Group in Mercury's orbit? Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a female sovereign ruler
2. female cat
(verb)
1. become a queen
2. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MERCURY (noun)
1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
2. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
GROUP (noun)
1. a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
2. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
GROUP (verb)
1. form a group or group together
2. arrange into a group or groups

More LA Times Crossword (8/8/2026) Answers

Across

1. Kitchen drawer?

6. Follow

10. NYC venue whose final show featured Patti Smith

14. Economic justice topic

16. Willie who broke the NHL's color barrier

17. Forest formations with mythological associations

18. Crux

19. Useful element in making connections

21. Causes of spiraling, at times

22. Their feet may have claws

23. Writers commissioned for tributes

25. Tightens, perhaps

28. Down for drama?

29. Stuff

30. Chrysler that won the 1978 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award

33. Receive.

34. Offline

35. Threw a pity party, perhaps

36. Feature of HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey"

38. Nephric

39. Coin bearing a bear

40. Bear claw, e.g.

41. Volunteer

42. Result of productive talks

43. Some bookmarks

44. Find out

46. Mercury, for one

49. Nursing spot

50. "Perfectly reasonable"

52. Some Indigenous Canadians

53. Clue in evolutionary history

54. Cobbler's tool

55. Around

56. Maker of the One SL speaker

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Down

1. __ Romeo

2. Filmmaker Johnson

3. Poet frequently referenced in "Don Quixote"

4. Bygone orbiter

5. "All clear"

6. Boo-boos

7. Curse

8. Spaetzle, e.g.

9. 'Uh-huh'

10. Settles

11. One may be taken on a date

12. Shift workers?

13. Kalshi actions

15. Some bait

21. Party poppers

22. "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

24. Vibed on

25. Fixes

26. Peut-__: French perhaps

27. Animated superhero series featuring the voice of Tara Strong

28. Word in Beaufort readings

30. Setting for some on-line orders?

31. Close

32. How much scrolling is done

37. Producer on seven U2 albums

40. Dated

41. Italian home of the world's oldest bank

42. Coat put on in the kitchen?

43. Verb in a polenta recipe

45. Sticks in the water?

46. Longtime "PBS News Hour" anchor Ifill

47. Gah!

48. Top jobs?

50. Letters expressing personal thoughts

51. Team challenge

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