Front-line hero during the 2020 pandemic Crossword Clue

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Front-line hero during the 2020 pandemic Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a woman who is the custodian of children
2. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
(verb)
1. give suck to
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PANDEMIC (noun)
1. an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
PANDEMIC (adjective)
1. epidemic over a wide geographical area
2. existing everywhere
DURING (preposition)
1. In the time of; as long as the action or existence of.

Hint 3: Anagram

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RUNES

More NYT Crossword (6/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Some terminals

7. Gamer's state of invincibility enabled by a cheat code

14. Listens to, as a radio station

16. Achieves success for the first time

17. *They may result in people wrongly being sent to jail

18. *Bonny young girl

19. Spanner of 11 time zones

20. Klondike territory

22. Copacabana locale

23. *Exercise experts

26. Bit of improv

28. One end of a playground "telephone"

30. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern lingo

33. Thor: Ragnarok actress Thompson

35. *Advocate of women's equality

38. Tower in the water

39. Hi-fi spinners

41. Ewe said it

42. School org

43. "Let's pick up the pace!"

46. Preschooler's wheels

48. Trivia contest venues

49. Restaurant icon McDonald

51. Breakfast that may be prepared overnight

54. *Some online courses

58. "The Matrix" character

60. N.C.A.A. basketball powerhouse, informally

62. Cantina freebie

63. With 65-Across, market no-no … or a hint to entering the answers to the starred clues

65. See 63-Across

68. Simply taboo

69. Melted adhesive

70. Categorizes

71. Removes a curse?

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Down

1. Up

3. "We're live!" studio sign

4. Goes

5. Spanish pronoun

6. The Science Kid, in children's television

7. Get an eyeful

8. Some McFlurry ingredients

9. Knocked back a few

10. Bad start?

11. Analyze excessively

12. Slicer's place

13. ExxonMobil brand

15. Bye Bye Bye boy band

21. Falcons' grp.

24. Congressional divide

25. Like purchases made while playing freemium games

27. Distinctive doctrine

29. Point of writing

31. “So that’s how it is”

32. Organizer of an after-school event, in brief

33. You might go on tiptoe in this

34. Consequences of compliments

36. Sharansky who wrote the memoir "Fear No Evil"

37. Country rocker Steve with the album "Exit 0"

38. Medicinal amt.

40. Paul McCartney, for one

44. Org. that hires cryptanalysts

45. Minor municipality

47. Conventioneer's passport

50. First grade of high school, typically

52. Old royal house

53. Lilac, e.g.

55. Twinkle-toed?

56. Preceding time

57. Solomonic figures

58. 1492 caravel

59. Grandson of Eve

61. Get a lode of these!

64. Words sealed with a kiss

66. ___ blind

67. W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards

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