Grow up Crossword Clue

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Grow up Crossword Answer

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MATURE

(6 letters)

HOWOLDAREYOU

(12 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
2. a prolonged period of time
(verb)
1. grow old or older
2. begin to seem older; get older

Hint 2: Clue Definition

GROW (verb)
1. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
2. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MATURE
(6 letters)
HOWOLDAREYOU
(12 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fantasy sports transactions

7. Looked after a Manx or Munchkin

13. "The Joy of Cooking" is full of them

15. Set to full blast

16. Go too far

18. Device for playing the Guess Who

19. Ye ___ Shoppe

20. Roof support

22. Luau finger food

23. Apparel

24. Email subject line abbr.

28. Germ killer in a bottle (In this answer, note letters 7 and 9-11)

33. Indian megacity

34. Easy twos in basketball

35. Nimble

38. Bread softer than paratha

40. Observe

41. Five good reasons, maybe (... letters 7 and 9-10)

45. Antlered animal

46. Tame Impala's "The ___ I Know the Better"

47. Fall Out Boy genre

48. ___ kebab

50. ___ wrench (hex key)

52. The Flood and the like (... letters 7 and 9-12)

56. Oil ritualistically

57. Land-dwelling turtle

61. *Wall-mounted light fixture

62. Big name in baby grands

63. Item in a closet

64. IRS ID

65. Have debts

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Down

1. Koopa ___ (shelled Super Mario character)

2. Maybe it's Maybelline ... nope, it's a competitor!

3. Crushed the test

4. "Walk of Life" band ___ Straits

5. They spin longer than singles

6. Where "Back to one!" is called

7. ___ of doing business

8. Poker stake

9. ___ dog (emotional support pooch)

10. Title for Isaac Newton

12. "But" text?

14. Higher-order angel

17. Lines for the exit? ... or what this answer is doing to hidden words in 28-, 41- and 52-Across

21. Fidelity Bravery Integrity org.

23. Comfy insole substance

25. "Take my word for it"

26. Mounts with a sticky 3M roll

27. Wall St. market

29. Sri Lankan rice cake

30. The stone in stone fruits

31. Bivalve in some chowders

32. Not crazy

35. NYC st. crosser

36. ___ pal

37. Variety

39. Olympic code Down Under

42. One of the biggest stars on the planet

43. Snooze

44. Nobelist Mandela

48. Treatment for a broken radius

49. Ergo

50. Buenos __

51. Allow to enter

52. Diss big-time

53. Early Peruvian worshipper of Viracocha

54. Godsend

55. Goes bad

58. "Sands of ___ Jima" (1949 film)

59. Tree surgeon's tool

60. Window to the soul

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