Free to take off, say Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. become clear
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
(adjective)
1. accurately stated or described
2. free of restrictions or qualifications
(noun)
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. the state of being free of suspicion
(adverb)
1. in an easily perceptible manner
2. completely

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TAKE (noun)
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CARLE

More The Atlantic Crossword (6/14/2026) Answers

Across

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16. Fitting name for the Addams family's shambling butler

17. Cheap takeout

18. Ecological filmmakers?

19. Big name in upward mobility?

20. Professor Schickele who "discovered" P. D. Q. Bach

21. They move in well-connected circles?

22. Backed out

24. Bar

26. Puzzle Mania! publisher: abbr.

27. Oh, the humanities!

29. Advance from Boardwalk, say

31. Part of an order with wings?

35. One who really knows the drill?

37. Where Hemingway's longest lines wound up?

38. "St. ___' Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was!": Keats

39. Rash treatment choice?

40. Limps through the last mile of a marathon, for example

42. Tools used by drivers on the range

43. Find bearings using the stars, say

44. Celexa, Lexapro, or Prozac: Abbr.

46. Photographer Goldin

47. Where curds and whey are formed, nowadays

49. Doesn't bring into play

54. Fitting name for a professional bowler?

56. Monongahela whiskey and the like

58. Clodhopper

59. Cable and chain, for the length of the British empire?

60. Quipster who is credited as saying "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

62. Position one might bend over backwards to maintain?

63. Time spent with moguls and the like

64. Obstructs

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Down

1. Stop and smell the roses, e.g.

2. Word after vanity or fashion

3. Unable to raise even a penny more?

4. Wind up at a demonstration?

5. Cloud of The Sheep Detectives

6. Espresso-machine accessory

7. 'That's my cue to leave'

8. Must-do for a prospective D.O. student

9. One who might fish with a fyke

10. Occasion to do the wave?

11. One of Fight Club's eight

12. Performer's opportunity to pull out all the stops?

13. Disturbingly impressive

14. Band named after a Muddy Waters song, familiarly

23. "Ain't got no ___ to make you smile / But don't worry / Be happy" (Bobby McFerrin lyrics)

25. Makes some determinations

28. It may be irrigated with salt water

30. Line sported by Hemingway?

31. Vanquishers of the Harpies

32. Machine-learning algorithm modeled on the human brain

33. "You're not special!"

34. Conditional word in some programming phrases

36. "Enough preliminaries"

38. Palindromic ingredient in some naan recipes

41. Capitalizes unicorns, e.g.

42. Add to one's vision board, maybe

45. "It is easier to ___ at the beginning than at the end": Leonardo da Vinci

48. Meet one's match?

51. The proverbial small town has one

52. What ₯, ƒ, and ₣ became

53. Idolizes

55. “Unexpected ___ in bagging area”

57. Pull a team together?

61. It may be raised on unproductive land

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