Fearful contraction Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION (noun)
1. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
FEARFUL (adjective)
1. timid by nature or revealing timidity
2. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

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More New Yorker Crossword (8/5/2025) Answers

Across

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19. Fundamental skateboarding tricks

20. Care career

22. Fruits known as misbeliefs, in New Orleans

24. “It’s ___ what you think!”

25. Timbales and tom-toms, for example

26. “Regnava nel silenzio” from “Lucia di Lammermoor,” e.g.

28. Vinyl stat

31. Letters that might precede a hot take

32. Sources of fruity aromas in beers

34. Like many Sahrawi people

36. Actor in “Insecure,” “The White Lotus,” and “How to Die Alone”

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40. Trickster spider in Akan folklore

41. Target of an annual vaccine

42. 202.5 degrees on a compass: Abbr.

43. Scaled-down size

44. “It’s times like ___ . . .”

46. Some H.S. exams

47. Paparazzi paraphernalia

49. Document often mailed in the summer

54. Thank you, in Hawaiian

55. Given a lecture, e.g.

57. Low-budget flick

58. Words to a doubter

59. Add as supplementary material

60. ___ mountain dog (Swiss breed)

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Down

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2. Anime character allied with crows named Phobos and Deimos

3. Excerpts displayed prominently within an article

4. Densest naturally occurring element

5. "Let's go!"

6. Doomed

7. Classroom fill-in

8. Slow-cooked meat dishes

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10. "Funny seeing you here!"

11. It’s full about once a month

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13. However, for short

15. Doubly hyphenated ID

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23. Worship associated with some heavy-metal bands

27. Tried again, as an experiment

28. Like some food and footage

29. Druthers

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33. Washed, in a way

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38. Pop-chart regular

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52. "You bet your ___"

54. Degree held by many C.E.O.s

56. Establishment with taps

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