Formally prevent Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
2. prevent from entering; keep out

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FORMALLY (adverb)
1. with official authorization
PREVENT (verb)
1. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Hint 3: Anagram

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ARDEB

More Missing Letter Crossword (10/31/2025) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "[person from a] country in southwestern Asia in Mesopotamia that has a small border on the Persian Gulf"

6. NOUN: "the Roman goddess of love and beauty"

7. Utah's biggest metro area

10. VERB: "to make less bright"

11. INTERJECTION: "used to express surprise, disbelief, or confusion"

12. Abbr. in job titles

13. NOUN: "a dress, skirt, or coat that usually extends to the [center of the...calf]"

14. Prefix meaning 'earth'

15. NOUN: "a legendary Greek hero distinguished for his successful quest of the Golden Fleece"

16. NOUN: "foul or putrid matter"

18. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city on Utah Lake in north central Utah population 112,488"

20. ABBREVIATION: "[the secret police of the Soviet Union]"

23. Stories passed down through generations

24. ADJECTIVE: "having no magnitude or quantity"

25. Total (abbr.)

27. ADVERB: "not so"

28. NOUN: "an African ungulate mammal...that is closely related to the giraffe but has a relatively short neck"

29. NOUN: "a usually 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship"

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Down

1. Hospital container

2. Candy magnate H.B. ___

3. PHRASE: "[plus] others or more of the same or similar kind"

4. VERB: "to give up employment"

5. School of thought

7. NOUN: "cubes of meat (such as lamb or beef) marinated and cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer"

8. NOUN: "a form of pachisi played chiefly in the British Isles"

9. NOUN: "the lower portion of the face lying below the lower lip and including the prominence of the lower jaw"

13. Go to the ___ for (defend)

15. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer, in headlines

17. So __ heard

18. Proposed course of action

19. NOUN: "a member of a traditionally itinerant people who originated in northern India and now live chiefly in Europe and in smaller numbers throughout the world"

21. NOUN: "a smooth-skinned juicy light green or deep red to purplish black berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit"

22. ___ acid (compound in cosmetics)

24. "The Wizard of Oz" farmhand who looks suspiciously like the Cowardly Lion

26. VERB: "to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge"

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