Francis __ Key Crossword Clue

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Francis __ Key Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
2. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

KEY (noun)
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
KEY (verb)
1. identify as in botany or biology, for example
2. harmonize with or adjust to
KEY (adjective)
1. serving as an essential component

More Newsday Crossword (12/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. __ register (checkout counter machine)

5. Performs a role

9. Barber's sharpener

14. Triple-decker cookie

15. Metallic wrap for leftovers

16. 'Been __, done that'

17. Isn’t truthful

18. Run away from danger

19. Knot up again

20. Pub target with a bull's-eye center

22. Mistake

23. Hospital "treat now" areas: Abbr.

24. Yellow citrus fruits

25. Said explicitly

29. Dwarf planet beyond Neptune

31. Marathon measures

32. Lobster cousin

33. Food for pigs

37. Word-of-mouth

38. Self-confident manner

39. Voicemail signal

40. Bit of heredity

41. Clothes dryer fuzz

42. Gives a darn?

43. Bank's large safe

45. Dislike A LOT

46. Divides in two

49. Vessel for frying

50. Land by the ocean

51. Artworks on museum walls

57. Any '60s song

58. Actor Baldwin

59. Remove the peel from

60. Eagle's claw

61. Was dressed in

62. Largest continent

63. Current fashion

64. Loch ___ monster

65. Parental "pops"

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Down

1. Cooler than cool

2. Opera solo

3. Fortune teller

4. Party giver

5. Be able to pay for

6. Coke and Pepsi

7. Stadium seating level

8. Kid's snow vehicle

9. Avenue-crossing road, often

10. Temperature-setting device

11. Fashionable again

12. Hunter constellation

13. Social equals

21. Hive builders

24. Il change, for short

25. Urban air pollution

26. Bicycle wheel

27. Actor Alda

28. Screen at a sports bar

29. Make a hard copy of

30. Have stamina

32. Corkscrew's shape

34. Handed-down tales

35. Change for $5

36. Annoying person

38. Addition symbol

42. Penny

44. Show up for

45. Tango and waltz

47. Of the Arctic or Antarctic

48. Soup-serving utensil

49. Ships' docks

51. Lowly chess piece

52. Natural sunburn soother

53. Apple's tablet

54. Rocket-launching agency

55. Graph paper pattern

56. Huge bodies of water

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