Fool around Crossword Clue

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Fool around Crossword Answer

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LOLLYGAG

(8 letters)

HORSE

(5 letters)

SKYLARK

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. informal terms for a difficult situation
2. a state of confusion and disorderliness
(verb)
1. make a mess of or create disorder in
2. eat in a mess hall

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AROUND (adverb)
1. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
2. in or to a reversed position or direction
FOOL (noun)
1. a person who lacks good judgment
2. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
FOOL (verb)
1. fool or hoax
2. spend frivolously and unwisely

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

LOLLYGAG
(8 letters)
HORSE
(5 letters)
SKYLARK
(7 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (2/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Peaks

6. Some picnic discards

10. Pack (down)

14. Absolutely flip

15. “Well, that was rude!”

17. Totes absurd

18. More than just a baby wipe?

19. Like many Hollywood romances

21. Surrealist Max

22. Enjoys a bully stick, say

23. Redwood or sequoia, e.g.

24. “One ___” (manga series)

25. Noodle shape whose name comes from the Italian for “pierced”

29. Full of passion

30. Oily substance secreted into hair follicles

31. Common fish-and-chips fish

32. Former late-night host who owns more than a hundred cars

33. Keeper of the keys?

34. Gala

35. And so on: Abbr.

36. Twelve-ounce Starbucks orders

37. Recurring role for Tyler Perry

38. “Pay attention, class!”

40. Silicate minerals

41. Frequent greeting on “Dora the Explorer”

42. “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” star Jeremy ___ White

43. Practice for some so-called energy healers

45. Cinematography technique used in “Cloverfield,” informally

48. “¡Muy bien! ”

50. Capital of the Gem State

51. As a rule

52. Filmmaker Varda

53. Stench

54. Like prized Pokémon cards

55. Melodic foundations of Indian classical music

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Down

1. Lead-in to the names of some farming-related disciplines

2. Something put into a laundromat machine

3. It may involve time machines, shrink rays, teleportation, and the like

4. Odysseus or King Arthur, e.g.

5. Cloak-and-dagger condition

6. Hands over

7. Pair in a yoke

8. Letters of ancient history?

9. Compilation of video clips

10. Early computer-connection protocol

11. Favorable votes

12. Water repellent?

13. Kind of joke one might see on a T-shirt

16. Wilhelm ___ (much used stock sound effect)

20. Ovine mother

23. Hollow cylinders

24. Devoutness

25. Disney princess known for her love of reading

26. Winter Olympics event in which competitors perform twizzles and lifts

27. “Five stars, no ___”

28. Contribution to a brainstorming session

29. Get out of Dodge

30. Actress Hayek

33. Person who’s at home on the road

34. Exercises one might do in lieu of getting Botox

36. Adopted

37. New York bakery named for a kind of establishment similar to a malt shop

39. Temporary souvenir from a U.F.C. match, perhaps

40. Style-manual initials

42. Real jerk, for short

43. Cape Town currency

44. Frozen-aisle brand that originally made mayonnaise, hence its name

45. Permanent souvenir from a U.F.C. match, perhaps

46. On an ocean voyage

48. Dios ___!

49. 401(k) alternative

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