Figurehead Crossword Clue

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Figurehead Crossword Answer

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PUPPET

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(noun)
1. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
2. a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

Hint 2: Clue Definition

FIGUREHEAD (noun)
1. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
2. figure on the bow of some sailing vessels

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

Puppet
(6 letters)

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Across

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17. Sounds vaguely familiar

18. Modern checkout-counter device

19. Codswallop

20. Tree with 'helicopter seeds'

22. Historic start?

23. Backyard birder’s installation

24. Cirque du ___

26. Shout answered with “Polo!”

27. Small shake

29. ___ cheesecake (black-and-white dessert)

30. “What’s with the cold shoulder?”

33. __ Moines, IA

34. Drunk dialing one’s ex is generally one

36. Response to a wedding officiant

37. “So … you’re passing, then?”

39. TV channel that covers Nasdaq

40. Sandwich with mayo and cilantro

41. White House acronym

42. Answer to the riddle “What’s full of holes but still holds water?”

44. Lousy

46. ___ carte

47. Drag queen's term of endearment

49. African animal with a powerful bite

50. Pie crust ingredient

52. Refuges

56. “Project Hail Mary” author Weir

57. Von Dutch cap

58. Two tablets, for example

59. Puppy’s bathtub

60. Weepy

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Down

1. Its R stands for “resuscitation”

2. "___ was saying …"

3. Online inspo collections

4. View of Toledo painter

5. Square dance call

6. Max who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

7. Spanish for “Listen up!”

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11. Seasonal pick-me-up

12. Developer of the arcade game Centipede

13. Runway strutter

15. Puff on a pen

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23. Taxi passengers

25. Mambo No. 5 singer Bega.

26. Narendra ___, prime minister of India since 2014

27. From 🇹🇹, for short

28. Mulligan

30. "Ferrari" Driver?

31. Campaign’s purchase of commercials

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34. They’re sometimes cut in a crisis

35. Nonbelievers

38. Star Wars smuggler Solo

39. Size up side by side

42. Snickers ___ (Midwestern dish of Snickers bars, apples, and Cool Whip)

43. City just north of Dallas

44. Mark made on a to-do list

45. Hazard

48. Garment sometimes referred to as “the 9 yards”

51. Turn red, for example

53. Word before “Home” or “run”

54. Body part to “put a bug in”

55. Pigs' digs

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