Getting closer to Crossword Clue

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Getting closer to Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

GETTING (noun)
1. the act of acquiring something
CLOSER (noun)
1. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
2. a person who closes something
CLOSER (adverb)
1. (comparative of `near’ or `close’) within a shorter distance

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More New Yorker Crossword (1/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. Gradual increase in intensity

9. Extremely enthusiastic

13. 'It's all good'

15. Streaming service owned by Disney

16. Show starter

18. Lends a helping hand

19. Personal ___ (top performances)

20. Laments

22. Vietnamese Lunar New Year

23. Africa’s highest peak

27. Whole lot

31. Persistent noise

32. Tart

33. Tunes that might be hard to listen to after a breakup

36. What dough does during proofing

39. Freezing

40. Upshot

42. Pulse, like a pounding headache

43. Marge and Patty’s sister, to Bart or Lisa Simpson

45. Oodles

47. French silk or Dutch apple, e.g.

48. Skyrocket

49. Where one might learn to pirouette and plié

53. Lead-in to carte or king

54. Actress Moore of “The Substance”

55. "Star Wars" creator George

60. Soft drink

62. Edible vessel for ice cream

65. Every now and ___

66. What separates New York from New Jersey

67. Piece of cake!

68. Stories that bring a tear to the eye

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Down

1. Hoity-toity type

2. Easy gait

3. Has bills to pay

4. "I ___ let you down!"

5. Like a crisp breeze

6. Ornamental vase

7. Offshore oil platform

9. “I knew it!”

10. Opportunity for a strummer to shine

11. More mature

12. Zeal

14. Dirty film

17. Oolong and Earl Grey, for two

21. Sounds sometimes made while laughing

24. Object of adoration

25. “Blue Bayou” singer Ronstadt

26. Get the creative ___ flowing

27. Feature of a skirt, maybe

28. ___ Ness Monster

29. National park in Florida with airboat tours

30. "No hard feelings?"

34. Had a good cry

35. First name on the Supreme Court

37. Stone cast in many movies?

38. Cook in a sizzling skillet, say

41. Indigenous people of the Great Basin

44. Buoys

46. Fret (over)

49. Moisten, as a turkey

50. Hawaiian greeting

51. Nashville-based awards show, familiarly

52. Some wintry weather

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

57. Spiral

58. ___ Frank House (historic site in Amsterdam)

59. Catches a glimpse of

61. 'Whichever'

63. Government org. that regulates air safety

64. Inc., in England

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