Genes, essentially Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ESSENTIALLY (adverb)
1. in essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (11/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. Fad regimen based on food eaten by hunters and gatherers

10. Total disarray

15. Unsolved crimes

16. Tube-shaped pasta

17. Soda sometimes consumed for an upset stomach

18. Prices listed on a hotel's website, e.g.

19. Piece of celery

20. Ave. crossers

22. Bread with a pocket for falafel

23. Petting zoo animal that might have a playground to climb on

25. "Toy Story" toy torturer

27. Edge

28. Words you might say while throwing a stick

31. Final stage, as in a chess match

33. Get a lode of this!

34. Spinach, in Indian cuisine

36. "Good ___" (Sabrina Carpenter song)

37. Ooze

39. Reside

41. What would be very exciting to find on another planet

42. Totally over it

44. Layer, as of a wedding cake

46. More than just look at

47. Causes for concern on roofs in the winter

49. Rained freezing rain

51. ___ favor ("please" in Spanish):

52. Insta post

53. Small Starbucks size

54. Descriptor for someone with black lipstick and nail polish, perhaps

56. '___ you kidding me?'

58. Comedian Cross of "Arrested Development"

61. Furniture stores with labyrinthine layouts

63. Food dyes, preservatives, etc.

66. Iranian coins

67. Popular computer game with block-shaped resources

68. Citrus flavor often paired with lime

69. Folk song sung on a ship

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Down

1. Disc in a '90s fad collection

2. Honeybee genus

3. Period of abstinence before Easter

4. Get involved

5. Medium-sized wild cats with spots

6. Moody literary genre for a book set at a university

7. "That ___ perfect segue …"

8. Snakelike swimmers

9. Fly with a reduplicative name

10. Skill taught in a course for a lifeguard or babysitter

11. Haphazard pile

12. Passionate about fighting systemic oppression, say

13. Money you only have to pay on a single occasion

14. Tiny addition to a hamburger bun

21. 2008 Beyonce hit with the alternate title "Put a Ring on It"

24. Let warm

26. Video game with a non-slip pad instead of a hand-held controller, for short

28. Teen drama on The CW from 2007-'12

29. Ingredient in some chocolate pie crusts

30. "Farm system" by another name, in sports

32. Gadot of "Wonder Woman"

35. "___ well soon!"

38. Group of whales

40. Santa makes one and checks it twice

43. Moment of reprieve for the parent of a newborn, maybe

45. Fasten again, as a gate

48. Gets the heck out of there

50. "Mistress of the Dark" persona for Cassandra Peterson

55. Ring over an angel's head

57. Falco of "Nurse Jackie"

59. Denisovich or Ilych in the titles of Russian novels

60. Adept

62. Nine digits you should have memorized, for short

65. Pig's place

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