Handled press agents? Crossword Clue

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Handled press agents? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. metal shackles; for hands or legs

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PRESS (noun)
1. a dense crowd of people
2. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
PRESS (verb)
1. to be oppressive or burdensome
2. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (10/31/2025) Answers

Across

1. A large quantity

5. Where one may park to see the Super Bowl

9. Boot

14. Humans, gorillas and chimpanzees

16. Like a skunk's tail

17. Hot-weather coolers

18. Mangia!

19. It's cool while it's hot

20. Funny Fey

21. Upset

22. Green bay?

25. Emerged (from)

27. Old-fashioned "w00t!"

30. Earth goddess in "Das Rheingold"

31. Overlay

33. Caroline Kepnes thriller written partly in the second person

35. Cookie marketing units

39. Opposite of the Latin "odi"

41. Stinky ___, "Toy Story 2" antagonist

42. Web host?

44. Some diving briefs

47. "We should get out of here"

49. Actress/singer Steinfeld

52. Easily crushed

53. Cone ___ (iconic Jean Paul Gaultier undergarment)

56. Lineup

57. Prayerful form of worship

59. Option at a dealership

60. 'See ya!'

61. Flops

62. Move, informally

63. Word with sound or snake

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Down

1. Something a workaholic is unlikely to say

2. Predator in a pod

3. Point in a film when an iconic song sets the scene

4. Caught

5. The Onion's output

6. Provided entrees

7. Wild

8. Mother of a hinny

9. Yosemite Sam's role in "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol"

10. City across the Rio Grande from El Paso

11. "No ___ mal" ("It's not bad," in Spanish)

12. Repeated cry at a kegger

13. Sort

15. Channing of "Blink Twice"

21. Hit the ceiling

23. Human rights lawyer Clooney

24. "Wow, pretty sweet!"

25. Apt anagram of GAMES minus M

26. Decorates

28. Emmy-winning actress for "The Bear"

29. Get on (it)

32. Hurry

34. A smartphone has many of these

36. Suspicious looks

37. Island home of what may be the world's oldest living olive tree (2,000+ years)

38. The U.A.E. is in it

43. "Let me check with them"

45. Port of Spain

46. Go up to

48. Good Neighbor or Design a Robot, e.g., in 35-Across

49. Pull up

50. Purview

51. Founding member of 38-Down

54. Easy triumph

55. British monarch between William and George

57. It's all around us!

58. Spreadsheet feature

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