Gain possession of Crossword Clue

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ACQUIRE

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. be valid, applicable, or true
2. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

POSSESSION (noun)
1. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
2. the act of having and controlling property
GAIN (noun)
1. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
2. a quantity that is added
GAIN (verb)
1. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
2. increase or develop

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACQUIRE
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More LA Times Crossword (4/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. Young men.

5. Add voice-over to

8. Dark expression

13. __ Puffs: chocolaty cereal

14. Atlas section

16. "Star Trek" role for Nichelle Nichols

17. Piano studio instrument

19. Tag call

21. Yahtzee cube

23. Apartment payment

24. Indulging in a luxurious existence

27. Word before planning or sale

30. Young women

31. Three, in Germany

32. Printer brand

35. Liveliness

38. Mascot on cans of peas and corn

42. NNW reversal

43. Borden spokescow

44. CBS military series in its 23rd season

45. Body part with a bridge

47. __ on: added hastily

50. NHL team in Salt Lake City

54. Gym pads

55. Extinct New Zealand bird

56. Bit of fridge decor

61. 'I knew it all ___'

63. Conclusion that earns a standing ovation, and a feature of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 50-Across

65. Fable lesson

66. ___ gin fizz

67. Midrange voice

68. Motivation for a project, in hashtags

69. Canonized Fr. woman

70. Have on

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Down

1. Basketball Hall of Famer Rebecca

2. Many a Syrian

3. Balance owed

4. Bean used to make tofu

5. *Well shoot

6. Alysa Liu's Olympic team: Abbr.

7. Bright forehead adornment

8. Star that warms Mars

9. Written for group singing

10. Vast cosmic expanse

11. Squeeze dry

12. Milky coffee order

15. Possible score after deuce

18. __ monster (Arizona lizard)

22. Actively encourage

25. Swerves sharply

26. Auld __ Syne

27. Greek Cupid

28. Devoted fans of singer/actress Gomez

29. Up to briefly

31. Some radio personalities

33. Shar-___

34. Deal (with)

36. City in northern Oklahoma

37. Scoreboard nos.

39. Quaint affirmative

40. Sparkle

41. Printmaker's fluid

46. Slangy "Touché!"

48. Charge for using a card

49. Spiced tea from India

50. So-called "fifth taste"

51. Owl's claw

52. Crowds around, as a celebrity

53. Stamps and sends

57. Nibble (on)

58. Khartoum's river

59. 'Como ___ usted?'

60. Marvel's hammer thrower

62. Day-___ paint

64. Comprehended

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