Foil alternative Crossword Clue

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SABER

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
FOIL (noun)
1. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities
FOIL (verb)
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
2. cover or back with foil

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SABER
(5 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (9/24/2026) Answers

Across

1. Grand celebration

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10. Do a quizmaster’s job

13. Hilton rival

14. Simple question

15. Dashed off

16. Bird in hieroglyphics

17. Ready already

18. Sydney sophs’ school

19. Shed light on secret truths, literally

21. Scold harshly

23. River crossing site

24. Complain angrily, literally

25. They might collapse under pressure

28. "Toodle-oo!"

29. Start for liner or ship

30. Enslaved princess in an 1871 work

34. Orders at the restaurant

35. Like many summer shoes

38. Denial from Dumas

39. CPR pros

41. Mountain crossing site

42. Follow, as advice

44. Gladden, literally

47. Like an asymmetric triangle

50. Glum drop?

51. Reservations

52. Real swinger

56. Decorative vase

57. Make riskier, literally

59. Onetime “Sign of Good Taste” advertiser

60. Tuition reducer?

61. Spur’s spiked wheel

63. Pasture coating

64. Puts away

65. Staycation goal

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Down

1. Be hopping mad

2. Both, in combinations

3. Reality check, figuratively

4. “The sum total of things that could have been avoided,” per Adenauer

5. Fantasy baddie

6. Schreiber of "Ray Donovan"

7. Slides into an Insta chat

8. 55th anniversary gifts

9. Store business

10. As ___ (typically)

11. Capital about 90 miles from the Red Sea

12. Gentle cycle garments

17. Professorial degs.

20. Pay another’s way

22. Rae in movies

24. Most valuable, maybe

25. Clothes line

26. Make a bundle?

27. Hobby wood

28. Miss identification?

31. Stick one’s nose in where it doesn’t belong

32. Tragic fate

33. “Some Bright Nowhere” author Packer

36. Workforce vacancy

37. Stuffed to the gills

40. Broker’s suggestion

43. “The Reeve’s Tale” writer

45. Madagascar mammals

46. Mount near Messina

47. Platoon subunit

48. Namesake of the element with atomic number 96

49. Barq’s rival

52. That was close!

53. Sinuous swimmers

54. Luau instruments

55. Rendezvous

58. First prime

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