

66. Initialism on a Navy carrier

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