Freeloading sort Crossword Clue

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LEECH

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(verb)
1. ask for and get free; be a parasite
(noun)
1. someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SORT (noun)
1. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
2. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
SORT (verb)
1. arrange or order by classes or categories
2. examine in order to test suitability

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

LEECH
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More NYT Crossword (7/22/2024) Answers

Across

1. Lasagna-hitting-the-floor sound

6. Tail end of a lion's tail

10. Tupperware tops

15. Org. defending individual rights

16. Get one's story straight?

17. "I wish I could ___ that" ("Ew!")

18. Blueprint

19. Opera set in Egypt

20. Understand?

21. Explain something in steps

24. Brushes away, as a fly

26. Appeared to be

27. Join the army

29. Prickly plant

31. Acts like one's true self, colloquially

33. Hot chocolate holder

36. Optometrists check them

37. Goddess of the dawn

38. Lady ___ ("Shallow" singer)

39. Soak up

40. Was understated in one's description

44. Drive away

45. Baby's garment

46. Naval fleet

49. Defeat soundly, in slang

50. Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow?

53. Little devil

56. Like talking with one's mouth full

57. Went by bike

58. Stone Age diet, familiarly

60. 'Young Frankenstein' assistant

61. Like all leap years

62. Bird that's still getting wise to the world?

63. What the KonMari Method leaves you with

64. One direction

65. Academic hurdles

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Down

1. Quite pleased with oneself

2. Corn cake

3. Tossed and turned

4. Unreturned serve

5. Springsteen, to fans

6. Secures, as wrapping paper

7. The Bruins of the N.C.A.A.

8. Harsh criticism

9. Northernmost country in Africa

10. Follow the ___ (kids' game)

11. "Up in arms" or "break a leg"

12. "Where ___ go wrong?"

13. Rise to one's feet

22. Indian flatbread

23. Bluish green

25. Where low-rise jeans sit

27. Squeaks (by)

28. R&B singer with the 2006 #1 hit "So Sick"

29. Cook with direct heat

30. Workout break

32. Place for un béret

33. Crazy talent, slangily

34. Wrinkly-skinned fruit

35. Marvin of Motown

38. Narrow valley

40. Mani-___ (spa treatment)

41. Stuck, with no easy way down

42. Wear a long face

43. Stuck, with no easy way out

44. Star assigners

46. Earth Day month

47. Makeup used to color the cheeks

48. Early PC platform

49. Artery opener

51. Smoked salmon

52. Poems of praise

54. Partner of greet

55. Collections of poker bets

59. Reaction to seeing the Northern Lights, perhaps

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